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Letters............................ 3 Opinion/Streetalk............ 5 Sheila.Leslie.................... 6 Brendan.Trainor.............. 7 News.............................. 8 Green........................... 10 Feature......................... 13 Arts&Culture................ 16 Art.of.the.State............. 18

Foodfinds..................... 20 Film.............................. 22 Musicbeat.....................25 Nightclubs/Casinos........26 This.Week.................... 30 Advice.Goddess............ 31 Free.Will.Astrology....... 34 15.Minutes.....................35 Bruce.Van.Dyke............35

VOTE, DARN IT See News, page 8.

SNOW JOB See Green, page 10.

COMING UP

IN 2016 See Arts&Culture, page 16.

Ashes to Ashes See Bruce Van Dyke, page 35.

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Guns, guns, guns

Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

Greetings from Falls City, Nebraska. It’s a beautiful day here. The high will be slightly above freezing, but it’s a wet cold, which is the opposite of a dry heat.

Falls City feels like it’s frozen in time. Maybe not frozen, but stored in Jello, so stuff really moves slow here.

I sat down at a bar called the Would Eye on the day after I arrived, and the gentleman to my right was the same guy I sat next to the last time I was in town. I’d guess he’s about 40, hard to say.

“Are you an attorney?”

“Yeah, you’re that journalist.”

We immediately launched into the political discussions.

He calls himself a libertarian, but he’s not like any kind of Libertarian I’m familiar with.

He’s a Trump/ Cruz man, preferring those guys over Gary Johnson, the actual Libertarian Party candidate for president.

We managed to get pretty far into the keg before he started making a pretty creative argument against abortion as a crime against a person, which he says is actually a crime against property, since we own our bodies.

I don’t want to mischaracterize his argument, but it goes back to the “personhood” concept.

A couple of nights later, I was visiting Lem’s Northvue Bar & Grill, when a longhaired guy, very drunk—I believe he works at the Cooper Nuclear Plant—came in and sat next to me, demanding to know my business. As soon as I said I’m a journalist, he decided I was a member of the vast liberal conspiracy to misinform the American public about—everything.

Another Trump man—I can only say that I’m proud that Americans like him are in charge of nuclear reactors.

Back at the Would Eye, I ran into an undertaker, another younger man, again probably 40ish. A staunch left-winger—he was a Bernie Sanders man.

Re “Our terrorists or theirs?”

(Notes from the Neon Babylon, Jan. 7): Kudos to Mr. Van Dyke for succinctly describing terrorism in the United States albeit without mentioning our most recent terrorists holding court in Oregon. We are all so obsessed with the right to own weapons, including those that should only be available to the military, that we have lost sight of the rights of those who would like to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness without fear of weapons, so readily available to anyone, being used to keep the rest of us from our rights.

And Mr. Van Dyke’s assessment of our grand jury system is right on! Our country needs to do better for all its citizens—not just those who elicit privilege. The grand jury system needs to go the way of the dinosaurs and independent reviews of all police homicides need to be instituted instead. Perhaps then justice will be more evenly dispensed.

Marcia Cuccaro Carson City

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More 60-plus details Re “Balance of power” (News, Jan. 7): A recent article in the Reno News & Review cited 60 Plus Association and two fossil fuelconnected reports opposing the implementation of the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

There should be more disclosure when using flawed sources like 60 Plus, NERA Economic Consulting (NERA) and Energy Ventures Analysis (EVA). As we have documented extensively, numerous studies connected to utility and fossil fuel interests have been used to attack the Clean Power Plan. The NERA report was funded by trade associations, which included the

American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, and the National Mining Association – coal and utility interests that have a financial incentive to kill the Clean Power Plan.

The Energy Ventures Analysis study was funded by Peabody Energy, the coal company, and principals of EVA have ownership interest in another company, Clearstack, LLC, which is involved in the coal and natural gas industries. Furthermore, the 60 Plus Association is a front group funded by the Koch Brothers that is working to stop the Clean Power Plan and weakening renewable energy policies.

During the last election season, 60 Plus took over $20 million from the Koch political network’s primary money groups, American Future Fund, Freedom Partners, the Center to Protect Patient Rights.

Gabe Elsner Washington, D.C.

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I’ve thought about this long and hard. All guns must go— dismantled, melted, and buried. No more manufacturing of guns of any kind for anyone—collectors, cops, guards, plain folks, hunters, everyone, for at least the next 50-100 years. It is not feasible for every man, woman and child to carry a loaded gun at all times. … The guns must go, all of them, now.

We must only elect people that are true leaders, strong thinkers, can tell right from wrong, that will follow the dictates of the people.

No one—and I say no one—truly knows how to handle a gun.

Registered gun owners are killing as well as non-registered.

Helem Howe Lemmon Valley

Erik Holland

Here’s a gross grim fairy tale you probably won’t dig, but hey, such is life.

Once upon a time you drive through the fast food place for some munchies. Sadly, the minimum wage burger flipper had the flu (or other noxious disease) and (un)intentionally coughed/sneezed on your grub. Ewwww. Our flipper had to work, because s/he would have been fired if s/he called in— possibly becoming homeless. So, sick you, and the kiddies get sick, and maybe even need hospitalization as required and face wage loss, etc., too ... ? All this awful, fearful flu-spreading could have been negated—if only your server had paid leave and other absence capabilities.

The story continues. Our favorite presidential candidate who is calling for mandatory sick leave for employees is overwhelmingly

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elected, a nice new people-friendly courageous Congress finally is voted in (hooray!), and hence our new POTUS’ policies come to fruition: Flippers can stay home when sick, fewer folks get food poisoning, sick care gets affordable, minimum wages rise to $15, CEOs make a tiny-teensy-itty-bitty bit less (everyone else wins), burger price goes up maybe a dime or quarter, but then with more people earning a living, more snacks are sold, and prosperity is had by all.

And run-on sentences suddenly cease.

Now wasn’t that a nice fairy tale?

Feel the Bern.

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How clean do you keep your home?

Asked at Hub Tea Bar, 727 Riverside Drive Quinn Jonas Barista

My home is clean but very cluttered.

I don’t like to do laundry or make my bed, so I have a clean laundry and a dirty laundry bin and a personal steamer that safes my life; otherwise, everything I have would be helplessly wrinkled. It’s been that way ever since I was a little kid. I refuse to put my clothes away, so I don’t think it’s going to change.

Stephanie Mitchell Nurse

Everybody has different living standards. Some people, clutter doesn’t bug them. I think I feel less anxious when there’s less clutter around. I think the thing for me is that, as long as my room is kept clutter-free, then I kind of have like a sanctuary through it.

Chris Garrison Business owner

The party’s over

It’s not [clean], because I’m too busy. I own Old World Coffee up the street and I also work a full time job.

The juxtaposition of events, sometimes seemingly unrelated, often provides the basis for commentary. We saw such an intersect this month.

Readers are probably aware that on Jan. 4, President Obama used an executive order to expand gun purchase background checks, increase enforcement of existing laws, and order more gun safety research, all without benefit of congressional action.

They may also be aware that on Jan. 11, the federal Department of Homeland Security gave state governments still opposing establishment of a national identification card (“Real ID”) another two years to comply.

After Obama’s action on guns, minor as it was, there were those who were outraged.

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho: “At many different levels, the President has consistently undertaken actions to undercut the Second Amendment.”

Musician Ted Nugent: “I’m just a guitar player, but I will not rest until we reverse this horrific anti-freedom trend by a freedom-hating president and a freedom-hating government overall that is clearly criminally infringing on our right to keep and bear arms.”

What interests us about this issue and the Real ID issue is that many of the faults of the two political parties and their leaders overlap regularly, but they inevitably excuse or overlook them when done by their own partisans.

Nevada, for example, was saddled with a Real ID driver license because a Republican governor in 2009 ignored the action of the Nevada Legislature in killing that license.

Gov. Jim Gibbons ordered it implemented with an emergency executive order—though no emergency was present, except the danger that casinos in Nevada might lose business because of reduced air travel and might take OPINION

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it out on the governor by reducing their campaign contributions. Gibbons was unwilling to stand up to the casinos or his own agency, the DMV, or the feds, despite the fact that President Obama himself had, as a candidate for president, opposed Real ID, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano had, as Arizona governor, signed a law barring the state from participating in Real ID. These kinds of Republican/Democratic games become awfully tiresome for a populace that doesn’t much care about party politics.

Republicans know perfectly well that regulating weapons does nothing to undercut the second amendment.

Indeed, the amendment contains the very words authorizing it—“well regulated.”

Democrats spent years battling presidents of both parties who arrogantly ignored Congress.

Most everyday citizens register to vote with political parties so they can vote in primary elections. Otherwise, they are mostly indifferent to the parties. But they are held hostage to these inane games that are embedded in a decades-old system that legally gives the political parties a role that is long outdated.

Why list party affiliations on the ballot, for instance?

The founders made presidential electors independent, but now they are named by the parties. Who needs Democratic and Republican floor leaders? Why should party candidates get on the ballot automatically while others must petition?

There were times when the Republican and Democratic parties were vehicles for change, but no longer. Now they are obstacles to change. And it’s time that state legislatures and Congress start prying hoary old election and other laws out of the statutes that give these private organizations any official role at all. Ω |

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Megan Cupp Restaurant expediter

On a regular basis or today? My room is where I contain my mess. My living room is always clean. My dishes are never done. I mean when I get to a point where I need a fork, I wash a fork. But I don’t do my dishes very often.

Robyn Rowell Student

So, I guess I would keep my house, I’d say like comfortably cluttered. You know, because I’m so busy and, naturally, I’m not very much of a perfectionist, especially when it comes to my apartment, so I just kind of let things be.

I’m totally happy with it that way, but I do like to have it be clean at some point, so I usually do a cleaning once a week.

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Toy patriots ride forth again They say they want to help the Hammonds, but the ranchers don’t want their help.

They say they’re on a religious mission, but their church condemns their actions.

They say they’re determined to take “back” our public lands, but the wildlife refuge they’re occupying by already belongs to the people.

Sheila Leslie As our government shows remarkable and appropriate restraint in waiting out the armed selfanointed militia, we remember when it wasn’t so. In 1985, in Philadelphia, law enforcement dropped a helicopter bomb on the armed black families of MOVE, a fringe liberation group who believed the government was violating their constitutional rights.

Six adults and five children died in the fire which burned a city block, destroying 65 homes and leaving scars that have never healed.

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new generation down the same misguided path.

Last week, the Bundys once again embarrassed and appalled Nevadans as they took their illconceived notion of patriotism on the road, seizing a federal building in a remote county in Oregon, whose residents might sympathize with their anti-government views, but draw the line at using threats of violence to communicate them.

As Sheriff David Ward put it: “These men came to Harney County claiming to be part of militia groups supporting local ranchers, when in reality these men had alternative motives to attempt to overthrow the county and federal government in hopes to spark a movement across the United States.”

The Bundys don’t seem to realize a movement needs committed members to thrive.

The Bundys’ delusions of being selected by God to achieve their mission are stunningly self-serving.

Ammon Bundy claims that God directed him to Oregon, telling

reporters, “I began to understand how the Lord felt about Harney County and about this country, and I clearly understood that the Lord was not pleased with what was happening to the Hammonds. What was happening to them, if it was not corrected, would be a type and a shadow of what would happen to the rest of the people across the country.”

This, from a man who has sought and received substantial government assistance to supplement his family budget, including a $530,000 loan from the Small Business Administration, financed by the taxpayers. His family grazes cattle on public lands at a ridiculously low monthly rate of $1.35 per cow compared to the $20 per cow charged by private landowners. And even that discount isn’t good enough for the Bundys as they use God and their family’s destiny to defend their freeloading on land which belongs to all of us.

While the conflict with the Bundys should be settled

non-violently, we should not forgive their trespasses. We must sue to collect the $1 million in fees and fines they owe us for illegal grazing.

We should demand that our state politicians who have supported the anti-government rhetoric surrounding our public lands reconsider their views in light of the violence and lawlessness these self-proclaimed patriots espouse. They must renounce these false “heroes” of the sagebrush and call them out for what they are, law-breakers who line their own pockets with proceeds gained from our public lands, the lands so many of us want to remain open and unspoiled by cattle ranchers and foreign mining conglomerates.

The Bundys and their gun-toting militia friends say they’re prepared to die for their muddled, unrighteous cause but in the meantime they’d like some snacks mailed to them to tide them over. We, the people, wish they would leave our public lands alone instead and start living honest and honorable lives. Ω

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Paris posturing The Global Convention on Climate Change met in a terrorized Paris in December 2015 to address what some—certainly not 97 percent—scientists predict will be the bad effects of what used to be called global warming, but is now called climate change.

As at a Democratic convention, by Brendan the only acceptable solution to the Trainor perceived problem of future ecological horrors is a massive, guilt-ridden redistribution of wealth from the industrialized nations (the one percent) to the developing nations (the 99 percent).

The Obama team realized that an actual treaty would never pass the Republican-controlled Senate, so like the Iran nuclear deal, the outcome was a non-binding agreement that would not be law but rather a political commitment to reduce global carbon emissions by reducing the use of fossil fuels. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol and the 2009 Copenhagen Agreements were complete failures due to noncompliance by signatories with reduction goals. This year’s conference was dubbed as the “pot

luck” conference, with each nation putting its own voluntary goals on the table in the hope that something workable would result.

It is amazing how the left and the right often blunder into the same unworkable solutions to problems government itself created.

Islamic State is largely a creation of failed neoconservative interventions into the complex problems of the Middle East.

Our dependence on carbonproducing energy sources is largely the result of green interventions to stop the growth of nuclear power.

If nuclear power had been allowed to develop without government interference since the 1960s, there would likely be no significant carbon emission problem today to blame for global warming climate change.

Nuclear power is so clean that even climate alarmists like James Hansen endorse it. Libertarians did not object to the technology but objected to the government insurance subsidies that were lavished on it to compensate for theoretical

meltdowns alarmists predicted might occur. The dangers of nuclear power proved to be orders of magnitude less than green opponents predicted.

The Three Mile Island shutdown killed no one. Chernobyl, a Soviet built plant in the Ukraine, was as inefficient as anything socialism ever produced, yet only 50 deaths are attributed to the 1986 meltdown. The 2011 Fukuyama accident in Japan caused a deadly tidal wave, but no deaths from radiation have occurred.

The use of coal power causes 13,000 premature deaths a year. Nuclear is much cleaner and safer than coal, and after the capital costs of plant construction, cheaper.

The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) conflated nuclear energy with nuclear weapons and flatly proclaimed no level of nuclear radiation is safe. The EPA is rewriting its standards on low level radiation because humans are exposed to radiation on a daily basis from cosmic rays and other natural sources without harm.

PLAN was wrong on the science and with powerful allies like Harry Reid helped cause a wasteful political controversy over the storage of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain that retarded the growth of nuclear power nationally. Libertarians defended the right of Nevada to be stupid about Yucca because we did not like 49 States ganging up on one state.

The hundred-odd nuclear plants still in operation in the U.S. are of relatively crude design. Thankfully, new nuclear technologies promise much less waste and will use very little precious water if allowed to come online. Slow but steady progress on nuclear fusion could result in virtually unlimited clean energy from the atom.

Everyone on the political spectrum should support nuclear power, if a proven, extremely clean and reliable source of energy, not political triumphs, is the real goal. Ω

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The Progressive Turnout Project has a query for some magazine subscribers.

Vote disputed Sparks Tribune columnist Andrew Barbano this week threw a spotlight on the economics of the Sparks City Council’s recent vote to eliminate licensing standards of electricians and plumbers.

“Councilmember Ed Lawson failed to disclose a glaring conflict of interest and voted with the 4-0 majority to allow just about anybody with a pulse to plumb and wire buildings,” Barbano wrote. “Councilmember Charlene Bybee did the right thing by abstaining, so advised by legal counsel because her nephew is executive director of the Associated Builders and Contractors.

The city website lists Mr. Lawson as vice-president of business development of Sierra Builders of Nevada which has 60 building permits on file, some involving plumbing and electrical work. Cutting labor costs certainly develops a business.”

In an interview, Lawson said he is merely an employee of Sierra Builders.

“I don’t have a financial part of that, so I can’t see a conflict of interest there,” he said. “No, I just work for them. … I’m not gaining financially whatsoever, and neither is Sierra Builders.”

The state code of ethical standards, in Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 281, reads in part, “A public officer or employee shall not use the public officer’s or employee’s position in government to secure or grant unwarranted privileges, preferences, exemptions or advantages for the public officer or employee, any business entity in which the public officer or employee has a significant pecuniary interest, or any person to whom the public officer or employee has a commitment in a private capacity to the interests of that person. As used in this subsection, ‘unwarranted’ means without justification or adequate reason.”

In 2006, Sparks Councilmember Mike Carrigan voted to approve a casino project after disclosing his friendship and association with a consultant on the project. Carrigan, who said he did not benefit financially from the project, asked the city attorney if he should vote and was told to go ahead. Five state ethics complaints were subsequently filed against Carrigan—feelings on the casino were running high—and the Nevada Ethics Commission voted to find him in violation of the law.

Cost of free speech With the Nevada presidential caucuses drawing near, Hillary Clinton’s speaking fees—an issue with special resonance in Nevada—are drawing attention.

On Jan. 5, Clinton opponent Bernie Sanders said large financial institutions whose sheer size endangered the nation during the 2007 meltdown should be broken up into smaller institutions and he was critical of Clinton for accepting speaking fees from such entities.

“The reality is fraud is the business model of Wall Street,” he said. “It is not the exception to the rule. It is the rule.”

Subsequently, TheIntercept.com published a list of 120 Clinton speech fees from large financial institutions under the headline, “Hillary Clinton Made More in 12 Speeches to Big Banks Than Most of Us Earn in a Lifetime.” The list, which totaled $2.9 million, included Bank of America, Fidelity Investments, Deutschbank, Goldman Sachs and six other entities. Goldman Sachs paid out the most, apparently for multiple appearances, at $675,000.

On Oct. 10, 2014, Clinton gave a speech at the annual University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation dinner, a speech which cost the foundation $225,000. In remarks that night, Clinton said in part, “Higher education shouldn’t be a privilege for those able to afford it. It should be an opportunity widely available for anybody with the talent, determination and ambition.” She also spoke of students dragging student loans around like an “anchor.”

The event was held at the at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino and was accompanied by protests by students who faced a 17 percent tuition hike over the next four years.

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Raising our hands Nevada’s voter turnout is dismal Some Nevadans are receiving email messages asking them if they want a vote-bymail option. The mailing provides yes by and no buttons for recipients to push.

Dennis Myers It’s uncertain how truly interested the senders were in the opinions of the recipients. The mailing sounds all good-government, but the senders are Progressive Turnout Project, which turns out to also be Progressive Turnout Project Political Action Committee—and it won’t accept the recipient’s vote unless he or she first provides an email address, which will likely result in appeals for money. (The mailing list was obtained from a political magazine.)

“The citizenry did not respond.”

Michael Hanmer Voter expert

The mailing reads in part, “Twenty-seven states and Washington, D.C. allow voters to vote by mail if they prefer (similar to absentee voting but no excuse is needed). In those states, every voter who requests to is sent their ballot in the mail several weeks before election to fill out and send back.”

Sounds nonpartisan, but the plot thickens at the PTP’s website, where there is verbiage like this:

“The 2014 election had the lowest turnout in 70 years, and Democrats didn’t just lose. We got crushed. That’s not a coincidence. Progressive Turnout Project is a grassroots Political Action Committee (PAC) proudly dedicated to doing what Democrats do best— connecting with voters one on one and getting Democrats to the polls in the general election. Progressive Turnout Project exists because, to us, turning out Democratic voters shouldn’t be something campaigns always talk about but never truly invest in. In the wake of Citizens United, Democratic candidates have been scrambling to respond to an onslaught of attack ads from billionaires like the Koch brothers. Instead of only responding to negative ads with negative ads, we need to be using the power of an army of trained field representatives to overcome that onslaught and win elections again.”

So having established that this is a partisan project, it’s still worth examining whether making it easier to vote will increase turnout.

The history of such initiatives does not provide a lot of evidence that it does—or, for that matter, that making it easier to vote helps Democrats.

In 1987, the Nevada Legislature approved a program in which people could register to vote at the Department of Motor Vehicles, probably the government office they were most likely to visit.

When the program became operational, the new registrations were mostly Republican. Democrats who had pushed Motor Voter—as it was called—through the legislature over GOP opposition were taken aback.

Some Democrats, such as Clark County Assemblymember Myrna Williams, talked about repealing the program, an option that was never taken up, since it would have undercut the party’s claim to have enacted the measure in the first place for altruistic reasons.

In 1988, a presidential election year, there was a slight upturn in turnout from 1984—1.9 percent—but Nevada still did not even come close to breaking the 50 percent of eligible voters mark. It topped out at 44.

As Michael Hanmer wrote in Discount Voting (2009), “Although Nevada opted for motor voter without prompting from the federal government and the room for improvement in turnout was substantial, the citizenry did not respond. … [M]ore than the good intentions of elected officials to remove barriers to registration is needed to engage those on the outside.”

Opponents of ease of voting quickly seized on the numbers.

“Despite the motor voter program in Nevada, the state finds itself among only a handful of states in which under 70 percent of eligible voters are registered to vote,” wrote U.S. Rep. Barbara Vucanovich, a Nevada Republican, in an essay for the Scripps Howard Newspapers. “Proponents concede, as the figures from my state indicate, that this legislation will not increase voter turnout. Why then are we going to spend more than $50 million for the sole purpose of adding names to the voter rolls? There is evidence to suggest that voter registration procedures are not a significant factor in low voter participation. A recent CBS-New York Times poll of non-voters showed that 97 percent of non-voters gave reasons other than problems with the voter registration process as reasons for not voting. One has to wonder how this legislation is going to increase participation.”

Nevada’s experience was duplicated in other states. Registrations rose dramatically, but actual voting only slightly, if at all.

Nevertheless, Democrats kept reinvesting in Motor Voter. In 1993, Congress made Motor Voter mandatory in all states. The first presidential election in which it had an effect was 1996. The two previous elections had seen very poor national turnout—50.1 (1988) and 55.2 (1992). With the

full force of Motor Voter in 1996, turnout went down, to 49 percent.

In 2000 it was 51.2. In 2004, 56.7.

The 58.23 in 2008 has been the high point since Motor Voter went national—and it dropped back to 54.87 percent in 2012.

Still, Democrats pursued ease of voting tactics—early voting, sameday registration. Early voting was heavily used in Nevada, but did little for turnout. Most recently, California enacted a pretty rigid program.

Starting this month, Californians are being registered to vote whether they want to be or not, when they obtain or renew a driver license.

Once again, the motives for promoting these changes are not always good government. An official of a group called Alliance San Diego told KPBS, “Having more people in the voter database allows us to contact more people and give them the information.”

Nevada political analyst Fred Lokken said of Motor Voter, “I just don’t see how it’s going to help voter turnout.” He said changes like California’s mandatory registration are “draconian and inappropriate.”

Nevertheless. while Motor Voter and early voting may not have boosted turnout, other techniques like voting by mail and same day registration have shown more promise than the earlier changes.

“Oregon has had great success with voting by mail,” Lokken said.

“It’s a different kind of voting experience.”

Does society even have an interest in getting more people to vote? A character in The West Wing television series said, “And why is that good?

Why are we eager, why are we encouraging a group of people who are so howl-at-the-moon, lazy-ass stupid that they can’t bring themselves to raise their hands? Why is it important that they be brought into the process?”

“ Oregon has had great success with voting by mail.”

Fred Lokken Political analyst Lokken said while it can be argued that only the motivated should be accommodated, in fact low income people are often burdened by multiple jobs and family lives that make it difficult for them to participate. Elite groups tend to assume that everyone knows how to register and vote, not realizing that registration can be a major obstacle.

In addition, the political parties— including the Democrats—can be obstacles, he said. They like having voting lists that are used for voter education and turnout drives, though they make the process more burdensome.

“I think in Nevada there has always been an effort to make sure that just the right people vote,” Lokken said. Ω

Keeping at it PHOTO/DENNIS MYERS

Notwithstanding cold temperatures, workers are all over the surface of the new Virginia Street Bridge. The arch design is patterned after the iron arches of the 1877 bridge, foundation remnants of which were found during this construction.

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Jeff Anderson of the Natural Resources Conservation Service measures snowpack at Mt. Rose using a federal snow sampler.

Water watch Winter snowpack starts strong High on Mount Rose in early January, Natural Resources Conservation Service hydrologist Jeff Anderson stood in a snowy clearing, holding a hollow metal pole. With both hands, he plunged the pole deep into the snowpack beneath by Kelsey his feet, capturing a cylindrical column of snow. He weighed the sample, Fitzgerald repeating the process from four different locations at the site to ensure accuracy. The verdict? The winter is off to a good start.

“Today what we measured was 54 inches of snow depth on the ground, and that snow depth contains 15.9 inches of water content. Right now, for this time of year, that’s 110 percent of normal,” Anderson said.

The snowpack is the year-round water supply for this region.

From January to May, Anderson makes monthly trips to this site—a SNOTEL (snow telemetry) station at Mt. Rose ski area—one of the NRCS’s network of more than 800 SNOTEL stations in the Western U.S. Though SNOTEL data collection is automated and sent out hourly via radio signal, Anderson takes on-the-ground measurements that are used to verify the accuracy of the sensors, using a method that was developed on Mt. Rose more than 100 years ago. “This is where snow surveying really began—up on Mt. Rose,” said Anderson.

For more The history of snow surveying in the Western U.S. has close ties to our information on region. During the early 1900s, Dr. James Church, a professor of classics Dr. James Church and the history at the University of Nevada, Reno, took an interest in the science of snow. of the Mt. Rose Recognizing the important connection between snowpack and the water level snow survey, visit: in Lake Tahoe, he developed a tool called the Mt. Rose sampler to measure http://tinyurl. how much water the snow contained. Using this information, water managers com/zolngm9 and http://tinyurl. could predict the amount that the lake level was likely to rise each spring. com/gu7ag4z From 1905 to 1912, Church established snowpack measurement points along snow courses at Mt. Rose and Lake Tahoe. Two of these sites have For data from the Nevada NRCS data that go back as far as 1913, providing some of the longest running Snow Survey snowpack datasets in the country. program, visit: “There are quite a few courses in the Tahoe and Truckee region [with www.nrcs.usda. data] that go back over 100 years, with measurements that he started,” gov/wps/portal/ nrcs/main/nv/ Anderson said. “It’s quite a data legacy. Our area is fortunate to have that.” snow/ Church’s methods spread across the West and were adopted by the Federal-States Co-Operative Snow Survey in 1935, a program that evolved For information on SNOTEL stations into NRCS’s present-day snow survey. Today, Anderson and other snow and how they surveyors carry on the modern rendition of Church’s work. operate, visit: The hollow snow tube that Anderson uses to measure snowpack—the www.wcc.nrcs.

Federal snow sampler—is an updated version of Church’s original Mt. Rose usda.gov/snotel/ SNOTEL_brosampler. Though automated SNOTEL stations have largely replaced the need chure.pdf for manual snow measurements, Church’s historical snow courses are still visited and measured once per year, on April 1.

At SNOTEL stations, snowpack weight is now measured using an oversized scale called a snow pillow. Since the water content in an inch of light, fluffy powder snow can vary greatly from that of an inch of wet, slushy snow, snowpack weight is considered a more accurate measurement of water content than snow depth. “Water weighs the same whether it’s a liquid or a solid. That’s really what we’re really interested in—how much water is in the snow,” Anderson said.

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I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S NOT

BY BRAD BYNUM • BRADB@NEWSREVIEW.COM • PHOTOS BY ERIC MARKS

Help! I’m buried in stuff and I can’t get out!

M

y life is a mess. My home is a mess. My office is a mess.

And I’m too goddamned busy to fix the mess. I live in a state of perpetual chaos. I work full-time here at the RN&R, forever pushing deadlines. I’m also a full-time grad student at the University of Nevada, Reno, and, as of last semester, a part-time instructor. I have a creative project—a rock band—that requires weekly rehearsals and all the attentions of managing a small business.

All these occupations tend to generate stuff—newspapers, school papers, music equipment. All that stuff starts to pile up.

I have a 9-year-old son who generates a trail of Legos, Star Wars toys and comic books as if by spontaneous generation. My girlfriend, Margot, is an artist and an archaeologist—which means she likes to bring home objects she finds on the side of the road either to paint or just because they’re fascinating curiosities. She has two daughters, aged 8 and 9, and they also generate a trail of stuff—clothes and toys and trash and more and more Legos. I have a dog who has an extensive collection of half-destroyed stuffed animals.

I have a house I co-own with my ex, and we’re prepping it to put on the market in the spring, so there’s half a dozen improvement projects in various stages of incompletion. I have stacks of books, vinyl records, CDs, cassettes, DVDs, VHS tapes, and magazines that arrive in the mail and go unread. There are bills I can’t find. Books I can’t find.

Clothes I’m too fat to wear. School papers I can’t find. Keys I can’t find.

I waste hours and hours looking for things, scrounging around Margot’s house, hunting for my knit cap which somehow fell between the cushions of the couch.

Chaos theory Debbie Cox is the owner of an organizing company with a great acronym, Creative Home And Office Solutions (CHAOS). She’s a tall, striking redhead with a beatific air and the calming presence required to mediate a heated dispute about where the vinyl records should be kept. She’s a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers. She’s appeared as a consultant on the TV show Hoarding: Buried Alive.

Before launching CHAOS in 2009, she worked as a corporate office manager. She owned a Moxie Java in south Reno and a consignment shop, Chaos to Cash, on Wells Avenue.

“I was always one of the organized people, even as a child,” she said. “It’s either a trait you have or you don’t have. It’s a hard trait, I think, to learn. Being organized just meant that everything had to have its place.”

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Things start to pile up. Dishes pile up. Dirty laundry piles up.

Unread mail piles up. Piles pile up.

The problem of having too many things is what we might call a first world problem. It’s like Charles Foster Kane, rich, bitter and old, wandering his house among his innumerable possessions, looking for some object he could imbue with the significance of lost innocence.

One day—while cleaning up after the three children, the dog, and grossest and messiest of all, me—Margot decided that we needed professional help to get rid of our clutter.

“If there wasn’t so much, I could do it,” she said. “It’s just so overwhelming, the amount that we have.

It’s more than one day of 12 hours of purging and cleaning and organizing.

It’s multiple steps and multiple days, and I don’t even know where to start.

It’s like trying to find a black shirt in a pile of black clothes.”

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I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S NOT CLUTTER Cox helps businesses, families and individuals organize their stuff. Her clients range from small businesses to single moms to elderly folks who want to manage their possessions before moving into retirement homes.

“What it is, is making sure you find a place for everything in your home—and containerizing,” she said. “We’re big on containerizing. And really evaluating with people—what do you need to use?

What is currently used? And what can you get rid of?”

Cox is sympathetic to the anxiety and embarrassment that comes with hiring a professional organizer and inviting them into a home. She says some of her clients ask her to park her car—which is emblazoned with the logo of her business—out of sight so that neighbors won’t judge them for needing the help.

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Humans form sentimental attachments to things—mementos of dead relatives or baby clothes—but rather than hanging on to every single item, Cox recommends selectively choosing one or two items, perhaps taking some pictures of other things, and purging the rest.

Of course, Margot and I, like a lot of other people, have a lot of stuff that we don’t want anymore, but we think somebody might want it.

And since money is often tight, we don’t want to just give something away

It’s messing up to clean up.

“I always tell people when I come to work with them—don’t pick up things,” she said. “Because if you pick up, I don’t realize what the issues are for you, because you’ve shoved it in a drawer. No, I need to see what your issues are, so that I can find a way to work through it.

I don’t care about your dishes and things.

That’s not what I’m looking at. I’m not here to evaluate your house. I’m here to help you get things to work, but people are very embarrassed. Their anxiety level can be very high at all times.”

Many of the people she has helped struggle with one form of hoarding or another. She’s helped car lovers who’ve kept ever car part they’ve ever come across, including dozens of worthless, bald tires.

She’s helped old folks with huge collections of the basically worthless Franklin Mint collector plates. She’s helped collectors with houses overflowing with bundles of old magazines and newspapers.

“They’ll keep National Geographic from the day it started or whatever,” she said. “They’re not worth anything, but people think they are, so they keep all of them, and that’s what lines the halls of these people’s houses.”

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when we could get a few bucks for it, but we’re so busy that we just end up holding on to it. It’s hard to find the time to sell things on Craigslist or eBay. Last August, when we actually had a few days to spare, Margot and I Professional organizer Debbie Cox helps Margot Chotlco sort through her dirty laundry ... literally. cleaned out the garage at her place, set it up like a store front, invited all our friends over, posted sale. The experience soured our taste for Recycled Records and Spectre Records signs around the neighborgarage sales. for music and movies, and Grassroots hood, and had a garage sale. We sold a Another option that Cox suggests is Books for books. few things, and made a couple of hundred taking things to consignment shops. For Of course, the consignment shops don’t bucks, but it was a week’s worth of prepafurniture and home décor, there’s Stellar always take everything, so that route isn’t ration and hard work, and we didn’t really Consignment, Consign & Design, Not Just always the best option. There are also free up that much space, or get rid of quite Furniture, Consign Furniture, and Yellow many charities that take donated goods, enough stuff, or make quite enough money House Consignment.

For clothing, there’s like the Salvation Army, the SPCA, and to make it worth all the time and effort.

Labels Clothing Consignment for upscale Friends of Multiple Sclerosis. Cox recomAnd then, the following week, some and designer items, Clothes Mentor for mends donating children’s clothes and toys, dickhead came over and stole our bikes, women’s clothing, and Plato’s Closet for and women’s clothes to the Committee which had been moved out of the garage teenagers' clothes, and Sippees and Once to Aid Abused Women, and she suggests to make room for the sale and locked Upon A Child for children’s clothes.

Reno Gospel Mission as a charity that will on the side of the house. It felt like a There’s also Junkee Clothing Exchange accept just about everything. huge violation, and we suspect that the for clothes and miscellaneous items, thief might’ve cased our joint during the

Shaking the globe

Why are these people smiling?

After her first full day of working with Cox—sorting, purging and containerizing all that clutter—Margot said she was visualizing her house like it was inside a snow globe.“When you start a big project like this, it’s as if you take the snow globe off the shelf and turn it upside down and shake it. All the contents come out of the closets and find a new place. You pick up your house, turn it upside down, and you shake it. It feels needed, and I look forward to it, but it’s unsettling. It’s messing up to clean up.”

One of the most impressive things about Cox’s process was how she was able to recommend uses for furniture pieces and storage devices that we already had—an under-used dresser in the basement became the new living room entertainment center.

She also had a critical eye for the pile of old clothes that needed mending. (It’s a big pile. Children tear clothes. Grown-ass men who like to dance around like maniacs tear clothes.) For Margot, it was a project for a rainy day, but Cox’s question was, was that stuff even worth mending?

“You should set your own time frame, but I’m going to say if it’s been in here for six months and you haven’t mended it yet—questionable,” she said. “A year?

Gone. The reality is—I don’t know why we’re all so much busier now—but I think we’re all so much busier nowadays that

unless you have time and make an appointment with yourself to do it, then it goes.

Because you’re never going to get it done if you don’t make yourself an appointment and just do it.”

Cox also suggested taking the baby-step approach: rather than trying to fix every mess in the house over the course of one long weekend, which leads to failure and frustration, she suggested blocking out a few hours at a time, just a few days a week.

No all-night cramming sessions, and no daily regiment either, because that really starts to feel like a chore.

But here’s the best idea we got from Cox—an idea that immediately made hiring her worth it. You remember when I said I was going to sell my house in the spring? Cox suggested that we use that house to stage an estate sale.

Whereas a garage sale is something where people go through their house and pick out the things they don’t want and put them outside or in the garage and try to sell them, at an estate sale, the people are usually either dead or they’ve moved across the country or something, so everything in the house is for sell. Because of this, people will spend more money at an estate sale. The assumption is that a garage sale is somebody else’s junk, but an estate sale could well include that person’s treasures.

And Cox said she sells a lot of things at estate sales that wouldn’t be big movers at garage sales. She’s even sold half-used bottles of cleaning supplies—often to house cleaners.

I didn’t even know you could have an estate sale without being dead. But we’re having one in February. You can come pick over my carcass while I’m still alive! Hit me up if you’re interested. Ω

“Don’t do it daily, and do little bits at a time, because then you’ll get through more,” she said. She also recommends extensive labeling. “You have to label. I don’t care if there’s five different things in that tub. You have to label all five things.”

And although the experience was often stressful, Margot felt rejuvenated after working with Cox. “She’s like a fast friend,” said Margot. “You invite her into your home. She sees all your dirty laundry, all your bad habits, all your weird neurosis about attachment to your material culture, and then when she leaves, she gives you a hug and tells you you’re doing great.”

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AL L THE RIGHT MOVIES

BY BOB GRIMM BGRIMM@ NEWSREVIEW.COM

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he past year was a good one for cinema, and 2016 also looks promising.

The following is just a sample of what’s coming. Keep in mind that the release calendar is still taking shape and a bunch of films don’t have release dates yet. These include movies from Martin Scorsese (Silence), Nicolas Winding Refn ( The Neon Demon), Mel Gibson ( Hacksaw Ridge), Ana Lily Amirpour ( The Bad Batch), and Chad Stahelski (John Wick 2).

Also, this sampling is heavy on the blockbuster stuff. I expect brainier fare will make its way onto the schedule as the year progresses.

Hail, Caesar! (Feb. 5): This is

where the film year really starts. The next one from the Coen brothers stars George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum and Josh Brolin in a Hollywood caper.

I like when the Coens go to Hollywood. That’s what they did in Barton Fink.

Deadpool (Feb. 12): Ryan

Reynolds tries to become a mega star again. I think he should just stick with the smaller movies, where he excels. His attempts to expand almost always fail. In fact, rumor has it, if Deadpool is a huge success, the universe will collapse upon itself, our faces will turn inside out, everybody will die, and Sam Rockwell will have a hit movie, too.

Zoolander 2 (Feb. 12): Ben

Stiller, Owen Wilson and Will

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Ferrell return with Stiller directing. The first one has aged well, and Stiller is primed to get really weird again.

The Witch (Feb. 26): Editor Brad

Bynum brought the trailer for this horror film to my attention a couple of months ago. I’ve been afraid ever since.

Knight of Cups (March 4):

Terrence Malick takes a look at fame, or the fountains and birds and running water that surround fame. Or sunsets with poetry … or something like that. No matter, I’ll probably love it.

The Divergent Series: Allegiant (March 18): Oh man, I thought

this was the last one! There’s another one next year!

Midnight Special (March 18):

Michael Shannon reteams with the man who made Take Shelter and Mud. I don’t think

you’ll find a more encouraging sentence regarding movies this year.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (March 25): It looks like I’m

getting my birthday wish! It’s a sequel to one of the most overrated, lamest comedies of all time! IT’S JUST WHAT I’VE ALWAYS WANTED! Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (March 25): This also

comes out on my birthday. Zack Snyder shat the bed with Man of Steel and Suckerpunch, but he did decent work with Watchmen, 300 and the Dawn of the Dead remake. Let’s hope this product is indicative of that phase of his career and he doesn’t pull a Schumacher and send Batman back to the Dark Ages, where Superman currently resides.

I Saw the Light (March 25):

My other birthday wish was that somebody would make a movie about Hank Williams with the Incredible Hulk as the legendary country singer. This one has Loki singing “Move It on Over.” Skunked!

The Jungle Book (April 15):

Jon Favreau directs a bunch of CGI animals and a human in this modern take on the Rudyard Kipling book. Bill Murray is Baloo. He voiced a bear rather than starring in the Ghostbusters sequel. The man has priorities.

It’s a sequel to one of the most overrated, lamest comedies of all time!

IT’S JUST WHAT I’VE ALWAYS WANTED!

Amityville: The Awakening (April 15): Jennifer Jason Leigh,

after a career-best performance in The Hateful Eight, will soon be seen headlining this thing.

Daisy Domergue deserved a better fate.

The Huntsman Winter’s War (April 22): Kristen Stewart

made out with the director of Snow White and the Huntsman so she wasn’t invited back for the sequel.

Captain America: Civil War (May 6): Avengers: Age of Ultron is

my least favorite of the latest phase of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies (the Iron Man, Captain America and Thor films … not those stupid Ghost Rider and Daredevil flicks). I hope things get back on track with this one.

X-Men: Apocalypse (May 27):

Xavier loses his hair in this one!

Alice Through the Looking Glass (May 27): After a brief flirtation

with almost being almost cool again (Black Mass), Johnny Depp goes back to making crap.

Finding Dory (June 17): I think

Sully (Sept. 9): Tom Hanks stars

Ellen DeGeneres did all-time great voice acting in the original, so this should be fun. I hope she impersonates a whale again.

and Clint Eastwood directs a movie about the heroic pilot who crash landed in the Hudson River. That landing was, what, five minutes? What the hell is the rest of the movie about? Sully at pilot school? Sully stopping at Dunkin’ Donuts between flights?

Sully yelling at a bunch of kids who liken him to the big furry character in Monsters, Inc.?

Independence Day: Resurgence (June 24): I don’t know about this

one. I just don’t know.

The BFG (July 1): Steven Spielberg

makes a kids movie based on a Roald Dahl book Benedict using a script from Cumberbatch as Dr. the woman who Steven Strange in wrote E.T. Thank Dr. Strange (Nov. 4) god it’s not another historical drama.

La La Land (July 15):

A modern musical set in L.A. starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

Gosling was a Mouseketeer with Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. The guy can dance and sing!

Inferno (October 14):

Doctor Strange (Nov. 4): This one

of those Marvel movies where I’m all like, “Who gives a shit?” so I hope it catches me off guard with greatness. Still, is every damn comic book going to get a movie?

forever pissed that Bill Murray wouldn’t play full time in this sandbox again, but I am encouraged by a cast that includes Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy and the national treasure that is Kate McKinnon. Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson and Sigourney Weaver make cameos. I hope they dust off Rick Moranis, too.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Nov.18): The Harry

Potter universe lives on at the cinemas with this prequel penned

by J.K. Rowling herself. Uh oh … that word … prequel!

The Founder (Nov. 25): Michael

Keaton stars as the guy who created McDonald’s.

The book has been Jared Leto as The described as “The Joker in Suicide Social Network meets Squad (Aug. 5) There Will Be Blood.”

I’m encouraged.

Star Trek Beyond (July 22): Let’s

all just ignore the trailer for this one, shall we?

Untitled Jason Bourne Movie (July 29): This is essen-

Rogue One: A Star

Wars Story (Dec. 16): I wonder if this will be the first Star Wars movie that doesn’t have an introductory crawl. I wonder if Darth Vader will show up because the events of this film are between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. I wonder if this will be a decent prequel. Uh oh … there’s that word again …

PREQUEL!

tially Matt Damon’s Never Say Never Again.

Suicide Squad (August 5): Will

Jared Leto be the next great Joker? I don’t really care, because Margot Robbie is Harley Quinn, and that’s where I think my attention shall be going, thank you.

Pete’s Dragon (August 12): They

Assassin’s Creed (Dec.21): When I

are remaking this without music.

Sacrilege!

first saw this title, I got all excited because I thought it might be a sequel to Creed where Adonis Creed says nuts to boxing and sets upon a career path shooting government officials and rock stars. Then I found out it was based on some stupid video game. Ω

Sausage Party (August 12): Seth

Rogen’s dirty animated movie that he’s been talking up for years.

Ben-Hur (August 12): This is a

remake or reboot or whatever of that Charlton Heston-on-achariot movie.

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Another Da Vinci Code sequel. This franchise is a boil on the neck of Tom Hanks.

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In 1993, Jeff Johnson lived in Golconda, a community of about 200 not far from Winnemucca, and worked by Kris Vagner for the railroad. He learned from a union magazine that belonged to his then-wife, an electrician, that “neon signmaker” was a trade that could be learned in Reno. He promptly moved here.

“I thought I was going to be in a union and have a 9-to-5 job,” said Johnson, wearing his signature gray ponytail, beret and conspiratorial grin.

“It took me a month to make my first word: EAT. See, you start with E when you learn. The E has all the basic bends and tricks.”

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rod of glass to work harmoniously with other materials—sagebrush or street signs, for example.

“Sometimes I hide it behind perforated metal—that helps,” he said. Two examples are his fixtures at Red Rock and Our Bar. Dozens of his neon signs and sculptures are on permanent display in shop windows, bars, restaurants and private collections all over Reno.

Preparing for his upcoming exhibit, Shine A Light Neon Conspiracy at the Potentialist Gallery, he gestured toward an empty wall. “The reason I don’t want to have a show of just me is this whole town is my gallery,” he said. For this exhibit, rather than gathering up the work that’s already out there, he’s collaborated with over a dozen different artists, using neon to highlight their work but not overwhelm it.

“In some, the neon’ll be part of the piece, and some it’ll just light it,” he said. For example, he built neon marionettes for puppeteer Bernie Beauchamp to use during a performance.

Working with Ned Peterson, who puts thick layers of paint onto canvasses with a spatula, Johnson recessed a tube of neon behind a painting to emphasize its textural peaks and valleys.

“It’s like when you see the morning sun start to rise and the hills have shadows,” Johnson said.

Even though he’s been making neon obsessively for over two decades, he said he’s still perfecting his craft. He makes it sound exacting: “You have to heat the glass and then bend it and try to keep to the same diameter of the tube. What you see is the electricity going back and forth through the tube at 120 times a second.”

Neon is usually made of four-foot lengths of glass tubing, and typically while people are learning, a lot of broken glass accrues. “Piles,” Johnson said. He’s had people ask for instruction. “I’ve never had anyone show up twice,” he said.

Nonetheless, 23 years after he first saw that magazine ad back in Golconda, Johnson keeps aiming ever higher as a craftsperson and artist.

He said, “I still haven’t met my own standards.” Ω Photo/Kris Vagner

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By the end of that first month, he was obsessed. As Johnson put it, his boss would complain, “I just expected you a couple hours a night. You’re here 70 hours a week.”

As soon as he scaled the learning curve, he decided to build his own shop and work for himself. He still runs his business, Neon Art Envy, out of his garage, where he repairs signs, takes commissions for new signs and makes neon artwork.

Neon as an art medium, of course, tends to be flashy and attentiongetting. When it’s installed in a gallery, the glow usually takes up the whole room. Johnson, however, known for trying to bend the limits of his materials and their exhibitionist reputation, often relegates the bright tubes from center stage. One of his favorite experiments is to find different ways to use a glowing, gas-filled

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My mother and my wife started with cups of soup ($4 each). The fakes—brown lentil with onion and tomato—was simple and filling, though a bit bland. The lentil flavor was front and center, but it could have used a bit more seasoning. Better was the avgolemono—rice and chicken broth thickened with egg and butter until creamy, spiked with lemon juice for a tart finish. My wife really enjoyed it, and a cup of that rich brew is plenty.

A shared Greek salad (small, $5) was an ample serving of chopped cucumber, tomato, onion, crumbled feta cheese and Kalamata olives, lightly dressed in a traditional vinaigrette. I’ve always appreciated the simplicity of Greek salad dressing.

There’s so much flavor in the salad ingredients, anything more would be overkill. And as with that rich soup, I was very glad I got the not-sosmall salad.

We next shared a pair of savory pies ($6 each), tyropita (feta cheese) and spanakopita (spinach), made with layers of thin, buttered phyllo (filo) dough and filling. The feta and egg mixture packs quite a punch, definitely something only a true cheese lover can appreciate. The spinach pie was very fresh tasting and went well with a dollop of delicious tzatziki sauce.

Tzatziki—a mix of Greek yogurt, cucumber, dill, mint, and other seasonings—is one of my favorite condiments. I use it with Greek food the way many Americans use ranch dressing. I put it on almost everything. On request, a side of sauce was provided without charge when I ordered three falafel balls ($.75 each). Normally served in a salad or sandwich, I like to dunk them as finger food. The chickpea flavor and seasoning was good, but they were a little on the overcooked side. Then again, that extra bit of crunch worked with the sauce.

Souvlaki literally means “skewer,” and our plate of chicken souvlaki featured very large chunks of chicken breast coated in a variety of Greek seasonings, with tarragon and thyme making a strong appearance ($14). The chicken was quite good and not as dry as it can get if not properly marinated.

A sampling of perfectly grilled carrots, green beans, and zucchini spears was included, along with a tasty serving of pilafi (rice pilaf) that tasted much like the egg lemon soup but with a risottoesque texture.

Once I saw it on the menu, I knew I had to try the moussaka ($16).

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My wife’s beef and lamb gyro included plenty of tender, wellseasoned meat, fresh veggies, and tzatziki all rolled into a lightly-grilled pita ($7.75). A sandwich this good is why I often skip the rest of a menu; we agreed Niko’s makes one of the best gyros you’ll find anywhere.

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Caine, in one of the best and most quietly understated performances of his career, plays retired composer Fred Ballinger. Fred is on holiday at a dreamy Swiss resort with his daughter and assistant, Lena (Rachel Weisz, delivering the goods), and his film director friend, Mick Boyle (Keitel, basically reminding you that he is still awesome).

Lena’s husband dumps her for a vacuous pop star that performs miracles in bed, sending her into a tailspin and giving Fred something else to worry about besides the miniscule level of pee traveling through his urethra. Mick, working on a film that doesn’t yet have an ending, remains a positive force for Fred, even though he’s become forgetful.

Representing the younger side of the artistic trade is Jimmy Tree (the great Paul Dano), a popular actor preparing for a big role. Jimmy has done his share of art films, but most people remember him for his role

as a robot. Those people are kind enough to remind him of that role with seemingly every instance of human contact.

I used the word brutal up above, and I’m going to drop the word again. This movie is brutal. Bru-tal. When Fred finally lets an emissary for the Queen know what he really thinks about their offer for a knighthood, it’s one nasty exchange. When Lena gives her dad the what-for during a mud bath, the world stops. When Jimmy meets Miss Universe, and she brings up that damned robot, watch out. As far all-time screamers, the revelation of the role Jimmy is preparing for is quite the shocker.

The beauty of Sorrentino’s film is that these brutal moments are handled in nuanced, subdued fashion. The script is eloquent, intelligent, and often heartbreaking.

Many of these characters will not have happy endings.

As an aging actress who has a caustic message for Mick, Jane Fonda shows up late in the movie and delivers simply one of the greatest scenes of her career. Fonda and Keitel sparring in this scene are as scary and punishing as anything in Creed.

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by David Lang that’s every ounce as beautiful as the stunning camerawork by Luca Bigazzi. Sorrentino is apparently a big Fellini fan, which is evident in the film’s finale.

It must be noted that Sorrentino is only 45 years old. This meditation on aging seems to be coming from somebody who has logged at least 75 years on the planet, but no, he’s not even 50.

That makes his achievement all the more impressive. I’m sure, though, there are many 70-plus individuals on the planet who might tell Sorrentino to cheer up a little bit. Getting older isn’t always as dour as the scenarios played out in this film.

Then again, we are looking at actors, composers and writers here, and when heavy narcissism and above-average powers of perception are mixed with aging, that can be a lethal cocktail.

As for the finale, Youth finishes with either a crowning moment for Fred or his worst nightmare, depending upon how you choose to take it in. The final look in Caine’s eyes says it all for me. Ω

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Director Adam McKay, the master behind such broad comedy gems as Anchorman and Step Brothers, flexes his slightly more serious muscles for this one, a take on the housing bubble that nearly destroyed the global economy. An ensemble cast featuring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt make this a funny-yet-scary look at how big banks nearly sent us back to the stone ages. Carell is especially good as Mark Baum, a banker with a conscience who realizes a little too late that things are going bad, and his wealth is going to come at the expense of a many U.S. homeowners. Bale is typically good as Michael Burry, the man who saw the storm coming and made a boatload of money betting against the biggest monsters of modern finance. Pitt has fun as a financial guru who has taken to the hills in anticipation of the oncoming financial apocalypse, while Gosling gives the whole thing a nice Martin Scorsese vibe as a fast-talking banker/narrator. It’s a drama, but it’s often funny. (Margot Robbie in a bubble bath … brilliant!) McKay shows that his chops go well beyond directing Will Ferrell with a fireman’s mustache.

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The Hateful Eight

Quentin Tarantino returns to form after the just OK Django Unchained with yet another masterpiece, a grandiose Western potboiler that boasts his best dialogue in years and an Oscar caliber performance from Jennifer Jason Leigh. I didn’t dislike Django, but I thought there was something a little off and sluggish about it. It definitely left me wanting more from Tarantino on the Western front. I thought he had a better, grittier Western still in him, and this film proves that he did. Many of the Tarantino cast regulars return, including Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Kurt Russell. Russell, who delivered what I believe is his best career work in Tarantino’s Death Proof as Stuntman Mike, gets another chance to go to town with a Tarantino script and he embraces it with much enthusiasm.

Russell plays John “The Hangman” Ruth, a bounty hunter renowned for bringing in his prisoners alive so that their necks meet the noose in the end. Riding in a stagecoach to Red Rock, with the notorious Daisy Domergue (Leigh), his latest bounty, chained to his arm, he comes across bounty hunter Major Marquis Warren (Jackson), and this is where the fun begins. The party rescues one more man, future Red Rock Sheriff Chris Mannix (an outstanding Walton Goggins), from an oncoming blizzard. The stagecoach heads for Minnie’s Haberdashery as a means of shelter, where they meet the rest of the cast and tensions soar. On top of being a terrific mystery containing one of the best screenplays Tarantino has ever turned out, this is also one of his very best-looking films.

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This is a goofy, uneven, yet entertaining showcase for Jennifer Lawrence, who delivers a fun and strong performance as the title character. Joy has a tough life, with a mother (Virginia Madsen) addicted to TV and her divorced husband (Edgar Ramirez) and father (Robert De Niro) sharing her basement. She’s working crap jobs, but an idea for a revolutionary mop gets her on TV and eventually changes her life. Director and co-writer David O. Russell reunites with his Silver Linings Playbook star, and the results are a bit strange to say the least.

Lawrence puts the proceedings over the top with the sort of commanding performance that has become routine for her. De Niro has fun in his standard dad role. His roles in O. Russell films are his best in years. Isabella Rossellini gets her best role since Blue Velvet as De Niro’s rich girlfriend who finds herself bankrolling Joy’s mop scheme. Bradley Cooper barely registers as the TV executive who gives Joy her break, although that has more to do with his lack of screen time than his performance. It’s a good ensemble in service of a movie that's a little beneath them, but it all comes together for something worth seeing.

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A great premise gets lost in the murk in this feature directing debut from Antoine Bardou-Jacquet. Playing off the myth that we never landed on the moon and Stanley Kubrick was hired to direct a moon landing film, Bardou-Jacquet aims for dark humor with clear nods to Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange and other Kubrick classics. There are many clever moments in the movie, but they never come together as a cohesive piece, and one of the central performances drags the film down. Rupert Grint is good as Jonny, manager of a lame ‘60s rock band who is deep in debt and running out of options.

Ron Perlman is a bit of a muddled mess as Kidman, a Vietnam vet suffering major PTSD and working for the CIA. When Colonel Dickford (played by Jay Benedict with echoes of Sterling Hayden in Strangelove) comes to the conclusion there’s a good chance the moon landing might not work out (“We’re going to look like dicks!”), he sends Kidman overseas to hire Kubrick, get the moon landing fake film, and then kill everybody involved. Bardou-Jacquet doesn’t quite have the courage of his convictions in the end, and Perlman seems lost in a role he could’ve had a lot of fun with. Grint keeps things moving OK enough, as does Robert Sheehan as his druggie roommate, but it’s not enough. There are some funny lasting images, including an art film called “Bounce” that is just an obese man in a diaper bouncing accompanied by bicycle horns and chickens, but the super violent tone, Perlman’s dreary work and the comedy don’t blend. (Available to rent on iTunes, Amazon.com and On Demand during a limited theatrical release.)

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With this seventh chapter in the Star Wars saga, J.J. Abrams and crew have done exactly what they did with Star Trek, and created a fun movie that not only respects the blessed canon of a beloved franchise, but stands on its own as a piece of supreme entertainment. It’s 2015’s most entertaining film, for sure, and a movie that stands up proudly in the realm of Star Wars movies. In many ways, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the best movie in the franchise.

I won’t say it’s my personal, sentimental favorite. (I think The Empire Strikes Back still holds that post, but a little more time will tell.) The Force Awakens has solid storytelling, its special effects are first rate, and the performances are, undoubtedly, the best the franchise has ever seen. That’s due in part to Daisy Ridley, an incredible talent who becomes an instant star for the foreseeable future as Rey, a scrappy scavenger on a Tatooine-like desert planet. I don’t think I’m overdoing it by saying she delivers the alltime, all-around best dramatic performance in the Star Wars universe in this role. The film will leave you craving for more, and a good Star Wars craving is a nice thing to have.

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“Life is about positively vibing and riding the wave, no matter if it’s a big or small one or there’s a lull in between,” Hatchett said.

“That’s what music is about for Lizano, is just trying to spread that message and that vibration in a tangible way.”

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Lizano from left to right: Amearist Phillips (drums), Sal Greco (guitar), Jay Hatchett, (guitar and vocals), Evan Stokes (bass).

But there’s a lot more than just beachy surf vibes coming through as the band progresses through a set of songs that speaks to their reggae, punk, rock and rhythm and blues influences. The instrumentation is complex.

“We all look at music as having a conversation, and we all want to have an intrinsic point of view,” Hatchett said. “We want it to be expansive, and we want it to be elaborate because everybody gets their turn to speak in different ways when you play the songs.”

The Lizano conversation started three years ago when Hatchett and Sal Greco, 28, met at a hostel in Nicaragua. After brief introductions, the two guitarists jammed together for hours during an open mic night.

People in the crowd asked them how long they’d been playing together.

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So, they kept it up—meeting in Nicaragua several times a year to

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play together and write songs. “It was kind of like the Lizano incubation chamber,” Hatchett said.

Last summer the guys decided to take a stab at being professional musicians. Greco left his home in Florida to join Hatchett in Reno, and the two started looking for a bassist and a drummer who would embrace the band’s principles and its intricate sound. They found what they were looking for in 21-year-old bassist Evan Stokes, who joined the band six months ago.

“The music we create and the level that we can communicate on has kept me commuting from Gardnerville just because I want to come and create this kind of stuff with these people,” Stokes said. “It’s something special and you know when you’re playing in something like that with the people you love, that it’s going to be something.

Others will know when they see it, and they have.”

The band’s drummer, Amearist Phillips, saw it. Phillips, 27, was working on another project when he was approached by Hatchett, who invited him to jam with band.

Minutes in, Phillips and the guys knew it was a perfect fit. He’s spent the last several months wrapping up his other projects.

“It’s harder for me because this is where I want to be,” Phillips said.

“This is like home versus other bands that are like motels and hotels, just for like the night of and all of that. I think the biggest challenge right now is just me coming to grips with it all and then eventually having to find my stability here.”

He has time. Lizano has only been together a matter of months, though their sound and style suggests longer.

Phillips recently returned from a jazz tour, which took him away for 20 days. Now, he and the rest of the guys are busy playing gigs and writing new songs, a process Greco likens to a body shop. New songs are brought into the garage where each member of the band then helps to build and refine the final product.

“You have to be able to bring your own flavor on the spot,” Greco said. “To that effect, it’s all exponential when we’re together. We all push each other to play to that level of, you know, being in that moment, and having that enjoyment is the only thing that’s going to make someone else feel it too.” Ω

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

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

THURSDAY 1/14

FRIDAY 1/15

SATURDAY 1/16

SUNDAY 1/17

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 1/18-1/20

THURSDAY 1/14 10pm, no cover Escape Thursdays,

K Theory, Motorhome SATURDAY 1/16 Music, Giant Fighting Robots, Elektro Spectre, 10pm, $10 K Theory, Motorhome Music, Giant Fighting Robots, Elektro Spectre, 10pm, $10

SUNDAY 1/17

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 1/18-1/20

DJ Neptune, 5pm, 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

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

Mute w/DJs FRIDAY 1/15Boggan, Crisp Rice, Brian Razalus, 10pm, no cover Mute w/DJs Boggan, Crisp Rice, Brian Razalus, no cover Re-No Comedy10pm, Showcase, 9pm, no cover Re-No Comedy Showcase, 9pm, no coverWondaBred, DJ Chocolate 10pm, $5 after 10pm DJ Chocolate WondaBred, 10pm, $5 after 10pm Dippin’ Sauce, 9pm, no cover

DJ Neptune, 5pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

Rustler’s Moon, 8:30pm, no cover

Dippin’ Sauce, 9pm, no cover

Dippin’ Sauce, 9pm, no cover

Escape Thursdays, 10pm, no cover

125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005

3RD STREET 5 STAR 125 W. ThirdSALOON St., (775) 323-5005 132 West St., (775) 329-2878

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

K Theory 16, 10 p.m.

KJan. Theory 1up

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

Jan. 16,Commercial 10 p.m.

214 W. Row 1up 329-9444 214 W. Commercial Row 329-9444

BAR OF AMERICA BRASSERIE 10042 Donner PassST. Rd.,JAMES Truckee; (530) 587-2626

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

BRASSERIE ST. JAMES CARGO ATSt., WHITNEY PEAK HOTEL 901 S. Center (775) 348-8888 CARGO AT WHITNEY PEAK HOTEL CEOL IRISHSt.,PUB 255 N. Virginia (775) 398-5400 538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558

CEOL IRISH PUB COMMA COFFEE 538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558 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 Quinn Dahle, F, 7:30pm, City, 882-1626: Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson $13-$15 882-1626: QuinnCabaret, Dahle, F, 7:30pm, The City, Improv at Harveys Harveys $13-$15 Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: The Jeremy ImprovHotz, at Harveys Joe Dosch,Cabaret, Th-F, Su, Harveys 9pm, $25; Sa, Lake Tahoe,$30; Stateline, (800)Sandro 553-1022: 8pm, 10pm, Henry Phillips, Iocolano, Jeremy W, 9pm, Hotz, $25 Joe Dosch, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm,Factory 10pm, $30; Henry Phillips, Iocolano, Laugh at Silver LegacySandro Resort W, 9pm, $25 Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: Laugh atW,Silver Legacy TimFactory Gaither, Tu, 7:30pm, $21.95Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Tim Gaither, Tu, W,100 7:30pm, $21.95 St., Underground, S. Virginia Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer 686-6600: Quinn Dahle, 8pm, Th, $10; Underground, 1006:30pm, S. Virginia St.,$12-$17 F, 9pm, $12-$17; Sa, 9:30pm, 686-6600: Quinn Dahle, 8pm, Th, $10; F, 9pm, $12-$17; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $12-$17

SundaYze: Brunch and live jazz w/Reno Jazz Syndicate, noon, no cover SundaYze: Brunch and live jazz w/Reno Jazz Syndicate, noon, no cover

901 S. Center St., (775) 348-8888

Hoodslam Wrestling, 8pm, $11

255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400

Comedy Comedy

DJ Chocolate WondaBred, 10pm, $5 after 10pm DJ Chocolate WondaBred, 10pm, $5 after 10pm Dippin’ Sauce, 9pm, no cover

COMMA COFFEE COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR 312 S. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 883-2662 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711

COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711 275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY ELBOW ROOM BAR 275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917 2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-9799

ELBOW ROOM BAR HANGAR 2002 VictorianBAR Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-9799 10603 Stead Blvd., Stead; (775) 677-7088

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

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover In Stride Music, noon, no cover In Stride Music, noon, no cover Axton and Company, 7pm, no cover Axton and Company, 7pm, no cover Ladies Night/line dance lessons w/Miss Daisy, 9:30pm, no cover Ladies Night/line dance lessons w/Miss Daisy, 9:30pm, no cover

Hoodslam Wrestling, 8pm, $11 Liam Kyle Cahill, 9pm, no cover

Keys ’N Krates, Ganz, Barisone, 7:30pm, $20-$25 Keys ’N Krates, Ganz, Barisone, 7:30pm, $20-$25

Liam Kyle Cahill, 9pm, no cover World Dance Open Floor, 8pm, no cover World Dance Open Floor, 8pm, no cover Dawn Oberg, 7pm, no cover Dawn Oberg, 7pm, no cover Metal Billy Trucker, Serenity Awaits, 9:30pm, no cover Metal Billy Trucker, Serenity Awaits, 9:30pm, no cover Dirty Fingers, 9pm, no cover Dirty Fingers, 9pm, no cover

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Reno We Have a Problem, Mary Jane Rocket, 9:30pm, no cover Reno We Have a Problem, Mary Jane Rocket, 9:30pm, no cover Silverwing, 9pm, no cover Silverwing, 9pm, no cover Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover

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

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

THE HOLLAND PROJECT JUBVesta JUB’S THIRST 140 St., (775) 742-1858PARLOR 71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652

JUB JUB’S THIRST PARLOR THE JUNGLE 71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652 246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484

THE JUNGLE

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

Eric Bellinger, Mila J, Rayven Justice, 10pm, $35 w/college ID Eric Bellinger, Mila J, Rayven Justice, 10pm, $35 w/college ID

Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover

Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover Madeon, 8pm, W, $22 Madeon, 8pm, W, $22 Traditional Irish Tune Session, 7pm, Tu, no cover Traditional Irish Tune Session, 7pm,and Tu, Mr. no cover CW Spoons, noon, M, no cover Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover CW and Mr. Spoons, noon, M, no cover Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover

Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, Border Line Fine, 9:30pm, W, no cover Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, BorderMic LineJam Fine, 9:30pm, W, noDiijon, cover Open Slam w/Adrian 9pm, Tu, Karaoke Nite, 9pm, W, no cover Open Mic Jam Slam w/Adrian Diijon, 9pm, Tu, Karaoke Nite, 9pm, W, no cover

Open Mic Night, 9pm, M, no cover Trivia Night, 9pm, W, no cover Open Mic Night, 9pm, M, no cover Trivia Night, 9pm, W, noOpen cover Spoken Views—Youth Mic, 7pm, W, $5, free for performers Spoken Views—Youth Open Mic, 7pm, W, $5, free for performers Blazin Mics!, 9:30pm, M, no cover Blazin Mics!, 9:30pm, M, no cover Outspoken: Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, no cover Outspoken: Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, no cover

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LAKEVIEW LOFT LAKEVIEW 148 Highway 50;LOFT Stateline (775) 580-6055

THURSDAY 1/14 THURSDAY 1/14

148 Highway 50; Stateline (775) 580-6055

Sacto Storytellers, The Irieites, Sacto Storytellers, The Irieites, 9pm, $10-$15 9pm, $10-$15

FRIDAY 1/15 FRIDAY 1/15

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

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, Magic Fusion$27 w/Tony Clark, 7pm, 9pm, 7pm, 9pm, $27

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, Magic Fusion$27 w/Tony Clark, 7pm, 9pm, 7pm, 9pm, $27

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

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 1/18-1/20 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 1/18-1/20

SUNDAY 1/17 SUNDAY 1/17

SATURDAY 1/16 SATURDAY 1/16

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, Magic Fusion$27 w/Tony Clark, 7pm, 9pm, 7pm, 9pm, $27

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, Magic Fusion$27 w/Tony Clark, 7pm, 9pm, 7pm, 9pm, $27

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, Magic Fusion 8pm, M, Tu, W,w/Tony $27 Clark, 8pm, M, Tu, W, $27

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

188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

MOODY’S BISTRO BAR & BEATS MOODY’S BISTRO BEATS 10007 Bridge St., Truckee;BAR (530) & 587-8688

Whatitdo Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover Whatitdo Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover Adam Theis MOBtet featuring Adam Theis MOBtet Joe Bagale, 8:30pm,featuring no cover Joe Bagale, 8:30pm, no cover

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

Adam Theis MOBtet featuring Adam Theis MOBtet Joe Bagale, 8:30pm,featuring no cover Joe Bagale, 8:30pm, no cover

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

TSOL TSOL Jan. 18, 8 p.m.

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

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

PADDY & IRENE’S IRISH PUB PADDY & IRENE’S IRISH 906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775)PUB 358-5484 906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-5484

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

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

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

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

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

Open Mic Nights w/Wabuska Yachting Open Club, Mic 7pm,Nights $TBAw/Wabuska Yachting Club, 7pm, $TBA

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

Jan. 18, 8 p.m.

PB&J’s PB&J’s 555 E. Fourth St. 555 E. Fourth St. 322-4348 322-4348

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

This Patch of Sky, Seas & Centuries, This Patch of 7pm, Sky, Seas Skinwalkers, $5 & Centuries, Skinwalkers, 7pm, $5

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

SWMRS, The Aquadolls, 7pm, $10 SWMRS, The Aquadolls, 7pm, $10

T.S.O.L., Left Alone, 8pm, M, $12 T.S.O.L., Left Alone, 8pm, M, $12

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

1483 E. Fourth St., (775) 622-9424

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Madeon Madeon Jan. 20, 8 p.m.

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

Jan. 20, 8 p.m.

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

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

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

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

Dance party, 9pm, no cover Dance party, 9pm, no cover

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

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

Industry Night w/DJ Keenan, Industry w/DJ Keenan, 9pm, Tu, Night no cover 9pm, Tu, no cover

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

1) Comedy Power Hour Open Mic, 1)8pm, Comedy Tu, noPower coverHour Open Mic, 8pm, Tu, no cover

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

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

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

THURSDAY 1/14 THURSDAY 1/14

FRIDAY 1/15 FRIDAY 1/15

SATURDAY 1/16 SATURDAY 1/16

SUNDAY 1/17 SUNDAY 1/17

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 1/18-1/20 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 1/18-1/20

2) Escalade, 8pm, no cover 2) Escalade, 8pm, no cover

2) Escalade, 4pm, no cover 2) Escalade, no10pm, coverno cover Joey Carmon4pm, Band, Joey Carmon Band, 10pm, no cover

2) Escalade, 4pm, no cover 2) Escalade, coverno cover Joey Carmon4pm, Band,no10pm, Joey Carmon Band, 10pm, no cover

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

1) NNBCAS MLK Dinner, 7pm, M, $65 1) MLK8pm, Dinner, 7pm, 2) NNBCAS Cook Book, M, Tu, W, M, no $65 cover 2) Cook Book, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Voodoo Cowboys, 7pm, no cover

2) Voodoo Cowboys, 8pm, no cover 2) Voodoo Cowboys, 8pm, no cover

2) Voodoo Cowboys, 8pm, no cover 2) Voodoo Cowboys, 8pm, no cover

2) George Pickard, 6pm, no cover 2) George Pickard, 6pm, no cover

1) Del Van Dyke, Kelly Hilbert, 1) Del VanW,Dyke, 7:30pm, $15 Kelly Hilbert, 7:30pm, W,Pickard, $15 2) George 6pm M, Tu, W, no cover 2) George Pickard, 6pm M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Strange Weather, 10pm, no cover 2) Strange Weather, 10pm, no cover

1) Phutureprimitive, Love and Light, 1) Phutureprimitive, Love and Light, CharlestheFirst, 8pm, $18-$38 CharlestheFirst, 8pm, $18-$38

1) Big Head Todd and the Monsters, 1) BigDoughty, Head Todd and$28-$48 the Monsters, Mike 8pm, Mike Doughty, 8pm,11pm, $28-$48 2) Kowta, Stanzu, no cover 2) Kowta, Stanzu, 11pm, no cover

2) All Them Witches, 9pm, W, no cover 2) All Them Witches, 9pm, W, no cover

2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover

2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 2) 10:30pm, no cover 3) Audioboxx, DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover

2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 2) 10:30pm, no cover 3) Audioboxx, DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover

2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Audioboxx, 10:30pm, no cover

1) Footloose, 7pm, Tu, W, $24.95-$26.95 7pm, Tu, W, $24.95-$26.95 1) Footloose 2) Live Band, Karaoke, 10pm, M, no cover 2) Karaoke, no cover DJ Live ChrisBand English, 10pm,10pm, Tu, noM,cover DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, no cover

2) Flirt Thursdays, 10pm, no cover

2) DJ Pauly D, 10pm, $15 2) DJ Pauly D, 10pm, $15

2) Lex Saturdays, 10pm, $15-$25 2) Lex Saturdays, 10pm, $15-$25

2) DJ JB, DJ JosBeatz, 9pm 2) JosBeatz, 3) DJ ArtyJB,theDJParty, 9pm, 9pm no cover 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Tainted Love, 7:30pm, $27.06 1) Love, 7:30pm, 2) Tainted DJ Loczi, DJ Rick Gee,$27.06 10pm, $10 2) DJ Rick Gee,no10pm, 3) DJ ArtyLoczi, the Party, 9pm, cover$10 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

2) Voodoo Cowboys, 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

Big Head Todd Big Head Todd and the Monsters and the Monsters Jan. 17, 8 p.m.

Jan. 17, 8Bay p.m.

Crystal Club Crystal Bay28 Club 14 Highway 14 Highway 28 Crystal Bay Crystal 833-6333Bay 833-6333

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2500 E. Second (775)Nightclub 789-2000 1) Grand TheaterSt., 2) Lex 3) Sports Book 2) Flirt Thursdays, 10pm, no cover 1) Nightclub Sports Book 4) Grand SummitTheater Pavilion2) 5)LexSilver State3)Pavilion 4) Summit Pavilion 5) Silver State Pavilion

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

CBQ, 1330 Scheels Drive, Ste. 250, Sparks, CBQ,359-1109: 1330 Scheels Drive, Ste. 250, Sparks,Th, Karaoke w/Larry Williams, 359-1109: Karaoke w/Larry Williams, Th, 6pm, no cover 6pm, 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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ELDORADO RESORT CASINO ELDORADO RESORT CASINO 345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700 GRAND SIERRA RESORT GRAND SIERRA RESORT 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000

Karaoke Karaoke

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

1) Morris Day & The Time, 1) Morris Day & The Time, 9pm, $39.50-$49.50 9pm, $39.50-$49.50

55 Hwy. 50, Stateline; 1) Showroom 2) Opal 3)(800) BLU 648-3353 1) Showroom 2) Opal 3) BLU

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

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, Walker WIlliams,5pm, 9pm,nonocover cover Walker WIlliams, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, Walker WIlliams,5pm, 9pm,nonocover cover Walker WIlliams, 9pm, no cover

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

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

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

2) Drinking with Clowns, 8pm, no cover 2) Drinking with Clowns, 8pm, no cover

2) Drinking with Clowns, 8pm, no cover 2) Drinking with Clowns, 8pm, no cover

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Events HOW TO IDENTIFY AND ATTRACT NEIGHBORHOOD BIRDS: Join local Audubon Society member and birding expert Alan Gubanich and Moana Nursery’s Wild Birds Unlimited manager Carmel Hilton for a mini course in identification of the birds now visiting your neighborhood and the best ways to attract them to your yard.

Sa, 1/16, 10am. Free. Moana Nursery Landscape & Design Center, 1190 W. Moana Lane, (775) 825-0600.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: Through video, presentations and a Q&A session, this nationally recognized avalanche education series provides backcountry users the knowledge and tools to make safe, responsible decisions in the backcountry. Sa, 1/16, 7pm. Free.

Granite Chief Ski & Mountain Shop, 11368 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, (360) 301-3040.

NNBCAS 28TH MLK DINNER: The Northern Nevada Black Cultural Awareness Society presents the 28th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration. Award-winning broadcast journalist Cheryl Wills from NY1 News is the keynote speaker.

Tickets can be purchased at Ensoul Beauty Salon, the Northern Nevada International Center or online at www.nnbcas.org. M, 1/18, 7pm. $65.

Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-8990.

WINTER BIRDS OF THE GALENA FOREST: Alan Gubanich, former vice president of the Lahontan Audubon Society, will use taxidermy mounts and photos to show visitors what birds they can possibly see during winter hikes in the Galena Forest. Both beginner and experienced birders are invited to a workshop on how to identify and look for these species. Bring bird guides and binoculars. Su, 1/17, 10am. $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948, www. galenacreekvisitorcenter.org.

MONSTER FISH: IN SEARCH OF THE LAST RIVER GIANTS: The exhibit features life-size 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. $9-$10. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www.nvdm.org.

SCHEELS KIDS KLUB: BEHIND THE SCENES: Kids ages 4-12 can take a tour of the store and learn about Scheels’ history and fun facts. Meet in the Scheels Training Rooms. All kids receive a free ride on the Scheels Ferris Wheel. M, 1/18, 6pm. Free. Scheels, 1200 Scheels Drive, Sparks, (775) 331-2700, http:// experience.scheels.com.

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 for members and babies under age 1. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www. nvdm.org.

SSSNAKES ALIVE!: This interactive exhibition encourages visitors to embrace their fear as they discover the secrets of North America’s four indigenous venomous snakes: the copperhead, cottonmouth, coral and rattlesnake.

The exhibit features more than 20 live venomous snakes along with dozens of interactive stations and imaginative displays. W-Su through 4/10. $9 adults, $8 children and seniors. Wilbur D. May Museum, Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.

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

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

VISITING ARTIST: SARA PHILLIPS: Sara Phillips of Reno Little Theater explores the fundamentals of dramatic performance and creating original improvised scenes. Attendees will learn how actors use their bodies and voices to

SOUTH VALLEYS STORY TIME: Stories and activities especially for the preschool child. Tu, 11:15am. Free. South Valleys Library, 15650A Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190, www.washoe.lib.nv.us.

SPANISH SPRINGS STORY TIME: Stories, songs and fun geared toward preschool children ages 3-6. M, 10:3011am. Free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.

SPARKS STORY TIME: Stories and activities especially for the preschool child.

W, 10:15am. Free. Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3200.

All Ages CLASS: ART ADVENTURES FOR YOUTH: Kids ages 7-11 can explore four different mediums including drawing and watercolor. Th, 1/14, 4-5pm. $35. Larry D. Johnson Community Center, 1200 12th St., Sparks, (775) 826-6100 ext. 2.

DOWNTOWN LIBRARY STORY TIME: Stories and activities especially for the preschool child. Tu, 10:30am. Free.

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

ENVIRONMENTAL DRAMA: Kids will learn about their environment through an interactive presentation, drama activity and craft. Children will practice creative expression with Mrs. Clays and her daughter Kelsea. Third Sa of every

month, 1pm through 5/21. Opens 1/16.

$5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948, www.thegreatbasininstitute.org.

INCLINE VILLAGE STORY TIME: Stories and crafts for all children. W, 4pm. Free.

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

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

Through digital and hands-on exhibits, you’ll learn how our bodies work, grow, age and heal. Tu-Su. $10 children and adults, $9 veterans and active duty military, free for babies under age 1. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www. nvdm.org.

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Animal Ark Wild Winter Weekends Bears, skunks and squirrels are animals that hibernate during the cold months of winter. Indeed, many humans would rather spend most of the winter indoors in warm PJs watching Netflix.

But if you’re brave enough to put up with a little cold, head out to Animal Ark for the first Wild Winter Weekend of 2016. The wildlife sanctuary’s lynx, bobcats, wolves, cougars, foxes and other wild residents tend to enjoy the cooler temperatures and should provide visitors with plenty of picture-taking opportunities as they frolic in the snow in their thick winter coats. Animal Ark, located about 25 miles north of Reno at 1265 Deerlodge Road, is open on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 16-17, and again on Feb. 13-14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $11 for seniors, $10 children age 3 and older. Call (775) 970-3111 prior to heading out in case weather or road conditions have affected operations at the facility.

tell a story. Registration is required.

Presentations are at 10:30am, 11:45am, 2pm and 3:15pm. Sa, 1/16, 10:30am-4pm.

Free with $10 museum admission.

Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, 490 S. Center St., (775) 7861000, www.nvdm.org.

Art ART INDEED! SIERRA MEMORIAL ART SPACE: Luscious Abstracts. The abstract art gallery is open for the Riverwalk Wine Walk on Jan. 16 and the Artist Open House on Jan. 24. Gallery hours: Monday 1:30-6pm, Tuesday-Thursday 3:30-7pm or by appointment any day/ evening of the week. Sa, 1/16, 2-5pm; Su, 1/24, 2-5pm. Free. 142 Bell St., (775) 846-8367, http://artindeed.com for details.

tion and inhibiting faculties. Berkeley based artist Jared Haug’s mixed media works incorporate processes of deceleration, dis-identification and nonproductivity as a way to counter the frantic tendencies and demands of the capitalist market. There will be special Sunday opening reception with the artist on Jan. 17 from 1-3pm. Su, 1/17,

1-3pm; Tu-F, 3-6pm through 2/5. Opens 1/19. Free. 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858.

OXS GALLERY, NEVADA ARTS COUNCIL: Leeway. Reno artist Nate Clark examines order and structure through mark making. The paintings highlight the subtle contrast between the imperfections of hand-made marks and a methodical formula or scientific method. M-F, 8am-5pm through 3/11.

Free. 716 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 687-6680.

HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: Martini’s Law. The immersive gallery installation is titled after a phenomenon experienced by deep-sea divers in which the swallowing depths create an euphoric sensation clouding percep-

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Shove hurts I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on a relationship coach, who instructed me to cut off all sex and even all contact with the guy I was dating until he agreed to marry me.

I knew he loved me and wanted to marry me; I just wanted him to do it faster. Sadly, my ultimatum to him blew up in my face—he is done with me. My roommate, who thought the coach’s advice was terrible, just moved in with her guy despite his being kind of a commitmentphobe. Her approach was to just be loving and patient with him and give it some time (about a year). She said she realized that she had the option to bail if the waiting became too much. I’m confused. Men supposedly don’t get hints. Why doesn’t saying what you want work to get the guy?

Is your dating coach 8 years old? Because “I refuse to speak to you till you propose!” is a (slightly) more adult version of “I’m holding my breath till you buy me that Barbie!”

Welcome to Ultimatum Frisbee! A highly risky game.

We tend to freak when our freedom is threatened—including our freedom of choice. In fact, social psychologist George A. Youngs finds that when a potential loss of freedom looms, it unleashes a “motivational state,” compelling us to try to preserve that freedom and fight off any attempts to yank other freedoms. In other words, the more you go all petty despot on somebody—overtly trying to force them into doing your bidding—the more likely they are to rebel and maybe even do the exact opposite of what you want.

“Overtly” is the key word here. Your roommate also wanted to wrangle a commitment from her boo. But note the difference in tactics—making it attractive for him to stick around as opposed to leaving a note on his pillow, “Put a ring on it!”—along with the severed, bleeding head of My Little Pony.

This isn’t to say you should keep your mouth shut about what you want. But consider the difference in controllingness in making a statement versus giving an ultimatum.

A statement tells him what you have to do: “I feel bad that you don’t seem to want to marry me, and I can’t continue in this much longer.” An ultimatum, on the other hand, tells him what he has to do: “Marry me or nothing, bucko!”

Also, consider that with “marry me or nothing,” you’re very distinctly putting “nothing” on the table. And maybe at a certain point, this is a trade-off you’re willing to

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make. But, again, stating it in those terms is probably a bad idea. Keep in mind that typically a man commits to a woman because he loves her and is better with her than he is alone—much as he might admire her for her attempt to re-enact the Iran hostage crisis on a very small scale.

Atone deaf I’m a 28-year-old girl. I‘ve been with my boyfriend for several months. He never really apologizes. He’ll say “I’m sorry you feel that way” and never “I’m sorry that I did that.” When I confronted him, he said, “Well, I’m not sorry for my actions. I just don’t want to hurt you, so I’m sorry I hurt your feelings.” Am I parsing this too much?

Is there a difference between these two apologies?

“I’m sorry you feel that way” is the Dollar Tree version of an apology. Sure, it has the words “I’m sorry” and the package seems kind of familiar, but it ultimately goes down like expired SpaghettiOs from Czechoslovakia.

This kind of apology doesn’t make you want to forgive somebody. It makes you want to chase them with an ax.

Instead of taking responsibility for what they did or said, they’re using apology words to blame you for feeling bad about it, which is like saying, “I’m so sorry your window was too lame to open itself when my golf ball was heading toward it.”

And sure, “Sorry you’re offended” is sometimes appropriate, but when it’s always somebody’s apology, it suggests they have no connection to the possibility that they’ve done something wrong. This is a trait common to narcissists, sociopaths and psychopaths, reflecting a lack of empathy. (Their saying “I’m sorry you’re hurt” is just a sneaky way out, not an expression of care and concern.)

Consider whether the “I’m perfect; you’re oversensitive” model will work for you long term. If not, tell him what you need and see whether he can or will give it to you. If you don’t see a change, the best way to teach him may be by example: “I’m sorry, but the number you have called has been disconnected.” 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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Gallery at City Hall hosts artwork from Chicago-based visual artist Vesna Jovanovic. Foreign Bodies is a series of ink and graphite drawings driven by what may or may not commonly be considered part of the human body. This series of largescale YUPO rolls begins as randomly spilled ink that Jovanovic goes over with intricate cross-hatching to formally resemble medical illustration.

Jovanovic’s drawings take into consideration what might enter the body surgically, accidentally, deliberately, violently or aesthetically— driving the question, “What is the different between a foreign body and a familiar body?” 1/18-2/26. Free. 1 E. First St., (775) 334-4636, www.reno.gov.

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, www.carpentersmusic.com.

guides this class for knitters of all ages and levels. Yarn and needles are available. First and Third Su of every month, 1:30-3pm. Free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.

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.

RCO COLLEGE CONCERTO COMPETITION: The Reno Chamber Orchestra’s 27th annual College Concerto Competition is the only competition of its kind in the state of Nevada. Starting time for the competition is T.B.A. based on the number of competitors. The participants, who must either attend a Nevada college or be a Nevada resident attending college out of state, compete for cash prizes and the opportunity to appear as soloist with the RCO in one of its regular season concerts. The first-prize winner of the 2016 College Concerto Competition will perform with the RCO at its concerts on April 16-17.

Su, 1/17. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-9413.

Call for Artists CITY OF RENO CALL FOR ARTISTS: The City of Reno is accepting proposals from artists and curators interested in exhibiting. All media will be considered for display. However, the unique aspects of each venue are best suited for two-dimensional work although three-dimensional work may be considered if space allows. A review panel will determine the quality of proposals. The Public Art Committee and Reno Arts and Culture Commission will have final approval. Notification of results can be expected in April 2016.

Through 3/1. McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 3346264, www.reno.gov.

DIABETES AWARENESS SUPPORT GROUP: This group is for people with diabetes and their families. Second Th of every month, 9:30-10:45am. Saint Mary’s Center for Health & Fitness, 645 N. Arlington Ave., Ste. 100, (775) 770-3600.

Reno Philharmonic: Classix Three The Reno Philharmonic Orchestra Classix series of concerts continues with a performance featuring viola player Dustin Budish who will take center stage for William Walton’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra. The concert also features Conductor Laura Jackson leading the orchestra for George Frideric Handel’s Suite No. 2 in D Major from Water Music and Ludwig von Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, opus 55 “Eroica.” The concerts begin at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 17, and at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Before the shows, Jackson will discuss the works and composers on the evening’s concert, giving attendees a background and historical context for the music they will hear. The preview talk is at 3 p.m. on Sunday in the concert hall and at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the exhibition hall.

Tickets are $32-$86. Call 323-6393 or visit www.renophil.com.

XING BRIDGES: The group performs familiar songs from an era which will spark fond memories of years gone by. Sa, 1/16, 7pm. $10-$20. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: Renown Hospice Care offers a grief support group every first and third Wednesday. Support is available for those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. The group is facilitated by Fr. Karry Crites and is open to anyone. Third W of every month, 6:30-8pm. Free. Washoe County Senior Center, 1155 E. Ninth St., (775) 982-2817, http://bit.ly/GriefSupportGroup2.

KNITTING & CROCHET CLUB: This group is open to anyone who enjoys knitting or

crocheting. Second and Third Sa of every month, 1-3pm. Free. Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 787-4100, www2.washoecounty.us.

LIFESCAPES: The writing program provides seniors an opportunity to write and share their memoirs. First and Third W of every month, 1-3pm. Free. Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 787-4100.

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plays Oklahoma City Blue. Su, 1/17, 7pm; M, 1/18, 7pm. Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., (775) 335-8800.

ing rink will be located in front of the Reno Aces Ballpark. 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, www. renoaces.com.

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. $4-$10, free for members and children age 5 and younger. 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Guided Tours.

Tour the featured exhibition with one of the Nevada Museum of Art’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled guided tour offered Thursdays at 6pm (except First Thursdays); Saturdays at 1pm and Sundays at 1pm. Reservations are not needed. Free with $1-$10 admission. Th, Sa, Su; NMA Gallery Closure.

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time 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.

Morgan’s light sculpture illuminates Wingfield Park nightly with animated color palettes derived from Reno street murals, the artist’s own work and time lapses of the Milky Way. M-Su, 4-10pm through 3/31. Free. 300 W. First St., (775) 329-2787.

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Sa, 6:30-8pm through 2/6. $5 suggested donation. The Potentialist Workshop, 836 E. Second St., (775) 686-8201.

series continues with the Slide Mountain Band. Sa, 7pm through 3/12. $3 suggested donation per person.

Western Heritage Interpretive Center, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 8286612.

Personaj. King’s first major exhibit features her oil and acrylic paintings.

The artist’s reception is on Thursday, Jan. 21, 5-7pm. M-Su through 1/30.

Free. 17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 120, (775) 329-2787.

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Emily Arthur. 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.

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ing exhibitions. The Museum Store, Chez Louie and the E.L. Cord Museum School are open during normal business hours. M-Su through 1/22. Opens 1/14.Don Dondero: A Photographic Legacy, W-Su through 7/10. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

Onstage MI VIDA GITANA: Charlie, a boy from

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Texas, is sent to live with his estranged mother in Spain after his father dies in battle in Iraq. In the streets of Spain he befriends an orphan named Liliana who is owned by her Romani boss. A plan to run away and elope is foiled by Charlie’s mother and Liliana’s keeper, who scheme to falsely imprison Liliana. Th,

1/14, 7:30pm; F, 1/15, 7:30pm; Sa, 1/16, 7:30pm; Su, 1/17, 2pm. $10. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 3290661, http://renolittletheater.org.

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hearsed and unscripted, so you’ll never experience the same show twice. Once a month, Reno Improv hosts a jam called The Experiment, which is open to everyone. Bring a concept you’d like to workshop and you’ll be matched with a partner for some free-form improv. Sa, 8-9:30pm through 2/6. $5 suggested donation.

The Potentialist Workshop, 836 E. Second St., (775) 686-8201, https:// www.facebook.com/renoimprov.

MYSTERY BOOK CLUB: This month’s selection is Murder in the Dark by Kerry Greenwood. Su, 1/17, 1-2pm.

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

NORTHERN NEVADA ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS: This networking

group meets monthly. Second Th of every month, 6-8pm. Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, (775) 828-1991.

Classes THE BREASTFEEDING FORUM: Breastfeeding mothers are invited to join this breast-feeding support group. Mothers exchange their experiences and discuss concerns such as milk supply, pumping, going back to work, sleeping or lack of sleep, etc. RSVP at http:// doodle.com/cy5nrur23mbg6pie. Tu, 4-5pm. $10 drop in; free for first-time attendees. Renown South Meadows

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I don’t agree with that idea 100 percent of the time. Sometimes our wrong ideas are so delusional that we’re better off getting interrupted and redirected by the wiser insights of others. But for the near future, Virgo, I recommend Dostoyevsky’s prescription for your use. One of your key principles will be to brandish your unique perspectives. Even if they’re not entirely right and reasonable, they will lead you to what you need to learn next.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I love kissing,” testifies singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens.

“If I could kiss all day, I would. I can’t stop thinking about kissing. I like kissing more than sex because there’s no end to it. You can kiss forever. You can kiss yourself into oblivion. You can kiss all over the body. You can kiss yourself to sleep.” I invite you to

temporarily adopt this expansive obsession, Libra. The astrological omens suggest that you need more sweet, slippery, sensual, tender interaction than usual. Why? Because it will unleash sweet, slippery, sensual, tender emotions and sweet, slippery, sensual, tender thoughts, all of which will awaken a surge of dormant creativity. Which you also need very much.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Everything

has been said before,” said French author André Gide, “but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.” I am happy to inform you that you’re about to be temporarily exempt from this cynical formulation. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will be able to drive home certain points that you have been trying to make over and over again for quite a while. The people who most need to hear them will finally be able to register your meaning. (P.S. This breakthrough will generate optimal results if you don’t gloat. Be grateful and understated.)

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Do you want more money, Sagittarius? Are there treasures you wish you could have, but you can’t afford them? Do any exciting experiences and life-enhancing adventures remain off-limits because of limited resources? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, now would be an excellent time to formulate plans and take action to gather increased wealth. I don’t guarantee total success if you do, but I promise that your chance to make progress will be higher than usual. Cosmic tendencies are leaning in the direction of you getting richer quicker, and if you collaborate with those tendencies, financial magic could materialize.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “It’s

a terrible thing to wait until you’re ready,” proclaims actor Hugh Laurie. He goes even further: “No one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready.” His counsel is too extreme for my tastes. I believe that proper preparation is often essential. We’ve got to get educated about the challenges we want to take on. We need to develop at least some skills to help us master our beloved goals. On the other hand, it’s impossible to ever be perfectly prepared and educated and skilled. If you postpone your quantum leaps of faith until every contingency has been accounted for, you’ll never leap. Right now, Capricorn, Laurie’s view is good advice.

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

has transformed a part of your life that you didn’t feel ready to have transformed.

I won’t offer my condolences, though, because I’ve guessed a secret that you don’t know about yet. The mythic fact, as I see it, is that whatever you imagine you have had to let go of will ultimately come back to you in a revised and revivified form— maybe sooner than you think. Endings and beginnings are weaving their mysteries together in unforeseen ways. Be receptive to enigmatic surprises.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Good news:

Your eagerness to think big is one of your superpowers. Bad news: It’s also one of your liabilities. Although it enables you to see how everything fits together, it may cause you to overlook details about what’s undermining you. Good news: Your capacity for intense empathy is a healing balm for both others and yourself. At least potentially, it means you can be a genius of intimacy. Bad news: Your intense empathy can make you fall prey to the emotional manipulation of people with whom you empathize. Good news: Your willingness to explore darkness is what makes your intelligence so profound.

Bad news: But that’s also why you have to wrestle so fiercely with fear. Good news: In the next four weeks, the positive aspects of all the above qualities will be ascendant.

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Bourbon streets Ed Adkins Ed and Heidi Adkins of Let’s Do Things have been organizing costumed pub crawls in Reno for eight years.

They’re starting off 2016 with a brand new one.

I was crawling around the internet the other day— Ha Ha, crawling.

Yeah, and I saw that the first crawl of 2016 is a brand new crawl. Can you tell me about it?

Yes. I’d love to. That’s the Mardi Crawl, and we’re pretty excited because we traditionally—the second crawl we ever started was on Valentine’s. And we’ve done that for a few years, but Valentine’s is less of a time for crawling. … We decided, man, what would we do?

Everyone really liked the Pajama Crawl we do, and that was what was happening on Valentine’s the last couple of years.

So I thought let’s move that to warmer months. …You know, one thing I’ve always wanted to do, because around Valentine’s I’ll always see information about Mardi Gras happening, and every time I think, “Oh, man, that’s what we should be doing is Mardi Gras, not Valentine’s during that period.” So, I spent some time researching Mardi Gras. I’ve been to New Orleans, and the one time that I went it was like

going to a home you haven’t been before, like a lot of people will say that they consider Burning Man home. I like Burning Man. It’s great, but New Orleans is like distilled booze, cigars, seediness, music— all of the stuff that I love and love about even Reno, you know, at times. … So this year, we thought, “Hey, let’s do a Mardi Crawl.” We’ve tried to look at everything that makes Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras… So, we’re not going to be able to implement everything we want, but eventually, we’d love to have a parade. We’d love to have everything that we can kind of bring to the folks, especially who live here. … When Hurricane Katrina happened, a lot of folks who were displaced were actually placed in Reno. And so there’s actually like a collection of people from here because of that, too. So we’d like to create something that they’d want to come to, not just another crawl. … We think long and hard before ever adding one. What kind of

The man who fell from Earth If you ever gave a damn about David Bowie, I encourage you to go on You Tube and watch two videos from his new album Blackstar—the 10 minute title cut and “Lazarus.” You’ll see two excellent pieces of video art, as one might expect from Dave—provocative, unpredictable and moving, and not in any way maudlin, sentimental or sappy, even though both were made with full knowledge that these vids would be his final works on this planet.

His career as a rock star and superdude media icon lasted years, but his true prime time was ’72 to ’83.

The 1970s were Dave’s Decade, where he and his band “moved like tigers on Vaseline,” taking rock music from the pshaggy 1960s to the glam rock 1970s, and make no mistake about it, the 1970s were a great, great time for rock ’n’ roll.

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Yeah. Yeah, in one big blurb, that’s the Mardi Crawl. So, we’re going try to do a foot parade with a bunch of different kinds of performers, like a brass band, and we’re going to try to get a jazz band out.

We’ll have stilt walkers.

This year?

Yeah. So, we’ll kind of just do a little, small foot parade from bar to bar that will start off the event ’cause we do that for the steampunk crawl already. The steampunk crawl is just a lot smaller. The Steampunk Tavern Stroll is what we call it. Ω

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the Spiders from Mars. I remember well as me and my pals, firmly in the musical headlock of southern rock and Led Zep, completely embraced the Ziggy album as well. It was a damn good and completely fresh rock record that sounded like nothing else. Our stoned air guitar workouts to “Suffragette City” were freaking epic, baby! It’s still a titanic piece of work and sounds totally terrific, 44 years on.

The only way you become a true star in rock, and then a legend, is to build an undeniable and hefty body of work. Dave, amidst the blizzards of cocaine and the puritanical uproar surrounding his declared bisexuality, proceeded to swiftly build that legacy (though he later confessed all that bi stuff to be mostly a ruse to generate publicity, one that worked extremely well in an America that Dave described as a “very puritanical place”).

Bowie followed Ziggy with Aladdin Sane in ’73 (“Panic in Detroit”), then ’74, Diamond Dogs (“Rebel Rebel”), a complete shift in ’75 from Ziggy to

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impact is this going to have? Why are we doing this? That kind of thing. We don’t just add them. We’ve added very slowly during this eight years, and we’ve only added a few as time has gone on. If we do it, we want to do it right. This year what’s cool is every bar is going to have—we bought, obviously, first thing we started with when looking at it, you can’t get away from the fact that everyone is going to want beads. So we bought—I think 150 pounds of beads are on their way now. That’s like 3,000 strands. … And then we talked to the bars who agreed to be involved about what traditional drinks are served like the hand grenades and hurricanes and others…The best part about, I think, the combination between the Mardi Gras and the crawls is like there’s so much that is similar as far as a parade and party and massive kind of mishmash that you find over there. …The more we looked into this, we were like, “Man, this is obvious.

We should have done this a long time ago.”

the plastic soul of Young Americans (title track, “Fame”), another makeover in ’76 into the Thin White Duke of Station to Station (“Golden Years”), then a physical move to Berlin for the moody trilogy of Low, “Heroes” (one of my all-time fave Daves) and The Lodger, then moving back to Britain to make 1980’s Scary Monsters (“Ashes to Ashes”) and finally, in ’83, the supersmash album, maybe the greatest of all, Let’s Dance (title track, “China Girl”), where Dave hooked up with this unknown Texas guitarist named Stevie Ray Vaughan and owned the airwaves for a good while.

His longtime producer, Tony Visconti, said on Sunday the 10th, the day Bowie became The Man Who Fell From Earth, “He always did what he wanted to do. ... His death was no different than his life, a work of art.

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