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Sell out Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

I’ve had people ask me about my estate sale since I wrote about my decision to have one (“I can’t believe it’s not clutter,” feature story, Jan. 14). Well, after a couple of delays, we finally had the sale last weekend, and it was a terrible experience.

Don’t get me wrong. Debbie Cox, the professional estate sale organizer we hired, did a great job. And my girlfriend, Margot, and I did well enough on the two goals of the sale: getting rid of stuff and making some money. The mistake we made was that we volunteered to help during the sale. Cox usually discourages owners and family members to visit the property during an estate sale, and now I really understand why.

If Cox had just come to me after the sale and said, “We made this amount and got rid of all of these things,” I think I would’ve been happy, but being there during the sale was very stressful. It was disheartening to see strangers rummaging through my house, haggling down items I thought were already priced too low. Every time I heard the individual sale price of any given item, I was disappointed, though happy with the overall take.

Plus, some of these strangers were indeed strange. There was a variety of oddity, but, for me, the most obnoxious people were the wild-eyed oldtimers who would ask, “Got any rifles?” “Nope.” “What about handguns?” “No, sir.” “Bullets?”

“No.” “OK, what about hunting knives?” Those interactions got me wondering how often guns are sold at garage sales and estate sales. It also occurred to me that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who fantasize about who they want to fuck, and those who fantasize about who they want to kill. And I have a hard time relating to the latter.

Anyway, if other people are considering doing something similar, I’d say go for it. And I’d reiterate that we had a good experience working with Cox. (Her website is www.chaosreno. com.) But I’d also suggest that you just trust her when she tells you that you don’t want to be there during the estate sale.

—Brad Bynum

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Re: “What’s Reno’s Food?” (Feature story, Feb. 25): It seems a bit unfair to label all AYCE sushi patrons as disgruntled, post-casino-buffet gluttons. After all, sushi, especially with a reasonable fish-to-rice ratio, is not exactly filling.

The chances of achieving the same desired fullness at regular establishments before emptying the wallet or purse is a remote possibility at best.

By the way, my favorite local AYCE, which shall remain nameless, is all about warm, friendly service, off-menu specials, and dazzling homemade creations that you won’t find anywhere else. (Yes, that’s you, Godzilla and Aureliano!) Oops!

Rob Shader Reno

Key to the letters page It seems like more and more law enforcement agencies are lining up to have phones unlocked. It all started with one request from the FBI for one phone to be unlocked, and when will it end? A New York judge denied New York police from getting Apple to unlock the phone of a suspected drug dealer. If the government wins, and Apple has to unlock the phone, ground rules should be setup before the first phone is unlocked.

1. The phone must be unlocked at an Apple lab. The key must not be allowed to leave the premises, and no one except Apple employees are allowed to touch the equipment. This way the key will not end up in the hands of hackers, and if it does, no one else can be blamed except Apple. 2. A court order must accompany the phone detailing what information the law enforcement agency is trying to obtain.

Any other information found on the phone can’t be used against the phone owner—Fifth Amendment against self incrimination, privacy rights. 3.

An attorney representing the phone owner must be present to ensure the letter and spirit of the court order has been complied with and no one has

a copy of information not allowed by the court order. 4. No fishing. Proof of ownership must be established.

More should be done to ensure the privacy rights of citizens than to give the government open access to your computer (and your phone is a computer) and any other private information just because some agent suspects your computer may or may not have something of interest.

Dewey Quong Reno

Trainor wheels Re “The market and solar” (Let Freedom Ring, Feb. 25): Brendan Trainor’s article rails on solar subsidies yet completely ignores the fact that fossil fuels are heavily subsidized by our government, and that doesn’t include the hidden costs of environmental damage which have been legislated out of these industries.

Journalistic integrity would tell a different story than portrayed in this article.

Marcial Reiley Reno

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Cauci dissed The historical purpose of a caucus is to gather folks together to discuss, argue, campaign for a particular candidate. Then, based on what folks hear and learn, folks can then make a more-informed vote.

That does not seem to be the case for the modern caucus. I attended the Democratic caucus in Virginia City and was hoping to actively participate in some kind of

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discussion, but it never happened.

Instead, we listened to someone read letters from elected officials that were just pep talks encouraging us to vote for a Democrat.

(Preaching to the choir?) The reason for a caucus cannot be for the people since caucusing creates time hardships that keep people from attending, and state law does not obligate employers to facilitate attending a caucus, which inhibits participation.

The only given reason is “First in the West” status (with a caucus, the party decides the date). But what does this buy us? Well, the candidates tend to show up in our state, but they all just repeated the same talking points from previous stump speeches with a few token panderings added for selected local issues. Is that worth disenfranchising so many voters?

I think not. The Democratic party claims to be against voter suppression, yet it’s the Democratic party that insists on a caucus system. You can’t have it both ways.

Michel Rottman Virginia Highlands

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Re “The market and solar” (Let Freedom Ring, Feb. 25): I’m replying to Brendan Trainor’s “The Market and Solar” to clear up the Libertarian Party of Nevada’s position.

We agree that “libertarians should support a mandate and subsidy-free energy market, and should advocate the end of the progressive model of regulated monopolies like NV Energy, so consumers have real choices in who provides their energy needs.”

Unfortunately, the PUC’s actions have further entrenched NV Energy’s monopoly on power generation and distribution by setting an artificially low “wholesale price,” along with a hefty monthly access fee. Assuming the PUC’s decision stands, NV Energy will effectively purchase surplus residentially-generated power for very close to free. Though net metering at retail rates does not reflect the cost to distribute power from residential sources to other customers, that

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framework comes closer to ending NV Energy’s monopoly by providing consumers a real choice in who provides their energy. We would prefer complete deregulation of Nevada’s power; until that happens, we must ensure the cronies that leverage regulatory capture to profit off of Nevadans don’t make a bad situation worse. To that end, we support all efforts that accommodate the decentralization and deregulation of power generation.

David Colborne Libertarian Party of Nevada Reno

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Should the sales tax go up to pay for schools?

Asked at Reno Town Mall, 4001 S. Virginia St. Verita Prothro Business owner

My son is in private school, and I pay an outrageous amount of money for him to go. Plus, I pay an outrageous amount of property tax that goes toward schools.

So, I’m mixed on it because I had a horrible experience with the public school system. That said, I know they need the money, so I would support it—even though it’s grudgingly.

Jordan Peterman Welfare caseworker

Yeah, I think that’s a reasonable way to go about getting that money. It’s across the board. No single person is forced to pay more. Everybody goes. I think that’s good.

Casey Dowling Unemployed consultant

A potent choice There have been complaints from Nevadans about the presidential caucuses. They argue caucuses should be replaced with a primary. Some of this was seeded by the Republican Party, which tried and failed to push a primary through the Nevada Legislature because it made it easier for them to control the party and kept everyday folks from seizing control. When they failed to get a primary, they turned to poisoning the dialogue against the caucuses.

Other opponents of the caucuses are better motivated.

Complaints are manifold. In an essay on the CNN website, Truckee Meadows Community College instructor Paul Davis argues that “it is time for Nevada to step aside” from its early berth, in part because in 2012 Newt Gingrich received 21 percent of the vote in the Nevada caucuses but received no Nevada delegate votes at the national convention. (Gingrich had withdrawn from the race and endorsed Mitt Romney by the time of the convention.)

On our letters page this week, a caucus-goer complains that time was used up in reading letters from party big shots instead of debating issues, a complaint heard at several caucus sites. But the letter writer and all the other complainants had the option of making a motion to set the correspondence aside and move to platform discussions.

Everyone is there to participate, if they choose.

Nevada currently enjoys something other states would kill to get—an early berth in the presidential race. All over the country, people are complaining about not having enough of a say. “As the presidential primaries are reaching their crucial moments, voters in Indiana are left on the outside looking in,” wrote a columnist in the Indianapolis Business Journal. “Late date means New Mexico likely a non-factor in presidential primary” reads a headline on the website of an Albuquerque television station.

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I would not raise sales tax in the state of Nevada because it raises the cost of every single consumer product that is sold, which raises the cost of living for the entire population.

This newspaper was once among those who thought Nevada caucuses were a mistake (“Kill Nevada’s early caucuses,” RN&R, Jan. 31, 2008). We did not believe— and still don’t—that permanent early berths for the same select states in election after election are a good idea. Those berths should be rotated among the states.

But the political parties—particularly the Democrats— have long since given up doing something about Iowa and New Hampshire. That being so, we are less inclined to see Nevada give up its slot. Moreover, with the third set of caucuses in both parties having had an impact on the two parties’ races, this state’s place in the presidential process is becoming established in the political landscape. Moreover, in those years when Nevada held presidential primaries, turnout didn’t exactly make the state proud.

The revolutionary generation of the 1700s attended day-long town meetings once or twice a year. Today folks don’t want to attend caucuses for a couple of hours every four years to choose a president. Small-D democrats should be made of sterner stuff.

But all groups should be aware of something the Republicans failed to mention during the legislature.

Nevada can have clout with its early berth in the presidential race, or it can have a primary. It likely can’t have both.

In 2007, two caucus states—Iowa and Nevada—and two primary states—New Hampshire and South Carolina—were permitted to hold presidential nominating events in February. All other states had to wait until March.

It gave those four states enormous influence.

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After moving back to Reno and Sparks from Chicago, Illinois, where sales tax is now 10 percent, I would first like to see a thorough audit of how the current moneys are being spent. I’ve heard from quite a few complaints, especially from family members, to the tune that our education administrators, for example, have salaries that would make any school parent gasp.

John Lynch Prospective grad student

Yes. Well, the money’s got to come from somewhere, so an upfront tax like that would at least generate revenue that we know the schools need.

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Outrage only gets us so far There are some things we’d all rather not think about, given the choice—things like where the homeless sleep in the wintertime, or who takes care of the mentally ill man walking down Virginia Street ranting at someone who is present only in his mind.

Where, exactly, does he go to eat a by meal? Where does he sleep?

Sheila Leslie We gingerly step around or away from these citizens when we encounter them downtown or along the river. We know they are people who need help, but we are wary and uncomfortable.

Last month, the usually hidden crisis of care for the homeless and mentally ill of Reno burst out of the shadows thanks to media accounts of their living conditions. The temporary overflow shelter, housing more than 100 homeless men and women, flooded and had to be closed when the landlord declined to make repairs. Vandals had robbed the shelter of copper pipes, wires and a gas meter leaving it without heat or running water. Occupants of the overflow shelter were moved

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temporarily back to the central homeless shelter on Record Street but there were no available beds.

Overflow residents had to try to sleep sitting up.

Social media erupted with indignant outrage at the situation, demanding immediate action and demonizing shelter officials as cold-hearted and cruel. Within a few days, a new location was found and city officials began negotiating a lease. Community agencies explored temporary solutions for the overflow residents to lie down and sleep without violating fire codes, satisfying critics who moved along to their next episode of righteous indignation.

That same week the Reno Gazette-Journal published an investigation by reporter Anjeanette Damon into group homes for the mentally ill, operated by Project Uplift.

Walking through a house rented to the organization by a Sparks family, Damon found squalor and unsafe living conditions even though state staff had been conducting monthly walk-through inspections.

The article effectively laid out the pressure the group home operator was under to expand the business to house more clients, despite the difficulty in hiring suitable and sufficient staff and maintaining the homes in decent living conditions given the constraints of the state budget and the difficulty in billing for services. Of course, that’s no excuse for the filth and lack of adequate care, but it helps to explain why inspectors didn’t immediately close the substandard facilities. There was nowhere else for the clients to go.

In response to the RGJ investigation, state officials immediately launched an effort to independently inspect each group home where mentally ill people are housed within a week, pledging to do more to ensure the health and welfare of this vulnerable population through better regulatory oversight.

Social media was once again aghast at the situation, wondering how these festering problems could have been overlooked for so long.

To understand these two incidents, we have to put them into context. Nevada has a long tradition of under-investing in human services, lurching from crisis to crisis in safety net programs instead of finding, and funding, comprehensive solutions. While it’s tempting to heap blame on a chosen scapegoat and demand action, the real challenge is how to fund permanent supported housing where services wrap around vulnerable populations as they live in the community.

The cheaper, easier, out-ofsight-out-of-mind approach is more typical of Nevada’s approach. We just do enough to keep mental health and homelessness in the shadows where we don’t have to dwell on it too hard or too long. As pressure for housing at the bottom rungs of the income scale increases with new workers attracted by economic development activity, it’s likely more ugly situations will be exposed.

Let’s stop being outraged by it and start solving it. Ω

The Anjeanette Damon report referenced here can be read at http://tinyurl.com/ jxmvjzx

Bernie Sanders, fascist Young people, or at least young white people, are feeling the Bern. Seventyfour-year-old Sen. Bernie Sanders, self-proclaimed democratic socialist from Vermont, elected as an independent, is energizing the youth of Nevada and America by his campaign for president. Does by Brendan Trainor this mean socialism is the wave of the future?

Socialism is defined as government ownership of the means of production. Bernie is not that kind of socialist, although he did spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union.

Sanders’s platform would sharply increase taxes and regulations on the wealthy, restrict their rights to be involved in the political process, unleash a trust-busting attack on their “concentrated wealth,” and generally make their lives miserable because they rigged the economy.

Sanders proclaims the money confiscated from “wealthy speculators” would be spent by government bureaucrats to pay for many wonderful things. There

would be free health care for all, free college tuition, free food, rent and so much more. No one who owns or runs a company would be able to earn more than four times what the lowliest janitor makes.

The minimum wage would double.

Unisex bathrooms will fill the land with gender neutral flushing.

Feeling the Bern means believing in a state-funded utopia.

Bernie’s socialism is not the outright ownership of the means of production, but rather keeps private property in form, but removes the substance by taking many property rights away. This form of socialism is called fascism. Fascism replaces free-market-production-for consumption with production-forstate-dictated-outcomes. Fascism is not necessarily racist. Japan and Italy were fascist states but not nearly as racist as Germany was. American liberal fascism is outwardly antiracist, publicly condemning discrimination against blacks, Hispanics, women and LGBTAQ. White heterosexual

males and Asians, not so much.

Liberal domestic fascism appears as a relatively mild soft shoe fascism, cleverly cloaking its coercive nature in PC bromides. Who could be against the children, after all? Shouldn’t life be fair? We just want reasonable, common sense solutions!

Sen. Sanders was in charge of Veterans Administration oversight.

He denied the problems with delays in providing veterans the care they needed until the deaths and coverups were publicized. Sanders will never admit long wait times are a systemic problem with governmentprovided health care. He would rather someone else die first.

Bernie says America should be like Denmark. Hillary Clinton shot back that America is not Denmark. But the real issue is that Denmark is no longer Denmark.

The Scandinavian countries became semi-socialist in the 1930s and Bernie still believes they are.

Northern European countries have greatly deregulated and privatized

their economies. If Bernie were honest, he would point to Spain, France, Portugal, Italy and Greece as the most socialist countries in Europe today. They all feature enormous debt, high unemployment and social unrest.

But why look to Europe, when there are two excellent examples right in our backyard? Look to Cuba and Venezuela to see how socialism works. Cuba at least can claim the U.S. embargo helps keep them poor. But America buys billions of barrels of oil from Venezuela. Milton Friedman said that if you put the government in charge of the Sahara desert, in 10 years it would run out of sand. Venezuela under Chavez style socialism proves him right.

Venezuela has gone from a wealthy oil producing nation to a country that has literally run out of toilet paper in a little more than a decade.

Hopefully, millennials will see socialism is a failed 20th century idea. The 21st century cries out for liberty instead. Ω

An alternative libertarian view: Why libertarians should love Bernie http://tinyurl. com/hgsqvcb

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Rooftop solar was thriving in Nevada until the Nevada Legislature and its Republican majority directed regulators to reassess net metering.

Legacy It’s been a while since we checked in with the National Priorities Project on the cost we’ve paid for the Iraq war so far.

As of the morning of March 7, 2016, Americans have paid $819,267,857,905 for the war. (It is still tolling at a rate of $117,035 an hour.)

Renoites have paid $573,907,492 (and are still paying at a rate of $81 an hour).

Sparks taxpayers have paid $131,645,166 ($18 an hour).

Those who live in Washoe County are up to $131,645,166 ($184 an hour).

Among the residents of U.S. House district 2, which contains most of northern Nevada, the figure is $1,747,387,951 ($249 an hour).

This is for a war, remember, that supposedly ended on Dec. 21, 2011. And the meter is still running at the rates shown here.

KNPB stood almost alone A follow-up to our previous report (“KNPB president chastised,” March 3) about KNPB, Reno’s public broadcasting television station, failing to carry the Feb. 18 Democratic presidential debate, sponsored by the Public Broadcasting System: PBS ombudsman Larry Getler further reports that “every PBS member, with the exception of KNPB-Reno and Mississippi Public Broadcasting, carried the Democratic debate. Some delayed it until 11 p.m., and some put it on a multi-cast channel, or on only one channel if they are a dual licensee, but they did indeed deliver the program to their viewers in their market, PBS says.” That was a reply to an inquiry from columnist Andrew Barbano. (Incidentally, we previously identified Getler as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ombudsman. He is the PBS ombudsman.)

In a related matter, Jeff Cotten at KJIV reports that his station is the only one in the state that carried a question-and-answer session at the University of Nevada, Reno that featured Sens. Bernie Sanders and Cory Booker (representing Hillary Clinton). It was broadcast live as it happened. KJIV in Sun Valley is a non-commercial station at 89.1 with a paid staff of one.

Drought deniers drew dry dollars Nevada ranchers have been collecting drought relief payments while attacking federal officials for saying there is a drought, according to an investigative reporting site.

Last June, ranchers in Lander County drove cattle onto public lands that had been closed because of the drought. The Bureau of Land Management, which administers the land, and caves in almost as often as the Democratic Party, retreated and agreed to reopen the range.

Reveal, a site of the Center for Investigative reporting, said the payment program is for ranchers who say they have been damaged by drought: “According to records obtained by Reveal, two ranching families at the center of the Battle Mountain protests received $2.2 million from a federal drought disaster relief program.

“Dan Filippini, the protest leader who turned hundreds of cattle loose on the closed range, was paid $338,000 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Forage Disaster Program in 2014, records show.

“Another $750,000 federal payout went to a trust and corporation associated with the Filippini family, which long has been active in ranching in Nevada.

“Meanwhile, significant payments also went to the family of Battle Mountain cattleman Peter Tomera, who with his wife and sons rode on the Grass March Cowboy Express, a 2014 horseback ride to Washington, D.C., to protest the government drought restrictions. The records show that the government paid $250,000 to a Tomera family trust and another $360,000 to a family corporation.

“An additional $540,000 was paid to other members of the extended Tomera family and to a related corporation, records show.”

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Net loss Nevada’s rep continues to take a beating If Nevada officials hoped the national impact of torpedoing the state’s net metering policies would die down, by it appears not to be happening.

Dennis Myers Business and environmental media are folding the Nevada dispute into other stories, and new developments continue to unfold. Some of that coverage has been devastating to economic development in Nevada as other Western states carve out their own renewable niches.

“Nevada just became a much more difficult place to do business.”

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Last year, the Nevada Public Utilities Commission approved new solar net metering rates that cuts the rate paid to rooftop solar customers for the power they hand back to the grid. The PUC also hiked the monthly charge for customers with rooftop. The changes undercut existing solar users who expected rates to help pay for their rooftop installations and also discourages others from adding rooftop to their homes.

This week, an article in the National Law Review read, “Despite overwhelming support among Nevada voters for the net metering

program (about 75 percent, across all parties), Nevada rolled back its net metering program in a dramatic fashion. The fallout was immediate.

Elon Musk’s SolarCity fired 550 workers, while two other large solar installers (Vivant and Sunrun) have announced plans to close their Nevada operations. Several lawsuits are pending.”

At OilPrice.com, analyst Nick Cunningham wrote, “Now that solar power is reaching prime time, the fossil fuel industry is doing all that it can to stop its growth. ...

Customers switching to solar end up hitting the utility’s bottom line twice by no longer buying as much electricity and upended the utility’s case for costly new power plants and transmission lines. That is why utilities have become much more aggressive in beating back solar.

One of the most high-profile cases is in Nevada, where a NV Energy, subsidiary of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, convinced the Nevada Public Utilities Commission to abruptly and harshly alter the rules of the game for solar power in the state. ... By the stroke of a pen, Nevada just became a much more difficult place to do business for solar companies. SolarCity’s share price has plummeted by more than 60 percent since the December ruling.”

After the signing of the Paris climate change agreement, CNN’s John Sutter wrote, “World leaders

finally get it. That’s why nearly 200 of them signed the Paris Agreement at the UN COP21 climate conference in December. It commits all of us to rapidly move away from fossil fuels and toward cleaner sources of energy like solar and wind. But apparently that collective will to wage a war on climate change hasn’t trickled down to Nevada. Instead, the local utility and officials are injecting uncertainty and doubt into the solar market at exactly the moment when the opposite is needed.”

Last week, Warren Buffett—who owns the monopoly power utility NV Energy, which requested the Public Utilities Commission action that gutting net metering in the state—told CNBC that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had contacted him directly.

“Well, he would like the million people to subsidize the 17,000 [solar customers] just like the rest of Nevada is subsidizing his battery plant,” he said.

However, there is no evidence that, under the net metering rules that were voided by the PUC, solar customers were being subsidized by other customers. The only nonindustry study—done by the staff of the PUC—found otherwise.

An online petition is headed, “Tell Warren Buffett: Stop Your War On Rooftop Solar.” And Credo, a telecommunications company, is sending messages to Buffett for its subscribers who request it, calling on him to stop interfering with rooftop.

PriceofOil.org used an interesting bit of punctuation: “The battle over solar has been intense in Nevada, where NV Energy, subsidiary of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, managed to ‘convince’ the Nevada Public Utilities Commission to radically alter the rules for solar, which could decimate the solar industry in the state. The Commission imposed some of the most extreme solar rate hikes in the U.S. on both new and existing solar customers. Some residents may see their electricity bills increase by a whopping by [sic] 300 percent above what they would have been if they had not installed solar. SolarCity, America’s largest solar provider, has since announced it is pulling out of Nevada, as has another solar company, Sunrun which is now suing the state. SolarCity’s share price has taken a hammering since the new rules were announced in December.”

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notion—pushed more explicitly by some of the solar companies who left the state—that there was something improper about the PUC’s action that involved Gov. Brian Sandoval, two of whose political advisors are also utility lobbyists.

Greenpeace made the claim still more explicit, charging the governor with being corrupt. An article by Cassady Sharp posted on the Greenpeace website carried the headline, “What a Bought Politician in Nevada Means for the 2016 Presidential Race.”

The article does not support the headline charge, but the word “bought” does appear twice more on the page. The article basically recycles the claim of the solar companies that Sandoval is compromised by his association with the two lobbyists.

Greenpeace lets the state legislators—who directed the PUC to act—off the hook entirely. It also does not report that the regulators serve fixed terms to insulate them from political pressure. It further failed to report that Sandoval has publicly disagreed with the PUC, at least on grandfathering in existing solar users: “While I have respected the commission and its deliberations by not influencing its process, the PUC did not reach the outcome I had hoped for. I remained optimistic that the commission would find

a solution that considered the economic consequences to existing rooftop solar owners.”

In related news: • The Oregon Legislature has voted to ban coal generated power by 2035 and to require its largest utilities to use renewable for at least half of their power generation by 2040. Pat Remick of the National Resources Defense Council said, “Combined with Oregon’s existing hydroelectric base, that means the state will be on track for an electricity system that’s 70 to 90 percent carbon-free by that date.”

• Political action committees— No Solar Tax PAC (pro-rooftop solar) and Citizens for Solar and Energy Fairness (anti-rooftop solar) are operating for and against ballot measures. One, a referendum, is designed to restore Nevada’s previous net metering rules. A second ballot petition seeks to break up the NV Energy monopoly. That one in an initiative petition.

• Near Tonopah, a solar facility was made operational. Crescent Dunes SolarReserve uses thermal energy, stored in the form of molten salt, capturing heat from a steerable mirror array that can be used for power at night. It is generating 100 megawatts, according to the company, which hopes the method will become widely used. Ω

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They also “ski-cut,” skiing through unstable areas to set off small avalanches with their skis.

Each year, an average of 27 people die in avalanches in the United States, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. To stay safe, Ferrari recommends checking conditions with the Sierra Avalanche Center before heading out into the backcountry, taking an avalanche class, and staying off of steep slopes—especially slopes of between 30 and 50 degrees, where most avalanches occur. Ω

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Washoe County’s sChool Chief talks

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Where did you go to school?

I actually went to school in Las Vegas, and I went to Matt Kelly [Elementary School] in the kindergarten, Howard Wasden in elementary school, Dell H. for—Dell H. Robison for middle school, and Eldorado High School.

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I liked school. I actually did, like if you look at my school career, like I loved school. I was like involved a hundred percent in high school, eventually ended up as student body president. Like, I loved school. …

So if I had to think about an experience that was very negative, I prob—I mean, maybe one. But overall, I actually enjoyed school. I did. ... It was just fun.

I actually was planning to follow up by asking how you relate the things you didn’t like to the job you’re doing as superintendent, but now I wonder—do you have trouble relating to kids who do have problems?

Oh, as a teacher? I don’t think so. I mean, I remember my first year of teaching in my first class. Like I have experience where I was hired late, and they created a class for me that—the teachers on the grade level put kids in the class to create, right, to make their classes smaller. And so sometimes when that happens, right, they didn’t necessarily balance the class, and I think my first year teaching, I probably had one of the most challenging classes that I could ever think of having. But I can also tell you that those 15 kids, I

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raci Davis became superintendent of schools in the aftermath of a major controversy, which has often diverted public attention from things like schools and students, challenging her ability to keep the public’s eye on the ball.

In this year, the school district faces a ballot measure to provide new revenue, a measure designed outside the district’s normal procedures by a community group. The interview was edited for space.

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remember 11 of them graduating, right?

And they were a challenging bunch.

And they needed different things. They were very diverse, and as you continue to teach across the spectrum, I think I’ve had an opportunity to work in a variety of schools and regardless of if it’s a Title I school or if it’s dubbed an affluent school, kids have a variety of challenges, right?

[Title I schools have high percentages of children from low-income families, making the schools eligible for federal funding to insure that all schools have

use instructions so that when it’s devicespecific, we’re not buying something outdated. We want it to be able to last for three to five years before it’s outdated.

You and I both know how expensive technology can get, and you are absolutely right how fast things are changing and how we keep up. But I think we have a great department with our chief operating officer and IT officer, married to the instruction side of the house, right?—the 21st century learning—to make sure we are keeping up and also making sure that

where someone sends to me, Hey, Traci.

Did you know this district, every kid has a laptop. Every kid has a computer. Well, there’s a lot of challenges when you think about that, because you have to assume that every kid [who] goes on can be connected. Right? And so I’m talking to a superintendent who is in a district where they bought a bus and they put wi-fi on the bus and the bus fits somewhere in the community. Right? Like, so you have to have to think about a lot of different things as you progress, but my thing is,

then we look at, you know, right now we had approximately $20 million a year in school repair and maintenance [fund] that we utilize. For Washoe, the unfortunate part of it is we have a lot more aging schools. The average age of our schools are 39 years of age, I believe. And so when you think of that and you bring it to the public, I always think of it in terms of owning a home, right? The water heater’s not going to last for 39 years, right?

And so the district has done, I think, a good job of maintaining that, but as we grow, like anything else, right?—we need more roads, firemen, police officers, we need more schools—we need to create a sustainable funding source to take care of existing schools. Because if not, what happens is—and you can do this, go on data galleries—we put up what schools

“Chasing growth, right? we need to manage it.”

At a school board meeting, President Angela Taylor (left) and Superintendent Traci Davis listen to Vice President John Mayer.

the same resources to meet academic standards.] I mean, you work with kids where they are, not just because of their socioeconomic status or because they’re gifted or versus they’re special ed. Like, there’s something to give every kid.

So I think I’ve probably looked at it in terms of, What do I give my kids?

Let’s talk about keeping up, not in the classroom but now that you’re an administrator. We live in a technical age when things can become obsolete in a year. Do you have trouble keeping up? Does the district have trouble keeping up with the technology?

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teacher needs are being addressed.

You know, I know there’s a lot of talk about one-to-one initiatives, and you know, like why isn’t our district having one-to-one initiatives? Done a lot of work with some other superintendents across the country on this one-to-one initiative, and the single most [common] thing that comes out of it is people always want to focus on one-to-one on the device and really it’s about 21st century learning skills. You can get the device, right, but we’re in situation where if we had enough schools built, and we didn’t have overcrowding, maybe that would be at the top of the list. But we have to rank our needs and say what’s the most important thing.

You know, in the next five to 10 years, and we’re building schools—do I see that there’s an opportunity for us to move toward some more one-to-one, and we do have some pilot project? Absolutely. But I think we have to rank order our needs and not necessarily compare us to a district

what do we have control over? What do our teachers have control over? So that we can impart that on students, right, with 21st century learning as it’s related to technology.

How closely are you budgeted? When something unexpected happens, the flooding—was it O’Brien [Middle School]?

No, Pine [Middle School].

Pine. What does that do to you?

I think initially you have to think, it’s like a house. You have homeowner’s insurance, right? We have insurance. So the first thing we look at is, What happened? and Is it something that we can bill insurance for? … And we know that some of this will be covered by insurance. And

need what, and then we just have to go from our base down to most important thing, like what has to be taken care of, what can wait versus how much money we have. [The district posts these kind of figures at http://datagallery.washoeschools.net/]. So it’s a budgeting process and we sit down with the team and the chief operating officer and we talk about … like, we know that we had some windows replaced at Hug and at Wooster couple years ago because that was important because things were happening in the building with heat and cooling. But maybe something else might have to wait based on a timeline, based on needs.

Sometimes it’s situational, if there’s an emergency, and sometimes it’s a well thought-out plan of, What do we replace based on how much money we have with the budget? And I think typically you do that with your home, right, when you look at something that happens in your home.

I mean, I remember one day going home and the oven didn’t work. I’m like, What’s wrong with the oven? Need the oven to work. But I also need to paint the walls.

So what do you think I’m going to pay first? … We got to eat. But it’s the same principle about what’s the most important and based on how much money we have.

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With infrastructure, how much is in the pipeline that you need and how much more do you need in that pipeline?

As you know, we came out with a strategic blueprint, and we brought that out to the public and we looked at—I mean, there’s a variety of plans. When we think about our fundamentals, about what we believe, we looked at what were the most important things. And number one thing … was safety of kids. As we developed this plan, we talked about the safety of kids. And then we looked at academic outcomes, because that’s important, too. You know, we look at equity of assets. And then we look at the minimum amount of disruption for our families. And as we looked at these fundamentals, we said, OK, what kind of plan can we build? Well, no one wants to go double sessions. And double sessions, as you know, would be running two shifts of schools in one building. No one really likes year-round. But, based on the plan, we came up with a plan that said, this is how much money it would take to build schools and potentially keep us off double session and year-round; this amount of money would keep us off of double session, and we still might have to operate year-round.

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Committee, and that’s the committee created under Senate Bill 411, [Sen.] Debbie Smith, to have outside people in the community look at the needs of the district, which I think is amazing. Because then you get a balance of—it’s not the school district saying, We want-want-want what we need. It’s an outside group saying, OK, let us go in and look at what is it truly we need for our community and our district. And we put forth to build, to say if we want to create a sustainable source and be reasonable when you looked at the documentation that we had, looks like about $800 million. And that’s to build schools, to maintain schools, to keep up with a fast pace of this community growing and where those schools would be.

When you look out in the south right now, we know that we have two elementary schools that, at this rate, they could potentially be—like, it’s not funny, but at this rate of growth—they could not only be year-round, they could be year-round/ double session if we don’t get some relief.

We know that our high schools are growing and we know where the bubble of kids are as we look to the future.

One of the great things I love about our chief operating office and his department and demographics is, we just don’t look for right now. And this concept came up about the district historically, right—chasing growth, right? We need to manage it. And one of the things

“No oNe waNts to go double sessioNs. ... No oNe really likes year-rouNd.” that we can do to be successful, so that the person sitting in this seat 10 years from now—because God knows I’m young, but who knows where I’ll be in 10 years—hopefully they’re not trying to patchwork up schools, and there is a revenue that says, Hey, as a community we believe this. So that information was provided to the committee. [The committee recommended a sales tax increase from 7.7 percent to about 8.3 percent] …

As a school district, we cannot advocate for or against the ballot question. You know that. But we can explain the needs and details over time and where we stand from decades prior to where we look like we will go decades in the future. And this is work that has been done with the EPIC committee [Economic Planning Impacts Committee] and within the community.

So it’s not just us pulling these numbers, saying this is what we think we need. It’s like a study done with our community leaders and saying, Yes, this looks like what the growth is. And when we look at the actual growth, and we see how the district has grown, you know, we see amazing growth. … Then you think of people bringing in these businesses—Tesla, Panasonic, and everything else that’s going out there. People bring families. And people value education.

One of the things we heard loud and clear from our community was, you know, We want to have a stellar school district. And I don’t know who doesn’t want to have a stellar school district.

the way so it’s not—I mean, I think 2020 is a little aggressive, but I don’t know anybody who rises to a low expectation.

And when people push back at me about, Don’t you think 90 by 20 is a high expectation? then I return the question—Do you have low expectations of kids? Do you have low expectations of teachers?

So you have low expectations of a superintendent? I’d rather a superintendent saying, This is our North Star to get the 90 percent and hit 88 than not have a high expectation for every boy and girl. But I believe the community does have high expectations, and I think it’s a reasonable plan and a well thought-out plan.

Tell me about 90 by 20 [a Davis plan for accomplishing a 90 percent high school graduation rate by 2020]. And why does it have to be ’20? Why not ’17? What happens between now and ’20?

You have to have high expectations, but expectations should be reasonable. So when we look at the work we’re doing or we look at the return on investment, it’s a do-able plan to chart off growth for graduation over time. Anybody that says, I’m going to get a 20 percent in graduation rate—I mean, I’d have to say you’re setting yourself up for failure. … But if you say, How can we get to a 90 percent rate over time? and incrementally we say three percent here, four percent here, and as we look at all kids, that’s a doable plan as we look at how we are revising the work we’re doing with special education, and we look at how we service gifted and talented, we look at the work we’re doing with ELL [English language learners] kids. To be fair, I think a good leader would say, Here’s the North Star—how do we get there? You’re not going to get to the North Star in a day. What would be do-able? So 2020 looked like a do-able plan over time to increase. If you looked at how the district has maintained its increases—and there’s a little push along

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I think what I was trying to get at is over the next four years at a classroom level, what in practical terms is going to change? What do you need to have happen there?

To get to the graduation rate? I think there’s a lot of things. I think when you look at the work we’re doing—so, there’s academic gaps, but then we talk about the needs of students, and we talk about social/emotional learning and these other types of gaps as we continue to move this work forward. As you know, we received $13 million from Stacie Mathewson [Foundation, $1 million a

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year for 13 years to aid programs to close gaps that may undercut student success].

We’re talking about kids who struggle with mental illness, kids who struggle with substance abuse. We still educate those kids,- but if we never attack some of these gaps we don’t get long term improvement here. So if we look at the work we’re doing around social/ emotional learning, we believe that we have started to receive some increase in academics as it relates to us helping kids solve these problems. When you look at the work we’re doing nationally around parent teacher home visits, one of our big pushes is get into families.

How do we help you help your kids?

Parent university nights, like informing parents—having parents have strategies.

Looking at the rigor in our curriculum.

Making sure it’s relevant. And providing opportunities for a variety of kids so that they are engaged. I think those are the pieces that help us get to this 90 percent.

It’s not just Can you pass a test? Are we helping kids deal with all these other skills that are related to social/emotional learning. And that’s the work that we’re doing—and engaging families so that we get to this pathway. Ω

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RigHt: Radhika Siddharthan, left, gets a check-up from Northern Nevada Hopes Chief Medical Officer Reka Danko.

A Reno nonprofit community health center expands into a new location Story and photos by Josie Luciano

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hen Jerome Edwards turned 70, he was diagnosed with HIV and AIDS. “I’d lived a relatively good life,” he said. “I’d been married for 25 years until my late wife died. I was somewhat calm and fatalistic about it.”

Edwards’ nurse practitioner was less calm. “She was shaking,” he recalled. “She said, ‘There’s this organization called Hopes that you need to see.’ I’d never heard of Hopes. … It was the best kept secret in town if I may say so.”

Now, eight years later, Edwards is going on 79 and still at Hopes—officially Northern Nevada Hopes—as both a patient and the current Board Secretary. But the clinic is no longer the secret it once was.

Founded in 1997, Hopes opened its doors near the corner of Ralston and Fifth streets for a small group of HIV and AIDS patients, growing its base in tandem with community need, taking over an adjacent building, and eventually adding mobile units to

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accommodate its growth. Last year, Hopes broke ground on a 37,500-square-feet facility next to its old address, and next week it will welcome the public at its grand opening on March 15.

Perhaps this is why every program at Hopes begins with the premise of meeting people where they are.

“If you come here and your diabetes is out of control, but your major concern when you walk in the door is that you haven’t eaten in two days, and you need something to eat, we’re going to help you find food,” said Chamberlain. “We’ll take care of that part first. And once you’re not hungry, if you want to talk about your diabetes, we’ll talk about your diabetes.”

Once a patient’s basic needs are met, the clinic can begin to address the longer-term issues that can make or break a community—issues like ongoing care for individuals and citywide population health.

Reka Danko, Hopes’ chief medical officer, believes that the key to lasting individual health is building a partnership with her patients to meet goals.

“Whether it’s a medical goal, a behavioral health goal, a housing goal, getting food—whatever it is we can help with, we’re here to listen,” said Danko. “The biggest part of what we do is, without judgment, move forward to help that person in whatever line of care it is.”

For senior patients like motherdaughter pair Marie Hutchinson and Cindy Higgins, their partnership starts with personal attention.

“We were seeing another doctor, and we were unhappy with the service we were getting,” said Higgins. “She would talk to my mom or to me and

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In the process of going public with the new building, Hopes has expanded its services from existing programming like ChangePoint syringe exchange, HIV-AIDS treatment, and senior outreach, to primary care options like behavioral health therapy, pediatric services, and an on-site pharmacy. The move will also make it possible to more than double Hopes’ patient base from 4,700 to 10,000 individuals.

“Housing means health,” said Sharon Chamberlain, the CEO of Hopes. “Access to care means health.

Having food is related to health.

Having childcare so you can make it to appointments is a part of health.”

As someone who has struggled with both homelessness and drug addiction in the past, Chamberlain has an understanding of the issues that face Hopes patients—a cross-section of the community that the clinic dubs “underserved.” Seniors, LGBT individuals, uninsured and undocumented immigrants, substance users, the homeless—all are people that traditionally experience more barriers to health care than other populations.

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she never really said anything. I’ve had three heart attacks now, and after the first two, she never really addressed these issues.”

After switching to Hopes, Higgins has been able to keep up with her medications and lose the weight she needed to lose. Hutchinson, a former nurse, will be 102 years old in November (something no medical provider can take all the credit for).

For other patients, like Kristen Aaquist, primary care is specialized care from the onset. As a transgender woman who has undergone transition, Aaquist has hormone and emotional health protocols that some traditional providers aren’t always aware of.

“If you’re trying to approach a new doctor, and you want them to just treat you, you may not want to go through that extra step of educating your doctor about your needs—that’s something the trans community has experienced a lot of.” said Aaquist. “[Hopes is] pretty well educated in what the trans community needs.”

No matter what community individuals come from, all patients receive comprehensive care that includes a case manager, a behavioral health therapist, a psychiatrist, and medical providers. Though integrated facilities are nothing new, it’s a progressive choice for those on the fringe of traditional healthcare, especially those who do not have the time or resources to travel back and forth between primary care providers and specialists.

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It may follow that if you have healthy people, then you have a healthy city. But, as Chamberlain alluded, health is more than the medical. It’s more than individual lab results, and it’s more than individuals, too. When tracking health on a broader scale, many facilities apply a “Triple Aim” framework—a term Danko defines as “quality care for the individual, in combination with population health, in combination with a cost effective strategy.”

Within a population, certain subsets of the group will follow different health trends depending on both clinical factors like disease and non-clinical factors like education or socioeconomic status.

For populations who choose not to access care because of cultural barriers—like the fear of getting arrested or deported for drug-addiction and uninsured-undocumented immigrant populations—education is the best medicine, even if it takes years to bring everybody in.

“It’s just taking time for individuals to be comfortable with the fact that they can come into a place and get free syringes and not be put on a list and not be followed by law enforcement officers,” explained Robert Harding, the Harm Reduction & Outreach Coordinator for Hopes’ ChangePoint syringe service program. |

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For populations where payment is a barrier, Hopes has different options like Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and some special exceptions.

“For the people that don’t have insurance, we have a sliding fee scale based on income,” said Chamberlain. “That slide goes all the way down to $10 for a medical visit, which is very affordable.”

On a city-wide scale, Hopes is able to have an immediate impact on problems like infectious disease outbreaks by working with community partners like Renown, St. Mary’s, and the Community Health Alliance to keep sick people, who could get care in a clinic setting, out of the emergency room.

And they’re starting a garden.

Although they won’t be able to grow enough food to move the meter on population health, patients are already looking forward to the 400-square-feet plot and the prescriptions that doctors will be able to write for families to eat from it. Of course, patients will also get to do some gardening, or as Edwards puts it, “take control of a situation, see things develop, and you know.” Ω

Northern Nevada Hopes’ grand opening will take place on March 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its new facility, the Stacie Mathewson Community Wellness Center at 580 West Fifth St. For more information, visit www.nnhopes.org. |

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Pet symmetry Johnstone Studios “What a good girl! What a good girl!” Tourine Johnstone repeated in a sing-song by voice—shaking the bag of treats in Jeri her left hand while taking aim with Chadwell-Singley the camera in her right.

June—a dachshund, golden j e ri c @ ne w s re v i e w . c o m retriever mix—cocked her goldenmaned head to the side with curiosity, and Johnstone snapped the photo.

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The theory appears to hold true.

The photos from the day’s session seem to speak of June’s soft, shy disposition—her doe-eyed expression set off by the cream-colored palette of the background and props. They’re lovely pictures, but an obvious question still hangs in the air—what pet-related occasions might warrant the monetary investment associated with professional photos?

The answer makes sense. With people, it’s momentous occasions like births, holidays, graduations and marriages. With pets, it’s the equivalent—new adoptions and, when the time comes, end of life photos.

“It’s pretty incredible that we can create these moments for people when they are losing a pet,” Johnstone said. “Usually we’ll see them like in their last week or last couple of days.”

But people find other reasons, too.

Sometimes it’s the desire of empty nesters to continue the tradition of holiday portraits. In the months leading up to Christmas, Johnstone’s schedule gets pretty packed with sessions geared toward capturing the perfect photos for festive, frame-able, 5 by 7 for holiday cards.

“You know how it is—the aunts and all the grandmas of the grandpuppies want photos too,” Johnstone said, explaining that Christmas cards are a relative inexpensive way to go.

As with their photos of human subjects, the Johnstone’s dog photos are sold à la carte. Johnstone prides herself on not forcing an upsell through the use of standard print packages with a set number of photos in different sizes.

“For us, it’s really a more intimate conversation of, ‘What do you want to do with them? Why are you having photos? What makes this important to you? At the end of the day when this is all said and done, what do you want to remember?’” Johnstone said Sessions start at $99 and do include one 8 by 10 print. The cost covers the consultation, photo session and ordering session. In addition to cards and standard portrait prints, customers can choose from options like photos printed on metal, wall installations and digital files. Ω

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Tourine and Trevor Johnstone own Johnstone Studios in Midtown, where they’ve been based since 2009. Over the course of the past few years, the wife and husband photographers have been booking more and more sessions with subjects of the furry variety.

“Our life is so inundated with photos nowadays, you know,” Johnstone said. “We’re always taking photos of babies and families and graduations and all these special moments. Why not include our dogs?

Our dogs are our families.”

Today, dog photography accounts for about 30 percent of the Johnstones’ business. Their studio space now includes a full complement of backgrounds and fake flooring options that can be combined with plush materials and various props to create countless photo options. A large folding table allows Johnstone to get on eye-level with smaller dogs, which, she explained, helps the littler canines relax and helps her capture their personalities.

“The eyes are windows to the soul,” Johnstone said. “I think that’s a pretty standard quote that we hear with people, but it also really rings true with dogs. So, creating that connection to them through the eyes. … With a little dog, like June here, it would be very intimidating if I were to stand above her and be bigger than her, so I feel like I wouldn’t be able to draw out that personality from her.”

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If you don’t love garlic the way I do—and I mean really love garlic—you might be surprised when you walk through the door. There was enough garlic in the air to kill a legion of vampires, thus it made sense to start things off with an order of garlic knots ($4). The ample basket of dough twists were crispy, chewy and tasty even without a dip in the housemade marinara sauce.

My wife and I split a garden salad of chopped romaine lettuce tossed with mushrooms, grape tomatoes, black olives, pepperoni slivers, onions, bell peppers and a blend of mozzarella and parmesan cheeses. It was easily big enough for two to share ($6). The red wine vinaigrette was a bit on the sweet side but did the job.

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The open kitchen allows you to watch your hand-tossed pizza in progress. Toppings beyond sauce and cheese are $2 each for large, $1 for small. Anchovies are $3 for either size and fresh crushed garlic is 50 cents.

The Classic New York ($20 for 18 inches, $10 for 12 inches) comes with a sauce of crushed tomatoes, Sicilian oregano, and fresh herbs, topped with whole milk mozzarella and imported Italian parmigiano-reggiano and pecorino-romano cheeses. The New York Ricotta ($23, 18 inches, or $13, 12 inches) is a traditional “white pizza” made with the same cheese and herb blend, plus dollops of whole milk ricotta, extra virgin olive oil, and fresh leaves of basil. Thick Sicilian-style 12-by-12 inch pies are also available at $22 for classic, $24 for ricotta.

My group ordered two large pies, one ricotta with mushroom and sausage and the other classic red sauce with veggies. The white pie was the winner. The simple olive oil dressing allowing the crust to remain crispy and chewy throughout. The added moisture of the red sauce veggie pie created the classic “floppy-gotta-foldit” phenomenon customary with any New York slice that has more than a single topping. The only fault we found with both pies was a lack of seasoning. The ricotta’s simple nature really needed a bit more salt, and the main flavor in the red sauce was fresh tomato with hints of garlic and basil; I couldn’t detect much oregano to speak of. We asked for salt and were loaned the chef’s kitchen shaker for a moment. Salt shakers on the tables would be a good idea.

Fresh cookies and cannoli are available for dessert. We tried one of each cannoli, plain ($3) and chocolate dipped with sprinkles ($4). I was impressed that the shells are filled with a piping bag when you order, rather than being allowed to become soggy in the fridge. The shells were crisp without being too firm, and the filling was smooth with a perfect touch of lemon.

My friends and I began to feel we’d sat chatting for too long past our meal, but as we got up to leave the chef told us how nice it was to see people sitting and talking, rather than staring at electronic screens. You won’t find a restaurant more welcoming than this one. Ω

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Zootopia Disney delivers another animated winner with Zootopia, a cute, uplifting story with a surprising dark side. It’s the sort of movie that’ll have kids asking their parents a few questions about some tough topics, while also being a movie that should entertain just about anyone who sits their butt in a theater seat to watch it.

Judy (Ginnifer Goodwin entering the by Voice Acting Hall of Fame) is a little bunny Bob Grimm determined to be the first bunny cop on the force in Zootopia, a metropolis populated by b g ri m m @ ne w s re v i e w . c o m animals. On the road to joining the force, she faces a lot of opposition for being both a bunny and a girl. Judy beats insurmountable odds, and winds up on the force, much to the chagrin Chief Bogo (Idris Elba).

The chief assigns her to traffic, of course, where she meets up with shifty fox Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) who is running an ingenious Popsicle scam. When some mammals come up missing, Judy finds herself on the case. She eventually enlists the help of Nick, and they seek out a missing otter. That otter is actually named Emmet the Otter, which had me holding out hope for a jug-band hoedown but, alas, it never happens.

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Byron Howard (Tangled), Rich Moore (Wreck-It Ralph) and Jared Bush (his feature debut!). Directing by committee certainly works in this case, as the film has a nice unified feel while sustaining a surprising depth for an animated movie.

Among the themes successfully tackled are sexism, racism and bunnyism. When discussing these aspects of the film, go ahead and get bunnyism out of the way first with the kids.

A hypothetical dinnertime conversation regarding Zootopia when a child asks if a bunny can be a cop: “No, my dear child, a bunny can’t be on the police force,” the parent answers.

“But mom and dad, dogs are allowed on the police force. Why not bunnies, too?” the child retorts.

“Because dogs are big and strong and have heightened senses of smell that help us to find drugs and things,” the parent opines.

“Actually, rabbits not only have a very keen sense of smell, dear parent,” the child continues, “but they also have those big ears which make them really good listeners and potentially awesome detectives! Their presence on the force could provide a new level of insight and outreach for a branch of civilization often roundly criticized for its lack of empathy and compassion,” the child asserts.

“Shut up and eat your broccoli!” the parent commands.

To give away how the film approaches the topic of racism would be to give away too many aspects of the plot. There’s a good mystery at play, and it’s done in an intelligent way that will keep parents and kids guessing and engaged.

Other members of the voice cast include J.K. Simmons as Mayor Lionheart, Tommy Chong as the fly-infested Yax, Jenny Slate as assistant mayor Bellwether, and Shakira as Gazelle, the pop star. Shakira’s performance of “Try Everything” is better than any movie music 2015 had to offer.

Man, last year sucked for movie soundtracks, didn’t it?

The animation is top notch and inventive, with cute little touches throughout. Judy’s hometown is farmland distinguished by an Easter pastels palette.

At one point, Judy chases a thief through a rodent community, sending a bunch of mice running for cover in their little buildings as if she were Godzilla. I especially liked a moment when a train arrived in a station, and a little door opened up beside bigger doors to let out a stream of chipmunks. Freaking adorable!

So, Disney has another great bunny to add to the souvenir rack at Disneyland alongside Thumper, Roger Rabbit, and Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh. (I feel Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh doesn’t get the recognition he deserves.) Judy is a true winner, as is Zootopia, already a solid contender for Best Animated Film of 2016.

Take the kids knowing you might actually enjoy yourself and appreciate the film even if it does act as a shred grenade on your wallet, especially if you spring for 3-D. Mother of Christ, movie-going is expensive. Ω

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The latest from the Coen brothers follows a day in the life of Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), a studio enforcer at Capitol Pictures in the 1950s tasked with keeping stars out of trouble and assuring moving pictures stay on schedule.

In the middle of filming a biblical epic, huge star Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) is kidnapped by Hollywood communists, who demand ransom money. Mannix must figure out how to get his star back while dodging two gossip columnists (both played by Tilda Swinton in increasingly hilarious wardrobe), navigating the latest scandal of studio star, DeeAnna Moran (Scarlett Johansson) and comforting hot director Laurence Laurentz (Ralph Fiennes), who has had a marblemouthed stunt actor named Hobie Doyle (Alden Ehrenreich) forced into his romantic comedy.

The plot is paper thin, but it does give the Coens a chance to do their quick interpretations of old timey movie Westerns, screwball comedies, Esther Williams pool epics, overblown Bible movies, Gene Kelly musicals, and more. The whole thing is a blast but, admittedly, will probably go over best with diehard Coen fans.

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Jack Black returns as the voice of Po in this decent second sequel in the saga of the Panda warrior and his warrior cronies. This time out, Po encounters his long lost dad, Li (the warm growl of Bryan Cranston), who takes him to the land of the pandas so that he can learn the powers of his chi. Such an advancement in his warrior techniques is absolutely essential for the lands are being threatened by a spirit realm warrior named Kai (J.K. Simmons voicing what I think is some sort of super muscular yak-type thing). The stuff with Po and Li is cute, with the added element of Po’s adopted dad (James Hong) being a little jealous. There’s a cool psychedelic look at times, and the animated series continues to impress on artistic levels.

The story feels a bit like a repeat of the previous two. That’s OK, but doesn’t necessarily place this chapter high on the originality scale.

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For the second year in a row, director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has delivered the year’s best film. The best movie of 2015 is The Revenant, an eye-popping Western thriller that gives Leonardo DiCaprio, the winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actor, the role that should finally score him that first Oscar. DiCaprio gives it everything he’s got as Hugh Glass, a scout working with fur traders on the American frontier in the early nineteenth century. Glass, while doing his job, gets a little too close to a couple of bear cubs, and Mama Grizzly is not all too happy about such an occurrence. What follows is a lengthy and vicious bear attack where Glass tangles with the nasty mother not once, but twice. Inarritu, DiCaprio and some amazing visual technicians put you in the middle of that bear attack, minus the searing pain of actually having a bear’s claws and teeth rip through your flesh. Trust me when I tell you, it’s an unforgettably visceral moment when that bear steps on DiCaprio’s head.

DiCaprio is incredible here, as are Tom Hardy as a villainous fur trapper who wants to leave Glass behind, Domhnall Gleeson as the commander forced to make horrible decisions, and Will Poulter as the compassionate man who makes a big mistake. It’s a revenge tale amazingly told.

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After a false start with the character of Wade Wilson in 2009’s uneven yet unjustly maligned X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds gets another chance at superhero—albeit unorthodox superhero—stardom. This time he scores big in this twisted film from first time director Tim Miller. The movie establishes its weirdness with scathing opening credits that poke fun at Reynolds’s stint as Green Lantern. It then becomes a consistently funny tragi-comedy involving Wade, a mercenary who comes down with terminal cancer, dimming the lights on his future with girlfriend Vanessa (Morena Baccarin). He submits himself to an experiment that leaves him disfigured yet superhuman, bent on revenge against the criminal who made him this way. Reynolds finally gets a really good movie to match his charms, and Deadpool gets the nasty film the character beckons for. The film gets an R-rating for many reasons, and there really was no other way to make a Deadpool film. It needed to be depraved, and it is. T.J. Miller provides nice comic support as a weary bar owner, and a couple of X-Men show up in a hilarious way. A sequel is already in the works, and this is a very good thing.

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Tina Fey makes a seamless transition to more dramatic fare with this, the story of a female journalist dropped into the middle of the war in Afghanistan. Based on the book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker, the film has a MASH vibe to it when it’s at its best.

Fey gets plenty of chances to be funny, but this is her meatiest role yet, allowing her to show off a promising more serious side as an actress.

When her life in New York gets too humdrum, Kim (Fey) winds up in Afghanistan with no major field reporting experience, dodging RPGs and filing stories nobody cares about. She has standard long-distance relationship problems on top of that, along with an on-site romance with a freelance photographer (Martin Freeman).

Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love and Focus) the film pops on occasion, but spends a little too much time in dusty apartments rather than out in the field.

Margot Robbie is great, if a little underused, as another field reporter while the likes of Billy Bob Thornton and Alfred Molina perform admirably in supporting roles. The film doesn’t always click, but it remains watchable thanks to Fey and, to a lessor extent, Robbie. It stands as an interesting turning point in Fey’s career.

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Unlike The Blair Witch Project, this Sundance award-winning directorial debut— and total masterpiece—from Robert Eggers, who also wrote the script, actually has a witch in it. She makes her first appearance very early on in the film, and she’s doing a bad thing. A really, really, horribly disturbing, oh-that’s-how-thismovie-is-really-going-to-start bad thing. Set in 1630s New England with an exceptional attention to detail, there are plenty of ways to interpret the events and themes of The Witch—the mark of a good, heady horror film. Eggers has made a horror movie with some major meat on the bone that stands in league with such classics as The Exorcist and Rosemary’s Baby. And, oh lordy, is this film creepy. The sense of dread kicks in immediately after William (Ralph Ineson) is banished from his New England settlement for getting a little too over-the-top with his religious beliefs. He, his wife Katherine (Kate Dickie), their little baby, their oldest daughter, Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy), son Caleb (Harvey Scrimshaw), and creepy twins Mercy and Jonas (Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson) must head out into the gray forests and fields to make a life away from government and society. What follows are hellish encounters with different incarnations of the witch, talking goats, possessed kids, and a bunch of other stuff that will unsettle you. Eggers has made a great movie that can be interpreted many different ways. If it doesn’t scare you, you are far braver than me.

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Heavy hitters Basha “It doesn’t mean anything,” said Holly Scala, about the band name Basha. “It’s just something our older sister used by Kent Irwin to call me as a kid.”

“According to some source, it means ‘king’ in Hebrew,” said Amber Scala, Holly’s sister and bandmate.

The Scala sisters liked the sound of the word. They thought it would stick in people’s heads.

Before adopting the name, they were just two siblings with a couple of guitars and a handful of Green Day covers.

Photo/Kent IrwIn

needed to play folk music, like, boring music. So we really just stopped playing because we were sick of it and bored.”

A trip to Europe renewed the girls’ passion for writing songs.

They came back to the U.S. and started looking for a drummer. A mutual friend, who happened to be the vocalist of Drag Me Under, knew someone. He invited Amber over to the grocery store where they both worked, and pointed her out.

“We realized we don’t have to play songs we don’t like,” said Holly. “So that’s when we tracked down Jess, and everything clicked.”

Osborne, like the Scala sisters, regarded the overblown music of the 1980s in a similarly exasperated manner, due in no small part to her shared surname with one of that era’s rock idols.

“Ozzy Osbourne is not a father figure to me,” said Osborne. “But I do get asked all the time if I’m related to him.”

Osborne does, however, trace her rock heritage to her real father, who taught her some basic moves on the kit. Her parents were not interested in attending any concerts as chaperones, so she snuck out to see them. In high school, she gathered with a group of friends and started a short-lived riot grrl band.

“I’m kinda fidgety—I like to be constantly moving, so that’s why I like the drums,” said Osborne.

Before long, the newly christened Basha went to the Sound Saloon to record a five-song EP with Jeromy Ainsworth. The eponymous release uses narratives, both fictional and true, to explore themes of love, old age, and critical thinking.

“We wrote ‘Find A Way’ about people’s ignorance,” said Holly.

“There are people who are overly positive. They live in a bubble. It’s kind of frustrating. They’ll say, ‘I don’t bother myself with the bad news.’”

“It’s just about being more aware,” added Amber.

Like all great alternative music, musical skill is under-emphasized, in favor of catchy songs and high energy.

“I know my guitar skills are very lacking,” said Amber. “But each song allows us to push ourselves a little more, and we can say, ‘We can do this.’” Ω

They don't play songs they don't like: Jess Osborne, Holly Scala and Amber Scala are Basha.

“Our dad loved ’80s big hair music,” said Amber. “That’s what we grew up listening to. He was the music figure of our family.”

It’s fitting that the style Basha would eventually adopt owes much to the alternative music of the ’90s and early ’00s, a generation that desperately sought to depart from their fathers’ garages lined with Quiet Riot, Poison and Def Leppard posters.

Garage rock, pop punk, and grunge influences meld into a thunderous crash around the harmonious voices of Amber and Holly.

Fuzz guitars, heavy drums and driving rhythms, offset by a sense for melody and tunefulness, build a mood that’s a bit like the word Basha itself: at once childlike and destructive, and a bit sentimental and imaginative.

The Scala sisters recall the days prior to meeting their drummer, Jess Osborne, with pause.

“We started out all acoustic,” said Holly. “We played a lot of open mics. We thought, since it was just the two of us, that we

Basha performs at the holland Project, 140 Vesta St., on March 24.

For more information, visit http://basha1. bandcamp.com.

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THURSDAY 3/10

FRIDAY 3/11

SATURDAY 3/12

YourDay Karaoke w/DJ Manny, 9pm, no cover

Crunksworth Bentley, 9pm, no cover

Live music, 8pm, no cover

5 STAR SALOON

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

DJ Izer, 10pm, $5 after 10pm

DJ Izer, 10pm, $5 after 10pm

BAR OF AMERICA

Rustler’s Moon, 8:30pm, no cover

Lava Moon, 9pm, no cover

Lava Moon, 9pm, no cover

1UP

Minnesota, Stylust Beats, Crunksworth Bentley, Kai Knight, 10pm, $20-$25

3RD STREET

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

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

132 West St., (775) 329-2878

Zepparella

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

March 10, 8 p.m.

PB&J’s 555 E. Fourth St. 322-4348

SUNDAY 3/13

DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover

BRASSERIE ST. JAMES

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

THE BRIDGE RESTAURANT & BAR CARGO AT WHITNEY PEAK HOTEL

Nightwish, 7:30pm, $35

CEOL IRISH PUB

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

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

Comedy

538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558

COMMA COFFEE

In Stride Music, noon, no cover

3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & Improv w/Patrick Shillito, W, 9pm, no cover Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson City, 882-1626: Rex Meredith, F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: John Caponera, Nick Youssef, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30 Laugh Factory at Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: Heath Harmison, Th, 7:30pm, $21.95; Jamie Kennedy, F-Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $32.95; Su, 7:30pm, $27.45; Joey Medina, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $21.95 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Drew Shafer, Damon Millard, Th, 8pm, $10; Taylor Williamson, F, 7pm, 9:30pm; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $16-$19

COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR

Eric Daniel, 7pm, no cover

312 S. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 883-2662 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY 2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-9799

Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

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

Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover Clemon Charles, 6:30pm, W, no cover

Stick Figure, Fortunate Youth, 8pm, $14

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The Socks!, 7pm, no cover Brood Witch, 9:30pm, no cover

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

ELBOW ROOM BAR

Free-Spin Sundays w/DJ Zoiree, 5pm, no cover

Reno’s Daze Crew, 9pm, no cover

425 S. Virginia St., (775) 432-1633

Big Heart, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover

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

THE HOLLAND PROJECT 1) I See Stars, Chunk! No Captain Chunk, Get Scared, Palaye Royale, 6:30pm, $15 2) Voted Best Band, 10pm, no cover

1) The Body Paint Party: NoizeChemistz, DJ Kentot & Oscar Ozuna, 8pm, $10-$15

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Monday

$2 Monday 3-close Coors, Coors Light, Bud, Bud light

Tuesday

2 for 1 Tuesday - buy one get second drink free 3pm-close

Wednesday

$3 wells 3-7pm live music & dancing 7-10pm

Thurday

$4 wells 3-close karaoke 8-11

Saturday

$3 wells 3-7 live music and dancing 9pm

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Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, Border Line Fine, 9:30pm, W, no cover

Reno Noise Night w/H.R. Gygax, Audity, Next Door Ninja, 8pm, no cover

140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

$3 well martinis 3-7pm live music and dancing 9pm

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Open Mic Night, 9pm, M, no cover Trivia Night, 9pm, W, no cover

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Traditional Irish Tune Session, 7pm, Tu, no cover

Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover

HIMMEL HAUS

71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652 1) Showroom 2) Bar Room

Reverend Horton Heat, Unknown Hinson, Legendary Shackshakers, 8pm, Tu, $20

Open Mic Jam Slam w/Adrian Diijon, 9pm, Tu, Karaoke Nite, 9pm, W, no cover

Jack Di Carlo, 7pm, no cover

HANGAR BAR

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 3/14-3/16

THURSDAY 3/10

FRIDAY 3/11

SATURDAY 3/12

1021 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe; (530) 523-8024

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 7:30pm, $35

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 7:30pm, $35

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 4:30pm, 7:30pm, $35

THE LOVING CUP

Live jazz, 8pm, no cover

MIDTOWN WINE BAR

John Graham, 7pm, no cover

Pawn Shop, 8:30pm, no cover

Ribs & Zin benefit for Shelby Adams, 5pm, $40-$50

MOODY’S BISTRO BAR & BEATS

Chuck Hughes Trio, 8pm, no cover

Frankie Boots and the Country Line, 8:30pm, no cover

Frankie Boots and the Country Line, 8:30pm, no cover

PADDY & IRENE’S IRISH PUB

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

THE LOFT THEATRE-LOUNGE-DINING 188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480 1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 800-1960 10007 Bridge St., Truckee; (530) 587-8688

906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-5484 1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864

Thursday Night Out w/Wabuska Yachting Club and Friends, 7:30pm, no cover Zepparella, Danile Gottardo, 8pm, $15

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

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 3/14-3/16 Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 7:30pm, M, Tu, $35 Western Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover

POLO LOUNGE

PSYCHEDELIC BALLROOM AND JUKE JOINT (PB&J’S)

SUNDAY 3/13 Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 4:30pm, $35

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Mozzy, Da Mobb, Too Much, EZ Baby, Mic Tayla, Jus Me, 9pm, $20-$25

JAYnFRESH, Bobby Hooper, 8pm, $20 Weight of the Tide, Drag Me Under, Bionic Gorilla, Worship, 9pm, $TBA

RUBEN’S CANTINA

Tandymonium, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover Jamie Rollins, 7pm, W, no cover

I See Stars March 11, 6:30 p.m.

Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor 71 S. Wells Ave. 384-1652 The Other, The B Monster Movie, 7pm, M, $10 Uli John Roth, 7pm, Tu, $TBA

Reggae Night, 10pm, no cover

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

SHEA’S TAVERN

Tavern Trivia, 9pm, no cover

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

SHELTER

DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

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

SINGER SOCIAL CLUB

DJ Trivia, 8pm, no cover

SPARKS LOUNGE

1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 409-3340

Open Mic Rock and Blues Jam hosted

by Rich Maloon, 8:30pm, no cover

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

DJ VanGloryus, 9pm, no cover

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

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

Punk Rock Karaoke, 10pm, Tu, no cover

DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

Reverend Horton Heat

STUDIO ON 4TH

432 E. Fourth St., (775) 737-9776

March 15, 8 p.m.

Cargo 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400

Soul Persuaders, 9pm, no cover Music Video Dance Party w/VJ Mike Roehr, 9pm, no cover

Saturday Night Dance Party, 9pm, no cover

The Best of SINFUL Burlesque, 9pm, $10-$15

That Loud Show: Bat Country, Taste Buds, Empty Beds, Illicit Trade, 8pm, $5

Hamora’s Debut Album Release Party, 7pm, Tu, no cover

WEST STREET WINE BAR

Eric Johnson Group, 7:30pm, W, no cover

WHISKEY DICK’S SALOON

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

148 West St., (775) 336-3560

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

WILDFLOWER VILLAGE

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

2) Trivia Night, 8:30pm, $3-$5

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

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

THURSDAY 3/10

FRIDAY 3/11

SATURDAY 3/12

SUNDAY 3/13

2) Cook Book, 8pm, no cover

2) Cook Book, 4pm, no cover Melissa Dru, 10pm, no cover

2) Cook Book, 4pm, no cover Melissa Dru, 10pm, no cover

2) Melissa Dru, 8pm, no cover

1) ’80s Dance Party, 8pm, $25-$30 2) TYMK, Gurbtron, 11pm, no cover

1) Miner, 10pm, no cover

1) Footloose, 7pm, $24.95-$26.95 2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover

1) Footloose, 7pm, 9:30pm, $24.95-$26.95 1) Footloose, 7pm, $24.95-$26.95 2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover

2) Lex Fridays, 10pm, $15 3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, 10pm, no cover

1) Breaking Benjamin, Starset, 7:30pm, $32.50 2) Lex Saturdays, 10pm, $15 3) Country Nights, 10pm, no cover

1) Bazooka Zoo, 9pm, no cover

1) Green Today (Green Day tribute), 9:30pm, no cover

2) DJ Enfo, DJ JosBeatz, 10pm, $20 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Keb’ Mo’, 7:30pm, $43.11 2) Trentino, DJ Rick Gee, 10pm, $20 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Chippendales, 7pm, 10pm, $29.50-$40.50

1) Chippendales, 7pm, 10pm, $29.50-$40.50

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover Sandy Nuyts, 8pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover Sandy Nuyts, 8pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover

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

2) Big Mo & the Full Moon Band, 8pm, no cover

2) Big Mo & the Full Moon Band, 8pm, no cover

2) Barrio Manouche, 6pm, no cover

2) Barrio Manouche, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

1) Hans Eberbach, 8pm, no cover

1) Hans Eberbach, 8pm, no cover 2) The Utility Players, 8pm, $15

2) Superbad, 9pm, no cover 3) Fashion Friday, 9pm, no cover 4) Buddy Emmer Band, 9pm, no cover

2) Superbad, 9pm, no cover 3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5 4) Buddy Emmer Band, , no cover

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

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

ELDORADO RESORT CASINO

Keb’ Mo’ March 12, 7:30 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe 15 Highway 50 588-6611

345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700 1) Theater 2) Brew Brothers 3) NoVi 4) Cin Cin 5) Stadium Bar

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

1) Footloose, 7pm, $24.95-$26.95 2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover

2) Lex Nightclub Thursdays, 10pm, no cover

2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 3) Country Nights, 10pm, no cover 1) Grand Theater 2) Lex Nightclub 3) Sports Book 4) The String Cheese Incident, 8pm, $49.50 4) Summit Pavilion 5) Silver State Pavilion

HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO 50 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (844) 588-7625 1) Vinyl 2) Center Bar

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE

Karaoke

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

CBQ, 1330 Scheels Drive, Ste. 250, Sparks, 359-1109: Karaoke w/Larry Williams, Th, 6pm, no cover La Morena Bar, 2140 Victorian Ave., Sparks, 772-2475: College Nite/Karaoke, F, 7pm, no cover Murphy’s Law Irish Pub, 180 W. Peckham Lane, Ste. 1070, 823-9977: Karaoke w/DJ Hustler, H&T Mobile Productions, F, 10pm, no cover The Man Cave Sports Bar, 4600 N. Virginia St., 499-5322: Karaoke, Sa, 8pm, no cover Scurti’s Billiards Bar & Grill, 551 E. Moana Lane, 200-0635: Karaoke w/DJ Hustler, H&T Mobile Productions, Sa, 9pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Ste. 103, Sparks, 356-6000: F-Sa, 9pm, no cover West Second Street Bar, 118 W. Second St., 384-7976: Daily, 8pm, no cover

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

NUGGET CASINO RESORT

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 1) Celebrity Showroom 2) Nugget Grand Ballroom Sandy Nuyts, 8pm, no cover 3) Gilley’s

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

2) Big Mo & the Full Moon Band, 7pm, no cover

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

SILVER LEGACY RESORT CASINO

407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401 1) Grand Exposition Hall 2) Rum Bullions Island Bar 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge 5) Silver Baron Ballroom

2) Banzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia, 8pm, no cover 3) University of Aura, 9pm, no cover 4) Jamie Rollins, 9pm, no cover

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 3/14-3/16

1) Footloose, 7pm Tu, W, $24.95-$26.95 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, no cover DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, no cover Garage Boys, 10:30pm, W, no cover

1) Yanni, 8pm, $50.46-$96.33

3) Live blues w/Buddy Emmer Band and guest, 8pm, Tu, no cover

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

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

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

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March 17 3X Thursdays Food & Drink Specials Fire Break Kitchen & Bar 6AM – 11PM Park Prime Steakhouse 5PM – 10PM

$3 Jameson® Shots & $3 Guinness™ All Month Long Price does not include tax & gratuity.

FREE SHOWS HUNTER & THE DIRTY JACKS March 18 | Vinyl | 9PM | 21+ DJ CHANGO March 18 | Center Bar | 10PM | 21+ LIVE DJ ENTERTAINMENT March 19 | Center Bar | 10PM | 21+

purchase gift cards for up to 50% off Rapscallion’s {new}: $25 gift card for just $12.50 2D wok: $20 gift card for just $10 Batch Cupcakery: $10 gift card for just $5 Bavarian world: $25 gift card for $12.50 Boomtown Steakhouse: $25 gift card for just $12.50 Mellow Fellow Gastropub: $10 gift card for just $5 nikos Greek Kitchen: $10 gift card for just $5 The Bridge Restaurant & Bar: $20 gift card for just $10 Beefy’s Reno: $10 gift card for just $5 noble Pie Parlor: $10 gift card for just $5 nothing to It!: $25 gift card for just $10 Ryan’s Saloon & Broiler: $10 gift card for just $5 Sierra Safari Zoo: $20 gift card for just $10 national Auto Museum: $10 gift card for just $5

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March 17 – 20 Catch All The Hoops Madness Live in Vinyl, Center Bar, Fire Break Kitchen & Bar and William Hill® Sports Book!

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

Events ART AFTERNOON: WORKSHOP AND SOCIAL FOR SENIORS: Enjoy a guided tour and a studio art class along with light refreshments. Monthly tours and projects are designed for participants of all levels of experience and offer an engaging and interactive experience. Second F of every month, 1-3pm. $7 general, $6 NMA members.

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

CARSON SIERRA SPINNERS AND WEAVERS GUILD DEMONSTRATIONS: The Carson Sierra Spinners and Weavers Guild is a group of local craft artists that promote appreciation and knowledge of fiber arts in the community. The Historic Huffaker School will be open between 9am and 3pm for viewing of live demonstrations by the Spinners and Weavers and for self-guided tours. Park rangers will offer guided tours of the historic school house at 1pm. Sa, 3/12, 9am-3pm. Free. Huffaker Schoolhouse, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 828-6612.

FIDO FEST: Nevada Humane Society’s festival includes a dog marketplace of dog-themed art, gifts, jewelry, pottery, dog toys and dogs for adoption.

Sa, 3/12, 10am-2pm. Free. The Summit, 13925 S. Virginia St., (775) 856-2000 ext. 335.

LEPRECHAUN CRAWL: Thousands of participants dressed in St. Patrick’s Day-themed attire will hit downtown bars, restaurants and nightclubs during the pub crawl. Revelers can purchase a commemorative cup and map that entitle them to drink specials, no cover and entrance into

costume contests at participating venues. Sa, 3/12, 8pm. $5 for commemorative cup and map. Downtown Reno, Virginia St.; (775) 624-8320, http://crawlreno.com.

MIDTOWN MURAL TOUR: View up to 50 murals painted by local, national and international artists on this self-guided walking tour. Many of the murals are located in alleys, so be prepared to venture and discover hidden gems. If you want to hear more details about the murals, you can sign up for a guided tour.

To schedule a guided tour, contact artspotreno@gmail.com. Second Sa of every month through 12/10. $10 for guided tour. Blue Whale Coffee Co., 32 Cheney St., (775) 737-9003.

NORTH LAKE TAHOE SNOWFEST: The 10-day winter celebration features parades, races, parties, music and more at various North Lake Tahoe venues. Through 3/13. Prices vary. Call for details, (530) 583-7167.

OLD TREASURES|NEW FUTURE JEWELRY ESTATE SALE & FUNDRAISER: The third annual jewelry extravaganza offers shoppers the chance to get bargains on jewelry while also raising money for the Women & Children’s Center of the Sierra programs. Ticket includes a glass of champagne. Th, 3/10, 5-8pm. $25 each or $40 for two. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 825-7395, http://waccs.org.

RIBS & ZIN: An event to support Shelby Adams, who is living with Stage IV metastatic cancer, with cost of treatment and living expenses. Sa, 3/12, 5pm. $40-$50. midTown Wine Bar, 1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 800-1960, www.ribsandzin.com.

SHAMROCK SHINDIG: The Rotary Club of Reno Centennial Sunset hosts this event featuring beer, wine and food.

Proceeds will fund charitable projects to give back to the community. Sa, 3/12, 5-7pm. $50 per person. Bishop Manogue Catholic High School, 110 Bishop Manogue Drive, (775) 870-6935, www.bishopmanogue.org.

SUSAN KAUFFMANN: PSYCHOLOGY OF NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP: Horse trainer Susan Kauffmann will discuss horse behavior and culture as it relates to human interactions. F, 3/11, noon. $10 general admission, free for NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

TEEN SCIENCE NIGHT: Explore the entire museum and take part in a wide range of activities. Hosted and organized by The Discovery’s Teen Advisory Committee. Sa, 3/12, 7-10pm. $5. Nevada Discovery Museum, 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000.

All Ages HANDS ON! SECOND SATURDAYS: Enjoy free admission, live performances, hands-on art activities and storytelling in this free monthly program for families. Second Sa of every month, 10am-6pm. Free. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

INSIDE OUT: AN ANATOMY EXPERIENCE: This exhibition will take you on a journey into the curiosities of human anatomy. Through digital and handson exhibits, you’ll learn how our bodies work, grow, age and heal. Tu-Su. $10 general admission, $9 veterans

and active duty military. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www.nvdm.org.

JIBS FOR KIDS PROGRESSION SERIES: A freestyle progression-oriented series of competitions, Jibs 4 Kids is geared towards kids who are 12 years old and younger. The series encourages kids to show off their best freestyle tricks on progressively bigger and more technical terrain park features.

Open to skiers and riders of all skill levels, Jibs for Kids will take place in the beginner area at Homewood’s Happy Park. Sa, 3/12, 9am-2:30pm.

Homewood Mountain Resort, 5145 W. Lake Blvd., Homewood, (877) 525-7669, http://skihomewood.com.

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 4/24. $10 general admission, $9 veterans and active duty military. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000.

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.

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, www.facebook.com/WilburMayCenter.

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.

Art CARSON CITY COURTHOUSE GALLERY: For Detail View. Jeff Hantman creates his wood sculptures using found wood objects and printmaking techniques.

M-F, 8am-5pm through 5/25. Free. 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

CLASSROOM GALLERY, OATS PARK ART CENTER: Cirque. Recent paintings and drawings by Michelle Lassaline. M-Su through 3/12. 151 E. Park St., Fallon, (775) 423-1440.

E.L. WIEGAND GALLERY, OATS PARK ART CENTER: I Wonder If I Care As Much.

Mixed-media installation featuring art by Timothy Conder, Nick Larsen

Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry Virginia City will hold its 25th annual tasting contest and St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Saturday, March 12.

More than 20 cooks will serve up their favorite dishes made from beef and sheep testicles as they compete for prizes and bragging rights. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tastings range from $5-$12. Visitors can also check out the St. Patrick’s Day Parade along C Street starting at noon or belly up to the bar during the Ball Breaker Saloon Crawl. Tickets are $20 for a crawl cup, which includes a free beer and discounts on specialty drink orders at participating saloons. Visit www.visitvirginiacitynv.com.

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and Omar Pierce. M-Su through 3/12. 151 E. Park St., Fallon, (775) 423-1440.

takes a look at America’s fascination with exploring new frontiers and the machines that make it possible. M-Su through 4/11; Science Saturday at the Auto Museum, The National Auto Museum offers this new educational and interactive program at on the second Saturday of each month. Second Sa of every month, 11am-4pm through 4/9. $4-$10, free for members and children age 5 and younger. 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300.

FRONT DOOR GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Brett Flanigan. The first show in University Galleries’ new mural series features mural art by the Oakland-based artist. M-F through 11/11. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.

HOLMAN ARTS & MEDIA CENTER, SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE: From the Lens of Eleanor Preger.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Cedra Wood: A

Residency on Earth, W-Su through 5/15; Altered Landscape: Photographs of a Changing Environment, W-Su through 4/17; Andrea Zittel: Wallsprawl, W-Su through 12/31; The E.L. Wiegand Collection: Representing the Work Ethic in American Art, W-Su through 4/17; The Horse, W-Su through 7/3; Andy Diaz Hope & Jon Bernson: Beautification Machine, W-Su through 7/24; Daniel Douke: Extraordinary, W-Su through 4/24; Monuments & DeLIMITations: Projects

by David Taylor and Marcos Ramírez ERRE, W-Su through 4/17; Don Dondero: A Photographic Legacy, W-Su through 7/10. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

Preger’s photographs capture the art, people and environment of Burning Man. The VIP reception is on April 5, 5-6pm. The artist talk follows from 6-7:30pm. M-Sa, 9am-5pm through 4/8. Opens 3/9; Tu, 4/5, 6-7pm. 1008 Highway 28, Incline Village, (775) 831-1314.

JOT TRAVIS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: BFA Midway Exhibition. Bachelor of fine arts candidates at the University of Nevada, Reno show their work at the midway point of their degree coursework in a wide range of disciplines. Through 3/10, 11am-4pm; BFA Thesis Exhibition. University of Nevada, Reno graduating bachelor of fine arts candidates host their thesis exhibition in Student Galleries South, Jot Travis Building at the University of Nevada, Reno.

The reception is on March 17 at 5pm. Tu-F, 11am-4pm through 3/31. Opens 3/15. Free. 900 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6837.

SPARKS HERITAGE MUSEUM: Hidden in Plain

MATHEWSON-IGT KNOWLEDGE CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Media Technology: Past & Present. Visitors will enjoy a visual display of media technological leaps through this exhibit on display in the Whittemore Gallery of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center. M-Su through 6/30. Free.

1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4636, www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu.

METRO GALLERY AT RENO CITY HALL: Order and Chaos: A Marriage in Reno. The Reno Arts & Culture Commission presents artwork from Los Angeles-based visual artist Avery Falkner. His paintings are permeated with bold forms, rich colors and unusual textures. M-F, 9am-5pm through 4/15. Free. 1 E. First St., (775) 334-2417.

JUST LIKE BEING THERE: The Black Rock Press presents this film as part of the Mid-Month Movie Monday series at the University of Nevada, Reno. Just Like Being There is a documentary film on American gig posters, directed by Scout Shannon. In the gig poster community, creating artwork is more than just a career—it is a way of life. M, 3/14, 6pm. Free. Black Rock Press, Jot Travis Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

MOVIE NIGHT: VIDEODROME: As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn (James Woods) is desperate for programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon Videodrome, a TV show dedicated to torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show. However, after his girlfriend (Deborah Harry) auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought. W, 3/16, 8:30pm. $2.50. Psychedelic Ballroom and Juke Joint (PB&J’s), 555 E. Fourth St., (775) 322-4348.

SHEPPARD CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Beautiful Soil: Ceramics from Ancient China. The exhibit features Chinese ceramics from various dynasties and spanning centuries, demonstrating the rich and diverse tradition of object-making in ancient China. M-F through 4/8; Brendan Tang: Souvenirs from Earth. Tang’s sculptures integrate references to Ming dynasty ceramic forms, Japanese anime and manga, art-pop, Asian import goods for the aristocratic French high-society and robotic prosthetics. Tu-Sa, 10am-8pm through 4/8.

Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.

I’m a 39-year-old guy, and I just met the most amazing woman, but she’s going through a divorce. My best friend said to never date somebody while they’re divorcing because they’re crazy and emotionally unavailable. He says you need to wait for two years afterward.

Well, I really like this woman and she likes me. If I dated her now, would I just be a rebound?

There are clues to where on the divorce spectrum someone falls, like whether she makes offhand remarks along the lines of “I wish him well, but we weren’t a good match” or “I wish I could leave him tied up in a clearing so something would eat him.”

There is something to be said for waiting periods, whether you’re mentally ill and shopping for an Uzi or hoping to live happily ever after with someone who might not be entirely recovered from her previous attempt. But the blanket “Wait two years!” advice is silly and probably comes out of a misconstruing of some research finding. As an epidemiologist friend frequently points out to me, these findings tell us how something seems to affect most people. However, there are important individual differences that get lost, like that tiny line about potential side effects: “Oh, by the way, 1 percent of the subjects ended up wearing all their teeth on a necklace.”

Still, unless this woman and her not-quite-exhusband got married a few months ago because they were super-drunk and standing near each other in Vegas, there’s a chance she’ll believe she’s ready to get involved before she actually is. Whether it makes sense to date her now becomes a question of risk analysis.

Plug in the variables you know, like the ugliness level of her divorce, whether she starts every other sentence with “my ex … ” and whether she seems to understand where she went wrong (and take responsibility for her part in it). Factor in her fabulousness and your level of risk tolerance—how willing and able you are to deal if, a year in, she apologizes after realizing that she just needed a nice man to put Band-Aids on her ouchies.

Even if it seems unwise to date her right now, you can keep a foot in the game by seeing her regularly— like once a month—while keeping the temperature on low. Stick to daytime dates—short, bright light, no alcohol—and use abstinence-only measures that have been found to be highly effective, such as wearing Green Lantern Underoos. (As a bonus, these would double as incentive to avoid texting while driving and ending up the talk of the ambulance bay for two weeks.)

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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., Ste. A, Carson City, (775) 687-6680.

Having the time of someone else’s wife

Sight: The Basques, The exhibit tells of the unique origins, language and history of the Basque people, along with their contributions throughout history. Hidden in Plain Sight: The Basques is a traveling exhibit from the Basque Museum & Cultural Center in Boise, Idaho. Sa, 1-4pm through 5/14; Tu-F, 11am-4pm through 5/13. $5 or free for museum members. 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144, www.sparksmuseum.org.

WINTER WONDER FILM FESTIVAL: Homewood Mountain Resort announces the Winter Wonder Film Festival being held in conjunction with Lake Tahoe’s Snowfest. Sa, 3/12, 6-9pm. Homewood Mountain Resort, 5145 W. Lake Blvd., Homewood, (530) 525-2992, http://skihomewood.com.

STREMMEL GALLERY: Tom Judd: Home on the Range. Philadelphia-based artist Tom Judd’s recent work focuses on the American notion of Manifest Destiny, the obsession with the myth surrounding America’s history and his love of the epic American landscape. The work challenges the way that the history of the West, “the invented myth,” is perceived as a result of advertising, film and television, while also embracing the aesthetic of those mediums. Tu-Sa through 4/16. Opens 3/10; Th, 3/17, 5-7pm. Free. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558.

Poetry/ Literature CROSSING YOUR TS: BOOK EDITING 101: Pypeline Editing celebrates the publication of their new book The Ultimate Guide to Becoming an Author with an editing seminar. There will be a question-and-answer session with the authors and a book signing following the seminar. Su, 3/13, 10am. Free. Grassroots Books, 660 E. Grove St., (775) 379-3964.

Museums NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM (THE HARRAH COLLECTION): SpaceMobiles: From Rockets and Rovers to Cars on Mars. This exhibit

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The frenzy zone I’m a woman just out of a 13-year relationship and dating isn’t going so well. My roommate says I need to stop blatantly pursuing men—texting first, initiating plans, etc.—and instead flirt, hang back and “seem busy.”

That just seems so archaic—starting a relationship on the manipulative premise of feminine game-playing. It’s 2016. Why isn’t authenticity appreciated?

Ideally, you’ll make a guy ache with longing—but more along the lines of “I wish she’d text me back” than “I wish she’d put down those binoculars and get out of my bushes.”

In other words, you might rethink “authenticity”— letting the true you (or rather, the truly impatient you) shine through. Consider acting like the more effective you, as you surely would for a job interview—rather than showing up in sweats and bragging that your character reference is actually your pot dealer and that “Mr. Bradley,” your “former employer,” is the neighbor’s Labradoodle.

Chances are you’ve been “blatantly pursuing” because, like many women, you confuse “equal” with “the same.” However, there’s substantial evidence from evolutionary psychology research that women evolved to be the choosier sex and that men co-evolved to expect this—and see female aloofness as a sign of value. So a more productive strategy for you would be what social psychologist Robert Cialdini calls “the scarcity principle.” Cialdini explains that the less available something is the more we value and want it. Not because it’s better.

Because FOMO (fear of missing out) and the regret we’d feel if we let that happen jack us into a motivational state—panic to get whatever’s in short supply.

But don’t take my word for it. For three weeks, try something new: flirting and waiting instead of chasing and pouncing. Ultimately, it’s best to start a relationship on the premise that actually allows it to start—coming off more like the appointment-only store with a single avant-garde dress than the kind with a big yellow sign in the window: “Everything in the store, $15, including the dog.” Ω

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Music ARGENTA CONCERT SERIES: FLEISHER-JACOBSON: The sixth show in the Argenta Concert Series will bring to Reno pianist Leon Fleisher. In a program featuring works of Bach, Schubert, Brahms, Debussy and Ravel, Fleisher will be joined by Katherine Jacobson. He will give an introduction to the performance and discuss his memoirs in a pre-concert talk, which will take place at 6:30pm in Nightingale Concert Hall. He also will offer a master class on March 11. Th, 3/10, 7:30pm; F, 3/11, 10am. $30 general, $5 for UNR students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

COME IN FROM THE COLD FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT SERIES: The 2016 series concludes with a

performance by Suspect Terrane. Sa, 7pm through 3/12. $3 suggested donation per person. Western Heritage Interpretive Center, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 828-6612.

HARP PLUS: An annual concert production featuring harp showpieces and chamber music involving harps and other instruments. Sa, 3/12, 7pm. $10 general, free for students and youths. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

LISA LYNNE & ARYEH FRANKFURTER: The multiinstrumentalist duo perform traditional and original music on Celtic harps, Swedish nyckelharpa, Ukrainian bandura, bouzouki, cittern and more. Sa, 3/12, 7pm. $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, $10 for BAC members, $20 at the door. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976, http://breweryarts.org.

NEVADA WIND ENSEMBLE: The Nevada Wind Ensemble at the University of Nevada, Reno performs a preview of its upcoming College Band Directors National Association Conference program. M, 3/14, 7:30pm. $5; free for UNR students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

Artand soul Youth Art Month Festival Arts for All Nevada holds its annual celebration of Youth Art Month with an art festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, at the Lake Mansion, 250 Court St. The free event includes face painting, a book for each child, a children’s art exhibit and eight creation stations where children of all ages can make and take home their art. The festival will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. for children with special needs and their immediate family members. The Youth Art Month exhibit will be on display at the Lake Mansion through April 22. Call (775) 826-6100 or visit www.artsforallnevada.org.

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

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

WEEKLY DRUM CIRCLE: Bring your drum, your didgeridoo, poi, hoops and silk or just yourself and enjoy the soothing sounds of the Morris Drum Circle. M, 8:30pm through 7/25.

Free. Morris Burner Hotel, 400 E. Fourth St., (775) 327-1171.

Sports & Fitness BIG SKY BASKETBALL CONFERENCE: Eastern Washington University, Idaho State University, University of Idaho, University of Montana, Montana State University, University of North Dakota, Northern Arizona University, University of Northern Colorado, Portland State University, Sacramento State, Southern Utah University and Weber State University will compete for a berth in the NCAA tournament. All men’s and women’s teams will advance to the tournament, where the top four seeds will receive byes to the quarterfinal round. M-F through 3/11. $10-$160.

Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., www. bigskyconf.com.

GALENA CREEK GUIDED HIKE: Join a naturalist along one of the Galena Park trails and learn about the area. Bring water, sunscreen, hiking boots or snowshoes (if weather permits.) Sa, 10am through 3/18. $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948, www. galenacreekvisitorcenter.org.

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Onstage DISNEY’S ARISTOCATS, KIDS: Wild Horse Children’s Theater presents Disney’s The Aristocats, Kids. Madame’s jealous butler Edgar cat-naps Duchess and her Aristokittens and abandons them in the Parisian countryside. Luckily, Thomas O’Malley and his rag-tag bunch of Alley Cats come to their rescue. F, 7pm through 3/18.

Opens 3/11; Sa, 3/12, 2 & 7pm; Su, 3/13, 2pm; F, 3/18, 7pm; Sa, 3/19, 2 & 7pm; Su, 3/20, 2pm.

$10 general admission, $8 seniors, students, $5 kids ages 4-12. Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 887-0438.

RAGTIME THE MUSICAL: Set in turn-of-thecentury New York, the Tony Award-winning musical tells the stories of an upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician unfold—all three united by their desire and belief in a brighter tomorrow. Th, 3/10, 8pm; F, 3/11, 2 & 8pm; Sa, 3/12, 2 & 7pm. $45-$75. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St.; (775) 686-6600.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN: Set on Chicago’s South Side, the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family. The tensions and prejudice they face form this seminal American drama. Sacrifice, trust and love among the Younger family and their heroic struggle to retain dignity in a harsh and changing world is a searing and timeless document of hope and inspiration. Th, 3/10, 7:30pm; F, 3/11, 7:30pm; Sa, 3/12, 7:30pm. $15

for adults; $12 for seniors, $10 for students ages 2-18 and UNR faculty/staff; $5 UNR students with ID (limited quantity). Redfield Proscenium Theatre, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/ arts.

ROOSTERS: Reno Little Theater presents Milcha Sanchez-Scott’s drama. When patriarch Gallo returns home after serving a jail term for manslaughter, his family welcomes him back with mixed feelings. His son Hector wants to use the family’s prize-winning cock to win money in order to move his family away from their farm. However, Gallo has returned from prison determined to continue the business and raise a new flock of roosters. Hector and Gallo soon clash over their differing goals. Th, 3/10, 7:30pm; F,

3/11, 7:30pm; Sa, 3/12, 7:30pm; Su, 3/13, 2:30pm.

$10. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 813-8900.

THE SHAPE OF THINGS: Brüka Theatre presents the Neil LaBute’s play which focuses on the nature of stoicism, art, psychopathy, intimacy, explorations of love and people’s willingness to do things for love. Th, 3/10,

8pm; F, 3/11, 8pm; Sa, 3/12, 8pm; Su, 3/13, 2pm; Th, 3/17, 8pm; F, 3/18, 8pm; Sa, 3/19, 8pm; Su, 3/20, 2pm; W, 3/23, 8pm; Th, 3/24, 8pm; F, 3/25, 8pm; Sa, 3/26, 8pm. $20 general admission, $18 students, seniors, military, $25 at the door. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.

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It begins every June in Queens, a borough of New York, and lasts until August. Those who participate do 3,100 miles’ worth of laps around a single city block, or about 100 laps per day. I think that this is an apt metaphor for the work you now have ahead of you. You must cover a lot of ground as you accomplish a big project, but without traveling far and wide. Your task is to be dogged and persistent as you do a little at a time, never risking exhaustion, always pacing yourself.

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In ancient India, choruses of croaks were a sign of winter’s end, when spring rains arrived to fertilize the earth and bestow a promise of the growth to come. I suspect that the frog will be one of your emblems in the coming weeks, Virgo—for all of the above reasons. Your task is to overcome the boring stories and messages so as to accomplish your lively transformations.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Your anger is a gift.” So proclaims musician and activist Zack de la Rocha, singer in the band Rage Against the Machine. That statement is

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true for him on at least two levels. His fury about the systemic corruption that infects American politics has roused him to create many successful songs and enabled him to earn a very good living. I don’t think anger is always a gift for all of us, however. Too often, especially when it’s motivated by petty issues, it’s a self-indulgent waste of energy that can literally make us sick. Having said that, I do suspect that your anger in the coming week will be more like de la Rocha’s: productive, clarifying, healthy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Even now,

all possible feelings do not yet exist,” says novelist Nicole Krauss. In the coming weeks, I suspect you will provide vivid evidence of her declaration, Scorpio. You may generate an unprecedented number of novel emotions—complex flutters and flows and gyrations that have never before been experienced by anyone in the history of civilization. I think it’s important that you acknowledge and celebrate them as being unique—that you refrain from comparing them to feelings you’ve had in the past or feelings that other people have had. To harvest their full blessing, treat them as marvelous mysteries.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“Look at yourself then,” advised author Ray Bradbury. “Consider everything you have fed yourself over the years. Was it a banquet or a starvation diet?” He wasn’t talking about literal food. He was referring to the experiences you provide yourself with, to the people you bring into your life, to the sights and sounds and ideas you allow to pour into your precious imagination. Now would be an excellent time to take inventory of this essential question, Sagittarius.

And if you find there is anything lacking in what you feed yourself, make changes!

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

cording to a report in the journal Science, most of us devote half of our waking time to thinking about something besides the activity we’re actually engaged in. We seem to love to ruminate about what used to be and what might have been and what could possibly be. Would you consider reducing that amount in the next 15 days, Capricorn?

If you can manage to cut it down even a little, I bet you will accomplish small feats of magic that stabilize and invigorate your future. Not only that: You will feel stronger and smarter. You’ll have more energy.

You’ll have an excellent chance to form an enduring habit of staying more focused on the here and now.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One of

the legal financial scams that shattered the world economy in 2008 was a product called a Collateralized Debt Obligation Squared.

It was sold widely, even though noted economist Ha-Joon Chang says that potential buyers had to read a billion pages of documents if they hoped to understand it.

In the coming weeks, I think it’s crucial that you Aquarians avoid getting involved with stuff like that—with anything or anyone requiring such vast amounts of homework.

If it’s too complex to evaluate accurately, stay uncommitted, at least for now.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I wish I

knew what I desire,” wrote Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, born under the sign of Pisces. “I wish I knew! I wish I knew!” If he were still alive today, I would have very good news for him, as I do for all of you Pisceans reading this horoscope. The coming weeks will be one of the best times ever— ever!—for figuring out what exactly it is you desire. Not just what your ego yearns for. Not just what your body longs for. I’m talking about the whole shebang. You now have the power to home in on and identify what your ego, your body, your heart and your soul want more than anything else in this life.

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Friendship Mike Archer Mike Archer’s 2005 book A Patch of Ground described the quixotic battle of Khe Sanh, which Archer experienced with his high school friend and fellow Marine, Thomas Mahoney, who vanished after the battle. Archer now follows up with The Long Goodbye, describing his subsequent effort to discover his friend’s fate, a quest made easier by the assistance of the Vietnamese. Sundance Books will host a book signing for Archer at 2 p.m. on Sat., March 26.

Tell me about your friend.

Tom was very popular in high school. ... It elevated my self esteem that a guy like Tom would think that I could get through boot camp with him. ... [H]e was the most popular person in the platoon. And as an example of that, almost every one of them—and I interviewed them all separately—almost every one of them said one version—a variation of, “He was always worried about everybody,” “He would do anything for his buddy.” And he would even tell me that when they would go out on patrols, get into firefights, he wouldn’t go to sleep until he counted heads of people coming back, to make sure everybody was back safely.

That’s the way he was until the end.

What was his mindset like at the end?

He was very discouraged, as many of us were by then. … But he was mostly

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And he said that, “I think this story has to be told, that our children and their children have to know about what happened.” And he said—and this really blew me away—he said, “I have a great respect for you for wanting to keep the memory of your friend alive.”

And I was, you know, I was overwhelmed. I’d met some former NVA soldiers, and I knew that they were very decent people—much different than what I thought when I left Vietnam. I thought they were all, like, soulless automatons of, you know, totalitarianism. ...

But, anyway, to answer your question, there was a pause on the phone, and I thanked him.

And then I asked myself, “What am I feeling?”

And I wasn’t feeling anger. I wasn’t feeling anything at all. And that’s what I thought was probably the best, for the first time in probably 36 years, at that time. That was the best thing I could have been feeling. I wasn’t feeling anything. It’s hard to explain. Ω

discouraged because the American military—Gen. [William] Westmoreland had put all of their chips, so to speak, on a victory at Khe Sanh that would end the war. And so huge numbers of Americans and Vietnamese were sacrificed there to that end. And in June of 1968 when Westmoreland left ... his replacement Gen. Abrams immediately called for the closing of Khe Sanh base. And Tom had to sit on a hill nearby and witness that happening, knowing the sacrifices that had been made, and he was very discouraged. ... [His girlfriend] had gotten involved with anti-Vietnam war activities and she was very, very passionate about that. She wrote him a letter, said she never wanted to see him again, and called him a baby killer and all these other epithets, right at the moment that Tom was experiencing this incredible feeling of disgust and discouragement about the situation at Khe Sanh.

You actually met the person who killed him.

Technically—there were five people there. …

The very day, the very hour that they were

Chill with the trumpeting So if I told you there’s a candidate who put forth the following positions—single-payer national healthcare, pro-choice, Iraq war a total disaster—you wouldn’t even blink, assuming I was predictably enough referring to either Bernie or Hillary and, of course, this is all a setup you can smell a mile away because the candidate I’m talking about is none other than The New Hitler Himself, El Donaldo. Of course, when it comes to his position on health care and abortion, I’m talking about the Trump of 20 years ago. So there’s that.

But it seems that every month, I’m writing a column that could be construed as slightly pro-Trump, or at least one that advocates a lessening of the Trump hysteria that seems to have overwhelmed the liberal media, and it’s not a completely comfortable position for a psychedelic psocialist like me, who would have voted for Tim Leary over Ronald Reagan in the ’68 California governor’s race had California allowed 15-year-olds to vote. (Unfortunately, Tim got thrown in jail before that

leaving the hill, for some reason—still, which I guess is the gist of the story—Tom walked outside the barbed wire on that hill and was shot by North Vietnamese soldiers waiting there to actually shoot down the evacuation helicopter. There were two men there—Mr. Thanh and Mr. Luong. Mr. Luong was a team leader. He told Thanh, “Hold it.” He actually shot Tom, and Thanh ran up and dragged Tom’s body down. … So technically, he [Thanh] didn’t pull the trigger. But, yes, I met him and actually befriended him.

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election, which really put a damper on his campaign.)

But I simply have to comment occasionally as I watch my liberal brethren and sistren occupying themselves on a now daily basis with a series of self-administered wedgies that are so ferociously entrenched way way way up there in the clefts between their cheeks that I fear their removal will only be possible by doctors using specially designed cottonclasping forceps. Yes, I’m talking about wedgies so determinedly situated in the collective liberal buttcrack that I now suspect there must have been some kind of masochistic erotic pleasures involved in their positioning.

And if you’re thinking I may be getting some kinky jollies by just writing about such stuff—well, let’s move on, shall we?

But some salient points. For one, the prospect of Trump getting the Republican nomination is vexing, sure. But I would rather it go to Trump than that ding dong Cruz. I’m in total agreement with Stephen King,

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who recently opined that Terrible Ted is the guy that really scares the shit out of him. Me too, Steve!

For real comfort, though, let’s look at some key voting blocs. Hispanics?

Not big fans of El Trumpo. Hell, they’ve got pinatas of the guy’s hairdo, fercrissake! A bloc of 12-13 million voters, and they’ll go 70 percent Dem, easy. Black voters? 18 mill and they’re a lock to go 80 percent Dem. Gays? In 2012, they rolled with Obama at a 76 percent clip. It’s safe to say that won’t change. Muslims? 2 million strong, and where Mitt got 7 percent in ’12, Trump might be lucky to get 2 percent this year. Asians? This bloc was 3 percent of the electorate, and it went 73 percent Obama.

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