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WTF UNR Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

Threw my back out the other day. Irritating. It happens whenever I spend more time sitting at a desk then I do standing, walking and exercising. It’s pretty excruciating, and years ago, I’d occasionally have to go to the hospital when it happened. One thing it always does, though, is put me in other people’s shoes. Quick movements or lifting my feet to go up steps can set off a spasm.

Monday, I was on my way to my linguistics class at the University of Nevada, Reno. I was crossing Ninth at Center, on the north half of the street, when a car launched off the stop sign and then braked hard to a halt, apparently in an effort to scare me out of the crosswalk. It had California tags, so I presume the driver didn’t know the law. Since it was 3:15 p.m., and she was on her way to the same 4 o’clock class as I was, I know she wasn’t late.

And speaking of assholes, I walked to the new Pennington Student Achievement Center. I was hoping for a stand-up table to study for my test. Since steps are very difficult for me, I looked for the ramp. There was none. Or rather, it was so cleverly hidden that standing directly in front of it, it couldn’t be seen. Think the campus could afford to add a $15 blue-painted steel sign to direct disabled students and guests to the ramp on a 78,000-square-feet, $44.5 million “student achievement center”?

The punchline is that UNR’s Disability Resource Center is housed in that building. People in the DRC office said they lobbied for a sign for the ramp but were denied.

UNR put the ramp on the building because it’s required to by the American With Disabilities Act, but they’re so ashamed to have students in wheelchairs or on crutches that they won’t put up signs to enable them. The University of Nevada, Reno has a problem with diversity of all sorts—gender, race, economic status—at all levels. And if I, as an entitled, middle-aged, white guy, can see it, I’ll tell you who can really see it: disabled visitors, prospective students and people of color.

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President Obama could close the Guantanamo Bay prison with an executive order because the drone warfare program seems to operate on some sort of executive order. Guantanamo Bay has been detrimental to national security because it has only added fuel to the fire and allowed various non state actors, like Al Qaeda and ISIS, to use Guantanamo Bay as a recruitment tool. Drone warfare endangers national security because, again, it acts as recruitment tool for our adversaries.

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That analogy, again I perceive a resemblance between Donald Trump’s behavior in campaigning for president and what I understand Hitler did while acquiring power during the 1930s.

Don Schreiber Incline Village

Say, what?

Re “Bernie Sanders, fascist” (Let Freedom Ring, March 10): Brendan Trainor has mastered the spin, hyperbole, and half truths by which progressive ideals are regularly slandered. Bravo! Whatever he’s paid, it’s not enough. Such a stupendous effort deserves proper analysis, and I hope I am equal to the task. He begins by providing a textbook definition of socialism. But that definition isn’t Sanders’ platform. I suppose I could’ve stopped reading right there, but there were still more words in his article.

We learn that Sanders visited the Soviet Union! And he got out alive?

Obviously he’s either the Brooklyn James Bond or some Soviet agent.

Trainor then expresses his concern for an entire class of Americans, “the wealthy,” and writes that Sanders wants to “generally make their lives miserable because they rigged the economy” and “restrict their rights to be involved in the political process.”

Unwrap that for a second. All these aggrieved wealthy folks did was rig the economy and political process so that millions of people lost homes, freedoms, savings, jobs, livelihoods, and even lives, and for expressing their American freedom in this way, Sanders wants to prevent them from doing it again, restore the siphoned off wealth to the people, and—Heaven forfend!—hurt their feelings? ...

No attack on socialism is complete without the list of “free stuff.” Health care, tuition, food, rent—wait! They get free food? What, do they think food grows on trees? We should put those moochers in prison, so the government can pay some corporation for their health care, food and rent— you know, job creation! We’re told Sanders would double the minimum wage, and no business owner would make more than four times the lowest paid worker. Let’s do math. New minimum wage times four yada yada—all wealth would be confiscated over $132,000.00 per year? What maniac proposes such a policy? I’ll tell you.

His name is Brandon Trainor, and he writes for RN&R. How did we get here from a 52 percent tax on income over $10 million? Easy—Trainor is lying.

If a poor man could afford to go to school, perhaps he could start a business and not be poor anymore, and not end up at the free food/rent place. If he were really clever, he could make $133,000 per year and pay his employees $17+ an hour. That actually sounds nice. And, under the Sanders plan, their taxes would be less. When you’re a liar, words don’t have to mean things anymore. Let’s make a new definition for fascism.

What fun! “Fascism replaces free [sic] market production for consumption with production for state dictated outcomes.” But we already established that Sanders doesn’t intend to seize the means of production, he just wants to hurt rich people’s feelings and build roads and schools and stuff. …

According to Trainor, these Fascists coerce people by disingenuously promoting equality of race, gender and sexual orientation. Say what? How clever to redefine the defense of the

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liberty of disenfranchised groups as an affront to the liberties of someone else. When the government steps in to help underrepresented, disenfranchised Americans, the victimized wealthy cry foul, but when some white guy punches a gay hippie in the face, shoots a black kid in the back, or steals a fortune from millions of taxpayers, that’s just a damn shame. …

Next, a quick tour of Europe, where we can ponder which countries are more or less socialist, and decide without much evidence that the ones flourishing are more capitalist while those languishing are socialist. None of them are socialist, as Trainor so thoughtfully defined for us, but why quibble. It’s interesting that the four countries with “debt, high unemployment and social unrest” all have better health outcomes than the U.S., according to the W.T.O. Then, the obligatory jab at the socialist states in our own backyard, Cuba and Venezuela. Venezuelan socialists must squander all the wealth they get from the “billions of barrels of oil” the US buys from them, right?

That sounds great, except it was only 280,000 barrels in 2014, down 50 percent from 10 years before. Oil

represents 95 percent of the country’s export income, and oil prices have dropped sharply in part because of expanded US production. Voila! You have a depression. Words and facts don’t matter when you just feel you are right. Strangely, not a word about the reasonably stable economy in democratic socialist Evo Morales’ Bolivia.

Trainor would have us ignore again that Sanders is not proposing to nationalize the means of production in the United States of America. Sanders is not stripping you of your rights.

He is not coming with suede-denim secret police for your uncool niece.

Sanders is talking about raising taxes on the wealthiest individuals and corporations, who will still be stinking rich, and whose wealth is ultimately derived from the resources of our planet and the efforts of us all, in order to alleviate the suffering among the most vulnerable Americans. The beneficiaries will be our children and our child care providers, our veterans and our elderly, our neighbors and friends—and ultimately, all of us. The truth matters.

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How mean were you in high school?

Asked at Polo Lounge, 1559 S. Virginia St. Jack Sosnowski Retired train engineer

I wasn’t. I’ve always been a peacemaker, pretty much my whole life unless you pushed me right down to where I’ve got no choice. I’ve probably said some inappropriate stuff, but basically I’ve always been a peacemaker, always been able to bring people together.

Tim Randolph Freelance fun haver

I was the one they were mean to. That’s my answer. I never did it to other people. Me and my friends were the ones they were mean to, and I graduated from high school here, so, you know.

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Screwing the average Nevadan Last week we received a message from something called “DonorsChoose.org”: “Today, Elon Musk has ‘flash funded’ all of the DonorsChoose.org classroom projects (teacher requests for books, science supplies, field trips, etc.) in Washoe County as part of #BestSchoolDay: a surprise philanthropic flash mob of more than 60 celebrities, business leaders, and athletes who together are bringing to life the classroom dreams of teachers and students across America.

Thousands of students and teachers are just finding out this morning!”

Now if only Musk and his fellow cherry-pickers would pay their stinking taxes like local businesses and residents, we wouldn’t need their charity.

There was a time when Nevada was known for restraint in subsidizing businesses. Strict limits were set on credits and other forms of welfare. Today, big corporations are practically lining up at the border waiting for handouts before they will enter, lured here not by quality of life but by all the publicity about the biggest corporate welfare package in human history, granted by Nevada to Tesla—so big that state law had to be amended to allow it.

And that doesn’t take into account the smaller forms of welfare approved in recent years. STAR Bonds have drained school districts of needed funds in order to lure out-of-state chains to Nevada to compete with local merchants who are not subsidized, as in the case of Cabela’s, Scheels and local Mark Fore & Strike Sporting Goods (“Death STAR,” RN&R, April 23, 2009). Little wonder the governor and legislature had to then enact a new tax for schools.

When Tesla doesn’t pay its taxes someone has to.

Guess who?

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Well, to my parents? Very mean. To other people, not so mean. I was a very rebellious teenager. I got along with everyone. I still, to this day, don’t have any enemies. As an adult, I had to apologize to my parents.

When Tesla brings thousands of workers and their families here and it puts new pressure on local services, guess who pays?

Supposedly subsidizing corporations with tax credits and tax cuts generates a healthy economy. As Pulitzer Prize winning tax reporter David Cay Johnston wrote in these pages in 2011, “The Mad Men who once ran campaigns featuring doctors extolling the health benefits of smoking are now busy marketing the dogma that tax cuts mean broad prosperity, no matter what the facts show” (“Myths and taxes,” RN&R, April 14, 2011).

Johnston has spent a good deal of his career documenting the way that everyday people pay higher taxes when the big boys avoid, shelter, or cheat on their taxes. He devoted an entire book (Perfectly Legal) in 2003 to the way most of us pay taxes owed by a few: “If you make [from] $30,000 to as much as a $1 million, you are literally being taxed so that the super rich, the 28,000 men, women, and children with incomes of more than $8 million per year can pay less.”

This is not prosperity. It is income redistribution toward the top.

If you want to help defend our state against our officials, start with some reading: Hometown Advantage: How to Defend Your Main Street Against Chain Stores and Why it Matters and Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America’s Independent Businesses, both by Stacy Mitchell. (We recommend ordering them from Sundance Books, not Amazon or Barnes & Noble.) Online, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance is at www.ilsr.org. The Big Box Tool Kit is at https://ilsr.org/big-box-tool-kit/. Ω

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I was mean to people mostly following the crowd, and I regret that now—like when I went back to my reunions and stuff. But, you know, there were always those people that didn’t fit in for whatever reason. I don’t know. I’d join in with it and regret it now and try to talk my daughters out of it.

Chuck Bensinger Retiree

I was a very good student and very good person. No, no. I had a lot of friends.

How can I say that? We all have our problems, and they had theirs. And I accepted it as that. I don’t know—good, bad or indifferent.

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We’re number 49!

Gender equity issues are gaining new momentum in 2016, thanks to a presidential race where the lone woman seems increasingly more dignified and more prepared to serve when compared to her rivals, especially the one who calls women fat and ugly unless the woman at by issue is a “young and beautiful Sheila Leslie piece of ass.”

Although there’s no shortage of critics of Hillary Clinton and her policies, her success in the early primaries and caucuses is a huge win for women in the political world. No longer can it be doubted that women in the United States can lead at the highest level of government as they do in so many other countries.

There are plenty of other glass ceilings to shatter, of course, especially in Nevada where a woman has never won the governorship or a seat in the U.S. Senate. Catherine Cortez Masto may well win a place in history as the first Latina to serve in the Senate, gladdening the hearts of all those who think it’s well past

time a woman represented Nevada in the highest legislative body in the land.

While these political women are demonstrating their intelligence and strength of purpose, the news is not as positive for the average woman in Nevada. The latest annual survey of the states and D.C. for women found Nevada near the bottom of the list, with an overall ranking of 49th. Only South Carolina and Louisiana ranked lower.

WalletHub’s analysts chose 15 key metrics to determine which states were performing better for women in 2016, including pay equity, education and health care.

Nevada scored poorly, with just 41.82 points out of 100, placing 49th in “Women’s Economic and Social Well-Being” and dead last at 51st in “Women’s Health Care and Safety.”

More specifically, Nevada placed 50th in the nation in the unemployment rate for women and the number of women who are uninsured. We also ranked poorly

in women’s preventive health care (48th), the female homicide rate (43rd) and women’s life expectancy at birth (34th).

Experts were asked to comment on the biggest issues facing women today, and nearly all of them mentioned the same concerns: financial stability, the gendered division of labor, and the pay gap—where women are paid just 79 percent of men’s wages. The lack of publicly funded child care and preschool education often forces women into part-time work where they struggle to gain access to benefits such as health insurance and retirement. One expert noted that many women are wondering if they will have to work forever.

Hannah Hartman, an economics professor at Concordia College, targeted the “pink tax” as an issue since prices of similar items of clothing, such as a shirt or blouse, typically cost more if they are made for women. She compared retail products such as razors and found pink ones cost more than grey

ones. Women have known this for years, of course, shopping for better quality items at a lower price in the men’s section of department stores.

Several experts mentioned the underrepresentation of women in elected office as a contributing factor to the difficulty women have had in achieving equity and power. They suggested strategies of promoting leadership opportunities for young women and encouraging women of all ages to run for office.

Nevada has never come close to achieving gender equity in its Legislature. According to the annual survey conducted by the Rutgers’ Center for American Women in Politics, the highest percentage of female legislators in Nevada, 36.5 percent, was reached back in 1999. In subsequent years, our percentage dropped as low as 25.4 percent in 2012, inching back up to 33.3 percent in 2015.

Candidates have until tomorrow, March 18, to file for office during the 2016 campaign.

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Multiple choice elections Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig wants to reform elections, so he raised a million dollars and declared himself a Democratic Party candidate for president. He was a one-issue candidate, his only platform the Citizen Equality Act, by which he hopes to reform voting and reduce by Brendan Trainor the power of big money in politics.

The Democrats would not allow Lessig in their presidential debates.

Frustrated, Lessig dropped his political campaign but promised to continue advocating his reforms.

Lessig’s voting reform proposals range from a tax rebate voucher for everyone to give to their favorite candidate, to automatic registration and making Election Day a national holiday. The most interesting proposal is called ranked voting or instant runoff elections. Under this proposal, everyone would be able to vote for multiple candidates for the same office, ranking them first, second and third.

Why is this such an interesting idea? America has two major political parties, the Democrats

and Republicans. But there are other, minor parties. In Nevada, the Independent American Party, the Libertarian Party and the Green Party are the largest minor parties.

On rare occasions, a minor party candidate raises enough money to compete against the major party candidate, but they almost never win. There has never been a minor party candidate elected to any significant partisan office in Nevada, and only a handful in the entire nation.

The most serious roadblock to voting for a minor party candidate is the “wasting your vote” argument. Most people want to vote for a winner, and voting minor party means you are likely voting for a loser. You will also be accused by many in the major parties of helping to get the opposing party’s candidate elected. The 1998 Nevada Senate election was the most notorious example in Nevada. Republicans believed their nominee, John Ensign, could beat Democrat Harry Reid, and Ensign

lost by only 400 votes. Libertarian Party candidate Michael Cloud received over 8,000 votes, and Republicans blamed Libertarian Party voters for electing Reid.

The most well known Democratic incident was the 2000 Bush-Gore election, as those who voted for Green Party Candidate Ralph Nader were blamed for throwing the election to Bush.

With instant runoff elections, you could first vote for the minor party candidate whose views most represent your own, and vote second for a major candidate you consider only the lesser of two evils. In nonpartisan elections, you could support a reform insurgent candidate first, and a more establishment candidate second. In most cases, your first choice would lose, but at least you would have expressed yourself.

You would not waste your vote, because you hedged your bets. No one could blame you for helping to elect another party’s candidate, because after your first choice is

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mathematically eliminated, your next vote would go to the mediocre but somewhat better candidate who would then likely win.

Both the Democrats and the Republicans have been losing registered voters at an alarming rate.

They each represent only about 25 percent of registered voters now.

The fault lines could grow wider within their own factions. With so many American voters angry at the party establishments, there should be a way to allow them to express that anger. Libertarians could vote for the Libertarian Party presidential candidate first, and Trump or Cruz second. Assuming Bernie Sanders does drop out, why should he be just a stalking horse for Hillary, when you could vote Green first, Hillary second and express your real feelings? Instant runoff voting would help diversify democracy. No wonder the Republican and Democratic establishments are not interested. Ω

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At a March 10 Washoe Republican debate presidential party, a platter full of referendum petitions awaited arrivals on the sign-in table. The petitions seek to repeal the state commerce tax created last year to fund schools.

Abolish high school?

Recently, author Rebecca Solnit (Men Explain Things To Me) proposed in a Harper’s article that high school be abolished. Solnit herself went through junior high school, took a general equivalency diploma (GED) at 15, and then went to college, skipping high school.

She wrote: “What was it, I sometimes wonder, that I was supposed to have learned in the years of high school that I avoided? High school is often considered a definitive American experience, in two senses: an experience that nearly everyone shares, and one that can define who you are, for better or worse, for the rest of your life. I’m grateful I escaped the particular definition that high school would have imposed on me, and I wish everyone else who suffered could have escaped it, too.

“For a long time, I’ve thought that high school should be abolished. I don’t mean that people in their teens should not be educated at public expense. The question is what they are educated in. An abolitionist proposal should begin by acknowledging all the excellent schools and teachers and educations out there; the people who have a pleasant, useful time in high school; and the changes being wrought in the nature of secondary education today. It should also recognize the tremendous variety of schools, including charter and magnet schools in the public system and the private schools—religious, single-sex, military and prep—that about 10 percent of American students attend, in which the values and pedagogical systems may be radically different. But despite the caveats and anomalies, the good schools and the students who thrive (or at least survive), high school is hell for too many Americans. If this is so, I wonder why people should be automatically consigned to it.”

Washoe School Superintendent Traci Davis responded, “I think that high schools are an opportunity to really learn more [of] the social aspects of it. I loved my high school years. I have a brother who probably did not love his high school years. The question probably isn’t if high school should be abolished. The question is, does it meet the needs of the learner or are there alternative high schools? And I believe that every child does not fit in a box, and so every child might not be successful in a comprehensive high school. … And that’s why we provide a variety of options for kids.”

She pointed to Washoe High School, now called Innovations, and RISE Academy for Adult Achievement.

Another local source said, “I know we have students at Truckee Meadows High School who are taking high school diplomas and associate degrees at more or less the same times.”

Reid’s having fun As Donald Trump racked up victories—including Nevada—and alarmed Republican leaders tried to figure out how to rescue their party from him, Nevada’s Harry Reid has been doing all he can to nail the GOP to a Trump cross, often using the Republican refusal to approve an Obama supreme court nominee to make the point. As late as Feb. 15, in an essay he wrote for the Washington Post, Reid linked the Republican Party to both Ted Cruz and Donald Trump: “Are the cheering of Trump’s crowds or the adulation of Sen. Cruz’s acolytes worth sacrificing your basic constitutional duty?”

But as Trump has appeared more unstoppable, Reid has narrowed his focus to Trump. Samples: • “As each day passes, the Republican leader [Mitch McConnell] continues to transform his caucus into the party of Donald Trump” (March 9).

• “Republicans have spent the last eight years stoking the fires of resentment and hatred, building Trump piece by piece. …

The reality is that Republican leaders are reaping what they’ve sown” (March 2).

• “They think that they’re going to wait and see what President Trump will do, I guess, as far as a [Supreme Court] nomination. ... They’re all agreeing with Trump in one way or another” (March 1).

Republican leaders are in the delicate position of trying to dump Trump while at the same time preserving enough elbow room to turn around and support him if he becomes the party’s nominee.

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Taxing issue School funding seems likely to shape campaign year Education funding is shaping up as an important issue in this election year, though often in indirect ways. by Democratic Clark County Dennis Myers Sen. Aaron Ford—who voted for a major tax increase to raise money for schools last year, and would normally not want to raise the issue—visited Reno to ask if Washoe Republican state senate candidate Heidi Gansert would have voted for the hike. The hike is not popular in Gansert’s GOP so she

“Early voters tend to be very conservative, very old, and very white.”

Fred Lokken Political analyst

declined to answer. The Democrats are raising the issue against her because she’s expected to be a strong general election candidate, so they are hoping that little known Republican Eugene Hoover will take her out in the GOP primary.

That would improve the prospects of Democrat Devon Reese.

A similar strategy was used by U.S. Sen. Harry Reid in 2010, who was able to focus negative attention on Republican Sue Lowden, throwing the primary to sometime Republican Sharron Angle, who

Reid then easily beat by six percentage points.

Republican Sen. Ben Kieckhefer then came to Gansert’s defense, though he, too, would probably rather not talk about the tax hike. He voted for it and the Washoe County Republican Central Committee has, as a result, called for his recall (“Mixed message,” RN&R, Sept.

10, 2015). But it’s easier for him to address it. She’s up for election.

He’s not up for reelection.

Gansert is Gov. Brian Sandoval’s oldest political ally, dating back to their days at Manogue High School when they served as student officers together. When he became governor, she resigned from the Nevada Assembly to become his chief of staff. It would be surprising if she did not support his position on the commerce tax, which he recommended and signed.

The Democrats didn’t let go of it. This week, on March 15, the Nevada Democratic Party sent out a news release headed, “Why Is Heidi Gansert Still Hiding Her Position on Education Funding?”

Hoover, Gansert’s Republican opponent, went to the legislature last year to speak against the commerce tax. He owns a courier service, said the tax would hurt small businesses like his, and said that he would support a ballot measure to repeal the tax.

The tax was subsequently amended to set a $4 million

threshold before a business pays the tax.

Such a referendum petition is now circulating for signatures. It is a double-edged sword. Ballot measures appear on general election ballots, not primaries. If the referendum qualifies for the ballot, it will no doubt draw opponents of the tax to the polls where they can then vote on candidates. It will also draw supporters of education to the polls where they can do the same thing.

Which side will benefit more? Will voters who go to the polls specifically to vote on the ballot measure be mostly trying to save schools or kill the tax?

“Well, that’s it,” said political analyst Fred Lokken of the portentous choice.

It’s an important question because the answer is also likely to determine whether they vote for Republicans or Democrats elsewhere on the ballot.

When the Nevada sales tax was created in 1955—an enormously unpopular decision—it was done specifically to aid schools that were feeling the impact of the baby boom, just as the commerce tax was created for schools. A referendum to repeal the sales tax qualified for the 1956 ballot and was marketed as a “Save our schools” proposition. The repeal of the sales tax was defeated by more than two to one—69 to 31 percent—and the Democrats won the state’s only seat in the U.S. House, a U.S. Senate seat, and the Nevada Assembly (holdovers saved the Nevada Senate for the GOP), even though Republican President Dwight Eisenhower won a landslide at the head of the ticket.

Language Lokken said the wording of a ballot measure and the way it is marketed will likely affect which political party most gains from having the measure on the ballot. Republicans will treat the measure as a tax issue while Democrats treat it as a school issue, but otherwise no one knows the coming context of the referendum campaign.

Without knowing those factors yet, Lokken said he would expect Republicans to gain most from the commerce tax referendum qualifying for the ballot. He thinks so because of the popularity of early voting. Each election, early voters have become a larger percentage of overall turnout, and “for 10 days before Election Day, early voters tend to be very conservative, very old and very white.”

Another factor that cannot be predicted is Nevada’s growing reputation as a corporate welfare Mecca. If state officials had not spent years handing out huge subsidies to out of state corporations, Nevada might not be suffering from a lack of school funding in the first place. School districts have been hurt by STAR bonds (sales tax anticipated revenue). If large corporations get aid from government, will voters see schools as equally deserving?

More to the point, will there be anyone to make that case?

Democrats and Republicans have often voted in tandem to grant corporate welfare.

There are other factors that generally have not yet surfaced in most public debate. For instance, referendums deal with existing laws, and a law which is approved by voters in a referendum cannot then be changed by the legislature without another vote of the public.

If the referendum seeking to repeal the commerce tax qualifies for the ballot and the petition is then defeated by voters—thus retaining the tax—all its provisions, including the $4 million threshold, would be protected from change by the legislature unless the voters approved. So sponsors of the measure will gain whether it wins

or loses. If it wins, the tax will be dead. If it loses, the threshold will be enshrined in law that will be very difficult to change.

The Elko Daily Free Press, which recently covered State Treasurer Ron Knecht’s support for the referendum, editorialized, “We would like to see Knecht ‘win’ by getting his measure on the ballot.

Then, if he ‘loses’ by voters ratifying the tax, it will mean the rate is set in stone—thereby protecting small businesses from being sucked into its web.” The headline on the editorial: “Anti-tax referendum could win by losing.”

Life for candidates and the referendum will be further complicated in Washoe County, where voters will face a second schools tax measure on their ballots—a sales tax hike.

Lokken said he has rarely seen a year’s politics so difficult to predict, given numerous factors that could affect the campaign. He pointed to the presidential race and the unexpected emergence of candidates Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump as evidence.

“We don’t know how having recreational marijuana on the Nevada ballot will be a factor,” he said. “We have no idea how the U.S. Senate race is going to connect with voters.” Ω

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Custom compost An alternate route to greener grasses In the dry, brown landscape of Northern Nevada, large expanses of green grass are often one of the most environmentally unfriendly of environments, requiring herbicides, chemical fertilizers and large amounts of water to by Kelsey maintain a lush appearance. At the University of Nevada, Reno, facilities Fitzgerald staff are working with a Minden company called Full Circle Compost on a more eco-friendly alternative—growing healthy lawns by developing healthy soils.

Full Circle Compost, run by the father/son team of Craig and Cody Witt, develops soil blends, mulches, soil amendments and liquid fertilizer products suited to the needs of Nevada growers. They use naturally occurring ingredients, many of which are collected locally—including pine needles and other green waste from the Lake Tahoe basin, and manure from mustangs housed at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City. For larger projects such as the UNR campus, they develop custom compost blends.

In 2010, the Full Circle team was given the opportunity to put their methods to the test on UNR’s quad—a heavily trafficked grass area where spring graduation ceremonies are held each year. They began by taking soil samples to assess conditions.

“A soil sample is like getting your own blood taken,” explained Cody Witt. “When you go to the doctor, the only way to know what’s going on is to go get a blood panel, and they tell you if you’re healthy or not.

We’re doing the same thing for the soils.”

Soil samples were sent to a lab to determine nutrient deficiencies, For more information on excesses, and what the grasses really needed to be healthy. On the quad, how UNR’s custom results showed that previous use of chemical fertilizers had left behind compost blend is high levels of iron. The soil was also highly compacted, leading to poor made, check out water uptake and bare patches.

Cody Witt’s video on YouTube: https:// The Witts created a compost blend, balancing the mineral and biologiwww.youtube.com/ cal needs of the treatment area. Bringing things “full circle,” UNR’s watch?v=EOdqdpB7_ custom blend reduces landfill waste by incorporating composted remains K4 of grass clippings, leaves and other green waste collected from around campus.

For more “What we’ve seen over five years is that we’ve dramatically decreased information on Full the compaction problem,” Cody Witt said. “UNR now uses less water Circle Compost and because it’s absorbing efficiently into the soil, and then the soil is holding their products, more water because we’re putting more organic matter into it. The turf visit: http:// fullcirclecompost. gets greener and grows faster. The turf is extremely resilient.” com/ UNR is now expanding this treatment to other areas of campus. On an overcast morning in March, a grounds crew began treating the area outside of the Fitzgerald Student Services building, first re-seeding then sprinkling the area with Full Circle’s compost blend. The product, which looks like a fine, powdery brown soil, doesn’t carry a noticeable smell and can be sprinkled on top of existing turf to give the grass and nearby trees a boost.

“This is the second year that we’ve treated this area,” said Marty Sillito, assistant director of grounds services, as he looked over the lawn.

“Soils on the quad keep turning darker and richer, more spongy. We’re hoping to see the same here.” Ω

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hen people preface something with “Kids these days,” there’s a good chance they’re about to make some kind of blanket statement—probably disparaging—about the behavior or upbringing or fashion sense, or what have you of today’s young people. Kids these days ________. (You fill in the blank).

Well, I’ve been working with local teachers and their students in an effort to put together RN&R’s annual teen issue. And I’ve got a few “Kids these days” statements of my own to make. Kids these days are fun to talk with. Kids these days write surprisingly prompt and courteous email responses. Oh, and, kids these days are wicked talented artists.

Go ahead and take a look through the pages of our teen issue to see for yourself. Our cover is by Dalia Quintana, a Hug High senior.

She’s created a distinctly modern if somewhat cynical revision of impressionist painter Berthe Morisot’s 1872 oil painting “The Cradle.”

We’ve got photos, paintings and drawings from students at Hug, McQueen, Reed, and Wooster. McQueen high school journalists, Hojin Stella Jung and Alice Samberg, wrote interesting profiles on two of the featured artists.

I hope you enjoy these artworks as much as I have. Maybe you’ll even have a favorite. I couldn’t choose just one. Each time a new photo, drawing or painting came in, I gushed about it to Dennis Myers and Brad Bynum. It was like watching fireworks: “Oh, look at that one! Wow, look at that one!” In fact, I received so many submissions that many didn’t make it into print. You can see other awesome artworks and written pieces by local students on my RN&R blog space: Special Sauce, which you’ll find on the RN&R website. Teen issue was a real blast.

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“Lust”

acrylic by anahi lopez senior, hug high school

“Nagpapabaya”

by perris burnley sophomore, mcQueen high school

An open mind and open eyes bring fresh inspiration to a young photographer by hojin stella jung Tempestuous without movement, a boat sits hollow with no sea for support. “Nagpapabaya” stays in the monochrome, captured and edited by McQueen sophomore Perris Burnley.

“That photo was taken in Hawaii, actually,” Burnley said. “My family and I were just driving through a small town when I saw this boat on the side of the road. I made my dad pull over, which was very difficult given the position of the boat relative to the road, but I really loved the boat. I had to walk through extremely tall grass, but I just took a few photos real quick and then ran back to the car.”

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year as a freshman in Photography 1-2 with teacher Skye Snyder.

“I’m interested in photography specifically because it’s not like art where you create your own beauty, but it’s simply capturing beauty that already exists and maybe manipulating it to make it even more beautiful,” Burnley said.

While she has two more years to hone her craft in high school, Burnley already sees improvements in taking photos with “different angles, lighting and techniques.”

Her inspirations, however, are less measured and more spontaneous.

“I honestly have no idea where I get my inspiration,” Burnley said.

“It will sometimes just come to me at random times, and sometimes I

won’t have any inspiration at all for a long period of time, but it always manages to come back.”

Burnley explained that she doesn’t have a preference when it comes to subject matter. “Sometimes I will just see something that I think is photo-worthy, so I’ll snap a picture,” she said.

But like all artists, Burnley hopes to communicate to others what she sees, whether it be how a rusted truck domineers or how an old boat recedes with time.

“I believe that there is so much beauty and creativity in the world, and I’d just like to capture some of it so that everyone can see and experience the world the way I do,” she said.

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pen and ink by michelle VasQuez senior, mcQueen high school

Set of four “headdresses on skulls”

by AinSley murdock Senior, mcQueen HigH ScHool

High school artist inspired by the father she just met

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Inspired by Native American headdress skulls, “Cultural Headpieces on Skulls” is an incorporation of culture that is relatively new to artist and McQueen senior Ainsley Murdock.

Murdock has had an interest in drawing since a young age but started to take it up as a more serious hobby around eighth grade. Now, Murdock is both a sketch artist and a photographer; while these are different mediums, she hopes to express a similar idea through both.

“Through my work, I hope to communicate to others that you should always be yourself.” Murdock said. “It’s cool to express this through my photography.”

The inspiration for her art has always come from her thoughts and hobbies; however, her experience with various art and photography teachers at school has introduced her to new styles and ways to express ideas.

And while many aspiring artists look up to the big names in the art world, Murdock admires the work of someone she knows a little more personally—her father.

“An artist that I look up to is my biological dad who I recently met last month,” she said. “He is an awesome tattoo artist, so I think my skills come from him, but they’re definitely not as mature as his.”

Murdock loves drawing and photography equally, saying that she switches back and forth between the two, but she takes a special interest in using people as the subjects of her work.

“My favorite things to draw and photograph are definitely people,” Murdock said. “I love to capture the truth behind a person. No matter what, you cannot hide the truth in a photo if you look in the person’s eyes.”

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“One of the reasons the story of the West is so weird is because people are so weird,” said Judd in a recent phone interview. “They make up weird stuff and then pretend like it’s real.”

Displacing Native Americans and calling it settlement, going to war with Mexico under the guise of annexation, killing the buffalo and piling their bones in a giant heap of hubris. While domestic policy driven by manifest destiny is thought to be a thing of the past, it’s hard to deny the appeal that the quiet cowboy holds for our national character, even today.

“I think it’s interesting, this thing in Oregon where people were taking over the bird refuge,” said Judd, referring to Ammon Bundy and his fellow protesters. “They turn up with guns and horses, and I said to myself, ‘God, the myth of the frontier is alive and well.’”

“The myth of the frontier,” Judd continued, “is this fascination with this kind of, I would say, macho or rugged individualist thing that we have … everything from the Marlboro Man to football, the way

we promote ourselves. To me it all stems from that obsession with the settling of the West.”

Many of Judd’s paintings depict John Wayne lookalikes pieced together with the body parts of more marginalized figures—Gary Cooper in a skirt, a girl’s head on a general’s body, multiple Native American faces juxtaposed with scenes of white men in suits and sepia-toned family portraits.

The effect is unsettling, partly because Judd is scrambling hardwired imagery and partly because the collaged edges are left in plain sight—raised square and rectangle shapes covered with a few coats of acrylic paint, barely concealed behind generic western-looking scenery. Sometimes the edges follow the fault-lines of distinct bodies and sometimes they don’t, raising further questions about what is authentic and what is fabricated.

“Basically I went through old books, I went online, I would cut little figures and faces and arms and legs, and try to create a world of contradiction,” said Judd. “I actually think the world is closer to my weird pictures than it is in real life.”

Other pieces aren’t so biting in their commentary. Judd seems to love the same frontier that he questions, sometimes painting it outright like in “Little Cottonwood”—a large landscape depicting mountains, sky, and trees—while other times pairing Western scenes with color-blocked and wallpaper-type patterns, as he does in paintings like “Lake View” and “Momentary.”

This extra layer of design is an extra layer of context that jolts the viewer who thinks she is looking at something beautiful or, worst of all, something nostalgic—a word that the artist believes “lets people off the hook” when it comes to our country’s collective memory bank.

So what is the new American mythology, according to Judd? And does the artist have any interest in the types of things people will be collaging 100 years from now? As it turns out, he doesn’t think about it much. Although he lists off a few things like “driverless cars” and “missions to Mars” as evidence of our obsession with technology, you can tell Judd’s heart is still in the West, in the past, stuck in the middle of a weird collage. Ω

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The burrito adobada ($5.20) involved a large, fresh flour tortilla stuffed with fresh, chunky guacamole, pico de gallo, and at least a pound of diced pork marinated in a vinegar-based red sauce. The addition of housemade, spicy salsa turned this into the best item I tasted. Nearly as tasty, my friend’s super burrito ($6)—though a little salty—included a good balance of carne asada, refried beans, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, cheese and lettuce.

Machaca is a style of dried-then-reconstituted meat—usually beef—that sounds a bit odd to the uninitiated, yet can be delicious when done right. Though perhaps a bit chewier than other examples, the meat in our machaca torta was nicely seasoned and worked quite well with the pepper, onion, egg, lettuce and guacamole on the sandwich ($4.20). The telera roll was soft and inviting, which made the fact it was incompletely sliced a bit of a bummer. If I’d been served that at the drive-thru, it could have led to a messy disaster. The bread was stronger than it looked—resistant to tearing—and required application of a knife to separate the halves. On both flavor and texture, this was the second-best item we tried.

As for that salsa bar, I’ve seen some with more variety but none that beat it on flavor. There seems to be a phenomenon at many taquerias where I’ll find one or two good sauces, then at least one I never want to taste again. This unassuming salsa bar is one of the few that truly has something for everyone, without any sour notes. From some very mild salsas and medium hot garnishes, on through to a spicy/ smooth guacamole and a very spicy, roasted salsa with its mix of flavors dancing in the heat, they really should consider bottling and selling a couple of those to take home.

Although an imperfect meal, it wasn’t without its charms. A little restraint with the salt shaker—with as much attention given to nachos as with the salsa—and Aldertos could lure me back for another taste. Ω

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At bare minimum, a plate of nachos should involve corn tortilla chips and some kind of melted cheese. Although our order of super nachos ($8) did begin with a plate of chips, it was a bit lacking in the cheese department. The chips were slathered in sour cream, topped with a good amount of diced carne asada and about half as much refried beans and guacamole. Finally, a half cup of shredded, unmelted cheddar and Monterey Jack topped the pile. The whole thing was room temperature at best and generally a disappointment.

An a la carte order of enchiladas included two six-inch tubes of corn tortilla stuffed with shredded chicken, covered in mild red sauce, a sprinkle of cheese, and quite a bit of shredded iceberg lettuce ($4.85).

The flavors were very mild by themselves—salsa bar to the rescue.

The best thing about the two combination plates ordered— carnitas ($8.35) and chile verde ($6.75)—was the refried beans’ noticeable touch of cumin and other seasonings. Less successful were the meats on both plates. The shredded pork was quite dry and underseasoned, while the diced pork in green sauce was tough and very salty. The carnitas improved with the addition of salsa, but there was nothing to be done with the salty verde except mix it with rice and beans, chased with plenty of water.

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The Brothers Grimsby

10 Cloverfield Lane Just as he did with the first Cloverfield, producer J.J. Abrams has managed to sneak a movie into multiplexes under a shroud of secrecy and mystery.

With little more than a couple of months notice, a film shot under the code name Valencia became 10 Cloverfield Lane.

What’s the significance of “Cloverfield” by in that movie title? Abrams is calling this Bob Grimm film a blood relative to the original foundfootage monster movie. The new film is bgr i mm@ newsr evie w.c om not a found-footage film (and thank god for that). After seeing it, I can tell you that the title is not misleading, but don’t go to this thinking you will see the Cloverfield monster laying waste to middle America.

It’s a much different kind of movie.

The film starts with Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) having an urgent phone call with somebody. She grabs her keys, hits the road, and drives for what appears to be many miles out of the big city into the cornfields. After stopping for some gas, her car crashes for mysterious reasons. She wakes up from said crash with an IV drip and her leg cuffed to a bar.

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Shortly thereafter, she meets Howard (John Goodman). Howard seems a little bit anxious and tells her she needs to hydrate, practice using crutches and, oh yeah, the end of the world is nigh. No one really knows why, but the air above is now contaminated, and they must reside in his emergency bunker for what could be years.

There’s another inhabitant of the bunker, and that’s Howard’s soft-spoken neighbor Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.). Emmett allegedly helped Howard put the bunker together, and he’s not really sure why the world is ending, either. All of this leaves the beautiful Michelle, in the captive hands of two questionable strangers, suspicious and desiring to be outside, even if the world is dying.

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Is the world really ending? Howard seems to think so, citing nuclear war and alien invasion as possibilities. Emmett is this way or that way about it. He just seems really happy to be around Michelle all day putting puzzles together. Is it just a grand plan for two creepy guys to imprison a beautiful woman for their perverted ends?

First time director Dan Trachtenberg does a nice job keeping you guessing. I went into 10 Cloverfield Lane with my own suspicions, based on the trailers, of how everything would pay off and how the film would tie into the “Cloverfield Universe.”

My suspicions were, for the most part, confirmed, with a few deviations.

Winstead is an acting treasure who doesn’t get enough opportunities to shine.

Her performance in Smashed (2012) is proof of that. She’s equally good here, playing a strong-minded hostage justifiably brimming with paranoia. She’s very easy to root for, even when the screenplay tries to tilt sympathies toward Howard and Emmett.

Getting perhaps his meatiest role in years, Goodman is golden as the “maybe he’s a monster, maybe he’s a savior” survivalist. There are nuances in his work that will keep you guessing every second he’s on screen.

As for Emmett, no knock on Gallagher Jr., but his character seems tacked on.

The film is a slick thriller with a few plot holes that might nag you in its aftermath. For me, it offered very few major surprises, although that has much to do with me seeing basically every movie that comes out and being savvy to many directorial tricks.

When the movie did “get” me on occasion, it did so competently.

Above all, 10 Cloverfield Lane is an acting exercise for Winstead and Goodman, who play really well off of each other.

As more mysteries about Howard and the outside world are revealed, the tension ratchets up, and Trachtenberg proves himself a fine handler of all the elements.

I’m guessing 10 Cloverfield Lane is not the last we will see of the “C” word in a movie title. Think of Cloverfield movies as an anthology series with a few plot machinations tying things together. So far, two movies in, it’s proving to be a relatively stable endeavor. Ω

Sacha Baron Cohen delivers his first bona fide bomb with this, a tired action comedy with no comedic nuance to speak of. In the past, Cohen has thrived with his mockumentary format, or simply in the service of a good comedic director (most notably Adam McKay on Talladega Nights). Now, he’s penned a screenplay for director Louis Leterrier, a man mostly known for action fare like The Incredible Hulk and Clash of the Titans, although his lousy Now You See Me was more of a drama. This colossal mess has Cohen playing a soccer-loving idiot in search of his long lost brother (Mark Strong). It turns out the brother is a spy, and when the two get together, they are a regular old odd couple. The plot is nothing but a setup for scenes like Cohen and Strong stuck in an elephant’s vagina, resulting in them getting fucked by many large elephant penises. Sorry folks, there was really no delicate way to describe that scene to you. In fact, I cleaned it up a bit, for what actually happens in the movie is far more disgusting and raunchy than my description. Now, I do believe there’s a director somewhere who could’ve made the sight of Cohen and Strong covered in elephant cum hilarious. Leterrier isn’t that man, and most, if not all, of the jokes in this movie bomb big time. I’ve been a Cohen fan in the past, but if this is a sign of things to come, I’m renouncing my admiration as of this date.

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Deadpool

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 tragicomedy 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 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 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.

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Hail, Caesar!

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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The Revenant

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. 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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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

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 stands as an interesting turning point in Fey’s career.

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The Witch

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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Zootopia

Disney delivers another winner with this 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 Voice Acting Hall of Fame) is a little bunny determined to be the first bunny cop on the force in Zootopia, a metropolis populated by 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 of Chief Bogo (Idris Elba). She soon finds herself on a missing mammals case and enlists the help of a sly fox (Jason Bateman) for investigative work.

The film is co-directed by three guys: 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. The animation is top notch and inventive, with cute little touches throughout. When a cop chase winds up in a rodent community, it becomes a funny Godzilla riff. There are little witty touches throughout, and the movie is just another animated home run for the Disney catalog.

Be like Spike Loud as Folk Spike McGuire is an anchor of the local music scene. The singer-guitarist-songwriter is a solo performer, the frontman of by Brad Bynum the folk rock band Six Mile Station, the host of a weekly open mic event, br a db@ and the curator of Loud as Folk, a newsr eview.c om monthly concert series that’s celebrating its fifth birthday.

The first Loud as Folk event was held at The Alley in Sparks in April 2011. After The Alley closed in 2014, McGuire was approached by Ryan Goldhammer, one of the owners of Pignic Pub & Patio, about moving the event there. It’s now held on the first Thursday of every month as a semi-official after-party of Art Walk Reno, which itself follows the Nevada Museum of Art’s First Thursday event.

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come around to doing the more folky, acoustic thing.”

He said that the relocation of the event to Pignic has been a good move.

“I tried to take feedback I heard over the years. People didn’t like when it started real late. They didn’t like the smoky bar. They didn’t like driving real far. So now it’s in midtown, starts right at 8 the first Thursday of every month, same time.

And you can’t smoke inside. I tried to please everyone.”

The fact that Pignic is in an old converted house also fits the atmosphere of the event.

“There’s this great, rustic, Americana, intimate indoor venue to do the show, and it’s in this old house,” said McGuire. “It’s like a house show in a bar. But then when the summer months come in, we’ve got this huge patio out there … so we start doing shows out there. It’s great because it accommodates the natural ebb and flow that crowds have throughout the year.”

For the fifth anniversary party, Loud as Folk will be stretched into a four day mini-festival, April 7-10, featuring touring acts like Frankie Boots and the County Line from Sebastopol, California, and The John Dough Boys from Medford, Oregon, and Willy Tea Taylor from Oakdale, California. There will also be performances from local acts, including Six Mile Station, Greg Gilmore, Josiah Knight, Lucas Young and more.

“It’s always been a local showcase, so I definitely wanted to bring out a good showing of local talent,” said McGuire.

He also hosts Open Spike Night, an open mic night at Pignic every Tuesday. It’s a potluck dinner where anyone can perform. There’s no schedule—just names drawn at random from a bucket.

“We’ve got an amazing talent pool in Reno of actual working musicians with original material,” said McGuire.

He added he’s been impressed by a diverse slate of singers and songwriters at the event, including well known performers, like Leroy Virgil of Hellbound Glory, as well as unknown performers giving it their first shot.

“One thing that really lets me know I’m doing something right with the open mic night is that we have a lot of regulars who don’t come to play,” said McGuire. “They just come for the show.” Ω

Loud as Folk usually features sets from McGuire, three other local songwriters, and a touring artist.

McGuire has recruited performers from as far away as France and Israel, and big names like Reno punk icon Kevin Seconds and Franz Nicolay of the band The Hold Steady. In 2014, McGuire and John Underwood, a band mate in Six Mile Station, turned Loud as Folk into a touring revue.

“We’ve been making regular stops in Oregon and California and having great responses in those places,” said McGuire.

For McGuire, the name Loud as Folk is meant to highlight the kinship between folk music and punk rock.

Both rely on big chords, simple song structures, and an emphasis on lyrics.

And both folk and punk are “not afraid to get too political,” according to McGuire.

“It started out as a showcase for songwriters with a little more of an edge because I grew up on punk rock, and a lot of those great previous generations of punk rockers who have

Songwriter Spike McGuire hosts weekly and monthly music events.

For more information, visit www. spikemcguire.com.

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2) Trivia Night, 8:30pm, $3-$5 4275-4395 W. Fourth St., (775) 787-3769 1) Golden Rose Cafe 2) Green Fairy Pub 3) Cabaret

DJ Keenan, 9pm, Tu, no cover Tomorrows Bad Seeds, 9pm, W, $13-$15

Audio Dub, Little Bitches, 9pm, no cover

2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 544-3425 9pm, no cover

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

1) Open mic, 7:30pm, no cover

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

THURSDAY 3/17

FRIDAY 3/18

SATURDAY 3/19

SUNDAY 3/20

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 3/21-3/23

2) Escalade, 8pm, no cover

2) Escalade, 4pm, no cover In A Fect, 10pm, no cover

2) Escalade, 4pm, no cover In A Fect, 10pm, no cover

2) In A Fect, 8pm, no cover

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

1) Pimps of Joytime, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, 9pm, $20-$40

1) Tainted Love, 9pm, $25-$45

1) The Revivalists, KOLARS, 9pm, $17-$37

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

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout March 17-19, 8 p.m.

Harrah’s Reno 219 N. Center St. 788-2900

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

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

1) Footloose, 7pm, $24.95-$26.95 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

2) Lex Nightclub Thursdays

w/Chris Clouse, 10pm, no cover 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Grand Theater 2) Lex Nightclub 3) Sports Book 3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, 10pm, no cover 4) Summit Pavilion 5) Silver State Pavilion

HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO

Karaoke 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

MONTBLEU RESORT

1) Zoo Station, 9pm, no cover

1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 8pm, $27-$37 3) Take 2, 8pm, no cover

1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 8pm, $27-$37 3) Take 2, 8pm, no cover

1) Styx, 8pm, $55.50-$75.50

1) New Wave Tour/Southeast Asia Concert & Dance, 9pm, $25

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover Steel Rose, 8pm, no cover

1) Fleetwood Mask: The Ultimate Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, 8pm, $15 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover Steel Rose, 8pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover

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

2) Kyle Rea Biggest Little Orchestra, 7pm, no cover

2) Kyle Rea Biggest Little Orchestra, 8pm, no cover

2) Kyle Rea Biggest Little Orchestra, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ Risk One, 10pm, $20

2) Everett Coast, 6pm, no cover

2) Everett Coast, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

3) Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover

1) Justin Lee, 8pm, no cover

1) Justin Lee, 8pm, no cover 2) The Utility Players, 8pm, $15

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

2) Apple Z, 9pm, no cover 3) Fashion Friday, 9pm, no cover 4) Atomika, 9pm, no cover

2) Apple Z, 9pm, no cover 3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5 4) Atomika, 9pm, no cover

1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 8pm, $27-$37 1) Sammy’s Showroom 2) The Zone 3) Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Convention Center

The Man Cave Sports Bar, 4600 N. Virginia St., 499-5322: Karaoke, Sa, 8pm, 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

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

NUGGET CASINO RESORT

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

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

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1) Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games, 2) Lex Saturdays, 10pm, $15 9pm, $30-$55 2) Lex Fridays, 10pm, $15 3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, 3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, 10pm, no cover 10pm, no cover 1) Hunter & The Dirty Jacks, 9:30pm, no cover

50 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (844) 588-7625 1) Vinyl 2) Center Bar

HARRAH’S RENO

1) Footloose, 7pm Tu, W, $24.95-$26.95 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, Mike Reeves Band, 10:30pm, W, 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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NEVADA POETRY OUT LOUD FINALS: Poetry

ST. PATRICK’S DAY CRAFT SHOW: The

Out Loud begins at the local level as students learn about, memorize and finally present out loud poetry of their choice. Participants advance from school to district competitions and then to the Nevada State Finals. The champion wins $1,000 for his or her school and travels to Washington, D.C. to compete for $50,000 in scholarships and school prizes at the National Poetry Out Loud Finals. The master of ceremonies at the state finals will be Reno’s poet laureate Gailmarie Pahmeier.

Sa, 3/19, noon. Free. KNPB Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, 1670 N. Virginia St., (702) 486-3738.

BACKCOUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL: The 11th annual film festival celebrates “the snow less traveled” through nine unique films. The event benefits the Snowlands Network. Th, 3/17, 6:30pm. $15-$18. Truckee Meadows Community College, 7000 Dandini Blvd., (530) 265-6424.

KERAK SHRINE CIRCUS: The 69th annual circus and fundraiser for Shriners Hospitals for Children comes to town.

F, 3/18, 7pm, Sa, 3/19, 3 & 7pm, Su, 3/20, 1 & 5pm. $14 adults, $12 kids age 12

and younger. Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center, 1350 N. Wells Ave., (775) 856-3330.

MELIES SILENT FILMS WITH LIVE MUSIC: Artemisia Moviehouse presents local quartet The Reno Swing Set playing live acoustic swing music to a variety of silent short films by the pioneer French director Georges Méliès.

Seating is limited. Su, 3/20, 3-5pm; Tu, 3/22, 7-9pm. $7 general, $6 students, seniors, $5 members. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716.

presents “Holistic Acupuncture for Optimal Wellness.” M, 3/21, 6:307:30pm. Free. Council Chambers, Reno City Hall, 1 E. First St., (775) 746-1092.

ART INDEED! SIERRA MEMORIAL ART SPACE: Urban Landscapes. The abstract art gallery is open for the Riverwalk Wine Walk on March 20 and the Artist Open House on March 27, 2-5pm. Gallery hours are Monday from 1:30-6pm, Tuesday-Thursday from 3:30-7pm or by appointment any day/evening of the week. Su, 3/20, 2-5pm; Su, 3/27, 2-5pm. Free. 142 Bell St., (775) 846-8367.

ARTSY FARTSY ART GALLERY: The 5th Annual Northern Nevada Youth Art Show. The gallery will be staged with the original artwork by Northern Nevada youth. Each artist will be on hand to discuss their artwork. Sa, 3/19,

GARY ALLEGRETTO: The award-winning cowboy singer/songwriter/musician will perform a concert, as well as teach his “Learn to Play Cowboy Harmonica Instantly” workshop. No experience is necessary. Harmonicas and booklets will be provided. Su, 3/20, 3pm. $15 for concert, $15-$20 for workshop. Mountain Music Parlor, 735 S. Center St., (775) 843-5500.

FRONT DOOR GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Brett Flanigan. The first show in

HOLLAND PROJECT MICRO GALLERY AT BIBO COFFEE CO.: National Monuments

Art

Fischer’s presentation follows the development of the two clubs from the 1920s to the 1950s. W, 3/23, 7-9pm.

Free. Laxalt Auditorium, Warren Nelson Building, 401 W. Second St., (775) 747-4478.

Vusi Mahlasela and Habib Koite bring the African tradition of voice and song to life. Tu, 3/22, 8pm. $20-$30.

Cargo at Whitney Peak Hotel, 255 N. Virginia St., (775) 322-1538.

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.

University Galleries’ new mural series features mural art by the Oaklandbased artist. M-F through 11/11. Free.

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

UNIFIED HEALTH ALLIANCE HEALTH LECTURE: Acupuncturist Kristin Field

RENO’S FABULOUS TOWN HOUSE AND ITS COUSIN THE COUNTRY CLUB: Michael

ARTOWN PRESENTS ACOUSTIC AFRICA:

CARSON CITY COURTHOUSE GALLERY: For

Marketplace, 4855 Summit Ridge Drive, (775) 624-1800.

Merchants Association hosts its monthly event along the Truckee River and neighboring streets in downtown Reno. Visit any of the participating Riverwalk District merchants on Wine Walk day and receive a wine glass, a map of Wine Walk merchants and a wristband that allows you to sample wine at any participating merchant. Must be 21 years old to participate. Third Sa of every month, 2-5pm through 4/15. $20. The Riverwalk District, downtown Reno along The Riverwalk, (775) 825-9255.

by participating in May Arboretum Society’s annual walk and meditation at the Labyrinth Garden.

Pre-registration is recommended.

Sa, 3/19, 10am. Free. Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-4153.

Carson City, (775) 885-2787.

11am-7pm, Sa, 3/19, 11am-7pm, Su, 3/20, 11am-4pm. Free. The Great Western

RENO WINE WALK: The Riverwalk

LABYRINTH GARDEN—SPRING EQUINOX WALK: Celebrate the vernal equinox

Music

11am-3pm. Free. 220-A W. Telegraph St.,

craft show features a wide selection of hand-crafted items and accessories, collectibles, candy, jewelry, décor, artwork and paintings and other fun gifts. All proceeds from the used book sale during the weekend of the craft show will be donated to local charities. F, 3/18,

TOCCATA: ST. MATTHEW PASSION:

Part 2. Artist Thomas Vincent Chapel uses symbolically charged American flags as a way of starting a dialogue about outsourcing, globalism and the rigid dichotomy between pride and protest. Meet the artist at the opening reception on March 18 from 6-8pm. M-Su through 4/8. Free. 945 Record St., (775) 348-8087.

TOCCATA—Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus continues its Winter MusicFest with the 11th annual presentation of J. S. Bach’s masterpiece The Passion According to St. Matthew. $5-$35, free for youth under age 19 in non-reserved seating. F, 3/18, 7pm. Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 3597 N. Sunridge Drive, Carson City; Su, 3/20, 3pm. St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, 100 Bishop Manogue Drive; M, 3/21, 7pm. St. Theresa Catholic Church, 1041 Lyons Ave., South Lake Tahoe, (775) 313-9697

HOLMAN ARTS & MEDIA CENTER, SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE: From the Lens of Eleanor Preger. Preger’s photographs capture the art, people and environment of Burning Man. M-Sa, 9am-5pm through 4/8; Tu, 4/5, 6-7pm.

1008 Highway 28, Incline Village, (775) 831-1314.

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JOT TRAVIS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: BFA Thesis Exhibition.

8TH ANNUAL WINTER REPERTORY: Lake Tahoe Dance Collective’s program includes the classic Paquita featuring guest Jakob Pringle (Ballet West) and new works by Jacqueline Lopez of Ballet Nacional de Mexico, Erik Wagner of the San Francisco Ballet and Bern Balle) and LTDC’s own Isabella Terrazas. F, 3/18, 7pm; Sa, 3/19, 2 & 7pm; Su, 3/20, 2pm. $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema, 575 N. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, (530) 613-4363.

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. Free. 900 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6837.

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

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, 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.

SEX, DRUGS, ROCK & ROLL: Good Luck

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 objectmaking 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.

High Desert Steam Con 2016: A Steampunk Adventure March 20, at the Pavilion Convention Center at the Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks.

Tickets range from $20 for a one-day pass to $135 for a weekend pass, which includes access to the Time Traveler’s Ball, CelebriTea and box lunches on Saturday and Sunday.

The Time Traveler’s Ball, featuring music by the Nevada Cadet Band, begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are $35 for the ball. Visit http://highdesertsteam.com.

High Desert Steam’s three-day event will feature workshops, panels, vendors, steampunk art, a silent auction, tea dueling, live entertainment, a ball and more. Special guests include Los Angeles-based artist Ave Rose, who appeared on GSN’s show Steampunk’d, Toppy and Mina of the comedy troupe Aether Brigade and master of ceremonies Doc Phineas T. Kastle, who appears on History Channel’s Pawn Stars. The convention is open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 18, 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday,

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Macbeth Theatre Company presents Eric Bogosian’s tour de force about masculinity, capitalism and the great American way. Th, 3/17, 7:30pm;

F, 3/18, 7:30pm; Sa, 3/19, 7:30pm; Th, 3/24, 7:30pm; F, 3/25, 7:30pm; Sa, 3/26, 7:30pm. $15-$18. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716.

THE SHAPE OF THINGS: Brüka Theatre presents the Neil LaBute’s play which focuses on the nature of stoicism, art, psychopathy and explorations of love. The matinee on March 20 is followed by a talkback with the company and the audience. All tickets are $10 on Artist Night on March 23. 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. $18-

STREMMEL GALLERY: Tom Judd: Home on the Range. Judd’s current body of 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. Tu-Sa through 4/16; Th, 3/17, 5-7pm. Free. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558.

$25. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.

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Hi money, I’m home!

My boyfriend is going to a dinner out of town to get an award for a film he made and he didn’t invite me. When I told him I felt excluded, he said that he was embarrassed because his parents are paying for his flight and he has to stay with a friend. I get it—he does wonderful work, but he’s still struggling financially. Still, if the tables were turned—if I were getting an award—I would at least tell him I wish he could come.

There are a lot of things Martin Scorsese has been known to say, but one of them is not, “I want you by my side at this festival, and I only have to dig through the trash for 8,234 more cans to make that happen.”

It isn’t surprising that your boyfriend—as a man—is more sensitive about being, as they say, brokeahontas than you would be if the (awards dinner) tables were turned. As I frequently explain, men and women aren’t just physically different. They evolved to have corresponding psychological differences. A biggie comes out of how there was a far greater potential cost to an ancestral woman from any sex act (pregnancy and a kid to feed) compared with the cost to a man: “Gee, that was a whole teaspoonful of sperm!”

So female psychology evolved to push women to look for “providers”—men with access to resources and a willingness to share them. That’s why women go for guys who show signs of wealth, like a temperature-controlled nursery for their sports cars. Wealth is a cue to the all-important ability to bring home the bison. But in ancestral times, we couldn’t hang on to stuff —including food—because we didn’t have refrigerators, let alone houses to keep them in.

There was just the meat you could eat before it went bad and your man’s ability to hunt it down. So what does it for a lot of women is potential— signs that a man could soon be, uh, dragging home tasty dead animals (probably shrink-wrapped, unless their guy is good with a crossbow).

You seem to be one of those women. You get that they don’t give out film awards to just any doof who shoots a cat video on his iPhone. If you do believe in your boyfriend, tell him—regularly, in detail. If he gets that you’re proud of him and that you’d be happier eating hot dogs on a bench with him than dining with some corporate drone at Le Whatever, he’s less likely to feel he’s failing you by being undercapitalized. This should help him be more inclusive in the future—at least emotionally—when that “historic location” where he’ll be staying is the sagging love seat where his buddy lost his virginity in 1992.

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Nice boning structure I’m 25 and my boyfriend is 29. He is super sweet, a good person and treats me really well. However, recently, he told my roommate that she has “nice cheekbones.” I didn’t say anything, but I think this was inappropriate.

It’s not like “I like your shirt” or whatever. It’s about another woman’s beauty. Can I tell him I don’t want him complimenting other women in the future?

It says something when a man notices a nice view— like that it’s only a matter of time before he and that pretty orange sunset are sneaking out to his car to have sex.

OK, it’s possible that “nice cheekbones” is manspeak for “Those are some hypno-hooters you got there, honey.” But maybe he was just trying to say something nice. Or maybe he was mesmerized in a bad way—like “Whoa … are those forceps marks?”—and he noticed her noticing and ducked for verbal cover.

As for why you find this upsetting, consider that our emotions aren’t just feelings; they tell us what to do. The disturbing emotion of jealousy, for example, is what evolutionary psychologist David Buss calls a “coping device” for “mate retention”—an alarm system that helps us guard against being cheated on. However, sometimes this alarm system can be a little oversensitive and in need of recalibration—like the one at my parents’ house that used to go off whenever my uncle cut one in the den.

In deciding whether you should say something, context matters. You describe your boyfriend as attentive, “super sweet,” and “a good person.” If he isn’t regularly jawing on about other women’s looks, maybe it’s a little premature to turn your relationship into a repressive regime. Model your free speech policy on that of Iran or North Korea, and it’s only a matter of time before you’re in a date-night rut: “So … same old, same old … dinner and a cavity search?” Ω

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

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Excess

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): At one point in Friedrich Nietzsche’s book Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the hero is having a conversation with himself. “You have wanted to pet every monster,” he says. “A whiff of warm breath, a little soft tuft on the paw—and at once you were ready to love and to lure it.” If I were you, Cancerian, I would regard that type of behavior as forbidden in the coming weeks. In fact, I will ask you not to pet any monsters at all—not even the cute ones; not even the beasties and rascals and imps that have slight resemblances to monsters. It’s time for maximum discernment and caution.

(P.S.: One of the monsters may ultimately become a nonmonstrous ally if you are wary toward it now.)

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): On a social media

site, I posted the following quote from self-help teacher Byron Katie: “Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.” One commenter took issue with this. “Pushing buttons’ is a metaphor that’s long past its expiration date,” she wrote. “Can’t you come up with something fresher?” So I did.

Here are a few potential substitutes for “push our buttons”: “tweak our manias” … “prank our obsessions” … “glitter-bomb our biases” … “squeeze our phobias” … “badger our compulsions” … “seduce our repressions … “prick our dogmas.”

Whichever expression you prefer, Leo, find a graceful way to embrace your fate: Your current job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in your life is to tweak your manias and prick your dogmas.

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weeks, you will have maximum power to revise and reinvigorate your approach to cultivating intimate relationships. To aid your quest, I offer this paraphrased advice from Andrew Boyd: Almost every one of us seeks a special partner who is just right.

But there is no right person, just different flavors of wrong. Why? Because you yourself are “wrong” in some ways—you have demons and flaws and problems. In fact, these “wrongs” are essential components of who you are. When you ripen into this understanding, you’re ready to find and be with your special counterpart. He or she has the precise set of problems you need— is the person who is wrong for you in just the right ways. (See Boyd’s original quote: http://tinyurl.com/boydquote.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In her book

The Winter Vault, Anne Michaels says, “We become ourselves when things are given to us or when things are taken away.”

If she’s right, does it mean we should be grateful for those times when things are taken away? Should we regard moments of loss as therapeutic prods that compel us to understand ourselves better and to create ourselves with a fiercer determination? Meditate on these possibilities, Libra.

In the meantime, I’m pleased to announce that the things-getting-taken-away period of your cycle is winding down. Soon you’ll begin a new phase, when you can become a deeper, stronger version of yourself because of the things that are given to you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I’ll make

love when the lust subsides,” sings Denitia, one-half of the electro-pop band Denitia and Sene. That would be a good motto for you to play around with in the coming days, Scorpio—in both literal and metaphorical ways. I’ll enjoy seeing how your emotional intelligence ripens as the whitehot passion of recent weeks evolves into a more manageable warmth. As fun as the intensity has been, it has blinded you to some of the possibilities for collaborative growth that have been emerging. You may now be ready to explore and appreciate sweeter, subtler pleasures.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“The poems I have loved the most are those I have understood the least,” said T. S. Eliot. I’m going to steal and expand upon his idea for the purpose of giving you an accurate horoscope. In the coming days, Sagittarius, I suspect that the experiences you love most will be those that you understand the least. Indeed, the experiences you need the most will be those that surprise and mystify and intrigue you.

Luckily, life will be ingenious in bypassing your analytical intelligence so as to provide you with rich emotional stimuli for your soul.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Capricorn painter Henri Matisse made the following testimony about his creative process: “At each stage I reach a balance, a conclusion. At the next sitting, if I find that there is a weakness in the whole, I make my way back into the picture by means of the weakness—I re-enter through the breach—and I reconceive the whole. Thus everything becomes fluid again.” I recommend this approach to you in the coming days, Capricorn. You’ve been making decent progress on your key project. To keep up the good work, you should now find where the cracks are, and let them teach you how to proceed from here.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “We all

lead three lives,” said Austrian novelist Thomas Bernhard, “an actual one, an imaginary one, and the one we are not aware of.” I suspect you’ll get big glimpses of your third life in the coming weeks, Aquarius: the one you’re normally not aware of. It might freak you out a bit, maybe unleash a few blasts of laughter and surges of tears. But if you approach these revelations with reverent curiosity, I bet they will be cleansing and catalytic. They are also likely to make you less entranced by your imaginary life and better grounded in your actual life.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The great-

est illusion is not religion,” says aphorist Michael Lipsey. “It’s waking up in the morning imagining how much you’re going to get done today.” But even if that’s often true, Pisces, I suspect that you have the power to refute it in the coming weeks.

Your ability to accomplish small wonders will be at a peak. Your knack for mastering details and acting with practical acumen may be unprecedented. For the immediate future, then, I predict that you’ll largely be able to get done what you imagine you can get done.

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2016 American Indian Pageant Kari Emm The annual pow wow and American Indian Pageant at the University of Nevada, Reno are set for April 16-17.

Kari Emm, UNR transfer recruitment coordinator, member the Yerington Paiute Tribe, and president of UNR’s Native American Alumni Chapter, said that boys and girls are still welcome to sign up. She added that the group, comprised of volunteers, is seeking raffle donations from the community.

How long has the pageant been held?

This is the fourth annual, since I’ve been president. … I was originally at the Center for Student Cultural Diversity, and I ran the pow wow. ... when I became president, I was kind of wondering how we could incorporate ourselves into the pow wow. … I said, ‘Hey, can we do a royalty portion connected to the pow wow?’ So, that’s when it started. So, this group of us has been for four years, but it was previously as well.

And when is this all taking place?

April 16. It’s from 9 to noon. It’s going to be in the Davidson Math and Science Center, room 110 … the pow wow then starts at 1 p.m. on April 16, and it is also on April 17. And it’s going to be at Lawlor Events Center.

And people who are wanting to attend this, how should they go about that? Are there tickets on sale somewhere?

It’s free.

I wondered, the title holders, afterward, what special duties they have or what appearances they make throughout the year.

Very cool. So tell me, what are the qualifications to compete in the royalty part?

So, Native American Heritage Month is in November, and we have a lot of events during that time, and so we do request that they be there for a lot of that.

You just have to be in a certain age category. … To participate, you have to sell raffle tickets. That’s our main fundraiser, and we do this to raise scholarship for American Indian students attending the university. We give out two separate scholarships—one for new, incoming freshman and one as a current American Indian student. We also provide a book fund for American Indian students who maybe can’t purchase books. … Ours is a little bit different than any other royalty, I think—the ones I’ve seen. … What the youth have to do is—they have to sell raffle tickets. … They have to write an essay on how

Beware. Issues lie ahead.

For the last eight months, the national punditry has continually predicted the downfall of Trump, and it’s been a non-stop exercise in futility. Nothing has upended the Donald Express. Not Mexican rapists or Muslim immigrants or crude vulgarities or protestor clashes or anything else that has been served up as “OK, this is the fuckup that will finally take this guy down.”

The Trump Train has just kept on barrelling through the night, not getting derailed but actually picking up steam, which has been provided by an army of troglodytian supporters who take great glee in the media’s hand-wringing, Dependsdrenching responses to “The Trump Phenomenon.”

It’s been quite the ride. A significant and obviously wasted on opioids cross-section of America has been coaxed out of its various spider holes, and, while illuminating as hell, it’s not particularly inspiring or reassuring.

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education will support their community. The tiny tots can do a video: what they want to be when they grow up. … And they have to do a talent, which this is the most amazing part of the competition. Last year, we had talents that were amazing—everything from karate to cultural dancing to bead work to sign language to a song. You know, it was amazing, the talent. … I really see this as a leadership-building, confidencebuilding type of role. You should see our tiny tot. She couldn’t even get up there and talk when she was competing. But you should see her now at the Wolf Pack games. Out in the middle of the arena, and just waving and talking.

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And there are six title holders every year? Is that correct?

Yes. The hardest category—the category we have the hardest time filling is the males. … It was a suggestion that we add that because this is not only a royalty pageant, this is a role to say that education is cool, you know. So, we’re having a hard time with the male category, the older one, to get anybody to participate because I think there’s a stereotype that it’s not cool to be that, which is should be. It should be a cool thing. … I’m not sure if we have any males even this pageant. Ω

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tories in Michigan and Mississippi into a quasi-surreal infomercial for his winery, his steaks and his golf courses—I half expected him, once he got rolling, to bellow, “And here’s Carol, with the keys to a new Buick for some lucky Trump supporter tonight, give it up for Carol Merrill, everybody!”—I finally saw the speed bump that will, once and for all, bump Trump off the tracks.

Sooner or later, Donald is finally going to have to talk about, you know, uh, um, oh shit what’s the word—policy! He’s gonna have to talk about all that boring political stuff like policies, programs and plans. He’s actually going to have to reveal how all this “greatifying of America” will actually happen. This ain’t a reality show no mo’, Don, this is a reality check. Ain’t that a bitch?

Oh, it won’t be half as much fun as calling Ted Cruz a pussy—which, I have to admit, got a genuine LOL outta me—or telling protestors to go home to mommy or swearing that Mexico will pay for The Wall (despite the quote from former

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Mexican president Vicente Fox, who said “I’m not gonna pay for any fucking wall!” with fiery habanero vehemence), but the time is coming when even Trump is gonna have to freshen the jive a bit.

I mean, damn, Don, you’ve been bloviating now for eight months about The Wall, the shitty deal we made with Iran, how Carl Icahn is gonna kick Chinese ass and on and on and blah blah blah, and brother, you better tell your writing staff to kick it up to some kind of next level fast or Bernie/Hillary will slice you up into little chunks of Trump sushi when you show up for that first debate, and you actually have to say something beyond “Get him outta here!”

Wishful thinking? You bet! I had an image of Don, as he spouted about his wife/jet hotels/golf courses, with his finger on The Button.

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