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HOLLAND PROJECT MICRO GALLERY AT BIBO COFFEE CO.: New Beginnings. This group exhibit showcases teen artists’ different interpretations and fabrications of the theme “New Beginnings,” whether it’s a resurrection or rebirth. M-Su through 6/17. Free. 945 Record St., (775) 348-8087.
UNA NOCHE (ONE NIGHT): Director Lucy Malloy brings an undercurrent of comedy to this tale of a young man desperate to escape Cuba for Miami. Una Noche presents a close-up look into a society that in real life is, for better or for worse, about to vanish from the face of the earth. In Spanish with English subtitles. Tu, 6/14, 7-9pm. $5-$7. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716, http://artemisiamovies.weebly.com.
MATHEWSON-IGT KNOWLEDGE CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Media Technology: Past & Present. A visual display of media technological leaps. M-Su through 6/30; Upstart Crow: Shakespeare in Northern Nevada. This exhibit coincides with Shakespeare 400, the national commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Through 7/15, 9am-5pm. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4636.
Music COME TO THE CABARET: P’Opera! creates a nightclub setting with a variety of music, including grand opera, musical theater, jazz, light opera and contemporary. Order food and beverages separately tapasstyle Su, 6/12, 5 & 7:30pm. $30. The Bridge Restaurant & Bar, 425 S. Virginia St., (775) 233-5105, www.popernv.org.
MCKINLEY ARTS & CULTURE CENTER: A Woman Under the Influence. West Gallery in McKinley Arts & Culture Center hosts abstract painter and sculpture Katrina Lasko. Through 6/17; Reflections of the Day. McKinley Gallery East hosts mixed media painter Susan Handau. Through 6/17. Free. 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-2417.
INCENDIO: The trio’s instrumental world music spans a wide range of styles, including classical, jazz, rock, flamenco, Celtic and bluegrass. Sa, 6/11, 6-10pm. Free. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976, http:// breweryarts.org.
SHEPPARD CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Jack Pierson. Pierson’s photographs explore the emotional undercurrents of everyday life from the intimacy of romantic attachment to the distant idolization of others. Tu-Sa, noon4pm through 7/1. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.
concert series features guest artists performing on the church’s Casavant pipe organ. F, noon. Free. Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., (775) 329-4279, www.trinityreno.org.
STREMMEL GALLERY: Robert Brady: Mined of My Own, M-Sa through 7/30. Opens 6/16. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558, www. stremmelgallery.com.
kicks off its 11th Summer MusicFest with “Go4Baroque—Summer Solstice Series.” The program features Bach’s Concerto in C Minor BWV100 and Cantata BWV 180, “Schmücke Dich,” Vivaldi’s Concerto in D for Guitar and Concerto for Recorder in F and Johan Fasch’s Concerto for Two Oboes. The show closes with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4. Su, 6/12, 4pm. $5-$35, free for youth under age 19 in non-preferred seating. St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 341 Village Blvd., Incline Village; 6/15, 7pm. $5-$35, free for youth under age 19 in non-preferred seating. Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 3597 N. Sunridge Drive, Carson City, (775) 3139697, www.toccatatahoe.com.
Women make their Nevada debut in a new exhibition. Their diverse styles are represented in works of fiber and mixed media that are stitched, dyed, painted, printed, stamped, waxed, fused and embellished. W-Su through 7/17. Free. 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.
Museums DONNER MEMORIAL STATE PARK AND EMIGRANT TRAIL MUSEUM: Archives Tour: CA State Park Archives. A hosted bus tour from Donner Memorial State Park to the California State Park Archives. Explore the archives, photo archives and archaeology labs. Picnic lunch, parking pass for the day and transportation are included in the ticket price. The bus will leave from the Donner Memorial State Park at 9am and will return at 5pm. Reservations required. W, 6/15. $60 per ticket, $55 for members. 12593 Donner Pass Road at Highway 80, Truckee, (530) 582-7892.
Sports & fitness FREE FISHING DAY: During the annual Free Fishing Day, anglers may fish in any public fishing water in the state without needing a fishing license or trout stamp. Free fishing poles and lunch are given out to each child that registers. June 9 is open to those with special needs. June 11 is open to all. Th, 6/9, 10am-1pm; Sa, 6/11, 7-11:30am. Free. Sparks Marina Park, 300 Howard Drive, Sparks, (775) 688-1559, www.ndow.org.
FOURTH WARD SCHOOL MUSEUM: The Comstock Through Time. This exhibit highlights some of the history of the Comstock through photographs and personal accounts. Then-and-now photographs help to emphasize the changes in the community and surrounding area. Books, journal entries and oral histories will give the visitor a first-hand account of daily life. M-Su, 10am-5pm through 10/31. $5 adults, $3 for children ages 6-16, free for children age 5 and younger. 537 S. C St., Virginia City, (775) 847-0975.
GALENA CREEK GUIDED HIKE: Join a naturalist along one of the Galena Park trails and learn about the area. Bring water, sunscreen, hiking boots or snowshoes (if weather permits.) Sa, 10am through 3/18. $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948.
NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Ugo Rondinone:
Hope & Jon Bernson: Beautification Machine, W-Su through 7/24; Andrea Zittel: Wallsprawl, W-Su through 12/31; Don Dondero: A Photographic Legacy, W-Su through 7/10; American Impressionism, W-Su through 8/14; The Horse, W-Su through 7/3; Anna McKee: 68,000 Years of Ice, W-Su through 9/18. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.
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My girlfriend sleeps with her two medium-sized dogs. They are, to quote her, her “babies.” I see them more as her bodyguards. We don’t live together, but even when I sleep over, which is a few times a week, she refuses to kick them out of the bed. She has a nice bed they could sleep on downstairs in a spare room, but she says she doesn’t trust them down there. She doesn’t trust them down there in the spare room? What will they do, get on the landline and make prank calls to Taiwan? The truth is, a dog (or dogs) left alone in a room may, in short order, chew a $900 leather chair into a $900 pile of stuffing. People tend to see this as the dog’s scheming attempt to show its owner who’s boss. However, anthrozoologist and doggy behavior researcher John W.S. Bradshaw says the notion that dogs are engaged in this fight for dominance with humans just isn’t supported by modern science. Unfortunately, widespread belief in this myth has led many to see (highly effective) reward-based dog training as coddling and instead opt for Stalinistic confrontation—and punishment-based training, which Bradshaw writes “may initially suppress (some unwanted) behavior but can then cause the dog to become depressed and withdrawn.” Chewing, Bradshaw explains, is actually a form of tension relief for a dog. Tension? Because the dog has a big project due at the office? Well, actually, we bred dogs to bond with us, so they evolved to find human contact very rewarding. And according to Bradshaw’s research, many dogs experience serious “separation distress” when isolated from their owner—which they often express in all sorts of decor-destroying ways. (Welcome to Bed Bath & Look, It’s A Giant Dog Bone With Throw Pillows!) Now, maybe you’re thinking, “The girlfriend’s two dogs have each other!” If only that counted in dog terms. Bradshaw references a study in which mutts in a kennel, separated from their usual canine kennel mates, didn’t act out. However, those separated from their usual human caretakers freaked. As Bradshaw puts it, for a dog, the key pack member is “almost always a human.” As for the human conflict here, relationships researcher John Gottman explains that the answer to gridlock on an issue isn’t solving the problem (which may be impossible) but being able to talk about it with humor, empathy and affection. What’s essential is that your feelings seem to be important to your girlfriend and that she at least considers possible compromises, like having the doggies in her
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WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL REGIONAL PARK: ARTful Women. ARTful
Seven Magic Mountains, W-Su through 5/11; Horses in the American West, W-Su through 7/3; Trevor Paglen: Orbital Reflector, W-Su through 12/31; Andy Diaz
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bedroom but on beds on the floor. (It may take some training to get a bed dog to be a floor dog.) Ultimately, in the bedroom, the Reign of Terrier may not end, but on the upside, paw print place mats have yet to appear on the dining table and your customary glass of merlot isn’t being set next to a bowl of pasta primavera on the floor.
Ugly batty I’m a guy in my late 30s. I don’t fear commitment; I fear surprise—the surprise I get when I find I’m with yet another crazy woman. My previous two girlfriends eventually turned out to be total psychos—mean, controlling and paranoid that I was cheating (which I’ve never done). I’m beginning to think love is a ruse, with women pretending to be cool and balanced until their true crazy colors come out. There are events in life that are totally unexpected, like getting sucked up by a big vacuum hose into a passing alien spaceship. If you’re the one who ends up under the probe, we don’t get to go all accusey on you, like, “You … went out to the mailbox on a Saturday afternoon?! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!!” In relationships, however, though there are a few gifted crazies who can pull the long con, most reveal who they really are in many small ways—long before you wake up strapped to a chair with a bright light shining in your eyes: “Tell me why you had sex with the neighbor!” she bellows. You: “Wait—the 90-year-old?” Identifying which ladies are from Batshitistan involves two things: 1. Taking things really slowly so you can look at a woman’s behavior over time (especially when she doesn’t think you’re looking). 2. Wanting to see more than you want to believe. It also might help you to take an honest approach to the past—admitting that you treated hope as a creative alternative to critical analysis. This should help keep you from rashly welcoming the wrong people into your life, like that dark stranger ringing your bell in the hooded cloak: “Come on in, mister! There’s a bowl of nuts on the table and there are cocktails on the minibar. May I take your scythe?”
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