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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. 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.

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. 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. 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. WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL

REGIONAL PARK: ARTful Women. ARTful

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. 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. NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Ugo Rondinone:

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 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.

Film

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.

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. 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. PIPES ON THE RIVER: The Friday lunchtime concert series features guest artists performing on the church’s Casavant pipe organ. F, noon. Free. Trinity Episcopal

Church, 200 Island Ave., (775) 329-4279, www.trinityreno.org. TOCCATA SUMMER MUSICFEST: TOCCATA

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.

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. GALENA CREEK GUIDED HIKE: Join a natural-

ist 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.

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Canine and a half weeks

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 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?”

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

Tour de Nez

Whether you’re a professional cyclist or just your average bike rider, all are invited to the 24th annual Tour de Nez bike race and all-day party. Pros and amateurs will compete in the downtown criterium, which will travel in a 1-mile loop starting on California Avenue, continuing along Flint, Court, Hill, Ridge and Sierra streets and then back on California. The event also features handcycle races, kids’ race and the Vintage Bike Race. Even if you don’t plan on riding a bike, you can still enjoy food, drinks and live music in between races. The event is from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, along California Avenue in Midtown Reno. Parking is available in the county lot located between Sierra and Virginia streets. Admission is free for spectators. Registration for races is open through Friday, June 10. Visit http://tourdenez.com or www.facebook.com/ tourdenez.

—Kelley Lang

Onstage

LIGHTS OUT: Marvin Gonzalez’s play explores a world in the midst of a natural disaster that has taken out all electricity. Four people thrown together on a ranch in Elko during the blackout question God, their pasts and ultimately reality. Is this just a blackout or something more sinister?

Tu, 6/14, 7:30pm; W, 6/15, 7:30pm; Th, 6/16, 7:30pm; F, 6/17, 7:30pm; Sa, 6/18, 7:30pm; Su, 6/19, 2pm. $10 per person.

Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 329-0661, www.renolittletheater. org. MR. BURNS: A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY:

Brüka Theatre presents this dark comedy/musical written by Anne Washburn. Th, 6/9, 8pm; F, 6/10, 8pm; Sa, 6/11, 8pm; Su, 6/12, 2pm; W, 6/15, 8pm; Th, 6/16, 8pm; F, 6/17, 8pm; Sa, 6/18, 8pm; W, 6/22, 8pm; Th, 6/23, 8pm; F, 6/24, 8pm; Sa, 6/25, 8pm. $22 general

admission, $20 students, seniors, military, $25 at the door. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www. bruka.org.

Classes

THE BREASTFEEDING FORUM: Breast-

feeding mothers are invited to join this breast-feeding support group. Mothers exchange their experiences and discuss concerns such as milk supply, pumping, going back to work, sleeping or lack of sleep, etc. RSVP at http://doodle.com/cy5nrur23mbg6pie. Tu, 4-5pm. $10 drop in; free for first-time attendees. Renown South Meadows Medical Center, 10101 Double R Blvd., (775) 240-9916. DRINK & DRAW!: An unorthodox life drawing class with limited formal instruction and maximum visual stimulation from an assortment of the following—nude models, burlesque performers, musicians, staged still lifes, running films and projected images. Third W of every month, 7-9pm

through 6/22. $10 at the door. Reno

Art Works, 1995 Dickerson Road, (775) 225-7295, http://renoartworks.org. INTRO TO ACRYLICS: This beginner-level class will cover basic acrylic painting techniques, including color mixing and color theory. Tu, 6/14, 1-3:30pm. $35.

Atelier Truckee, 10128 Donner Pass

Road, Truckee, (530) 386-2700, www. ateliertruckee.com.

INTRO TO DRAWING: Local artist Anke

Hass will guide students through developing the skill to draw from observation and translating the natural world to the two-dimensional surface. W, 6/15, 5:30-8pm. $45. Atelier

Truckee, 10128 Donner Pass Road,

Truckee, (530) 386-2700. PAINT & SIP AT THE LAKE MANSION:

Receive one-on-one guidance in an intimate social setting. Transform a master painting into your own 16”x 20” acrylic painting masterpiece. The featured painting will be Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Jimson Weed.” All supplies included. Bring your own beverage/ snacks. This class takes place in the Garden Pavilion. W, 6/15, 5:30-8:30pm.

$30. Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100, www.artsforallnevada.org. T.G.I.A.F.—PAINT YOUR PET: Learn a step-

by-step technique using acrylic paint in a fun, social setting. All supplies included. Bring your own beverage/ snacks. This class takes place in the Garden Pavilion. F, 6/10, 5:30-7:30pm.

$25. Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100.

Community

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: This group

is for patients and families facing cancer and is facilitated by an oncology social worker who is skilled in the emotional aspects of cancer.

Participants can share experiences and express feelings and concerns.

The support group meets weekly on

Thursday meets in the Orthopedic

Conference Room on the third floor of the Roseview Tower. Th, 11:30am1pm. Free. Renown Regional Medical

Center, 1155 Mill St., (775) 982-6831, www.renown.org. CROCHET CONNECTION: Learn to crochet

or share tips with other crochet enthusiasts. Th, 4-5:45pm. Free.

Spanish Springs Library, 7100A

Pyramid Lake Highway, located at

Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800. GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: Renown Hospice

Care offers a grief support group for those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. The group is facilitated by Fr. Karry Crites and is open to anyone. Third W of every month, 6:30-8pm. Free. Washoe County Senior Center, 1155 E. Ninth St., (775) 982-2817.

KNITTING & CROCHET CLUB: This group is

open to anyone who enjoys knitting or crocheting. Second and third Sa of every month, 1-3pm. Free. Northwest

Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 787-4100.

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