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He’s tearing up the country music charts, and now Chris Young plays the highlight concert at the Tri-County Fair in Winnemucca on Aug. 30.
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Virginia City Museums host ‘flashback Friday’ freebie day
There are many events around Nevada in honor of the state’s sesquicentennial. Below are a few happening in August. See the full list at: www.nevada150.org/events-calendar/
In honor of Nevada’s Sesquicentennial celebration the following museums will open their doors at no charge on Friday, Aug. 1: Comstock Gold Mill, Historic Fourth Ward School Museum, Mackay Mansion, Piper’s Opera House, Silver State National Peace Officers Museum, St. Mary’s Art Center, Territorial enterprise – Mark Twain Museum, The Way it Was Museum and the Washoe Club Haunted Museum. Virginia City’s free or donation only museums will also be participating including, Comstock History Center, Comstock Fireman/s Museum, Julia Bulette Museum, Marshall Mint, St. Mary’s Catholic Church & Museum, Storey County Courthouse and Virginia City Cemetery. For more information please visit www.VisitVirginiaCityNV.com or call (775) 847-7500. F
Our Battle Born State, Nevada entered the union in 1864 at the height of the Civil War. For Nevada’s Sesquicentennial the Tonopah Historic Mining Park will host daily mock battles, realistic encampments, period costumes, meet and talk to the Civil War soldiers and town folk on Aug. 30 and 31. This is education at it’s finest! Cost: Free to Mining Park Members: $10 adult; $5 youth 6-15; and free for ages 5 and under. Tickets may be purchased at the Mining Park gift shop located at 110 Burro Street in Tonopah. For more information please visit www.TonopahHistoricMiningPark. com or call (775) 482-9274 for information or call (702) 461-4323 for participants.
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Civil War Reenactors in Tonopah
Pyramid Lake Art Show
The Pyramid Lake Museum & Visitors Center would like to welcome everyone out to the Pyramid Lake Art Show. The show will be held Saturday, Aug. 23 at the Pyramid Lake Museum and Visitors Center, 709 State Street. Nixon, Nev. Native American artists will be selling and displaying their artwork & crafts. This event will be held before the Burning Man Festival. Don’t miss
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out on this special art show that will leave everyone with an appreciation for the unique arts and culture of the Great Basin People. For more info please (775) 574-1088 or email museum@plpt.nsn.us.
Bowers Mansion Bluegrass Festival
The annual Bowers Mansion Bluegrass Festival is the oldest and largest bluegrass/old-time music festival in Northern Nevada. Set this year for Aug. 15 - 17 with various event times. Coordinated by the Northern Nevada Bluegrass Association, the Festival takes place at the Bowers Mansion Regional Park, which is located on the west side of Washoe Valley. For additional information please visit www.bowersbluegrassfestival.org or call 775-843-7053.
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Country songster Chris Young star of Tri-County Fair His current single ‘Who I Am With You’ is #11 on Billboard Hot Country Songs
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The singer has accomplished more by 28 than some artists do in a lifetime. Already a Grammy-nominated recording artist, he’s also a dynamic live performer consistently in demand, an international ambassador for his genre, a talented songwriter with five Number Ones to his name – by the way, he wrote four of them – and a handsome charmer to boot. Now, with the release of his fourth album “A.M.” (RCA Nashville), the man known for his classic baritone and melt-your-heart ballads has revealed himself to be king of the good time, too. The lead single “Aw Naw” electrified crowds and stormed up the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart to peak at #4. His latest single, “Who I Am With You,” is currently at #11 on that same chart. The song was also chosen as the #1 Country Song by Rolling Stone readers.
Chris Young and Courtney Cole will be on stage in Winnemucca on Saturday, Aug. 30 as part of the Tri-County Fair. Tickets start at $30 and are available from www. winnemucca.com
Country heart and soul It only takes two words to sum up the career of Chris Young: Definitely country. “I’ve always loved country music, and I really liked singing it as a kid,” Young remembers. “So I was like, ‘That’s what I want to do.’ I just kind of always knew.” Blessed with parents who encouraged his art, the Murfreesboro, Tenn., native soon found his way into musical theater, jazz training, and six years of classical voice, which honed his emerging baritone into something truly special. The album “A.M.” is defiantly, definitely country. “Everybody’s got a definition of what country music is,” Young says. “Never before has it been so broad as to what can be on a country radio station, and what country music can be. It really just has to be what you feel as an artist.”
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Chris Young will be joined on stage by opening act Courtney Cole. A native of Mandeville, La., Cole made her journey to Music City in 2005. Shortly after graduating from Belmont University, Courtney was cast in the first season of CMT’s hit series, “CMT’s Next Superstar.” She quickly received her first songwriting deal and began writing with Nashville’s biggest hitmakers including Brett James (“Jesus Take The Wheel”) and Justin Weaver (“Get Off On The Pain”). While audiences might be less familiar with
Cole’s stage presence — get ready! She’s an up-and-coming star with a great voice, a dynamic stage presence and a rare connection to the audience. Tickets for the Chris Young - Courtney Cole concert are available from the Winnemucca Convention and Visitors Authority website: www. winnemucca.com. Tickets are $30 for general admission; reserved seats are $50 and $75. Purchase your reserved seat tickets by Aug. 15 and you’ll be entered into a drawing to win two back stage passes to meet the performers! F
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Nevada Outdoor School hosts annual Dutch Oven cookoff
Elko horse races
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Country Showdown talent search part of the fun at Elko County Fair
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Texaco Country Showdown
We have entertainment and events for everybody in the family – crafts and critters, the carnival and fair food, horse racing, live music, the stockhorse show, and so much more! New this year – the Texaco Country Showdown, America’s oldest and biggest talent search for hot new country musicians! Send out the summer with a big, winning smile – Labor Day Weekend at the Elko County Fair!
Texaco Country Showdown The 32nd Annual Country Showdown is America’s largest Country music talent show. It’s designed to find the most promising country music talent in the nation and to give these performers a chance to launch their professional music careers. The contest at the Elko County Fair is the only Country Showdown go-around in northern Nevada. The finals will be held at the Reno Air Races in September. The Country Showdown begins each spring with over 450 local talent contests sponsored by country music radio stations throughout the
US. Previous competitors have been country superstars Brad Paisley, Martina McBride and Garth Brooks among many dozens of others who have used this competition as a stepping-stone to recording contracts.
Cowboy Color Chase New to the fair is the 5K Cowboy Color Chase. Join runners and walkers of all ages as they complete route beginning and ending at the Fairgounds Arch. Collect up plenty of COLOR at color stations around the route – and then wear your color proudly as part of the Fair Parade. For more information and a full schedule, visit www.elkocountyfair.com F
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It is Nevada Outdoor School’s annual fundraiser and this year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever! This competition is fast becoming a major northern Nevada event, so mark your calendars now! Nevada Outdoor School (NOS) is a rural Nevada non-profit organization providing outdoor education to area youth in the form of inquiry-based science lessons in the classroom to grades K-8, Field Trips, Summer Camps, Outdoor Ethics and ATV Safety, just to name a few of our programs. This year NOS is reaching students and their families in Humboldt, Lander, Elko, Pershing and Clark counties. Our mission is to inspire exploration of the natural world, responsible stewardship of our habitat and dedication to community. NOS programs have proven to be a fantastic value and experience for our local youth and their families and we are able to offer almost all of our programs for free or a very small fee thanks to federal grants, and private, corporate and foundation contributions. As we all know, federal funding is becoming quite scarce, especially for education, so private donations and creative fundraising efforts are becoming more and more important to the future success of our organization. The Buckaroo Dutch Oven Cook-Off is one of those efforts and is becoming more popular each year. This year we again hope to expand our participation of Dutch Oven enthusiasts by being a member of the International Dutch Oven Society (IDOS)
and extending an invitation across the country. Northern Nevada is a beautiful summer destination, especially for those who enjoy outdoor recreation. This year, in addition to the original two beginner categories for entry, we will have a separate IDOS sanctioned competition that could send you to the National Finals Dutch Oven Cook-Off. The IDOS sanctioned competitors will cook the standard three dishes; bread, main dish and a dessert ($45 entry fee). The first place winner for that category will receive $300, a trophy, and a special invitation to the National Finals Dutch Oven Cook-Off in Sandy, Utah next Spring. Beanmaster ($35 entry fee) entrants prepare a main dish and dessert. Chuck Wagon ($25 entry fee) entrants prepare a main dish with cash prizes, trophies and bragging rights for the next year. After official judging, a public tasting is offered for a suggested donation and there will be lots of raffle prizes along with live music to keep things entertaining. This is NOS’s major fundraiser and your chance to come and support our fantastic programs by bringing your family and friends out for a day of good food and great fun! Please feel free to check out our website at www.nevadaoutdoorschool.org to see all the fantastic outdoor activities NOS is able to offer. You may send any questions or inquiries to info@ nevadaoutdoorschool.org. We will happily send the registration form, rules, directions, and anything else you may need to come on out to Winnemucca, Nevada to join us for a great time, lots of great food and hopefully you’ll make some new friends along the way. F
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2014 elko county fair August 23rd thru September 1st Working Cow Horse • USTRC Team Roping• Team Ranch Doctoring • Cow-Pony Relay • Horse Racing • Carnival, Home Arts & Parade Team Branding: 3 divisions - WOMENS, CO-ED *$500 added to each*, OPEN *$1,000 added*
For more info, a list of nominated stallions and all forms, go to: www.elkocountyfair.com E-mail: elkocountyfair@hotmail.com or JJ Roemmich 775-397-2769
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nevada stallion stakes & elko county nrcha spectacular Working Cow Horse Aged Event August 23-24, 2014 ~ Elko, Nevada
stallion nomination deadline: july 1st
Nomination Fee: $200.00
Late Nominations will be accepted until August 1st with an additional $100 late fee.
For a full list of current nominated stallions to date, please see website at www.elkocountyfair.com
For More Information contact: JJ Roemmich 775-397-2769 or elkocountyfair@hotmail.com
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DRAIN AWAY YOUR TROUBLES
Dirty Kitchen Band washes into Winnemucca
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ver the past year, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen have been taking the bluegrass world by storm.
With the release of their new album “Cold Spell” on Aug. 12, they are poised to branch out even further into the burgeoning roots music scene. The band will perform in Winnemucca on Thursday, Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. at The Martin Hotel. Fronted by mandolinist, singer and songwriter Frank Solivan, the band has been nominated for multiple IBMA awards including Instrumental Group of the Year and Emerging Artist of the year, and their current tour schedule includes some of the most important tastemaker festivals in the roots music world. Their new album “Cold Spell” will solidify their position as torchbearers for the new generation of progressive bands taking bluegrass from its traditional roots to a younger
and broader audience. The album’s 10 tracks show just how far the traditional bluegrass instrumentation of banjo, mandolin, guitar and acoustic bass can go in the right hands. From the evocative opening track “Say It Isn’t So,” through the bluesy “No Life in this Town,” to the future jam grass anthem “She Said She Will” (featuring Solivan’s bluesy tenor vocals and a jaw dropping banjo performance from Mike Munford, International Bluegrass Music Association’s reigning Banjo Player of the Year), Frank Solivan and his bandmates (Munford on banjo, Danny Booth on bass and Chris Luquette
on guitar) take their brand of bluegrass through the paces proving track after track that bluegrass can rock and groove. With special guests Leon Alexander, Sam Bush, John Cowan, Rob Ickes and Megan McCormick. This event is presented by Great Basin Arts and Entertainment, a local all volunteer grass-roots non-profit, organized to bring world class performances to our community. Tickets are available at Global Coffee, Nature’s Corner and The Martin Hotel or online via the Martin Hotel website: www. themartinhotel.com. For more information visit www. gbae.org. F
Gillette Brothers return to Eureka Opera Western favorites are on stage Aug. 1 EUREKA The revitalization of cowboy music and poetry in recent years has allowed Guy and Pipp Gillette to combine their life long interest in the history of the west and its music with their musical experience. The Gillette Brothers will perform Friday, Aug. 1 at the Eureka Opera House. As the Gillette Brothers, they have recorded and
released six albums of traditional cowboy music interspersed with a few originals. Pipp Gillette also has a busy solo career, while brother Guy runs the ranch. Most recently they have been exploring the celtic roots, country blues, minstrel and medicine show songs that influenced cowboy music. Since taking over the running of the family ranch in 1983, the Gillette Brothers, Guy & Pipp, have found that diversification is not only
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a necessity, it keeps things interesting. Their involvement in the cattle business as well as the music business — both as performers and music venue operators — proves challenging. Built in 1880 and recently restored, the Eureka Opera House is easily found in the center of Eureka. Performances begin at 7 p.m., and tickets are available at the door. For more information visit www.co.eureka.nv.us/ opera/opera05.htm or call (775) 237-6006. F
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Elko museum hosts gallery show through Aug. 29 ELKO Carving on aspens has been an almost universal Basque sheepherder tradition since the late 1800s. The quality and readability of the carvings varies a great deal. An expert carver knew how to pick the right tree and the right tool, and how to make an incision of the right depth to encourage the perfect scar to form within a few years. A new photography exhibit at the Northeasern Nevada Museum in Elko by Nancy Nagel and Ruby Yrueta Lowery showcases these carvings. On display through the end of August. and open during regular museum hours. F
Learn more with the book ‘Speaking through the Aspens’ Author Mallea-Olaetxe analyzes the content of thousands of arborglyphs in the mountains of Nevada and California in this book from the University of Nevada Press. For hikers and other casual visitors to aspen groves in Northern Nevada, the pictorial arborglyphs are always the most delightful.
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Frontier Days earns Nevada 150th year ‘Signature Event’ status
Jazz and Beyond’ concert ties in with 150th year fair
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he Jazz & Beyond Carson City Music Festival kicks summer into high gear, with concerts Aug. 1-17 at various venues around Carson City.
Lovelock’s remembrance of all things historical set for Aug. 1, 2 Lovelock Frontier Days Celebrating Nevada’s 150 Sesquicentennial is a fun filled weekend with old fashioned activities including good food, cribbage tourna-
ments and free kids activities. This long time Nevada tradition will celebrate Nevada’s 150th Anniversary of Statehood with the following events; Friday and Saturday nights free concerts, Friday dog show, Saturday parade, horseshoe tournament, weight carry, Sunday tractor pull, bike races, arm wrestling, scavenger hunt and free family swim. For more information please call 775-842-5999 or search Facebook Lovelock Frontier Days. F
The festival, which began in 2004, is presented by the Mile High Jazz Band Association. In 2013, the Jazz & Beyond Festival featured 60 performances and over 100 performers — and organizers are on pace to match that accomplishment this year. Most performances are presented free to the public. Beyond jazz, the festival is set to include bluegrass, blues, middle eastern music, and more. Sunday afternoon concerts on the grounds of the Legislature are expected to attract large crowds, as they did last year. Other events include free concerts at Carson Mall, Comma Courtyard, and other locations around downtown Carson City. This summer the Nevada Sesquicentennial Fair will run from July 30 through Aug. 3 in Fuji Park in Carson
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City. As part of that, the festival organizers are lining up talent for the Fair’s Jazz Day, Saturday, Aug. 2. Free concerts will be presented in Fuji Park by Sons of Slide Mountain Band, Reno Video Game Symphony-Tantalus, Lynne Colvig Latin Jazz, the Reno Jazz Orchestra with Jackie Landrum, and the St. Christopher Project (a Tom Waits-inspired band). Other groups scheduled to perform during the Festival are Anni Piper Trio (blues artist from Australia), Linda Arnn, Back Forty (bluegrass), Barbara Baxter, Beatles Flashback, Carson City Rascals, Carolyn Dolan, Cherie & John Shipley with Take This, Colin Ross Acoustic Duo, CW and Mr. Spoons, Buddy Emmer Blues Band, CeCe Gable and the DG Kicks Octet, Graham Marshall Band, Eric Hansen, The History of The Beatles with John Shipley, Impromptu, Jackie Landrum Quartet, the Jazz Guys, and Youth Strings. Several musical performances presented by local restaurants and other venues will also be listed in the Festival schedule. Two paid-admission events are being planned: a “Garden Party” at the Governor’s Mansion on Friday, Aug. 1, with the Corky Bennett Trio, and a “Speakeasy Swing Dance” on Saturday, Aug. 9, in the Brewery Arts Center Ballroom with Brass Knuckles. Free concerts are planned for three Sundays, Aug. 3, 10, and 17, on the Legislative Plaza. For more information and a full schedule of events visit the JazzCarsonCity.com or call the Mile High Jazz Band Association at (775) 883-4154. F
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150 Years of History
Stewart’s 96 Ranch sesquicentennial William Stock Farming Company Ranch (original name of the 96-Ranch) Cow hands on horseback, circa 1913. Left to right, Charley Burd, Fay Stanley, Willie Stock, Charley Recanzone, Jim Grigsby and Jim Holt.
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lans for the celebration of the 150th year of what has long been known as the Ninety-Six Ranch in Paradise Valley, Nevada have been ongoing for more than a year. Now that the Stewart family is in the final days before the ‘party of a lifetime’, set for Aug. 3-9, everything is coming together. “A few folks have dropped out, a few things have changed, but we are moving forward with the following in mind - just keep it cool and we’ll make it through,” said Kris Stewart, who’s been at the forefront of arranging the celebration. Stewart said many people have stepped up and offered their help and they’ve been thrilled to take advantage of the offers, which will make it a “community celebration
and endeavour.” Stewart said Blake Duncan, Paradise Valley FFA president is the volunteer coordinator. No question the sesquicentennial party is an ambitious undertaking, with events spanning a week. Winnemucca’s Convention and Visitor’s Authority and Humboldt County have assisted with financing, recognizing that the number of out-of-town visitors already signed-up to attend the event will bring business pay-back for their investment. A good-size chunk of 96-Ranch money has gone into the pot as well. The 96-Ranch Sesquecentennial celebration is listed on the state’s sesquicentennial events calendar as a “signature event” with details and a connection to the ranch website for more details including a history of the ranch, founded by German immigrant William (Wilhelm) Stock in 1864. 150 years later, it is still owned and operated by the fourth and fifth generations of William Stock’s direct descendants. “We believe it is very important to tell good news stories about ranching in our State and agriculture, as a positive and sustainable way of life,” said Stewart of the motivation for all of the work and money that’s gone into the celebration. “We made a point of working with one of our federal land management agencies (USFS) on one of our events, because we want to show that mainstream Nevada Ranchers work with federal managers and together, we strive to meet our goals and be positive stewards of this land we share.” F
Events in brief — Here’s are a few quick notes of planned events, check the Stewart’s 96 ranch web site for full details of each days’ events as well as a synopsis of the ranch’s history and current operation. Sunday, August 3 — Bicycle Poker Run through Paradise Valley co-sponsored by Stewart’s Ninety-Six Ranch Sesquicentennial & Bikes and More in Winnemucca. The total course is 15 plus miles, but folks can ride, run, walk or even ride their horse through any or part of it. 100% of proceeds will be donated to Patrick Ferraro Memorial Scholarship Fund and the New Building Fund in Paradise Valley in Memory of Christian Echevarria. Stewart said the poker run will be “A great chance to see a lot of Paradise Valley not normally open to public - great history, and a fun family day.” Tuesday, August 5 - A nature walk led by USFS and FFA is planned in the Hinkey Summit area. Participants can learn about plants, animals, geology and history of the area and learn how ranching and water development for livestock have improved the mountains for all. Wednesday, August 6 – There will be barrel racing at the Winnemucca Fairgrounds - “There is $1,500 in added money in this 4D event, and there are no cards required to run,” said Stewart added that there are youth, local and even a men’s match race. Thursday, August 7 — Stock Family Reunion at Firemen’s Park, Paradise Valley, starting at 4 pm. William Stock, founder of Ninety-Six Ranch is the nexus of many of Humboldt County’s oldest and most established families including members of the Schwartz, Chabot, Miller and Stewart families. Friday, August 8 8 am — Ninety-Six Ranch Invitational Golf Tournament benefiting Lowry Golf. Friday, August 8th 4 pm — Ninety-Six Ranch Sponsored Tommy Lee Team Roping. Saturday, August 9 — Stewart’s Ninety-Six Ranch, Paradise Valley, a noon until 11 pm sesquicentennial celebration. Stewart said the highlights of the daytime program include Jacob Aiken, a very talented graduated senior from Lowry playing the National Anthem on his electric guitar (“and boy does this kid rock!!”) and Jake Schmidt, also a very talented graduated Senior singing Home Means Nevada. “We’ll have a beautiful mounted color guard and some very interesting and touching speakers. The ranch is providing paid transportation for seniors who wish to attend through the Senior Center. We have a group from Fallon Naval Air Station slated to attend. The evening will feature a steak dinner, concert and dancing. Sunday, August 10th - Buckaroo Breakfast served up at Paradise Valley Community Hall and an invitation to a 3 pm “Cowboy Church service in the Paradise Valley Community Church. “For us, this is a once in a lifetime event” said Kris Stewart. “perhaps our daughter Patrice will be fortunate enough to host a 200-year celebration one day.” Stewart said she and her husband Fred want their daughter to be left with the memories and the future of being a fifth generation Nevada Rancher, raising some of Nevada’s best beef right in real-life Paradise.
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Ruby Mountain Relay races the canyon in August
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n your mark, get set…on Aug. 8 and 9, Elko County welcomes thousands of enthusiastic runners to the 3rd annual Ruby Mountain Relay. This 184-mile running relay begins in beautiful Lamoille Canyon before ending in Wells the next day. It will be adventurous, challenging, and a social running experience unlike any other event. Teams of 12 runners run three out of 36 legs over a 36-hour period. The remaining team members support the active runner. This is a challenging, yet beautiful course through the rugged Lamoille Canyon — the Alps of Nevada! For additional information or to register please visit www.rubymountainrelay. com or call (775) 340-5943.
Fallon beats the heat with outdoor concert The Dusty 45s take the stage at Oats Park Art Center Aug. 16
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he City of Fallon is hosting a free concert in the park with the Dusty 45’s. This event starts at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16 and the Dusty 45s will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Seattle’s Dusty 45s have a reputation for firing up the crowd. They deliver their rockin’, high-energy music at just the right throttle to keep fans on their feet, begging for more. Over the years, the group has devoured styles ranging from twang country, jump blues, surf, and pure rock & roll, mixed-in elements from influences such as Dixieland and Jazz, and now serve-it-up as a sizzling sound all their own. With two wailing electric
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guitars, a slappin’ upright bass and some guaranteed knock-down drumming, they take it to 11 with a blazing trumpet. The Dusty 45s have been thrilling crowds for over a decade. The readers of the Seattle Weekly voted them “Best of Seattle” 3 years in a row. In 2007 Huels enchanted the theater crowd, starring as Buddy Holly in Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater’s production of “The Buddy
Holly Story.” This fun night out will also feature the raffle for the City of Fallon’s Live Local Grand Prize Car. In honor of Nevada’s Sesquicentennial there will be a special singing of “Home Means Nevada” before the Dusty 45’s performance. For additional information please visit www.visitfallonnevada.com or call (775) 423-4556. F
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Sweet family fun at the Fallon Cantaloupe Festival
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he longest running food-oriented event in Nevada, the Fallon Cantaloupe Festival features the sweet, juicy fruit along with crafters, food and family fun. A family festival with great food, arts & crafts vendors, games, exhibits, karaoke, concerts, petting zoo, farmers
market, mud volleyball tournament, Fallon Lions Club Jr. Rodeo, hypnotist, and plenty of famous Fallon cantaloupe.
History of the cantaloupe in Fallon O.J. Vannoy was the first to grow the Hearts of Gold cantaloupe variety in the Fallon area, in 1911. They were grown here in abundance in
the 1920s and 1930s in the region. Rick Lattin, with Lattin Farms in Fallon, said his family has been growing Hearts of Gold since the 1950s. Nevada’s Hearts of Gold market crashed early in the century when California farmers grew hybrid varieties that stood up better to shipping. A few families kept the
variety alive in northern Nevada. Compared with hybrid cantaloupes, Hearts of Gold have a short shelf life, once ripened, they last approximately three days if kept cool. The Fallon Cantaloupe Festival celebrates this delicious fruit — with whole fruit on sale, plus a variety of vendors offering plenty of fruit, barbecue and other treats for sale. In addition there are several stage acts and games, displays and vendors. The Fallon Cantaloupe Festival is held at the Churchill County Fairgrounds over Labor Day weekend. The fun begins Aug. 29 and continues through Aug. 31. For more information and a complete schedule of all the events, please visit www.falloncantaloupefestival.com or call (775) 423-9721. F
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Churchill County Fair features rodeo, Civil War reenactors and more!
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Ranch Hand Rodeo competitors are back in action on Sunday, and the Western gun fighters also perform at 9 a.m. Stay around for the a reenactment of the Gettysburg Address at the soccer field, and a final round of Civil War Reenactment at the same venue. “Lincoln” will address the crowd at 2 p.m., with the battle beginning immediately after. For more information about the Churchill County Fair and Ranch Hand Rodeo, visit their official website, www. churchillcountyfair.com F
he Churchill County Fair kicks off July 31 and the fun doesn’t stop until Aug. 3.
Join your friends in Fallon for four big days of excitement — including a ranch hand rodeo, Civil War Reenactment, carnival, Western gun fighters and a headline concert. The carnival opens Thursday, providing plenty of spin-til-you’re queasy fun for the whole family. Friday brings more carnival fun, plus magicians on stage in the center pavillion. Kyle Rothchild Band takes the stage at 8:30 p.m. in the main arena.
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On Saturday, things get kicked into high gear as the Ranch Hand Rodeo gets underway in the morning. Buckaroos from around the state will compete for prizes and bragging rights in the main arena. Over in the fairgrounds, the a wild west gunfight show will begin at 10 a.m. The guns will come out again at 4 p.m. as the Battle Born Civil War Reenactment brings excitement to the soccer fields. On Saturday night, Department of Rock — the ultimate party band — storms onto the main stage at 9 p.m.
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Cowboy poet at Nevada Museum CARSON CITY
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he Nevada State Museum in Carson City welcomes cowboy poet Tony Argento for an Aug. 28 perTony Argento formance. “The Pride ‘N’ Spirit O’ Nevada” a wild and rollicking ride through Nevada’s path to statehood. The Frances Humphrey Lecture Series is held the fourth Thursday of each month beginning at 6:30 p.m. Museum members and children under 17 are free; non-member admission is $8 per adult. The museum is located at 600 Carson Street, Carson City. For more information call (775) 687-4810, ext. 237. F
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Paruku Project highlights Aboriginal art and science Nevada Museum of Art hosts display
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aruku is the region in Australia’s Western Desert that surrounds the inland body of water known to settlers as Lake Gregory.
Named after the English-born explorer Sir August Gregory, this terminal desert lake has long been a resource for the Walmajarri-speaking Aboriginal people. The ancient shoreline of Lake Gregory contains what may be the oldest sites of continuous human cultural production in the world, with artifacts excavated there estimated to be as old as 50,000 years. The local Aboriginal people—approximately 150 men and women who are referred to as the “Traditional Owners” of Paruku—live in the nearby settlement of Mulan. The unique cultural and environmental values of Paruku led the Australian government to declare it an Indigenous Protected Area, or IPA, in 2001.
The Paruku Project was a two-year effort consisting of teams of scientists, artists, and writers working in this Aboriginal desert community, one of the poorest and most remote in Australia. The first task of the teams was to assess current conditions. They found an environment severely stressed by invasive species and a culture slowly losing its identity. The second task was to design and implement cross-cultural and transformational responses to these conditions, many of which involved artmaking. Australian artist Mandy Martin and conservationist Guy Fitzhardinge, along with writer and artist Kim Mahood, worked with Walmajari people to revitalize the art center in Mulan, which in turn helped attract attention and funding from policy makers to address challenges facing the region. This exhibit is on display in Feature Gallery North at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. F
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Heartfelt Blues beats
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Ray Bonneville channels life of trials into music
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ay Bonneville is a poet of the demimonde who didn’t write his first song until his early 40s, some 20 years after he started performing.
But with a style that sometimes draws comparisons to JJ Cale and Daniel Lanois, this blues-influenced, New Orleans-inspired “song and groove man,” as he’s been so aptly described, luckily found his rightful calling. Bonneville will be on stage at The Martin Hotel in Winnemucca on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Born in Quebec, his family moved to Boston when he was 12. He served a year in Vietnam as a Marine, struggled and overcame drug addiction, earned a pilot’s license in Colorado, then moved to Alaska, then Seattle, and Paris and New Orleans. But it took a close call while piloting a seaplane across the Canadian wilderness to make him decide it was time to get busy writing songs – gritty narratives inspired by a lifetime of hard-won knowledge set against his gritty, soulful guitar and harmonica playing. Bonneville’s latest album is “Easy Gone,” released On “Easy Gone,” Bonneville delivers 10 reasons why longevity pays off. On each song, his taut guitarwork shimmers like the scales on coiled rattler, menacing and confident. His voice carries the rich, natural timbre of time and his harmonica rhythms add an extra dollop of grit to his streetwise sound. Produced by Bonneville and Justin Douglas, “Easy Gone” wears the faded workclothes of a man who knew when he “said I do to a highway,” as he sings in “Who Do Call the Shots,” that it wasn’t going to be an easy marriage. But he also knew divorce was
not an option, and affirms his vows in soulful lyrics that balance thoughtful observation, impassioned emotion and the restless soul of a wanderer. An Austin resident since 2006, Bonneville still puts the rhythms and soul of New Orleans into much of his music. His songs carry a groove and momentum that’s uniquely his — and will always be a part
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of him, no matter where he roams. This event is presented by Great Basin Arts and Entertainment, a local all volunteer grassroots non-profit, organized to bring world class performances to our community. Tickets are available at Global Coffee, Nature’s Corner and The Martin Hotel or online via the Martin Hotel website: www.themartinhotel.com. For more information visit www.gbae.org. F
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Live music at the Fernley Farmers Market
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here’s free entertainment at the Fernley Farmers Market!
The band Halfway to Forever features good music and vocals by Chris Houghton on drums (rear), Tony Giglieri (right) guitar and vocals and Paul Rudolf (left) on bass. Fernley Farmers Market is sponsored by the Fernley Convention and Tourism Authority Grant Funds. It is open Thursdays through
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‘Picturing Mexico’ exhibit closes at Nevada Art museum
Last day to see works by Alfredo Ramos Martínez is Aug. 17
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icturing Mexico: Alfredo Ramos Martínez marks the first comprehensive examination of the artist’s work produced from 1929 to 1946. The works are currently on display in the Hawkins Gallery at the Nevada Museum of Art. An artist of great significance, Ramos Martínez (1871–1946) developed his own distinctive contribution to modernism. This exhibition explores Ramos Martínez’s work through four sections — Many Women, Religious
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Piety, Los Angeles Stories, and Forever Mexico — and how he produced an individual response to Mexico from Los Angeles. The study of Ramos Martínez’s work in Los Angeles provides a greater understanding of the myriad cultural contributions of artists living in the city during the first half of the twentieth century. This exhibition also offers visitors an opportunity to understand the constant cultural exchange between the United States and Mexico in new ways. The Nevada Museum of Art is the only accredited art museum in the state of Nevada. Located at 160 West Liberty Street, the gallery and store are open Wednesday – Sunday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. F
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Family letters paint vivid portrait of westward migration Author reads from ‘Write, If You Live to Get There’ in Reno RENO
What was the untamed West really like? Join author Mary Jo Sonntag for storytelling and readings from her book, “Write, If You Live to Get There,” the true story of her ancestors’ westward migration from Vermont to northern California, told through a series of letters written by members of the Phillips family. The collection of correspondence, spanning more than 120 years, paints a rich and detailed portrait of life on the America frontier -including the Lake Tahoe region — in the 19th and early 20th
centuries. By reading selected letters, displaying vintage family photographs, and using her own captivating storytelling ability, Mary Jo will introduce audiences to the daily thoughts and activities of the intrepid Phillips clan and chronicle how they combined their entrepreneurial skills and hospitable instincts to build prominent resorts in the Lake Tahoe region at Phillips Station, Rubicon Springs, and Meeks Bay, some of which existed until 1953 when the snows collapsed the buildings. The readings will be held Tuesday, Aug. 5 at the Spanish Springs Library in Sparks; Aug. 12 at the Sparks Library and Aug. 20 at the Northwest Reno Library. “I’ll be sharing tales about ancestors like JWD Phillips,
who ran for State Assembly twice as an independent and lost both times by a narrow margin. Superintendent of mines, this fascinating man developed several patents for mining equipment,” says Mary Jo. “You’ll also learn about Mehitable Jane Ball Phillips, who taught the Indians a lesson about manners after they startled her awake by peering through her bedroom window, and about the legendary Snow Shoe Thompson, who used Norwegian “snow shoes” to deliver mail throughout the Sierra Nevada’s for 20 years, even though he was never paid a nickel.” Sonntag’s presentations will be open to the public and free of charge. F
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Burning Man makes 1,000 tickets available during last-minute ‘OMG’ sale Huge art installations, theme camps and more await ‘burners’ over Labor Day weekend
Roger Glover and Steve Morse of Deep Purple in 2013.
Burning man organizers have announced a special OMG sale, with 1,000 tickets at $380 each, (plus applicable fees) on sale Aug. 6. Tickets and Vehicle Passes are limited to a maximum of two (2) per person. Participation in the OMG Sale requires pre-registration. Register from 12 p.m. (noon) PDT, July 31 until 12 p.m. (noon) PST, Aug. 4. The first-come, first-served sale starting at 12 p.m. (noon) PST is on Aug. 6 and can be accessed from this page, or the link in your registration confirmation email. The name on the credit card used to purchase the ticket order is the name on the ticket order. Ticket orders are fully transferrable and eligible for name changes.
‘Caravanasary’ awaits
Deep Purple charge hard into 45th year Metal pioneers released 13th album ‘Now What’ in 2013
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ormed in 1968 in Hertford, England, the heavy metal band Deep Purple are considered by many to be the pioneers of modern rock music and heavy metal.
Originally a progressive rock band, the boys in purple have altered their approach to music
over the years, but always delivered a stellar stage show that keeps the audience on their feet. Deep Purple comes to the Wendover Peppermill for an Aug. 16 show. Tickets are $40 to $110. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the “unholy trinity” of British hard rock and heavy
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metal in the early to mid-Seventies, and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide. Their most recent album “Now What” was released in 2013. Two songs are dedicated to Deep Purple founding member Jon Lord, who died in July 2012 – “Uncommon Man” and “Above and Beyond”, which includes the lyrics “Souls having touched are forever entwined”. “Uncommon Man” is partly inspired by the classical composition “Fanfare for the Common Man”, and features a synthesizer-generated fanfare theme composed by Don Airey. For tickets or more information about concerts at the Wendover Concert Hall, visit www.wendoverfun.com, or call the Resorts at Wendover toll free at (800) 2170049. F
For countless centuries, travelers along the Silk Route crossed paths in caravansaries, a network of oases and sanctuaries that dotted the 4,000-mile road from Europe to East Asia. These bustling caravan stops offered more than just shelter from the desert wilderness; they were vital centers of cultural exchange, bringing together traders, pilgrims, monks, nomads, traveling entertainers, and wild-eyed adventurers from all points of the compass to share their stories around a common fire. This year Burning Man organizers will create a caravansary that occupies the crossroads of a dreamland: a bazaar of the bizarre wherein treasures of every sort, from every land and age, flow in and out to be flaunted, lost, exploited and discovered. Anyone may pose as ‘merchant’ here, and anyone may play a ‘customer’, but nothing in this strange emporium shall have a purchase price — no quid, no pro, no quo — no trade at all will be allowed in this ambiguous arcade. According to a rule of desert hospitality, the only thing of value in this ‘marketplace’ will be one’s interaction with a fellow human being.
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Carson City Mint Coin Show and Fair set for Aug. 22-23
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CARSON CITY he Carson City Mint Coin Show & Fair is scheduled for Aug. 22-23, 2014.
The show and fair are one event and will take place concurrently. The coin show will locate across the street in the Carson Nugget Ballroom, 507 N. Carson Street, and the coin education fair will occur at the museum, 600 N. Carson Street. While visiting the museum, be sure to see our feature exhibit, Finding Frémont: Pathfinder of the West. The event will host 28 dealers, offering numismatic expertise, free appraisals, raffle prizes, and coin sales at the Nugget. Come to the education fair for lectures, presentations, and kid’s activities; learn about the history and mysteries of the Carson City Mint, Civil War Tokens, ancient coins, coin grading, and more. See Coin Press No. 1 in action and purchase your commemorative medallions! Special 1/2 price admission of $4 gets you into both locations for one day; kids and museum members are always free. Hours: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Friday and 9:30 am - 4 pm Saturday. Over $3,000 in raffle prizes so far, with more prizes coming in every day! Raffle tickets now on
Strike it rich! Or, at least, feel like it when you pan for gold or find that one coin you need for your collection at the Carson City Mint Coin Show.
sale for the Grand Prize custom, one-of-akind knife ($1,000 value) donated by John and Becky Etten and designed by Master Navajo Silversmith David Yellowhorse for the Carson City Mint Coin Show and Fair.
Tickets are $1 each or six for $5 – available at the admissions desk or by mail (minimum $10 order). Drawings held throughout the day both Friday and Saturday, Aug. 22-23. Grand Prize Drawing: 3 pm Saturday. F
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August classes at the Nevada Museum of Art RENO, Nev. — The E.L. Cord Museum School of the Nevada Museum of Art is accepting enrollment for the below classes. Classes are limited in size, therefore early registration is recommended. Scholarships are available for all ages. Please call the Museum for details at (775) 329-3333 ex 260.
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Mandalas: Meditative Drawing Thursday Aug. 7 / 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Students will explore the origins of the mandala (radiant) and the significance of these designs to Life Drawing: Open Studio various cultures. Students will explore techniques (at The Holland Project) to still their minds and bodies in order to relax and Wednesdays, Aug. 6 – 20 / 6 - 9 p.m. Improve your life drawing skills and explore a allow mandalas to flow onto paper. Students will variety of media while working freely from a experience the joy of learning the construction nude model in this popular open studio class. techniques that allow the inner self to manifest in The instructor will be present to coordinate class a physical design filled with color and intricacy. All and offer instruction upon request. Both male necessary materials will be provided, but, if you and female models will be posed and drawn. have a journal or your own pens and colored pencils NOTE: This class will be held offsite at the Holland that you enjoy using, please bring them. InstrucProject Gallery at 140 Vest Street in Reno. Instruc- tor will also discuss journaling with mandalas to tor: Jerry Stinson; Ages: 18 and up / All levels draw even deeper benefits from the techniques. Cost: $72 Museum members, $81 non-members In addition, class will have an opportunity to view Doris Duke’s Shangri La: Architecture, Landscape, and Islamic Art and will explore the tradition of mandala use in art. Instructor: Kaleigh Surber; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $42 Museum members, $46 non-members
Learn To Draw And Paint Horses Saturday Aug. 9 / 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. In this day long class, students will enjoy drawing using two live horses for reference. Students will explore proportions, bone structure and muscles as well as selecting colors when painting. Simplified lessons will break down the parts and structure of the horse. After a lunch break the class will try their hand at painting with assistance. Students may choose to continue to draw, if they wish. Instructor: Lady Jill Mueller; Ages: 18 and Up / Beginning to Intermediate Levels Cost: $72 Museum members, $81 non-members
– 8:30 p.m. Mama may have taught you to sew, but it wasn’t quite like this! Get to know your portable sewing machines and basic sewing techniques in a fun and casual environment. Students will sew a color blocked apron while learning how to navigate their own sewing machine. Instructor: Casey Sibley; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $56 Museum members, $64 non-members
Book Arts: Cards To Dye For Wednesday Aug. 13 to Thursday Aug. 14 / 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Experiment with dyes and papers to create wonderful cards personalized cards in this two-day workshop. Emploring a sense of freedom and discovery students will embrace the fluid nature of colored inks to create one-of-a-kind mixed-media cards. Students will explore basic paper handling techniques and will learn to prepare and dye their cards. Dyes, papers, cards and envelopes are included with course registration. Instructor: Carol Pallesen; Ages: 15 and Up / All Levels Cost: $89 Museum members, $98 non-members
Photography: Speed Lighting Thursdays, Aug. 14 – 28 / 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. This photography class is for students who own, or are planning to own, a Speedlight for their cameras (The small flash that can be attached to the top of the camera). Students will learn how to create better light on and off the camera with this lighting accessory and go from flat ugly lighting, to creating light that can compete with expensive studio lighting. This class is perfect for those just learning about lighting, and professionals who are looking to add the power of Speedlights to their skill set. Instructor: MD Welch; Ages: 15 and Up / All Levels Cost: $72 Museum members, $81 non-members Botanical Illustrations: Sunflowers
Stitch And B1%@#: Color Blocked Custom Aprons Thursdays, Aug. 14 – 21 / 5:30
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Sunday Aug. 24 / 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Learn techniques of botanical illustration to capture the vibrant colors of sunflowers using a combination of ink and watercolor. This class is open to al levels. Instructor: Carroll Charlet; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $43 Museum members, $48 non-members Food Photography For The Foodie Wednesdays, Aug. 27 to Sept. 3 / 6 - 9 p.m. Foodies will explore lighting, composition, and food styling in a professional studio environment with local professional photographer, Jeff Ross. This class is great for food bloggers, restaurateurs, both amateur and professional chefs and photographers or just your average foodie! Students will need a digital SLR camera with manual control for shutter speed and aperture, computer (home or laptop) with image editing software, and a flash drive to transport images. NOTE: Classes are taught off site at Jeff Ross’ professional studio and limited to ten students. Instructor: Jeff Ross; Ages: 15 and Up / Intermediate Levels
Cost: $94 Museum members, $99 non-members
Ladies are invited to get crafty with this fun and social workshop. Create personalized “Thank Tapestry: Shangri La Inspired Pillow Case You” notes using a super-luxe hand-lettering Saturdays, Aug. 16 – 30 / 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. style! All materials including metallic and colored Students learn the basics of weaving on Day inks, nibs, pen-holders and cards are included with 1. On Day 2 and 3, students will select one of registration. Bring old friends, meet new ones and two available patterns inspired by the exhibi- have a great night over a glass (or two!) of wine tion, Doris Duke’s Shangri La: Architecture, Land- and a fun project designed for all skill levels. scape and Islamic Art to complete a 17” woven This Girl’s Night Out is taught by the Museum’s pillowcase. Note: classes are held off site at Toni graphic designer Amanda Tennant and owner of Lowden’s Studio in Reno. Registration includes the design + letterpress studio, Forever Heyday. a $140 material fee which includes the pattern, Instructor: Amanda Tennant; Ages: 21 and Up yarns and a loom for the students to keep. / All Levels; Cost: $34 Museum members, $38 NOTE:Experienced student can opt out of the non-members intro lesson on Day 1 which will reduce the class The Nevada Museum of Art is the only accredprice by $40. ited art museum in the state of Nevada. Located Instructor: Toni Lowden; Ages: 15 and up / at 160 West Liberty Street in downtown Reno, the gallery and store are open Wednesday – Sunday All levels; Cost: $236 Museum members, $248 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 8 non-members p.m. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and national holidays. Admission is $10 general admission; $1 for Girls Night Out: Luxe Lettering children up to 12 years. For more information visit Thursday Aug. 28 / 6 – 8:30 p.m. nevadaart.org or call (775) 329-3333. F
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Marvel’s ‘Guardians’ gets big-budget treatment Inspirational films hope to fill summer movie seats
Brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits — Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Peter discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand — with the galaxy’s fate in the balance. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana. Rated PG-13, Opens Aug. 1 nationwide. Child of God
Aug. 1 4 Minute Mile
Desperate for a way out, his life collides with an old reclusive track coach, angry at the world with no purpose in life, with who he eventually forms a bond. The two are forced to face their circumstances as they race to save each other and ultimately – themselves. Rated PG-13
Louder Than Words
This inspiring film, based on a true story, finds a couple, John (David Duchovny) and Brenda (Hope Davis) trying to put their life together after the tragic death of their young daughter, Maria (Olivia Steele-Falconer). As they deal with their numbing grief, they discover a way to honor their daughter’s wish for health and well-being for all children. With the help of their community, led by good friend Bruce (Timothy Hutton), they establish a children’s hospital called the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital... a state of the art health facility that brings the whole family into the healing process. Instead of being torn apart by their tragedy, John and Brenda celebrate their very special daughter and help thousands of children and their families Rated PG-13.
towns that blanket America’s heartland, but to teenagers Andrew, Harley and Appachey, it’s home. As they ride their skateboards and go to football practice, they are like millions of other boys coming of age the world over. But faced with difficult circumstances - isolation, instability, and parental unemployment - adolescence can be a daily struggle just to survive. With no road map and all evidence to the contrary, they cling to the hope that even they can live the American dream. Winner of the 2014 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, RICH HILL is an irresistibly moving and inspirational portrait of the challenges, hopes and dreams of rural America’s youth. Not yet rated
Starring Scott Haze, James Franco and Timothy Blake Nelson. Based on the acclaimed Cormac McCarthy novel, director James Franco’s “Child of God” follows Lester Ballard, a dispossessed, violent man in 1960s Tennessee. Deprived of family and home, Ballard collapses into a life of crime and degradation. Rated R.
Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan in ‘What If’
Get on Up
In his follow-up to the four-time Academy Award (R)-nominated blockbuster The Help, Tate Taylor directs 42’s Chadwick Boseman as James Brown in Get on Up. Based on the incredible life story of the Godfather of Soul, the film will give a fearless look inside the music, moves and moods of Brown, taking audiences on the journey from his impoverished childhood to his evolution into one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. Boseman is joined in the drama by Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Nelsan Ellis, Lennie James, Tika Sumpter, Jill Scott and Dan Aykroyd. Rated PG-13.
Behaving Badly
Virginal teen Rick (Nat Wolff) contends with a ravenous MILF, a drug-addicted boss, a taciturn priest, a sexy patron saint, mobsters, and his own suicidal mother in his quest to win the heart of the most beautiful student in school (Selena Gomez). Rated R
What If
Medical school dropout Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe) has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while everyone around him, including his roommate Allan (Adam Driver) seems to
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be finding the perfect partner (Mackenzie Davis), Wallace decides to put his love life on hold. It is then that he meets Chantry (Zoe Kazan) an animator who lives with her longtime boyfriend Ben (Rafe Spall). Wallace and Chantry form an instant connection, striking up a close friendship. Still, there is no denying the chemistry between them, leading the pair to wonder, what if the love of your life is actually your best friend? Rated PG-13
Calvary
Father James (Brendan Gleeson) is a good priest who is faced with sinister and troubling circumstances brought about by a mysterious member of his parish. Although he continues to comfort his own fragile daughter (Kely Reilly) and reach out to help members of his church with their various scurrilous moral—and often comic— problems, he feels sinister forces closing in, and begins to wonder if he will have the courage to face his own personal Calvary. Rated R
Rich Hill
Rich Hill, MO could be any of the countless small
Cabin Fever: Patient Zero
When a group of friends on the perfect vacation in the Caribbean head ashore to explore a remote island, their ultimate bachelor weekend devolves into their worst nightmare. After an ill-fated swim in contaminated water, they stumble upon a seemingly abandoned research facility where a deadly, flesh-eating virus has been unleashed. Not rated.
The Almost Man
Henrik is 35, but he still parties with his highschool buddies like they were in they’re 20s. His mother cares for him like he’s still a child. And he’s in a relationship that’s based on goofing around. Now, his girlfriend Tone is pregnant and Henrik has taken a serious job, moved into a prefab duplex, and he’s trying to calm down the partying and start behaving like a father-to-be. But as he feels the pressure to ma ture, and quickly, Henrik’s frustrations surface in unforeseen and outrageously inappropriate ways. Rated R.
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DVD Releases
How far would you go for the perfect shot? Into the Storm opens Aug. 8
Aug. 8 The Hundred-Foot Journey
Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is a culinary ingénue. Displaced from their native India, the Kadam family, led by Papa (Om Puri), settles in the quaint village of Saint-AntoninNoble-Val in the south of France. Filled with charm, it is both picturesque and elegant – the ideal place to settle down and open an Indian restaurant, the Maison Mumbai. That is, until the chilly chef proprietress of Le Saule Pleureur, a Michelin starred, classical French restaurant run by Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren), gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant — located a mere hundred feet from her own — escalate to all out war between the two establishments. Tempers are cooled once Hassan’s passion for French haute cuisine and for Mme. Mallory’s enchanting sous chef, Marguerite (Charlotte Le Bon), combine with his mysteriously delicious talent to weave magic between their two cultures and imbue Saint-Antonin with the flavors of life that even Mme. Mallory cannot ignore. At first Mme. Mallory’s culinary rival, she eventually recognizes Hassan’s gift as a chef and takes him under her wing. Rated PG
Step Up: All In
In the latest chapter of the Step Up series, all-stars from previous installments come together in Las Vegas to battle for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers. Rated PG-13
About Alex
After one of them suffers an emotional breakdown, a group of twenty-something friends reunite for a weekend away. Despite the
In the span of a single day, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes. The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic and deadly cyclones, even as storm trackers predict the worst is yet to come. Most tex, testing how far a storm people seek shelter, while chaser will go for that once-inothers run towards the vor- a-lifetime shot. Rated PG-13 group’s best efforts to keep it light and enjoy themselves, a tinderbox of old jealousies, unrequited love, and widening political differences leads to an explosion that, coupled with the flammable combination of drugs, wine, and risotto, cannot be contained. Rated R
threatens to upset their delicate balance and shatter the emotionally fragile family matriarch (Kathleen Quinlan) is an intricately buried secret that, if revealed, could alter their lives irrevocably. Rated R
James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge 3D 3D documentary chronicling filmmaker James Cameron’s diving expeditions in his Deepsea Challenger submarine. Rated PG
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Starring: Danny Woodburn, Jeremy Howard, Megan Fox, Noel Fisher, Whoopi Goldberg, Will Arnett, William Fichtner. The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan. Michael Bay of “Transformers” franchise fame produces. Not yet rated.
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In the winter of 2002 in chilly upstate New York, a middle class family struggles with the financial consequences of a failing family business and a series of intergenerational conflicts and rivalries. But, what truly
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The husband. The wife. Their son. The atmosphere at home is ice cold - the husband distracted by an affair with a young woman, the wife sick of her husband’s debauchery, and the teenage son indifferent to them both. Overwhelmed with hatred, the wife attempts to remove from the husband the organ driving his desires; thwarted, she instead takes out the violent act on the son and then disappears into the night. At the hospital, the husband is distraught with guilt, severing his own manhood in solidarity and setting out to recover his son’s happiness, sacrificed to his parents’ conflict. Disfigured in such a radical way, the son slowly deviates from normal life, even falling for the husband’s young mistress as the husband discovers strange and severe ways to help his son find pleasure again. With both husband and son damaged and living in grief, the wife returns as the family heads towards destruction even more horrific than before. Not yet rated. +
Aug. 5 Awkward: Season Three The Birthday Boys: The Complete First Season Californication: Complete Series Californication: The Final Season Chaplin’s Mutual Comedies Community: Season Five Divergent Getting Go, The Go Doc Project I’ll Follow You Down Need for Speed Oculus (Special Edition) Ping Pong Summer Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Good, The Bad, and Casey Jones Transformers Cybertron: The Complete Series The Trip to Bountiful Aug. 12 The Blacklist: The Complete First Season Boredom The Cold Lands Crimson Winter Fanie Fourie’s Lobola Frankie & Alice Gunsmoke: The Tenth Season, Volumes 1 & 2 The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man: Season One Love Streams Low Winter Sun: Complete Series Muppets Most Wanted Power Rangers Megaforce: A Battle to the Finish The Railway Man Swelter Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Aug. 19 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Fading Gigolo The Good Wife: The Fifth Season Jarhead 2: Field of Fire Magnificent Doll (1946) The Mindy Project: Season Two NCIS: The Eleventh Season NCIS: Los Angeles – The Fifth Season Neverlake Once Upon a Time: The Complete Third Season Only Lovers Left Alive Parenthood: Season 5 Parks and Recreation: Season Six The Quiet Ones Sorceress That’s My Man (1947) Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Toy Story of Terror! Y tu mamá también Aug. 26 75 Years of WWII Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas All That Jazz Cat Run 2 Criminal Minds: Ninth Season Deadbeat Elementary: Second Season High School Confidential (1958) It Was You Charlie I’ve Always Loved You (1946) Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return Masterpiece: Breathless The Normal Heart Portlandia: Season 4 Revenge: The Complete Third Season Sanctuary: Quite a Conundrum Sons of Anarchy: Season Six Trust Me The Twilight Zone: The Complete ‘80s Series The Walking Dead: The Complete Fourth Season
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Action bad boys (and girls) are back for ‘Expendables 3’ Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham) and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks (Mel Gibson), who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill... or so he thought. In order to defeat their foe, Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting those who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic oldschool style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables’ most personal battle yet. Rated PG-13; opens Aug. 15
Aug. 13 Let’s Be Cops
It’s the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they’re not cops. When two struggling pals (Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr.) dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line. Rated R
Aug. 15 Fort McCoy
Most people don’t know that 425,000 German soldiers were brought to U.S. prisoner of war camps during W.W.II. One of them was Fort McCoy. Eric Stoltz (Pulp Fiction) gives one of his most powerful performances as Frank Stirn, who moves with his family to become a barber for the American Army and POW camp at Fort McCoy, Wis., in the summer of 1944. Embittered that he cannot fight, Frank must
take a stand when a Nazi SS Officer threatens his wife (Kate Connor, playing her real-life grandmother). Her Catholic sister (Lyndsy Fonseca, Kick-Ass) falls for a Jewish soldier (Andy Hirsch, The Chicago 8) haunted by the battle of Monte Cassino and the death of his best friend. Camryn Manheim (Happiness) is their audacious friend who encourages the couple, while Seymour Cassel (Rushmore) is the priest who cannot. Frank’s daughter befriends a German prisoner boy during this magical summer, but war still finds its victims even thousands of miles from the battlefields. Rated R.
The Giver
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Brenton Thwaites, Cameron Monaghan, Jeff Bridges, Katie Holmes, Meryl
Jake Klein, 50, sets out to make a movie. He hires an actor to play himself and throws a big party. His idea is to shoot the heck out of it and see what he gets. But, everything spins out of control as different, unexpected people show up. Old loves are there. New loves are there. His dead father, his mother when she was young, his kids, his ex-wife. Even his younger selves, Jake at 40, Jake at 30 and Jake at 17, are there, too!
to show its logo prominently in the movie as promised. As a result, it is not clear to viewers that the shots of the scenic spot in the movie are of Wulong, because they are interspersed with scenes from Hong Kong, and other tourist spots are claiming the karst peaks are theirs, it added. It said it would file a suit at a court in Chongqing city demanding unspecified damages against Paramount Pictures and Beijing-based 1905 Internet Technology Company, one of the movie’s Chinese partners. Wulong said it wanted measures taken to mitigate the damage and compensation for direct and indirect economic losses. F
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The Trip to Italy
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Chinese scenic spot plans to sue over ‘Transformers’ BEIJING (AP) — A company that operates a scenic landscape area in southwest China which features in the latest “Transformers” movie says it will sue its producers for breach of contract.t It is the second Chinese company to make public a dispute with Paramount Pictures over “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” which heavily courts the Chinese audience with Chinese locations, actors and products and is on track to become China’s biggest-ever grossing movie. The Chongqing Wulong Karst Tourism Co. Ltd. said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Tuesday that the producers had failed
and decides to do and say every thing he wishes he had while she was still alive. Rated R
Streep, Odeya Rush, Taylor Swift. Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.
And every one of them has tons of advice on how to fix his screwed up life. Jake’s head reels as he staggers through what’s either a mystical experience, a nervous breakdown... or both! Rated R.
Aug. 22 The Prince
Dinosaur 13 When Paleontologist Peter Larson and his team from the Black Hills Institute made the world’s greatest dinosaur discovery in 1990, they knew it was the find of a lifetime; the largest, most complete T. rex ever found. But during a ten-year battle with the U.S. government, powerful museums, Native American tribes, and competing paleontologists they found themselves not only fighting to keep their dinosaur but fighting for their freedom as well. Rated PG
Life After Beth
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite for a new culinary road trip, retracing the steps of the Romantic poets’ grand tour of Italy and indulging in some sparkling banter and impersonation-offs. Rewhetting our palates from the earlier film, the characters enjoy mouthwatering meals in gorgeous settings from Liguria to Capri while riffing on subjects as varied as Batman’s vocal register, the artistic merits of “Jagged Little Pill,” and, of course, the virtue of sequels.
Zach is devastated after his girlfriend, Beth, unexpectedly dies. When she suddenly rises from the dead, he sees it as a second chance
A retired assassin is drawn back into the life he gave up when his daughter is kidnapped. To rescue her, he must confront his former rival. Rated R
When the Game Stands Tall
A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons. Rated PG
Are You Here
When his off-the-grid best buddy Ben Baker (Zach Galifianakis) inherits his estranged father’s fortune, womanizing local weatherman Steve Dallas (Owen Wilson) joins forces with him to battle the legal challenge brought by Ben’s formidable sister (Amy Poehler). Rated R
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Chloe Grace Moretz in ‘If I Stay’
If I Stay
Mia Hall (Chloe Grace Moretz) thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a different path to be with the love of her life, Adam (Jamie Blackley). But what should have been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant, and now her own life hangs in the balance. Caught between life and death for one revealing day, Mia has only one decision left, which will not only decide her future but her ultimate fate. Rated PG-13
K2: Siren of the Himalayas
K2: Siren of the Himalayas follows a breathtaking high-altitude mountaineering experience presenting the stunning vistas, perilous adventure, close teamwork and blissful serenity that is part of an elite climbing group’s 2009 attempt to summit the world’s most challenging peak. Not Rated
to split up and stay with friends while they sell their apartment and look for cheaper housing. George crashes with two gay police officers, while Ben, who’s a painter, bunks with his nephew’s family in Brooklyn—a temporary situation that weighs heavily on all involved. Rated R
The Liberator
Starring: Édgar Ramírez. The story of Latin American revolutionary Simón Bolívar.
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An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect. Not Rated
Love Is Strange
Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) take advantage of New York’s new marriage laws and tie the knot after being together for 39 years. Unfortunately, the Catholic school where George teaches does not approve, and they reluctantly fire him, forcing the couple
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Amadeo sets off on an unexpected adventure with the players of his beloved Foosball game.
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‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ revives hardboiled characters
Sin City’s toughest citizens cross paths with some of its more reviled inhabitants in this sequel to 2005’s “Sin City.” Starring: Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, Michael Madsen, Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson. Rated R; opens Aug. 22.
Michael Fassbender as ‘Frank’
‘Frank’ a unique musical comedy “Frank” is a comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), who discovers he’s bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank (Michael Fassbender), a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head, and his terrifying bandmate Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal). Opens Aug. 15. beneath the streets of Paris, the eternal home to countless souls. When a team of explorers ventures into the uncharted maze of bones, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead. Rated R
Jessabelle
A young woman recuperating at her father’s run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother. Rated PG-13
Life of Crime
Jennifer Aniston
The wife (Jennifer Aniston) of a corrupt real estate developer (Tim Rob-
bins) is kidnapped by two common criminals (Yasiin Bey and John Hawkes), who intend to extort him with inside information about his crooked business and off-shore accounts. But the husband decides he’d actually rather not pay the ransom to get back his wife, setting off a sequence of double crosses and plot twists that could only come from the mind of Elmore Leonard. Rated R
One Chance Starring: Alexandra Roach, Colm Meaney, James Corden, Julie Walters, Mackenzie Crook. The true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night who became a phenomenon after being chosen for—and ultimately winning—Britain’s Got Talent. Rated PG-13 F
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Winemaker starry-eyed over Rhone Valley style
Chapoutier steers family business back from brink Our first meeting with Michel Chapoutier was in Washington, D.C. about 20 years ago when the brash, young winemaker was just breaking away from his father’s stodgy style of making wine. He probably wasn’t 30 years old at the time, but he was full of self-confidence and enthusiasm for the Rhone Valley, where his family had been making wines for generations in the village of Tain l’Hermitage. He was impressive but no less so than his wines. We knew then he was someone to be taken seriously, despite his youth. Unfortunately, he was right to defy his doubtful father, who had let the wine’s reputation fall into disrepair. The young Chapoutier not only brought new enthusiasm for the family wine, but he brought huge viticultural changes. He began biodynamic and organic farming techniques before they were popular, eliminated chemicals and fertilizers, stopped filtering his wines, and embraced natural yeasts. All of this was a gamble to everyone in the Rhone Valley except Michel. The results were profound -- and quick. Today, Chapoutier’s wines rank among the best in the Rhone Valley. Tony Terlato, chairman of Terlato Wines International, knows the story all too well. At the insistence of a friend, he went to meet with Chapoutier in 1989 when the winemaker was only 25 years old. Chapoutier had just returned to the family
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winery to save it from bankruptcy. Terlato was impressed by Michel’s new releases — just as his friend predicted — and now imports several of his wines to the United States. Recently, Terlato and Chapoutier became partners in an Australian wine. We’ve been wowed by these Rhone Valley wines for years. The uniqueness of these wines and their quality are consistent. In particular, two white wines made from grapes grown in southern France were absolutely stunning. Reasonably priced, these wines may not use traditional grapes familiar to you, but they deliver the Chapoutier quality for great prices. We loved the 2013 La Ciboise ($14), named after the home of Michel’s grandfather who was very influential in his life. The grapes were grown in Luberon in the southeastern part of the Rhone Valley. It is a simple but intense blend of grenache blanc, ugni blanc, vermentino and roussanne grapes.
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There also is a bright, fruity red blend for the same price that consists of grenache, syrah and mourvedre grapes. The 2013 Marius Blanc ($14) is named after Michel’s great grandfather, whose image graces a dynamic label. Made from terret and vermentino grapes, this Vins de Pays d’Oc is very floral and lively with peach notes. Very refreshing on a summer day, it makes for a great aperitif. The Marius Rouge, a red blend of grenache and syrah, is surprisingly complex with intense red berry fruit and a long finish.
An Australian adventure In 1998, Chapoutier convinced Terlato to buy property in Australia and two wines we recently tasted demonstrate their success there. The 2011 Lieu dit Malakoff Shiraz ($50) from Central Victoria is a soft-textured wine with a medium body but intense, bright fruit and balance. It is aged in French oak barrels for 10-12 months. The 2009 L Block Shiraz ($60) is likewise made entirely of shiraz grapes from the Pyrenees appellation. It has more body and complexity, but the same balance and length. We also liked the Touron Shiraz Mathilda, a locally discovered wine that shows off a funky, earthy style with deep berry fruit and good complexity for this grape variety. An appreciative crowd who tasted these wines with us were impressed with their freshness, uniqueness and easy quaffability. F
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Today’s cork could be tomorrow’s antique Somewhere in your house may be a collection of used wine corks. Perhaps they’re in a box, a grocery bag or one of those giant jars that has somehow become a decoration. Why do you save them? You haven’t a clue. We have no idea why we save tree bark. A cork has no value even if once it was in a bottle of 1961 Chateau Margaux. It’s stinky, stained tree bark. That’s all. Relax. We came up with an excuse for your obsession: today’s cork could be tomorrow’s antique. Baseball cards, lead pennies, typewriters, horseshoes — antiques. Screw-top closures are slowly replacing real corks, although they still represent only 10 percent of the closures currently used. That number would be higher if producers would be a bit more fearless. They hold on to the belief that consumers aren’t willing to let go of a tradition that no longer makes practical sense. We’ve seen enough trivets and wall hangings made of used corks to be impressed. The only good use for a cork that Tom has found is on the hook of his fishing lures. At least there they protect him from injury. Screw-tops were developed in the 1970s by a French company, but they weren’t widely commercialized until the 1980s. The Swiss were the first to use them, but the wines we first saw with screw caps were from Australia. The Aussies pulled back their use when the public rebelled against the cork because they equated screw tops with cheap wine. However, eventually the public accepted the cork substitute and Australian
love cork screws because they are easy to remove and easy to put back on. Get over it. Here are some excellent screw-top wines we have enjoyed over the years:
Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc 2012 ($15).
wine producers returned to them. Today, they are the only closure used by most New Zealand wine producers. Although it happens to less than 5 percent of the bottles closed with cork, trichloroanisole -- known as TCA -- will make a wine tasted like wet cardboard or a damp basement. It is a chemical reaction that involves natural molds and the chlorine bleach producers use to cleanse the tree bark. Some believe it happens when the bark of the cork tree is harvested too early in its life. (For a look at the process, see http://www. wineanorak.com/corks/howcorkismade.html.) So, will screw tops cause a different chemical reaction over time? The jury is still out, although we’ve heard from some producers who fear the effect of the plastic liner in screw tops. Still, we haven’t tasted or heard of any screw-cap wine that has a chemical imperfection. You may still cling to your belief that no good wine comes in a bottle closed with a cheap metal cap, but the younger generation thinks you’re a troglodyte. Studies have shown that millennials
It seems like this New Zealand producer has been selling wine with screw tops in the United States for decades. Each vintage we marvel at the freshness and exuberance of the classic New Zealand sauvignon blanc. Grassy aromas with citrus and stonefruit flavors are crisp and bright. All of its wines come adorned with screw caps.
Columbia Crest Grand Estates Unoaked Chardonnay 2012 ($12). The lack of
oak gives this chardonnay the crisp texture that pairs so much better with food than a buttery chardonnay smothered by oaky flavors. It’s also one of the best values in chardonnay. Lemon, tropical fruit and fresh acidity.
Conundrum White 2012 ($20). This odd blend manages to score with consumers even though the blend changes with each vintage. It’s usually a collection of sauvignon blanc, viognier, gewurztraminer, chardonnay and muscat. It consistently has a round, slightly sweet character and an abundance of delicious pear and peach fruit. Once produced by Caymus, it is on its own now.
Choose Columbia Crest reds for your next barbecue Red meat equals red wine — and there’s no better choice than wines from Columbia Crest to accompany your next barbecue. Hailing from the wet and wonderful state of Washington, the Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are both wines that pair the aromas of dark fruits and chocolate with elegant structure, balanced tannins and unforgettable flavor. The 2011 Columbia Crest Grand Estates Merlot pairs beautifully with blue cheese, duck, beef, veal, dark chocolate. The Grand Estates Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested from vineyards located predominantly on the Horse Heaven Hills (which contributes texture and body) and the Wahluke Slope (for aromatics and complexity.) Choose this wine for serving with beef tenderloin, smoky pork or richly-flavored chicken off the grill.
Belle Glos Meiomi Pinot Noir v2012 ($20). The popularity of this inexpensive pinot noir demonstrates that consumers are not turned off by screw tops. Ripe berry and cranberry aromas with flavors of cherry cola and sweet oak. Very lush on the palate. F
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Your horoscope for August, 2014 The world is at your feet. You can do almost anything and do it well. A stranger gives you the ultimate compliment.
You’re a hit at work. Take advantage of your newfound fame to resolve issues, make changes and introduce ideas.
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Chris Young to perform Aug. 30 in Winnemucca! Chris Young has accomplished more by 28 than some artists do in a lifetime. Already a Grammy-nominated recording artist, he’s also a dynamic live performer consistently in demand, an international ambassador for his genre, a talented songwriter with five Number Ones to his name – by the way, he wrote four of them – and a handsome charmer to boot. With the release of his fourth album, A.M., last fall, the man known for his classic baritone and melt- your-heart ballads has suddenly revealed himself to be king of the good time, too, with lead single “Aw Naw” electrifying crowds and storming up the charts. Still, when all is said and done, it only takes two words to sum up the career of Chris Young: Definitely country. “I’ve always loved country music, and I really liked singing it as a kid,” Young remembers. “So I was like, ‘That’s what I want to do.’ I just kind of always knew.” His first record purchase was Keith Whitley’s L.A. to Miami, followed by the likes of Randy Travis, Tracy Lawrence and Brooks & Dunn. He sang so much around the house that he jokes his parents “blocked him out.” But as puberty approached, the young tenor found himself facing adversity for the first time. “I was singing all of Vince Gill’s stuff, and then my voice changed,” Young laughs. “For about a year there, I thought, ‘Oh my God, I’m ruined. It’s the end of the world!’ And then I realized I could sing Randy Travis songs. It worked out well.” Three albums and seven years later, Young looks back with some amazement. “It’s wild to think that I’ve been around that long,” he says. “People always told me, ‘Hey, the record deal isn’t the finish line.’ It’s the beginning of the work,” he says. “I probably did four full radio tours starting out, just going around saying, ‘Hey, still here… not going away…’ I think RCA saw my work ethic. They kept me around.” Ask Young today how it felt as the momentum began to turn, and he’ll say, with typi-
Opening act Courtney Cole
cal humility, “After the first hit [“Getting You Home (The Little Black Dress Song)”], it was like, ‘Okay, thank God I made enough money that I can buy a really small place to live.’ After the second hit [“The Man I Want To Be”], it was a mixture of validation and just relief. ‘Okay, I’m not a one hit wonder.’” Far from it: He would chart five consecutive Number One singles, co-writing four of them, and receiving plenty of Grammy, ACM, and CMA nominations along the way. Now, with A.M., this self-professed “studio nerd” is ready to launch phase two of a plan he cooked up years ago with longtime producer James Stroud. “When we started making The Man I Want To Be, we talked it out,” Young says. “He told me, ‘Man, I had this vision that we would do this record and the next to really establish what your sound is. After that, you get to grow and stretch and play.’ That’s what we did with A.M. I could kind of do whatever I wanted.” Chris Young will be on stage in Winnemucca, Nevada on Saturday, Aug. 30 during the Tri-County Fair. Reserve tickets at $50 or $75 are on now, with general admission seating just $30. Buy tickets online at www.winnemucca.com
Anyone purchasing a reserved seat by August 15th will be entered into a drawing for two back stage passes. BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!