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FLAVOR Snowflake Kisses & Christmas Wishes

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he Battle Mountain Chamber of Commerce invites you to attend their Christmas Kickoff on Saturday, Dec. 5 with family activities all day long.

The kickoff starts off at 11 a.m. with the Cookie Walk. Collect as many cookies as you can while visiting area business for great deals to kick off your holiday shopping! The starting point is at the Battle Mountain Chamber office at 625 S. Broad Street. Tickets are $5 per participant.

After the Cookie Walk winds down around 2 p.m., you’ll have a couple hours to spend downtown shopping or checking out area attractions. The Parade of Lights will start at 6 p.m. The theme this year is ‘Snowflake Kisses and Christmas Wishes’ so bundle up and join the community in awe at the brilliant and sparkling floats making their way down the main drag.

You will also have a chance to enter into a Shop Local contest with the winner receiving $150. For more information, visit battlemountainchamber.com. F

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Dec. 5-6 Christmas Craft Show Dec. 5 Parade of Lights “A Candyland Christmas” Dec. 11-12 Cody Louk Invitational Wrestling Dec. 21-22 Ministerial Christmas Basket Preparation Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve Party New Year’s Eve Dance

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Don’t miss out on the Santa Dash during the Snowflake Festival! The dash happens Saturday, Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. It starts and ends at the Elko

County Courthouse (571 Idaho St.). Registration is $25. You can pre-register online at rubymountainrelay.com until Dec. 10. Day of registration increases by $5.

Number pick-up is from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. day of race. First 50 registered get a Santa Suit! F

Sights, Sounds and Smells of Christmas in Ely

Experience the full spirit of the Christmas season with the many activities you’ll find.

CHRISTMAS WALK - NOV. 27 Take a spirit-filled stroll along Aultman Street from County Park to Mill Street from 4-6 p.m. to start off your Christmas celebrations. Tree lighting in the Sculpture Park at 6 p.m.

THE FESTIVAL OF TREES - DEC. 4 The beautiful trees will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bristlecone Convention Center free of charge.

FASHION SHOW - NOV. 28 Learn to go in style this Holiday Season and have some fun at the same time. Cocktails at 11 a.m., lunch at noon, Fashion Show to follow. Reserved Seating tickets can be purchased at Economy Drug for $25 in advance, $30 after Nov. 22. Proceeds go to the Committee Against Child Hunger (CACH).

TREE AUCTION AND ENTERTAINMENT DEC. 4 Doors open at 6 p.m. The Auction starts at 7 p.m. This charitable fundraising party is the highlight of the week, featuring the singer, Tom Leadbeater. You don’t want to miss this event. Reserved Seating tickets go on sale Nov. 17 at the Bristlecone Convention Center, $20. Hors d’oeuvres and No-Host Bar.

THE FESTIVAL OF TREES NOV. 30 – DEC. 3 The beautiful trees will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bristlecone Convention Center free of charge.

CHRISTMAS CRAFTERS FAIR - DEC. 5 The most unique crafts you’ll ever find and a lot of them. You’ll find beautiful decorations and many tasty items too. Bristlecone Convention Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

LEARNING BRIDGE CHARTER SCHOOL CHOIR - DEC. 3 Enjoy singing from young angels at 6:30 at the Bristlecone Convention Center.

CHRISTMAS PARADE - DEC. 5 Downtown Ely on Aultman Street from Broadbent Park to County Park. Parade begins at 6 p.m.

Winnemucca Civic Chorus Christmas concerts

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he Winnemucca Civic Chorus will be having two concerts in December to kick off the holidays. Choirfest will take place Friday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. while the Messiah Sing-Along will be Saturday, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m.

All are welcome to the annual Choirfest for the seventh year of holiday music, featuring the talents of Winnemucca Civic Chorus and choirs from nearby communities. Featured are traditional carols, musical selections and a rousing sing-a-long. Choirfest takes place at First Baptist Church, located at the corner of Fifth Street and Garrison Street. Admission is free and donations are accepted.

Expect a warm community welcome for the first ever Messiah Sing-Along in Winnemucca! You can bring your vocal score of Handel’s Messiah and sing along or merely come and

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T listen. It’s a great way to kick off the holiday season! The sing-along will be finished in time for Winnemucca Civic Chorus members to don Dickens attire and go a-caroling before the start of the Festival of Lights Parade. Everyone’s invited to join in with caroling at the parade!

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he Humboldt Museum will be holding its annual Holiday Art Show & Sale this year on Saturday, Dec. 5. It will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the museum (175 Museum Lane).

The show will play off the Humboldt County Chamber’s parade of lights theme, which this year is “A Candyland Christmas”.

Wondering what to expect? A wide selection of quality crafted goods in the realm of fine art, ceramics, jewelry, mosaics, handknitted items, books, and photography Live music will entertain shoppers and browsers at the show.

For more information, call the museum at (775) 623-2912 or visit their website at humboldtmuseum.org. F

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COVER Winnemucca Crafters’ 40th anniversary Local artisans offer their talents Dec. 5-6

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innemucca Crafters come from all over Humboldt County. They work individually on the handcrafting they love to do all year long. It takes time to produce the one-of-a-kind handmade items they offer to the community just before Christmas time. They’ve been doing it for 40 years.

The Winnemucca Crafters sale is held at the Winnemucca Convention Center west hall each year the first full week of December. This year that puts the sale on Dec. 5-6. From 10-3 Saturday and Sunday, the west hall will be filled with fun and functional, bold and beautiful, useful and unique items for all to take home or gift for the holidays.

Winnemucca Crafters is not a formal organization, no membership list or meetings. About the only time they’re together is for the annual craft show. The only requirements to be involved in the show are — the items have to be hand-made, no commercial items allowed, and they have to be made by crafters and artisans who live in Humboldt County.

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Paradise Valley resident Ann Standridge is the organizer for the craft show.

As this year marks the 40th anniversary, she shared a little history. In the beginning, Standridge said she thinks the show started as a rock and gem show in 1975. She wasn’t involved until 1979, when she got word there was a meeting about an upcoming craft show.

“I attended the meeting, participated in the show, and have been participating ever since,” said Standridge.

Originally there were three organizers, Anita Arzuaga, Willie Buchan and Standridge. Anita moved away. Buchan and Standridge did it together until 2006 and then Standridge has continued on from then.

She thinks she’s good for another five years, she said recently. She’d really like to make it to a full 50

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years, but that’s ten whole years away so she said “we’ll see.”

Some artisans specialize while others do a mixture of hand-made items. Offerings include woodwork, sewing, artwork, crocheting, knitting, hand-made jewelery, stenciling, ceramics, Christmas ornaments, doll clothes, afghans and quilts, metal working, cross stitch and needlepoint, hanging kitchen towels and beautiful dried flower arrangements.

There are 27 spaces available at the convention center for each year’s show and the show fills up by the first week in November every year.

Standridge gives her veterans (anyone who’s been in the show for three years) first crack at the spaces, and then fills up from there. Again this year, the show is full, so there will be plenty for area folks to get excited about that first weekend in December. F

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New exhibits opening at the Oats Park Art Center this month

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he Churchill Arts Council and the Oats Park Art Center are pleased to announce the openings of two exhibits on Dec. 4. Both exhibits will run through March 12, 2016.

The first exhibit, ‘I Wonder If I Care As Much,’ is a collaborative mixed-media installation featuring works by Timothy Conder, Nick Larsen and Omar Pierce. It will be displayed in the E.L. Wiegand Gallery.

The Classroom Gallery houses ‘Cirque,’ a collection of recent paintings and drawings by Michelle Lassaline. Her works mainly revolve around the theme of ‘saudade,’ a Portugese word loosely translated to ‘homesickness.’

The Oats Park Center is located at 600 Serpa Plaza in Fallon. For more information about either the Churchill Arts Council or the Oats Park Art Center, visit churchillarts.org. F

Michelle Lassaline is a working artist in Reno, Nevada. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art and a Bachelor of Art in Spanish from UNR in 2014. Lassaline received the Sierra Arts Foundation 2014 Professional Artist award as well as becoming one of two Artown 20th Anniversary Commissioned Performers.

She has exhibited work at the UNR Galleries, McKinley Arts and Culture Center, and the Holland Project Gallery, as well as performing at the Nevada Museum of Art and the Nevada State Legislature.

In Lassaline’s paintings, mask-making, and performance work, the central theme can be described by the Portuguese word saudade. The word roughly translates to “homesickness,” but also carries the meaning of invented memories. For example, you may feel saudade for your childhood home, a place much grander in your memory than the building that now sits at the same address. Or perhaps, like Lassaline, you feel saudade for the time you played in a marching band of masked animals dancing down the streets of 1916 Zurich. Saudade is the homesickness for somewhere that never existed except in the form of that fleeting, wild land called childhood.

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13th annual Snowflake Festival themed ‘A Dr. Seuss Christmas’

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he Downtown Business Association’s Snowflake Festival returns to Elko, Saturday, Dec. 12. The festivities begin at 1 p.m. in the heart of downtown Elko. This year’s event includes Santa’s Workshop, the Cocoa Cottage, train rides, food, live entertainment, and more. The theme this year is Dr. Seuss Christmas.

The festival takes place in the downtown parking corridor between 5th and 6th Streets. Commercial Street and Railroad Street will be closed to vehicle traffic.

Here is just a taste of the activities happening downtown:

• Vendors and entertainment: Live entertainment will be performing between 1p.m. and 5 p.m. while you shop. Vendors will have all sorts of food, activities for the kids, and items to help you finish your Christmas shopping.

• Parade of Lights: Businesses will show off their hard work at the annual Parade of Lights, which begins at 5:00 p.m. on Commercial Street. The procession of floats continues to 4th Street and Railroad Street, ending at 11th Street.

• Santa’s Workshop: The Elko Parks & Recreation Department welcomes Santa as he makes his annual appearance at Santa’s Workshop inside the Western Folklife Center. Children of all ages will enjoy games, crafts and pictures with Santa himself from 1-4pm.

• Ice sculpture: Ice is Nice will return with another ice sculpture. Visitors can watch as the sculpture takes shape.

• Cocoa Cottage: The DBA Cocoa Cottage, sponsored

by Frontier Communications, will be selling naughty and nice hot cocoa at its booth throughout the day.

“Naughty” cocoa, for those 21 years and older, is $5 each. “Nice” cocoa is the traditional hot chocolate for $2. A special collectors cup will be available for $10.

Don’t forget to visit the stores and restaurants in Downtown Elko. Many will be offering specials and discounts during the event.

Bring the family down for some fun, food, and festivities and help support your local merchants. The festival is free to attend, but individual booths may charge for activities or food.

The Downtown Business Association (DBA) is a non-profit organization with its primary objective being to promote and enhance downtown Elko. For more information visit us at www.elkodowntown. org or check out our Facebook page for the most up to date information. We look forward to seeing you downtown. F

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Angels to accompany the 11th annual Elko Regional Interfaith Christmas Crèche Exhibit

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ecognizing the important role of angels in the events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ, throughout His life, and the tender feelings many have for angels in their own lives today; the feature of this year’s annual Interfaith Christmas Crèche Exhibit, held in Elko Dec. 3-6, will be angels.

The exhibit comes together each year as individuals, groups, and organizations lend their nativity scenes, art, and handiwork to the exhibit for the 4-day exhibit.

Last year, for the 10th Anniversary, the exhibit asked for handmade nativities. The response was overwhelming. Handmade nativities and commercial nativities numbered more than 1,100 — the largest local response to date. The organizing committee hopes that angels will receive a similar enthusiastic response from the community and that a “multitude of heavenly hosts” will also be on display.

Angelic music is planned for the exhibit, with a full schedule of musical performances.

New groups have been added to the schedule including Spring Creek Elementary School Honor Choir and the Great Basin College Choir. They will be joining the musical line-up along with long-time favorites of exhibit attendees: Mountain View Elementary School Choir, Spring Creek High School High Expectations Choir, Elko High School Choraliers, The Miner Chordsmen, and the Elko Handbells.

Following tradition, the exhibit will culminate with the annual community Messiah Sing-Along, now in its 22nd year, sponsored by the Elko Religious Leaders Association. The Messiah is followed by a devotional broadcast from Salt Lake City, which includes the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Since the first year of the exhibit, children have been asked to draw a picture of the Nativity, which has usually been the traditional Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus in a stable. This year children have been asked to draw a specific scene from the story that include angels, such as the angel appearing to Mary, or to the shepherds. To the see nativity as envisioned by children is always fun and insightful.

Once again, the exhibit is pleased to be partnering with Joshua Tree Shelter to collect gifts for the homeless. Gifts of boots, hats, gloves, thermal underwear, socks, flashlights, tarps, hand warmers, and sleeping bags can be brought anytime during the exhibit.

The exhibit is open Thursday, Dec. 3 through Sunday, Dec. 6, inside the Elko West Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at 3001 N. Fifth Street, Elko.

The exhibit is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day, and free to attend. The musical performances begin at 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday evenings, 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, and 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Full music performance schedule and details are available at www.elkocreche.org or facebook.com/ ElkoCreche. F

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“When the time for this Savior’s advent was at hand, an angel was sent to announce to Mary that she was to be the mother of the Son of God. Then a host of angels was commissioned to sing on the night the baby Jesus was born. Shortly thereafter an angel would announce to Joseph that the newborn baby was in danger and that this little family must flee to Egypt for safety. When it was safe to return, an angel conveyed that information to the family and the three returned to the land of their heritage.

“From the beginning down through the dispensations, God has used angels as His emissaries in conveying love and concern for His children.”

The Ministry of Angels, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Austin gets spirited with 20th annual live nativity

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he Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and the citizens of Austin are once again hosting their annual Christmas Live Nativity on Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. at the Austin Clinic lot, with cookies and hot chocolate to follow at the Austin Volunteer Fire Dept. along with a turkey raffle.

This is always a festive evening and a great way to get into the holiday spirit. Following the live nativity, hot chocolate and cookies will be served at the Austin Fire House to warm everyone up and get in the mood for the turkey raffle.

Tickets for the raffle are available at local businesses in Austin, and are free for every $5 of merchandise bought (you MUST be present to win).

We're also sponsoring a canned food drive for those who need extra help during the holidays, so please bring your canned goods or non-perishable items to the Austin Fire House before the live nativity. For more information, please call 775-964-2200 or visit austinnevada.com.

Virginia City: Christmas on the Comstock

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tep back in time this holiday season and celebrate Christmas as they did in the 19th century. Historic Virginia City hosts its annual Christmas on the Comstock this December, offering a Victorian-style holiday celebration. There are festivities for all ages ranging from unique boutique holiday shopping, specials, a holiday parade on December 5 and more.

PARADE OF LIGHTS

The Comstock shines bright with Christmas cheer during the month of December but it shines brightest during the Parade of Lights.

Bundle up and gather along C Street for Virginia City’s only evening parade and watch as the town shines Dec. 5 at 5 p.m.

CHRISTMAS IN THE SIERRA CONCERT

Enjoy the nostalgia of an ‘ole fashion Christmas with David John and the Comstock Cowboys Saturday, Dec. 5 at Piper’s Opera House.

Show begins at 7:30 pm with doors opening at at 6:30 pm. Bring your cowboy boots and Santa hat to this boot-stompin’ good time! Make sure you get a seat — purchase your tickets today at visitvirginiacitynv.com/events/christmas-onthe-comstock.html

PHOTOS WITH FATHER CHRISTMAS

Stop by the Virginia City Visitors Center at 86 South C Street to meet Father Christmas and create a holiday memory Nov. 28-30, Dec. 6-7, 13-14, and 20-21 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

SAINT MARY’S ART CENTER CHRISTMAS ART FAIR

Saturday, Dec. 5. For details please visit StMarysArtCenter.org

V&T CANDY CANE EXPRESS

Begin your holiday season aboard vintage, heated coaches and travel along the historic Virginia & Truckee route to Gold Hill. Savor hot chocolate, candy canes and cookies during your magical trip. Train runs Dec. 5, 6, 12 and 13. Ticket prices are $14 for adults and $7 for children (those under two ride free).Complete event details available at VirginiaTruckee.com.

GINGERBREAD SOCIAL & AUCTION

On Sunday, Dec. 20, locals set forth to build the best gingerbread house on the Comstock! All houses are to be auctioned at Piper’s Opera House to benefit Community Chest Food Bank.

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National Cowboy Poetry Gathering hosts 3rd annual Poetry Competition for Next Generation of Western Poets

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he Western Folklife Center and its 32nd National Cowboy Poetry Gathering announce the launch of the third-annual spoken word poetry competition on YouTube for the next generation of poets ages 18-35. Expressing the Rural West: Poetry of the Next Generation is an effort to discover new artists who are carrying on the tradition of rural and cowboy poetry in the West.

“We know there are many poets in this age group who are writing and performing poetry,” explains David Roche, Executive Director of the Western Folklife Center, which produces the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. “We want to encourage them to participate in the contest and also come to the event and perform at open-mic sessions. They are the future of the tradition.”

Poets are invited to submit videos which include an artist introduction and do not exceed four minutes in length. Submissions may not contain curse words or explicit imagery and must be original compositions. Content should have a rural focus and poems should be performed and not read. Poets must be currently living in one of the following western states: Ari-

zona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

Poems will be judged by the public as well as by a committee of two professional poets and two staff members of the Western Folklife Center. The winner of the public vote is the poet whose video gets the most “likes.” The winner of the public vote will receive two free 3-Day Deluxe Passes to the 32nd National Cowboy Poetry Gathering and a free Gathering poster. The winner of the juried competition will be given a performance slot at the event and must be able to travel between January 27-31, 2016. Travel and lodging will be paid by the Western Folklife Center.

Guidelines for the competition can be found on the Western Folklife Center website and on the competition’s YouTube channel. Participants should tag their entries: “2016 Next Generation Poetry Competition.” Public “liking” will end on December 11 and our judges will select a winner by December 18. Winners will be notified via email or on their YouTube video page. F

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11-year-old Thatch Elmer, also known as ‘Cowboy Thatch, the Bear River Buckaroo’, regales a crowd at last years gathering.

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14-year-old fiddler Brigid Reedy at the 2015 National Cowboy Gathering in Elko.

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ABOUT THE NATIONAL COWBOY POETRY GATHERING The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is an annual celebration of the ranching and rural West. Through poetry, music and stories, ranch people express the beauty and challenges of a life deeply connected to the earth and its bounty. Every year, thousands travel to rural Elko, Nevada, in the heart of winter, to listen, learn and share.

At the 32nd Gathering, more than 50 poets, musicians and musical groups from the U.S. and Canada will perform on eight stages at five different locations.

The 32nd National Cowboy Poetry Gathering takes place January 25-30, 2016, and will celebrate the arts and culture of the people of the Northern Plains of the U.S. and Canada.

The Western Folklife Center is dedicated to exploring, presenting and preserving the diverse and dynamic cultural heritage of the American West.

Fallon welcomes holiday season with festive Hometown Christmas Dec. 5

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oin in the Christmas festivities being held in Fallon Saturday, Dec. 5. A festive open house, tree lighting and craft show will serve to welcome the holidays in high spirits!

DOUGLASS OPEN HOUSE - The City of Fallon ushers in the holiday season with an open house that features all of the yuletide good tidings.

Christmas Tree Lighting

CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING - This Christmas tradition is a joyous event in Fallon when the community turns out for carolers, cookies and hot chocolate, the first glimpse of Santa and to watch the Christmas tree light up downtown Maine Street.

SAGEBRUSH SISTERS ARTS & CRAFTS BOUTIQUE - This annual show takes place Dec. 4 from 3 to 8 p.m. and Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the old post office (90 N. Maine Street) and features lots of beautiful handmade items.

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‘Spirit of the Season’ an annual holiday favorite from Reno Philharmonic

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he stage at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts will be alive with a sugar plum fairy and dancing mice as A.V.A. Ballet Theatre presents the annual Nutcracker Ballet on Dec. 11, 12, and 13.

A.V.A. Ballet Theatre’s artistic director Alexander Van Alstyne has choreographed an exciting rendition of the popular holiday ballet and the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s moving score.

Laura Jackson will conduct the orchestra.

Principal dancers who have performed with professional ballet companies such as Ballet West, Houston Ballet and the Diablo Ballet will perform the leading roles along side a large cast of local talent.

Nutcracker performances will be held Friday, Dec. 11 at 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Reno. Ticket prices are $25 to $55 with discounts for seniors and children.

A special Sugar Plum party will be held after the Saturday and Sunday afternoon performances where children can meet the Nutcracker characters.

A.V.A. Ballet Theatre is the resident ballet company of the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts. They are northern Neva-

da’s largest company under the instruction of a professional faculty with years of performing experience in renowned metropolitan ballet and production companies across the United States and Europe.

Mark your calendars now for this spectacular holiday tradition. For tickets call the Pioneer Center box office at 1-866-5536605 or on-line at pioneercenter.com. Box office hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For more information call A.V.A. Ballet Theatre at 775-762-5165 or on-line at avaballet.com or call the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts at 775-686-6600. F

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his classic holiday celebration will play to packed houses for three shows Dec. 5 and 6: a matinee (2 p.m.) and evening (8 p.m.) performance on Saturday and a matinee (2 p.m.) on Sunday.

The Reno Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Dr. Jason Altieri welcome special guests to kick off the season with a variety-style combination of singers, dancers, performers, students, Santa Tappers, Santa Claus and more!

Look for many of your favorite local talents. Spirit of the Season is certain to overpower anyone’s inner Grinch.

Enjoy orchestral arrangements, jazzy numbers, traditional holiday tunes and joy-Phil-ed carols wrapped in fantasy and fun for the whole family.

Tickets range in price from $15-$70. Transaction fees may apply. Group rates are available through the Reno Philharmonic Box Office only. Each person attending, no matter the age (babies included), must have a ticket to enter the concert.

Purchase tickets by clicking on the performance date and time of your choice at the top left of this screen. You can also purchase tickets at the Reno Philharmonic Box Office, 925 Riverside Dr., Ste. 3 (inside the McKinley Arts & Culture Center), or by calling (775) 323-6393. Office hours are 9 a.m to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday. F

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e are seeking all area tuba, baritone, and euphonium players to participate in Tuba Christmas 2015.

The concert will be performed at the Wilbur D. May Museum at Rancho San Rafael Park on Saturday, Dec. 5. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m. followed by rehearsal at 1 p.m., and the FREE concert at 3 p.m.

Created by Harvey Phillips, Tuba Christmas concerts are performed in over 180 cities

throughout the United States, and in several foreign countries.

The concerts consist of Christmas carols arranged in four part harmony to be played by tubas, baritones, and euphoniums. The warm organ-like sound wins the ears and hearts of every audience. It is no wonder that Tuba Christmas is an established Christmas tradition in cities throughout the world.

For more information, please contact Todd DeVito at 775847-9207 or e-mail tubaxmasreno@yahoo.com. F

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he Carson City Symphony presents its 32nd annual “Holiday Treat” Concert on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 4 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center, 801 E. William St., Carson City. The Carson City Symphony, Carson City Symphony Chorus, and the New Victorian Dancers present a feast of seasonal and holiday entertainment in many styles!

The Carson City Symphony, conducted by Music Director/Conductor David Bugli, will perform several works, including Leroy Anderson’s “A Christmas Festival” and Brian Balmages’ “Fantasia on We Three Kings.”

The Carson City Symphony Chorus, under the direction of choral conductor Michael Langham, will perform several songs on their own and will perform Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” and Bill Holcombe’s “Festive Sounds of Hanukkah” along with the Symphony. The New Victorian Dancers will whirl and swirl to the music of Johann Strauss, Jr., and performers and audience will join together for the traditional Holiday Treat finale, “A Christmas Singalong.”

Pre-concert entertainment begins at 3 p.m. in the lobby.

Tickets are $15 general admission; $12 for seniors, students, and Symphony Association members; and free for youth age 16 and under. Tickets will be available online at CCSymphony.com, at the Carson City Visitors Bureau (716 N. Carson St.), and at the door on the day of the performance. For more information, see CCSymphony.com or call (775) 883-4154. F

The Star Wars Parody Live Show ‘The Jedi Doth Return’

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ave you ever Obi-Wandered what it would be like to spend the night with a droid?

Wonder no further and make your way to Midtown on Dec. 11, 12 & 13 at 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. at Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company at 713 S. Virginia St. to find out for yourself. You’ll only have 6 chances to catch this ship before it blasts into Hyperspace. Do or do not, there is no try.

The show, presented by the Merry War Theater Group, will be performed live, allowing listeners to eavesdrop and take a behind the scenes look at this live action stage performance as we go beyond the destruction of the Death Star, follow the Rebels as they are pursued by Imperial forces, and journey to Endor to hug an Ewok.

Tonight we don’t want to fly Solo for fear of being lost to the dark side.

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Directed by Chase McKenna Produced by Merry War Theatre Group www.merrywar.com Hosted by Good Luck Macbeth STARRING Chadaeos Clarno Lachlan McKinney Chase McKenna Owen Bryant Ian T. Sorensen Chad Sweet Jeffrey Bentley Ashley Hutchinson “This is one of those shows that the actors are having so much fun that it is contagious and they bring that fun right out into the audience. The audience even gets to participate in the show, being storm troopers, expressing the force, and even for a few lucky audience members coming up on stage and participating in some of the action. Oh and did I tell you about the sing-alongs? If you are a fan of “Weird Al” Yankovic and Star Wars you will surely enjoy the sing-alongs.

Most all of us know the story well, but once you add in a bit of Shakespeare, and improv, and amazingly talented actors, you have one of the funniest shows I have ever seen. You may even walk away thinking of Star Wars just a bit differently dare I say.”

— Dana Nöllsch review at zenspirit.us

449 W. King Street, Carson City, NV

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... At the Brewery Arts Center

DEC 10 Joyful Noise

Once again, Cherie Shipley and Lake Tahoe Entertainment present the 14th annual Community Holiday Show Joyful Noise. The event will be Thursday, Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m. at the Brewery Arts Center Black Box Theater.

What is Joyful Noise? It’s an energetic musical evening of smiles and inspiration! Who will join the Conga line this year? Experience “down-home” comfort and joy with these talented performers.

Aside from some heartfelt traditional songs, there is the annual “Christmas Conga” a “Louisiana Christmas Day” experience, with guest artist fiddler Catherine Matovich, and even a Reggae holiday tune. Featured performers Cherie and John Shipley are excited to return to the Brewery Arts Center and share the magic of the season in the ambient Black Box Theater. As always, the harmonious Joyful Noise Chorus highlights this family show.

FEATURING: Cherie and John Shipley and The Joyful Noise Chorus with fiddler/violinist extraordinaire, Catherine Matovich, and Neil Strocchio on drums.

TICKETS: At the door or online at www.breweryarts. org. Adults $15, Members and Seniors $12, Kids 6-13 $8, 5 yrs. and under are free.

DEC 12 Noctambule

Celtic Music Series presents Noctambule on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Black Box Theater.

Marla Fibish and Bruce Victor are Noctambule. They play traditional and original music in a variety of forms — original musical settings of a broad array of poetry, original instrumental pieces, and traditional Irish tunes and songs. This unique collaboration brings out qualities in both of these seasoned musicians that you may not have heard from them before. Their music is rendered with lush beauty, sensitivity and humor on an unusual array of strings — various guitars in varied tunings, mandola, mandolin, bouzouki, cittern, tenor guitar — and their blended voices. Tickets are: $10/members, $12/Seniors & Students, $15/General, $20/At the door.

DEC 19 Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours

For this special Christmas show, Singer, songwriter, humorist and small town philosopher Antsy McClain writes what he knows: The good life. Sharing his mantra of “Enjoy The Ride,” McClain has won friendship and collaboration with some of the most talented musicians in the world. With mentors like Waylon Jennings, Tommy Smothers, guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel, and cowboy poet Baxter Black, McClain’s influences don’t stop there. His live shows touch upon Country, Rockabilly, Jazz, Swing, and a number of Pop culture references. McClain’s poetry, heart-felt ballads and humorous tales have garnered praise from such artists as Guy Clark, Willie Nelson, Lindsay Buckingham, and David Wilcox, to name a few. Special VIP ticket includes “Meet and Drink” with Antsy and the band. Show starts at 7 p.m.

TICKETS: At the door or online at www.breweryarts. org. Tickets are $30 for general audience, $28 for students and seniors, $25 for BAC members. VIP tickets are $50 and include a ‘meet and drink’ with the group.

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‘Grits and Glamour’ duo visits Peppermill Concert Hall Dec. 18

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he Peppermill is pleased to welcome Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan on their ‘Grits and Glamour’ tour.

Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan are currently delighting old and new fans across North America on their highly successful Grits and Glamour Tour. From the road to the red carpet, on center stage in the theater or under the spotlight in a honkytonk, these two women are comfortable in their high heels. Veteran recording artists and performers, they grace the country format with style, flair, and undeniable talent that is captivating and timeless.

Their career highlights are numerous and varied. Combined, they have recorded 28 top 10 hits, more than 18 million records sold, and 12 number one songs.

There have been Grammys, CMA Awards, movie credits, television appearances, and Broadway performances. They have rocked arenas, helmed world-class symphonies, and toured on almost every continent. These 50-somethings are more than a little flattered that they can still sell out shows, turn heads, and make hearts beat fast nearly four decades into their careers. It’s almost unnecessary to point out how rare it is to have such long-term success in an industry so fickle, but Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan haven’t missed a beat. In fact, they both maintain extensive solo touring schedules, enhanced by the buzz that surrounds the Grits and Glamour tour.

Formed in 2009, the Grits and Glamour tour is a “together is better” event. The show is only loosely scripted. Good-natured ribbing and off-the-cuff remarks are just

part of the fun. They add tight harmonies to each other’s material, classic songs like Tillis’ “Maybe It Was Memphis,” and “Mi Vida Loca,” and Morgan’s “Something In Red” and “Except for Monday” as well as new and original music from more recent

recordings. The ladies are backed by some of Nashville’s finest musicians and singers.

After years of working solo, both artists find teaming up fresh and interesting.

For tickets and info on other upcoming shows, please visit wendoverfun.com. F

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Catch a

FILM

IN THE HEART OF THE SEA

Based on the 1820 event, a whaling ship is preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days, thousands of miles from home. Rated PG-13. Hits theaters Dec. 11.

MERRY MOVIE-GOING

Highly-anticipated films in December

Adam Scott in ‘Krampus’

‘In the Heart of the Sea’ stars Chris Hemsworth

Yakusho) searches for his missing teenage daughter (newcomer Nana Komatsu), only to discover that she may not be the person who he once thought she was following a shocking trail of drugs, sex and violence. Not yet rated.

DECEMBER 4

Christmas Eve

Krampus

In this family comedy produced by Larry King, a power outage traps six groups of New Yorkers in elevators on Christmas Eve where they find that laughter, romance, and a little bit of faith will get them through- and change their lives in unexpected ways. When a power outage traps six different groups of New Yorkers inside elevators on Christmas Eve, they find that laughter, romance, and a little holiday magic will get them through - and change their lives in unexpected ways. A heartless real estate tycoon (Patrick Stewart) clings to life in a precarious construction elevator hundreds of feet off the ground.

Unexpected relationships bloom for a musician (Cheryl Hines) stuck with her dysfunctional orchestra mates, as well as an aspiring fashion photographer (James Roday) confined with the introverted paralegal in his apartment building (Julianna Guill). A crass HR manager (Max Casella) trapped with an

When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max (Emjay Anthony) is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers. All hell breaks loose as beloved holiday icons take on a monstrous life of their own, laying siege to the fractured family’s home and forcing them to fight for each other if they hope to survive. Rated PG-13.

The Lady in the Van Miss Shepherd, a vagrant woman, parks her decrepit van outside a man’s house and stays living there for 15 years. He eventually allows her to park her vehicle in his drive, sparking an often-strained relationship which ends when she dies in 1989. Rated PG-13.

employee he just fired (Jon Heder) and a cynical doctor (Gary Cole) transporting his terminal patient are forced to reconsider the way they think about others in this all-star ensemble comedy that proves that in a city of eight million, you never know who you might get stuck with. Rated PG.

Life Dennis Stock is a young photographer working for the Magnum agency receives an assignment that changes his life: shoot a free-spirited actor named James Dean. The gig becomes a personal journey for both as they travel from L.A. to New York to Indiana. Rated R.

The Wannabe Obsessed with mob culture, and desperate to fit in, Thomas sets out to fix the 1992 trial of John Gotti. He believes if the plan is executed, it will put him at the center of all that he idolizes. The plot is foiled, setting off events worthy of mob lore. The Wannabe intertwines real people and true events, past and present, with fantasy. Rated R.

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Macbeth, a Thane of Scotland, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland.

Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

Not yet rated.

In 1962, Hitchcock and Truffaut locked themselves away in Hollywood for a week to excavate the secrets behind the mise-en-scène in cinema. Based on the original recordings of this meeting—used to produce the mythical book Hitchcock/ Truffaut—this film illustrates the greatest cinema lesson of all time and plummets us into the world of the creator of Psycho, The Birds, and Vertigo. Rated PG-13.

Youth

The Letters

Macbeth

A retired orchestra conductor is on holiday with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday. Rated R.

The World of Kanako In The World Of Kanako, broken ex-detective Akikazu (IKôji

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Dane DeHaan and Robert Pattinson in ‘Life’

Mother Teresa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, is considered one of the greatest humanitarians of modern times. Her selfless commitment changed hearts, lives and inspired millions throughout the world. The Letters, as told through personal letters she wrote over the last 40 years of her life, reveal a troubled and vulnerable women who grew to feel an isolation and an abandonment by God. The story is told from the

DVD Releases

Minions

December 1

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas and set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. The new films will feature a trio of new young leads along with some very familiar faces. Not yet rated. In theaters Dec. 18. point of view of a Vatican priest charged with the task of investigating acts and events following her death.

He recounts her life’s work, her political oppression, her religious zeal and her unbreakable spirit. Rated PG.

modern banking where they must question everyone and everything. Not yet rated.

The Dark Horse An inspiring true story based on the life of charismatic and brilliant chess champion, Genesis Potini. His story is about finding the courage to lead, despite his own struggles – finding purpose and hope in passing on his gift to the children of his community. Rated R.

Don Verdean Hired by an ambitious small-town pastor to find sacred relics in the Holy Land, a self-proclaimed Biblical archaeologist comes up short and his attempt to cover up his failure fuels a comic conspiracy from the filmmaking team behind Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre. DON VERDEAN stars Sam Rockwell, Amy Ryan, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Bibb, with Will Forte, and Danny McBride. Rated PG-13.

Close Range Tom Hardy as both Reggie and Ronnie Kray in ‘Legend’

DECEMBER 11 Legend The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s.

Rated R.

The Big Short When four outsiders saw what the big banks, media and government refused to, the global collapse of the economy, they had an idea: The Big Short. Their bold investment leads them into the dark underbelly of

After rescuing his kidnapped niece from a powerful drug cartel, Colton MacReady (Scott Adkins) begins a relentless fight to save his family. The cartel has descended upon his secluded ranch with a thirst for revenge. In tow are a corrupt local sheriff and his crew of deputies, ensuring that help won’t be coming any time soon. What ensues is a non-stop assault on the ranch, a blow-by-blow survival marathon for Colton to protect his loved ones and save his life. Not yet rated.

Amy 90 Minutes in Heaven Mistress America Goodnight Mommy Mississippi Grind Desert Dancer Cooties Fear the Walking Dead: Season 1 Grace of Monaco Momentum Saving Hope: Season 2 Some Kind of Beautiful Yakuza Apocalypse

December 8

Minions Ant-Man The Transporter Refueled Knock Knock Family Guy: Season 13 Hannibal: Season 3 Under the Dome: Season 3 Walt Before Mickey

December 15

Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation Ted 2 Maze Runner 2: Scorch Trials Fantastic Four He Named Me Malala

Time Out of Mind CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - The Final CSI Extant: Season 2 Marco Polo: Season 1 Teen Wolf: Season 5 - Part 1 Wolf Totem

December 18 Turbo Kid

December 22

War Room Black Mass Pan Pawn Sacrifice Nasty Baby Dragon Blade 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown Defiance: Season 3 Dominion: Season 2

December 29

The Intern The Perfect Guy A Walk in the Woods Hitman Agent 47 Jenny’s Wedding Bone Tomahawk Heist Ray Donovan: Season 3 Shameless: Season 5

DECEMBER 18 Son of Saul Saul is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from the camp and forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-

Mission Impossible 5: Rogue Nation

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scale extermination. While working in one of the crematoriums, Saul discovers the body of a boy he takes for his son. As the Sonderkommando plans a rebellion, Saul decides to carry out an impossible task: save the child’s body from the flames, find a rabbi to recite the mourner’s Kaddish and offer the boy a proper burial. Rated R.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in Miami...and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal, saving themselves not only from losing Dave but possibly from gaining a terrible stepbrother. Rated PG.

DECEMBER 23 45 Years While preparing for their 45th anniversary, Kate and Geoff’s marriage is shaken with a discovery that calls into question the life they’ve built together. In the five days leading up to Kate Mercer’s 45th wedding anniversary, the planning for the party is going well, but then a letter arrives for her husband.

The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate. Not yet rated.

Where to Invade Next A subversive comedy in which Michael Moore, playing the role of “invader,” visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects. The creator of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine is back with this hilarious and eye-opening call to arms. Turns out the solutions to America’s most entrenched problems already existed in the world — they’re just waiting to be co-opted. Not yet rated.

Sisters

Follows two disconnected sisters (Tina Fey and Amy Poehler) summoned home to clean out their childhood bedroom before their parents sell the family house.

Looking to recapture their glory days, they throw one final high-school-style party for their classmates, which turns into the cathartic rager that a bunch of grounddown adults really need.

Rated R. In theaters Dec. 18.

DECEMBER 25

freeloading real father (Mark Wahlberg) arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids. Rated PG.

Point Break A young FBI agent, Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey), infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes – led by the charismatic Bodhi (Edgar Ramirez). The athletes are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes in extremely unusual ways.

Deep undercover, and with his life in imminent danger, Utah strives to prove they are the architects of this string of inconceivable crimes. Rated PG-13.

Daddy’s Home The film follows a mild-mannered radio executive (Will Ferrell) who strives to become the best stepdad to his wife’s two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and

JOY

Joy is the wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right.

Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce.

Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy’s inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces. Not yet rated. In theaters Dec. 25.

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Will Smith as Dr. Bennet Omalu

Concussion Will Smith stars in Concussion, a dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu’s emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world. Rated PG-13.

DECEMBER 30 Anomalisa

Jennifer Lawrence in ‘Joy’

Michael Stone, husband, father and respected author of “How May I Help You Help Them?” is a man crippled by the mundanity of his life. On a business trip to Cincinnati, where he’s scheduled to speak at a convention of customer service professionals, he checks into the Fregoli Hotel. There, he is amazed to discover a possible escape from his desperation in the form of an unassuming Akron baked goods sales rep, Lisa, who may or may not be the love of his life. Rated R.

The Revenant

Hugh Glass is a 19th century fur trapper who is mauled by a grizzly bear, left for dead and then robbed. When he survives against all odds, he sets out on a treacherous journey to exact revenge on his betrayers. In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption. Rated R. See it in theaters Dec. 25.

Tom Hardy takes aim in ‘The Revenant’

On the small screen — PREMIERES

Planet Primetime|Travel|Dec. 1 Real Rob|Netflix|Dec. 1 Eight-episode comedy is Rob Schneider’s answer to Louie, with the comedian directing, producing, and starring in a show that blends stand-up material with scenes loosely based on his real life.

Finding My Father|Oxygen|Dec. 2 Rev Runs Around the World|Travel|Dec. 2 Santas in the Barn|truTV|Dec. 2 Food Porn|FYI|Dec. 3 Telenovela|NBC|Dec. 7 Eva Longoria stars as the star of a popular Spanish-language telenovela who doesn’t actually speak any Spanish and whose life is filled with as many ridiculous twists and turns as the show in which she stars. Special sneak preview of back-to-back episodes tonight; the official series premiere is January 4, 2016. #BlackLove|FYI|Dec. 8 Born This Way|A&E|Dec. 8 Finding My Father|Oxygen|Dec. 9 Rich in Faith|Oxygen|Dec. 9 Married by Mom and Dad|TLC|Dec. 13 F Is for Family|Netflix|Dec. 18 Six-episode animated comedy series from comedian Bill Burr and Michael Price (The Simpsons) follows a family in the 1970s. Burr, Laura Dern and Justin Long head the voice cast.

Making a Murderer|Netflix|Dec. 18 The streaming service hops on the Serial/The Jinx bandwagon with this 10-episode true-crime series that documents a twisty series of events (including multiple violent crimes, a wrongful conviction, and possible corruption) that unfold over the course of several decades.

MOVIES

Wild Yellowstone|Nat Geo Wild|Dec. 6 Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists|HBO|Dec. 7 Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors|NBC|Dec. 10 TV movie is loosely based on the childhood of the country star. Jennifer Nettles (of the band Sugarland), Gerald McRaney, and Ricky Schroder star.

The Ridiculous Six|Netflix|Dec. 11 All praise Netflix. For the next few years, theatergoers will no longer be exposed to the star’s consistently awful films, as the already contoversial Six (which also stars Terry Crews, Nick Nolte, Rob Schneider, and Luke Wilson) is the first of four Sandler features that will bypass cineplexes and air exclusively on the streaming service.

Bolshoi Babylon|HBO|Dec. 14 The Expanse|Syfy|Dec. 14 Billed as the “most ambitious” series in Syfy’s history, this science fiction thriller based on the book series of the same name takes place 200 years in the future after mankind has spread throughout the solar system. It centers on a detective (Thomas Jane) and a spaceship captain (Steven Strait) who stumble across a major conspiracy.

Shohreh Aghdashloo and Jonathan Banks also star. The adaptation comes from the Oscar-nominated screenwriting duo of Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (Children of Men, Iron Man), while Breaking Bad veteran Terry McDonough is among the directors. The series moves to Tuesdays at 10p beginning the following night (12/15).

Luther|BBC America|Dec. 17 Idris Elba reprises his role of DCI John Luther in this new

three-hour special that continues the series of the same name.

MINISERIES

Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter|Adult Swim|Dec. 7 Created by and starring Jon Glaser, this five-part, live-action series will air nightly at midnight this week.

Then and Now with Andy Cohen|Bravo|Dec. 13 Childhood’s End|Syfy|Dec. 14 Arthur C. Clarke’s classic novel—which starts much like Independence Day or V, with alien spacecraft appearing in Earth’s skies, but then takes a very different direction—comes to the small screen in an adaptation from Matthew Graham (creator of the original UK version of Life on Mars). Charles Dance (Game of Thrones), Colm Meaney (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Mike Vogel (Under the Dome), Daisy Betts (The Last Resort), Yael Stone (Orange is the New Black), and Julian McMahon (Nip/ Tuck) star. The six-hour miniseries airs across three consecutive nights.

SPECIALS

Building Off the Grid: North Pole|DIY|Dec. 1 Vice Special Report: Countdown to Zero|HBO|Dec. 1 Racing Extinction|Discovery|Dec. 2 CMA Country Christmas|ABC|Dec. 3 The Game Awards 2015|Twitch/PSN/XB|Dec. 3 The Wiz Live!|NBC|Dec. 3 NBC’s latest live musical stunt is a Cirque du Soleil-enhanced production of The Wiz, the musical based on The Wizard of Oz. The cast will include Queen Latifah, David Alan Grier, Uzo Aduba, Common, Ne-Yo, and Mary J. Blige, while newcomer Shanice Williams has been cast as Dorothy after a nationwide casting call.

Mark Maron: More Later|Epix|Dec. 4 A Very Murray Christmas|Netflix|Dec. 4 Director Sofia Coppola reunites with her Lost in Translation star Bill Murray (who also co-writes, along with Coppola and Mitch Glazer) for this Netflix original holiday special that finds Murray playing himself as the host of a TV show, worrying that a snowstorm will prevent his guests from arriving. (Spoiler alert: they make it.) The impressive cast features George Clooney, Amy Poehler, Chris Rock, Jason Schwartzman, Rashida Jones, Miley Cyrus, Paul Shaffer, Michael Cera, David Johansen, Maya Rudolph, Jenny Lewis, and the band Phoenix, among others.

Beyond the Shadows: The Making of Shadowhunters ABC Family|Dec. 6 Sinatra 100 - An All-Star Grammy Concert|CBS|Dec. 6 The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show|CBS|Dec. 8 Melting: Last Race to the Pole|Animal Planet|Dec. 9 84th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade|CW|Dec. 11 White House Christmas 2015|HGTV|Dec. 13 Adele Live in New York City|NBC|Dec. 14 American Country Countdown’s Top 10 Stories of 2015|FOX|Dec. 17 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball|CW|Dec. 17 Mike Epps: After Dark|Netflix|Dec. 18 The 64th Annual Miss Universe Pageant|Fox|Dec. 20 The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors|CBS|Dec. 29 This year’s honorees include George Lucas, Eagles, Carole King, Rita Moreno, Seiji Ozawa, and Cicely Tyson.

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016|ABC|Dec. 31 Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution|Fox|Dec. 31

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Alsatian wine: a foodie’s best friend

Alsace region has dynamic history

Wine village and vineyards in the Alsace region in France

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lsatian wines aren’t exactly front-ofmind for most wine enthusiasts, but they should get more attention because they are extremely food friendly. They match beautifully with challenging spicy foods such as Indian, Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese.

White Alsatian wines also can be the perfect partner for Thanksgiving fare. The smorgasbord of flavors on the table for this holiday feast defy most wine matching attempts, but present a chilled riesling or gewürztraminer to your guests and this panoply of flavors and blends of sweet and sour harmonize.

Alsace is located on a narrow sliver of land that runs north and south in northeast France between the Vosges Mountains and the Rhine River. Growers and winemakers produce wines that reflect the political history of the region. During the 19th and 20th centuries Alsace changed governance from French to German after the Franco- Prussian 1870 War, back to French after World War I, then German again during World War II, and finally back to French after the war. This changing political environment is reflected in the grape varieties and the winemaking culture of this region.

The dominant grapes grown in Alsace are riesling and gewurztraminer. The French differentiate their versions from those made in Germany by vinifying them dry.

We recently met with Pascal Schiele, export

director for Gustave Lorentz — Alsatian winemakers since 1836. It is currently managed by Georges Lorentz, the 6th generation to lead the winery. The family owns 80 acres of vineyards and buys grapes from owners of another 300 acres in Alsace. Pascal said “the goal of Gustave Lorentz is to produce gastronomic wines…food friendly wines.”

The Alsatian region is in the rain shadow of the Vosges Mountains, thus creating a very dry region with low precipitation. The low rainfall protects the grapes from mildew — a significant problem in other regions of France. According to Pascal, 60-70 percent of Alsatian vineyards are either organic or biodynamic.

Cremant d’Alsace, like Cremant de Bourgogne and Cremant de Loire, are sparkling wines made outside of Champagne and created from grapes grown in their respective region.

We tasted the Gustave Lorentz Cremant D’Alsace N/V ($30). Twenty percent of Alsatian grapes are used in cremant production, and we found this offering to be very tasty. Equal parts of chardonnay, pinot blanc and pinot noir make up this blend, which presented a pleasant creamy mouthfeel, clean pear/apple notes and a long finish. This would be a great opener for holiday parties.

Although riesling and gewürztraminer are the most widely planted grapes in Alsace, pinot gris represents about 15 percent of grapes planted.

When handled properly, pinot gris grapes can make

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some terrific wine. Pascal said pinot gris, which came from Burgundy, was planted only since the 1980s.

We tasted two pinot gris from Gusatve Lorentz that were our favorites of the tasting. The Gustave Lorentz Pinot Gris Alsace 2013 ($25) was very impressive with a rich and round mouthfeel, dried fruit and fresh peach nose and flavors. The touch of residual sugar is matched with enough acidity to not be cloying.

The Gustave Lorentz Pinot Gris Schofweg 2011 ($35) is a single-vineyard wine that exhibited an intense minerality in the nose. Very thick and viscous in the mouth with an interesting spiciness, very ripe fruit flavors and an overall richness. An amazing wine!

WINE PICKS Hedges Family Estate Red Mountain 2011 ($27). There is a lot of complexity and richness in this Washington state blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, syrah and malbec. Forward dark berry fruit, currants, sweet cherries and hints of licorice and dried herbs.

Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot 2012 ($54). Those who condemn merlot of a simple, vegetal wine should taste the merlot from this top-drawer producer in Napa Valley. Using grapes from five estate vineyards (including the renown Three Palms), Duckhorn has crafted a layered gem with notes of plum, gooseberry, and vanilla. The bouquet is very floral and the finish long.

Joseph Drouhin Saint-Veran 2013 ($22). For those of you who find French chardonnay too expensive, look to Drouhin’s Saint-Veran and Rully.

The Saint-Veran is from the immense Maconnais region, specifically from the village of Saint-Verand (different spelling!). It is refreshing for current drinking, but develops nicely in 2-3 years. Very similar to the chardonnays from Pouilly-Fuisse. The Rully ($25) is part of the Mercurey region and is a bit more complex.

Flora Springs Napa Valley Merlot 2013 ($30).

Supple in tannin and silky in the mouth, this delicious merlot boasts forward cherry, blueberry and cassis flavors with a dash of spice.

Decoy Sonoma County Chardonnay 2013 ($20). Made under the auspices of Duckhorn, Decoy wines are reliable and inexpensive across the board. We like the citrus and tropical fruit flavors of the chardonnay. Simple and medium-bodied, it can be sipped on its own or married with fish and chicken. F

Organic wines good for your conscience

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re organic wines better for you and the environment?

That question nags us to no end. And, it probably nags you too. Do we really need one more complication in the quest to find a wine for tonight’s dinner?

These thoughts crossed Tom’s mind when he and his wife recently perused a wine list at the Red Rock Grill at Zion Lodge in Utah. They had just enjoyed a day of hiking trails in Zion National Park and a bottle of wine at dinner was going to be their reward.

The lodge’s effort to respect the environment was impressive – no plastic straws or even plastic glasses.

This was more than a token gesture. Even the wine list reflected producers that were conscious of the environment.

Most notably on the list was Parducci, a California producer known for its biodynamic efforts.

However noble the restaurant’s commitment, Tom was disappointed to find few alternatives to Parducci. It seemed that having an environmentally conscious wine producer on the list was more important than the quality of the wine.

And that raised the question: is a wine made from organically grown grapes necessarily better?

First, a few definitions are in order. To say a wine is “from organically grown grapes” means, according to USDA guidelines, that artificial fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides and herbicides are not used. “Organic wines” means sulfites are not used. Sulfites can be used in wine “from organically grown grapes.”

“Biodynamic farming” is another level. To use this term, a grape grower must practice biodiversity among crops, use livestock and wildlife to take care of pests, compost animal

manures and conserve water.

Parducci does all of that.

However good all of this is for the environment, the jury is out as to whether these wines are better for you.

Sulfites clarify and stabilize a wine. Without them, wine left on the shelf too long can develop a vinegar taste. Do you want that for the sake of embracing organic wines?

As for your headaches, stop blaming them on sulfites unless you are allergic to sulfites in all foods (only 10 percent of you are). If it makes you feel good to drink “natural wines,” go for it – but don’t complain about the vinegar and cloudiness.

As for all those pesticides, studies have shown they disappear during the fermentation process. So far, there is no proven health benefit from consuming organic wines.

We’ve tasted good and bad wines and whether they come from organically grown grapes has nothing to do with their success, in our opinion.

If you want to support wineries committed to the environment solely for principle, good for you. We do too. But touting their health benefit is wishful thinking.

As for Parducci, its standard is among the best – it’s the first carbon-neutral winery in the country. However, there are more and better wines made from organically grown grapes. Frey, Girasole, Domaine Serene, Sokol Blosser, Benziger, and Bonterra are a few wineries that come to mind.

WINE PICKS Arnaldo Caprai Montefalco Rosso DOC 2012 ($23).

This is a colossal wine for the price. From the Umbria region of Italy, it blends sangiovese, sagrantino and merlot to create the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove. Very generous aromas and ripe berry fruit.

Ruffino Modus Toscana IGT 2012 ($25). We are perennial fans of this luxurious super-Tuscan blend of sangiovese (50 percent), cabernet sauvignon and merlot. The combination provides a broad foundation to a delicious wine for current consumption. Soft texture, ripe dark berry flavors. It is an excellent value.

Lo Nuevo Sorbo a Sorbo 2014 ($12). This stellar garnacha made from old vines in the Calatayud region of Spain is very delicious – just what you expect from grenache. Reasonably priced, its fruit-forward style shows off ripe black cherry, raspberry and cassis flavors.

Concannon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 ($20). This is a very drinkable cabernet sauvignon with no hard edges. Deep berry fruit in the nose and mouth, and a very long satisfying finish.

Give us a steak with this wine.

Columbia Crest Grand Estates Syrah Columbia Valley 2013 ($14). Syrah is now the number one most planted grape in Washington State, and this syrah demonstrates the potential of this noble grape. Very well balanced medium bodied with plum fruit flavors and nose with some chocolate notes, and a very satisfying finish. Great value!

Kunde Estate Zinfandel Sonoma Valley 2013 ($16).

A great bottle of zinfandel for a modest price. Intense berry scented nose and flavors with interesting black pepper spice notes. A mouth-filling experience that is very impressive. F

OLD VINE

Zinfandel (variety) Old Vine Zinfandel is a Sonoma County treasure. The slants and slopes of angled mountainsides—where artistically twisted, arthritic-looking, gnarly vines were planted by pioneers fifty, eighty, and even more than 100 years ago— are now home to vines that stingily offer up fruit that is transmogrified into wines that are concentrated, intense, and identifiable.

These vines are survivors. When most vines are commercially viable for about 25 years, these old vines have lived through two battles with phylloxera, prohibition and several periods of consumer

popularity fluctuations.

Through it all, these vines and the wine made from them, truly reflect Sonoma County and the different AVAs (American Viticultural Areas) where they still thrive.

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Your horoscope for December 2015 While others pay a high price for entertainment, you entertain yourself. When you have this much of a rich inner life, you really don’t need a lot of external stimuli.

The Puzzler

You’ll be in the mood for a fearless, freewheeling adventure. Your partner in rebellion will be the obvious choice. This person has been waiting for the perfect opportunity that you’ll provide.

There will be a period of “hit and miss.” Failure will teach you more than success does, although you have to be extremely evolved to take the lesson.

When you figure out what’s working for you, do that and only that for a while.

Do you think that you can tell the size of a person by the size of the things that bother him? You’ll prove your spiritual breadth today. You’ll only concern yourself with what’s truly crucial.

Statistics can never predict the outcome for any one individual. You’ll defy odds. For this reason, it’s important that you don’t let anyone say what you can and can’t do.

There are many live wires in your life this week.

It may help you to think of events and people as fireworks. You have to let go to appreciate them; otherwise you’ll get hurt by the blast.

Who is there for you? Who answers your call? Who gets you where you want to go emotionally, physically and otherwise? This is the question that will clarify your day.

There is nothing that will make the time go by more slowly than waiting for a phone call. Don’t. Move on. Let them catch up with you when they feel like it. Maybe you’ll be available; maybe you won’t.

The news is full of danger, peril, so much trouble.

But if you look for the helpers you will always find people who are helping. This will connect you with the best part of humanity.

Getting from point A to point B won’t be as easy as it was yesterday, but it will be more rewarding by far. Your work ethic is stellar and gets better every day. Good, because this is a day to roll up your sleeves and work.

You’ll be praised for one thing when you really ought to be recognized for something else entirely.

There’s no joy in getting credit for something you didn’t do.

It’s like your heart is a chime and the person on your mind lately is the wind that makes you vibrate and sing a beautiful tone. This will go on for as long as there is no one around to put a damper on the vibration.

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December 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.

Radiant Mandalas: Meditative Drawing and Journaling

Wednesday, December 2 / 10 am - 2 pm Participants will explore the origins of the mandala (radiant) and the significance of these designs in various cultures.

They will experience the joy of learning the construction techniques that allow the inner self to manifest in a physical design filled with color and intricacy. Students will learn to still their minds and bodies in order to relax and allow mandalas to flow onto the paper. They will discover through the significance of color and points the inner world they reveal.

All necessary materials will be provided but, if you have already have a journal and your own colored pencils and pens that you enjoy using, please bring them.

Instructor: Kaleigh Surber Ages: Adults (15+) / All Levels $46 General / $42 Museum members

Girls’ Night Out: Holiday Gift Tag and Card Making

Wednesday, December 2 / 6 - 9 pm Ladies are invited to get crafty with this fun and social workshop. Get ready for the holidays this year and create your own handmade tags and cards for friends and family.

Using various paper materials, stamps, washi tape, image transfers, and more, the class will explore different methods for making unique gift tags and cards that will stand out and give lots of holiday cheer. Bring old friends, meet new ones and have a great night over a glass (or two!) of wine and a fun project designed for all skill levels.

Instructor: Lisa Kurt Ages: Adults (21+) / All levels $38 General / $35 Museum members

Life Drawing: Open Studio

Wednesdays, December 2 - 16 / 6 - 9 pm Improve your life drawing skills and explore a variety of media while working freely from a nude model in this popular open studio class. The instructor will be present to coordinate class and offer instruction upon request. Both male and female models will be posed and drawn.

Instructor: Jerry Stinson Ages: Adult (18+) / All Levels $81 General / $72 Museum members

Color Studies in Watercolor

Friday, December 4 / 10 am - 3 pm Translucence is at the heart of watercolor painting. Learn to chart and mix your colors to keep the beautiful luminosity of the medium. This class includes color charting both wet and dry, mixing triads for unusual color, and learning to combine warm and cool hues. An excellent class for both the beginner and advanced student.

Instructor: Carroll Charlet Ages: Adults (15+) / All Levels $45 General / $40 Museum members

Miniature Pine Needle Baskets

Saturday, December 5 / 10 am - 2 pm NOTE: This workshop is now sold out.

Create a miniature pine needle basket using natural materials. Learn from the basket making tradition of Audrey Frank’s native Nevadan Washoe/Paiute culture. Explore weaving methods by combining pine needles, Sinew and raffia in this one-day workshop.

Instructor: Audrey Frank Ages: Adults (15+) / All Levels $48 General / $43 Museum members

Winter Botanicals in Watercolor

Wednesday, December 9 / 10 am - 3 pm Capture botanicals in luminous watercolor!Students will have a choice of several specimens that reflect a range of skill levels.The class will include demonstration and individualized instruction.Beginners to botanical illustration are welcome though some watercolor experience is recommended.

Instructor: Carroll Charlet Ages: Adults (15+) / Some watercolor experience recommended $45 General / $40 Museum members

Encaustics: Painting with Texture in Hot Wax

Saturday, December 5 / 10 am - 4 pm Encaustic is a wildly different way to paint. Tins of hot colored wax are heated on a griddle and cool as you paint.

The durability of the medium allows you to stencil and build texture as you paint and scrape back down through your layers. This class will focus on using stencils and accretion to build texture in your painting and then scraping to add lines and structure to the piece. Students will complete 3-4 small pieces, abstract or representational. If you are interested in encaustic this is a great introduction. Materials included with registration. Please bring any scraping tools you already own (there will be a shared supply available for class use).

Instructor: Jessica Weems Ages: Adults (15+) / All Levels $79 General / $73 Museum members

Life Drawing: Open Studio

Thursdays, December 3 - 17 / 1 - 4 pm Improve your life drawing skills and explore a variety of media while working freely from a nude model in this popular open studio class. The instructor will be present to coordinate class and offer instruction upon request. Both male and female models will be posed and drawn.

Instructor: Jerry Stinson Ages: Adults (18+) / All Levels $81 General / $72 Museum members

on the spine and personal embellishments on the pages and covers.

This book structure includes tabbed dividers, making it perfect for use as a personal calendar, day book or journal for 2016. A great way start recording New Year!

Instructor: Katherine Case Ages: Adults (15+) / All Levels $76 General / $70 Museum members

Handmade Journal for the New Year

Sunday, December 6 / 10 am - 4 pm Create a beautiful handmade journal with exposed stitching

Gingerbread Workshop (4 pm)

Thursday, December 10 / 4 - 5 pm Decorate a festive gingerbread house to take home and enjoy for the holidays. Kids will have fun frosting their houses and embellishing them with an assortment of candies to create that perfect winter scene. Dress for a mess!

Instructor: Reena Spansail Ages: All Ages (parents must accompany children under 10) $30 General / $25 Museum members

Gingerbread Workshop (6 pm)

Thursday, December 10 / 6 - 7 pm Decorate a festive gingerbread house to take home and enjoy for the holidays. Kids will have fun frosting their houses and embellishing them with an assortment of candies to create that perfect winter scene. Dress for a mess!

Instructor: Reena Spansail Ages: All Ages (parents must accompany children under 10) $30 General / $25 Museum members

The Nevada Museum of Art is the only accredited art museum in the state of Nevada. Located at 160 West Liberty Street in downtown Reno, the gallery and store are open Wednesday – Sunday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Admission is $10 general admission; $1 for children up to 12 years. For more information visit nevadaart.org F

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