Inside Northern Nevada, Feb. 2014

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FEBRUARY 2014

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Volume 4, Issue 2

Inside Northern Nevada is published monthly at Winnemucca Publishing, 1022 S. Grass Valley Road, Winnemucca, NV 89445 Call us toll free at (866) 644-5011

Balloons rising!

Publisher Peter Bernhard

General Manager Holly Rudy-James

Editor

The ninth annual Lovers Aloft balloon festival returns to Lovelock, bringing colorful balloons into the clear Pershing County air.

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Staff Writers Heather Hill, Jessica Powell, Jolyn Young, Joyce Sheen, Alicia Craig

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The Winnemucca Ranch Hand Rodeo weekend returns for the 25th big year to the Winnemucca Events Complex.

From cowdog trials to performance horse shows, a bull sale and of course, the rodeo — there's something for every western fan.

Joe Plummer, Production Manager

Page 8 LIVE ON STAGE Country music superstar LeAnn Rimes comes to the Wendover Peppermill for a Feb. 21 performance.

Brittany Shober, Graphic Designer Terrie Chism, Graphic Designer

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'Of Time and Place' art show opens at GBC Elko

ELKO — The Great Basin College Art Gallery presents "Of Time & Place" Art Show, on display now through April 12 in the Leonard Center for Student Life Building at the Elko GBC Campus, 1500 College Parkway, Elko. A reception with the artists is on Friday, April 11 from 4 – 6 p.m. F

Get your boot scoot on at the Western Folklife Center ELKO — The Western Folklife Center holds twice-monthly dance nights, with the next set for Feb. 13 and Feb. 27. Come at 6 p.m. to learn a few dance moves, then dance from 7 - 9 p.m. The Western Folklife Center is located at 501 Railroad St., Elko. For more information call Amy Mills at (775) 738-7508. F

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Winnemucca Winnemucca Ranch Rodeo Weekend Feb. 26 - March 1

History Comes Alive!

Lecture at Nevada Museum reveals ways of explorer John C. Fremont

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As part of the U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers, he was trained by Joseph Nicholas Nicollet, a gifted French geographer. He educated the young man in both methods and approach to exploration with a scientist’s keen eye for observation and accuracy.

From 1838 to about 1846, Fremont traveled thousands upon thousands of miles, endured some of the harshest conditions, from extreme heat to blizzard snows, and investigated some of the harshest landscapes known.

Historian Paul Pace will present a lecture on the famous explorer on Thursday, Feb. 27 at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City.

Discover maps and reports of Fremont, an officer in the Topographical Corps. Learn about his navigational methods and the instruments he used during the 1843-44 expedition.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Early arrival recommended. $8 admission fee for adults; children 17 and under and museum members are free. For more information visit www.museum.nevadaculture.org. F

Shooting the West XXVI March 5 - 9 Winnemucca Balloon Festival April 25 - 27 Run-A-Mucca Motorcycle Rally May 23 - 25

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John C. Fremont, painted in 1852

by William Smith Jewett

ohn C. Fremont was one of the most famous explorers of the American West.

Check out these exhibits at the NMA —

Toulouse-Lautrec and La Vie Moderne: Paris 1880-1910.

This exhibition celebrates avant-garde artists — including the Henri Toulouse-Lautrec— who were living and working at the center of the artistic and cultural scene of Paris at the turn of the last century.

Emile Clark: Sweet Corruptions New York-based artist Emilie Clark creates art installations informed by the history of science and natural history. The latest in series of works this assemblage focuses on the work and lives of Victorian women scientists and naturalists.

Franklin Evans: Timepaths Timepaths is a processbased, multi-media installation by Reno-born artist Franklin Evans that investigates the complex paths he’s taken as a contemporary artist.

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Lovers Aloft!

Lovelock ramps up ninth balloon festival to include four days of fun LOVELOCK

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By Alicia Craig, INN

hat started out as a day of watching balloonists fly over Lovelock has morphed into a whole weekend of events.

Organizers have planned a full weekend of community events for the ninth annual Lovers Aloft Balloon Festival.

Events start on Thursday this

year with a school outreach. The planning committee has at least one balloonist scheduled to be at the Lovelock Elementary School between 7:45 a.m. and 8 a.m. to demonstrate to the children how the balloons work. Children try their hand at making a (paper) balloon and getting it airborn.

If meeting some balloonists to get a free ride is on your agenda, then Temptations is the place to be on Thursday, Feb. 13. Pilot check-

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Students at Lovelock Elementary School try their hand at homemade flight with paper balloons. School visits from Lovers Aloft balloonists to local schools are a tradition for the festival.

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in is slated from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Weather permitting a Light Up the Night glow show exhibition will take place in front of the Pershing County Courthouse around 5 p.m.

“If it’s windy we won’t do it,” committee member Jim Weeldreyer said at the Jan. 9 meeting.

Balloon rides can be expensive but Friday there is a chance a pilot may take you up if you help them set-up their balloon.

Friday’s balloon launch will start around 8 a.m., from McDougal Sports Complex. The Lovelock Lions Club will be cooking up pancakes and the Frontier Days Committee will be selling hot beverages on all three launch days.

The committee has decided that flights Friday will be flown in appreciation of the tight-knit community that is Lovelock; with a special thank you to all who participated in the search for Christina McIntee and James Glanton.

Be ready to wish the happy couples congratulations at the group Valentine’s Day Vow Renewal/Wedding Ceremony, taking place in the Lover’s Lock Plaza at 1 p.m. The ceremony will be followed by a brief reception sponsored by the Pershing County Chamber of Commerce. To secure

— Schedule of Events — All events open to the public except where indicated. Times and events may change and are dependent on weather.

For more information please call: 775-273-7213, visit www.loverslock.com or Facebook: Lovelock Nevada for more details.

Thursday, February 13 8:00 a.m. — School Outreach 3:30-7 p.m. — Pilot’s Check-in and Meet & Greet at Temptations 5-7:00 p.m. — Light up the Night Balloon Exhibition (tethered balloons areinflated on Main Street) Friday, February 14 8:00 a.m. — Lovers Aloft Balloon launch at McDougal Field Media Day (Remote Broadcast Reno Media Group) Pancake Breakfast – Lion’s Club Frontier Days Committee– Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Cider, Muffins, Donuts 1:00 p.m. — Wedding Ceremony & Vow Renewal – Reception to follow at Round Room 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. —Rock the Chocolate at Temptations (Community Event) 6:00 p.m. — Landowners Dinner – Catholic Hall – Balloon participants only 7:00-11:00p.m. —Blue Denim Ball at C Punch Center Club Saturday, February 15 8:00 a.m. — Lovers Aloft Balloon launch – Ribbon Race Pancake Breakfast – Lions Frontier Days Committee – Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Cider, Muffins, Donuts 2:00 p.m. — Slot Tournament at the C -Punch Open to the public - $5.00 buy in Food by Port of Subs www.insidenorthernnevada.com

6:00 p.m. — Murder Mystery Dinner in Imlay.

Cocktails at 5:30 p.m.

Join the Imlay Auxiliary for a tantalizing night of terror and twists in Tinseltown. “Lights, Camera, Murder” is a non-scripted, interactive murder mystery game by Night of Mystery Inc., www.nightofmystery. com. Ticket prices are $25 each; includes appetizers, three-course dinner with water or ice tea, desert and . . . MURDER!!! Call (775) 224-6720 to get your tickets and for more information.

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Sunday, February 16 8:00 a.m.— Lovers Aloft Balloon launch – Hare & Hound Pancake Breakfast – Lions Frontier Days Committee – Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Cider, Muffins, Donuts 11:00 a.m. — C Punch sponsored breakfast for Balloonists, crews and sponsors $11.00 per person for all other. Pay at the door Auction of local and balloonist supplied items 12:00 p.m. — Harley Bikers Luncheon at Temptations Monday, February 17 8:00 a.m.— Open flight for pilots your spot on the nuptials list call the chamber at 2737213. Ceremonies will be presided over by Justice of the Peace Karen Stephens.

The Rock the Chocolate social event is back at Temptations from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and open to the public. Then get out the denim for an evening of dancing and merriment at the Frontier Days’ Denim Ball; held at the C Punch Ranch Inn, formerly known as Sturgeons, in the Center Club. Dance starts at 7 p.m. get advanced tickets by calling (775) 442-1202 or pick them up at the chamber, 1005 W. Broadway.

Advance tickets are $15; tickets are $20 at the door.

On Saturday everything starts over again, with balloon launch between 7:30 and 8 a.m. Saturday.

This day features Lovelock’s signature balloon event the Ribbon Race. Pilots and balloons are paired together with a 100 foot ribbon which is fastened to each. The goal for the pilots is to remain attached the longest. This tests the navigational skills of the pilots.

Awards are presented at a pilot’s breakfast Sunday morning after that day’s flight.

Sunday get ready to take flight again with the Hare and the Hound balloon race. One preselected pilot and balloon takes off ahead of the others and drops an X somewhere. The other balloonist then take off in search of the X. When they find it they try to get as close to the marked spot without landing and toss a marker, usually some sort of a bean bag, as close to the X as possible. The pilot who’s marker is the closest wins.

Sunday is a great opportunity for the public to get involved with the balloon chase crews. www.insidenorthernnevada.com

“The pilots love to have local people help with the chase crew because they know our roads,” Weeldreyer said.

The balloonist, for the most part, are at the mercy of the wind current. Just as a current is taking the balloon in an easterly direction it may change to due north. Following with a local person can help the balloonist chase crew find the easiest route to

collect the balloon when the flight is over.

After the Sunday flights the committee will hold an award breakfast at the C Punch Ranch Inn. The public is invited to attend the breakfast. There is a cost for members of the public.

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25 Years Strong

Ranch rodeo returns to Winnemucca

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innemucca, Nevada’s Ranch Hand Rodeo weekend isn’t your run-of-themill summer Sunday competition. No, the folks who come to this one know it’s about real life, real ranching and real satisfaction for a job well done.

It’s about weaving one more strand into the fabric that holds families, ranches and communities together—especially after a long, cold winter.

Really, it’s about celebrating who we are.

Twenty-five years ago, three ranching brothers decided to kick off a little friendly competition between neighbors by hosting the first annual Ranch Hand Rodeo in Winnemucca.

For Tim, Hank and Dan Dufurrena, the idea was to draw together teams who would go head to head in saddle bronc riding, cow mugging, team branding, team

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roping and ranch doctoring.

These are working cowboys . . . the real deal. Those who show up have to work livestock as well as they do on the ranch.

Winnemucca is committed to preserving the heritage and lifestyle of the working ranch cowboy. From February 26March 2, Winnemucca, Nevada will swell as the 25th annual Winnemucca Ranch Hand Rodeo Weekend is held at the Winnemucca Event Center.

The entire Ranch Hand Rodeo Weekend will kick off Wednesday, Feb 26, with the Winnemucca Cow Dog Trials. Add to that an Invitational Bull Sale, a renowned Ranch, Rope and Performance Horse Sale, a Stock Horse Competition, a Western Trade Show, and Kids’ Dummy Roping and Stick Horse Barrels and you’ve got one heck of a regional competition that has carved out another spot on the circuit that includes the best western events in the west “This is a huge, highly competitive event,” says Marketing Coordinator Michelle Hammond, “but these five days of excitement are about so much more than buckles and money.”

She continued, “Our ranch hand rodeo is a gathering place for ranching families and the working buckaroos of the Great Basin. It’s a social event, a time to visit, to catch up on each other’s lives. They might even go home with a new ranch horse and a bull or two.”

For more information on the 2014 Winnemucca Ranch Hand Rodeo Weekend, please call (800) 962-2638 or visit www.ranchrodeonv.com. F 8 | Inside Northern Nevada | FEBRUARY 2014

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New year, new look for Fallon gallery

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he Rising Sun Gallery and Art Studios on Maine Street, in Fallon has a new look on the inside for 2014.

Besides displaying the fine art of many of your favorite and, new, Northern Nevada artists throughout the year; the gallery will also continue to feature local artisans. Each month we will feature one specific artist as well as one of the artisans.

Haunani Dudoit-Kary

LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes on stage in Wendover Feb. 21

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eAnn Rimes wants you to stop reading the tabloids and instead get to know her.

She's on tour this spring promoting her "Spitfire" album, full of richly-vocalized songs that speak straight from her heart.

Rimes, now 31, rose to stardom at age 13 following the release of the Bill Mack song "Blue", becoming the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972.

Since then, she's had a stellar career — she's released more than a dozen albums, won two Grammy's and a pile of other awards. But lately, she's been gossip-fodder for her "complicated" romance and mar-

riage to Eddie Cibrian. On her websiteLeAnnRimesWorld, she explains: "Writing songs from such a personal space is part of that growth. I’m learning to let go of myself and just feel the emotion of what I’m doing. On this album, I feel like people are going on that journey with me.

We’re embarking on it together."

Rimes brings her story and her impressive voice to the Wendover Peppermill stage on Feb. 21 for a 9 p.m. (MST) concert.

Tickets start at $15.

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) 217-0049. F

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You won’t have to visit the islands to enjoy the vibrant colors of Hawai’i’s flora. Fourth generation Hawaiian and multi-talented Haunani Dudoit-Kary’s photography, note cards and jewelry is not only our Dudoit-Kary featured artist, but also the gallery’s featured artisan for February.

Photographing the indigenous floral of the Hawai’i Islands, Haunani Dudoit-Kary captures both the beauty and fragility of nature. She does not believe photography is just a simple ‘click’ of the camera. It is getting up close and personal. Photographing a single flower and enlarging enables the viewer to see the rainbow of colors as they vary from pale to vibrant, the delicate lines or softness of form with a touch of morning dew or cast of shadow. It is being drawn in so you can actually smell the flowers, feel the gentle breeze or warmth of the sun, and to reach out and touch. For Haunani, this is Hawai’i.

She repeats the process in smaller versions reproducing a number of individual photographs on 5” x 7” note cards. Enabling everyone to enjoy a touch of Hawai’i.

Known for her Opihi Shell necklaces with matching earrings; she also designs more contemporary jewelry using unique beads and gem stones...pink pearl with a sliced Poppy Seed Jasper cross or turquoise, onyx, silver pearl, Czech crystal in blue with Jerusalem Cross pendant. Although she has always had an interest in jewelry making, it was after she had been gifted gemstones, beads and other jewelry making supplies that she began designing her own line, “’Ekahi Wela No’... each piece is unique unto itself...”

For further information about the gallery, other artists and artisans showing their work or classes, call Patricia Sammons, Managing Director at 775-2944135 or at facebook.com/risingsunartgallery.

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Opihi Shell Necklace

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Jerusalem Cross Necklace

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Humboldt General Hospital has introduced a new chapter in local surgical care.

The HGH Surgery Clinic is now open for surgical consults at 130 E. Haskell Street, Suite E, in Winnemucca. Dr. Paul Gaulin and Dr. Stanley Pense are HGH’s primary surgeons, bringing 70 years of combined experience tonorthern Nevada’s rural residents. Together, the two have literally performed tens of thousands of surgeries, and now their combined expertise is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All surgical procedures are performed in the HGH surgical suites. The physicians work closely with one another, following up with each others’ patients as needed. They also work closely with all local physicians, to provide continuity of care for all surgical patients.

Paul E. Gaulin, M.D. 39 Years of Practice Graduated 1974 University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons

Stanley D. Pense, M.D. 31 Years of Practice Graduated 1982 Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine Portland, Oregon Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Our comprehensive suite of surgical services

Humboldt General Hospital is pleased to offer a full suite of services designed to meet all your general surgery needs. Dr. Gaulin and Dr. Pense are eager to meet you, to learn about your medical issues and to discuss your options. Consider the HGH Surgery Clinic for the following: Ÿ Hernia Repair Ÿ Biliary Pancreatic Disorders Ÿ Colorectal Care Ÿ Perianal Disease Ÿ Breast Disease Ÿ Gastrointestinal Procedures Including Endoscopy and Colonoscopy Ÿ Venous Disease Treatment Ÿ Wound Care Ÿ Skin Lesions Ÿ Minor Surgeries

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Lights! Camera! Murder!

Elko gallery rides the range Imlay Auxiliary hosts murder mystery dinner in honor of Cowboy Poetry

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he Imlay Auxiliary is presenting its fourth murder mystery dinner, Valentine Weekend, Feb. 15.

“We have gotten the hang of putting on these dinners. We work really hard o put them together, but they are so much fun," Imlay Auxiliary Secretary Sandy Urschel said. "Once you come to one you will want to come back the next year also,” This year’s mystery is planned as an Academy Awards after-party, thrown by millionaire Vanity Affair.

There are 40 characters to choose from — each with a secret to hide.

Your job is find their secrets while keeping your own secrets.

Imlay Auxiliary President Terry Sherbinow explains how the game works: “It’s an interactive mystery game. There is no script so you don’t have to worry about remembering lines. When a person buys a ticket they get a bio on their character and it just depends on them as to how they want to play their character. When they get to the party they get a little goodie bag that has more information on their character

and some juicy little tidbits on some of the other characters.

"There are two objective lists for their character to fulfill; one to do before the murder and one for after the murder. The objective lists are designed to help you figure out who the murderer is. It might sound a little complicated but after you get here and see what is going on it’s really not. Some of our guests have come to the other murder mystery dinners and they really get into character,” Sherbinow said.

Auxiliary members are busy calculating how to turn Imlay’s little community center into a posh Hollywood mansion. That, in itself, would be reason to attend.

The ticket cost of $25 includes appetizers, three-course dinner with coffee or tea, dessert and an evening’s entertainment. Beer, wine and sodas will be sold throughout the evening; that’s how the auxiliary makes their money.

Awards are given out at the end of the evening to the super sleuth and for best costume and best actor.

The year’s dinner is limited to 40 guests so hurry to buy your tickets.

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estern is the theme in the Elko County Art Club Gallery this month in celebration of the 30th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

Club Members have been invited to create one piece of art with a western theme for display at the gallery. The Theme Wall consists of various art media types, incredible imagination, and creativity.

Since seriously painting, she has won Best of Show awards at the2012 Latimer Art Club’s (Reno) Minitature Show, 2013 Nevada Art Association’s Nevada Day Show, Carson Valley Art Association’s 2013 Scholarship Show and previous others. She was an invited artist to the 2011 Genoa, Nev., Cowboy Poetry Fest.

Nancy currently is represented in gadZooks! Creative Place in Gardnerville, Nevada and is president of the Carson Valley Art Association. She welcomes special orders, and thanks you for viewing her work. Contact Nancy: email dncbarg@charter.net; or call (775) 782-7074.

Cathy Altenburg 'We Ain't City Slickers'

by Nancy Bargman

Nancy Bargman The Gallery is also pleased to present Nancy Bargman as our Featured Guest Artist for January and February, 2014.

As a practicing artist, Nancy’s work is eclectic, varied, and fresh. Her portfolio includes pastels, watercolors, graphite, scratchboard, colored pencil, mixed media, gourd Nancy Bargman art, and her signature collage portraiture.

These collage portraits are far larger than life and may be comprised of at least 1400 individual pieces of cut paper. Nancy’s main interests are centered on “The West,” especially rodeo: the riders, horses and activity. Western portraiture plays a major part in her choice of subject matter as she tries new techniques and approaches and applies them to the Western subject.

For years, Nancy had been looking forward to retirement, expecting to be free to express “all the ideas that have collected in my mind,” she says. “But even now I would appreciate more hours in a day!”

The Gallery is also featuring the work of two of our local Club Members; Cathy Altenburg has been making jewelry for the past four years, she enjoys working with various metals, such as silver, copper, and bronze.

Lynne Kistler Lynne Kistler is proficient in all media, but she especially enjoys watercolor painting. Her work has appeared in shows and art fairs in California, Montana, Hawaii, and Nevada, locally, she is very well known for her ‘Smoke Paintings’.

For the week of Cowboy Poetry, and throughout the month of February, the Gallery will also have a special Western Themed presentation by the Boys and Girls Club of Elko. In the past their artwork has been featured at various exhibits around town, and the group always puts on a great show. We are very excited to see what they come up with.

The ECAC and Gallery is proud to support this organization by encouraging our local youth to explore and develop their creativity.

A reception for all of our featured artists will be held on Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Gallery beginning at 6 p.m. Please join us to celebrate and view the work created by all these remarkable artists.

Follow us on Facebook for club, gallery, artist, and event updates. For more information call the ECAC Gallery at (775) 276-6612, or stop by and see us at 407 Railroad Street, Tuesday – Saturday from 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. F www.insidenorthernnevada.com

Barry 'The Bear' Ward

Pipers Opera House welcomes 'The Bear' VIRGINIA CITY

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istoric Piper's Opera House (January 16, 2014) - Piper's Opera House in Virginia City, Nevada is excited to announce the Feb. 1 concert by acclaimed country artist Barry "The Bear" Ward.

Barry Ward’s songs come from his deep roots in the heart of rural America. As a 4th generation Kansas farmer and rancher, he writes of the men and women whose lives are entwined with the seasons, the land, and the will of God. Traveling to 22 states and two foreign countries, Barry has shared his songs at Cowboy Poetry Gatherings, Silver Dollar City, venues and churches across the West. His music has taken him from Carnegie Hall in New York City to the jungles of Cameroon, Africa.

Barry is honored to be the 2013 Western Music Association Male Performer of the Year. His recording of “Eli Crow,” written by the late Paul Hendel, won the Will Rogers Award as 2012 Song of the Year from the Academy of Westwww.insidenorthernnevada.com

ern Artists. According to True West Magazine (January 2013), the song “should become a classic cowboy gunfighter song in the vein of songs like ‘El Paso’ and ‘Cross the Brazos to Waco.’”

You may be surprised to learn that this award-winning western performer never picked up a guitar before he started taking lessons at the age of 35.

In Barry’s hands, the guitar takes on the resonance of a fivepiece band, enhancing the songs and bringing out the meaning of the words.

Performance is always about the listener connecting to the song as far as Barry is concerned. The very reason he travels the country to share his music.

Barry and his wife, Victoria, now live on a ranch near Elbert, Colorado. Victoria manages Barry’s music career and their recording company, Flying W Productions.

Tickets: advance tickets $15 and $10 for seniors, children and military; all tickets are $18 at the door.

For advance tickets or for more information, contact Toni McTimmonds at (775) 847-0433. F Inside Northern Nevada |FEBRUARY 2014 | 13

Multi-media dance experience 'Farflung' at UNR Feb. 28

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he University of Nevada Reno Department of Theatre and Dance is proud to present Farflung.

This performances is devised and directed by Susan Pfeffer, Assistant Professor Department of Theatre and Dance.

Are you ready for adventure?

Farflung, a devised, multimedia, theatre performance with music composed by Graham Flett, explores physical and vocal propulsion in an investigation of boundaries beyond familiar, habitual surroundings.

An eccentric family leaves behind their repetitive interconnection in a defunct, factory-like environment.

What awaits their lives? How will they change? Discover their responses to new encounters and distant places when what’s beneath their skin is the only true home.

On stage at the Redifield Studio

Display honors folklife skills — 'Silver and Gold' part of Nevada Touring Initiative

Susan Pfeffer

Theatre, Church Fine Arts Building on the campus of UNR, Feb. 28 March 8. Curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. each night.

Tickets will be available in person at the Lawlor Events Center Box Office weekdays from 10 a.m.

- 5 p.m. Online please visit www. mynevadatickets.com or call 800325-7328. Tickets are also available 1 hour prior to performances in the Church Fine Arts Box Office when seating is available. For more ticket information call (775) 7844444 option 2.

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ilver and gold represent the new and the old as well as the pre­cious mineral resources of Nevada.

The years 2013–2014 mark the Sil­ver Anniversary of the Nevada Arts Council’s Folklife Apprenticeship Program, which acknowledges one of the Silver State’s golden resourc­es—its breadth of traditional artists, performers, and craftspeople that make Nevada home.

The exhibit, One Is Silver, the Other Is Gold: Celebrating 25 Years of Nevada Folklife Apprenticeships, features the work of twenty-two 20th and 21st century Nevada visual artists of the Apprenticeship Program who have passed on their skills in traditional arts dating back many generations or even centuries, but which are still vital and dynamic today. Art forms represented in the exhibit include: Polish wycinanki (papercutting), Oaxacan embroidery for traditional dance costumes, twisted horsehair rope and horse tack, Washoe basket­ry, Ukrainian pysanky (egg paint­ing), and saddlemaking.

This unique exhibit is on display at the Churchill County Museum and Archives through March 21.

The Folklife Apprenticeship Program supports the preservation of Nevada’s cultural heritage and continuation of its traditional arts. While honoring the state’s master folk artists, apprenticeship grants encourage the “handing-down” of traditional art forms, such as crafts, music, food preparation and dance, to a new generation, or apprentices.

Each recognized master is en­couraged to work with one or more dedicated apprentices so that their traditional art forms and per­sonal contributions endure. The artists come from a range of tribal, ethnic, cultural, and occupational groups found throughout Nevada in both rural and urban commu­nities. They include artists from among the indigenous Paiute, Sho­shone, and Washoe peoples; and the skilled ranchers, miners, loggers, and railroad workers long a part of the state’s history. They also include more recent immigrants from all parts of North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia – some who sought new lives and economic opportunities in the early part of the 20th Century, and others who arrived much more recently.

One Is Silver, the Other Is Gold artists include Hasna Akbas, Eddie Brooks, Fred Buckmaster, Clara Castillo, Sue Coleman, Florine Conway, Berna­dine DeLorme, Wesley Dick, Charles Herring, Donald “Ike” Hicks, Linda Johnson-Comas, Barbara Lierly, JoAnn Martinez, Virginia McCuin, Edward McDade, Angie McGarva, Adam Nordwall, Vilma Parra, Ma­ria Sanchez, Larry Schutte, Romeo Siguenza and Zoria Zetaruk. F

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Virginia McCuin, Ghost Horse

Barbara Lierly, Wycinanki

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Movie series highlights Mitchum thrillers

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ilm noir giant Robert Mitchum is the highlight of a film series in Fallon.

The Churchill Arts Council presents three movie classics starring the screen legend — with the first film "Out of the Past" set to begin on Friday, Feb. 7 at the Oats Park Art Center in Fallon.

Mitchum rose to prominence in the '40s with several film noir acting roles.

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Out of the Past, 1947 — A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames.

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The Night of the Hunter, 1955 — A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery. This movie also stars Shelly Winters and is the only directing project of actor Charles Laughton.

Cape Fear, 1962 — The original and the best! In this psychologial thriller, small-town lawyer Sam Bowden's (Gregory Peck) life becomes torturous when Max Cady (Mitchum) re-enters his life, seeking revenge for his prison term by stalking and threatening his family.

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The Humboldt Foundation partnered with the Humboldt County Hospital District last year to build the Gladice Wochner Memorial Courtyard at Humboldt General Hospital. The courtyard will now be the centerpiece of the hospital’s long-term care facility, Harmony Manor.

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Now the deceased Humboldt County resident will also be known as the namesake for Harmony Manor's newly completed courtyard.

The Gladice Wochner Memorial Courtyard will be the centerpiece of Humboldt General Hospital's long-term care facility.

Harmony Manor has had a patio for many years which connects with the skilled nursing facility.

Even with cracks in the cement that made it difficult for residents to traverse the uneven terrain, and its poor showing of plant life,

residents still appreciated the chance to use the space to enjoy their morning coffee, read, discuss issues and gather for an occasional barbecue.

But hospital officials felt it was becoming increasingly unsafe for residents to use.

So when CTA Architects confirmed the space could easily receive an extreme makeover as part of the already planned acute care expansion, HGH owner representative Mike Sheppard went to work.

He met with representatives from Harmony Manor and with the site's architects to create a patio design that not only provides the perfect backdrop for individual quiet time, but for facility-wide celebrations as well.

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On Monday, November 18, Humboldt The Humboldt County Hospital District Board Foundation members met at the hospital for their of Trustees earmarked approximately $200,000 monthly meeting and to dedicate the new toward the project; however, a timely donation courtyard in Mrs. Wochner's memory. from the Humboldt Foundation's Gladice Wochner The group enjoyed a short ceremony and Memorial Fund will now cut that bill in half and dedicatory prayer; refreshments followed in the create a namesake for the longtime local woman.

Sarah Winnemucca conference room.

Gladice Wochner was born on January 12, Macdonald said the courtyard will provide a 1908 and died in Winnemucca on November 22, fitting tribute to Mrs. Wochner. “We were 2003. interested in something that would provide a According to local attorney and Humboldt lasting memory of her,” he said.

Foundation member Bill Macdonald, the Hospital CEO/Administrator Jim Parrish said foundation received a sizeable grant upon Mrs. the extra money from Mrs. Wochner not only Wochner's death. allowed the hospital to upgrade all aspects of the Small seed-money endowments were courtyard project, but provided funds to construct allocated for the county library, the local animal an even larger space, including a private alcove protection program and the senior citizens center. where families and others can meet.

What was left was divided equally between “This money created a wonderful partnership matching-money funding for capital with the Humboldt Foundation,” said Parrish. “We improvements at Great Basin College and are indebted to Mrs. Wochner, and this memorial Humboldt General Hospital. courtyard will always carry her name and the The college grant paid for the Wochner memory of her generosity to this community.”

Building at the local campus—a modular that The hospital plans to host a public grand currently houses the Technical Arts. opening of the “Gladice Wochner Memorial However, the foundation board didn't identify Courtyard” in May 2014. By then, the garden's an immediate need for the hospital, which it planting beds will be filled with beautiful deemed appropriate in honoring Mrs. Wochner's vegetation and finishing touches will have been memory at the time. So the money sat and waited added to the space. for the right project to come along.

“Truly, this will be a place of serenity and That's when Brian Belanger, a former celebration for our residents,” said Parrish. “We Humboldt Foundation member who was well are very grateful for the efforts that made this all aware of the search for a good fit, read in the come together.” newspaper about the Joe McIntyre courtyard makeover.

Belanger contacted Sheppard and Macdonald and the idea of a courtyard donation was hatched.

Sheppard and HGH CEO/Administrator Jim Parrish met several times with the Humboldt Foundation Board who, along with hospital trustees, approved the deal.

In all, $110,758.98 has been donated to the Trustees of the Humboldt Foundation and officials from Humboldt General hospital in Gladice Hospital met in November to dedicate the new courtyard to Gladice Wochner’s Wochner's name. memory. The group included, from left to right: Rolfe Schwartz, Kevin Melcher, B e c a u s e t h e Bill Macdonald, John Seeliger, Louise Griggs, John Milton, Jack Bullock, Mike d o n a t i o n w a s a Sheppard, Jim Parrish and Vince Mendiola.

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In 2013, Harmony Manor Skilled Nursing Facility was named one of America's Best Nursing Homes for women.

The Women's Choice Award® from WomenCertified® awarded the honor for “Patient Experience” based on robust criteria that includes female patient satisfaction measurements as well as clinical excellence considerations. Harmony Manor Skilled Nursing Facility is committed to providing residents with a quality of life that engages them and helps them continue to grow and enjoy life while safeguarding their health, dignity and privacy. This rewarding environment is especially meaningful to women who have singled out Harmony Manor as one of the nation's best nursing homes.

We believe in being helpful and caring for those in need.

HGH Humboldt General Hospital 118 E. Haskell Street Winnemucca, Nevada 89445 775.623.5222 www.hghospital.ws

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EVERY LIFE HAS A CHALLENGE

Short Term 12 — A 20-something supervising staff member of a foster care facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

GBC film festival considers lifechanging events

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The Spectacular Now — A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."

The Elko campus of GBC kicks off the series on Friday, Feb. 7 with "Short Term 12," (sponsored by Flying Fish); then continues Feb. 8 with "The Spectacular Now," (sponsored by Coldstone Creamery, Blind Onion Pizza and Telescope Lanes).

The festival continues the next weekend with a Friday, Feb. 14 showing of "Instructions Not Included," (sponsored by Pizza Barn) and ends on Feb. 15 with "Antarctica: A Year on Ice," (sponsored by Round Table Pizza).

All movies are held at the Great Basin College Theater, 1500 College Parkway, Elko, and begin at 7 p.m. Doors open 45 minutes prior to showtime. Each evening has a sponsor restaurant, which will provide complimentary food samples to ticketed entrants.

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Instructions Not Included — A man who has made a new life for himself and the daughter left on his doorstep 6 years ago finds his family threatened when the birth mother resurfaces.

A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in Antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of the world, and enduring months of darkness in the coldest place on Earth.

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RENO — Arena rockers Styx will thunder into Reno on Feb. 7 for a onenight performance at the Grand Sierra Resort. Melding prog rockers with fierce vocals, hard guitar and insightful lyrics, Styx is best known for songs such as "Come Sail Away" and "Too Much Time on My Hands."

For tickets or more information visit the Grand Sierra Resort online at grandsierraresort.com, or call (800) 5012651. F

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Hello, Dolly!

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he Broadway Comes to Reno series continues with 'Hello Dolly' staged on Feb. 21 - 23.

Winner of ten Tony Awards including Best Musical, "Hello, Dolly!" is one of the most enduring Broadway classics.

Emmy- award winning Sally Struthers (All In the Family, Gilmore Girls) stars as the strong-willed matchmaker Dolly, as she travels to Yonkers, NY, to find a match for the ornery “well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire” Horace Vandergelder.

Featuring an irresistible story and an unforgettable score including the title song, “Put on Your Sunday Clothes,” “It Only Takes A Moment,” and the show-stopping “Before the Parade Passes By,” Hello, Dolly! has been charming audiences around the world for nearly 50 years. Based on the 1938 play by Thorton Wilder originally titled "The Merchant of Yonkers" and retitled by the author in 1955 to "The Matchmaker."

"Hello Dolly" became one of the most iconic Broadway shows of its era, the latter half of the 1960s, running for 2,844 performances, and was for a time the longest-running musical in Broadway history. During that decade, ten "blockbuster" musicals played over 1,000 performances and three played over 2,000, helping to redefine "success" for the Broadway musical genre. The original Broadway cast recording is in the Grammy Awards Hall of Fame.

Held at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, the curtain

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goes up Friday, Feb. 21 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sunday Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

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Clarinetist Chris Money performs with Carson City Symphony

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larinetist Dr. Chris Money will join the Carson City Symphony to present selections from Dvorák and von Weber.

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Ana Popovic was born in 1976 in Belgrade. Her father introduced her to the blues, and she started to play the guitar when she was just 15.

Since then, her talent has taken her around the world, spawned nine albums and earned her legions of fans.

Now, she brings her fast-fingers and unique style to Fallon for a Feb. 1 performance at the Oats Park Art Center.

In 1995, Popovic formed the blues band Hush, which enjoyed a good touring run until 1999. She went solo that year, and formed the Ana Popovic Band in the Netherlands.

In 2000, she appeared, alongside Eric Burdon, Taj Mahal, Buddy Miles, Double Trouble, Eric Gales and others, on Jimi Hendrix tribute album Blue Haze: Songs of Jimi Hendrix with a cover of the song “Belly Button Window” In 2012, Popović moved to Memphis, Tennessee .

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man, was recorded with John Williams on bass guitar, Harold Smith on rhythm guitar, Frank Ray Jr. on organ and Tony Coleman on drums.

Presented by the Churchill Arts Council, tickets are $17 for CAC members and $20 for the general public.

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Nevada Opera. Dr. Money has also served as an adjudicator for regional and state solo and ensemble competitions since 2003.

Tickets are $15 general admission; $12 for seniors, students,

The Carson City Symphony, directed by David Bugli, will present the third concert of its 30th season on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 4 p.m., at the Carson City Community Center's Bob Boldrick Theater, 851 E. William Street in Carson City.

The featured guest soloist will be playing Carl Maria von Weber's Clarinet Concerto No. 2.

Also on the program is Antonín Dvorák's Sym- Dr. Chris Money phony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World") and Weber's Overture to Der and Symphony Association memFreischütz. bers; and free for youth age 16 Dr. Money currently teaches and under. Tickets will be on sale applied clarinet and is the Assisat Play Your Own Music in the tant Director of Programming Carson Mall, online at CCSymfor the School of the Arts at the phony.com, and at the door.

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Music Festival Orchestra, the TalCarson City Symphony is a lahassee Symphony Orchestra, community orchestra of about and the Nevada Festival Ballet 60 players who perform music Orchestra. from the 15th to 21st centuries.

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FUNNY MAN

Comedian Rob Schneider returns to standup roots

Emmy-nominated actor Rob Schneider, well known for his trademark blend of character and comedic acting, recently made a return to standup after a nearly 20-year break and has since been receiving rave reviews for his international comedy tour. Schneider will be on stage at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno on Feb. 15 at 9 p.m. For tickets or more information visit the Grand Sierra Resort online at grandsierraresort.com, or call (800) 501-2651.

Reno Little Theater stages wrenching 'Buried Child'

The Tony-award-winning drama "Buried Child' is the next offering from the Reno Little Theater. The performance series finishes with 7:30 p.m. stagings on Feb 1, 6, 7, 8. Matinees on Feb. 2 and 9 at 2 p.m.

The setting is a squalid farm home occupied by a family filled with suppressed violence and an unease born of deep-seated unhappiness.

The characters are a ranting alcoholic grandfather; a sanctimonious grandmother who goes

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on drinking bouts with the local minister; and their sons, Tilden, an All-American footballer now a hulking semi-idiot; and Bradley, who has lost one leg to a chain saw.

Tickets are $16 per adult and $13 for students, seniors and active military members.

Reno Little Theater is located at 147 E. Pueblo St., Reno.

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Artown presents African Children's Choir on Feb. 28 John Ascuaga's Nugget hosts heartwarming performance SPARKS

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Artown presents the African Children’s Choir at John Ascuaga’s Nugget on Friday, Feb. 28 at John Ascuaga's Nugget in Sparks.

The performance begins at 7 p.m.

Continuing Artown's goal of bringing unique and diverse events to our area, the choir embodies the beauty and hope of Africa by performing Gospel favorites, African traditional songs and dance.

In 1984, in the midst of Uganda’s civil war, human rights

The African Children's Choir is a large choir made up of children ages 7 to 12 from several African nations. Since its inception, the choir has included children from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Nigeria, and Ghana

activist Ray Barnett was called on to help the country’s many thousands of orphaned and starving children. Ray and his team came up with a unique approach to impact the lives of these children, one child at a time – the African Children’s Choir.

formed twice on American Idol – once with Josh Groban. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Gary Barlow wrote a special composition for Queen Elizabeth II that the Choir sang at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration.

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Saving art in the midst of war

The Monuments Men based on a true story

Big -budget 'Monuments Men' features an all-star cast

Feb. 7 The LEGO Movie Starring: the voices of Alison Brie, Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Nick Offerman, Will Arnett, Will Ferrell. An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together.

Cavemen Cavemen follows LA playboy Dean (Skylar Astin) who is fed up with one-night-stands and empty relationships and realizes that he wants something more out of life than just a party. With a little inspiration from his nine-year-old nephew and his best friend Tess (Camilla Belle), Dean decides to try his hand at finding true love for the first time - which proves to be much more difficult than he thought in modern-day Los Angeles

A Fantastic Fear of Everything Jack is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown

Starring: Cate Blanchett, Daniel Craig, George Clooney, Matt Damon. Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners.

It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind’s greatest achievements. From director George Clooney, the film stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett. The screenplay is by George Clooney & Grant Heslov, based on the book by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. Produced by Grant Heslov and George Clooney. Opens Feb. 7 nationwide. a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear.

Love & Air Sex When brokenhearted Stan (Michael StahlDavid) flies to Austin for the weekend in hopes of “accidentally” running into his ex-girlfriend Cathy (Ashley Bell), he arrives to find their best friends Jeff (Zach Cregger)and Kara (Sara Paxton) in the middle of their own vicious breakup. Before too long, battle lines are drawn – and with the Air Sex World Championships in town, anything can go down.

Nurse 3D By day, nurse Abby Russell (Paz de la Huerta) lovingly attends to the patients at All Saints Memorial Hospital; by night, Abby prowls nightclubs, luring unfaithful men into dangerous liaisons. After Danni (Katrina Bowden), a young, sensitive nurse, joins the hospital staff, Abby pursues her friendship. But when the friendship turns to obsession, Danni spurns Abby, unleashing Abby’s fury and a rampage of terror.

After the Dark “After the Dark” is set at an international school in Jakarta, where a philosophy teacher (D’Arcy) challenges his class of twenty students to a final thought experiment. Faced with an impending nuclear apocalypse, they must determine which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race. The decision quickly becomes deadly as each in the group turns against each other in a desperate fight for survival that blurs the lines between theory and reality.

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One Chance Starring: James Corden. 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.

Feb. 14 About Last Night Starring: Bryan Callen, Joy Bryant, Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall. A modern reimagining of the classic romantic comedy, this contemporary version closely follows new love for two couples as they journey from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.

Endless Love Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Bruce Greenwood, Gabriella Wilde, Robert Patrick. The story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.

Winter’s Tale Starring: Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, Will Smith. Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, Winter’s Tale is a story of miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old battle between good and evil.

The Returned Directed by Manuel Carballo, “The Returned” is set in a post-zombie world where a treatment called the “Return Protein” can stop the spread of the virus if injected quickly after infection, but cannot cure it. With daily injections, the “Returned” are able to live relatively normal lives, but with brutal attacks at the hands of Anti-Return groups and rumors that

protein stock is running low, the world is again on the brink of chaos. In the midst of this turmoil are Alex (Kris Holden-Reid) and Kate (Emily Hampshire), a young, successful and enviable couple that are hiding a long held secret - Alex is Returned. Suspicious that a government order for all the Returned to report to a secure medical facility ‘for their own safety’, the couple flees, taking with them all the doses of “Return Protein” they have.

Now in a race against the clock and few places to turn, they must face their worst fears and come to grips with the reality that if they are neither human nor zombies, who exactly are the Returned?

Date and Switch High school seniors Michael and Matty have been best friends since 3rd grade. Still virgins, they make a pact to help each other

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DVD Releases for February

Mean girls with fangs —

Jan. 28 The April Fools Bonnie & Clyde Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 The Fifth Estate Grace Unplugged Nicholas Sparks Limited Edition Rush The Snow Queen Steven Spielberg: Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain The War Between Men and Women Who is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

Vampire Academy channels 'Buffy' Starring: Danila Kozlovsky, Lucy Fry, Zoey Deutch. Making an attempt to channel the half-comedy, half-horrof 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' vibe comes this stylish and compelling tale of vampires in modern times. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half human/vampire, guardians of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discretely within our world. Her legacy is to protect the Moroi from bloodthirsty, immortal Vampires, the Strigoi. This is her story.

Opens Feb. 14 nationwide.

“score” before Senior Prom – but their mission suddenly takes an unexpected turn when Matty announces that he’s gay.

tim’s family that her son was not recklessly speeding? A spellbinding drama of social commentary and psychological realism, this caustic look into the corrupt heart of the Eastern European bourgeoisie twists into a brilliantly ambiguous study of obsessive motherly love.

Adult World Adult World is a satirical comedy about an eccentric young woman, Emma Roberts Amy Anderson, (Emma Roberts) who has just come out of university, convinced she’s going to be a famous poet. Saddled with debt and unemployed she moves back in with her parents who force her to get a job. Desperate and armed with a poetry degree and not much else she takes the only job she can find, working in an adult book store called Adult World.

Jimmy P. Based on the true story of Georges Devereux’s (Mathieu Amalric) treatment of Jimmy Picard (Benicio del Toro), a Blackfoot Indian who has returned from World War II with debilitating symptoms.

Girl on a Bicycle Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in the “second most beautiful city in the world,” Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his flight attendant girlfriend Greta when, per chance, he encounters the www.insidenorthernnevada.com

alluring, mysterious Girl on a Bicycle. Infatuation is immediate.

Obsession follows. Unable to get the image of this beauty out of his head, he seeks advice from his best friend, the witty and womanizing Derek. In his bumbling attempt to meet the Girl, French model Cécile, Paolo accidentally knocks her over with his bus and his life turns madly chaotic.

Feb. 19 Child’s Pose A sharply crafted family thriller, “Child’s Pose” pivots on a riveting performance by Luminita Gheorghiu who portrays a steely, upper-class Bucharest architect determined to keep her 30-something deadbeat son out of jail after a deadly car crash. How far will she go to convince the police, eyewitnesses and even the vic-

Feb. 21 3 Days to Kill In this heart pounding actionthriller, Kevin Costner is a dangerous international spy, who is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter, whom he’s previously kept at arm’s length to keep out of danger. But first, he must complete one last missioneven if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunt-

Feb. 4 About Time Baggage Claim Burton & Taylor Chasing Shackleton Dallas Buyers Club Escape Plan Family Matters: Fourth Season Free Birds The Hungover Games The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete Joanie Loves Chachi: The Complete Series Justice League: War Laverne & Shirley: The Seventh Season McConkey Pit Stop Romeo & Juliet Scorned The White Queen: Season One

Feb. 11 22 Bullets All is Lost The Americans: Season One Austenland The Best Man Holiday Blue is the Warmest Color The Counselor Dallas: Second Season Doctor Who: The Moonbase

Ender’s Game Hindenburg: The Last Flight The Jungle Book Killing Kennedy Newhart: Second Season Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer Reaching for the Moon The Returned: First Season Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map! SEAL Patrol Sherlock: Season Three Swamp People: Season 4 Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

Feb. 18 Battle of the Damned Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Epic Series (1978) Fists of Legend Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season Gentle Ben: Season Two Nurse Jackie: Season Five On the Job The Six Million Dollar Man: Season 5 Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Big Help

Feb. 25 Adventure Time: Third Season Gravity Law & Order: The Fourteenth Year The Middle: Fourth Season Pulling Strings Thor: The Dark World F

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ing down the world’s most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter while his wife is out of town.

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Pompeii Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii tells the epic story of Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.

Barefoot The “black sheep” son (Scott Speedman) of a wealthy family meets a free-spirited, but sheltered woman (Evan Rachel Wood). To convince his family that he’s finally straightened out his life, he takes her home for his brother’s wedding where an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms.

Bethlehem Bethlehem tells the story of the complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the film is a raw portrayal of characters torn apart by competing loyalties and impossible moral dilemmas, giving an unparalleled glimpse into the dark and fascinating world of human intelligence.

In Secret Set in the lower echelons of 1860s Paris, Therese Raquin, a sexually repressed beautiful young woman, is trapped into a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille, by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. Therese spends her days confined behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominoes with an eclectic group.

After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences.

The Wind Rises From acclaimed Japanese anime director Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli comes “The Wind Rises.”

Originally released in Japan in 2010, and now released for the first time in America with English dubbing. Based loosely on the manga by the same name, “The Wind Rises” follows the life of an airplane designer, his sickly wife and his eventual crisis of conscience as his inventions are used in war.

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'Robocop' reboot excites sci-fi fans The year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit. After he is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp utilizes their remarkable science of robotics to save Alex's life. He returns to the streets of his beloved city with amazing new abilities, but with issues a regular man has never had to face before. Opens Feb. 12 nationwide.

Feb. 28 Non-Stop During a transatlantic flight from New York City to London, U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks receives a series of cryptic text messages demanding that he instruct the government to transfer $150 million into an off-shore account. Until he secures the money, a passenger on his flight will be killed every 20 minutes.

Son of God Now, the larger-than-life story of The New Testament gets a larger-than life treatment in the stand-alone feature “Son of God.” Told with the scope and scale of an action epic, the film features powerful performances, exotic locales, dazzling visual effects and a rich orchestral score from Oscar-winner Hans Zimmer. Portuguese actor Diogo Morgado portrays Jesus as the film spans from his humble birth through his teachings, crucifixion and ultimate resurrection.

It marks the first motion picture about Jesus’ life since “Passion of the Christ,” released 10 years ago.

Stalingrad Stalingrad is an epic look at the battle that turned the tide of World War II. A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected a Russian woman who has been living there.

Presented in IMAX 3D, the scale of the battle contrasts dramatically with the human drama of the Russian soldiers, the few remaining civilians and their invaders into Stalingrad.

Repentance Starring: Forest Whitaker, Anthony Mackie, Mike Epps, Sanaa Lathan. Years after a drunken car crash that almost took his life, Tommy Carter has reinvented himself as a therapist/spiritual advisor who advocates a synthesis of world religions and positivity. He’s parlayed this vocation into a successful book release that one day draws the attention of Angel Sanchez, a profoundly troubled man fixated on the “untimely” death of his mother. When Carter takes

on Sanchez as a personal client in an effort to raise funds for his indebted brother Ben, things quickly take a turn for the worse. Angel needs much more than a simple life coach.

Kids for Cash “Kids for Cash” is a riveting look behind the notorious judicial scandal that rocked the nation. Beyond the millions paid and high stakes corruption, Kids For Cash exposes a shocking American secret. In the wake of the shootings at Columbine, a small town celebrates a charismatic judge who is hell-bent on keeping kids in line...until one parent dares to question the motives behind his brand of justice. This real life thriller reveals the untold stories of the masterminds at the center of the scandal and the chilling aftermath of lives destroyed in the process — a stunning emotional roller coaster. F www.insidenorthernnevada.com

February classes at 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.

Baby Painting - Session I and II Feb. 1 / Session 1 9:30 – 10:15 a.m.; Session II 10:30 – 11:15 a.m.

Bring your baby or toddler and go beyond finger-painting by blobbing, smushing, and smearing colors with hands and feet! Witness baby’s first painting with no mess at home.

Your wee one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Dress for a mess!

Instructor: Lisa Kornze; Ages: 6 months to 3 years with adult Cost: $12 Museum members, $15 non-members

Mosaics 101: Introduction to Mosaics Feb. 1 - 2 / 1 – 4 p.m.

In this two day class, students will learn the basics of mosaics, including techniques, design and grouting. Using various materials, students will be guided through a 10” x 10” mosaic mirror project. All materials provided but students may bring other objects (stones, jewels, beads, etc.) to incorporate into their piece. This class is intended for those unfamiliar or new to mosaics but all skill levels are welcome.

Instructor: Andrea Borges and Teri Lark for Tessera Glass; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $58 Museum members, $64 non-members

Art Mash: Open Studio Sessions Feb. 2 / 1 – 4 p.m.

Draw, paint, play! Enjoy a three hour open studio session with a live model. These bi-monthly sessions allows artists of all levels working in any variety of wet or dry materials to enjoy the reference of a live model in an open studio format.

Session will be coordinated by artist, designer and Museum School instructor, Dan Helzer. Participants can work at their own pace and a small class size will allow for mobility and individual input on model pose, attire, etc. Models will be nude on the 1st Sunday and clothed on the 3rd Sunday.

Pre-registration is recommended to secure a spot in the class, though day-of registration can be taken at the front desk (space permitting). Instructor: Dan Helzer; Ages: 18 and up / All levels; Cost: $24 Museum members, $27 non-members

Linoleum Block Printing Feb. 4 – 5 / 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Contemporary linoleum block printing is an exciting, economical, and accessible alternative to traditional woodblock printmaking. Linoleum blocks can be easily printed at home with little set-up. During this course open to all levels, students learn to transfer an image to a block, use tools to carve, register multiple layers, use a press, and print by hand. Class time will be dedicated to demonstrations of techniques, and ample working time with one-on-one instruction. Students leave this workshop with unique prints and blocks from which to continue printing at home. No printmaking experience is necessary! Students should bring in photographs, images from magazines, or drawings for inspiration. All other materials such as inks, paper, blocks, and carving tools are provided www.insidenorthernnevada.com

registration is recommended to secure a spot in the class, though day-of registration can be taken at the front desk (space permitting).

Instructor: Dan Helzer; Ages: 18 and up / All levels Cost: $24 Museum members, $27 non-members

The Artists’ Rountable: Embracing Social Media and included with your registration.

Instructor: Elizabeth Ferrill; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $116 Museum members, $128 non-members

Life Drawing: Open Studio Wednesdays, Feb. 5–26 / 6 – 9 p.m.

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: 18 and up / All levels Cost: $96 Museum members, $108 non-members

Making Corrections In Watercolor Feb. 10 / 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Watercolors can be corrected! Learn the various ways to correct mistakes and how to fix overworked paintings through classroom demonstrations and hands-on practice. Students should bring in work that has been overworked or is in need of correction.; Instructor: Lady Jill Mueller; Ages: 15 and up / All levels; Cost: $48 Museum members, $54 non-members

Contemporary Book Of Hours Feb.11 – March 11 / 6 – 9 p.m.

Enjoy the process as we decorate and paint paper to be bound into a Middle Ages style book, with a soft leather wrap-around cover and exposed stitching. We will discuss medieval working methods and materials. Our beautiful contemporary books of hours can be used as journals to contain words closest to our hearts.

Instructor: Carol Pallesen; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $150 Museum members, $160 non-members

Mini Masters: Surrealist Landscapes Wednesdays, Feb. 12 – March 5 / 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Young artists will enjoy learning about the art of surrealist painters in this four week series of painting and drawing classes. Students will enjoy a visit to the exhibition Phyllis Shafer: “I only went out for a walk...” while learning about the historical context of Frida Kahlo’s work. All materials and a snack are included with registration.

Instructor: Merry Mathers; Ages: 7 - 12 / All levels Cost: $74 Museum members, $82 non-members

Art Mash: Open Studio Sessions Feb. 16 / 1– 4 p.m.

Draw, paint, play! Enjoy a three hour open studio session with a live model. These bi-monthly sessions allows artists of all levels working in any variety of wet or dry materials to enjoy the reference of a live model in an open studio format.

Session will be coordinated by artist, designer and Museum School instructor, Dan Helzer. Participants can work at their own pace and a small class size will allow for mobility and individual input on model pose, attire, etc. Models will be nude on the 1st Sunday and clothed on the 3rd Sunday. Pre-

Feb. 22 / 9 a.m. – noon Artists, art professionals and art enthusiasts are invited to join a roundtable discussion with like-minded individuals. This professional development session is designed to help artists learn how to choose and use the right social media marketing tools and how to develop a consistent and engaging message.

From blogs, to Twitter, to Facebook and more, learn how to organize and manage your communications and “brand” in the world of social media. Featured panelists include Casey Sibley and Jane Kenoyer. Fiber artist, Toni Lowden, will facilitate a group dialogue featuring special guest artists and professionals. Instructor: Panel Discussion led by Toni Lowden; Ages: 15 and up / All levels; Cost: $34 Museum members, $37 non-members

Painting Winter Trees In Watercolor Feb. 24 / 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Through instructor demonstrations and hands-on learning, students will explore watercolor techniques used to paint deciduous and snow-covered trees and will then apply the same techniques to shrubs, bushes and grasses. Students need to bring many of their own photos of winter trees to use for reference.

Instructor: Lady Jill Mueller; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $48 Museum members, $54 non-members

Painting Clinic: Open Studio Tuesdays, Feb. 25 – March 18 / 9:00a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned artist this class is designed to help your improve your technique in oils or acrylics. Each student is encouraged to bring what they are currently working, a pick a new subject for the class or have the instructor help them to find one. The instructor will be giving individual coaching to help each student to the next level of their artistic journey.

Instructor: David McCamant; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $96 Museum members, $108 non-members

Art High: Sketching The Figure Tuesdays, Feb. 25 – March 18 / 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Teens ages 13 - 18 will enjoy exploring basic figure sketching techniques through line, value, shape and composition. The first class will explore basic drawing techniques while working from a mannequin, the last three classes will include drawing sessions with a live posed model dressed in swim or athletic attire. Instructor: Jerry Stinson; Ages: 13 - 18 / All levels Cost: $74 Museum members, $82 non-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. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and national holidays. Admission is $10 general admission; $1 for children up to 12 years. For more information visit nevadaart.org or call (775) 329-3333. F Inside Northern Nevada | FEBRUARY 2014| 27

The changing face of Malbec The

WINE GUYS Tom Marquardt and Patrick Darr

He found a vineyard in one of the best

Malbec grapes are inky black and yield a rich, flavorful juice with robust tannins. Because it is so full-bodied it is typically blended with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc or Merlot. In the Cahors appellation of southern France, it is blended with Merlot and Tannat to make a regional blend. In California, the grape is blended to produce 'Meritage.' The grape is also grown in Oregon and Washington, and sometimes bottled as a single varietal. F

regions of Mendoza and started to experiment with farming and irrigation. Top producers like Nicolas Catena were not encouraged — until a group of journalists came for a visit in 1993. Winemakers offered them only their chardonnay to sample, but at the end of the tasting, Hobbs' took out his 1992 experimental malbecs. The wine's opulence and concentrated left such an impression that a New York Times writer wrote that malbec is Argentina's future. Catena changed his mind after that and today he has joined Hobbs in making some of the most incredible malbecs Argentina produces.

Other producers are still trying to catch up.

Argentina vintners embrace this dark and complex grape My, my, how malbec has changed.

Once an obscure grape relegated to playing a cameo role in Bordeaux, malbec has been all but abandoned there because it is susceptible to frost and mildew. However, its thin skin is not a problem in the much drier Mendoza region of Argentina.

Perhaps it's not the grape that spells success, but how the grape is grown -and by whom.

No one knows that better than Paul Hobbs, a winemaking icon in California who has been making wine and consulting in Argentina since 1989. Hobbs was focused on chardonnay when he first visited Argentina in the late 1980s.

Malbec did not leave any positive impression when he toured some pretty ugly vineyards.

"It was an uninspiring grape the way it was being grown in 1990," he said.

"But I wondered, if we grew malbec in a different way, how would the grapes respond?"

The old malbec was coarsely acidic and green, which winemakers tried to moderate with winemaking sorcery. Hobbs, on the other hand, decided the solution was in the vineyards. He pruned back canopy to expose the grapes to the sun and controlled the amount of water being fed to the vines.

The difference was enormous.

Today's malbecs from producers like Hobbs, Susana Balbo and Bodegas Catena Zapata are stunning with smooth tannins and extracted fruit. Consumers would be wise to erase their old impressions of Mendoza malbec, open the wallet and sample these complex and juicy re serve wines.

Whether you like malbec is another matter. At its worst, it can be vegetal, overoaked and taste like raw meat. But made well, it's lush texture can be appealing.

Common flavors are plum, blackberry. blueberry, chocolate and leather. The aromas are often flowery, like violets, and the color is a deep purple, like petite sirah.

Argentina could not have made its progress without the investment of several famous wine producers. Moet & Chandon, Kendall-Jackson, Gallo, Bordeaux's Lurton Family, Michell Roland and Paul Hobbs are just some of the renown producers and

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consultants to invest in Argentina's wine industry.

Hobbs is a partner in Vina Cobos and consults for several Argentine producers. He is now making malbec in the Cahors region of France, which he said holds even greater promise.

Here are some malbecs to feast on: Vina Cobos Bramare Lujon de Cuyo Malbec 2011 ($45). Paul Hobbs is part-owner of Vina Cobos and is responsible for getting these great wines into the United States. It is a great example of what can be done with malbec in the right hands.

This wine is intended to express the appellation. Like its sister malbec, the Bramare Valle de Uco from another appellation, the wine is expressive and concentrated. The Lujon de Cuyo, our favorite, has layered ripe plum and blackberry notes and nuances of licorice and tobacco. Both wines spend 18 months in oak, which accounts for their concentration. The extra year of bottle age helps these dense wines.

Felino Malbec 2012 ($19). Blended with a little cabernet sauvignon and merlot to give it more dimension, this wine seems to be made from younger vines. The fruit is bright and fresh and the aromas are very floral. It too is from Paul Hobbs Imports.

Susana Balbo Malbec 2011 ($28).

Blended with a bit of cabernet sauvignon,

the Balbo malbec has good structure, ripe raspberry and blackberry flavors and a touch of mineral and mocha. Delicious.

Casa Bianchi LEO Premium Malbec Mendoza 2011 ($30). This wine offers a very complex nose and flavors of plums roses and violets. The flavor of ripe plums creates a very smooth delivery in the mouth and an overall impressive experience.

Here are some more moderately priced malbecs: Tomero Malbec 2012 ($15). Only 20 percent of the wine is aged in oak, which gives the wine a clean, refreshing feel with good acidity. Black fruit notes and a good dose of pepper and spice.

Don Miguel Gascon Colosal Red Blend 2013 ($15). There is 16 percent bonarda, 13 percent syrah and 10 percent cabernet sauvignon in this delicious blend.

Intense dark fruit with a dash of chocolate.

Bianchi LEO Malbec 2012 ($17).

Plum and black cherries dominate the flavors of this easy-drinking malbec. Soft mouthfeel.

Alamos Malbec 2011 ($20) . One of the most popular Argentina malbecs on the market, Alamos continues to breed a consistently balanced wine year after year.

The 2011 has huge violet aromas, dense body, and a blueberry, meat pallet of flavors. F

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It is not the first time he has made the resolution. This time, to get off to the right foot, he uncorked some bubbles as his first wine of 2014. At least the resolution so far hasn't been broken This bottle had special meaning for him and his wife. It was the 1995 Comtes de Champagne, the most expensive and most prestigious champagne made by Taittinger. They bought the bottle a few years after their first visit to Champagne for their 20th anniversary in 1990.

One of their stops was Chateau de Marquetterie, the historic chateau owned by Taittinger and used for only special occasions. They were dwarfed by its cavernous rooms during an exquisite lunch with Taittinger's managing director. By the end of the 2-hour meal, they were giddy from drinking variety of wonderful champagnes, most notably the Comtes de Champagne. One year later they splurged on a bottle in the hopes of one day reliving the experience.

That day came on Jan. 1. The wine was as good as we remembered it and the rest of the day was lost to recalling our incredible lunch and tour of the Champagne region. A bottle can hold great wine, but it also can hold great memories. Think about that when you visit a wine region this year.

Not many people think of aging champagne, but it's quite a treat. Champagne producers don't encourage cellaring their wine for selfish purposes: they want you to drink it now, then buy another bottle. Their marketers argue it's meant to be drunk now because the bubbles can't last forever.

We disagree. First, the bubbles do last although not entirely. Second, a lot of bubbles can mask the delicate flavors that will evolve with age. Our Comtes de Champagne still had bubbles, but it was the flavors and texture that matured. Foremost, the wine was incredibly rich and round with exquisite apple, biscuit and almond flavors. Made entirely from chardonnay grapes, it had aged as well as a French burgundy.

Not all champagnes age well. Don't plan on cellaring Korbel or Tott's, for instance. But the most www.insidenorthernnevada.com

prestigious, vintage cuvees made by houses like Krug, Salon, Pol Roger and Taittinger will improve in age -- and this applies particularly to those blancde-blancs champagnes that use chardonnay.

So here's a thought to the newlyweds out there: open a bottle of champagne when you marry or have your first child, then put away a second bottle for later consumption. Yes, it will cost you $70 or more -- but opening that bottle 10-20 years later will be priceless.

Here are some more wine picks for the new year Roth Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley Sonoma County 2010 ($30). This is a very nice approachable cabernet sauvignon with overall nose and flavors of cherries and well integrated oak.

This cabernet sauvignon should prove to be a crowd pleaser.

J. Lohr Highlands Bench Vineyard Chardonnay Santa Lucia Highlands 2011 ($22).

This big style California chardonnay offers delicious tropical fruit nose and flavors along with a appropriate note of toasty oak that that epitomizes a textbook well made California chardonnay with everything in balance.

Yangarra Shiraz 2011 ($25). One of the most reputable producers of Australian shiraz, Yangarra offers reasonably priced wines in general. But this shiraz for a few bucks more gives a lot for the money. Very floral aromas with classic berry flavors and hints of pepper and spice. Another good effort by winemaker Peter Fraser.

Matanzas Creek Helena Bench Sauvignon Blanc 2012 ($32). This reputable Sonoma County

WINE of the

MONTH Northern Italy's favorite sipper gains favor in America Stella Rosa originates from a small town in Northern Italy where drinking exquisite sparkling wines is a daily occurrence and not out of the ordinary.

In Stella Rosa, the secret of these wonderful wines was brought to America where everyone instantly fell in love with them.

Stella Rosa is a selection of wines imported by San Antonio Winery, owned and operated by the Riboli Family for four generations since its establishment in 1917.

With a light sweetness and wonderful bubbles, this wine enhances lighter fare. Try it for a weekend brunch with a cheesy omelette or even a turkey sandwich! After dinner, pair it with cheeses and fruit for a light and elegant end to a meal.

This wine is best served chilled.

producer made three different sauvignon blancs in 2012 -- all of them excellent. It was fun to taste them side by side to see the difference clones and soil can make. We're a sucker for the musque clone, so this version with 40 percent musque appealed to us the most. There is also a dash of semillon to soften the texture. Lots of citrus and melon notes with a touch of minerality and crisp acidity. Matanzas Creek's regular sauvignon blanc ($21) is a pretty big wine for the price.

Franciscan Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2012 ($18). Grapefruit and melon notes dominate the generous aromas and flavors. We like the mineral and citrus notes that keep the flavors balanced.

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