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Blistering Bluegrass John Jorgenson in Fallon Nov. 15

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Elko concert with folk duo Cotton Wine Battle Mountain artist Mike Torrence featured at Cookhouse

ART | FULL | LIFE: Dusty Ham is a painter and musician

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A new sound for Jorgenson

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The John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band features four legendary musicians in addition to the acclaimed guitarist: Herb Pedersen on banjo, guitar and vocals; Jon Randall on guitar and vocals; and Mark Fain on bass.

They come to Fallon Nov. 15.

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ART | FULL | LIFE Dusty Ham finds a song anywhere Winnemucca’s Dusty Ham is an accomplished singer, songwriter and artist working in many mediums.

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Revolutionary chamber musicians Windsync come to UNR for unique concert experience

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Creche exhibit seeking nativities

Celebrating its 10th year, the Elko Regional Interfaith Christmas Crèche Exhibit is calling for handmade and handcrafted nativity items to display.

Each year the Exhibit likes to highlight something different. For example last year was the complete Madonna and Child art collection of Helen Halls. And in 2012, it was tree toppers. This year the Exhibit would like to showcase handmade nativity items.

These items could be anything from a quilt or fabric wall hanging to wood, metal, or

ceramic figurines, to painted or drawn art, or made from non-traditional materials such as chocolate.

The exhibit, a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, with this year’s theme, “Precious Saviour, Dear Redeemer!,” will be Dec. 4 – 7, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Elko West Stake Center, 3001 North 5th Street, in Elko.

For more information: (775) 778-3535 or (775) 738-7748, crechecommittee@elkocreche. org, www.elkocreche.org, or facebook.com/elkocreche. F

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Winnemucca Western States Ranch Rodeo National Finals Oct. 30 - Nov. 2 Nov. 8 Boy Scout Craft Fair at the Winnemucca Events Complex Exhibit Hall Dec. 6 and 7 Winnemucca Crafters Show at the Convention Center Dec. 12 - 13 Cody Louk Invitational Wresting Tournament

For a complete listing of Winnemucca area events visit www.winnemucca.com

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There are many events around Nevada in honor of the state’s sesquicentennial. Below are a few happening in November.

See the full list at: www.nevada150.org/events-calendar/

Nevada Day Farm Fest A family-friendly fun zone near the Nevada Day parade on Saturday, Nov. 1 the will be held in the Horseshoe Club Parking Lot located on Curry Street in Carson City (From Musser to Spear Streets).

Food Vendors, Arts & Crafts (Featuring the Prairie Godmother), Fun Music

(With CW & Mister Spoons), Kids Games, Chalk Art, Bicycle Show & Shine (Bring your bike & sign up to participate!), Roller Derby Demonstrations (By The Carson Victory Rollers Good Wheel Ambassadors) And much more! To learn more visit www.nevadaday.com or call (775) 882-2600.

Nevada Day tribute concert The Capital City Community Band will open its thirty-sixth concert season

with a free “old-fashioned band concert” on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 3 p.m. in the Amphitheater in the Legislative Mall in Carson City.

The concert is free and open to the public. Parents are encouraged to bring their children to enjoy this concert. This year’s concert will commemorate Nevada’s sesquicentennial celebration. The band will perform patriotic music, marches, music from Broadway and concert band favorites.

‘All for the Union’ focus of history symposium The History Department at the University of Nevada Reno will be sponsoring a daylong symposium on Nevada Statehood and Constitution Nov. 6 to mark the Nevada sesquicentennial.

The theme of the symposium will be “All for the Union.” Scholars from both inside and outside of Nevada will be invited for various panel discussions on appropriate topics, i.e., the Paramount Allegiance Clause and the and anti-slavery provision in the Nevada Constitution. Professor Gary Gallagher from the University of Virginia and author of the recent book, THE UNION WAR will give a public address on the evening of the symposium.. For additional information visit www.unr.edu or Professor Bill Rowley at (775) 784-6852.

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Fallon hosts poetry reading by UNR’s Gailmarie Pahmeier

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Funnyman Lewis Black on stage in Wendover

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ailmarie Pahmeier will read from her latest poetic works on Nov. 8 at the Oats Park Art Center in Fallon.

Pahmeier has been a Nevadan for nearly 30 years. She primarily teaches creative writing and contemporary literature courses at UNR. She has been honored with the Alan Bible Teaching Excellence Award and the University Distinguished Teacher Award.

She is the author of the poetry collection “The House on Breakaheart Road” and two chapbooks from Black Rock Press.

Presented by the Churchill Arts Council, tickets are $17 for CAC members and $20 for the general public. For more information or advance tickets call (776) 4231440, or visit www.churchillarts.org. F

Receiving critical acclaim as a stand-up, actor and author, Lewis Black has performed for audiences throughout Europe, New Zealand, Canada and The United States.Now he comes to Wendover for a Friday, Nov. 7 appearance. For more information visit www.wendoverfun.com

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Guitar virtuoso Chris Proctor on stage in Winnemucca Nov. 6

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WINNEMUCCA ritics call Proctor’s guitar playing breathtaking.

One reviewer recently tried to capture the essence of Chris Proctor’s music: “What to call his unique melange of styles? There’s an aspect of Americana in the echoes of Appalachian and old-timey styles that are apparent in just about every track, but there are also elements of jazz, Celtic folk, and a dash of blues in here somewhere.

“What Proctor does is create guitar music that reflects the whole heritage of the instrument and still has his own distinct stamp — a tall order, but he’s up to the job” Proctor will be on stage at the Martin Hotel in Winnemucca on Thursday, Nov. 6.

Proctor was born in Germany as an Army brat in 1951, moving six times before the family settled in Salt Lake City in 1964. Though he picked up the guitar early in his life, it wasn’t until late in high school and then in college that Proctor stumbled across country blues, and experienced the epiphany to which instrumental players so commonly testify afterwards.

A basement coffeehouse at the University of Utah, a couple of good blues players, and his life changed. He finished his studies in philosophy, but by the time he graduated in 1973, he was playing guitar every day, listening to whatever records he could find, and soon was taking the stage himself to critical acclaim.

This event is presented by Great Basin Arts and Entertainment, a local all volunteer grass-roots non-profit, organized to bring world class performances to our community. Tickets are available at Global Coffee, Nature’s Corner and The Martin Hotel or online via the Martin Hotel website: www.themartinhotel.com. For more information visit www.gbae.org. F

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NMA opens ‘The 1ºC Project’ with painted works by Mitchell

‘The Last U.S. Mail Stage Robbery: A Mellerdrammer of Truth & Fiction’

Exhibit opens Nov. 22 in Art of the Greater West gallery

Nevada sesquicentennial performance by Elko’s Silver Sage Players

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ustralian painter Larry Mitchell has been traveling to the South Pacific Islands since the late 1970s, and for more than 20 years sailing to and painting the effects of globalization and climate change on the islands in the Indian Ocean, in particular the Abrolhos group off Western Australia.

He has taken these concerns across the Southern Hemisphere to as far away as the Antarctic. His works, often panoramic paintings based on detailed topographical sketches and photographs, use the techniques of visual representation deployed by voyages of exploration during earlier centuries, but ironically now in the cause of documenting the changes wrought as a result of that very colonialization.

More than two decades ago Mitchell noticed that life in the small islands and fishing villages in the Southern Hemisphere was changing.

Tropical storms were becoming more frequent and devastating, palm trees were dying off, the fishing stocks were depleted, and reef life less robust.

After the turn of the last century it was apparent that

H industrial-scale trawler fishing was making it impossible for local fishermen to be economically competitive, and that the warming of the oceans was causing the storms to increase and ocean levels to rise.

Mitchell, who had started out painting places that he loved, re-conceived this part of his artistic practice into what he now calls the 1ºC Project, which refers to the one-degree centigrade increase in ocean temperatures that is causing so many of the changes he is witnessing.

His travels in the waters of the Southern Hemisphere have now taken him around the tip of Patagonia, through Tierra del Fuego, and down into the sub-Antarctic islands. This exhibition is drawn from the extensive archives of the project that Mitchell has donated to the Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art. F

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appy Sesquicentennial Nevada! Join the Silver Stage Players as they help celebrate Nevada’s 150th birthday with their production of Beth Fine’s The Last U.S. Mail Stage Robbery: A Mellerdrammer of Truth & Fiction.

Silver Stage Players continue their 2014 Season with the staging of this classic melodrama inspired by Helen Wilson’s account of the last documented mail stagecoach robbery in the West.

This is family-friendly old time western melodrama replete with heroes, mustachioed villains, damsels in distress, murder, intrigue, and lots of fun!

Performances will be held in the Northeastern Nevada Museum theatre Oct. 23-25, 30-31 and Nov. 1 beginning at 7 p.m. each night.

Tickets are only $7 general admission, $5 for seniors and students, for this family-friendly old time western melodrama replete with heroes, mustachioed villains, damsels in distress, murder, intrigue, and lots of fun!

The Friday October 31st Nevada Day performance is free! For additional information please visit www.silverstage.org or call 775934-3721.

The Last U.S. Mail Stage Robbery - A Mellerdrammer of Truth and Fiction is based on a seminal moment of Nevada and Elko County history. The play is inspired by Helen Wilson’s account of the stagecoach robbery from her book Goldfever. The events that unfolded near Jarbidge on the night of Dec.

5, 1916, continue to be a colorful story that resonates even today.

What other state can boast having a community with such a rich history in mining, ranching, and culture, be near the location of the last documented mail stagecoach robbery in the West, and has a giant Indian Spirit named Tsaw-haw-bitts who would pick up people, put them in his basket, take them home, and eat them?

Welcome to Jarbidge, Nevada!

The first major gold discovery was made on Aug. 19, 1909. By the end of 1911, Jarbidge had a population of 1,200 people, a Community Hall, new school, improved road, a variety of businesses, and telephone service. Jarbidge is also the location of the last stagecoach robbery in the U.S. It happened on the night of Dec. 5, 1916. Fred Searcy was found dead beside the wagon.

Upon closer investigation, $3,000 and an assortment of mail were missing. The sheriff from Elko, Joe Harris, followed a trail of blood and dog tracks.

The dog was found and led them to a bundle containing a black overcoat which some had seen Ben Kuhl wearing. Kuhl was arrested, tried, and convicted. Jarbidge not only had a “last,” it also had a “first” in this case. Kuhl had left a bloody palm print on a discarded letter at the site of the murder. This was the first time a palm or fingerprint had ever been admitted as evidence in a court trial in the world. F

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ART FULL LIFE Winnemucca’s Dusty Ham is multitalented painter and musician

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usty Ham has always been artistic.

The Winnemucca resident has been drawing, painting, sketching and watercoloring since he can remember. The large body of work that can be found in homes and businesses — with murals sometimes painted ON homes and businesses — is impressive for someone who is just 30 years old.

And if the work with the pastels and paintbrush isn’t enough — Dusty Ham and

Pictured above is Dusty Ham playing in front of Bella Grazia wine bar in Winnemucca. He’s a regular performer for the summer wine walk series, among many other local events.

At left is an example of the realistic work that Ham can create with oils, watercolors or pastels — the medium he prefers.

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the Smokin’ Guns is regularly booked for gigs small and large around the Winnemucca area.

Many Winnemuccans have seen Ham (sometimes accompanied, sometimes solo) perform in front of Bella Grazia wine bar during the summer wine walks. He’s also done local events like Taste of Winnemucca, the Cowboy Country Bluegrass Festival other outdoor and charitable events.

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And charity comes easy to the softspoken artist. His work has frequetly been donated to events and individuals for fundraising purposes.

Choosing between art, music and work has been a challenge for Ham, who says his ultimate dream would be to take his music on the road for half a year, then paint the remainder of the time.

“I’d love to have enough time to do a gallery show,” he said.

But for now, one type of art seems to motivate the other. “I am always writing songs,” he said. “I just wrote a song about a friend. Lots of things around me inspire me — rodeo, ranching, love

At top right is a large watercolor that Ham recreated in oils for a Winnemucca friend.

Above, Ham stands on a ladder working to paint the ceiling mural at Bar M in downtown Winnemucca. At center is an inset of the wildlife and western scenes he’s painting there.

At right is Ham working on a sketch with his African Gray parrot, Gabby, watching.

and loss. I always seem to think about it like a move. If I was in a movie right this second, what’s the background music?

Ham is joined on stage by The Smokin’ Guns — Steve Shettler on bass, Russell Vaughan on drums and is occasionally joined by fiddle player Kirk Fortin. One constant for the band, though, is sound man Mike Preacher. “He makes it all happen,” Ham says. “He is as much a part of the music as any player in the band.”

While he learned the basics of guitar from his father, Eric Ham, it wasn’t until he left high school that he got serious about the instrument. “Right after school ended I bought a guitar and took a job mining where I lived in a man camp for 30 days on and off. I learned guitar there, and the very first song I wrote was for a friend named Austin.”

Currently, between working at Hams Heating, practicing and writing music and drawing and painting, Ham takes up the brush, grabs a ladder and continues work on a ceiling mural at Bar M in downtown Winnemucca. The outdoor nature scenes are entirely freehand, and while the work is slow-going (he can only devote some Sundays to the effort), the work is sure to remain a treasure for decades to come.

Ham’s work can be seen in Winnemucca at Bar M, Players Bar and at Winnemucca Farms.

Ham has some artwork and prints of his work for sale at Comfy Cozy Quilt Shop on East Winnemucca Blvd., or he can be contacted on Facebook for commission work, art sales or music engagements.

Find him at Facebook: Dusty Ham. F

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Brahms works part of ‘Through the Forest’ concert at UNR RENO The Argenta Concert series continues at UNR with ‘Through the Forest’ concert set for Friday, Nov. 7 at the Nightingale Comncert Hall.

Guest performers Cho-Liang Lin, violin; William VerMeulen, horn; Dmitri Atapine, cello; Hyeyeon Park, piano and James Winn, piano will perform works by Brahms, Dilorenzo, Ravel and Brahms during the event.

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he John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band features four legendary musicians: John Jorgenson on guitar, mandolin and vocals; Herb Pedersen on banjo, guitar and vocals; Jon Randall on guitar and vocals; and Mark Fain on bass.

The band comes to the Oats Park Art Center in Fallon for a Nov. 15 performance.

Music virtuoso John Jorgenson, known for his blistering guitar and mandolin licks and mastery of a broad musical palette, has earned a reputation as a world-class musician, for his collaborations with Earl Scruggs, Bonnie Raitt, Elton John, Luciano Pavarotti, Bob Dylan and many others. In 2008, John won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental with Brad Paisley and received a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album with Earl Scruggs. John, who has played with Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Jim and Jesse, David Grisman and others, has enjoyed a successful career with the Desert Rose Band and the Hellecasters, as a member of Elton John’s band for six years, and most recently, in his John Jorgenson Quintet and John Jorgenson Electric Band configurations.

Herb Pedersen was a member of legendary bluegrass band The Dillards as well as bluegrass super-group Old and In the Way. His own groups like the Laurel Canyon Ramblers and the Desert Rose Band further illustrate

why Pedersen is so respected in the industry.

A highly sought after singer and musician, he has played/worked/sang with such music icons as Flatt and Scruggs, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Jackson Browne, John Denver, Dan Fogelberg, James Taylor, Vince Gill, John Prine and Kris Kristofferson. Pedersen wrote the classics “Old Train” and “Wait A Minute.”

Jon Randall first gained recognition as guitarist for Emmylou Harris’ band, the Grammy-winning Nash Ramblers. He has also toured with Earl Scruggs and Sam Bush, recorded with Harris, Lyle Lovett, Linda Ronstadt and several others, and written several hit songs, including “Whiskey Lullaby,” the CMA Song of the Year in 2005 for Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss.

Mark Fain toured and recorded as bass player in the award-winning Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder for 13 years. He’s also toured and recorded with Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson, and Dwight Yoakam.

Together, these four talented and experienced musicians create the sweet bluegrass tunes characteristic of the John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band.

Presented by the Churchill Arts Council, tickets are $17 for CAC members and $20 for the general public. For more information or advance tickets call (776) 423-1440, or visit www.churchillarts.org. F

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LIFELONG LOVE OF ART Work of Battle Mountain artist Torrence featured at Cookhouse Museum in November Diverse works in painting, drawing and pottery BATTLE MOUNTAIN

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attle Mountain’s Mike Torrence might expect you to turn the other cheek – at least while he is painting your portrait.

The avid artist developed his knack for creating things as a kid, something he may have picked up from his mom, Agnes Torrence, and stepmom, Alicia Torrence, who were both artists, he said.

Torrence dabbles in all mediums of painting and drawing, especially pencils and pastels, and finds sunsets and beautiful imagery particularly inspiring. He will design anything but loves to do portraits, which he does mainly on request. He aims for his portraits to evoke emotion.

Since retiring in 2007 from working at Cortez Mine for 25 years, Torrence has immersed himself in wood carving and turning. He also makes wooden bowls, clay sculptures and soapstone statues among other unique creations.

“I just enjoy doing it,” he said. “I just enjoy the feeling I get when I do a good piece.”

Thirteen pieces of his artwork is currently on display at the Battle Mountain Cookhouse Museum and can be viewed through the end of November. He said he is

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Mike Torrence, who has lived in Battle Mountain since 1971, has had a love of art since he was a child and dabbles in a little bit of everything. Here, he is shown with an acrylic painting he did in 2004.

honored to have been chosen since there are so many great artists in Battle Mountain.

Torrence is selftaught but has attended classes and workshops throughout his life, the most recent being three classes on wood turning in Reno where he learned to Heather Hill, INN make wood pens, han- One of Mike Torrence’s clay statues and a carbon pencil portrait dles and bowls.

He does woodwork- are on display at the Battle Mouning around two to three tain Cookhouse Museum. and four great grandchiltimes a week unless he is immersed in a big project dren. Aside from his art, his to which he will then devote other main hobby is spending time with his family. He more time.

A Battle Mountain resi- also likes to read all kinds dent since 1971, Torrence of books including mysteries usually gives his pieces away and westerns.

He enjoys living in Battle to family and friends. He is a member of the Lander Mountain because of all the great people, he said.

County Art Association.

“Battle Mountain has He is married to Darlene and the couple have two been good to us,” he added. children, eight grandchildren “We have good friends.” F

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Reno Dance Company brings ‘Nutcracker’ to Winnemucca Local youngsters to take roles

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oted Reno’s Best Dance Company in 2014, the Reno Dance Company has undertaken The Nutcracker Tour — bringing the classic Christmas ballet to the rural area.

Winnemucca’s Northern Nevada Arts Council has partnered with the troupe to bring this unique opportunity to area students.

Auditions were held in October for dancers and non-dancers ages 6 to high school to take part in the performance. The Reno Dance Company (RDC) will provide all the props, costumes and other staging for the play.

The children will rehearse with the troupe on Nov. 10 - 15, with the performance set for Saturday, Nov. 15 at Lowry High School. Curtain up at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.,

with a ticket price of $20.

Reno Dance Company is a non-profit organization providing an intensive program of excelled dance training and performance opportunities to local professional artists.

Through professional productions presented in Reno-Sparks, Tahoe, and several rural cities of Nevada and California, RDC enhances each community’s awareness and respect for art and entertainment.

While striving to offer professional dancers, singers, choreographers and technicians a home to display their talent, RDC is equally dedicated to inspiring and cultivating young dancers at ‘The School @ RDC’ as well as many underserved communities through the RDC Outreach Tour Program, the largest and most popular outreach program in Northern Nevada and Northern California. F

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ountry superstar Travis Tritt has picked up the electric guitar again, and hit the road with a full-band production to celebrate his new album “The Calm After.”

Audiences last saw Tritt in stripped-down solo acoustic shows, but the big sound is back — and he’s occasionally

joined by his daughter, Tyler.

“I turned 50 years old this year, strictly going off the date my mother told me that I was born,” he said. “I need to go back and check my birth certificate, because I don’t feel that old. In my head, I still feel like I’m 28-years-old.

I have the same energy, the same amount of love for live performance and for working in the studio that I had when I was first getting started.”

Tritt is on stage in Wendover on Friday, Nov. 21.

Tickets are $10 - $45.

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LANDER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY will be having their

2nd annual

Craft Show November 7-8, 2014 at the Museum

Show times are 3 to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday Feel free to contact Lander County Historical Society with any questions: Coxie Roberts at 775-635-2582 or Salle Lemaire at 775-635-2450

All Roads Lead to Battle Mountain,

a book on Battle Mountain’s first 100 years, on sale now at the Museum for the introductory rate of $20.

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Call (775) 635-8548 or visit us online: www.battlemountainmuseum.com

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Winnemucca Festival of Trees raises funds for a good cause

Lithograph by Craig Sheppard

Lions Club project an inspiring event for rural community

T BRUSHWORK ROUNDUP Western Folklife Center features work of Nevada artist Craig Sheppard

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raig Sheppard, a native of Lawton, Oklahoma, lived in two worlds during his college years.

He was a rodeo bareback rider in arenas from Oklahoma to New York’s Madison Square Garden, and an outstanding graduate student in art at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.

He arrived in Reno in 1947 to serve as chair of the University of Nevada art department. Sheppard’s exceptional skills as a watercolorist and charisma made him a cultural icon in northern Nevada.

A Brushwork Diary: Western Paintings and Drawings

by Craig Sheppard is an exhibition from the Nevada Arts Council/Nevada Touring Initiative-Traveling Exhibition Program funded in part by the National Endowment of the Arts and the Nevada State Legislature.

The show will be on display through Dec. 22 at the Weigand Gallery inside the Western Folklife Center in Elko.

“The Nevada desert was a challenge to this painter familiar with the brighter colors of the landscape of the Southwest,” writes his daughter Sophie Sheppard in the “Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Summer 1990.

“Free time away from the university found him exploring the Nevada desert landscape, learning to appreciate and paint its subtle colors, strong contrasts of light and dark, and, most of all, its immensity of space.

“Further experimentation with watercolor led to a series, in both watercolors and oils. Dreamlike figures predominate, almost engulfed in loose, glowing washes of color” she writes.

The Western Folklife Center is located at 501 Railroad Street in the heart of Elko. For more information visit them at www.westernfolklife.org. F

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he Winnemucca Host Lions Club will turn the Winnemucca Convention Center into a winter wonderland in late November for the annual Festival of Trees.

Businesses, clubs and individuals around the area donate decorated trees, wreaths or tabletop trees to the event, which are then auctioned off.

The display will be open to the public on Nov. 28- 30 in the East Hall of the Convention Center.

The Winnemucca Lions Club uses the

proceeds from this event to fund their vision program. This program provides eye examination and glasses for those in need in Winnemucca. In early 2014, the Lions provided for three people to undergo needed surgery and extended opthamology care to get the treatments they need.

They also fund the Life Line to area seniors and undertake many other worthy community projects.

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Santa and Mrs. Claus frequently take time out of their busy schedule to visit the Winnemucca Festival of Trees.

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Revolutionary chamber musicians ‘Windsync’ at UNR on Nov. 6

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ailed by the Houston Chronicle as “revolutionary chamber musicians,” WindSync has distinguished itself among classical music ensembles as North America’s foremost emerging wind quintet.

The ensemble is recognized internationally for dramatic and adventurous programing in venues ranging from concert halls to museums, universities and schools. The young, energetic group plays exclusively from memory, including elements of staging and choreography, and focuses on building connections with audiences through dynamic concert programming and charismatic stage presence.

Strongly committed to educational enrichment and promoting arts engagement, WindSync’s featured educational presentations include the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and Chamber Music

Festival of Lexington, KY, among many others.

WindSync has performed lecture recitals, workshops and masterclasses presented by Stanford University, CSU Long Beach, Drexel University, University of Victoria, and the University of Minnesota.

The group’s latest initiative is The Play Different Project, a campaign against bullying, launched in spring 2013, which teaches tolerance and friendship through music and poetry. In 201112, the group was selected as Ensemble in Residence for the Da Camera of Houston Young Artist Program and held the position of Ensemble in Residence with the Grand Teton Music Festival during the summers of 2012 and 2013.

This dynamic, innovative group will be on stage at the Nightingale Concert Hall on the campus of UNR on Thursday, Nov. 6 for a 7:30 p.m. performance. Tickets are $12 $24 and are available in advance through the UNR box office. F

A STORY IN DANCE Ellington, Basie focus of joint performance

by Sierra Ballet and Reno Jazz Orchestra

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et in 1940’s and 50’s Nevada to the music of Duke Ellington and Count Basie, Duke’s Place is a brand new story in music and dance in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Nevada created especially for the Sierra Nevada Ballet and the Reno Jazz Orchestra.

This exciting new production is designed, written and choreographed by former Prima Ballerina, Rosine Bena, especially for family audiences and is complete with beautiful costumes, sets, drama, humor, fab-

ulous music and exciting dance.

The entertaining production about a magical reunion between father and daugh-

ter features international tap super star Sam Weber (known as “the fastest feet in tap”) former Joffrey ballet principal Mauro Villanueva, and Sierra Nevada Ballet popular principal Ananda Bena-Weber (former solo dancer with the Jazz Tap Ensemble).

The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 1 at the Pioneer Center for The Performing Arts in Reno. Tickets start at $22.

The Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts is located at 100 South Virginia St, Reno. For more information and advance tickets, visit pioneercenter.com. F

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Femke Weidema and Brandon James

Elko Community Concert Association presents Nashville folkies Cotton Wine Acclaimed duo bring toe-tapping vintage songs to stage

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hey’re a little bit folk. A little bit Americana and bring a whole lot of nostalgia to stage.

Cotton Wine is the Nashville-based singing-songwriting duo of Brandon James and Femke Weidema Cotton Wine performs regularly around the Southeast United States and is known for their online Youtube video series where they publish an entertaining song video episode a week recorded in their tour bus/ car from the road.

With a sound that combines the rich roots of Folk & Americana with the classic sentiments of pop, the voices of Brandon James and Femke of Cotton Wine create a hauntingly irresistible combination that continues to leave listeners complete-

ly captivated and wanting more.

Based in Nashville, Cotton Wine is the epitome of a DIY group – writing, engineering, producing promoting, and performing all their own songs.

Both Brandon and Femke are not only professional vocalists, but each have their own multi-instrumental skill set - Brandon plays guitar, piano, mandolin, drums/percussion; Femke plays accordion, piano, guitar, ukulele, banjo, bass, drums/percussion.

Femke is also a signed writer with Ten Ten Music, a Berklee alumni, and worked for Hanz Zimmer while in LA. Not to mention the cool signature process for making their own videos using only an iPhone, from design through to post-production.

Originally hailing from Toronto, Canada and Groningen, Holland respectively, Brandon and Femke first met in Los Angeles before beginning on a cross-coun-

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try road trip when they both separately decided to move to Nashville.

After writing their first song “Going East” while on the road, Brandon recorded a video using an iPhone and posted it on YouTube. After thousands of views, Cotton Wine’s DIY “Song A Week” series premiered on YouTube in 2012, which resulted in over 200,000 views.

However, with the release of their record, the series has been removed to make way for their latest featured video singles.

After successfully touring the southeast over the past year, Cotton Wine digitally released their highly anticipated self-titled album on October 15th, featuring the single, Corn In A Cotton Field. On Oct 28th, Corn In A Cotton Field was featured on Lightning 100’s “The 615 Show”.

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Nicola Twilley and Geoff Manaugh photography shown at Reno museum

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n 2012, Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley, two of the Internet’s most critically acclaimed bloggers, embarked on a multistate tour of the United States “to document often overlooked yet fascinating sites through the eyes of the innovators, trendsetters, entrepreneurs, and designers at the forefront of ideas today.”

Their 16 month long journey, inspired by nineteenth-century survey expeditions, was known as VENUE. Manaugh and Twilley took along a variety of analog and digital instruments and

a custom, hand-built toolbox containing recording equipment that they used as a pop-up studio—a temporary “venue”—to record audio and video.

Their assembled photographic work is on display through Nov. 30 at the CA+E Gallery at the Nevada Museum of Art. 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.

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Smash ‘Jersey Boys’ comes to Reno Four Seasons broadway bio on stage over Thanksgiving weekend

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ersey Boys is a musical biography of the Four Seasons—the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation.

Far from a mere tribute concert (though it does include numbers from the popular Four Seasons songbook), Jersey Boys gets to the heart of the relationships at the center of the group—with a special focus on frontman Frankie Valli, the small kid with the big falsetto. In addition to following the quartet’s coming of age as performers, the core of the show is how an allegiance to a code of honor learned in the streets of their native New Jersey got them through a multitude of challenges: gambling debts, Mafia threats and family disasters. Jersey

Boys is a glimpse at the people behind a sound that has managed to endure for over four decades in the hearts of the public.

The 2006 Tony Award® winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi.

Jersey Boys winner of the 2006 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album and most recently, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, features their hit songs “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.” This iconic performance is part of the Broadway Comes to Reno series, and will be on stage at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts on the following dates and times: 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, Wednesday, Nov. 26; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27 and Saturday, Nov. 28; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30.

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Studios ramp up for holiday releases

Animated ‘Big Hero 6’ promises action, family-friendly fun atmosphere

Robotics prodigy finds a way to save the day Big Hero 6 is an action-packed comedy-adventure about robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who learns to harness his genius—thanks to his brilliant brother Tadashi and their like-minded friends: adrenaline junkie Go Go Tamago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. When a devastating turn of events catapults them into the midst of a dangerous plot unfolding in the streets of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to his closest companion - a robot named Baymax - and transforms the group into a band of high-tech heroes determined to solve the mystery. Not yet rated. Opens Nov. 7 nationwide. harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him forever and the two women who guided him to immortality. Rated PG.

imaginative power of story that reveals that on an island at war, fiction can have dangerous consequences. Rated PG-13.

Merry Friggin’ Christmas

Elsa & Fred

Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son’s gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise. Not yet rated.

Worst Friends

Nov. 7 Interstellar

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Ellen Burstyn, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine. A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. Not yet rated.

Mr. Pip

Set against the backdrop of civil war in Bougainville, Mr. Pip stars Golden Globe-winner Hugh Laurie (House) as the enigmatic teacher Mr. Watts who reads to his pupils from Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations”. Matilda, a 14-yearold student played by newcomer Xzannjah, is transported by her imagination and the world of Dickens, becoming transfixed by the characters and Mr Watts’ interpretation of the story. The film also stars Healsville Joel, Eka Darville and Kerry Fox. A wonderful tale of the

When self-involved prankster Jake gets hit by a car, the only person around to take care of him is his childhood friend Sam. With the help of pretty, no-nonsense physical therapist Lily, Sam agrees to help Jake recover, but when Sam’s high school crush Zoe moves back to town, it’s every man for himself and Sam is left asking, “with friends like these, who needs enemies?!”Not yet rated.

21 Years: Richard Linklater

It’s been said that the first 21 years defines the career of an artist. Few directors have single-handedly shaken up the film establishment like the godfather of indie, Richard Linklater.

From the groundbreaking “Slacker” to his innovative “Boyhood,” Linklater has just reached the 21-year mark and has unapologetically carved his signature into American pop culture. This compelling documentary takes you on a behind the scenes tour into Linklater’s style, skills, and motivation via his friends, actors, and other directors. Get a raw and honest perspective on Richard through candid conversations with Ethan Hawke, Jack Black, Keanu Reeves, Billy Bob Thornton, Matthew McConaughey, Jason Reitman, Julie Delpy and others, and see their stories brought to life through hilarious animated sequences. Not yet rated.

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Muffin Top: A Love Story

“Muffin Top: A Love Story” is the story of Suzanne (Cathryn Michon) a Women’s Studies Pop Culture professor at Malibu University, who studies images of women in the media for a living, and yet is made insecure by the constant parade of female perfection that is our airbrushed culture.

She has been going through IVF treatments to get pregnant by her network executive husband (Diedrich Bader), but discovers on her birthday, that her husband has knocked up his younger, skinnier, co-worker (Haylie Duff) and wants a divorce. Happy Birthday! She goes on to find a more authentic version of who she really is, despite the delights of being suddenly single in Los Angeles, where low self-esteem for women is our number one export to the world.

Actress

When Brandy Burre decides to reclaim her life as an actor, the domestic world she’s carefully created crumbles around her. Not yet rated.

The Better Angels

The story of Abraham Lincoln’s childhood in the

After losing his wife, Fred (Christopher Plumer) feels disturbed, confused and alone, so his daughter (Marcia Gay Harden) helps move him into a small apartment where he meets Elsa (Shirley Maclaine). From that moment on, everything changes. Elsa bursts into Fred’s life like a whirlwind, determined to teach him that the time he has left to live—be it more or less—is precious and that he should enjoy it as he pleases. Rated PG-13.

An Evergreen Christmas Leaving her seemingly glamorous Hollywood life on hold, Evie Lee (Charleene Closshey) returns to her small hometown of Balsam Falls, Tennessee and her family’s once-thriving Christmas tree farm to attend her father’s unexpected funeral.

As the eldest sibling, she finds herself executor of an estate that owes a massive inheritance tax, much to her younger brother’s dismay. Torn between pursuing her music career and saving her family’s legacy, she must decide what it really means to find her place in the world. Rated PG.

Jessabelle Starring: Amber Stevens, Ana de la Reguera, Chris Ellis, David Andrews, Joelle Carter, Larisa Oleynik, Mark Webber, Sarah Snook. Returning to her childhood home in Louisiana to recuperate from a horrific car accident, Jessabelle comes face to face with a long-tormented spirit that has been seeking her return—and has no intention of letting her escape. Rated PG-13.

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DVD Releases

Laugh riot as Carrey, Daniels bring beloved bumbling characters back to big screen Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking

The Theory of Everything

Once a healthy, active young man, Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age.

With his wife Jane (Felicity Jones) fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of - time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science, and achieving more than they could ever have dreamed. Rated PG-13.

Dumb and Dumber To opens Nov. 14.

Starring Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey as Lloyd and Harry in the sequel to the smash hit that took the physical comedy and kicked it in the nuts: Dumb and Dumber To. The original film’s directors, Peter and Bobby Farrelly, take Lloyd and Harry on a

road trip to find a child Harry never knew he had and the responsibility neither should ever, ever be given. Rated PG-13.

winner’s circle for a 9 to 5 job as a beginners’ driving instructor. But his life shifts into overdrive when Simon Keller (John Cusack) hijacks Peter to be his getaway driver in a $9 million heist. Not yet rated.

Wrestling Champion brothers Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) and Dave Schultz (Mark Ruffalo) and their relationship with the eccentric John du Pont (Steve Carell) that led to murder. Rated R.

Open Windows

Starring: Elijah Wood, Neil Maskell, Sasha Grey. Nick (Elijah Wood) is excited to discover that he’s won a dinner date with his favorite actress, Jill Goddard (Sasha Grey).

But when Jill refuses to honor the contest, her manager Chord (Neil Maskell) makes an offer Nick can’t refuse: the ability to view Jill secretly via computer. Nick begins watching the unknowing star on her webcam, not realizing that this decision will put both himself and Jill at risk as they enter a terrifying world of cat-and-mouse where nothing—and no one—are as they seem. Not yet rated.

Sex Ed

Starring Haley Joel Osment. Eddie lands his first teaching gig at an inner city middle school and finds his highly pubescent pupils are receiving no form of sexual education. Eddie isn’t really equipped to teach them. He’s not exactly experienced romantically. Not yet rated.

Nov. 10 Drive Hard

Starring: John Cusack, Thomas Jane, Zoe Ventoura, Damien Garvey, Christopher Morris, Yesse Spence, Andrew Buchanan, Jason Wilder. Former race car driver Peter Roberts (Thomas Jane) traded the

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The Homesman

Nate Parker and Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Nov. 14 Beyond the Lights

“Beyond the Lights” is the story of Noni, the music world’s latest superstar. But not all is what it seems, and the pressures of fame have Noni on the edge — until she meets Kaz Nicol, a young cop and aspiring politician who’s been assigned to her detail. Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast and hard, despite the protests of those around them who urge them to put their career ambitions ahead of their romance. But it is ultimately Kaz’s love that gives Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be. Rated PG-13.

Foxcatcher

Starring: Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Steve Carell, Vanessa Redgrave. Foxcatcher tells the gripping, true story of Olympic

Starring: David Dencik, Grace Gummer, Hilary Swank, James Spader, John Lithgow, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter, Tim Blake Nelson, Tommy Lee Jones. When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank).

Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones), to join her. Together, they traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat. Not yet rated.

Miss Meadows

Miss Meadows (Katie Holmes) is a sweet and proper elementary school teacher whose perfect manners and pretty floral dresses hide a dark secret: when she’s not teaching at the local elementary school or tending to her garden, she’s moonlighting as a gun-toting vigilante. Not yet rated.

Saving Christmas

Kirk’s sister’s annual Christmas party is about to be ruined by Christian, his brother-in-law, and Kirk realizes he has to show Christian how important Christ is to the holiday season. Not yet rated. F

A Belle For Christmas A Most Wanted Man The Adventures of Merlin: The Complete Series Eric Clapton: Planes, Trains and Eric The Exes: Seasons One & Two Film Noir 10-Movie Spotlight Collection Genesis: Three Sides Live Hercules Land Ho! (Combo Pack) Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas Maleficent The Merv Griffin Show: 1962-1986 Planes: Fire & Rescue Quantum Leap: The Complete Series Reno 911: The Complete Series Sgt. Bilko The Phil Silvers Show: The Complete Series Touch: The Complete Second Season Tru Love What Is Cinema?

White Collar: Season Five

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Batman: The Complete Television Series Beauty & The Beast: The Complete Series Bing Crosby: The Silver Screen Collection Charmed: The Complete Series Dads: The Complete Series Demons Dolls: Collector’s Edition Drive Hard Duck Dynasty: Duck the Halls Family Ties: The Complete Series Getting On: The Complete First Season Happy Christmas How to Train Your Dragon 2 Iceman Jersey Boys Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story

Let’s Be Cops Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down Five to Go More Dead Than Alive Portrait of Jason: Project Shirley, Volume Two Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) The Shooting/Ride in the Whirlwind (Criterion Collection) Sons of Anarchy: The Collector’s Set Tammy Taxi: The Complete Series True Blood: The Complete Series The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story White Lightning

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22 Jump Street Boy Meets Girl Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Into the Storm It Happened One Night (Criterion Collection) King of the Hill: The Complete Eighth Season King of the Hill: The Complete Seventh Season Masterpiece: Worricker Salting the Battlefield Masterpiece: Worricker – Turks & Caicos Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Moontrap Ragnarok Reclaim The Wind Rises

November 25 A Merry Friggin’ Christmas Better Off Ted: The Complete Second Season HISTORY Presents: The Definitive WWI & WWII Collection L’avventura (Criterion Collection) Les Blank: Always for Pleasure (Criterion Collection) The Long Goodbye Masterpiece Mystery: Inspector Lewis 7 Touch of the Light

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‘Mockingjay Part I’ takes Hunger Games series to darker realms

Wolves

Forced to hit the road after the murder of his parents, Cayden Richards (Lucas Till) wanders, lost, without purpose... Until he meets a certifiable lunatic named Wild Joe, who sets him on a path to the ominous town of Lupine Ridge to hunt down the truths of his history.

But in the end, who’s really hunting whom? Not yet rated.

Point and Shoot

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, Point and Shoot chronicles the journey of Matthew VanDyke, a timid 27-year-old who leaves his home in Baltimore and sets off on a self-described “crash course in manhood” through the Middle East. The film begins in 2007,

when VanDyke, armed with a video camera, embarks on a 35,000-mile motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East. While traveling, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a Libyan hippie, and when revolution breaks out in

Libya, Matt joins his friend in the fight against dictator Muammar Gaddafi. With a gun in one hand and a camera in the other, Matt fights in -- and films -- the war until he is captured by Gaddafi forces and held in solitary con-

Inspirational ‘The King and the Mockingbird’ finally receives American theatrical release Based on a Hans Christian Andersen story, the wildly satirical “The King and the Mockingbird” follows a chimney sweep and shepherdess on the run from a tyrannical king.

A masterpiece of traditional hand-drawn cell animation, “The King and the Mockingbird” is credited by celebrated Japanese animators Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata as inspiring the creation of their own studio, the now world-famous Studio Ghibli. Its influence can also be felt in such films as Brad Bird’s “The Iron Giant.” Grimault and Prévert (Children of Paradise, Port of Shadows, Le Jour se Lève) started work on “Mockingbird” in 1947, when

it was planned to be France’s first animated feature.

A dispute stopped production however, and it was released unfinished by its producer, without Grimault and Prévert’s permission. Grimault spent 10 years getting the rights back and another 20 raising the money to finish the film as he and Prévert had envisaged it.

It was finally finished and released in 1979, a few weeks after Prévert’s death. Though it has been a favorite of French audiences for 35 years, it has long been unavailable in the U.S. due to rights issues. Opens Nov. 21 at select theaters. Not rated. F

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The worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever.

Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage.

As fans know, Mockingjay is the last, and arguably the darkest, book in the bestselling trilogy by Suzanne Collins. An angry and confused Katniss is still dealing with the emotional aftermath of two

rounds in the violent Games and the loss of her home District 12, when she is recruited into the rebellion to lead a portion of society into war.

At the same time, a tortured and brainwashed Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) remains in the Capitol’s hold, used as a weapon against the rebels and Katniss in particular.

Several familiar faces make brief appearances as well, including Finnick (Sam Claflin), Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks), and a protective and loyal Gale (Liam Hemsworth), — who fights alongside Katniss during much of the revolution and will play a larger role.

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finement for six months. Two-time Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker Marshall Curry (Street Fight, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front) tells this harrowing and sometimes humorous story of a young man’s struggle for political revolution and personal transformation. Not yet rated.

video cameras and camera phones, hell---bent on capturing the next viral video. But there is something far more sinister occurring in the streets of L.A. than a simple police chase. A resounding effect is created onto all those obsessed with capturing salacious footage for no other purpose than to amuse or titillate. Soonthe discovery becomes that they themselves are the stars of the next video, one where they face their own death. Rated R.

Reach Me A motivational book written by a mysterious man (Tom Berenger) goes viral and quickly gains popularity, inspiring a group of people that includes a journalist (Kevin Connolly), his editor (Sylvester Stallone), a former inmate (Kyra Sedgwick), a hip-hop mogul (Nelly), an actor (Cary Elwes) and an undercover cop (Thomas Jane) to re-evaluate their choices and decisions by confronting their fears in hopes of creating more positive lives. Rated R.

Nov. 21 V/H/S: Viral

A police chase after a deranged ice cream truck has captivated the attention of the greater Los Angeles area. Dozens of fame---obsessed teens flock to the streets with their

Extraterrestrial A group of friends on a weekend trip to a cabin in the woods find themselves terrorized by alien visitors. Not yet rated.

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The Imitation Game Starring: Allen Leech, Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, the genius British mathematician, logician, cryptologist and computer scientist who led the charge to crack the German Enigma Code that helped the Allies win WWII. Turing went on to assist with the development of computers at the University of Manchester after the war, but was prosecuted by the UK government in 1952 for homosexual acts which the country deemed illegal. Rated PG-13.

Nov. 26 Horrible Bosses 2

Photographer and Tibetan Buddhist monk Nicholas Vreeland

Monk with a Camera

This movie chronicles the life and spiritual quest of Nicholas (Nicky) Vreeland, who for the past twenty-eight years has been a Tibetan Buddhist monk. The son of a United States Ambassador, grandson of legendary Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, and a photographer by trade, Nicky left his privileged life behind to follow his true calling.

He moved to India, cutting his ties with society, photography, and his pleasure-filled world, to live in a monastery with no running

water or electricity. There he would spend the next 14 years studying to become a monk. Then in one of life’s beautiful twists, Nicky went back to the worldly pursuit of photography in order to help his fellow monks rebuild their monastery, one of the most important of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. His journey from being a photographer to becoming a monk and, most recently, to being appointed as the abbot of the monastery he helped to rebuild, are the core of the story.

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Starring: Charlie Day, Chris Pine, Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey. Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business. But a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them. Outplayed and desperate, and with no legal recourse, the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor’s adult son and ransom him to regain control of their company. Rated R.

Escobar: Paradise Lost In Colombia, an American surfer (Josh Hutcherson) meets the woman of his dreams - and then he meets her uncle, Pablo Escobar (Benicio del Toro). Not yet rated.

‘Food Chains’ pushes for revolution at supermarket and on dinner table There is more interest in food these days than ever, yet there is very little interest in the hands that pick it.

Farmworkers who form the foundation of our fresh food industry are routinely abused and robbed of wages. In extreme cases they can be beaten, sexually harassed or even enslaved - all within the borders of the United States.

Food Chains exposes the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of the supermarket industry.

Supermarkets earn $4 trillion globally and have tremendous power over the agricultural system. Over the past 3 decades they have drained revenue from their supply chain leaving farmworkers in poverty and forced to work under subhuman conditions. Yet supermarkets take no responsibility for this. Not rated.

Penguins back with origin tale Discover the secrets of the most entertaining and mysterious birds in the global espionage game: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private now must join forces with the chic spy organization, the North Wind, led by Agent Classified (we could tell you his name, but then … you know) to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from taking over the world. Not yet rated.

Nov. 28 The Babadook

Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her ‘out of control’ 6 year-old, Samuel (Noah Wiseman), a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel’s dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both. When a disturbing storybook called The Babadook turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babadook is the creature he’s been dreaming about. His hallucinations spiral out of control, and he becomes more unpredictable and violent. Amelia, genuinely frightened by her son’s behavior, is forced to medicate him. But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her,

it slowly dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may be real. Not yet rated.

Monsters: Dark Continent

A soldier enters the infected zone of a city to find a comrade. Not yet rated.

Stations of the Cross

Maria, a devout 14-year-old Roman Catholic, goes through all 14 stations of the cross to become a saint and go to heaven. Not yet rated.

Escobar: Paradise Lost

For Pablo Escobar (Benicio Del Toro), family is everything. When young surfer Nick (Josh Hutcherson) falls for Escobar’s niece, he finds his life on the line when he’s pulled into the dangerous world of the family business. Not yet rated. F

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Winemakers all seek offerings that evoke ‘a sense of place’ Terroir refers to the special characteristics that the geography, geology and climate of a certain place express in wine.

What is ‘terroir’ anyway And does it really exist?

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f there is one proclamation we can do without for the rest of our lives, it’s the claim from winemakers that their wines reflect a “sense of place.”

Of course every winemaker wants a wine with characteristics unique to his region’s territory and climate -- what’s the value of producing a California chardonnay that tastes like something from Australia?

But a chardonnay that has characteristics unique to a region are few and far between. Today’s winemaker has at his or her disposal a laboratory of methods to alter a wine’s flavor. The wines are often homogenized and lacking in individual characteristics that reflect that elusive sense of place. We dare you to define what makes a Kendall-Jackson chardonnay different from a Penfolds chardonnay, particularly in regards to the soils continents away.

Take, for example, how yeast brings impacts wine. Yeasts are very instrumental because they convert the natural sugar found in ripe grapes to alcohol. They cling to grape skins and even on the walls of buildings where wine is fermented.

Instead of using these natural yeasts, most winemakers prefer to add yeast strains that have been developed in a laboratory, like the University of California, Davis. In short, they don’t want to

wait around for yeasts to do their natural thing when laboratory produced yeasts can get the job started immediately.

But there is more to yeast than the practicality of controlling alcohol production, particularly in white wines. They produce esters that create specific aromas, color and extracted flavors. We know this is a lot of boring science, but it’s important to know what impacts your wine and who is working to make it unique.

Yes, we know it’s not just yeast that crafts a wine’s flavor profile. But the common use of laboratory yeast strains takes away opportunity to produce a wine that uniquely represents that unique “sense of place” that winemakers just don’t deliver despite their claims.

Kistler, Ridge, Franciscan, Marcassin are among the producers to use natural yeasts and they have unique wines that show what the French call gout de terroir.

They don’t seem to have a problem with natural yeasts.

Taste Franciscan’s Cuvee Sauvage and try to tell us the wild yeasts haven’t created a unique wine.

So why doesn’t everyone use wild yeasts? To a large degree, they are unpredictable and take a long time to start fermentation. A yeast strain, like the common saccharomyces cerevisia, can be added to a tank. Fermentation begins immediately and is over in a week or so. The yeasts can be relied on to complete the conversion of sugar to alcohol and prevent the development of volatile acidity and sulfides.

UC Davis recommends wine be inoculated with yeast strains, but that’s what we would expect from an academy that writes the textbook on winemaking. They say without inoculated yeast, a winemaker faces the risk of dumping a percentage of wine that

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never finishes fermentation or develops off-putting flavors.

Despite their advice, several winemakers have achieved success with wild yeasts. David Ramey, once a winemaker for Chalk Hill Winery, recently told Jordon Ross who wrote a yeast article for Enology International that he began experimenting with indigenous yeast when he returned from Europe where it is commonly used. He found good company with Bill Dyer of Sterling and Helen Turley of Peter Michael who found that wild yeasts created wines with “texture, subtlety and finesse.”

Are these top-notch winemakers just lucky or are they looking harder for great wines than more conservative winemakers?

You won’t find Kendall-Jackson or Gallo commonly using wild yeasts because they are production-oriented. They aren’t about to wait around for wine to ferment when inoculated yeasts can finish the process in a week.

No chief financial officer would allow such inefficiency.

Ridge’s winemaker, Paul Draper, has been using natural yeasts for 28 years. He told Enology International, “It is tragic that a lot of winemakers come out of school being taught that you are supposed to manufacture the wine. So Parker (wine critic Robert Parker) and those guys are simply passing on -sometimes a bit wrong-headedly -- the fact that these traditional methods are more interesting.”

Amen.

It’s easy for us to say that more winemakers should take the risk and begin making more unique white wines. We don’t have to answer to boards and owners who keep their eye on profits. But to say that wild yeasts don’t separate one wine from another and to say they don’t work are ignoring the successes of a lot of excellent winemakers. F

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Don’t mock Italian chiantis — drink up!

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uscany is home to arguably the most famous of all Italian red wines — chianti.

The ubiquitous straw fiascos of the 1960s and ‘70s, whose light color and lackluster flavors — however low in quality — managed to inspire a new generation of winemakers.

Ignoring the antiquated DOC laws that restricted blending, some producers created the Super Tuscan concept that forced a modernization of the wine regulations and produced some of the most exclusive red wines in the world. They include Sassicaia, Tignanello, and Solaia, all of which are scarce and cost hundreds of dollars each.

The predominant red grape grown in Tuscany is sangiovese, which is the majority grape in most red wines, excluding the Super Tuscan’s and IGT wines that are slowly gaining popularity. Most of the Super Tuscans are utilizing the traditional Bordeaux varieties -cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc.

Different clones of sangiovese are grown throughout Tuscany with sangiovese called brunello in Brunello di Montalcino and morrelino in the Maremma region of Tuscany where it is used in Morrelino di Scansano.

Overall the red wines of Tuscany are now truly world-class wines that compete effectively in the world market for acceptance on the dinner table. The traditional pairing of red Tuscan wines with Italian cuisine, especially red-sauced Italian pastas and meat dishes, is really hard to beat.

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array of Tuscan wines with grilled rack of lamb, homemade pizza, a Italian inspired tomato casserole and several delicious appetizers to evaluate the wines and found the following wines that we can highly recommend.

Castello di Gabbiano Bellezza Chianti Classico Reserva 2010 ($40).

Sourced from all estate fruit, this all new oak-aged wine delivers classic dried cherry fruit aromas and flavors.

Fleshy ripe fruit with some chocolate notes led to a long satisfying finish.

Tenuta di Arceno Strada al Sasso Chianti Classico Reserva 2008 ($35). This is a very food friendly Chianti Classico that offers good fruit, a nice expression of cherry fruit, a bit of oak, and complexity.

Marchese de Frescobaldi Pietraregia Dell’ Ammiraglia Riserva Morellino Di Scansano 2010 ($25). This

Luce wine, an alliance of the Mondavi and Frescobaldi families, which costs upward of $100 per bottle. Composed of 75 percent merlot and 25 percent sangiovese, the Lucente offers an exotic nose and of raspberry and spices. Very smooth in the mouth, with a hint of mocha and an extended finish.

Piccini Villa Al Cortile Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2008 ($80). Even though this is a Riserva we found this Brunello di Montalcino to be drinking nicely now. A hint of licorice with plum and dried cherry nose and flavors, this wine was smooth and pleasing. Try with grilled meats. F

Delicious ‘A Charming Pinot’ from Once Upon A Vine winery is smooth and full of fruit Once Upon a Vine winemakers offer five wines in the range, but the A Charming Pinot stands out from the rest for its juicy cherry pie, plum and wholly decadent fruitiness.

A hint of oak spice whisps around the edges as this crowd-pleaser warms up. This is the perfect companion for unwinding — or try it with your next pasta night, with seafood or appetizers such as bruschetta or mushrooms.

is a very smooth and elegant expression of the sangiovese grape (85 percent).Ripe plum and cherry notes with a hint of black pepper spice.

Smooth and delightful.

Luce Della Vite Lucente Toscana IGT Red Wine 2011 ($30). This blend is the second wine of the famed

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November 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.

Life Drawing: Open Studio Wednesdays, Nov. 5 – Nov. 19 / 6 p.m. - 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: $72 Museum members, $81 non-members

Photographing 2-D And 3-D Products And Artwork Saturday Nov. 8 / 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Using your own personal DSLR camera and inexpensive props, learn how to take great shots of 2-D and 3-D artwork and objects. Students will be asked to bring in one 2-D and one 3-D object or artwork (can be made by you, store bought or something you already own). Students will address challenges with lighting and shadows, cropping, angles and pro-tricks to getting successful shots.

This class is eligible for 0.5 in-service credit. A limited number of teacher scholarships are available for this class. Please contact Claire Munoz at 775.398.7260 if you are interested in applying for a teacher scholarship or taking this class for in-service credit.

Instructor: MD Welch; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $72 Museum members, $81 non-members

NEV MUS OF ADA EUM ART this class is designed to help your improve your drawing techniques. Students will start with the very basics gaining a solid foundational working knowledge of how to draw what they see with an emphasis on tonal range, perspective and shading. Through drawing drills and take-home assignments students will gain a better understanding of tool use and drawing techniques to create successful drawings using the comparative method.

Instructor: David McCamant; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $144 Museum members, $162 non-members

Botanical Art: Exploring Texture And Light Saturdays, Nov. 15 – Nov. 22 / 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

The use of light and texture brings botanical art to life. This class will explore several techniques using a variety of subjects to add vibrancy and depth to your watercolor paintings. Some watercolor or botanical art experience is recommended.

Instructor: Carroll Charlet; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $80 Museum members, $90 non-members

Photography: Speed Lighting Tuesdays, Nov. 11 – Nov. 25 / 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

This class is designed for beginning to intermediate photographers who have purchased a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera, which is a camera with removable lenses. Course participants will explore the specific features of DSLR cameras, as well as general photographic skills and techniques to make great pictures.

Instructor: MD Welch; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $72 Museum members, $81 non-members

Beginning Drawing: The Comparative Method Tuesdays, Nov. 11 – Dec. 16 / 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Whether you are a beginner or a intermediate level artist

Creating Image Transfers Tuesday Nov. 18/ 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Create a variety of image transfers in this class where various methods will be taught. Using black and white as well as color photocopies, create image transfers on to paper, canvas, wood, and more using gel transfer and packing tape transfer methods.Instructor: Lisa Kurt; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $40 Museum members, $43 non-members

Happy Beginnings In Watercolor Wednesdays, Nov. 19 – Dec. 17 / 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

NOTE: Class does not meet on Nov. 26 This class is for the novice wishing to learn the basics of watercolor and how to apply them to produce fun and exciting paintings. The first class day we will go over everything one would use in watercolor, including how to stretch watercolor paper and helping the novice make choices about supplies.

Beginning with the next class students will be able to see the basics demonstrated and then learn to apply them.

Instructor: Lady Jill Mueller; Ages: 15 and up / Beginning to Intermediate Levels Cost: $160 Museum members, $180 non-members

Girls Night Out: Hand Decorated Ceramic Tile Coasters Thursday Nov. 20 / 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Ladies are invited to get crafty with this fun and social workshop. Students will decorate ceramic tiles with paint in a pattern of their choice to be used as decorative and stylish drink coasters. A great project to create hand-made holiday and hostess gifts. 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: Casey Sibley; Ages: 21 and Up / All Levels Cost: $35 Museum members, $38 non-members

Painting Leaves In Watercolor Sunday Nov. 9 / 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

The leaves in a botanical work should support and enhance the painting but are often understated. Learn to mix a range of greens and to draw and paint leaves that strengthen your work.

Instructor: Carroll Charlet; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $40 Museum members, $45 non-members

will have a live model pose to further develop your skills.

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

Baby Painting Collage And Transfers Sunday Nov. 16 / 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

This workshop will explore different collage and mixed media transfer approaches for use in journal books and small art works. Techniques you will learn include gelli-plate prints, gel skin transfers, building backgrounds with ephemera and acrylic paint; and using Xerox transfers as a source material to draw and paint with.

Instructor: Candace Nicol; Ages: 15 and up / All levels Cost: $58 Museum members, $64 non-members

Learn To Draw Portraits Tuesdays, Nov. 18 – Dec. 9 / 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Have fun while improving your drawing skills! This class will focus on using classical techniques to create a stunning portrait. In this class students will be introduced to gesture drawing, structure of the human face, two-value block-in, rhythm, lines and much more. For the final two classes, we

Saturday Nov. 22/ Two sessions: 9:30 a.m. or 10:30 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 - 3 years Cost: $12 Museum members, $15 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

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Abused and neglected children who are removed from their families often need to live outside of their communities, away from everything familiar, and with uncertain futures.

Become a foster parent

In rural Nevada many children, including teens and sibling groups, are in need of a safe home. Foster parents provide a temporary home so these children can heal and feel supported.

Please consider sharing your heart and your home. Write a new chapter to a child’s story and become a foster parent.

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