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CAN THIS MEAN THE GOOD GUYS ACTUALLY WON ONE? See Green, page 11.

BUS STOP, BUS GO See Arts&Culture, page 16.

MORE SEX

FOR YOU See 15 Minutes, page 31.

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New age, old age Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

I guess it’s appropriate that we’re running an “aging sex” story on the cover because my little column this week is somewhat age related. It’s like this: For going on 10 years I battled with my weight and blood sugar— borderline diabetes, insulin resistance, whatever you want to call it. Finally, I overcame the problem— for the moment— bringing my glucose down to where my A1c is probably lower than yours.

Great, congratulations to me.

Because the moment I solved my blood glucose problems, my blood fats— triglycerides, cholesterols, what have you— freaked out. The HDLs are low, the LDLs are high, blah, blah. You know the drill.

My doctor, bless his heart, says, “You have to go on a statin.

People who are on statins live longer.” It’s not like he was pussyfooting around. If I don’t go on this drug, I will die sooner.

Well, my dad starting having heart attacks when he was younger than me. I remember a triglycerides result I got back in the ’80s that was over 400. I always figured it was an anomaly. But there we were, two months away from my 50th birthday, and another screwed result from the genetic crap shoot. I should also mention this conversation was woven into a discussion of my first colonoscopy.

Well, I agreed to take the statin. He prescribed 20 mgs of Zocor (Simvastatin) a day, and it drove me crazy. It took a few weeks of gradual decline, but man, decline I did. I became prone to anxiety and muscle cramps, bloated with gas, and moody, forgetful, and irritable bordering on angry.It even caused me to have a temporary weight gain. I’m in no way trying to be disrespectful when I say that I can’t believe I waited 50 years to have my first period.

The doc took me off the drug for two weeks. I guess my metabolism is supposed to reboot. But once I start again, I’m stopping if I feel a twinge of side effect. Spending the next 30 years feeling like I’m on the wrong side of the looking glass doesn’t feel sexy to me at all.

Send letters to renoletters@newsreview.com consider the value we are receiving for our tax dollars. Some things, like the safety of the family who lives in that house, are worth far more than a dollar amount will ever represent.

Thank you, Reno Fire Department.

You are our heroes.

Bob the Potato

Shel Davis Reno

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The sexual counter-revolution I believe many of our societal issues are directly related to the use of contraceptives because they allow the sexual act to be performed without accountability. It reinforces personal gratification detached from natural law, which states that sex between a man and a woman can produce a child during fertile days if all is well physiologically. By circumventing this law, people are objectified because it takes the person out of the equation; it becomes solely an act of gratification.

If a particular act produces something as significant as creating another human being, doesn’t it seem logical that there would be responsibility attached to that act? Married couples often have the most issues surrounding sex. Women often feel unappreciated and men often struggle with pornography. Could there be a direct correlation between this and sex without responsibility? I think so due to this objectification. Single people struggle with sexual issues as well. Women will involve themselves in sexual encounters/relationships often in an effort to feel loved and valued. Men will participate in the same type of relationship mostly for physical gratification. This

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may not always be true, but most will agree they do not feel a sense of responsibility when it comes to sex.

Why should they? Contraceptives take accountability out of the situation.

Women are fertile a few days out of each month. If instead of using contraceptives, people did not have sex for those few days, value would be restored to the people rather than the sexual act. I believe there would be a reduction in sexual perversions that eventually lead to reduced rape, human trafficking, child pornography, abortion and single parent households. And women would develop other ways of finding value rather than through their physical beauty and sexuality. If you do not agree with me, try it.

Dawn Harris Reno

Racist slur Re “Sheila Leslie: carpetbagger” (Right to Your Head, Feb. 23): Sean Cary knows neither the English language nor American history.

“Carpetbaggers” were Northern teachers, doctors, missionaries, and railroad engineers, who came South after the Civil War to help rebuild the Southern states, and to bring education and other life-sustaining benefits to former

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slaves. Southerners invented the pejorative word. Cary’s ugly rant is pure hate-mongering. He crosses the line of decency and of journalistic ethics.

“Carpetbagger” is a racist term designed to perpetuate racism.

Valerie P. Cohen Reno

Thanks again, firefighters

Vicki LoSasso Reno

Last night the unimaginable happened and in the middle of the night, the house across the street from us was on fire. Doubly unimaginable because the house two houses down from us burned nearly to the ground a year and a half ago. I saw the same response as before: Reno’s finest, and they were once again professional to the hilt. There were four engines, including a ladder truck from Station No. 1 downtown and a truck from Station No. 8 on McCarran Boulevard.

I didn’t see the numbers on the others.

They had the fire out within an hour. In the time I have lived here I have been continually and profoundly amazed at how good our police and fire departments are. It is one of the reasons why Reno is a very good place to live.

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Re “Sheila Leslie: carpetbagger” (Right to Your Head, Feb. 23): Newsflash: If you run for political office, you can never again do anything for any reason that isn’t political. What a jaded point of view!

In Nevada, where we have citizen legislators with real lives and day jobs, I find it extremely cynical to suggest that all major life decisions are based on political motives. State Sen. Sheila Leslie, like all of us, has the right to live and move where she chooses.

Unless she stated she was moving for political reasons, it is you who are indulging in bold classless moves by making that assumption as a public accusation. The condescension with which you end your article speaks volumes about you, but little about Sen. Leslie. In my experience, she has always been more respectful than that, even to her opponents.

The little co-op Re “Organically grown” (Feature story, Feb. 9): Regarding the question of the Washoe Zephyr Co-op of years past, they are two completely different business entities. Other than the fact that they are food cooperatives there is no connection, one to the other.

Much effort was made to keep the Zephyr open, but in the end, the options weren’t there. The current co-op, the Great Basin Community Food Cooperative is open to the public. Shop local, support our local farmers, put money back into our community, Reno!

Marigael Morris Reno

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Do you use local buses?

Asked at Java Jungle, 246 W. First St. Ryan Bugg Store manager

I don’t, actually. No, I ride my bike most and don’t really have need to.

I like walking or riding my bike.

Meagan Mixon Student

No, because I have my own car.

I like to walk everywhere, and I live downtown so I don’t have to drive.

Erica Wirthlin

Free at last When William Raggio, who died last week after an exceptionally useful career as a state senator, was forced out of the Senate Republican floor leader’s post, it liberated him.

He was driven out by fanatic members who have come to typify that great political party. They were upset that he had supported U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s reelection over extremist RINO Sharron Angle, a sometime Republican (see Upfront, Page 8) who used the party as a vehicle to advance her agenda.

Republican leaders around the state watched aghast as the GOP senators sent 37 years of experience packing.

Raggio came to the Senate in 1973 when Republicans in the Nevada Senate were people like Carl Dodge, Cliff Young and Coe Swobe, who saw legislating as a shared task among all members. It was a new role for Raggio, formerly a tough prosecutor with disdain for Democrats.

“The first thing that happens to you is you realize that you have to develop a consensus to get anything done,” he said.

That approach served him well, and over the years his achievements included educational accountability, creation of the regional planning process in Washoe County and establishment of the Washoe County Airport Authority.

But his kind of lawmaking was passing. He said it was “not that we’ve changed, it’s just the times that have changed.” In truth, it was both. As he evolved into a moderate legislator, his party kept sending legislators to Carson City who considered his working with the enemy to be treachery. They believed that if it took developing consensus with Democrats to get something done—which would require conceding some ground to Democrats— 4

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then it was better to get nothing done. Dealing with the GOP intransigents took a toll on Raggio.

There were times when he thought his colleagues were going mad, as when the minority of 15 members of the 2003 Assembly, exploiting the supermajority requirements on taxes, retreated from the legislative halls to their offices upstairs to wait until they got their way, pushing that year’s business into two special sessions. In a time when citizens were abandoning partisan politics in droves, his GOP senators were becoming more partisan, incessantly interrupting legislative floor sessions to go into closed caucuses to establish party positions and then enforce party discipline, a throwback to the early 20th century.

Under Raggio, Senate Republicans usually had a majority. They lost it in his last legislature, in 2008. But the Democrats still needed some Republican votes. The only thing that stood between them and enacting their whole program was Raggio. He deftly used the votes of himself and a couple of other GOP moderates to limit Democratic action and impose conservative pension and prevailing wage changes and other Republican conditions on a fumbling new Democratic leader as the price of their support, something the GOP recalcitrants could not do, once again demonstrating his legislative skills. He did what the Republican fanatics could not do—restrain the Democrats.

When he was finally forced out as GOP leader in 2010 by the dogmatists at a time when his health was uncertain, it let him stop babysitting and leave the Senate Republicans to their own devices by resigning.

In the end, the Republicans who ejected him from their floor leader’s post freed him.

And imprisoned themselves. Ω

Yes, I do. I don’t have a car. It’s fairly convenient. I just use it to get places I can’t bike to, like Whole Foods or somewhere that is further along on Virginia Street than I can really walk or bike.

George Kepner Information technology manager

Yes, I do, actually. … I really wish they would extend certain lines, like having a McCarran line that does the McCarran circle. But for the most part, you get where you need to go.

Kelby Casale Cook

No, I don’t. I live in Spanish Springs, and they’re really inconvenient for me. They don’t even go out as far as I live. They go out to where Reed High School is, and I work really late downtown so the bus schedule doesn’t even work for me.

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Poor spelling is a sign of ignorance While on your travels through Nevada, you have more than likely seen several of the large, blue Nevadas adorned with silver plaques describing significant places or events in Nevada history. Others are made of concrete. You probably have given them little thought.

But if you’ve ever read the entire text on these markers, you might by have been surprised. Or insulted.

Or embarrassed.

Casey O’Lear That is because many of these caseyo@ newsreview.com plaques contain spelling and grammatical errors, in addition to phrasing that is insensitive and, on occasion, racist.

In coming months, the Nevada Historical Preservation Office will begin work to repair and replace many of the problematic roadside markers throughout the state. The Nevada Department of Transportation has set aside $88,000 for this project, which is expected to take more than a year to complete.

Those who do not appreciate the nuances of the English language might find this superfluous.

But, I assure you, these renovations are constructive. This issue is not just about maintaining roadside markers—it also delves into Nevada’s overall image and the extent to which Nevadans and Nevada officials care about how the state is perceived by visitors.

State Historical Marker No. 48 has been singled out as a particularly troublesome marker. The sign is in Tuscarora and describes the origins of the small town. One section reads, “Tuscarora’s first Onelook.com gives users quick access to boom, 1872-1876, boosted its more than a thousand population to three thousand online dictionaries. whites, and a like number of Chinese. Hordes of the latter had swarmed here on foot from Elko in the summer of 1869…”

(Emphasis added.)

Though the majority of these signs were written more than 30 years ago, this is the message Nevada sends anyone who takes the time to read them. And the message is not a positive one— it is inappropriate and glaringly racist.

I recall some similar news last July—one of four signs leading the way into Carson City misspelled the world “capital” as in “Carson City is the state capital.”

Instead, the sign declaimed Carson City is the “state capitol,” which refers to the building rather than the city itself.

So, hey, it’s an easy mistake to make. It may not seem like a big deal. Most people probably didn’t even notice, and that’s probably why the sign was approved and erected in the first place. After all, when the error was pointed out, some locals still tried to argue that it wasn’t an urgent matter, and the sign didn’t need to be fixed.

Do we want tourists thinking we’re a bunch of illiterates?

But this is a huge problem, and it reflects poorly upon the state of Nevada.

Competent people don’t submit a résumé littered with spelling errors because potential employers don’t take ignorant applicants seriously.

If you posted a tweet with a grammatical error, you would likely delete it immediately lest you be judged negatively by your peers.

You understand on a personal level that simple mistakes like these destroy your credibility.

The fact that our lovely state has a history of posting incorrect and offensive signs and then neglecting to make their cleanup or correction a priority indicates that Nevadans do not take pride in how we present our state and ourselves to outsiders.

The Carson City sign was changed, as will be the historical markers. That’s the right move.

More important than our sign upkeep, though, is our state pride.

Nevadans must ensure that visitors know that we are intelligent, welleducated and compassionate in this state. Tourists already think of us as that state with all the gambling and prostitution—we don’t want them to get the idea that we don’t know how to look up words in a dictionary. Ω

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New state economy under construction Gov. Brian Sandoval has released his muchanticipated economic development plan to little fanfare. Economic recovery through diversification was one of the cornerstones of Sandoval’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign, and although his plan is understandably not complete, I’m encouraged to see it.

Sandoval’s detractors have howled that it is indeed incomby plete, but this is to be expected.

Sean Cary Nevada has a big job in trying to seanc@ remake our whole entire economy, newsreview.com for the days of California’s prosperity funding our casinos and consequently our treasury are over.

No longer can we rely solely on gambling to fund everything.

We need to have a reasoned, well-intentioned push to work together across the aisle on this, and now it’s time for Sandoval to step up and take control. He needs to use the considerable tools at his disposal not only to conceptualize and create a new economic vision and framework but to sell it convincingly to the citizens of Nevada and the world.

A wide assortment of interests need to work in concert to attract new industries and enrich existing ones.

Read Governor Sandoval’s plan here: http://media.lasvegas sun.com/media/pdfs/ blogs/documents/ 2012/02/07/ State_Plan.Final.pdf

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There is a wide assortment of groups and interests that need to work in concert to attract new industries and enrich existing ones, and both sides need to accept the fact that although they have good ideas, the other side isn’t necessarily wrong.

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The right will tell you that we need to lower taxes to attract business, and the left will tell you that we need new streams of revenue so we can beef up infrastructure and education. The reality is, both sides are at least partially correct. Hill’s herculean task will be to cut through the political noise and make these people work together. The everpresent struggle between Washoe and Clark counties, as well as the struggle between the urban centers and the rest of the state—which, sadly, many residents view as nothing more than the flyover country between Reno, Las Vegas and Utah—must be addressed as well.

Nevada’s business friendly tax structure is still attractive. However, modern business leaders can afford to be much more discerning when looking to expand or relocate.

Economic distress is still rampant in this country, and there are 49 other states that are working aggressively to offer a business-friendly environment through a variety of vehicles, including incentives to woo new businesses.

The left is correct that our education system needs to be enriched, for a readily available and educated workforce is essential to any long-term business plan, and our dysfunctional, irrational legislature has yet to address this for fear of retribution at the ballot box. For too long, government at every level from local to federal has sheepishly kicked the can down the road for future generations, but the time is now. Nevada is hurting every day, and we simply must do something about it. Today.

I’m glad to see Gov. Sandoval stepping up to the plate, and now it’s everyone’s responsibility to come to the table with him to try and pull us out of this tailspin.

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••• On another note, I would like to extend my condolences to Sen. Bill Raggio’s family. He was truly one of a kind, and although some didn’t care for him, his 38 years in state government were an era when politics was civil, and working together was the order of the day. He loved Nevada deeply, and it’s with a heavy heart that we have to say farewell to Nevada’s Lion of the Legislature.

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Tobacco sales go on at a tribal smoke shop on Pyramid Way in Sparks. Tribal shops are noted for advertising that urges potential customers not to use tobacco.

William Raggio 1926-2012 During the 1960s, his tough prosecution policies and his slash-and-burn statewide political campaigns gave Washoe District Attorney William Raggio a hard-edged public image. He seemed like the last person who would fit into a legislative setting. Attorney Jeff Menicucci was Raggio’s first intern in the Nevada Senate. He recalls the transition: “He was new to the Senate, but he took to the legislative process like a duck to water. … As a legislative intern, and then in subsequent years as a member of the public and one of his constituents, I observed that Senator Raggio was always well prepared,” Menicucci said. “In recent years, I was amazed at his detailed recollection of bills that had been introduced in previous sessions, and the issues that had been discussed. His background as a lawyer and former district attorney was apparent in the critical consideration he gave to both the legality and practicality of proposed legislation.”

Menicucci said Raggio was also considerate.

“I remember reviewing some legislation for Mr. Raggio, attending some hearings, and reporting back. He graciously accepted all my efforts to be of assistance, although now I rather doubt that I was able to be of much help. Mr. Raggio also went out of his way to introduce me to legislators, lobbyists and other people involved in the process.”

Cliff Young, Nevada’s former U.S. House member who was already serving in the state Senate when Raggio arrived and was elected on tickets with him during the days of multi-member In the closing hours of the 1995 districts, called Raggio “one of the Legislature, the usually formal ablest men I served with either in Raggio was in shirt sleeves.

Washington or here in the state.”

He said he was not surprised such a strong executive took so well to the legislative process, even when it meant working with men of the period who were known to be difficult.

“I think he demonstrated ability,” Young said. “You’ve got to work with people like [conservative Democrats] Floyd Lamb and Jim Gibson and Snowy Monroe. No, it’s a daunting process, and Bill handled it very well.”

In his last RN&R interview, on his life after politics, Raggio was more interested in talking about his daughter Leslie’s new book on the El Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees in Spain and France. For most of that interviews, go to http://tinyurl.com/7rpzqut.

For a profile of Raggio, see http://tinyurl.com/78cbwsx.

For a lengthy interview with Raggio in 2008, go to http://tinyurl.com/6npy8hz.

Angle shocked at party switching Defeated Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle has taken on the Pennsylvania Republican Party.

On Feb. 21 Angle endorsed Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate David Christian, a highly decorated Vietnam veteran and Fox news analyst who has twice run unsuccessfully for the U.S. House. Christian is one of several Republicans seeking the Senate seat now held by Democrat Robert Casey (who defeated Rick Santorum six years ago).

Although there are several Republicans running, one of them— business executive Steve Welch—has been endorsed by the Pennsylvania State Republican Committee at the urging of GOP Gov. Tom Corbett. Party leaders wanted a businessperson as a contrast to Casey, who has run for office many times.

Angle was critical of Welch for switching parties. “The Republican leadership of Pennsylvania cut a deal to support a former Republican, turned Democrat, turned Republican again, named Steve Welch because they believed he could self-finance his campaign,” Angle said in a prepared statement.

Angle herself is a Republican turned Independent American (the Nevada arm of George Wallace’s third party) turned Republican again.

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Smoking out the money Tobacco settlement payments to Nevada are tracked State legislators last month approved $260,000 for the Nevada Taxation Department by to hire a team of auditors to track cigDennis Myers arette sales by smaller tobacco corporations who were not participants in the 1998 national tobacco lawsuit settlement.

Under that settlement, negotiated between several state attorneys general and the major tobacco corporations, payments are made to state governments to cover Medicaid and other costs caused by tobaccorelated illnesses and paid for by taxpayers. Nevada was one of the last states to join the lawsuits.

“In Nevada, 22.2 percent of the adult population … are current cigarette smokers.”

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The manufacturers who were a party to that agreement were Philip Morris USA, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., and Lorillard Tobacco Company.

But there are a number of smaller, little-known corporations that comply with the settlement but were not a party of it. They pay a portion of their tobacco sales into an escrow account.

Up to now, no one has tracked

whether the amounts they pay correctly reflect their share of the settlement.

“The team will enhance the tracking of what we call NPMs—nonparticipating manufacturers,” said state taxation chief William Chisel.

The need for the team is partly that, under the lawsuits settlement, a failure by a state to fully police all corporations’ payments could cause a reduction in payments by the majors.

When the news came that the new team is being formed to watch over the small companies, we got to wondering who’s watching over the big companies.

“Who’s minding the big guys if we’re minding the little guys?” Chisel asked whimsically when we called.

He wasn’t certain, so he checked with the state attorney general’s office.

It turns out that no one is doing the job—at least, no one in the state.

As part of the original settlement, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) set up a mechanism to cover the large companies. When we tried to find out how it works, we ran into another obstacle—no staff member at NAAG is permitted to talk to the press.

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We did, however, obtain from a source this description of the process: The large companies pay based on their sales. They pay each year on April 15 based on their domestic sales

of the previous year—the sales on which federal tobacco excise tax is paid, which provides a tool for tracking sales.

Under the agreement, the tracking program has access to the tax returns filed by the tobacco companies with the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. So if Corporation X says it sold x-number of cigarettes in the United States in a year, that information can be checked against its return. In addition, supplemental information can be gathered as backup checks. An independent auditor at Price Waterhouse Coopers may also gather some corroborating evidence.

That is the process by which states know the corporations are paying what they should. How the money is distributed state by state is less clear. The distribution to states is handled by the Price Waterhouse auditor, who calculates the total amount due and how it will be divvied up among the tobacco companies and how much will go to each state.

In the lawsuit settlement there was a document called Exhibit A that gives each state a fixed percentage of the money from the corporations.

Turnover and institutional memory being what it is, no one seems to know how those percentages were set in 1998, whether it was by population or historic tobacco use or what.

Nevada has long had a very high rate of smokers.

According to the Centers for Disease Control in February 2011, “In Nevada, 22.2 percent of the adult population (aged 18+ years)—over 428,000 individuals—are current cigarette smokers. Across all states, the prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults ranges from 9.3 percent to 26.5 percent. Nevada ranks 43rd among the states [51st being the worst].” The state does better among Nevada youth, ranking 20th, but it also has the worst death rate from smoking related diseases among the states.

In addition, there is greater official and private tolerance of smoking in Nevada, creating the worst workplace hazards, according to CDC surveys: “Among adults who work indoors, the percentage who reported anyone smoking in their work area within the preceding two weeks has remained higher in Nevada than in the nation overall. Currently, Nevada ranks 51st among the states [and the District of Columbia] for workplace exposure, at 16.9 percent.”

Not including burn or secondhand smoke deaths, smoking kills 3,310 Nevadans annually (343.7 per 100,000). Smoking costs $709 million

in Nevada annually in health care costs—prescription drugs, nursing home care, hospital care, etc.

“The team will enhance the tracking.”

William Chisel Nevada Taxation Department

Acme Inc.

Tobacco Inc., Von Eiken Group, Wind River Tobacco.

Their products are marketed under names like Kite, Treasurer, American Harvest, Complete, Montclair, Fortuna, Checkers, Carnival, Timeless, Maverick.

Most of the tobacco settlement money Nevada receives is used for health care. About 40 percent is used for a scholarship program, which has had chronic financial problems with the decline of smoking.

That ratio was set at the 1999 Nevada Legislature, where health-care forces wanted all of the money but were blocked by Gov. Kenny Guinn’s proposal for the scholarships.

Another proposal heard at the 1999 Legislature came from Assemblymember Lynn Hetrick, a Douglas County Republican. He proposed that the state not use the money at all and let it accumulate over time or take a buyout until it produced as much interest annually as it then produced in direct annual payments. Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki still supports this kind of a plan, known as securitization. Ω

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There is an astonishing number of companies currently selling in Nevada that were not participants in the 1998 lawsuit settlement: Chancellor Tobacco Co, American Cigarette Company, Cheyenne International LLC, Commonwealth Brands, Dosal Tobacco Corporation, Grand Tobacco LLC, Imperial Tobacco Limited/ITD (USA) Limited, Japan Tobacco International U.S.A., King Maker Marketing, Inc, King Mountain Tobacco Company, Konci G&D Management Group (USA) Inc., KT&G Corporation, Lane Limited, Liggett Group, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Native Trading Associates, Ohsearase Manufacturing, People’s True Taste, Peter Stokkebye, Premier Manufacturing, Inc., Procesadora Nacional Cigarrillera S.A./Pronalci S.A., P.T. Djarum, Rouseco , Inc., Sandia Tobacco Manufacturers, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Seneca Cayuga Tobacco Company, Seneca Manufacturing Company, Sherman’s 1400 Broadway NYC, Ltd., Six Nations Manufacturing, Skookum Creek Tobacco Co., Smokin Joes, Tabacalera del Este, S.A. AKA “TABESA,” TOP Tobacco, L.P., Truth & Liberty Manufacturing, US FlueCured Tobacco Growers, Inc., Vector

Before the fall PHOTO/DENNIS MYERS

The weather was so warm last week that this University of Nevada, Reno class moved out of doors onto a lawn that still had patches of snow. It may be a while before this scene is repeated—this week, snow began falling again.

Russian Folk Music Gets a Classical Twist TRIO VORONEZH Laura Jackson, Music Director Saturday, March 10, 8 pm Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts These remarkable Russian musicians and their traditional instruments join the Reno Phil on stage for a wild mix of classical, folk, gypsy and pop music.

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2012 – The Awakening And what it means to us all Special Reno appearance!

Friday & Saturday, March 2nd & 3rd Center for Spiritual Living, Reno New York Times best selling author Gregg Braden is internationally renowned as a pioneer in bridging science and spirituality. Following a successful career as a Computer Geologist during the 1970’s energy crisis, he worked as a Senior computer Systems Designer during the last years of the Cold War. For more than 22 years, Gregg has searched high mountain villages, remote monasteries, and forgotten texts to uncover their timeless secrets. To date, his work has led to such paradigm-shattering books as The Isaiah Effect, The God Code, The Divine Matrix, Fractal Time: The Secret of 2012, A New World Age, Spontaneous Healing of Beliefs and Deep Truth.

Friday, March 2nd, 7-9pm $35 Lecture: What’s Next for Humanity?

Braden explores the deep truths at the root of humankind’s greatest threats, and how new discoveries hold the key to life-affirming changes.

Saturday, March 3rd 9am-4pm $110 Workshop: Thriving in a New World A new world has arrived and life as we’ve known it has changed forever!

The question is no longer when will a great shift occur, but where will these changes lead, what can we expect, and what does it mean for us.

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GREENSPACE Reno goes renewable Last week, the city of Reno completed nine solar installations that, according to a statement from the city, are expected “to save the city’s general fund $1.6 to $3 million over the course of the next 20 years and means the city is now receiving 15 percent to 18 percent of its total power from solar.”

A total of 5,016 solar panels make up the installations that have potential to create almost 2 million kilowatt hours per year. The project was funded by $4.1 million in rebates from SolarGenerations and NVEnergy, as well as federal tax incentives. Enfinity America Corporation also contributed to the funding and will manage the installations for the 20 year period as established by the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).

The installations are part of a Request for Proposal to “build renewable energy by taking advantage of a Nevada state law passed in October 2009 … which allows for third party ownership of renewable energy generation systems,” the statement said. “The law allows businesses, institutions and governments to purchase solar arrays without upfront capital costs. Money is saved by paying long-term fixed rates on the energy generated.”

Residents can track the energy produced by the new installations and wind turbines that have already been erected by going to www.reno.gov and clicking on the Green Energy Dashboard. The installations are at Mira Loma Park, the Rosewood Lakes Golf Course, the Neil Road complex, the Reno-Stead Wastewater Plant, the Public Works Corporation Yard, the Evelyn Mount Northeast Community Center and Reno fire stations 3, 10 and 11.

Young farmers believe in local farming The Nevada Future Farmers of America Association celebrated National FFA week from Feb. 18-25. This year’s theme was “I Believe,” and the week commemorated more than 80 years of the association’s history.

There are 20 chapters of FFA in Nevada that include nearly 2,000 agricultural education students. Members of FFA are active in community service and environmental outreach projects. Visit their Facebook page at http://on.fb.me/NevadaFFA.

—Ashley Hennefer ashleyh@newsreview.com

ECO-EVENT Transition Reno will host a screening of Even the Rain, a Bolivian film about Spanish imperialism and the potential for worldwide water wars.

A panel discussion will be held after the film to address local water issues. The screening is part of a regular movie series and a new film will be shown the first Tuesday of every month. March 6, 7 p.m. Good Luck Macbeth, 119 N. Virginia St. $7 general public, $5 for members, bicyclists and students.

Got an eco-event? Contact ashleyh@ newsreview.com. Check out more at facebook.com/rnrgreen.

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Members of the community filled the Joe Crowley Student Union ballroom at the community forum on Feb. 21.

This land is our land Main Station Field Lab After several months of passionate activism, including a petition that received more than 10,000 signatures nationwide, supporters and advocates of the University of Nevada, Reno’s Main Station Field Lab finally got some by good news on Feb. 23. The proposed annexation of 104 acres of the field Ashley lab has been postponed indefinitely.

Hennefer The saga for Wolf Pack Meats and the field lab started back in ashleyh@ October (“On the chopping block,” Oct. 20; “Saving graze,” Nov. 13) newsreview.com when UNR proposed to stop subsidizing WPM and announced a plan to rezone 104 acres of the field lab as a public unit development. While some officials consider the issues separate, supporters argued that the loss of the land would make it difficult for WPM to operate at full potential. UNR interim president Marc Johnson insisted that there were no plans to sell the land for business development, but a document written in 2008 by the late Milton Glick and flood project coordinating community member Bob Dickens, who is also UNR’s government affairs director, suggested selling the parcel to help the university pay off debt from the now closed Fire Science Academy.

“Historically, a slaughterhouse cannot exist next to development,” said Ann Louhela, executive director of NevadaGrown.

The annexation was also intended to meet the requirements of the Truckee River Flood Management Authority. However, the regional flood control plan was also postponed indefinitely, which contributed to the university’s decision to re-imagine plans for the field lab.

Initially, the rezoning was approved with a 3-2 vote by the Reno Planning Commission. The decision was immediately appealed, and a series of public meetings were held. A large crowd convened at the community forum on Feb. 21 and more than 30 people spoke in favor of preserving the land, including local business owners, farmers and students. Many cited the importance of agricultural lab space to focus on educating the next generation of farmers and producers. Others highlighted the faulty economics of the proposed development.

“We have identified, as your main stakeholders, that you will need to rethink this,” said Amber Sallaberry, cofounder of the Great Basin Community Food Co-op. She discussed the success of the new GBCFC location and the demand for local agriculture expressed by the community.

“The level of participation and conviction has been significant, but more impressive is the stated desire of so many to constructively contribute to the betterment of the university and, ultimately, our students and our community,” stated Johnson in a statement released by the university. “Several thoughtful ideas have come forward, and we want to pursue them.”

As a result of the public comments, Johnson announced plans for UNR’s agricultural future which would keep the field lab and WPM in operation. UNR has put forward a Request for Proposal to find stakeholders in the community willing to take over WPM. Debt incurred by the Fire Science Academy will be paid off through a portion of a fee already paid by university students. The university will also move forward with hiring a permanent dean for UNR’s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources (CABNR) for which Ron Pardini has served as the interim dean since 2008. Ω

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Sex. It’s not just for movie stars, the young, the birth controlled, the reproducing, newlyweds, newlymets, Rick Santorum, or the people upstairs. Our parents are doing it. And so are theirs.

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odern culture is preoccupied with sex. Sex, sex, sex. It’s everywhere. We’re obsessed with it.

There are just two groups at opposite ends of the demographic for whom sex is verboten: those under 16, for obvious reasons, and those over a certain age because well, the idea of oldie sex is kind of hideous, isn’t it? Old people don’t have sex, do they?

Of course they do. It’s just that it’s one of our last erotically incorrect taboos.

We’d rather not go there. Plus we’re so busy slavering over youth—and figuring out ways to preserve it—to even acknowledge the existence of wrinkly sex. But that doesn’t mean older people stop being interested in it. According to The Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body From Rusting by Marie de Hennezel, when someone asked the German princess Elizabeth Charlotte at what age did sexual desire fade away, she answered, “How should I know? I’m only 80!”

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University of Nevada, Reno instructor and clinical sexologist Dr. Tory Clark says the “taboo” is all about perception and dated ideas of adult sexuality. We tend to internalize images presented by pop culture, and especially for sub-cultures we’re unfamiliar with, we accept them as true representations of society.

“That’s just what we’re conditioned to seeing,” she says. “A lot of times, my students in class freak out when they see two guys kissing or old people kissing, but girl-on-girl action is OK. It’s what we’re inundated with and becomes aesthetically pleasing to the eye, and [for this society] that’s not old people, per se. We definitely have an issue with ageism, I think, in our society. ... It varies from culture to culture as to what’s acceptable in the sexual realm.”

You might remember reading about a senior citizen in 2003 who placed a personal ad in the New York Review of Books. It was entirely straightforward in its mission: “Before I turn 67—next March—I would like to have a lot of sex with a man I like.

If you want to talk first, Trollope works for me.”

Jane Juska, the retired English Literature teacher who placed the advertisement, was not looking for marriage (although she was subsequently offered it and politely declined). Nor was she looking for walks on the beach, trips to the opera, cozying up with a film and a cheeky Rioja, or any of the other things people put in personal ads. She just wanted sex.

writer Jane Prowse, and has Cagney & Lacey actor Sharon Gless in the lead role. Gless optioned the book soon after it was published, because she loved the story and wanted to play Juska. Prior to its publication, Juska first read bits of her book to her monthly writing group. You can only imagine their faces—it’s a candid read.

What is extraordinary about A Round Heeled Woman is its openness, its expression of straightforward desire. Here is an old lady, born in 1933, who placed the personal ad in 1999 and simply wanted what most people want: sex. But we don’t want old people to want sex. We want them to be neutered, especially older women. Jane Juska was tired of feeling neutered, and did not want to go quietly into old age without first kicking up her heels.

Inspired by Eric Rohmer’s film Autumn Tale, about a woman who advertises for lovers, Juska cheerfully admitted at the time that she “expected to be murdered,” but she was bored of playing life safe. She subsequently had a series of regular liaisons with three men and phone sex with a fourth; the youngest was a 32year-old David Duchovny lookalike.

She refused a marriage proposal because she did not wish to give up her newfound sexual freedom.

“I never expected to have intimate friendships with extraordinary men,” she said at the time. “True, I’ve met some men who are not kind or thoughtful, but I’ve also met men who are kind and thoughtful and funny and

“I didn’t go on a crusade to liberate women. I’m not an expert. I’m not a guru.”

Jane Juska, author of A Round Heeled Woman And she got it. Lots of it. She received 63 replies from men aged 32 to 84, which she divided into piles of yes, no and maybe. Despite putting her personal ad in a literary magazine, several replies mistook Trollope for trollop, which she says further added to their ardor.

Jane Juska then proceeded to have rather a lot of fun. Having played catch-up after decades of celibacy, she wrote a book about her late life sexual adventures, titled A Round Heeled Woman. “Round heeled” is archaic slang for “promiscuous,” although until she placed her advert, Juska was anything but. She had not had a date in 30 years.

The book, elegantly written with great wit and honesty, did well.

Almost a decade later, it has been turned into a stage play—just finishing a run in London after opening on Broadway. It was adapted by British

true. Which is to say, I guess I found out that men are people.” The replies she received included graphic nude photos, notes saying, “Have Viagra, will travel,” and one suitor stole her pajamas and champagne flutes.

However, for the most part, she loved her experiences, and enjoyed the intellectual as well as erotic connections. Having grown up in a climate of Midwestern sexual repression, followed by an unhappy marriage in San Francisco and decades of celibacy, weight and alcohol issues, Juska transformed herself in later life and was ready to play catch-up.

“Where I grew up, you had to bow and scrape to the nearest man and keep your mouth shut,” she said. Not the bowing and scraping type, she used to teach creative writing to inmates at the fearsome San Quentin prison.

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Juska was not, however, on a feminist Sharon Gless plays Jane Juska in A Round crusade. She insisted that Heeled Woman. her story was hers alone, and not a call to arms for older women everywhere to kick up their heels.

What makes her story stand out is that it is so fearlessly proactive, which resulted in her being hailed as a sexual liberator of senior citizens, a title she was not interested in carrying.

“I don’t think everyone should do this,” she said. “I didn’t go on a crusade to liberate women.

I’m not an expert. I’m not a guru.” She went on to say that if her book is ing tired, when I glanced at an ever made into a film, she wants to attractive man who pulled up beside play herself, and have Daniel Day me. He didn’t notice me at all, and I Lewis “play all the men.” thought maybe with age I have become invisible.

“I don’t think we should be conditioned to give up sex in older age. I enjoy sex. It’s not quite as heady as in Getting better all my 40s, but it’s more comfortable and without angst or guilt. A lot depends We live in the era of the wellderly. A on your health and fitness levels and 100-year-old London resident, Fauja attractiveness. Certain physical stuff Singh, recently ran the Toronto does crop up—or doesn’t!—plenty of Marathon. Sixty is the new 40, and men have erectile dysfunction, and retirees do Zumba. Longevity and women tend to get a dryness going on. good health in old age have never I noticed this lately, so I bought KY been better. So what is our problem jelly and hid it in a brown bag. People with oldies and sex? Why do we gag make fun of KY jelly.” at the mere thought of it?

So despite erotic visibility diminAnd while old men are allowed ishing daily, 50-something women are to retain their sexuality via Viagra still on the sexual radar, hanging on by and cultural acceptance, “Not a a thread, despite their internal nonword is spoken about the sexuality dimmed desire. The desire equation is of old women, as if they no longer simple and weighted against women. feel desire after menopause. This is As men age, attracting sex becomes not the case.” easier, but as women age, it becomes “Old age” is a broad term. Women harder. So where does that leave have been traditionally boxed in by women in their 60s, 70s and 80s? specific biological events: start of fer- While older men can pop Viagra and tility, (optional) child-bearing and get it on with younger women, the rearing, end of fertility, menopause. older sexually active woman remains These events manifest themselves taboo. Find an older man attractive, within our culture as women over 40 and you have a sugar daddy. Fancy an being considered “old,” at least by the old lady, and you are a gerontophile. entertainment and beauty industries.

“I hear women around 60 or 70 To be a sexual older woman in saying, ‘I no longer exist, I’m not on Hollywood, you have to be Kim the scene anymore when it comes to Cattrall or Courtney Cox, if you are sex, nobody notices me anymore,’” not to be cast as someone’s asexual said the late sexologist Ulrike mother or grandmother. Britain seems Brandenburg. “Men can have erections slightly less ageist. Helen Mirren is thanks to new products that enhance still regarded as sexy in her mid-60s, virility, so why can’t we see women as while the French appear to actively radiant, grey-haired and sensual?” celebrate mature sexuality: think Even when Jane Fonda, fit, fresh Catherine Deneuve. and face-lifted in her 70s, talks about But what about real women in real sex, does anyone want to listen? Joan life? “Chris” is in her mid-50s, in a Collins and Vivienne Westwood are all long-term sexless marriage, and has a in their 70s and married to handsome few lovers whom she sees periodiyounger men. We assume that their cally. She is attractive and healthy, and marriages are asexual, because we can’t countenance the idea of sexual can’t stomach the idea of an old lady desire fading with age. wanting and having sex. Yet we do not “The ageism doesn’t bother me,” make the same assumptions about she says. “I’m too busy and feel too older men and younger women. fit to dwell on that. One incident “Any sex life in later years is a recently did strike me, though. I was continuation of whatever it was earlier on the way home from work, look-

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in a person’s life,” writes de Hennezel.

“Age therefore does not dictate sexual desire, even though it may alter its frequency and characteristics. While sexual relations may be slower and less active, we know that they also become more sensual.” In other words, less chandelier swinging, more emotional connection.

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A national survey of older people and sexuality, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that for most people aged between 57 and 85, sex remains an important part of life, and sexual activity diminishes only slightly between your 50s and your early 70s. Many men and women remain sexually active well into their 70s and 80s. The study showed that health, far more than age, was the crucial factor in sexual activity.

“We found that older adults remain interested and engage in sex, yet many experience bothersome sexual problems that can compromise both health and relationships,” said the study’s author, Dr Stacy Tesser Lindau of the University of Chicago. “Lack of reliable information about how sexual activity and function might change with age and illness, combined with taboos around discussing sex in later life, contributes to worry or even shame for many older adults.’

Further research by Dr. Lindau, published in the British Medical Journal in 2010 and reported by Time magazine, reported that 67 percent of men aged 65 to 74 reported being sexually active, compared with 40 percent of women. One-third of men aged 75 to 85 said they still had regular sex; the figure for 75 to 85 year old women is just 17 percent. Female lack of desire was cited, but it’s probably more complicated than that. For a start, women live on average five

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years longer than men, which means there are far more women whose longterm partners have died than men in the same situation.

Also, according to Cornell University gynecologist Dr. Peggy Polanescsky, our sexuality ebbs and flows throughout our lives, usually in relation to our circumstances.

“What’s accepted in the sexual realm varies from culture to culture.”

-Dr. Tory Clark, clinical sexologist “I think some women, for whatever reason, over time lose interest, but sometimes they lose interest because they stop doing it, or sometimes their husband has prostate cancer or something and it all gets tied into his illness, and you don’t have a partner for a number of years,” she is quoted as saying in the book Still Doing It. “It waxes and wanes—even in younger women it can wax and wane.”

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erosexual relationships. They are planning on setting up a retirement home for gay men and women.

“When people stand up on the bus to give us their seats, they have absolutely no idea how wild we are in bed,” they told Fishel.

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“I always think about how it’ll get easier as the generations go on, with women being more adventurous with dating because of the roles we’re expected to play,” says sexologist Clark. “Keep a positive attitude and just get out there, and do what you want to do. Date and be safe. I think that being aware of sexually transmitted infections and whatnot is really important. That’s a statistic that’s definitely on the rise with the 55-plus generation. I have so many clients and different people who’ve hooked up and gotten into dating or long-term relationships, too.” Ω D. Brian Burghart contributed to this article.

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Round and round on the RTC Rapid, the bus that uses those enormous, nine-seat stops

I’ll have to admit it: I drank the Kool-Aid. I’m not a big gulper, though— well, except for beer. Probably wine. I’ll draw the line at Underbergs. And Jameson.

Just forget I said anything.

I started from a place of skepticism. When the public information person for the Regional Transportation Commission refused to provide me with any factual information regarding those huge, empty bus stops on Virginia Street before I interviewed David Jickling, director of public transportation for the agency, I knew what was going on.

The only reason flacks refuse hard information but promote an interview is because they want to manipulate the coverage that results. Simple as that. They want the reporter unable to prepare pointed questions. Interviews then become more like conversations, friendlier and much, much longer.

In fact, often they’ll take all the time a reporter has budgeted for a story, so other views are less likely to be aired. And that results in one-sided information making the paper.

But, like I said, I overcame the initial offense. It’s just how the game is played these days.

Here are the facts. Each of those humongous, unpopulated bus stops cost a quarter-million dollars. There are six of those stations right now, and there are two more, plus six smaller ones, to be built in the second wave of construction, which is proceeding now.

RTC calls the big ones, full stations.

There are several major transportation corridors that will be built up after the Virginia Street one. They were 100 percent funded by federal dollars from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Program, which Renoites couldn’t have spent on school books, parks or bribes. CMAQ funds are only to be used in urban areas to mitigate air pollution.

And since Nevadans get so few of our tax dollars back from Washington, D.C., perhaps we should be a little grateful that some economic benefit was gained, future congestion in our aortal arteries is planned for, and the money wasn’t used to kill civilians in foreign countries or given to home thieves.

The idea behind the megastations and the megabuses that service them is this: Virginia Street can’t be widened in a practical manner. Our civic leaders want and expect increased foot traffic on the thoroughfare between downtown and Meadowood Mall. The Virginia Street corridor is already the

busiest line, accounting for about 25 percent—5-6,000 rides a day—of all transit trips taken in the Truckee Meadows. If Northern Nevada returns to the economic forecast of five or six years ago, in 15 years, we’re going to need efficient mass transit on Virginia Street. And if we wait until we need it, it will be too late.

The reason those huge bus stops are so empty is because the bus line works efficiently. It comes through about every 10 minutes during the busiest times of day, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. At other times, the frequency is less, and the Rapid bus (the express) doesn’t run between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., but the RTC Connect bus (the local) is there to pick up the slack.

With the seven diesel-electric hybrid, super-sized buses, which at 3.5 mpg get better gas mileage than the old 40-footers’ 2.5 mpg, the bus stops should be empty. In a decade or so, if the economy recovers, we’ll see people waiting.

Can I simplify this? The money was available, we could imagine a unmet need, we built the bus stops.

“That’s our future, and that’s what we’re hoping through these better buses, these better stations and amenities, with other things we’re doing in the corridor, that people will start to say, ‘You know what? Riding transit up and down the corridor works really well for me, and it’s as convenient as or even more convenient than using my automobile,’” Jickling said.

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Saturday, a lot of day shifts end about five, so the bus filled up. Thirteen people started with us at Meadowood, nine got on at Peckham, another 20 got on at the Peppermill, five more at Plumb Lane. We arrived at the station with an almost full bus, handed our all-day passes to the first person we saw who needed a ticket and headed back to our car.

I get it. It’s easy to see why many members of the community have questioned the wisdom of spending this money in this way at this time.

But despite my snotty tone, taking a sip of the magic Kool-Aid on RTC Rapid may be just the way to envision a future where there is efficient mass transit on the major corridors in the Truckee Meadows. We’ve got to start somewhere, and if we’d planned 15 years ahead 30 years ago, we’d be there now. Plainly, the biggest problem in Reno’s bus system is that access to the transit system can be inconvenient, and once people are in their cars or on their bicycles, they’re far more likely to eschew the bus line entirely. Ω

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It was Saturday, and I was in the mood for adventure. The weather had been so beautiful, and it had been a long time since I’d taken a bus ride so I decided to check out the new amenities. Even though I live within the McCarran Loop, I’m 2.1 miles from the nearest bus stop. That meant the only intelligent solution was to drive the five miles to the 4th Street Station.

A few minutes before our planned departure time, 1 p.m., I grabbed my 14-year-old son, and we drove my 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo down to pick up my girlfriend. Forty minutes later, she was ready to go, and we were off.

Tickets for a full day of riding were only $4 for each adult, $2 for the kid. A one-way pass with transfer for adults is $2, so it behooves riders to buy for the day.

We were able to use a debit card at the machine inside the swanky 4th Street Station, and there was a bus waiting for us.

Plainly, the bus runs on a more regular schedule than I do. There were seven people on the bus that pulled out of the station at 2 p.m., one of whom was pacing up and down the center aisle making me a bit uncertain. He turned out to be an all right guy, though, offering various anecdotes about the bus, complaints about the range of service, and tips about purchasing long-term tickets. His complaint about the service was that he had to grab a cab from the terminus of this route, Meadowood Mall, to his final destination, which would cost him some $20.

One person got on, two people got off at the Peckham Lane Station. Several people looked mournfully at the bus from the RTC Connect stations, which the Rapids don’t stop at. The idea is speed. Easy loading, fewer stops, the 4.6 mile ride to Meadowood Mall took a bit short of 30 minutes.

There’s a lot more to see from a seat on the bus than from behind a steering wheel.

And after spending several hours wandering the mall, we returned to the bus, stuck our tickets in the scanner, and rode back to Fourth Street. Easy peasy. Even though it was

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I’m with the banned The Mexican on Arizona and banned books Dear Mexican: Aunqué soy Boricua, mi corazón está al lado del pueblo mejicano, aquí en Arizona. ¿Porqué no hablas contra “La Bruja Mala del Oeste” Gobernadora Jan Brewer, “El Leon Cobarde” Ex-Senador Russell Pearce, “El Hombre Hecho de Lata” Alguacil del Condado Maricopa Joe Arpairo, “El Hombre Hecho de Paja” Abogado General Tom Horne y en final, “El Brujo de OZ” by Gustavo Arellano Superintendente de Instrucción Pública John Huppenthal?

Dear Gabachos: You don’t need a Spanish-English dictionary or your pocho coworker to figure out what the question above refers to: the continued insanity that is Arizona.

We’ve covered its pendejos throughout the years, especially Horne and Huppenthal, who earlier this year declared the Mexican-American Studies program at the Tucson Unified School District illegal

because it doesn’t hew to the traditional view in American history that teaches Mexicans are shiftless, lazy rapists. Part of that effort was to boot out of Tucson schools books ranging from Shakespeare’s The Tempest to Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz’s Drown to works by authors like Sandra Cisneros, Sherman Alexie and even Howard Zinn. They’re banning American history in Tucson! In other news, Satan called: the Prince of Darkness wants his disciples to join him back in Hell.

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The Mexican will donate muchos copies of his two previous books to the Librotraficante’s efforts—how’s that for a segue into my obligatory plug for the latest one? Gentle cabrones: My much-promised Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, will finally hit bookstores April 10, but that doesn’t mean you can’t already order it (yes, grammar snobs: I just used a doublenegative, but Mexican Spanish loves double-negatives the way we do cute second cousins). Place your order with your favorite local bookstore, your finer online retailers, your craftier piratas, but place it: my libro editor has already promised to deport me from the publishing industry if we don’t sell enough copies. Ω

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The other great effort is by my Houston amigos over at Nuestra Palabra. One of them, Tony Diaz, has assumed a new persona: El Librotraficante, who’ll set up underground libraries in Houston, San Antonio, Albuquerque and Tucson that’ll host the banned books and other books by writers of color and their down gabacho compatriots.

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The show has an atypically small cast for a musical, focusing on a struggling family of four and a couple of non-relatives who enter their circle. This scope fosters an almost unprecedented intimacy by musical standards, which serves the show’s central themes of dysfunction, mental illness and loss.

Be forewarned: the mood ranges from resigned unhappiness to fragile hopefulness, hitting heights or scraping depths that are emotionally devastating. In short, look elsewhere for the next Music Man. It also may be too touchy-feely for the hardened cynics in the house. Yet for those looking to engage with something beautiful and challenging, Next to Normal could prove tailor-made. It’s universal without being trite, poignant without being manipulative. As a musical should,

it employs its songs to purposefully magnify emotions and make its story more resonant.

With its heavy subject matter and emotional text, Next to Normal would crumble if handled by lesser performers. TMCC has once again filled difficult roles with actorsingers with real chops. Cori Cooper is heartbreaking as Diana, the mother and central character. Ryan Kelly imbues the father, Dan, with both strength and a vulnerability that can be—in the most complimentary way—hard to take. Adam Semus moves and sounds like a polished professional in the role of son Gabe. Shining brightest of all, though,

is Megan Smith as daughter Natalie, who may be the most convincing teenage character ever written for the musical stage.

Rounding things out are Jonathan Rolling and Matthew Kopicko in the non-family roles, who offer strong support and keep the plot rolling.

Most importantly, all six actors nail their vocals when the stakes are highest.

TMCC’s casts are so consistently good now that they have earned high expectations. Happily, they stick the landing here.

The live band also excels, serving the play without getting in the way. The production’s only real flaw is a technical one: The wireless microphones can sometimes sound muffled. Once the story takes hold, however, this problem doesn’t distract.

So why see something like this? Like it or not, there’s something cleansing and therapeutic in watching strangers battle their demons. Maybe it’s akin to watching slasher movie victims get killed and being relieved it’s not you onscreen, but I suspect it’s something more. In a famous commentary on the medium, Hamlet once upon a time lectured his hired players that theater should hold the mirror up to nature. Unless you were raised

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There’s a very proper wine list with Wine Spectator kudos attesting to the quality and completeness of the offering. Fine dining manager John Ekizian, a respected Reno oenophile, oversees the impressive and very reasonable selections. He pays a lot of attention to buying wines that age well and increase in value, but he says he then passes that Nugget philosophy on to guests by selling at original purchase value, not current market cost.

It’s a well rounded menu with appetizers from $7-$12. I tasted the chilled fire roasted prawn cocktail trio ($9), with pineapple salsa, seared onion and chilies hanging on a large shot glass filled with grilled tomatocitrus cocktail sauce. What a ride for the palate—from the tropical fruit

zing to a slight bite from the chilies to the savoriness of the onions. Then you drink the sauce, and it’s a shot that explodes with orange, lime and that roasted tomato pop.

They told me the baby spinach salad ($8) is John’s favorite, and since I know Mr. A knows food, I said, “Bring it on.” Its simplicity makes it elegant. It’s just chopped, hard-boiled egg, Bermuda onions, pine nuts and warm, smoked-bacon dressing. The onions blended with the slightly sweettart dressing, basting the fresh spinach and making every bite layered with easily defined savory flavors. There’s just something about a warm salad. …

It’s a beef house, and room chef Mark Lee Reveal picked the Certified Angus 20-ounce bone-in rib-eye ($38) for my entrée. The chef did an exceptional job of presenting many of the of the menu’s highlights, and told me that he will take anyone’s dietary consideration to heart for any meal with a simple phone call in advance, which is impressive and exemplary. The rib-eye is considered the most tender and succulent cut of beef because it has the most marbling (fat interwoven in the muscle). Folks, you’ve got to have fat to have flavor. Medium rare with crispy onions atop, my cut was perfectly trimmed and even the side-fat was tasty. It’s moist and tender, with a grilled flavor that lets you know you’re experiencing steak nirvana. The meal comes with a choice of starch and steamed seasonal vegetables.

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Commune sense Wanderlust With the exception of Role Models, an instant hit, director David Wain has made great comedies that take a little while to settle in. At least that’s how his films hit me.

I liked Wet Hot American Summer just fine when I first saw it, and gave it a happy, if not glowing, review. With repeated viewings, it now resides in my personal five favorite comedies of all time. It’s a classic.

As for The Ten, I ripped into that one by when it first came out. In preparing for this Bob Grimm review, I watched it again—and laughed hard.

So, it took about five years for that one to win bgrimm@ newsreview.com me over.

Role Models is the only one of Wain’s past films I loved instantly. It was probably because of Seann William Scott’s Minotaur suit.

I don’t know what it is … it’s like Wain movies come in a slow, time-release capsule, and I just start laughing more and more as the years pass and they continue to digest. I imagine I will have a stroke from laughing when I watch The Ten five years from now.

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Now comes Wanderlust, with the immortally funny Paul Rudd, who has thankfully played a major role in all of Wain’s films.

Rudd plays George, a politely frustrated Wall Street worker living in a microscopic Manhattan apartment with his bad documentarian wife, Linda (a funny Jennifer Aniston, Rudd’s costar in The Object of My Affection and Friends).

When George loses his job and Linda’s penguin cancer documentary is passed over

by HBO, they hightail it out of the city to Atlanta, where George’s brother Rick (the

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always fabulous Ken Marino, who co-wrote the film with Wain) has promised George a job.

After a very funny driving montage, the two wind up spending the night in Elysium, a bed and breakfast/commune. After a fun night of smoking pot and skinny-dipping, the couple head to Rick’s house, but not for long. Rick’s total bastard behavior drives them out of the house fast, and they retreat to Elysium to take a crack at dropping out of society.

The great gag here is that George is initially the one more open to the Elysium ideal, but that changes as the film progresses. Rudd gets to show that awesome “Evil Rudd” side when George gets frustrated.

Rudd seems like a nice guy, so it’s hilarious whenever he gets nasty and dirty, and this screenplay allows for plenty of this. Rudd’s general disdain for Elysium’s leader, Seth (Justin Theroux), is comic gold. As for Rudd’s moment in a mirror practicing dirty talk for possible sexy time with commune resident Eva (Malin Akerman), it’s the best mirror acting since Travis Bickle picked a fight with himself in Taxi Driver. And it only gets funnier when George actually attempts dirty talk with Eva in his presence.

While the whole premise isn’t altogether original and is a little tired in spots, it does give Wain a platform to gather a great ensemble, Wet Hot style. The cast features many members of The State, the legendary comedy troupe that Wain was a big part of. Best of all are a couple of scenes featuring The State offshoot, Stella—Wain’s other troupe with Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter—as members of a goofy news show. I would like a whole movie of Stella as news guys, please.

Theroux, who played a memorable Jesus in The Ten and has written some big screenplays (Tropic Thunder, Iron Man 2, Rock of Ages), gets a chance to show his comedic acting ability. His Seth is a classic comedic creep. And it’s always good to have Alan Alda in your cast, so huge props for scoring Hawkeye.

The main reason to see Wanderlust is the mighty Rudd, who doesn’t disappoint. And, if my usual pattern for Wain films plays out, I imagine Wanderlust will make my nose bleed from laughter five years from now. Ω

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Even if the real members of the military cast in this film could act—and believe me, they can’t—the story here is a sputtering dud and ineptly directed. Navy SEALS go on a couple of missions involving kidnap victims, drug lords and terrorists, and the film lacks a sense of adventure or purpose. The film’s big draw is that real military types are cast in major roles. Many of them look the part, but they have flat line deliveries. Still, that would be forgivable had directors Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh possessed the abilities to put together a decent action scene and gotten themselves a decent plot. This is a mess of a movie, and it made a ton of money in its first weekend.

Shows you what I know.

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The Artist

An homage to silent films that’s actually a silent film, this is a funny, touching and innovative piece of work with a fun performance from Jean Dujardin. He plays a silent movie star at the dawning of the sound age, much like Charlie Chaplin, who either must make the leap to sound or slip away. Berenice Bejo plays Peppy Miller, a star on the rise. After sharing a scene in a film, their two careers go in separate directions. They’re wonderfully expressive performers, which suits Michel Hazanavicius’s film perfectly. One of last year’s biggest surprises, and they’ll be watching this one a hundred years from now.

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There’s a good movie, and a great idea, buried in the stagey muck that clogs up Chronicle, the latest entry in the “found footage” craze. There are so many of these found footage movies now, I feel like I’m writing about them every week. A movie about three high school kids finding some kind of meteor and absorbing a strange energy that gives then super telekinetic powers is a magnificent idea. But hampering the movie with the idiotic premise that everything is filmed by the characters in an attempt for a new twist on the tiresome fake documentary gimmick is a terrible mistake. There are moments of brilliance, making this a near miss. But the found footage gimmick is so tired and strained that it kills the film. That said, the finale is a real winner. Sneak in for the last 15 minutes of the movie.

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The Descendants

George Clooney delivers another great performance as Matt King, a rich land tycoon living a modest life in Hawaii, trying to get along with his two daughters while his wife is in a coma. Matt finds out some stuff about the wife, and his life takes some interesting turns. Shailene Woodley is excellent here as Matt’s older daughter, as is Amara Miller as the younger one. Robert Forster is both funny and sad as Matt’s bitter father-in-law, while Matthew Lillard gets a good role as a real estate agent with a secret. Written and directed by Alexander Payne (About Schmidt, Election, Sideways), it’s characteristic of his films. There are lots of good laughs to go with the heavy stuff.

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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Nicolas Cage returns as Johnny Blaze, a comic book character having a very hard time translating to the big screen. The first film was an origin story establishing the fact that Blaze sold his soul to the Devil. This one picks up a few years down the road with Blaze not adjusting well to the life of a guy whose head occasionally explodes into flames. He’s hiding out in Eastern Europe, has let his hair grow out and, because he’s played by Nicolas Cage, has crazy mood swings. It’s as if directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor realized they had a dud on their hands and told Cage to go into psycho Bad Lieutenant mode to attract his diehard fans. This results in random scenes of Cage

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doing his patented cuckoo act, something that can be amusing on some levels but just odd and out of place when poorly directed. This time out, it’s definitely odd and out of place.

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Safe House

Ryan Reynolds plays Matt Weston, a CIA operative who has spent a year sitting in a safe house bouncing a ball against a wall and listening to tunes. He longs for the big assignment in the field, but the organization seems content to keep him out of the way and performing menial tasks. Things change mightily when Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) is brought to his house for some questioning and good old healthy waterboarding. Frost is a former agent gone rogue, selling secrets to enemy countries and making a decent living off of it. He’s also a dangerous, murderous son of a bitch. Throw into the mix that he’s also virtuous, and you have your typically complicated Washington character. Reynolds and Washington complement each other well in this action thriller that constitutes the rare Reynolds film that is good.

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An Iranian couple is forced to separate when the wife, Simin (Leila Hatami), wants to live abroad, while the husband, Nader (Peyman Moadi), needs to stay home and take care of his ailing father.

The situation causes many difficulties, especially when a hired housekeeper (Sareh Bayat) asked to care for the father starts behaving strangely. Writer-director Asghar Farhadi’s film, which recently won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, is a strong portrayal of family strife and illness. Moadi is especially good as a man who finds himself in all sorts of trouble for one short instance of overreaction, which also gives us an interesting look at the Iranian criminal justice system. It’s an absorbing movie, and it deserved its Oscar.

This is an old-fashioned haunted house movie from Hammer Films that takes some time to get going but gets some good scares in the end. Daniel Radcliffe plays a lawyer who goes to a village in the middle of nowhere and, quite illogically, spends a couple of nights in a haunted house. While there, he sees multiple ghosts, not the least of which is the ghost of a deranged woman angry about the death of her son. Director James Watkins sets the film in a place where it’s impossible for Radcliffe’s character to escape, adding to the dread. There are some interesting sequences—I especially like when a mudcovered young boy makes a visit in the rain—and Radcliffe makes his character somebody we can root for, even if he is dumber than a box of hammers for entering the house in the first place. This one is committed to darkness, so those looking for a good time might want to go play skee ball instead.

Likeable performers can’t save this silly film from running out of steam by the time credits roll. Reese Witherspoon plays Lauren, a woman with a job I can’t really explain—she’s some kind of product quality tester—who winds up dating not one but two CIA operatives (Chris Pine and Tom Hardy), who are also best friends. The two men find themselves in competition for Lauren’s hand, and they do all sorts of unethical things to win it. All three are good and funny here, but director McG can’t make the premise work for the entire running time, and the film just runs out of energy. McG, who made the weak Terminator Salvation, is quite the messy director. Full blame goes to him for this film’s failures, because the actors almost pull it off.

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Complete control Come Home Geoffrey An old rock ’n’ roll dichotomy, dating back at least to the ’70s, is punk versus progressive. Punk bands are loose and by Brad Bynum anarchic. Prog bands are tight and controlled. The punk impulse is bradb@ toward chaos, the progressive impulse newsreview.com is toward order. One approach is not necessarily better than the other. There are great punk bands and great prog bands (and great bands able to incorporate elements of both). And though hardcore and subsequently post-hardcore are derived from punk rock, many contemporary bands who describe themselves as post-hardcore are more prog than punk.

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Come Home Geoffrey, a band with a tight, controlled sound, is, from left, Nick Major, Christian Lim, Sean Murphy, Alex King and Russell Eck.

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Come Home Geoffrey is such a band. They have more in common with, for example, the technical metal of Dream Theater than the earlier punky post-hardcore of, say, Fugazi.

Come Home Geoffrey’s music is heavy but melodic, carefully planned and precise, and the band’s songs are complex, unpredictable epics.

Vocalist Nick Major can sing cleanly or shout ferociously. Guitarists Russell Eck and Alex King move from heavy metal train-chugging to anthemic alt-rock chord changes.

Bassist Christian Lim has the secretweapon status of a good bassist—the kind of supportive player you might not even notice at first, before realizing he’s probably the best instrumentalist in the group. And drummer Sean Murphy ties it all together with his thoughtful, unfussy rhythms and careful accents.

(Unbeknownst to the author until midinterview, Murphy is the son of John Murphy, the general manager/publisher of the Reno News & Review.)

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The band took its name from a Skype conversation between Major and his brother, Geoffrey. Major says acquaintances sometimes take the name to mean that Geoffrey is in the military. He’s not. He was only across town when the conversation occurred.

Major’s voice is usually up front, leading the songs, but Eck and Murphy also contribute vocals. Eck favors a death metal growl, and Murphy a poppy falsetto, and the three vocalists occasionally conjure up some unusual harmonies or calland-response vocal parts.

The band incorporates prerecorded keyboards, acoustic guitars and other sounds into their live performances, and not just as short intro pieces, but as elements throughout the songs. The musicians are able to match the tempos of the prerecorded tracks by following Murphy, who plays to a hidden metronome, even during live shows.

“We do that so the songs are always the same tempo,” says Eck. “Most bands generally tend to speed up live, so the fast songs get even faster. But this way, we keep the feel of album, which some people like and some people don’t.”

The band’s new CD EP, King Alex the Cat, comes out on March 9, with a record release party at the Knitting Factory, also featuring local bands Alice Alice, Seas & Centuries, Drag Me Under and Crush.

The group’s tight, controlled sound is the result of a distinctly 21st century approach to songwriting. Eck will record a solo demo of a song, and then pass it to each of the instrumentalists, who then write their own parts individually, then Major gets the demo, and he writes the lyrics and vocal parts to fit the nearly completed song. This means that the first time the band gets together to practice a song, they’ve already practiced it separately, and it’s already completely written—though they often refine and revise after playing it together.

“We don’t jam,” says Eck. “We write it all out.”

“When I get a demo, I listen to it over and over and get the feeling of it,” says Major. He then makes decisions about vocal approach, usually matching the quiet, melodic parts with clean singing, and the more metallic, heavy parts with screams and shouts, and lyrics that fit those moods.

“On this CD, most of it is about love, or fear of losing someone—all that good, happy but depressing stuff,” he says. Ω

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Blues jam w/Blue Haven, 9:30pm, no cover

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Moon Gravy, 8:30pm, no cover

DG Kicks, Jakki Ford, 9pm, Tu, no cover

ABEL’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT

Jazz Night, 7:30pm, Tu, no cover

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Dust on the Bottle, 8pm, no cover

906 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-8891

Digital Underground, Element, Black Rock City Allstars, 9pm, $22, $25

BIGGEST LITTLE CITY CLUB

Open mic comedy night, 9pm, no cover

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Livitz Livitz, Boot to the Kool, 9pm, $5

Seeing Eye Dogs, 9pm, $5

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Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

Blarney Band, 9pm, no cover

Jez, 9pm, no cover

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Sonic Mass w/DJ Tigerbunny, 7pm, no cover

Good Friday with rotating DJs, 10pm, no cover

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538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558

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Knitting Factory 211 N. Virginia St. 323-5648

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COMMA COFFEE

312 S. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 883-2662

Comedy

Vokab Kompany, Mojo Green, 11pm, $8, $10

Whitney Myer Band, Lindsey Pavao, Reggie Ginn, 7pm, $10

TAFF, 7pm, $12, $15, NastyNasty, Run DMT, Mochipet, Boggan, 11pm, $15, $20

COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR

Forget the Roses, 7pm, no cover

Green Weather, 7pm, no cover

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY

Catch a Rising Star, Silver Legacy, 407 N. Virginia St., 329-4777: Geno Bisconte, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $15.95; F, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $15.95; Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $17.95; Eddie Clark, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $15.95

235 W. Second St., (775) 324-4255

Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: The Marijuana-Logues with Tony Camin, Rob Cantrell, Dan Gabriel, F, 7:30pm; Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $13, $17; Hynopt!c with Dan Kimm, F, 9:30pm, $16, $21

Community Drum Circle, 5:30pm, no cover

255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400

3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & Improv w/Wayne Walsh, W, 9pm, no cover

The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Graham Elwood, David Feldman, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Greg Fitzsimmons, Dana Eagle, W, 9pm, $25

Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover

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The Aggrolites, Mike Pinto Band, The Letdowns, PYRX Band, 7pm, W, $12, $15

DJ Idano, 9pm, no cover

Wicked Hicks, 9:30pm, no cover

Warren Dorrell Band w/Harry Fryed, 8:30pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Nick, 9pm, no cover

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Large Bills Accepted, noon, M, no cover The Green, Passafire, 8pm, Tu, $11-$35 Blues Jam Wednesdays, 7pm, W, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, no cover Open mic, 9pm, W, no cover Karaoke w/Mitchell, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Mitchell, 9pm, M, no cover Karaoke w/Nick, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

THE HOLLAND PROJECT

NOBUNNY, The Shames, Ditch the Pilot, 8pm, $5, $7

Lauren Stevenson and The Cans, Lucas Young and the Wilderness, 8pm, W, $5

JAVA JUNGLE

Sunday Music Showcase, 4pm, no cover

Java Jungle Open Mic, 7:30pm, M, no cover

Karaoke w/Lisa Lisa, 9pm, no cover

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Live flamenco guitar music, 5:30pm, no cover

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Thad Beckman, 8pm, no cover

Buster Blue, 10pm, $TBA

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Live jazz w/First Take featuring Rick Metz, 6pm, no cover

Live jazz w/First Take featuring Rick Metz, 6pm, no cover

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Junius, Present, The Harvest and The Hunt, 8pm, $5

Warren Anderson, Joe Little, Ruby Jaye, 10pm, $2

The Battle of Midway, Drag Me Under, Enslave the Creation, 9pm, $5

Primus, 9pm, $52-$85

Primus, 9pm, $52-$85

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KNUCKLEHEADS BAR & GRILL

Open Mic Night/College Night, 8pm, Tu, no cover

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PIZZA BARON

Acoustic Open Mic hosted by Roger Scime, 8pm, no cover

Steve Starr Karaoke, 9pm, W, no cover

PLAN:B MICRO-LOUNGE

Open Mic Night w/Michelle Pappas, 7pm, no cover

Open jazz jam, 7:30pm W, no cover

THE POINT

3001 W. Fourth St., (775) 322-3001

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 7pm, no cover

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 9pm, no cover

POLO LOUNGE

Stevie D., 8pm, no cover

Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Silk & Steel, 7:30pm, no cover

VooDoo Dogz, 8pm, no cover

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PONDEROSA SALOON

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RED DOG SALOON

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 7:30pm, W, no cover

John Palmore, 6pm, no cover

Wildhorse Drive, 8pm, no cover

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Vokab Kompany

Corky Bennett, 7pm, W, no cover

March 3, 11 p.m.

CommRow 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400

Jay Goldfarb, 7pm, W, no cover

RUBEN’S CANTINA

Hip Hop Open Mic, 9pm, W, no cover

1483 E. Fourth St., (775) 622-9424

RYAN’S SALOON

Chord Soup, 8pm, no cover

924 S. Wells Ave., (775) 323-4142

Apostles of Badness, Liquorville, 9pm, M, no cover, live jazz, 8pm, W, no cover

Drivin’ West, 9pm, no cover

SIDELINES BAR & NIGHTCLUB

Black and Blues Jam, 8:30pm, Tu, no cover

1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 355-1030

SIERRA GOLD

Jamie Rollins, 9pm, no cover

680 S. Meadows Pkwy., (775) 850-1112

SPARKY’S

Gemini, 9pm, no cover

9570 S. McCarran Blvd., (775) 787-9669

Jamie Rollins, 9pm, no cover

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

STREGA BAR

310 S. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-9911

STUDIO ON 4TH

Acoustic Jam w/Christy Lynn, 5pm, Grown & Sexy, 11pm, no cover

432 E. Fourth St., (775) 786-6460

THE UNDERGROUND

555 E. Fourth St., (775) 786-2582 1) Showroom 2) Tree House Lounge

WALDEN’S COFFEEHOUSE 3940 Mayberry Dr., (775) 787-3307

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Hype, 10pm, no cover

214 W. Commercial Row, (775) 329-9444

Jazz Night w/Mike Mayhall & Friends, 7pm, no cover

Strange on the Range, 7pm, M, no cover Tuesday Night Trivia, 8pm, Tu, no cover

DJ Willie, 9pm, no cover

Mac Esposito Jazz Party, 9pm, no cover

Sunday Night Strega Mic, 9pm, no cover

Occupy Reno Outreach Night, 9pm, M, Dark Tuesdays w/Stefani, 9pm, Tu, no cover

AKL, SS DoomTrooper, 9pm, $5

Interzone (alt. ’80s, hard electronic) w/Endif, Hyperkarma, TV1, 9pm, $5

Silky Soul Sundays w/Groove Centric, 6pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Steve Starr, 8pm, Tu, no cover The Haunted Windchimes, 8pm, W, no cover

1) RWF Wrestlerawk w/The Secretions, 8pm, $10

2) Party with a Porn Star: Jasmime Tame, Chris Ables, DJ Heidalicious, 10pm, $10

Aziders, Looting In Suburbia, 7pm, no cover

Reno Music Project Acoustic Open Mic, 7pm, no cover

Nü Fridays, 10pm, no cover charge for women till 2am

Nadastrom, DJ Sabo, Smash & Grab, Shane Suffriti, 11pm, $8, $10

1) The Hi-Tones, Rigorous Proof, Crush, 7pm, Tu, $5

The Aggrolites March 7, 7 p.m.

The Alley 906 Victorian Ave. Sparks 358-8891

Opening 3.9.12 at Bruka Theater

Number of small plate appetizers offered during our Happy Hour 15 Average cost of a small plate appetizer during our Happy Hour $5.67

Book, Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa Directed by Mary Bennett Musical Direction by Bill Quinby Choreography by La Ronda Etheridge

Cost for a glass of house wine or well drink featuring the likes of Skyy, JW Red, Bombay, Jim Beam, Sauza and Bacardi $3.50

March 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 April 4 (Wed), 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 @ 8pm Matinee March 18 @ 2pm

Number of Happy Hours per day 2 Number of years in business 35 Pounds of potatoes we use in a week for complimentary “Rap Chips” 50

Tickets (In advance) $18 - Students/Seniors $20 - General (At the door) $25 - All Seats

Number of microwaves in our kitchen 0

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2) American Made Band, 8pm, no cover

2) American Made Band, 4pm, Hindsight, 10pm, no cover

2) American Made Band, 4pm, Hindsight, 10pm, no cover

2) Hindsight, 8pm, no cover

2) Shake, Rattle & Roll, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Decades, 7pm, no cover

2) Decades, 8pm, no cover

2) Decades, 8pm, no cover

2) Paul Covarelli, 6pm, no cover

2) Paul Covarelli, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

Escalade, 10pm, no cover

Escalade, 10pm, no cover

1) Mumbo Gumbo, 9pm, no cover 2) Jon Dose, Infinite Love, 11pm, no cover

1) Tainted Love, 9pm, $25

2) At Dawn We Rage, K Theory, 11pm, Tu, no cover

1) Benise—Nights of Fire!, 7pm, 9:30pm, 1) Benise—Nights of Fire!, 7pm, $19.95 + $19.95 + 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, 2) Garage Boys, 10pm, no cover no cover 3) Live piano, 4:30pm, DJ JC, 11pm, 3) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover no cover 4) Guitar Stevie, 5pm, no cover

1) Benise—Nights of Fire!, 8pm, Tu, 7pm, W, $19.95 + 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm M, DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, Left of Centre, 10pm, W, no cover

CIRCUS CIRCUS

500 N. Sierra St., (775) 329-0711

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

14 Hwy. 28, Crystal Bay; (775) 833-6333 1) Crown Room 2) Red Room

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345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700 1) Showroom 2) Brew Brothers 3) Roxy’s Bar & Lounge 4) Cin Cin Bar & Lounge

March 6, 9 p.m.

Montbleu Resort 55 Highway 50 Stateline (800) 648-3353

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Senses, 9pm, $15 1) Theater 2) 2500 East 3) The Beach 5) Country dance lessons w/DJ Jamie 4) Xtreme Sports Bar 5) Mustangs Dancehall & Saloon “G”, Cowboy Tom, 8pm, $5 6) Summit Pavilion 7) Grand Sierra Ballroom 8) Silver State Pavilion

Karaoke Bottoms Up Saloon, 1923 Prater Way, Sparks, 359-3677: Th-Sa, 9pm, no cover Elbow Room Bar, 2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks, 356-9799: F-Sa, 7pm, Tu, 6pm, no cover Flowing Tide Pub, 465 S. Meadows Pkwy., Ste. 5, 284-7707; 4690 Longley Lane, Ste. 30, (775) 284-7610: Karaoke, Sa, 9pm, no cover Red’s Golden Eagle Grill, 5800 Home Run Drive, Spanish Springs, (775) 626-6551: Karaoke w/Manny, F, 8pm, no cover Sneakers Bar & Grill, 3923 S. McCarran Blvd., 829-8770: Karaoke w/Mark, Sa, 8:30pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Sparks, 356-6000: Music & Karaoke, F, 9pm; Lovely Karaoke, Sa, 9pm, no cover Washoe Club, 112 S. C St., Virginia City, 8474467: Gothic Productions Karaoke, Sa, Tu, 8pm, no cover

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1) Senses, 9pm, $15 4) Baila Latin Dance Party, 7:30pm, $5

2) Arthur Hervey, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, VEX Girls, 10:30pm, $20

1) George Thorogood & the Destroyers, 7:30pm, $55 2) Arthur Hervey, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 10:30pm, $20

1) Adam Hunter, 8pm, $20, $25

1) Rhythm Riders, 8pm, $25-$35 Adam Hunter, 10:30pm, $20, $25 2) Karaoke, 6pm, Club Sapphire, 9pm, no cover

1) Rhythm Riders, 8pm, $25-$35, Adam Hunter, 10:30pm, $20, $25 2) Club Sapphire, 9pm, no cover

2) Vegas Road Show, 8pm, no cover 3) Darcy, 5:30pm, no cover 5) Ladies ’80s w/DJ BG, 6pm, no cover

2) Vegas Road Show, 9pm, no cover 3) Darcy, 6pm, no cover 5) Namolokama, 5:30pm, DJ BG, 10pm, no cover

1) Diamond Rio, 9pm, $50 2) Vegas Road Show, 9pm, no cover 2) Vegas Road Show, 8pm, no cover 3) Darcy, 6pm, no cover 5) Namolokama, 5) Namolokama, 5:30pm, no cover 5:30pm, DJ BG, 10pm, no cover

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE

15 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (800) 427-7247 1) South Shore Room 2) Casino Center Stage 3) VEX

HARRAH’S RENO

219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 1) Showroom 2) Sapphire Lounge 3) Plaza 4) Convention Center

JOHN ASCUAGA’S NUGGET

1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 1) Showroom 2) Cabaret 3) Orozko 4) Rose Ballroom 5) Trader Dick’s

1) Senses, 9pm, $15

1) Rhythm Riders—A tribute to the music of Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline, 8pm, $25-$35

3) Shilts, 6pm, W, no cover

MONTBLEU RESORT

55 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (800) 648-3353 1) Theatre 2) Opal 3) Blu 4) Cabaret 5) Convention Center

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO 2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121 1) Tuscany Ballroom 2) Cabaret 3) Terrace Lounge 4) Edge 5) Aqua Lounge

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1) 311, Dirty Heads, 9pm, Tu, $40

2) Patton Leatha, 5pm, Easy Money, 11pm, no cover 3) Chris Costa, 7pm, no cover 4) Bad Girl Thursdays, 10pm, no cover charge for women

2) Patton Leatha, 8pm, no cover 3) The Act, 9pm, no cover 4) Salsa dancing, $10 after 8pm, DJ Chris English, 10pm, $20

2) Patton Leatha, 8pm, no cover 3) The Act, 9pm, no cover 4) Rogue Saturdays, 10pm, $20

2) Patton Leatha, 7pm, no cover 3) Chris Costa, 7pm, no cover

2) Patton Leatha, 7pm, M, no cover 3) Chris Costa, 7pm, M, W, no cover

For Thursday, March 1 to Wednesday, March 7 7:30pm. Tu, 3/6, 5pm. $15 dinner and lecture; $5 lecture only. Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 Main St., Gold Hill, (775) 847-0111, www.goldhillhotel.net.

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GROW YOUR OWN FOOD: Learn what it takes to grow an abundance of fresh food in your garden. Emphasis will be on early season protection. RSVP requested.

Free with canned food donation. Sa, 3/3, 10am & 1pm. Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, (775) 355-1551, www.railcitygardencenter.com.

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LAKE TAHOE WINTERFEST: Nevada Gay and Lesbian Visitor & Convention Bureau presents the 17th Annual Lake Tahoe WinterFest Gay and Lesbian Ski Week.

The event features skiing and snowboarding at area ski resorts, après-ski events, parties and more. M-Su through 3/11. Opens 3/4. Visit website for details, www.laketahoewinterfest.com.

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DOCTORS WIVES RUMMAGE SALE: The Alliance with the Washoe County Medical Society holds its 61st annual community rummage sale. The sale features furniture, vintage and collectibles, clothes and shoes, dishes, housewares, linens, books, sports gear and equipment, toys, electronics, garden, tools, automotive, art and more. All proceeds go to University of Nevada, Reno and Truckee Meadows Community College nursing scholarships. Sa, 3/3, 8am-4pm. $3 adults; free for children. RenoSparks Livestock Events Center, 1350 N. Wells Ave., (775) 843-7006.

2012 NEVADA SMALL FARM CONFERENCE: Western Nevada College will host this year’s Nevada Small Farm Conference at the Fallon Convention Center and Western Nevada College Fallon campus.

The event includes four pre-conference workshops, two days of farming seminars and a Friday evening reception. A variety of topics will be covered, including marketing local beef, small-scale cheese operations, organic farming, hops and barley production, food distribution and business planning. Th, 3/8; F, 3/9; Sa, 3/10. $30-$95. Fallon Convention Center, 100 Campus Way, Fallon; 160 Campus Way, Fallon, (775) 351-2551, www.wnc.edu/sci.

FIRST THURSDAY: Nevada Museum of Art holds its monthly event featuring music

by Tim Snider and Sound Society. Th, 3/1, 5-7pm. $10 general; $8 seniors, students; free for NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

2012: THE AWAKENING AND WHAT IT MEANS TO US ALL: The Center for Spiritual Living hosts discussions and a workshop by the visionary author and speaker author. F, 3/2, 7-9pm; Sa, 3/3, 9am-4pm. $35-$125.

Center for Spiritual Living, Reno, 4685 Lakeside Drive, (775) 826-0566, www.cslreno.org.

FOUR SEASONS BOOK CLUB: The book club meets the first Saturday of each month. Call to find out each month’s book title. First Sa of every month, 1-2pm.

Free. Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3203.

ANIMAL FACTS AND FICTIONS PRESENTATION: Kim Daniel talks about popular myths about certain animals. Su, 3/4, 1-2pm. $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948, www.thegreatbasininstitute.org.

GOLD HILL TUESDAY NIGHT LECTURE SERIES: Candace Wheeler presents “Women’s Stories from Comstock Cemeteries.”

Buffet dinner 5-7pm; lecture begins at

LEAVE NO TRACE FOR OUTDOORSMEN AND WOMEN: Learn how you can lessen your environmental impact while still doing the outdoor activities that you love.

This presentation is part of the Tahoe Rim Trail Association and Cabela’s of Reno Spring Speaker Series happening each Wednesday in March. W, 3/7, 6-8pm.

Free. Cabela’s, 8650 Boomtown Road, (775) 298-0238, www.tahoerimtrail.org.

LIVE SKYTONIGHT TALK: Learn about the nighttime sky during this informal presentation with the aid of state-of-the-art digital technology, followed by telescope viewing (weather permitting) at Rancho San Rafael Park. First F of every month, 6pm. $6 adults; $4 children, seniors.

Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia St., north of Lawlor Events Center, (775) 784-4812, http://planetarium.unr.edu.

MEET THE ARTIST: CORKY NORMART: Glass artist Corky Normart explains the Dalle de Verre method and process. F, 3/2, noon. $10 general; free for NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

OPEN HOUSE & TELESCOPE CLINIC: Visitors can explore the observatory at their leisure, ask questions of observatory volun-

STUDENT WALKOUT: The student organization

teers, learn how telescopes work and even learn how to image celestial objects. Guests are encouraged to bring their own telescopes and use the observation deck to view the evening sky.

First Sa of every month, 7pm. Free. Jack C. Davis Observatory, 2699 Van Patten Drive, Carson City, (775) 445-3240, www.wnc.edu/observatory.

of Occupy Reno calls for a statewide student walkout in solidarity with the National Day of Action for Education.

Educators and students are encouraged to peacefully walk out of class at 1:30pm and demonstrate to bring attention to the state of public education in Nevada.

There will be a rally at 2pm in front of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center.

At 6pm, there will be an education forum and general assembly at the steps in front of the Getchell Library. Th, 3/1, 1:30pm. University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-1110, www.occupyreno.org.

RON PETERSEN MEMORIAL AFRICAN DINNER: The Student Association for International Water Issues (SAIWI) and International Development Missions (IDM) host its ninth annual fundraiser dinner. SAIWI and IDM host the African Dinner annually to raise support for water-related projects in developing nations. The event will include a silent auction, African cuisine, live entertainment and a cash bar. Sa, 3/3, 6pm. $40 general admission; $25 students. California Building, Idlewild Park, 75 Cowan Drive, (760) 755-4506.

All ages BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIMES: Staff members and guest readers tell stories to children. Sa, 10am. Free. Barnes & Noble, 5555 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-8882.

SEED SWAP: Bring your own seeds to swap

BOOKS AND BRAGS STORYTIME: The theme for this month’s storytime is dinosaurs. Tu, 3/6, 9:30-10:30am. $3-$5 admission; free

or just come down and get rare locally grown heirloom varieties. A small donation can been given in lieu of seeds. Sa, 3/3, 10am-3pm. Full Circle Compost, Inc., 3190 Highway 395, Minden, (775) 267-5305, www.fullcirclecompost.com.

for children age 1 and younger. Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada, 813 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 884-2226, www.cmnn.org.

SHOOTING THE WEST: THE NEVADA PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE: This photography sympo-

DOLL AND TEDDY BEAR SALE: This event includes arts and crafts activities such as cookie decorating and making paper doll teddy bears and clothes. There will also be a silent auction. Sa, 3/3, 10am3pm. $3-$5 admission; free for children age 1 and younger. Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada, 813 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 884-2226, www.cmnn.org.

sium features distinguished presenters in many different photographic fields, workshops, participant shows, juried contests, vendors, portfolio reviews, Basque food and more. W-Su through 3/11. Opens 3/7. Price varies. Winnemucca Convention Center, 50 W. Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, (775) 623-3501, www.shootingthewest.org.

DOWN SYNDROME FAMILY SUPPORT GROUPS:

STITCH RED KNIT NIGHT: Join fellow fiber

Meet other parents who are going through issues faced by relatives or caretakers of a child with a disability.

First Tu of every month, 5:45-7:30pm. Free.

Nevada Early Intervention Services, 2667 Enterprise Road, (775) 828-5159, http://dsnnn.org.

enthusiasts to work on knitting and crocheting projects and learn how to live the healthiest life possible. Grant Anderson, M.D, will provide tips on identifying whether you are at risk for heart attack and stroke and steps to take to avoid falling victim to these conditions. Tu, 3/6, 6pm. Free. Jimmy Beans Wool, 1312 Capital Blvd., Ste. 103, (775) 827-9276, www.stitchred.com.

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Chill OUT North Lake Tahoe kicks off the 31st annual SnowFest this week. The 10-day carnival celebrates the winter season with a variety of winter sports activities, parties, parades, contests and other fun events.

The opening night ceremony on March 2 at Squaw Valley USA, 1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, includes a torchlight parade and fireworks show. Former Olympic skier Daron Rahlves will bring his Banzai Tour to the ski resort on March 3-4. Other highlights include the Mamasake Extreme Food Challenge on March 2 at Squaw Valley USA, the 22nd annual Gar Woods Polar Bear Swim on March 3 at Carnelian Bay, the 36th annual Great Ski Race in Tahoe City on March 4 at Tahoe City and the 24th annual Snow Sculpture Contest on March 11 at the River Ranch in Tahoe City. Admission to most events is free. For a schedule of SnowFest events, visit www.tahoesnowfestival.com.

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NEW MOTHERS SUPPORT GROUP: This group offers support to first-time mothers in dealing with the changes and issues that come with having a new baby. Th, 10-11:30am. Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, 235 W. Sixth St., (775) 770-3843, www.supportsaintmarys.org/inthenews/195174.

PARENTS WITH PREMATURE INFANTS (POPS): This group is for all parents of premature infants and children who were born prematurely.

The group meets in the lower auditoriums of the Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center.

First Sa of every month, 10am-noon. Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, 235 W. Sixth St., (775) 826-7850, www.supportsaintmarys.org/inthenews/195174.

RIPPEROO PARADE: The Ski & Snowboard School mascot will lead guests through the village during this parade featuring music, singing, dancing and fun. The parade leaves from the

Adventure, Learning & Guiding Center, located next door to the Season Pass Office, on the corner opposite the 001 Oakley store.

Sa, 3/3, 4:45pm; Sa, 3/10, 4:45pm; Sa, 3/17, 4:45pm; Sa, 3/24, 4:45pm; Sa, 3/31, 4:45pm.

Free. Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort, 100 Northstar Drive, Truckee, (800) 466-6784, www.northstarattahoe.com.

SCHEELS KIDS KLUB: Learn how to make a survival bracelet and find out why they are important when you are doing outside activities like camping or hiking. Please meet in the Scheels Training Room. All kids will receive a free ride on the Scheels Ferris Wheel. M, 3/5, 6pm. Free. Scheels, 1200 Scheels Drive, Sparks, (775) 331-2700, www.scheels.com/events.

STORY TIME AT SUNDANCE: Set the foundation for a life-long love of learning and reading through stories, rhymes, songs and activities. Story

Time at Sundance is designed for children ages 3-6 who are accompanied by a chaperone, but young people of all ages are welcome to attend. F, 3/2, 10:30-11:15am. Free. Sundance Bookstore & Music, 121 California Ave., (775) 786-1188, www.sundancebookstore.com.

Art ARTINEERING: Ebullience. The exhibition features work by artists Lance Dehné, Larry Hunt and Tim Yardic. There will be opening receptions on March 2-3. F, 3/2, 5:30-8pm; M-Su through 3/31. Opens 3/2; Sa, 3/3, 2-8pm. Free.

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When I have grudgingly bought flowers or left a note and drawn a heart on it, I’ve been amazed at how appreciative she’s been.

Well, I resent this. I’ll cook a gourmet meal or be under the sink changing the garbage disposal, and I make enough money to put us in the 1 percent, but all that comes up short.

You get no thanks for the 60-hour workweek, the cooking, the handymanning, but scrawl a heart on a sticky note and … you da man. When the disposal’s on the fritz, it’s got to be tempting to just write “xoxox” on scratch paper and stick it in the drain. Toilet overflowing? Shut the lid and slap a rose on top.

Your wife’s longing for romantic trinketry can be explained by a quote from evolutionary psychologist Dr. David Barash: “Sperm are cheap. Eggs are expensive.” This is shorthand for the physiological differences between men and women, and the differing male and female psychologies that evolved out of them. A man can have sex with a woman and walk away, but a single sex act can leave a woman with mouths to feed.

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You mention that you’re in “the 1 percent.” If I were even in the 5 percent, I’d hire people to do just about everything for me except get out of bed. But, maybe you’re secretly into feeling superior, so you keep silently slaving away and cling to your resentment like it’s a pet.

The need to be right tends to be a stumbling block to being happy. Your marriage would probably be happier if you treated your problem wife like a problem employee (assuming you’d explain how he needs to improve, not throw flowers on his desk and storm out of his office in a huff). Take her to dinner and tell her you love her but have been feeling a little hurt. Tell her what you need: regular notice of and thanks for all you do to keep your life together running. Once you’re feeling more appreciated, maybe you can ditch some of your John of Arc routine. You’re rich! Hire a handyman! Spend Saturday having sexytime together in a swank hotel instead of feeling morally superior that she’s out shoe shopping and you’re under the sink snaking gunk out of the drain.

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Music BLUEGRASS JAM: Northern Nevada Bluegrass Association hosts this bluegrass jam. First Tu of every month, 7-9pm. Free. Maytan Music Center, 777 S. Center St., (775) 323-5443, www.nnba.org.

COME IN FROM THE COLD: Blarney Band performs a program of Celtic tunes as part of the family entertainment series. Sa, 3/3, 7pm. $3 suggested donation per person. Western Heritage Interpretive Center, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 828-6612.

L-CUBED: LOOK, LUNCH & LISTEN: Bring a lunch and check out this series of concerts that showcase University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Music students and faculty.

W, noon through 5/2. Opens 3/7. Free. Randall Rotunda, Matthewson-IGT Knowledge Center, 1664 N. Virginia St. University of Nevada, Reno, (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: University of Nevada,

ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: Photo Fandango

NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Basque Aspen Tree

VI. The sixth annual accomplished and upstart photographers invitational features the work of more than 20 local photographers. An artists’ reception will be held on March 4, 1pm to 4pm. M-Su, 11am-4pm through 3/31. Opens 3/1.

Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896, www.artistsco-opgalleryreno.com.

Art Exhibition, This exhibition showcases images that were carved by Basque sheepherders in aspen trees across Nevada. The arborglyphs documented what was important to the Basque sheepherders from 1920s thru the 1960s. Photographs will be included to help tell the story of the Basque sheepherder. W-Sa, 10am-5pm through 4/28; Reno: Biggest Little City in the World, This exhibit features artifacts, photos, manuscripts, gaming memorabilia and art specific to the history and development of Reno.

Incorporated in the exhibit will be custom “Pickles” drawings created specifically for the exhibit by Sparks cartoonist Brian Crane. W-Sa, 10am-5pm. $4 adults; free for members, children age 17 and younger. 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 688-1190.

THE HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: The Scholastic Art Awards of 2012. The Nevada Museum of Art presents an exhibition of artwork created by Northern Nevada middle and high school students as part of The Scholastic Art Awards of 2012, a national program established to recognize and reward impressive talent among students. Entries are evaluated on originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal vision. Exceptional entries are awarded a Gold Key, Silver Key or Honorable Mention award. Gold Key award-winning works are featured in this month-long exhibition, which will be housed at the new Holland Project Gallery space. M-Su through 4/1. Opens 3/3. $1$10. 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858, www.hollandreno.org.

JOLT-N-JAVA CAFE & COFFEE HOUSE: Family and Friends. The show features work by members of the Portrait Society of Reno. M-Su, 6am-5pm through 3/27. Free. 5295 Vista Blvd., Sparks, (775) 354-2121.

SHEPPARD FINE ARTS GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: We Look Good on Paper. This show mirrors Amy Sacksteder’s postponed exhibition theme of gallery-as-studio and alters it even further into gallery-as-street. While the focus of this three-person exhibition is works on paper, the space itself is cut, torn and folded into several worlds reflecting the ideal streetscapes that the artists typically use as studio. Presented by Mike Burke, Erik Burke and Catherine Karnoff. Through 3/9, 10am-5pm.

Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658, www.unr.edu/arts.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Jacob Hashimoto: Here in Sleep, a World, Muted to a Whisper, W-F, Su through 7/1; In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows, W-Su through 5/20; Out of the Forest : Art Nouveau Lamps, W-Su through 5/20; The Canary Project: Landscapes of Climate Change, W-Su through 4/29; Tiffany & Co. Arms from the Robert M. Lee Collection, W-Su through 5/20; August Sander: Face of Our Time, W-Su through 4/22; Peter Liashkov: Paper Cowboy, W-Su through 4/15; Tim Hawkinson: Totem, W-Su through 10/7;This is Not a Trojan Horse, W-Su through 3/11; Art, Science, and the Arc of Inquiry: The Evolution of the Nevada Museum of Art, W-Su through 7/1; Jean-Luc Mylayne: The Heavens Are Blue, W-Su through 3/11. $1-$10; free for NMA members. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

SPARKS HERITAGE MUSEUM: Celtic Heritage Exhibit, The Sparks Heritage Museum presents a Celtic exhibit in their changing gallery displaying loaned items from the Northern Nevada Celtic community. The items are on display from Feb. 15 through April. The local chapter of the Sons and Daughters of Erin will hold a reception at 2pm on March 4, which will include Celtic music, a performance by Blanchette Irish Dancers and a lecturer presenting an Irish-themed program. M-Su through 4/30. $5 adults; free for children age 12 and younger. 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144, www.sparksmuseum.org.

SIERRA ARTS GALLERY: Can You Imagine ... Pam Brekas presents a series of abstract photographs inspired by the colors, textures and details found in the rust of machinery and metal she has discovered abandoned in the landscape. Jack Taylor, a ceramicist and sculptor, incorporates non-traditional materials into his ceramic works in order to “add a twist and an element of surprise to the traditional pot.” M-F, 10am-5pm through 3/16. Free. 17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 120, (775) 329-2787, www.sierra-arts.org.

VSA ARTS OF NEVADA/LAKE MANSION: Rich in Art Exhibit. VSA Nevada at the Lake Mansion features work by youth who created 250 art pieces during 1,000 VSA Nevada workshops in 58 classrooms. M-F, 10am-4pm through 4/30. Opens 3/1. Free. 250 Court St., (775) 8266100, www.vsanevada.org.

SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE: Geographical Divides: Finding Common Ground. Nevada Arts Council Traveling Exhibit present this show at the Prim Library. M-F through 4/6. Free.

999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 831-1314, www.sierranevada.edu.

WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL REGIONAL PARK: King Tut: Wonderful Things

Museums NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM (THE HARRAH COLLECTION): Mutant Rides: Origin of a Species, Burning Man automobile creations. M-Su through 7/25. $10 adults; $8 seniors; $4 kids ages 6-18; free for children 5 and younger. 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300.

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from the Pharaohs Tomb, The exhibit features more than 130 replicas of many of the artifacts found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun. Additional artifacts help bring life to the turbulent times of King Tut’s reign while telling the story of the “Boy Pharaoh.”

W-Sa, 10am-4pm through 5/23; Su, 12-4pm through 5/20. $9 adults; $8 children age 17

and younger, seniors age 62 and older. 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.

Film BETTER THAN SOMETHING: JAY REATARD: This feature documentary is about the controversial and prolific garage rock icon Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., better known as Jay Reatard. The film interweaves cinéma vérité, interviews and archival concert performances, and features scenes from a candid week spent with Jay months before his death in 2010. Local band Thee Indoors will play songs from each part of Lindsey’s career. Th, 3/1, 7:30pm. $5 advance; $7 at the door. The Holland Project, 140 Vesta St., Suite 330, (775) 742-1858, www.hollandreno.org.

EVEN THE RAIN: Transition Reno presents this film about a Spanish film crew helmed by idealistic director Sebastian (Gael García Bernal) and his cynical producer Costa (Luis Tosar), who come to Bolivia to make a revisionist epic about the conquest of Latin America—on the cheap. Juan Carlos Aduviri portrays Daniel, a local cast as a 16th century native in the film within a film. When the makeup and loin cloth come off, Daniel sails into action protesting his community’s deprivation of water at the hands of multi-national corporations. The screening includes a panel discussion about local water issues. Tu, 3/6, 7-10pm. $7 general; $5 members, bicyclists, students. Good Luck Macbeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia St., (775) 337-9111, www.artemisiamovies.org.

TAHOE ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL: The film festival showcases segments from the best action sports films of the year. The show begins with action photography from Aurora Photos on the big screen, go-go dancers and DJ/dancing. The main event features films that cover the full spectrum of adventure sports including skiing, snowboarding, kayaking, rock climbing, surfing, skating, mountain biking and BASE jumping. F, 3/2, 7pm. $12, $15. CommRow, 255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400, www.commrow.com.

Poetry/Literature JOANNA FRUEH: THE GLAMOUR OF BEING REAL: Aphorisms written by Joanna Frueh spell out the glamour of being real—the art of trusting oneself. The award-winning writer and artist will deliver the 209 aphorisms, sing and spontaneously goes where her words, her thoughts and feelings and the audience take her. Frueh will sign her book The Glamour of Being Real after the performance. Th, 3/1, 5:30pm. Free.

Room 153, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

TUPELO HASSMAN BOOK SIGNING: Hassman presents her debut novel Girlchild. She will give a reading followed by Q & A session and book signing. Sa, 3/3, 4-5:30pm. Free. Sundance Bookstore & Music, 121 California Ave., (775) 786-1188, www.sundancebookstore.com.

Reno music professor and virtuoso pianist James Winn performs the Piano Concerto No. 25 by Mozart as well as Kammermusik No. 2 by Hindemith. The Reno Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Theodore Kuchar, will also perform Cimarosa’s Overture to Il Matrimonio Segreto and Bizet’s L’Arlesienne Suite. Sa, 3/3, 8pm; Su, 3/4, 2pm. $20-$40 adults; $5 students.

Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HONORS: This annual Honors Concert will feature four students chosen through a competitive process to perform with the University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jason Altieri. The orchestra will also perform Mendelssohn’s “Hebrides Overture” and Chabrier’s “España.” Th, 3/1, 7:30pm. Free.

Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

Sports & fitness RENO BIGHORNS: The NBA D-league team plays Bakersfield Jam. Sa, 3/3, 7pm; Su, 3/4, 3pm. $8-$125. Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., (775) 284-2622, www.renobighorns.com.

WOLF PACK BASEBALL: The University of Nevada, Reno plays San Francisco State. Tu, 3/6, 2pm. $5-$11. Peccole Field, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-7225, www.nevadawolfpack.com.

WOLF PACK MEN’S BASKETBALL: The University of Nevada, Reno plays New Mexico State. Th, 3/1, 8pm; UNR plays Louisiana Tech. Sa, 3/3, 7pm. $10-$117. Lawlor Events Center, 1500 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-7225, www.nevadawolfpack.com.

WOLF PACK WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: The University of Nevada, Reno plays New Mexico State. Th, 3/1, noon; UNR plays Louisiana Tech. Sa, 3/3, 2pm. $8 adults; $5 children 14 and younger, seniors age 65 and older. Lawlor Events Center, 1500 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-7225, www.nevadawolfpack.com.

Onstage JUANITA’S STATUE: Nevada Repertory Company presents Anne García-Romero’s postmodern play based on the Don Juan story. F, 3/2,

7:30pm; Sa, 3/3, 7:30pm; W, 3/7, 7:30pm; Th, 3/8, 7:30pm; F, 3/9, 7:30pm; Sa, 3/10, 7:30pm; Su, 3/11, 1:30pm. $5-$15; Join playwright Anne García-

Romero and director Stacey Spain in a

post-performance conversation. Sa, 3/3, 9:30pm. Redfield Studio Theatre, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

LOVE LETTERS: Good Luck Macbeth presents A. R. Gurney’s play about letters exchanged over a lifetime between two people who grew up together, went their separate ways, but continued to share confidences. Th-Sa, 7:30-9:30pm through 3/24; Su, 3-5pm through 3/25. $17 general; $14 students, seniors; $20 at the door.

Good Luck Macbeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716, www.goodluckmacbeth.org.

NEXT TO NORMAL: TMCC Performing Arts presents the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning show. F, 3/2, 7:30pm; Sa, 3/3,

7:30pm; Su, 3/4, 2pm; Th, 3/8, 7:30pm; F, 3/9, 7:30pm; Sa, 3/10, 7:30pm; Su, 3/11, 2pm. $17 general; $15 students; $10 TMCC students, seniors. TMCC Redfield Performing Arts Center, 505 Keystone Ave., (775) 789-5671, www.showtix4u.com.

WILLY WONKA, JUNIOR: The Billinghurst Middle School Performing Arts Department presents the classic musical based upon Roald Dahl’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. F, 3/2, 7pm; Sa, 3/3, 1pm. $5-$10.

Billinghurst Middle School, 6685 Chesterfield Lane, (775) 746-5870.

Classes BANKRUPTCY EDUCATION CLINIC: Nevada Legal Services Inc. and Washoe Legal Services host this legal education clinic. First Tu and third Th of every month, 1:30-3:30pm. Free. Nevada Legal Services, 654 Tahoe St., (775) 284-3491 ext. 214.

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BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): At one point in

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Sister Jessica, a

his book The Divine Comedy, the Italian poet Dante is traveling through purgatory on his way to paradise. American poet T.S. Eliot describes the scene: “The people there were inside the flames expurgating their errors and sins. And there was one incident when Dante was talking to an unknown woman in her flame. As she answered Dante’s questions, she had to step out of her flame to talk to him, until at last she was compelled to say to Dante, ‘Would you please hurry up with your questions so I can get on with my burning?’” I bring this to your attention, Aries, because I love the way you’ve been expurgating your own errors and sins lately.

Don’t let anything interfere with your brilliant work. Keep burning till you’re done.

(Source: “A New Type of Intellectual: Contemplative Withdrawal and Four Quartets,” by Kenneth P. Kramer.)

character in Frank Herbert’s Dune books, says, “The greatest and most important problems of life cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown.” I encourage you to use that theory as your operative hypothesis for the foreseeable future. Here are some specific clues about how to proceed: Don’t obsess on your crazy-making dilemma.

Instead, concentrate on skillfully doing the pleasurable activities that you do best. Be resolutely faithful to your higher mission and feed your lust for life. Slowly but surely, I think you’ll find that the frustrating impediment will be drained of at least some of its power to lock up your energy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A few years

ago, the Hong Kong company Life Enhance sold briefs and boxer shorts that were supposedly designed by a master practitioner of feng shui. On the front of every garment was an image of a dragon, which the Chinese have traditionally regarded as a lucky symbol. To have this powerful charm in contact with your intimate places increased your vital force—or so the sales rap said. By my estimates, Scorpio, you’re not going to need a boost like that in the coming weeks.

Without any outside aids whatsoever, your lower furnace will be generating intense beams of magical heat. What are you going to do with all that potent mojo? Please don’t use it on trivial matters.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you’ve

been holding yourself back in any way, Taurus, now’s the time to unlock and unleash yourself. If you have been compromising your high standards or selling yourself short, I hope you will give yourself permission to grow bigger and stronger and brighter. If you’ve been hiding your beauty or hedging your bets or rationing your access to the mother lode, you have officially arrived at the perfect moment to stop that nonsense.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the cult

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

blaxploitation film The Human Tornado, the main character Dolemite brags about his prowess. “I chained down thunder and handcuffed lightning!” he raves. “I used an earthquake to mix my milkshake! I eat an avalanche when I want ice cream! I punched a hurricane and made it a breeze! I swallowed an iceberg and didn’t freeze!” This is the way I want to hear you talk in the coming week, Gemini. Given the current astrological configurations, you have every right to. Furthermore, I think it’ll be healthy for you.

There are times in your life when you do a lot of exploring in the outer world, and other times when your pioneering probes are directed primarily inward. In my astrological opinion, you’re currently more suited for the latter kind of research. If you agree with me, here’s one tack you might want to take: Take an inventory of all your inner voices, noticing both the content of what they say and the tone with which they say it. Some of them may be chatty and others shy; some blaring and others seductive; some nagging and needy and others calm and insightful.

Welcome all the voices in your head into the spotlight of your alert attention. Ask them to step forward and reveal their agendas.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Astrologer

Antero Alli theorizes that the placement of the sign Cancer in a person’s chart may indicate what he or she tends to whine about. In his own chart, he says, Cancer rules his ninth house, so he whines about obsolete beliefs and bad education and stale dogmas that cause people to shun firsthand experience as a source of authority. I hereby declare these issues to be supremely honorable reasons for you to whine in the coming week. You also have cosmic permission to complain vociferously about the following: injustices perpetrated by small-minded people; short-sighted thinking that ignores the big picture; and greedy self-interest that disdains the future. On the other hand, you don’t have clearance to whine about crying babies, rude clerks, or traffic jams.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The

Oxford English Dictionary, an authority on the state of the English language, adds an average of two new words every day. In the coming weeks, Capricorn, I’d like to see you expand your capacity for self-expression with equal vigor. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re due for an upgrade in your vocabulary, your clarity, and your communication skills. Here’s one of the OED’s fresh terms, which would be a good addition to your repertoire: “bouncebackability,” the ability to recover from a setback or to rebound from a loss of momentum.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): We turn to

Dr. Seuss for help in formulating your horoscope this week. He told a story of dining in a restaurant with his uncle, who was served a popover, which is a puffy muffin that’s hollow on the inside. “To eat these things,” said his uncle, “you must exercise great care. You may swallow down what’s solid, but you must spit out the air!” Drawing a lesson from these wise words, Dr. Seuss concluded, “As you partake of the world’s bill of fare, that’s darned good advice to follow.

Do a lot of spitting out the hot air. And be careful what you swallow.” I expect your coming week will be successful, Aquarius, if you apply these principles.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): L.A. Weekly praised

the music of drone-noise band Barn Owl. Its review said that the listening experience is “akin to placing your ear against the Dalai Lama’s stomach and catching the sound of his reincarnation juices flowing.” That sounds a bit like what’s ahead for you in the coming week, Leo: getting the lowdown on the inner workings of a benevolent source … tuning in to the rest of the story that lies behind a seemingly simple, happy tale … gathering up revelations about the subterranean currents that are always going on beneath the surface of the good life. It’s ultimately all positive, although a bit complicated.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You should be

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the coming

days, you could do a lot to develop a better relationship with darkness. And no, I don’t mean that you should do bad things and seek out negativity and be fascinated with evil. When I use that word “darkness,” I’m referring to confusing mysteries and your own unconscious patterns and the secrets you hide from yourself. I mean the difficult memories and the parts of the world that seem inhospitable to you and the sweet dreams that have lost their way. See what you can do to understand this stuff better, Virgo. Open yourself to the redemptive teachings it has for you.

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like a rooster, Pisces: dispensing wake-up calls on a regular basis. You should be nudging people to shed their torpor and shake themselves out of their stupor. What’s your personal version of “Cockadoodle-doo!”? It shouldn’t be something generic like “Open your eyes!” or “Stop making excuses!” Come up with attention-grabbing exclamations or signature phrases that no intelligent person can possibly ignore or feel defensive about.

For example: “Let’s leap into the vortex and scramble our trances!”?

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Linda Dunaway

Certified public sex educator Linda Dunaway is a self-proclaimed “recovering Californian” and a recent transplant to Northern Nevada. She is a facilitator in a new sexual empowerment group called FemSex and is working toward establishing sex-positive youth programs in the area.

So what are you working on now that you’re here?

You’re a certified public sex educator. What does that entail? How did you gain that certification?

I’m planning to send a proposal for a local tribe to get an after school program based on what the youth want to cover. I’m looking for more opportunities to work with the sexpositive sort of approach, and encourage discussion on values and choices. There are so few programs out there. The Unitarian Universalists have a program with other churches and they do a program called OWL [Our Whole Lives] and I want to be trained in that. They have a really wonderful program that allows youth to really explore who they are as people, and make their choices as educated people. Right now I’m going to focus on talking about consent and how important consent is to our evolution as human beings, being compassionate with each other, not buying into the media or the little boxes of men and women. I don’t care what it is you do, it could be anything if you’re both talking and you’re both saying yes. … We just need to talk to our partners. I ask people who are having problems, “Have you talked to your partner about this?” and they say, “Uh, no.”

But that’s so important.

I have a master’s degree in public health administration. To become a certified public sex educator, I had to do [a] 50-hour program through San Francisco Sex Information which was very intensive. You go over everything.

You see a lot of videos, you cover all of the STDs, all of the kinds of sexual practices, and you get to the point where you can listen to people and give them nonjudgmental information. The goal is to allow people to make healthy choices. A lot of the questions I got boiled down to were like, “Am I normal? Are other people doing this?” And sometimes I’d say, “Yes, there are a many people who do this” … and sometimes “Well, there are only a few people do this.” I even got questions about bestiality.

Wow. What do you say to things like that?

Well, I usually say that one isn’t very hygienic.

You can get a bad bacterial infection.

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I wish there were more school programs that were based on holistic, values-based programs, not just abstinence. I think it’s healthy for kids to start internalizing what they believe and learning how to communicate early on and getting honest information so they can make healthy choices. I think it’s a big disservice that parents are giving their children when they aren’t giving them the tools that they need to be happy, sexual adults. Whether just not talking about it, or shame. I just hope to make more education about it available. It’s part of the human experience, that we can talk to each other and be compassionate to each other. It will be a revolution. It will be a quiet revolution, to communicate, to be respectful, and to have great sex because of it. Please. Have more sex! Ω

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approximately 94 percent of the humans on Earth.

Well, similarly, once I found out that those pharmaceutical pencil leadening-agents were—well, hell, they were kinda fun. And helpful. And really, aren’t they exactly like chemical reading glasses for kindly ole Mr. Johnson?

After reading still more snarky comments put forth about women who get boob jobs, I’m inspired to ask: If a woman gets lasik surgery to improve her vision, do we then say that she’s “got fake eyes”?—implying that she’s cheated, somehow, to get decent eyesight, and that by so doing, she’s to be mocked and derided? You know, as in “Why didn’t she just make do with what God gave her?”

In the same petty way, men love to bring the needle, whether it’s goodnatured or not, upon their brothers who dare to confess to the use of modern hydraulic boosters, a.k.a Viagra, Cialis, or any of 322 herbal turgidifiers now available online. Fine.

You don’t like ’em or need ’em, dandy.

Good for you.

But when I turned 47, I noticed I couldn’t read the check book any more. Or the compact disc liner notes.

Or the menu. I finally figured it out. It was time to make the move to reading glasses. OK, whatever. I came to discover this particular blurring of one’s near-sighted powers happens to |

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In San Francisco, there’s a lot more knowledge of different kinds of behaviors. It’s kind of accepted that you know that there’s an S&M club that your friends go to. Here, I think just getting people comfortable and educated, and just getting people to reflect on their own experiences. There doesn’t seem to be as much knowledge on these behaviors and practices. And there’s a little more sexism, to be honest. I’m living in Fernley, of all places. Need I say more? But there’s work to be done everywhere.

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This week’s Republican headscratcher comes from a new poll in Michigan that showed that 50 percent of that state’s GOP voters don’t support the federal government’s bailout of GM and Chrysler in the winter of ’09.

What the—?

GM’s stock was selling for all of $1.70 a share back in November ’08.

That’s right, a buck seventy. General Effing Motors! You know that old saw, “As GM goes, so goes America?” Well, neither entity was doing real well at that nervous and apprehensive time.

Nowadays, GM stock is about 26 bucks a pop, and it’s once again the world’s biggest auto seller. Why? Well, the president gets a heckuva lot of credit. In fact, how about all the |

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credit? And that just bugs the boogers out of you Repubs, don’t it?

So 50 percent of Republicans in Michigan still say they’re against a bailout that was totally successful in saving hundreds of thousands of jobs and a vitally important American industry? This is like a casino saying, “OK, Repubs, here ya go. The betting opportunity of a lifetime. We’re gonna let you bet on the Super Bowl on the morning after the game.” And then, 50 percent of Republican bettors still bet on the Patriots, because they hate Eli Manning’s guts so bad they simply can’t bring themselves to bet on him, even when it’s the winning ticket.

Republicans, be careful. Because you’re getting dangerously close to some very thin political ice by pulling for your country to stay in the crapper because you’re so insanely venomous about President Obama. Ω

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