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We are pleased to announce that the Digital 395 broadband network project is beginning construction in Inyo County. Excavation to install underground fiber optic cable will commence along sections of U.S. Highway 395 and on certain Inyo County roads on or about April 1, 2012. The work consists of placing the cable in a 4-inch duct that is connected by a series of 36-inch diameter utility vaults. This work is the first part of the construction of a communications network that will bring high-speed, high-capacity Internet, telecommunications, data and video services to the communities of the Eastern Sierra. The project is funded by grants from the United States Department of Commerce and the California Public Utilities Commission. During work hours of 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, residents in the area can expect construction-related traffic and noise as workers access the construction sites, deliver equipment and materials, and complete the installation. Public courtesy notices that detail the specific locations of the work and the anticipated traffic controls and impacts will be mailed out to residents and businesses. They will also be posted at public venues and be available on our website, Digital395.com. California Broadband Cooperative thanks you in advance for your patience and cooperation as the Digital 395 project is implemented. More information is available on the project, the nature and location of the construction, and the services it will provide by visiting our website (Digital395.com), calling our toll-free number 855-DGTL395 (855-348-5395) or by visiting one of our project offices in Reno, Bishop, Big Pine, or Ridgecrest. Addresses of our offices are listed on the website.

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LETTERS Out of their league

True blood Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. Last week, I wrote a little bit about my problems with trying to go on statins at my doctor’s request. Statins are supposed to reduce blood fats and cholesterol. As I’ve written many times, I also have elevated blood glucose levels, which pushed me toward diabetes. Well, it didn’t take long for some of my readers to comment on my diet choices. I’m basically a carnivore. I’ve written about the low-carb lifestyle more times than I can remember. People who’ve actually seen me eat a meat lunch have often remarked on it. “Ah ha!” a few claimed after my Editor’s Note came out, oozing schadenfreude. “This is proof your immoral, animal-based diet is killing you.” I don’t believe so, and I’m putting it to the test. I believe that it was my slacking off from my disciplined diet that elevated my triglyceride numbers. So, I’m going hard-core meat diet for the month. I’m supposed to see my doc in the first week of April, to schedule my anal probe, and we’ll see the numbers then. Here’s my theory in a nutshell. I believe that people who have a certain genetic predisposition toward certain diseases must have a restricted diet. Some people should restrict animal flesh, getting 95 percent of their nutrition from veggies and fruits. Some people, like me and the Inuit, should primarily eat meat. And I’m not altogether uncertain that people shouldn’t eat meat in the winter and spring and fruits and veggies in the summer and fall. I’ve never put it to the test. Some people have a different metabolism that favors a mix, never getting fat, never suffering the effects if they do get overweight. I’d imagine if they tried a restricted diet, they’d have problems. In fact, some vegetarians come to mind who are clearly off the ratio. Nobody should eat processed fats, sugars or grains. Anyway, we’ll see. I promise to put the new numbers up as soon as I get them. Should be around tax day. But I should note, I’ve lost five pounds in the eight days since I quit the statin.

Reno strives to provide “major league” attractions for the community and for its visitors. The Reno Chamber Orchestra (RCO) does just that for in addition to its concert season, it now runs the nationallyrecognized Nevada Chamber Music Festival every December. For 25 years, the RCO has presented “Derby Day” to the community as its major annual fund-raising event. Held the day of the Kentucky Derby, the event features mint juleps, a luncheon, a silent and live auction, a hat contest, and large-screen television viewing of the race. When I learned that the Junior League of Reno was considering having its own “Derby Day” fundraiser, I immediately telephoned the chair of the committee to voice my concern over the League having an identical event in competition with that of the RCO. I was dismissively told that the League appealed to a different audience, totally ignoring the fact that both events would be in direct competition for the silent auction items that are their “bread-and-butter.” I have always admired the work of the Junior League, but in this instance it is behaving more like a “bush league” in that it should be supporting the efforts of the RCO and the real “Derby Day” rather than entering into head-to-head competition with it.

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Re “Poor spelling is a sign of ignorance” (Apply Liberally, March 1): Before Casey O’Lear slams the state for its grammatical errors, she might want to try proofreading her own column. Here’s a quote from her March 1 posting in the RN&R: “One of four signs leading the way into Carson City misspelled the world “capital.” What the “L” was she writing here? Did she mean the “word” capital, or is she of the mind that Carson City is the world capital?

Re “Poor spelling is a sign of ignorance” (Apply Liberally, March 1): Funny how the folks who are always a-hollerin’ ’bout the need for English Only educashun are usually the self-same lowbrow chumps who can neither read nor write in their native language. Perhaps we can institute a policy whereby Nevadans who can’t pass a basic literacy and citizenship test by high school graduation are deported. Who on Earth would want these homegrown cretins remains to be seen, but it seems like a modest solution to an enormous problem in this state.

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Editor/Publisher D. Brian Burghart News Editor Dennis Myers Arts Editor Brad Bynum Special Projects Editor Ashley Hennefer Calendar Editor Kelley Lang Photographer Amy Beck Contributors Amy Alkon, Megan Berner, Sharon Black, Sean Cary, Carol Cizauskas, Matthew Craggs, Mark Dunagan, Bob Grimm, Michael Grimm, Audrey Love, Casey O’Lear, Jessica Santina, K.J. Sullivan, Bruce Van Dyke

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Re “Getting on and getting it on” (Feature story, March 1): Those horny oldsters better watch out, lest they start a house fire with all that friction on dry bushes. Leslie White Reno

Move for political benefit Re “Sheila Leslie: carpetbagger” (Right to Your Head, Feb. 23): It is sad that Valerie P. Cohen attacked Sean Cary and falsely defined “carpetbaggers.” Whether she likes it or not, “carpetbaggers” was in fact a derogatory term applied to northerners who mostly came to the post Civil War South in order to profit from the poverty and defeat of southerners. No doubt some of the people who came south were as she described them in her letter to the editor, but she should have at least looked up the definition of the word rather than applying her own definition. Fred Speckmann Reno

Angle’s switch Re “Angle shocked by party switching” (Upfront, March 1): Sharron Angle’s party switching is a far cry different than what Steve Welch did and continues to do. Welch switched parties so he could vote for Barack Obama and that is a matter of public record. He also openly holds fundraisers at his house for Democrat liberals like Joe Sestak. Believe me, Sharron Angle did not switch parties to vote for Obama, and she absolutely does not openly support or finance Democrats as a Republican.

Bob Clevenger Reno

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This evening I attended Love Letters at the Good Luck Macbeth theater here in Reno. To tell the truth, I only went because I had been given free tickets. Wow, was that ever a stroke of fortune. Love Letters is a play by A.R. Gurney, and this production is directed by Tony DeGeiso. The twoperson cast rotates, so you may see different actors if you choose to attend, and I encourage you to do so. The actors tonight were Scott Rankin and Juli Fair, and they plied their craft splendidly. Fair, as Melissa, was wonderfully communicative from the outset, while at first I had the feeling that Rankin was not telling us much about his character, Andrew. That was wrong; Andrew is just a somewhat reserved character, and it takes some time for him to let us—and Melissa—get to know him. The play lets us see deeply into the lives of two friends, one male and one female, who by play’s end have known each other all their lives by means of the letters they have written to each other. Go see it. You won’t regret it.

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And of course, it would make us a blue state in perpetuity.

Bynum, Ashley Hennefer and I all get to share responsibility for that one since we all read everything. Complaining about other people’s writing in print is a guarantee karma will be served.

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Statin alert Re “New age, old age” (Editor’s note,March 1): My mother had heart disease. At 60 she was on statins. She had fiveway bypass at 65. She had a stroke three years later, then one more. Still on statins. At 75, she lost the ability to walk. Statins were the cause. Oh yes she lived to be in her 90s but in a wheelchair. Look around you; people in their 50s are shuffling when they walk. People are aging faster. Read the article, www.wellbeingjournal.com. Go online and read any article about statins, they are all the same. My pharmacist friend told me once that doctors have to protect themselves from being sued. Don’t join the statin cult. The only time a doctor is going to try to save your life is when you are in the emergency room. You had your warnings. Start a change by learning about your body. I did at the age of 50. I was diagnosed with 60 percent blocked arteries. When I was younger, I was the weakest and sickest of the family. I am now 63. I did a 180 with the diet, cleaned out my arteries from the transfats with chelation. Had a MRI and the arteries are clean. I am by far healthier than I was in my 20s. I eat only fresh produce, mainly organic, and wild fish. People cringe at the price. How much does it cost to buy the packages and bottles imitating food? Cash for restaurants? Having a good time? Think smart. It will cost to repair the damage. I naturally have cholesterol in the 250 range, but my ratio is only 2.5. High triglycerides are telling you how sticky your blood is. The stickier it is, then plaque builds. This comes from sugar. You have been building since you were on the bottle. Look at the amount of sugar being put in milk, so kids and adults get hooked. The white stuff is the other cocaine. So, if your think your dear doctor is going to save your life, think smart, and take control of your own life. Change can be made, although it’s not easy to make in this fast food world. Ginevra Ragan via email

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Is there a war on women this primary? Asked at Bibo, 680 Mount Rose St. Patrick Connolly Marketer

I work for Planned Parenthood for an internship, so it’s actually an issue near and dear to my heart. Very much so. I believe that when people don’t have a strong concrete thing to make them a good presidential candidate, they turn to social issues and things that will incite blind rage. None of the Republican candidates have strong qualifications, so they’re going after social issues. Launie Gardner Teacher

Without a doubt, yes. I’ve never ever heard talk like this before—just hateful and mean, as though women don’t have a right to do anything with their bodies. Rush Limbaugh is the least of it. He’s an idiot. And then there’s Foster Friess saying, “In my day, women put a nickel between their knees.” It’s ridiculous.

Anne Marie Utter Retired teacher/appraiser

Book report Getchell Library on the University of Nevada, Reno campus has been empty since the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center opened in 2008. Some older students and faculty members recall Getchell’s awkward charm and reminisce about it—but most have embraced the shiny, brightly lit Knowledge Center. Or the KC, as the hip kids call it. The transition from Getchell’s outdated facility to the KC’s buzzing atmosphere is demonstrative of Nevada’s evolution in literacy. It comes at a time when different generations are at odds with what it means to be literate. Once it defined proficiency at reading and writing, and many hold firm to that definition, but that ignores the skills inherent in visual or auditory learning. It’s why smartphones, tablets and e-readers are still seen as inferior ways to consume media, and this mentality is what drives our entire education system. But many educators of the 21st century define literacy as critical thinking and proficiency at reading, writing, science, mathematics, conversation, computer usage, logic and spatial reasoning. It also includes financial literacy, digital literacy and eco-literacy. Technologists argue that technology has the potential to make everyone in the world a literate person because it takes into account different learning styles. The ability to carry around 1,000 books on a device that can fit in a jacket pocket is astounding, and studies have shown that many people read more when they have an e-reader. People like touching a screen to turn a page. They like the images and videos embedded in the text. They can share their favorite quotes and spark discussions on social networking sites. It makes reading into a responsive, communal activity—one 4

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in which people who normally would have struggled with traditional reading and writing skills can now participate. It’s possible to embrace both physical media and digital media. Heck, we’re newspaper journalists, if that’s any indication. Some of our readers like to read the printed issue of the RN&R each week, while others read it online. Some write us letters that we find in our mailbox; others email us. It takes a certain type of literacy to do both. As a state with one of the lowest literacy rates in the country and a reputation for devaluing education, Nevadans have to make a choice. Will we embrace the future and its innovation to produce students with a diverse set of skills? Or will we continue to squabble about spelling and grammar as indications of what constitutes literacy? The way we judge our peers and colleagues based on just their ability to write and read is what lets people fall through the cracks. It’s a privileged way of thinking. Literacy is a societal issue. Education doesn’t stop once a student graduates from high school or college. If anything, life beyond school is when a real education begins. Humans are social beings, and our language, knowledge and technology evolves based on that. It’s why libraries and classrooms begin to resemble cafés rather than storage facilities. Some experts anticipate a transition away from structured learning environments altogether. People can use their technology to explore, discuss and create. The world serves as a source for knowledge. But even with the KC’s e-reader bar, computer labs and extensive digital databases, not all things have changed that much—students still need help finding the books. Ω

I don’t know if I would call it a war on women. I would call it an ignorance about women. I’m so confused as to why this is even in the political arena. It’s the woman’s body, and she has the choice to do what she wants with it. I know a lot of it has to do with economic and financial backing, etc., but it’s so frustrating that these decisions are being made by men. I feel as though we are 200 years ago. Neal Ferguson Professor

There’s always a war on women, irrespective of the election cycle. Our history really is predicated on that, and women fight—like say for the Equal Rights Amendment—without seeming to ever get very far with it. It came up three states short. That amendment failed. And every time that something comes up, it’s a convenient way to whip up somebody.

Peter Goin Professor

I think that what is happening is we have a retroactive period where people fear change. And when women get equal rights, that represents change. That makes many people prefer an era when women were subjugated to a more paternalistic society. The reality is, it’s inevitable. It can’t be changed. But I do believe there are efforts to subjugate women politically, socially and in the market.

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Good news in Washoe County schools Washoe County schools have been making remarkable progress in recent years, despite debilitating budget cuts, lack of support from the state, and other major setbacks. This progress was acknowledged nationally in February when the American Association of School Administrators named Washoe County School District by Superintendent Heath Morrison 2012 Superintendent of the Year. Casey O’Lear Morrison has held his position caseyo@ newsreview.com for three years, and, in that time, has seen the district’s graduation rate rise from 56 to 70 percent, among other indications that Washoe County schools are on the right path. Morrison attributes this success to newly established and well-defined sets of goals, namely the one outlined in the district’s mission statement: “Every child, by name and face, to graduation.” “I think the biggest thing that’s happened over the last three years is that we work with our community and our internal and external stakeholders to create a strategic plan that really kind of defines for our school district [what] success was going to mean as a school district,” Morrison said. “It’s really given us a shared vision and plan to work towards.” The plan devised for Washoe County schools has a number of facets. It aims to increase graduation rates, enroll more students in Advanced Placement courses, improve literacy and expand community and parent involvement in the schools. And the plan has worked wondrously well so far. When I The Washoe County School District’s website graduated from high school in 2008, can be found at the state graduation rate was 51.3 www.washoe.k12.nv.us. percent, the lowest in the country. Although we have all been rightfully thrilled by the national attention the Washoe County School District has earned, there is still more room for improvement, especially in a state such as this, which notoriously devalues education. Too many students still are not graduating, and they still are not prepared for life after high school, whether it is university or otherwise. On numerous occasions, I have witnessed university professors explain to bewildered students the concepts of semicolons or adverbs. I feel like these things should be handled before students reach college.

Education has long been a neglected issue in Nevada. This has been painfully true for those of us who have recently slogging through the education system with its continuous budget cuts. Education was historically not a priority in Nevada because its main industries, gambling and tourism, required neither college nor high school degrees, Morrison said. Cuts to the already neglected school system only made goals of higher graduation rates and subsequent college enrollment more difficult to attain. But, of course, not unattainable.

Education has long been a neglected issue in Nevada. “I can’t think of any other state that has had the challenges that we have,” Morrison said. “As a school district, we really try to come up with an idea of how we can, not why we can’t. We don’t start every conversation with what limits us. We think about what it is we’re trying to do for kids and try to figure out a way to make that happen.” In addition to seeing students through secondary school, Washoe County also prides itself in preparing and enabling students for the transition into college. Technology and online learning opportunities are used for acceleration and remediation so students will be more prepared to begin university classes after graduation, which is an excellent step for schools to take toward overall improvement. “I would challenge anybody to find a stronger collaboration and partnership between K-12 and higher ed than what we have right here in Northern Nevada,” Morrison said. “Ultimately, we don’t want to just graduate more kids who need to go on to university and take remedial courses. We want our kids going to college really ready for credit-bearing courses. That collaboration and that kind of partnership you just don’t find across the country, and I’m really proud of that.” Ω

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The initiative to know the initiatives In today’s political climate, it has gotten progressively more difficult to get anything done legislatively. As a result, an increasing number of groups are turning to the ballot initiative process to get legislative items in front of the voters. The initiative process is important, and it’s essential for you fully informed about these initiatives and their accompanying petitions before you by actually sign them. Sean Cary The current crop of initiative petiseanc@ tions aren’t real popular with many in newsreview.com Carson City. Dale Erquiaga, senior adviser to Gov. Brian Sandoval, states about the tax initiatives, “Governor Sandoval is opposed to the initiative tax petitions under consideration in our state. He believes tax policy should be set at the Legislature and not through the initiative process. Proponents of these initiatives who say the Legislature has failed to act are incorrect; they simply don’t like the actions that have been taken. Nevadans do not want to handle tax policy the way they have in California.”

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Erquiaga is referring to two initiatives. The first is being pushed by a group called Nevadans United for Fair Mining Taxes. This initiative seeks to raise the current mining tax cap from 5 percent to 9 percent. To become effective, this change must pass in two general election cycles. Here’s where it gets nebulous. If it were to pass, this amendment to our state Constitution is not in itself a tax, and it does not compel the governor or the Legislature to raise taxes. It just gives them the ability to. Proponents will call it the right thing to do so “Big Mining” is “paying its fair share,” and the opponents will hysterically scream that it’s a punitive tax increase. Neither of these are accurate portrayals.

The second tax-related initiative is pushed by a group called Nevadans for a Fair 9% Gambling Revenue Tax. Currently, the Nevada Gaming Commission collects 6.75 percent of any gross revenue monthly over $134,000, and if this initiative collects enough signatures and is approved by the Legislature in 2013 or the voters in 2014, it will raise that level to 9 percent for any monthly gross revenue over $250,000. This too is not as straightforward as it seems, and the devil is in the details. I urge you to read the petition carefully but keep one thing in mind: Nevada currently has a law that requires a three-quarter supermajority in the state legislature to enact a tax increase, and this is an attempt to circumvent this law, which, incidentally, started as a ballot initiative itself. The other two initiative petitions currently slated for circulation this year are the so-called “Personhood” initiatives. I wrote about these petitions last October in my column “The far right’s war on women,” (RN&R, Oct. 13) and I invite you to check it out if you want my rather strong opinions. These two initiatives are especially misleading and draconian, and the arguments you will hear both for and against are inaccurate. “The initiative process is not the most effective means by which we can educate and change hearts,” says Melissa Clement, president of Nevada Right to Life. “The legislative process, with the opportunity for hearings and expert testimony, lends itself well to the intricacies of the abortion debate. The most current personhood initiatives have had to suffer from a judge defining the question. In drafting law, initiative language is static, while bill language allows for change and adjustments as new information and debate are presented.” It’s very telling that the president of Nevada Right to Life doesn’t support these petitions. Arm yourself with the facts. Amending our state constitution is serious business. Don’t necessarily believe the information you will hear from the fleets of paid signature gatherers who care only about their paychecks. Read each of these initiative petitions carefully, and if you don’t understand or agree completely, tell the petitioner to take a hike. Ω

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“My book ... is about censorship in a dystopian future,” Juillerat-Olvera writes. “Now I face censorship in the current, living world.”

Pat Nixon events planned Community leaders in Ely, Nevada, and Nixon Library officials in Yorba Linda, Calif., have scheduled centennial commemorations of the birth of former U.S. First lady Pat Nixon. Nixon was born in Ely in 1912, though for many years there was a dispute over the exact date and location. In 2002, Guy Louis Rocha, then state archives administrator,finally established the facts. In his 1952 “Checkers speech” defending himself against accepting money from wealthy Californians, Republican vice presidential candidate Richard Nixon said, “Let me say this: I don’t believe that I ought to quit because I’m not a quitter. And, incidentally, Pat’s not a quitter. After all, her name was Patricia Ryan and she was born on St. Patrick’s Day, and you know the Irish never quit.” Actually, she was born on March 16, not March 17, and her name was never Patricia. That was a nickname she was given because of the proximity of her birth to St. Patrick’s Day. In 1968, Pat Nixon posed with Diana and Her birth name was LaVonne Young, daughters of former Thelma Catharine Nevada U.S. House member Cliff Young. Ryan. In spite of some reports that she was born in White Pine County but not in Ely proper, Rocha was able to establish that the birth took place at the Ryan residence on Campton Street within the town. She visited Nevada several times during Richard Nixon’s political career, including a visit to campaign for Republican U.S. Senate candidate William Raggio in 1970 and a visit to Ely itself during the 1952 campaign, when she was presented with a copper key to the city in recognition of a local industry, copper mining. For details on the Ely events, see http://tinyurl.com/83ja5ky.

Amodei is tax resister U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, in an interview with the Washington, D.C., newspaper The Hill, said he won’t support higher taxes even if Nevadans do. “People said to me recently, ‘I can probably afford to pay a little bit more [in taxes],’” he said. “But here’s my problem: When [the budget is] $1.2 trillion out of whack every year—why would I take more money from you?” The newspaper reported that Amodei “in all likelihood” will face a challenge from another Republican in this year’s primary, which came as news to Nevada Republican leaders. “I’ll believe it when someone files,” one said. The Hill speculated that Sharron Angle would file against Amodei. Last year, Angle declined to run for the seat when it was vacant, and she would not have faced an incumbent. Amodei said he supports the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in spite of a vigorous online campaign against it. “One time, somebody pulled out their laptop and googled ‘The Killers,’ and half of the first 10 sites advertised free downloads,” he said. “I’m not a big let’s-regulate-it guy, but you can’t do illegal stuff through the mail, you can’t do it over the phone, you can’t do it on TV. What these [sites] are doing is clearly illegal.” The Killers is a Las Vegas rock ’n’ roll band.

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Dirty books Local author Andrea Juillerat-Olvera gets caught up in a planet-wide effort by banks to censor edgy art Little ole Reno, Nev., rarely gets caught up in bigger-than-life issues, like worldby wide censorship of art, but here D. Brian we are. Burghart Regular readers will recall an e-book review the RN&R published brianb@ newsreview.com last year about a locally written novel, Demon’s Grace (“The New Frontier,” Western Lit, June 2). The novel was written by Andrea Juillerat-Olvera and published through Smashwords.com. Here’s what we said about the

“The rule seems targeted toward indie publishers rather than the porn industry—a policing of thought and creativity rather than actual illicit activity.” Andrea Daerice Juillerat-Olvera Author

novel at the time: “It describes the adventures of Sabrina Lingus with drugs, sex and smuggling information. … [The novel contains descriptions of] wonderfully imaginative, and yet frighteningly believable, near-future intrusions of government—and recreation—into our very minds. The book is intelligently written and guiltily pleasurable, though some of the vio-

lence and sexual content aren’t for the faint of heart. (Virtual necrophilia, anyone?) Let’s just say the drugs are designer, the level of government and business scrutiny is profound, and safe sex in future Seattle, while not likely to give you a sore on your genitals, is just as oxymoronic as the term is in Reno present. It’s deliciously dirty.” Deliciously dirty. But worthy of censorship? Not by a long shot. However, that’s just what Paypal decided when it elected to no longer process money exchanges for materials it finds objectionable. And while the definition of obscene varies from locale to locale—As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said, “pornography” was hard to define, but that “I know it when I see it”—the internet has never set its obscenity standard by what’s acceptable in Ames, Iowa. And Paypal’s threat is serious. If it were to end its relationship with an independent publisher, it would kill that publisher since Paypal has a practical monopoly on these types of internet transactions. Mark Coker, founder of the Smashwords website, sent a letter on Feb. 24 to Smashwords authors, publishers and agents. Juillerat-Olvera provided us with the document: “Today we are modifying our Terms of Service to clarify our policies regarding erotic fiction that contains bestiality, rape and incest. If you write in any of these categories, please carefully read the instructions below and

remove such content from Smashwords. … PayPal is requiring Smashwords to immediately begin removing the above-mentioned categories of books.” And with more of a whimper than a scream, one of the world’s largest ebook publishers bowed to pressure, although negotiations with PayPal continue. Some 1,000 of Smashwords’ 100,000 publications were threatened; some were removed until Paypal gave the site a reprieve. Juillerat-Olvera said it was not just Paypal, though. The pressure came from higher up, the transnational banking corporations like Visa that work with Paypal in the virtual financial universe. And that’s not say that Coker is cowardly by bowing to the pressure— even temporarily. In some ways, this controversy is similar to the imbroglio that erupted in 2010 over an e-book internet giant Amazon was selling, The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure, by Philip R. Greaves. Amazon pulled the book from sale. “There’s a sliver of hope that I might be able to obtain a more positive, less restrictive outcome than I communicated … yet it’s unlikely we’ll achieve the true result I want (no censorship) in the near term,” Coker wrote. “Today, PayPal hinted at a more relaxed definition of prohibited content as, according to them (I’m paraphrasing), “books for which rape, bestiality and incest are the major theme. If rape, bestiality and incest are incidental plot points, then that content might be allowable.” The irony is that Demon’s Grace, which remained available through Amazon.com’s Kindle site and is now back on Smashwords, is not about bestiality, rape or incest. It’s about the censorship of thinking about bestiality, rape and incest. But Paypal’s demands are not surgical enough to only force removal of materials that might actually be illegal, but the policies censor concepts the financial institutions find offensive. “My book is not about those things,” Juillerat-Olvera wrote in an email to the RN&R. “It’s about censorship in a dystopian future. I mention those things to make the point. Now I face censorship in the current, living world for the references in the book ... fractal-esque isn’t it?” Obviously, this is not the first time that attempts have been made to censor literary art because somebody has found its sexual content objectionable. Classics like Ulysses by James Joyce, Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller, and Last Exit to Brooklyn by

Hubert Selby Jr. come to mind. All have been censored. All have overcome censorship efforts. Even the Bible contains scenes of bestiality, rape and incest, and as such, falls under Paypal’s censorship guidelines. But these master works are beyond the reach Paypal’s financial extortionists. It’s the small, independent writers and publishers who don’t have the wherewithal to fight back who have come under the gun in what some have characterized as “the most farreaching act of censorship of the internet era.” “To me, the really unfair part of Paypal’s rule was that the ‘net’ was cast so wide that it caught up books like mine—which merely address taboo topics,” according to Juillerat Olvera. “But, somehow porn sites in

general aren’t affected. The rule seems targeted toward indie publisher’s rather than the porn industry—a policing of thought and creativity rather than actual illicit activity. And why do banks get to censor writers? Ugh.” Coker says that the battle against internet censorship and to get Paypal to limit its suppression to materials that are actually illegal continues. He also says that people must get involved: “What can you do to move things forward? First, direct your attention where it matters most. Contact your credit card company or congressperson and tell them you want financial services companies out of the business of censoring what writers and readers are free to imagine with fiction. Blog about it. Tweet about it. Contact your favorite blogger and encourage them to raise awareness. Start petitions and tell financial institutions you want their censors out of your head. Contact the media. The media, with your urging, has the power to shine a bright light on the dangerous slippery slope of censorship by financial institutions.” Ω

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Energy conserved On March 1, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) postponed a proposal to cut 38 percent—approximately $22 million—from NVEnergy’s energy efficiency program. NVEnergy provides rebates and grants to residents and organizations implementing renewable energy resources into their homes and facilities. The company’s program also provides weatherization assistance to low-income families. NVEnergy’s program is estimated to save energy consumers $71 million. PUCN’s decision was delayed until March 16 due to public outcry.

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Chicago columnist Cecil Adams, responding to a question from a reader, did some calculations last week that are instructive. Using figures from the Centers for Disease Control indicating that U.S. adults are “hauling around at least 4.6 billion extra pounds of fat,” Adams calculated the energy potential of all that blubber if it could be “harvested in a caring and noninvasive manner.” Adams found that the energy contained therein would be the equivalent of 700,000 barrels of crude oil or 35 million gallons of gasoline or nearly 15 freight trains loaded with coal. More than 83 billion large orders of McDonald’s fries could be deep fried in it. So could 25 million turkeys. It could have powered all 135 space shuttle launches with energy left over. But here’s the most revealing part: U.S. energy consumption is such that all that fat would only keep the nation going for ... 53 minutes.

—Dennis Myers

ECO-EVENT Urban Roots Garden Classroom, Edible RenoTahoe magazine and Café de Thai will host the third annual Art, Food & Roots festival on March 17. The festival is a St. Patrick’s Day celebration and a fundraiser for the construction of the Urban Roots Farm and seed-to-table education. Gourmet Thai food, and cocktails, beer and wine will be available, as well as an auction and musical performances. Advanced registration only. Tickets are $39 and can be purchased at http://new.urgc.org/art-food-roots/. For more information, contact Josie at (775) 560-3292.

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Students on last year’s excursion camped out in the Pahragarat Wildlife Refuge.

Clean break Alternative spring break program The phrase “spring break” evokes a vision of scantily clad men and women, loud music, and the beaches of tropical islands. But for outdoorsy types or students looking for adventure, an alternative spring break program by provides a chance to explore and participate in community service Ashley projects. Hennefer The program is a joint effort between Friends of Nevada ashleyh@ Wilderness, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the University of newsreview.com Nevada, Reno’s Alternative Break Club and seeks to provide environmental activities for college students. This year, students can choose an excursion with the Friends of Nevada Wilderness to help maintain the local ecology, or venture up to Oregon to put on a science week with Boys & Girls Club of America. Participants on the Friends of Nevada Wilderness trip will focus on four projects over the course of the week: maintaining 410 feet of trail, restoring five miles of illegal roads, planting 80 Velvet Ash trees, and installing 100 feet of fence. The cost is $20, all of which goes toward food for the week, and the flier advertises the program as “cheaper than staying at home!” The Boys & Girls Club project costs $90. “The projects are chosen based on what could possibly be good for students and what could possibly be good for the community,” To learn more about says Lyndsey Bohall, business major and founder and president of UNR Alternative Break UNR’s Alternative Break Club. Bohall is also a member of Club, visit http:// AmericCorps. tinyurl.com/6mjce4l. Bohall says that she had heard about other programs like this around the country, but Nevada didn’t offer one. The response has been positive, she says. “It’s such a young program, so we’ve been trying to figure out how to market to students,” says Bohall. “But since the cost is low, students really like that. And they like the chance to put it on their resume or have fun doing an important project.” The idea for a spring break that would help students could give back to the community was inspired by Bohall’s trip to Mexico, where she helped build houses. “That was a life changing experience for me just to have a different experience, and to be able to help people,” Bohall. “That’s what we hope for these kinds of trips to be here.” Last year was the first year of the program, and eight students camped out in Pahraganat National Wildlife Refuge. This year, the students who remain in the state will spend the week of March 18-24 camping at Corn Creek, and will have a chance to listen to speakers and collaborate on restoration projects. Bohall hopes that at least 20 students will be involved this year. “I talked to the students who went last year, and when the people came back from the trip, they were so excited about it,” she says. “It’s a really cool experience. They found it very meaningful. We didn’t have something like this here in Nevada before, and it’s nice to see that students respond well to it.” Ω

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Most justices have been mediocrities. President Washington named 10 justices, “a thoroughly undistinguished lot,” Peter Irons writes in A People’s History of the Supreme Court. President Truman named three former Senate buddies who were out of their depth on the court. President Kennedy, a so-called liberal, appointed a conservative to the court because he was his Colorado campaign manager. Many court members had just one qualification: They were corporate power attorneys. Yet such people decide the law of the land. As Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes knew so well: “The Constitution is what the judges say it is.” Often what the justices “say it is” has been bad. The justices were still “nine old men” even after Justice Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman on the court in 1981. As the great socialist leader Eugene Debs pointed out, a member of the working class has never been on the federal bench let alone on the august Supreme Court. The Supreme Court’s best justice, Louis Brandeis, was called the “people’s lawyer” before joining the top court in 1916 where he became the “people’s justice.” But most justices have been retrograde. They retarded progress rather than stretched the legal frontiers. The corporations have the money; working people do not. Lawyers go where the money is. Chief Justice John Roberts is a former corporate lawyer in Washington who made $1 million a year. So it was natural the Roberts Court became a Corporate Court. In the 2009-2010 term, it took the side of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 13 out of 16 cases, including the infamous Citizens United decision which declared money speech and corporations people. (The New Yorker had a wonderful cartoon about Citizen United. Paraphrasing Merchant of Venice, a lawyer pleads before the justices: “If you prick a corporation, does it not bleed? If you tickle it, does it not laugh? If you poison it, does it not die?”) In the 2010-2011 term, the Roberts Court cut down an exemplary Arizona statute that leveled the financial playing field, rejected a suit by 1.6 million women against a woefully discriminatory Wal-Mart, shielded the makers of drugs from lawsuits by patients who had been harmed, smothered lawsuits against mutual fund cheaters and liars, and disallowed a suit by a death row inmate even though the prosecution failed to turn over exculpating evidence. The Supreme Court has had 112 justices and chief justices in its history, about 15 of them liberal to progressive. They were justices like William Johnson (1804-1834), Samuel Miller (1862-1890), John Harlan I (18771911), Louis Brandeis (1916-1939), Oliver Wendell Holmes (1902-1932), OPINION

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Harlan Stone (1925-1941), Benjamin Cardozo (1932-1938), Hugo Black (1937-1971), William O. Douglas (1939-1975), Frank Murphy (19401949), Robert Jackson (1941-1954), Earl Warren (1953-1969), William Brennan (1956-1990), Thurgood Marshall (1967-1991) and John Paul Stevens (1975-2010).

THE 10 WORST DECISIONS EVER The worst decision the Supreme Court ever made was Dred Scott in 1857, upholding the obnoxious Fugitive Slave Act. The language of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was atrocious coming from anyone— let alone a member of the Supreme Court. It was beyond racism, totally devoid of humanity. Blacks were “an inferior order and altogether unfit to associate with the white race,” Taney wrote. “They had no rights that the white man was bound to respect.” Moreover: “The Negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his own benefit.” They were not citizens and could not claim the “rights and privileges” of citizenship even if their masters took them to free states. In the second worst ruling, the Supreme Court in 2000 declared G.W. Bush president although Al Gore got 543,895 more votes. Just five people out of 280 million Americans engineered the coup. The court stopped the vote count in Florida, in defiance of their usual deference to states’ rights, and gave Bush the Electoral College victory.

The Supreme Court committed one of the biggest and most serious crimes that the nation has ever seen—pure and simple theft of the presidency.

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Vincent Bugliosi in The Nation wrote angrily that the court “committed one of the biggest and most serious crimes that the nation has ever seen— pure and simple theft of the presidency.” The Felonious Five stole the election under the color of law. Justices are adept at making up reasons to support their predilections. But in this case, the sophistry was incredible. The five, all Republicans, rendered a totally partisan decision. It gave no rationale, no analysis. It did not cite a single case or precedent. It suppressed the facts. The unsigned opinion was convo|

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luted and opaque. Then, like the thieves they were, the unjust justices vanished shamefully into the night. In the third worse decision, Citizens United (2010), the court reaffirmed earlier declarations that money is speech. Democracy had already been corrupted with legalized bribery in the form of campaign contributions. But with Citizens United, the New York Times exploded: “The Supreme Court has thrust politics back to the Robber Baron era of the 19th century. Disingenuously waving the flag of the First Amendment, the court’s majority has paved the way for corporations to use their vast treasuries to win elections.” Historian Howard Zinn put the matter in perspective: “No one can stop us from getting on a soapbox and speaking. We might reach 100 people that way. But if we were Proctor and Gamble, which makes the soapbox, we could buy prime time for TV commercials and buy full-page ads in newspapers, reaching several million. How much freedom we have depends on how much money we have.” In the fourth worse ruling, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the court upheld Southern apartheid, declaring separate black and white facilities constitutional. Justice Harlan I dissented, calling the Constitution color-blind. It took 58 years for the Supreme Court to declare Harlan right. The fifth worse decision was Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad (1886). The court declared that corporations were people and entitled to constitutional rights even though the preamble of the Constitution starts with “we the people.” The sixth worst ruling, Lochner v. New York (1905), reversed a legislative limit of a 10-hour work day and 60-hour work week for bakers. Justice Rufus Peckham, writing for a 5-4 majority, outrageously declared that such statutes “limiting the hours in which grown and intelligent men may labor to earn their living are mere meddlesome interference with the rights of the individual.” Justice Harlan I dissented, rightly complaining that employer and employee are not on equal footing. Bosses have the upper hand. Always have. Always will. In another Lochner dissent, Holmes pointed out: “This case is decided on an economic theory that a large part of the country does not entertain. The 14th Amendment does not enact Mr. Herbert Spencer’s Social Statics.” (Spencer was a Social Darwinist.) In the seventh worst ruling, the Supreme Court in 2000 upheld the right of Big Tobacco to advertise cigarettes, a product that kills 500,000 Americans yearly. Corporate freedom and the mer-

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chants of death prevailed over the health of Americans. Cigarettes are a drug. Federal Judge Jerome Frank, dissenting in a 1941 case, wrote: “Such men as Paine, Milton and Jefferson were not fighting for the right to peddle commercial advertising.” True. But the Supreme Court is often blind to truth. In the eighth worst decision, the Supreme Court in 1895 struck down a congressional income tax law. The vote was 5-4, five wealthy justices killing it as a scholar’s chart demonstrated. In the ninth worse ruling, the court in Schenck (1919) ruled that harmless leaflets were a “clear and present danger” to national security under the 1917 Espionage Act. The absurdity was manifest. Yet ever since the court nearly always has taken the side of so-called national security. Indeed, the Obama administration, far from being receptive to whistleblowers as it promised in 2008, is still using the bogus Espionage Act to prosecute and persecute leakers like Pfc. Bradley Manning. The U.S. government detests leakers because they reveal embarrassing truths. That’s why federal prosecutors have drawn up a sealed indictment— secret charges— against Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder. David Carr, media critic of the New York Times, calls the Espionage Act an “ad hoc Official Secrets Act, which is not a law that has ever found traction in America. The people’s right to know is viewed as superceding the government’s right to hide its business.” In the 10th worse decision, Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (1923), the court invalidated a minimum wage for women workers in the District of Columbia. Justice George Sutherland, one of the Four Horseman of Reaction writing for the majority, said it was “simply and exclusively a price-fixing law.” In dissent, Chief Justice William Taft pointed out that employees “are particularly subject to the overreaching of the harsh and greedy employer.” The rankings are debatable. Selecting the 10 worst decisions out of thousands of Supreme Court rulings in history is difficult. As Justice John Harlan II remarked in an obscenity case: “One man’s vulgarity is another’s lyric.” But there is no question of the probusiness bias and horrible rulings— and non-rulings— of the court historically. The court steadfastly refused to enforce constitutional amendments— 13, 14 and 15— and allowed Jim Crow to continue in the South 125 years after the Civil War. (The 13th freed the slaves, the 14th made them citizens and the 15th entitled them to vote.) From 1880 to 1937, historian Henry Steele Commager noted, “the political field was strewn with the corpses of social welfare laws struck down by judicial weapons.” The court |

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overturned minimum-wage laws, workers’ compensation statutes, utility regulations and child labor laws. The justices in those cases raised anguished cries of “freedom of contract!” They demanded a “halt to the march of communism!” In the early 1930s, the Four Horsemen of Reaction repealed the Roosevelt New Deal. “The business of America is business,” President Coolidge boasted. Unfortunately, the “Supremes” so often have agreed. Justice Samuel Miller, Iowan who served from 1862 to 1890, summed up the problem of having the Supreme Court bulging with lawyers: “It is vain to contend with judges who have been, at the bar, the advocates of railroad companies and all the forms of associated capital when they are called on to decide cases where such issues are in contest. All their training, all their feelings, are from the start in favor of those who need no such influence.” And that is precisely why Earl Warren was the greatest chief justice. He put people over property, human needs over the money-making demands of capitalism. Chief Justice John Marshall (1801-1835) put property over people. (He said that slaves were mere property.) Warren defied the conservative image of far too many attorneys.

MAGNIFICENT DISSENTS Despite the long litany of woes heaped on the people by the court majority over 224 years, some great dissents have illustrated what it means to be an American. It does not mean wearing a flag pin or flying flags on pickup trucks. It means dissents as In re Yamashita (1946). The court upheld the hanging of a Japanese general ordered by a military commission, declaring that the findings of a military panel were unreviewable. Justice Murphy dissented because the general was denied due process and a fair trial. “No exception is made to those who are accused of war crimes or those who possess the status of an enemy belligerent. Indeed, such an exception would be contrary to the whole philosophy of human rights which makes the Constitution the great living document that it is. “The immutable rights of the individual belong not alone to the members of those nations that excel on the battlefield or that subscribe to democratic ideology. They belong to every person in the world, victor or vanquished, whatever may be his race, color or beliefs. They rise above every status or outlawry. They survive any popular passion or frenzy of the moment.

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“While people in other lands may not share our beliefs as to due process and the dignity of the individual, we are not free to give effect to our emotions in recklesss disregard or the rights of others. We live under a Constitution which is the embodiment of all the high hopes and aspirations of the new world.” In Olmstead (1928), the court upheld wiretapping but Holmes and Brandeis dissented. Holmes declared it would be better for “some criminals to escape than that the government should play an ignoble part.”

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Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis Brandeis in his dissent declared: “The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favourable to the pursuit of happiness. ... They conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone— the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men ... Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. It teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes a lawbreaker it breeds contempt for the law.”

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After his disastrous ruling in Schenck, Holmes came to his senses with a marvelous dissent six months later in Abrams (1919). He deplored the 20-year prison sentence for publishing two harmless leaflets. He pointed out that the defendants were punished “not for what the indictment alleges but for the creed that they avow.” He concluded with a ringing declaration of free speech: “We should be eternally vigilant against any attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.” Justice Harlan Stone was the sole dissenter in Gobitis (1940) when the court upheld a school flag-salute statute. The Jehovah’s Witnesses objected because to them saluting the flag was worshiping a graven image. “It is a long step, and one which I am unable to take, to the position that government may, as a supposed educational measure, compel public affirmations which violate religious conscience,” Stone wrote. “The very essence of liberty is the freedom of the individual from compulsion as to what he shall think and what he shall say. This seems to me no more than the surrender of the constitutional protection of the liberty of small minorities to the popular will.” Stone was proved right just three years later in Barnette when Justice Jackson made his great statement about the Bill of Rights: “The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts.

Stop! in the name of law.

“One’s right to life, liberty and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly may not be submitted to a vote. They depend on the outcome of no elections.” In Zorach v. Clauson (1952) the court upheld a New York public school board policy of allowing students released time to attend religious classes. Justice Douglas, to his everlasting shame, wrote the majority opinion. “We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being,” he wrote. In a sizzling dissent, Justice Jackson answered Douglas:

• “The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion it will cease to be free for religion.” • “The wall which the court was professing to erect between church and state has become even more warped and twisted than I expected.” • “Today’s judgment will be more interesting to students of psychology and of the judicial processes than to students of constitutional law.” It’s dissents like these that should make Americans proud. Ω

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depicts the first humiliation of entering military service, which begins, of course, with the removal of our hair, or our personal identity. The way that the sequence ends with clippings of hair falling lifelessly onto the barber’s tile floor is like watching the last semblances of these young men’s individuality collectively disappear. Now, think of that for a minute. We as a culture value our hair to such a degree that it represents our own individual spirits. Perhaps this is why Buddhist monks shave their heads when entering the monastic order. They are literally ridding themselves of the material vanity of the outside world, living in a constant state of humility and forced suffering. But, what happens when it’s not a choice, as in the case of the monks? This is, perhaps, why Kubrick’s poor military chaps garner our sympathies. They are being forced, because of the draft, to enter this bald lifestyle. But, what does this say about young men and women who prematurely

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I’m balding. Being bald is like being in an elite club. The only problem is no one actually wants to be a member. The reality of hair loss possibly exceeds beyond a mere societal preoccupation, and is, perhaps, even deeply rooted in our collective human psychology. The best pieces of evidence for this are the manifold myths and stories that revolve around the idea of hair loss. It’s almost like indoctrination the way many of us were taught these stories from such a very young

age. Take, for example, the Sunday school story of Samson, the magnificent strongman archetype, whose beloved, Delilah, cuts his beautiful wavy locks, which renders him powerless, and in some sad, strange way strips him of his manhood. Most American males are brought up on a healthy dose of Westerns, where Native American warriors walk the fine line between barber and barbarian by systematically removing the scalps of their opponents in this bizarre ritualistic, symbolic public castration. Or, take Mausolus, the Greek ruler of Caria, who after conquering the Lycians, removed their hair in what was a grand gesture of public humiliation. Think of the scene at the beginning of Full Metal Jacket in which Stanley Kubrick

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Your Ticket to enter middle-age as a result of Androgenic Alopecia? Isn’t it sad to prematurely accept the reality that our bodies are our temples, and as such, constantly require upkeep? The kick in the pants is that no matter what you do—all the herbal topical remedies in the world be damned—you will never grow your hair back. It isn’t like developing a paunch or fat thighs, no amount of work will restore what, in many cases, was a beautiful, healthy head of hair. When we lose our hair, what are we to think of ourselves? If the symbol of our individuality and youthful vitality is slowly withering away, are we then, as human beings, following suit? We aren’t, but it’s easy to see why we might sometimes feel that way. It’s hard to find the confidence to simply accept the hair loss, and brandish our bare scalps with pride. Every generation has its solutions to the problem. The eighteenth century had powdered wigs. The ’70s had the toupee. The ’80s had plug-ins. And, of course the classic comb-over is a perennial oldie but goodie. But none of these are actually solutions. They are proxies, pseudosolutions intended to muddle and mask, rather than actually remedy. It’s a double-edged sword where not only has society forced us to feel shame for the fact that we are folliclely challenged, but simultaneously feel shame for hiding that fact from everyone else—to be forced into a life of deception. Even the most rich and powerful of men go to great lengths, at times borderline ridiculous and physics-defying lengths (see Trump), to hide their true selves. Even Julius Caesar, who was a triple threat military man, political leader and published author, couldn’t muster the confidence to accept his receding hairline, and invented a whole new hairstyle to cover it up.

Hairless apparent Well, as a youngish man, still in his 20s, still playing the field, I invite all of my follicle-challenged brethren to stop living in shame. And, for those young chaps who still have thick heads of hair, pay attention, because your time will come,

and the less you believe it will, the harder reality will fall upon you. I dream of a world where those who ridicule the bald will be looked down upon by society the way that a racist or bigot is today. Because, let’s face it, bald persons are a minority that no one looks out for, or cares to look out for. I once overheard a cute, hipster-ish young lady acquaintance of mine, who by the way is ostensibly not racist or bigoted, ridicule, for the benefit of a circle of giggling girls, a young man for no other reason than the bald spot on the back of his head. Androgenic Alopecia is just a genetic sensitivity in men and women, which makes follicles in the scalp sensitive to androgens, specifically dihydrotestosterone, which cause these follicles to miniaturize, thus preventing them from re-growing hair once it falls out. Nothing more, and yet we are subject to ridicule. As our society has racially integrated, we have become accepting of other races and cultures. As our society has become increasingly obese, we are accepting of large body frames, regardless of the detriment it causes to society’s overall health. And, yet bald people continue to walk in shame. As many as 40 million American men suffer from Androgenic Alopecia, a quarter of which are under the age of 30. That means that roughly half of all American men experience hair loss in their lives, and significant portion of them at quite a young age. But, as age often does, where once there was a burden, now there is a blessing. We bald young men face the reality of aging early on, thus preparing us ahead of time for its onset. We weed out the superficial, vain-types from the beginning, thus we are not left wondering how it was we dated a bigot for six months unbeknownst. And, most importantly, in this increasingly boring country where it seems there is little to fight for, we carry the torch of the oppressed and defiantly, with confidence, shed our toupees, our hats, and clip our comb-overs to proclaim, “We will no longer be the silent minority!” Ω

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Portable chargers popped up quite a few times at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January. One that caught my eye was a new product coming out of China set to hit the United States later this year. The Magicstick by Powerocks is compact but powerful. Only 22mm in diameter and 86mm in lengthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or about the size of a big mozzarella stickâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it still packs 2600mAh of power, which is enough to power your device twice over. Though it has a USB output, it may not play nicely with some Android phones or tablets. iPhone and Blackberry users should be fine, but fans of Googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s green guy should test the waters before taking the plunge. The big selling factors are the size and rumored price point of around $50, though we still have to wait to see it on shelves. The demo unit at CES was solid and felt like it could take a good beating at the bottom of a backpack or purse, so this could be a serious contender. Powerocks.com

I spotted this little guy connected to fellow press membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gadgets quite a few times at CES, and I was shocked to find out this Radio Shack-exclusive charger was so beloved. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plenty to love about this chargerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I was just shocked Radio Shack stills exists. At about 2-inches by 3-inches by 0.5-inches, Enercellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offering is small, but it supports all four major outputs via connection cablesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Apple, USB, and micro- and miniUSB. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking at about 2400mAh, so slightly less than two full charges, but it charges itself fairly quickly so this is a good emergency device when stuck at an airport or train station where electrical outlets are more prized than gold. Enercell also makes a micro-USBâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;only model for $20.

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Larry Hunt, Tim Yardic and Lance Dehné The three artists featured in the exhibition Ebullience work in very different media. Larry Hunt by makes metal sculptures, most of which are Brad Bynum wall-mounted. Tim Yardic is a glass artist who makes free-standing practical objects, bradb@ like bowls. Lance Dehné is primarily a newsreview.com painter, working with acrylics, crayons and mixed media. But though their methods and materials are different, there are common threads uniting the artists. “It’s all shapes and colors,” says Yardic. “Well, not all.” Indeed, all three artists work with Ebullience is on display at ARTineering, 4690 bright, contrasting colors and bold, abstract Longley Lane, Bldg. B, shapes. And each artist uses a careful balNo. 119, through March ance of positive and negative space to 31. To arrange a viewing, call 825-0454. For more imply a sense of motion in their work. information, visit Whether metal sculptures, glass bowls or www.artineering.com. painted canvases, all the work in Ebullience is bright, colorful and energetic. The exhibition is on display at ARTineering, Dehné’s art studio and workspace for his day job as an engineer. For the exhibition, the warehouse location near

the southwest edge of the McCarran loop has been converted into a convincing but difficult-to-find art gallery. “I like to think of it as the underground,” says Dehné. Dehné’s work as an engineer is apparent in his paintings, which almost look like colorful designs of complex machinery, full of moving parts. Hunt and Yardic also have unusual professional backgrounds for artists. Hunt has worked in landscape design and insurance, and Yardic is retired from the Reno Police Department. “This was my escape,” says Yardic of his fused glass artwork. “Now, it’s what I do full-time.” All three artists work in modes reminiscent of mid-20th century modernism, though this is especially apparent in the work of Dehné. His work is draws from Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí and Pablo Picasso, among others. “I’m an old-school guy,” says Dehné. “You got to be influenced by somebody, and I grew up looking at all those guys.”

The artist who doesn’t seek out his roots and choose his influences with care ends up influenced by the lowest common denominator art he encounters at the dentist’s office or the bank. In addition to his bowls, which look almost ceramic, were it not for the translucent sections and their eye-catching ability to attract light, Yardic’s contributions to the exhibition also includes a layered glass remake of “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” the famous woodblock print by 19th-century Japanese artist Hokusai. In capturing the essence of the crashing wave, it’s an example of the sense of motion found throughout the exhibition.

Most of Hunt’s work is abstract and nonrepresentational, though “Hope,” a rare exception, depicts a flock of gulls in flight—again connecting to the theme of motion. Though made of metal and painted with automotive paint, Hunt’s sculptures look organic. “Metamorphisis,” for example, is insect-like. “Metal does what it wants to do,” says Hunt. He says his artistic decisions, including composition and color choices, are dictated largely by the materials themselves. He uses 20-gauge sheet metal and found pieces of scrap metal. Earlier in his career, he worked in oil paints, but he says he enjoys his newfound forms of expression of working in metal. “I still have something to say in my 60s,” says Hunt. “The three of us are all kind of older guys, no offense, and us old guys still have some good ideas.” Ω

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Shake for me Project X Remember a few weeks ago when I lamented reviewing “found-footage” movies seemingly every week? This isn’t a trend that wants to go away. It has embedded itself into the head of Hollywood like a bastard deer tick given the gift of immortality. I would love to be some sort of movie prophet successfully predicting the death of this particular genre. But the continued financial success of junk like the Paranormal movies, the by shaky-cam exorcism movies and Chronicle probBob Grimm ably has studio heads at this very moment looking at rejected scripts and reconsidering bgrimm@ newsreview.com them as future “found footage” extravaganzas. Cut that budget, employ the shaky cam, and watch the dollars roll in! The latest offender is Project X, produced by The Hangover’s Todd Phillips and directed by Nima Nourizadeh. The film is just another unoriginal R-rated teen comedy about a really, really big party. Except this time the whole thing is presented under the pretense that it’s filmed by some weirdo for his AV class.

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I was a little less annoyed by a person continuing to film while supposedly funny things are happening as opposed to holding onto the camera while being attacked by monsters and maniacs as in past “found footage” films. I personally believe it would be quite easy to film partying topless women in a bounce house without pissing your pants, dropping the camera and running away screaming in fear. It’s just a theory of mine. That said, the script for this movie is no better than one of the American Pie direct-tovideo sequels. While a bunch of teens getting

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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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Paul 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 wind up at a free sex commune presided over by a strange Christ-like figure (Justin Theroux). It’s directed and co-written by David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models), and that’s a good thing, because Rudd has had some of his best screen moments under Wain’s direction. There are a few scenes here that are among Rudd’s best, including a mirror moment when he practices sex talk that’s an instant classic. Not Wain’s best, but Rudd and company, including many members of The State, make it memorably funny.

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 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.

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 com-

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The Woman in Black

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.

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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.

This Means War

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.

The Descendants

A Separation

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.

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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Video game orchestras are part of a larger subculture of music inspired by games, comic books or any piece of art that has gained a cult following. Nerdcore—originally dubbed Nintendocore—is any style of music in which the scores from games are covered by musicians, or the musicians create original music inspired by aspects of the game. Chiptune and bitpop refer to music actually made with old school gaming consoles. And there’s the off-shoot subgenres, such as wrock (short for wizard rock, based off Harry Potter) or slackercore (which, true to its name, is hard to define, but is seeped in hacker culture). Even so, the music of video games is often overlooked, especially in a gaming era in where stunning graphics and unique stories take the stage. But a good score can make or break a game, according to the Reno Video Game Orchestra cofounder Kevin Fredericks, alum of the University of Nevada, Reno. “We love playing music,” he says. “Playing music from the GREEN

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games we love made sense. The scores are so interesting.” The group is eclectic and comprises of 15 members, although it originally began as a three person band of Kevin Fredericks, Bob Schuler and Elizabeth White, who have played a few times around town, including at the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim back in November. The orchestra now features musicians ranging from middle schoolers to college graduates, all of whom are united by a love for music and a love for video games. The orchestra’s set list features songs from older cult games, including Mega Man, Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. The songs are selected based on what the musicians are realistically able to play, and also which songs they like. “We are in many ways an educational ensemble, a curious mixture of youth orchestra structuring and professional performance aesthetics,” Fredericks says. Coming together as an ensemble is still a work in progress since several of the members are new. At a recent rehearsal, the group practiced “Place I’ll Return to Someday” from Final Fantasy IX, music that many were sight reading for the first time. It was a little rough around the edges at first, but when it all came together, it was almost magical, theatrical and evocative of playing the game— soaring, fantastical, climactic, energetic. Fredericks says the group would be interested in playing at video game conventions, or even writing soundtracks for independent games, but wants to focus on sparking discussion in the community about why video games are important to students. “We are trying to partner with Nevada Humanities to bring the orchestra into elementary schools,” he says. “We are preparing to perform for grade school music classes to help transfer the empowerment of playing video game music to the kids, being that video games are becoming more and more accepted as a valuable cultural asset.” But for other members, the orchestra is just a hobby, and they enjoy the community it provides. “We all really like video games,” says violinist Jessica Paakari. “This community just makes it better.” Ω

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

Suspect Zero, 9pm, no cover

The 44s CD release party, 9pm, $5

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

2905 U.S. Highway 40 West, Verdi; (775) 345-2235

THE ALLEY

Stellar Corpses, Cowbelleros, Los Pistoleros, The Gunner’s Daughter, 8pm, $5

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

For the Love of Hip Hop w/MoMatik, Lord Mecca ICU, others, 8:30pm, $5

BIGGEST LITTLE CITY CLUB

Open mic comedy night, 9pm, no cover

188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

THE BLACK TANGERINE

Delhi 2 Dublin

9825 S. Virginia St., (775) 853-5003

March 9, 9 p.m. The Underground 555 E. Fourth St. 786-2582

CHAPEL TAVERN

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

Good Friday with rotating DJs, 10pm, no cover Steven Hanson and Friends, 7pm, no cover

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

Large Bills Accepted, noon, M, no cover Mile High Jazz Band, 8pm, Tu, $5

COMMROW

Frankie Ballard, 8pm, $13, $16

Satisfaction (Rolling Stones tribute), 9pm, $20-$50, DJ Max, 11pm, no cover

COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR

Out of the Blue, 7pm, no cover

Dan Copeland, 7pm, no cover

255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711

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

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY

Catch a Rising Star, Silver Legacy, 407 N. Virginia St., 329-4777: Eddie Clark, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $15.95; F, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $15.95; Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $17.95; Joe Moffa, 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 Utility Players, Th, 7:30pm, $11, $16; Mike Pace, Tony D’Andrea, F, 7pm; Sa, 7pm, 9:30pm, $12, $16; Hynopt!c with Dan Kimm, F, 9:30pm, $16, $21

HomeMade Jam Band, 9pm, no cover

The Clarke Brothers, 9pm, no cover

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

Alias Smith, 9pm, no cover

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

1495 S. Virginia St., (775) 324-2244

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The Roamers, 9pm, $5

CEOL IRISH PUB

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

275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917

EL CORTEZ LOUNGE

Karaoke w/Lisa Lisa, 9pm, no cover

FUEGO

846 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 355-7711

DJ Chris Payne, DJ Max, 8pm, no cover Caspa, Hephay, 8pm, $20

Blues Jam Wednesdays, 7pm, W, Spectrum DJ Battle, 9pm, W, no cover

Rumble (formerly The Trainwrecks), 9pm, no cover

Graham Lindsey, James Hunnicutt, 9:30pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, no cover Open mic, 9pm, W, no cover

Karaoke w/Nick, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Lisa Lisa, 9pm, no cover

Open Mic Comedy, 9pm, no cover

THE HOLLAND PROJECT 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

Jeff Rowan, 8pm, no cover

Chris Talbot, 8pm, no cover

The John Whites, Whatitdo, Rigorous Proof, The Fanatics, 7:30pm, $5

Backtrack, Alpha and Omega, Minus, Codexred, Collapse, 7pm, $10

JAVA JUNGLE

246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484

JAZZ, A LOUISIANA KITCHEN

1180 Scheels Dr., Sparks; (775) 657-8659

Jazz Jam w/First Take featuring Rick Metz, 6pm, no cover

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

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Come Home Geoffrey, Alice Alice, Seas Hellpig, Envirusment, Angerhead, & Centuries, Crush, Drag Me Under, 8pm, $6 Potential Threat, Determined, 7:30pm, $6

The Devil Wears Prada, Every Time I Die, Letlive, Oh Sleeper, 7pm, W, $17.50-$39

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Sunday Music Showcase, 4pm, no cover

Bourgeois Gypsies, Johnson Creek Stranglers, others, 8pm, $5

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

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Karaoke w/Mitchell, 9pm, no cover

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

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All-ages dance party, 8pm, $5 Regulo Caro, Grupo Escolta, 9pm, $25 Pink Ladies Night Party, 9pm, free for women

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

PLAN:B MICRO-LOUNGE

Open Mic Night w/Michelle Pappas, 7pm, 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

POLO LOUNGE

Stevie D., 8pm, no cover

Gemini, 9pm, no cover

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The 44s, 8pm, no cover

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

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Jake Houston, 7pm, no cover

Dead Winter Carpenters, 8pm, no cover

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1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864

Steve Starr Karaoke, 9pm, W, no cover Open jazz jam, 7:30pm, W, no cover

106 S. C St., Virginia City; (775) 847-7210 76 N. C St., Virginia City; (775) 847-7474

Chord Soup, 8pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

SIDELINES BAR & NIGHTCLUB

Spontaneous Combustion, 8pm, no cover

Wicked Hicks, 9:30pm, no cover

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

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

Hip Hop Open Mic, 9pm, W, no cover Apostles of Badness, Liquorville, 9pm, M, live jazz, 8pm, W, no cover Black and Blues Jam, 8:30pm, Tu, no cover

Jamie Rollins, 9pm, no cover

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

Howlin’ Rain, Moondog Matinee, The Shrines, 9pm, no cover

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

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Thursdays with Jeremy, 9pm, no cover

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Christy Lynn, 5pm, no cover, Lonely Planet Christy Lynn, 5pm, Formerly Known As Travel, Eviction, Ryan Parker, 8pm, $5 (A Tribute to Prince), 9pm, $5

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Red Mercury, Merkin, 9pm, no cover

1) The Underscore Orkestra, My Flag is on Fire, 8pm, $5, $8

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Corky Bennett, 7pm, W, no cover

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

RYAN’S SALOON

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

Rikki Ford, 5pm, $10

RUBEN’S CANTINA

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

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 3/12-3/14 Open Mic Night/College Night, 8pm, Tu, no cover

Crush, ViennA, 9pm, $5

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

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

Boogie Monster, 9pm, no cover

Sunday Night Strega Mic, 9pm, no cover

Wellrested Dance Party, 9pm, $5

Eleven Stories, 7:30pm, $6, Fine Gentlemen’s Karaoke w/Steve Starr, 8pm, Tu, Rock & Blues Club Comedy Tour, 9:15pm, $5 Open Mic Jam, 8pm, W, $5, free for women

1) Delhi 2 Dublin, Bija, 9pm, $10 2) Codi Jordan Band, Trench War Audio, 8pm, $5

1) 775 Freestyle Battle Tournament, 9pm, $5

Bob Cerceo, Laila O’Sullivan, 7pm, no cover

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

WILD RIVER GRILLE

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

Graham Lindsey March 10, 9:30 p.m. Davidson’s Distillery 275 E. Fourth St. 324-1917

Sunday jazz, 2pm, no cover

17 S. Virginia St., (775) 284-7455

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

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2) Shake, Rattle & Roll, 8pm, no cover

2) Shake, Rattle & Roll, 4pm, Cook Book, 10pm, no cover

2) Cook Book, 8pm, no cover

2) Escalade, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Stew Stewart, 7pm, no cover

2) Hands of Time, 8pm, no cover

2) Steve Lord, 6pm, no cover

2) Steve Lord, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

Chili Sauce, 10pm, no cover

1) Tony Furtado, 10pm, no cover

1) Papa Grows Funk, Vinyl, 9pm, $12, $15

1) Umphrey’s McGee, 9pm, $25

2) Bass Cadet, Micah J, 11pm, Tu, no cover

1) Benise—Nights of Fire!, 8pm, $19.95+ 2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Live piano, 4:30pm, DJ JC, 11pm, no cover 4) Guitar Stevie, 5pm, no cover

1) Benise—Nights of Fire!, 7pm, 9:30pm, 1) Benise—Nights of Fire!, 7pm, $19.95+ $19.95+ 2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, 2) Left of Centre, 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, Alias, 10pm, W, no cover 3) Live piano, 4:30pm W, no cover

1) Senses, 9pm, $15

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

1) Senses, 9pm, Tu, W, $15

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

1) Paul Revere & The Raiders, 7:30pm, $37.50 2) Arthur Hervey, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 10:30pm, $20

1) Sarah Tiana, 8pm, $20, $25

1) Rhythm Riders, 8pm, $25, $30, Sarah Tiana, 10:30pm, $20, $25 2) Karaoke, 6pm, Club Sapphire, 9pm, no cover

1) Rhythm Riders, 8pm, $25, $30, Sarah Tiana, 10:30pm, $20, $25 2) Club Sapphire, 9pm, no cover

1) Rhythm Riders—A tribute to the music of Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline, 8pm, $25, $30

2) Steppen Stonz, 8pm, no cover 3) Tim Snider, 5:30pm, no cover 5) Ladies ’80s w/DJ BG, 6pm, no cover

2) Steppen Stonz, 9pm, no cover 3) Tim Snider, 6pm, no cover 5) Brother Dan, 5:30pm, DJ BG Weekend Jump-Off Party, 10pm, no cover

1) Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, 9pm, $50 2) Steppen Stonz, 9pm, no cover 3) Tim Snider, 6pm, no cover 5) Brother Dan, 5:30pm, DJ BG, 10pm, no cover

2) Steppen Stonz, 8pm, no cover 4) Best Chef in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off, 7pm, $50 5) Brother Dan, 5:30pm, no cover

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

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

Béla Fleck & the Flecktones

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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 10, 9 p.m. John Ascuaga’s Nugget 1100 Nugget Ave. Sparks 356-3300

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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

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

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

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

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

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407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401 1) Grand Exposition Hall 2) Rum Bullions 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Ballroom 5) Drinx Lounge

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1) 7th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival, 1) Billy Gardell, 9pm, $35 7pm, $10-$15

1) Sublime with Rome, Everlast, 8pm, $39

2) Soul Experience, 6pm, no cover 3) Chris Costa, 7pm, no cover 4) Bad Girl Thursdays, 10pm, no cover charge for women

2) Soul Experience, 9pm, no cover 3) Emerald City, 9pm, no cover 4) Salsa dancing, 7pm, $10 after 8pm, DJ Chris English, 10pm, $20

2) Soul Experience, 8pm, no cover 3) Emerald City, 9pm, no cover 4) Rogue Saturdays, 10pm, $20

2) Soul Experience, 6pm, no cover 3) Chris Costa, 7pm, no cover

2) Soul Experience, 7pm, M, no cover 3) Chris Costa, 7pm, M, W, no cover

2) DJ I, 10pm, no cover 3) Ladies Night & Karaoke, 7pm, no cover

2) Dueling pianos, 9pm, no cover 3) Eric Anderson, 5pm, no cover

1) Foreigner, 8pm, $50-$65 2) Dueling pianos, 9pm, no cover 3) Dance party, 10pm, no cover

2) DJ REXX, 10pm, no cover 3) Salsa Etc., 7pm, no cover

2) DJ Tom, 9pm, M, DJ I, 10pm, Tu, W, Dudes Day, 7pm, Tu, no cover 3) Mix it Up!, 10pm, W, no cover

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

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For Thursday, March 8 to Wednesday, March 14 part of the Tahoe Rim Trail Association and Cabela's of Reno Spring Speaker Series. W, 3/14, 6-8pm. Free. Cabela’s, 8650 Boomtown Road, (775) 298-0238, www.tahoerimtrail.org.

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GOLD HILL TUESDAY NIGHT LECTURE SERIES: Kristen Hamlet presents “Hussies and Hustlers: The Darker Side of the Comstock.” Buffet dinner 5-7pm; lecture begins at 7:30pm. Tu, 3/13, 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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be a variety of specialty acts such as Freestyle Motocross Exhibitions and ATV Quad Wars Racing. F, 3/9, 7:30pm; Sa, 3/10, 2 & 7:30pm; Su, 3/11, 2pm. $21-$23 adults; $10-$12 children; $7 parking. RenoSparks Livestock Events Center, 1350 N. Wells Ave., www.monsterjam.com.

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, smallscale 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; Western Nevada College Fallon, 160 Campus Way, Fallon, (775) 351-2551, www.wnc.edu/sci.

ART AFTERNOON: WORKSHOP & SOCIAL FOR SENIORS: Expand your interests with a docent-guided tour and studio art

class. No art background necessary. F, 3/9, 1-3pm. $12 general; $10 NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org. England from the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District shares tips on what to do if you encounter fire on the trail or at home. He will share information on early detection, being prepared, what to do if caught by fire and lots more. This presentation is

monster trucks, including El Toro Loco, Son-uva Digger, Maximum Destruction, King Krunch, El Matador and Wolverine, are scheduled to appear. There will also

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. Visit website for details, www.laketahoewinterfest.com.

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FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN: Fire Captain David

ADVANCE AUTO PARTS MONSTER JAM: Various

one food station to the next during the 11th Annual Gourmet Ski Tour, a fundraiser for the Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association. The afternoon ends with margaritas and live music by The Drunken Neighbors from 2:30-5pm. Su, 3/11, 1-5pm. $27-$32. Tahoe Cross Country Center, 925 Country Club Drive, Tahoe City, (530) 583-5475, www.tahoexc.org.

group is dedicated to the perpetuation of ancient customs, literature, music, games and dress of Scotland. This month’s program includes a performance by folk duo Gairin. Th, 3/8, 7-8:30pm. Free. Premiere Residence, 3201 Plumas St., (775) 324-3435, http://nvssc.org.

PURIM COMMUNITY PARTY: The celebration

ST. PATRICK’S DAY DINNER & SHOW: The Sons &

includes a costume contest, Israeli dances and belly dancing, henna painting, Mediterranean food, prizes and a raffle. Sa, 3/10, 6:30pm. $5-$25; free for children under age 13. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 742-5736, www.templebethor.us.

Daughters of Erin hosts its 43rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner and Show featuring a whiskey tasting, a raffle and entertainment from the Blarney Band, the Sierra Highlanders Pipe Band and the Blanchette Dancers. Sa, 3/10, 4:3010pm. $35 adults; $15 children. Best Western Airport Plaza Hotel, 1981 Terminal Way, (775) 378-0931, www.irishnv.org.

SHOOTING THE WEST: THE NEVADA PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE: This photography symposium 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. Price varies. Winnemucca Convention Center, 50 W. Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, (775) 623-3501, www.shootingthewest.org.

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.

CAMERA OBSCURA PRESENTATION:

SNOWFEST: North Lake Tahoe celebrates the

Photographer Kevin Karl explores the principal of light known as “camera obscura” and how it relates to photography. Attendees will construct a pinhole viewer from a Pringles can to take home. You will need to bring a regular sized Pringles can for this project. Advance registration required. Sa, 3/10, 10-11am. $5 suggested donation per person. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948, www.thegreatbasininstitute.org.

winter season with the 31st annual carnival. New events have been added to this year’s lineup, including the Snow Fiesta, the Snow “What” Building Contest, the Truckee River Winery Ice Carving Extravaganza and Paws & Claws Pub Crawl. SnowFest will be held at a variety of venues throughout North Lake Tahoe. M-Su through 3/11. Call or visit website for details, (530) 583-7167, www.tahoesnowfestival.com.

SPRING LAWN BASICS: Gardener Jim Stanton

CHESS AND MORE: Players of all ages and

will share some simple steps to ensure your lawn will be its very best this year. He’ll also discuss other low maintenance, living alternatives to turf grass. Sa, 3/10, 10am. Free. Moana Nursery Landscape & Design Center, 1190 W. Moana Lane, (775) 825-0600, www.moananursery.com.

skills are invited to play chess and other board games for fun. Second and Fourth Tu of every month, 3-5pm. Free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.

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soul Reno Philharmonic concludes its Phil Up! series with a performance by Trio Voronezh. Classically trained at the Conservatory of Voronezh, Russia, the group features Vladimir Volokhin on the domra (left), Sergei Teleshev on the bajan (right), and Valerie Petrukhin on the double-bass balalaika (center). The trio’s repertoire ranges from the works of Bach, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky to Russian folk songs, gypsy dance music and popular songs by Gershwin. The group will perform folk ballads, classical compositions and pop music with the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra with Laura Jackson conducting. The concert begins at 8 p.m., March 10, at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St. Tickets are $25-$65. Call 323-6393 or visit www.renophil.com. —Kelley Lang

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PARENT UNIVERSITY CLASS: Learn more about the importance of early education and child development for children from birth to school age. This is an opportunity to discuss and share fun activities that encourage educational, social and emotional development for young children. Free childcare will be available during the class. W, 3/14, 9:30-11:30am. Free. Sun Valley Neighborhood Center, 115 W. Sixth St., Sun Valley, (775) 325-8905, www.bornlearning.org.

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

Sa, 3/10, 4:45pm; Sa, 3/17, 4:45pm; Sa, 3/24, 4:45pm; Sa, 3/31, 4:45pm. Free. Northstar-at-

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SECOND SATURDAY SCIENCE: Discover the wonder of science on the second Saturday of each month. The subject for March 10 is dissecting owl pellets. Call to reserve your spot. Sa, 3/10, 10-11am. $3-$5 admission. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum of Northern Nevada, 813 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 884-2226, www.cmnn.org.

Art ARTINEERING: Ebullience. The exhibition features work by artists Lance DehnĂŠ, Larry Hunt and Tim Yardic. M-Su through 3/31. Free. 4690 Longley Lane, Ste. 119, Building B, (775) 229-0634, www.artineering.com.

ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: Photo Fandango VI. The sixth annual accomplished and upstart photographers invitational features the work of more than 20 local photographers. M-Su, 11am-4pm through 3/31. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896, www.artistsco-opgalleryreno.com.

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repeatedly used words like â&#x20AC;&#x153;very rich,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;brilliantâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;genius.â&#x20AC;? What those pushing feel-good sociology donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to believe is that you increase your options by being hotâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or hotting yourself up the best you can. Obviously, looks arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all that matter, but while your female genes are urging you to blow past the hot pool boy to get to the moderately attractive captain of industry, men evolved to prioritize looks in women, so powerful men will date powerfully beautiful waitresses and baristas. There isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a person on the planet who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to settle. Want kids? Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more likely to find a husband to have them with if you do as Coontz suggestsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;go for a man whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shorter, poorer and not intellectually exciting but whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s willing to be appointed vice president of diaper rash. Problem solvedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;if you can keep from seething with contempt for his lack of ambition and intellect. A lack of respect for oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spouse is not the ground happy marriages are built on. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why settling is most wisely discussed not as some blanket policy for women, but in terms of what an individual woman wants and what sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s willing to give up to get it.

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BACKSEAT GALLERY AT COMMA COFFEE: Reflections. The show features work by emerging local artists Jake Branco and Debbie Fontaine. There will be five large focal pieces, created exclusively for this show, including one collaborative piece. M-Su through 3/31. Free. 312 S. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 883-2662, www.commacoffee.com.

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. M-Su through 4/1. $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.

NORTH TAHOE ARTS CENTER: Wildlife in Wild Places. North Tahoe Arts presents a collaborative wildlife exhibit from local artists Larry Hunt, Fred Boyce, Nina Porcelli-Fenn, Janet Martin, Alice Norton, Pat Edwards, Gretchen Davis, Mark Smith and Burton & Raschen. Tu-Su through 4/2. Art Gallery & Gift Shop. 380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, (530) 581-2787, www.northtahoearts.com.

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.

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.

SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE: Geographical Divides: Finding Common Ground, Nevada Arts Council Traveling Exhibit present this exhibit in the Prim Library. M-F through 4/6. Free. 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 831-1314, www.sierranevada.edu.

STREMMEL GALLERY: Bearings Claimed. Stremmel Gallery will host an opening reception for San Francisco Bay Area artist Robert Brady on March 8. Brady’s exhibition of new work continues his line of inquiry into themes of abstraction and figuration led by familiar

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influences such as architecture and the human form. Th, 3/8, 5-7pm; M-Sa through 4/7. Free. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558, www.stremmelgallery.com.

TMCC MAIN ART GALLERY: Common Fate. This exhibition features work by University of Nevada, Reno master of fine arts graduates Jeff Erickson, Ahren Hertel, Katy Govan, Peter Whittenberger, Kim Musser and Jeremy Stern. M-F through 3/29. Free. 7000 Dandini Blvd. Truckee Meadows Community College, (775) 674-7698, www.tmcc.edu/vparts/artgalleries.

WHITTEMORE GALLERY: Always Lost. The Western Nevada College student and faculty exhibit honors and personalizes U.S. military personnel who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001. M-Sa through 5/4. Opens 3/12. Free. First floor of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4636.

Film 7TH ANNUAL WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL: Sierra Nevada Alliance hosts this event with the South Lake Tahoe Earth Day Committee and Patagonia. The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival combines award-winning environmental and adventure films with the energy of local activism. F, 3/9, 7pm. $10-$15. MontBleu Resort, 55 Highway 50, Stateline, (800) 648-3353, www.sierranevadaalliance.org.

MILLION DOLLAR LEGS: Artemisia Moviehouse presents a screening of Edward F. Cline’s 1932 comedy starring Jack Oakie, W.C. Fields and Andy Clyde. Tu, 3/13, 7-8:45pm. Free. Good Luck Macbeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia St., (775) 337-9111, www.artemisiamovies.org.

MY FAIR LADY: Nevada Museum of Art presents two showings of the 1964 classic film. Sa, 3/10, 11am & 2pm. Free. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

Museums NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM (THE HARRAH COLLECTION): Mutant Rides: Origin of a Species, 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.

NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Basque Aspen Tree Art Exhibition, W-Sa, 10am-5pm through 4/28; Reno: Biggest Little City in the World, W-Sa, 10am-5pm. $4 adults; free for members, children age 17 and younger. 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 688-1190.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Jacob Hashimoto: Here in Sleep, a World, Muted to a Whisper, W-F, Su through 7/1; 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; 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. $1-$10; free for NMA members. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

SPARKS HERITAGE MUSEUM: Celtic Heritage Exhibit. M-Su through 4/30. $5 adults; free for children age 12 and younger. 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144, www.sparksmuseum.org.

VSA ARTS OF NEVADA/LAKE MANSION: Rich in Art Exhibit. M-F, 10am-4pm through 4/30. Free. 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100, www.vsanevada.org.

WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL REGIONAL PARK: King Tut: Wonderful Things from the Pharaohs Tomb. W-Sa, 10am-4pm through 5/23; Su, 12-4pm through 5/20. $9 adults; $8 children, seniors. 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.

Poetry/Literature BRIAN TURNER POETRY READING & RECEPTION: Turner reads his award-winning poetry at the opening reception for Always Lost. Poetry reading at 6pm in Wells Fargo Auditorium, followed by a reception and book signing at 7pm in the Whittemore Gallery. Tu, 3/13, 6pm. Free. Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4884, www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu.

LOCAL AUTHOR DAY AT SUNDANCE: Northern Nevada authors Richard L. Cheng, Kellie Christine Lee, I. McKeachie and Mary Ann Ricciardi sign their books. Sa, 3/10, 12-1:30pm. Free. Sundance Bookstore & Music, 121 California Ave., (775) 786-1188, www.sundancebookstore.com.

Music BLAKE SHELTON: The country singer and opening acts Justin Moore and Dia Frampton perform.

W, 3/14, 7:30pm. $25, $49.75. Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., (775) 335-8800.

BRAP: A RENO NOISE NIGHT: The all-ages experimental art and music showcase features music by Endif, Stickybop and Sravana 108 as well as visual art by Pan Pantoja and Aric Shapiro. Sa, 3/10, 8pm. $3. Hobson Gallery, 315 Spokane St., Ste. 2, (775) 287-2255.

BRRROQUE MASTERS: Tahoe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (TOCCATA) presents this concert featuring guest cellist Jeffrey Lastrapes in a program that includes works by Bach, Couperin, Vivaldi, Scarlatti and Handel. W, 3/14, 7pm. $5-$35; free for youth age 18 and younger. Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., (775) 313-9697, www.toccatatahoe.com.

COME IN FROM THE COLD: The family entertainment series concludes with a program of jazz music performed by Reno Youth Jazz Orchestra. Sa, 3/10, 7pm. $3 suggested donation per person. Western Heritage Interpretive Center, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 828-6612.

FACULTY RECITAL: Soprano Katharine DeBoer, pianist James Winn and the Nevada Chamber Singers, under the direction of Paul Torkelson, present a program featuring songs and arias for solo and ensembles representing European language heritage. Su, 3/11, 2pm. Free. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

7:30pm; F, 3/9, 7:30pm; Sa, 3/10, 7:30pm; Su, 3/11, 1:30pm. $5-$15. 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, 3/8, 7:30-

9:30pm; F, 3/9, 7:30-9:30pm; Sa, 3/10, 7:30-9:30pm; Su, 3/11, 3-5pm; F, 3/16, 7:309:30pm; Sa, 3/17, 7:30-9:30pm; Th, 3/22, 7:30-9:30pm; F, 3/23, 7:30-9:30pm; Sa, 3/24, 7:309:30pm; Su, 3/25, 3-5pm. $17 general; $14

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NEXT TO NORMAL: TMCC Performing Arts presents the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning show. 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.

CVIC Hall, 1602 Esmeralda Ave., Minden, (775) 782-8207, www.cvartscouncil.com. Percussion Ensemble and guest artists the Dave Hagedor and Dan Cavanaugh Vibraphone and Piano Duo present an evening of percussion music from around the world. The Northern Nevada High School All-Star Percussion Ensemble will also perform. F, 3/9, 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.

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students, seniors; $20 at the door. Good Luck Macbeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716, www.goodluckmacbeth.org.

HONEYMOON: The indie-folk band performs. F, 3/9, 7-9:30pm. $10 advance; $15 day of show.

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presents Anne García-Romero’s postmodern play based on the Don Juan story. Th, 3/8,

HARP PLUS: Virtuoso harpist and University of Nevada, Reno faculty member Marina Roznitovsky will join guest harpist Elzbieta Szmyt from Indiana University, local harpists Suzan Mazer and Beverly Colgan and soprano Anna Helwing in an evening of solo and chamber music for harp. The UNR harp ensembles will also play, ending with a grand finale with all performers in an array of some 20 harps. Su, 3/11, 7pm. $10 suggested donation. Nightingale Concert Hall in the Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

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PLIE’D THE FIFTH STUDENT DANCE CONCERT: The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Nevada, Reno, in conjunction with the UNR Dance Co-Op present this student dance concert, in which student choreographers create and set original choreographic works. W, 3/14, 8pm; Th, 3/15, 8pm; F, 3/16, 8pm. $5 at the door; cash only. Redfield Studio Theatre, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

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presents its production of Eve Ensler’s award-winning play. F, 3/9, 7pm; Sa, 3/10, 7pm. $25 general admission; $20 students with ID. Truckee Community Arts Center, 10046 Church St., Truckee, (775) 298-0010, http://tahoesafealliance.org/v-day.

WOLF PACK BASEBALL: The University of Nevada, Reno plays University of California Santa Barbara. F, 3/9, 2pm; Sa, 3/10, 1pm; Su, 3/11, 1pm. $5-$11. Peccole Field, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-7225, www.nevadawolfpack.com.

THE WILD PARTY: Brüka Theatre presents Andrew Lippa’s jazz-tinged musical based on Joseph Moncure March’s 1928 narrative poem about a 1920s party. Explicit theater. Ages 17 and older only. F, 3/9, 8pm; Sa, 3/10,

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Controlled

hysteria is what is required,” said playwright Arthur Miller in speaking about his creative process. “To exist constantly in a state of controlled hysteria. It’s agony. But everyone has agony. The difference is that I try to take my agony home and teach it to sing.” I hope this little outburst inspires you, Aries. It’s an excellent time for you to harness your hysteria and instruct your agony in the fine art of singing. To boost your chances of success in pulling off this dicey feat, use every means at your disposal to have fun and stay amused.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Cherokee

Heritage website wants people to know that not all Native American tribes have the same traditions. In the Cherokee belief system, it’s Grandmother Sun and Grandfather Moon, which is the opposite of most tribes. There are no Cherokee shamans, only medicine men and women and adawehis, or religious leaders. They don’t have “pipe carriers,” don’t do the Sun Dance, and don’t walk the “Good Red Road.” In fact, they walk the White Path, have a purification ceremony called “Going to Water,” and perform the Green Corn ceremony as a ritual renewal of life. I suggest you do a similar clarification for the group you’re part of and the traditions you hold dear, Taurus. Ponder your tribe’s unique truths and ways. Identify them and declare them.

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

weeks, the activity going on inside your mind and heart will be especially intense and influential—even if you don’t explicitly express it. When you speak your thoughts and feelings out loud, they will have unusual power to change people’s minds and rearrange their moods. When you keep your thoughts and feelings to yourself, they will still leak all over everything, bending and shaping the energy field around you. That’s why I urge you to take extra care as you manage what’s going on within you. Make sure the effect you’re having is the effect you want to have.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Artist

Richard Kehl tells the story of a teenage girl who got the chance to ask a question of the eminent psychologist Carl Jung. “Professor, you are so clever. Could you please tell me the shortest path to my life’s goal?” Without a moment’s hesitation Jung replied, “The detour!” I invite you to consider the possibility that Jung’s answer might be meaningful to you right now, Cancerian. Have you been churning out overcomplicated thoughts about your mission? Are you at risk of getting a bit too grandiose in your plans? Maybe you should at least dream about taking a shortcut that looks like a detour or a detour that looks like a shortcut.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): An old Chinese

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proverb says: “My barn having burned to the ground, I can see the moon.” The speaker of those words was making an effort to redefine a total loss as a partial gain. The building may have been gone, but as a result he or she had a better view of a natural wonder that was previously difficult to observe. I don’t foresee any of your barns going down in flames, Leo, so I don’t expect you’ll have to make a similar redefinition under duress. However, you have certainly experienced events like that in the past. And now would be an excellent time to revise your thinking about their meaning. Are you brave enough and ingenious enough to reinterpret your history? It’s find-the-redemption week.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “You can dis-

cover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” Numerous websites on the Internet allege that Greek philosopher Plato made this statement, which I regard as highly unlikely. But in any case, the thought itself has some merit. And in accordance with your current astrological omens, I will make it your motto for the week. This is an excellent time to learn more about and become closer to the people you care for, and nothing would help you accomplish that better than getting together for intensive interludes of fooling around and messing around and horsing around.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves,” said Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl. His advice might be just what you need to hear right now, Libra. Have you struggled, mostly fruitlessly, to change a stagnant situation that has resisted your best efforts? Is there a locked door you’ve been banging on, to no avail? If so, I invite you to redirect your attention. Reclaim the energy you have been expending on closed-down people and moldering systems. Instead, work on the unfinished beauty of what lies closest at hand: yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In this pas-

sage from Still Life with Woodpecker, Tom Robbins provides a hot tip you should keep in mind. “There are essential and inessential insanities. Inessential insanities are a brittle amalgamation of ambition, aggression, and pre-adolescent anxiety—garbage that should have been dumped long ago. Essential insanities are those impulses one instinctively senses are virtuous and correct, even though peers may regard them as coo-coo.” I’ll add this, Scorpio: Be crazily wise and wisely crazy in the coming weeks. It will be healthy for you. Honor the wild ideas that bring you joy and the odd desires that remind you of your core truths.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I

don’t think you will need literal medicine this week. Your physical vigor should be good. But I’m hoping you will seek out some spirit medicine—healing agents that fortify the secret and subtle parts of your psyche. Where do you find spirit medicine? Well, the search itself will provide the initial dose. Here are some further ideas: Expose yourself to stirring art and music and films; have conversations with empathic friends and the spirits of dead loved ones; spend time in the presence of a natural wonder; fantasize about a thrilling adventure you will have one day; and imagine who you want to be three years from now.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Each of

us is the star of our own movie. There are a few other lead and supporting actors who round out the cast, but everyone else in the world is an extra. Now and then, though, people whom we regard as minor characters suddenly rise to prominence and play a pivotal role in our unfolding drama. I expect this phenomenon is now occurring or will soon occur for you, Capricorn. So please be willing to depart from the script. Open yourself to the possibility of improvisation. People who have been playing bit parts may have more to contribute than you imagine.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The “cock-

tail party effect” refers to your ability to hear your name being spoken while in the midst of a social gathering’s cacophony. This is an example of an important practice, which is how to discern truly meaningful signals embedded in the noise of all the irrelevant information that surrounds you. You should be especially skilled at doing this in the coming weeks, Aquarius—and it will be crucial that you make abundant use of your skill. As you navigate your way through the clutter of symbols and the overload of data, be alert for the few key messages that are highly useful.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Shunryu

Suzuki was a Zen master whose books helped popularize Zen Buddhism in America. A student once asked him, “How much ego do you need?” His austere reply was “Just enough so that you don’t step in front of a bus.” While I sympathize with the value of humility, I wouldn’t go quite that far. I think that a slightly heftier ego, if offered up as a work of art, can be a gift to the world. What do you think, Pisces? How much ego is good? To what degree can you create your ego so that it’s a beautiful and dynamic source of power for you and an inspiration for other people rather than a greedy, needy parasite that distorts the truth? This is an excellent time to ruminate on such matters.

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Get baked Nicholle Alumbaugh

Homage Bakery is a new business in the former location of Cake & Flower Shoppe at 519 Ralston St., near the corner of Ralston and Fifth streets. In addition to baked goods and coffee drinks, the bakery presents work by local artists on a rotating basis and a relaxed, homey atmosphere. Nicholle Alumbaugh is the chef and owner. For more information, visit www.face book.com/HomageBakeryReno1.

How long have you been open? We’ve been open for about two months now. … I was actually doing a wedding cake [for a friend from high school] at the beginning of September, and I was looking for some cake supplies. And I had seen an ad that the old Cake & Flower Shoppe was closing. They had been where we are now for 30 years. So I came in to look around for some supplies, and found out some more information about the property. I went home that night and talked to my dad and said, “Hey, this is a great opportunity, and if I don’t jump on it, somebody else will.” I came down and looked at the area. About a month later, they had an auction here, and that was the first time my mom and dad were able to actually walk in, and they told me I was a little bit crazy. And I told them, “I know.” And a couple of days after that, I signed the lease, and we opened up. I wasn’t looking, but it was a great opportunity not to pass up. And Homage is kind of a tribute to family and friend recipes. A lot of stuff, you know, you grow up on as kids and

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things I’ve worked on with other chefs along the way, being in the industry.

What’s your background? I originally went to school to be a musician, did that for a long time as a performance major. I grew up in Tahoe and the Reno area. … I actually graduated from McQueen High School. Then, [University of Nevada, Reno] and [University of Nevada, Las Vegas] for music performance. I did the [Truckee Meadows Community College] culinary department with Karen Cannan. I left the area and did some seasonal stuff in Alaska. I worked up there on a line. And came in to town and worked at IGT, doing all their baking. I also worked, after that, at the Siena, ran the kitchen for a while there … worked at Charlie Palmer’s at the steak house there, and some other various places in town.

What’s on the menu as of now? Right now, some of our popular items—we have a lemon bar. We’ve got a great carrot cake. … One of our signatures is a lemon

the demand for wood way up, and the forests of Peavine were easy pickin’s. Lots of the big trees were taken. But fire was as heavy-handed as we. Big fires swept through the area regularly, with a couple of big ones in only the last 60 years applying a coup de grâce on the old-growth trees that withstood the first wave of the silver-hungry honky hordes. OK, fine. Peavine isn’t the only place on the planet that has had to deal with such scourges. But trees grow back, to some degree at least, in most areas. Why not here? The answer is fairly simple. The forests of the Carson Range were established thousands of years ago, when things were cooler, wetter and much more conducive to big plants with cones. The pines got ahold and thrived. Centuries passed, millennia passed, and conditions in the area slowly changed—drier, warmer, rougher. Nevada was transformed from swampy to dusty. The forest that was already in place was able to

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Tell me about more the location. It feels like an old house. It actually, and I’m sure you’re familiar with the name, the Mapes mansion used to be where the pharmacy is now [next door]. And where we’re at was built for Charlie Mapes’ daughter back in 1928. It was originally part of the Mapes family. Then it was sold to the family that grew up here. The two sisters still own it, and one of them opened up the Cake & Flower Shoppe with her mother back in 1980something. So it’s got some history to it. They used to play in the Mapes mansion in the basement, before it burnt down. I’m actually trying to find some more information and maybe some old photos, but I haven’t gotten there yet. Ω

Russian Folk Music Gets a Classical Twist TRIO VORONEZH Laura Jackson, Music Director Saturday, March 10, 8 pm Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts

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Bruce is communing with the universe this week, so we present his Aug. 28, 1996, offering. I recently overhead this question during another hard-core happy hour: “So, like, uh, how come there ain’t no trees up on Peavine?” An excellent question, if not quite posed in Shakespeare’s English. What, indeed, is going on up there? If we humans raped it a while back (and we did), and fire fried the rest (and it did), where’s all the comeback on the hardback? It’s slightly weird to picture Peavine as cloaked with conifers as Rose and Slide, but 150 years ago, that was the case. In the middle of the 19th century, large stands of Ponderosa pine encircled Peavine’s broad slopes and grew as far out as northwest Reno. But once James “Ole Virginny” Finney found that silver up in Virginia City, changes, like the funk from a miner’s T-shirt, would be in the air. The sudden influx of 25,000 Finnies and their mule teams jacked NEWS

We’re looking at some options. We’ve got the principle harpist at the Reno Phil is interested in coming down and doing some playing. I’ve got some other local friends who are musicians who are great, and hopefully bring some of them in. Kind of a laidback, just come in and hang out and play together kind of deal. We’re not really set up for full band things, but a couple people just hanging out and playing—especially in the summertime on our porch would be a lot of fun.

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posset. It’s a traditional European, primarily English, medicinal aid back in I believe it was the 1800s, and it developed into a dessert at mansions in about the 1900s, so it’s a popular one here. Some of our other stuff—we always have a selection of cookies and bars. Our scones are quite popular and fly off the shelves. We’re actually doing those for The Hub in the Discovery Museum as well.

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cope with these changes, and new trees could still grow despite the desertification situation. The existing trees enriched the soil, trapped the water and cooled the ground, providing an excellent nursery island in an area that was slowly growing hostile. But once those trees were gone, it was pretty much all over. Erosion ran amok, good soil blew away, and starting from scratch proved impossible. What was done with ease 10,000 years ago didn’t have a prayer in the 20th century. As our curious happy hour celebrant might have summed up in a modern kind of way, using the past pluperfect tense—shit had happened. And we got us a big, bald mountain on which to drive our Jeeps, trucks and Treks. Ω

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