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LETTERS Don’t glamorize sex

Mea culpa Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

I’ve often said that we here at the RN&R are equal opportunity offenders. It’s not that we go out of our way to irritate people—OK, maybe sometimes with certain members of the elite elected class—but on occasion, the honest expression of opinion is offensive. Like with restaurants, the experience our reviewer has can be unlike the experience someone else has had, and it angers people who’ve had a different experience. Most of our readers know this, and they take our book, movie, album and restaurant reviews with the grain of salt every expression of opinion deserves.

But with the knowledge that journalism can be offensive with intent comes the acknowledgment that sometimes we can be offensive accidentally. And I hate that.

It diminishes the effect of when we do it on purpose.

Last week, in the story “Polo express,” we did just that. We ran a photo of the owner of the Polo Lounge Frank Perez posing with a random customer. Due to a whole series of errors on our part, from the photographer failing to put information on the photo file to an editor making an incorrect assumption to me not seeing what was only obvious, in the caption, we identified the woman pictured with Frank as his wife, Gena.

Yes, that kind of thing happens. Upon publication and the discovery of the error, we fixed it immediately online, but still, people’s feelings were hurt through no fault of their own, and this newspaper looked stupid.

I’d like to offer my personal apologies to both the Perezes and also to apologize to anyone else who was confused by our mistake.

Re “The naked truth” (Feature story, March 29): Like this woman, I am in my early 20s, a blogger and a poet. I try to give all women deserved respect as I myself, being a younger woman, want that in return. I have many friends in the sex industry, and they’re all great people. However, I do not agree with the way the sex industry is becoming glamorized. I think it’s sad how classy is being replaced with sexy, and self-respect is being replaced with promiscuity. I think all the money and having a party career is blinding more and more girls from the real taboo of being a stripper or working at a brothel. To say she is the most provocative, I think, is a little extreme considering a lot of girls nowadays are trying to move in a more manly direction by outdoing the boys. It’s not only by the way they talk but also by using their bodies to prove how much more they can achieve by themselves. I think it’s sad how far away many girls are being pulled from their true beauty.

As many consider this new feminine movement a true stand, I consider it more of a move for disaster in female respect. It’s great to be comfortable in your body but not to take advantage of the one thing no one else but you has. Let’s face it, your body won’t get the respect it deserves from others if it’s being exposed all the time. I’m not going to say she’s a bad person because I don’t know her, but I do think she is taking a walk in a degrading direction.

Ruby Pinkham Reno

Men don’t decide what’s feminist Re “The naked truth” (Feature story, March 29): I have to weigh in on this article, “The Naked Truth.” Though I admit I have not read the article, just comments to the editor, I wish to be sexually explicit, too, or rather sexism explicit, particularly in disre-

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gard to Brad Summerhill and David Philips whose comments in the April 12 publication are classic and timeless with their sexism.

The politics of sexism and its abuses is perhaps best described by a quote of Ronald Reagan: “It is said that politics is the second oldest profession, but I find it closely resembles the first.” Indeed, and when one is sexually exploited in the primarily male world of politics by simply watching cable or the news, one does not wish to judge too harshly the “exotic dancers” of the world in this economy.

When Hollywood points to an imaginary war between the sexes, which I characterize as, “Son, can your mother have equal pay for equal work?” To which the “Native Son” replies, “Oh, you pacifist bitch, thems fightin’ words!” this war is in fact exposed—not the exotic dancer—and it’s obviously a pure male fantasy.

The war against women, however, is all too real and is explicit in the entertainment industry when one is forced to view a movie clip on cable where a male character states, “The war between the sexes is won, we have women exercising to stripper poles!” One looks to the Caitlin Thomases of the world and can only applaud the fact that mainstream women must now look to her as to how to get their dignity back and get a degree ... and in this economy ... and that’s the naked truth.

I love women, their minds, their looks, their allure and their empowerment. The “dancers dancing the dance” as fast as they can have allowed me my dignity in the form of their charity, and in a world that needs to learn how vital and vitalizing they are and deserving of compensation and respect while a male agenda wants to reduce them to men—sexually base, bankrupt and without regard. These “exotic” women should not be the only image of feminism, but know they are warrior-women nonetheless.

Sherri Blakeley via email

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Re “Closed email policy” (Letters to the Editor, April 12): Washoe County Library Board Chair Alfred Stoess was kind enough to send me an advance copy of his letter to the editor responding to your March 29 article on library emails and Easter closings. Unfortunately, the misleading email link to the board is still on the library’s website, implying direct access to board members. My larger concern, which Mr. Stoess did not address, is that when my email regarding Easter closings was forwarded to the board, it contained commentary and even speculation about me from Library Director Arnie Maurins. If the real concern is spam, as Mr. Stoess suggests, then email from the public should be unfiltered. I am bemused

by Mr. Stoess’ comment that “the issue of whether to have libraries with Sunday hours open on Easter in 2013 and future years will be addressed by the library staff and/or the Board.” It’s simple: If a governmental body endorses any religion, it is in violation of the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Closing branches to honor Easter qualifies. If staff or the board spend any time debating whether to disregard the Constitution, it would be an absurd waste of county resources.

Slobs. As I walk along the streets of Reno, I see a constant reminder that we have far too many slobs here in Reno. Every street, every vacant lot, every parking lot has litter. Why is it that the slobs of Reno won’t or can’t use the many trash receptacles that are placed along the streets? Is it so much easier to dump trash on the street, rather than maybe carry that same trash a half block to dump it in a receptacle? Is it that the slobs think that it’s attractive to visitors to Reno to see cast-off candy wrappers, empty bottles and such along public streets?

If that’s what the slobs think, they’re wrong. Take some pride in your community. Stop the litter!

Rex Gunderson Sparks

Thanks for the warning Re “Royale with cheese” (Film, March 29): I’m glad I read your review before going to see the movie. Not having read the book, I had the feeling that it was a hyped-up movie targeted basically at teenagers who go and watch Harry Potter and Twilight movies.

(They at least had better special effects, I imagine.) I decided not to go watch it in spite of the big crowd that was lining to watch it at our local cinema. They probably believed all the hype. Thank you for your review and for saving me from spending my money and time.

R. Richard Reno

I’m a wonderer Am I the only one?

Am I the only one who is curious as to why the number of commercials is steadily increasing on Reno’s Channel 5 PBS station when it is so heavily federally funded? Do they have to beg for money so often?

Am I the only one who wonders where the TV news journalists have gone? All of them are so slanted left or right that it is difficult to get the objective side of the stories they report.

Am I the only one who is concerned about the water being cut off to Virginia Lake this winter? Even the beautiful swan that used to visit the north end has decided to go elsewhere since the water is becoming so polluted.

Am I the only one who is annoyed that local TV stations are so obsessed with reporting weather every eight minutes each broadcast?

Am I the only one who is dubious about the administrator of the Washoe County School District scoring a national award for his service when the statistics for school dropouts in the area are just awful?

I am curious, concerned, annoyed, and dubious quite a lot these days.

Richard G. Pugh Reno

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Are you doing anything on Earth Day? Asked at Washoe Democratic Convention Alice Good Volunteer

We’re going to the Earth Day celebration with another couple. I’m glad that they are doing it this year. You know, there was talk about not having it this year. We’re looking forward to it.

John Stevens Postal worker

I’ll be at the state convention for my [postal workers] organization. During our lunch break we’re supposed to run down to Idlewild Park and join in what they’re doing down there, at the Earth Day stuff there.

Post-consolidation It’s pretty clear why the Washoe County Commission resisted a joint meeting on fire consolidation with the Reno City Council for so long. The county commissioners wanted such a meeting delayed until deconsolidation had advanced so far that stopping it would have been almost as difficult as going forward.

By the time the meeting was held, several legal deadlines—including open meeting requirements for any changes—would have been difficult to satisfy in order to halt deconsolidation. The county’s willingness to finally sit down with the city was a charade. The decision to deconsolidate was never up for renegotiation. The meeting would more appropriately have been held a day earlier, on April 1.

That doesn’t mean the city should be proud. The Reno City Council did not need a joint meeting to know the county’s concerns. Nearly a year has passed since the county voted to deconsolidate by July 1, 2012, and the city could have been more aggressive. It obviously should not have joined the county’s anti-union and anti-safety efforts, but it could have gotten serious about amendments to give the county more of a voice in the system. It didn’t need to wait for an invitation.

There are other issues that arose in the dispute over fire services consolidation.

A group headed by construction executive Perry DiLoreto told the two governing bodies that the battle was too overheated: “A brilliant point on any subject can be totally lost or ruined by the way it is presented to your counterparts. … We are sorry to say that what we are witnessing is not sound political leadership but rather open hostility and confidence-shattering behavior.”

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First, this argument suggests equivalent responsibility for deconsolidation between the two bodies. Both were at fault, but the principal fault is the county’s.

Second, the DiLoreto group is arguing mainly about style, not substance. Governance is often not very pretty, but one need only look to Sparks for instances where uncooked policies and bad decisions were made because city councilmembers walked cooperatively in lockstep.

People with money and power always want public policy battles to take place out of the public eye where they can quietly determine the result. Our officials should thoroughly and publicly explore and scrutinize programs and decisions. If anything, the county did not engage with the city enough.

Granted, they walk a narrow line. Disagreement can spill over into acrimony, but that is not what happened.

Both sides discussed issues of cost, safety, working conditions. They did not descend into the kind of thing we see in Congress. We can disagree with the result, but they did their jobs by opposing each other fiercely.

Finally, the Council and Commission were bedeviled by news coverage that trivialized the process and the issues involved in deconsolidation. KRNV News called it “bickering.” On the very day of the joint meeting the Sparks Tribune called it “political squabbling” and the Reno Gazette-Journal used the term “spat” in a headline over an otherwise excellent article.

The issues over which the commissioners and councilmembers fought with fervor and conviction were legitimate and the public has a stake in safety, taxes, insurance and so on. This was no spat. Ω

Nancy Hart Policy analyst

There’s several events going on and I’m planning to hit one of them or two of them with my kids. Hopefully, the weather will be nice, and I always like being outside on Earth Day. It reminds me of how important it is to be aware of the Earth and take care of the Earth.

Kathleen Eagan Human resources assistant

Absolutely. In fact, Earth Day should be every day. We should be focusing on our commitments to our environment and the mother Earth who supports us.

We’re all in this together.

Thelma Matlin Retiree

I’m going to be doing voter registration at a Democratic booth. If we can get more Democrats to vote, we can do good things for the Earth because Democrats are Earth-friendly.

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Chuck Alvey spent more than a decade luring companies to Nevada.

Party time The Washoe County Democratic Party chose the Titanic centennial for the date of its 2012 county convention.

The delegates, meeting in an auditorium at Wooster High School, seemed to reserve their fervor for local and state races. Out of more than 300 cars in the parking lot, just 14 had Obama bumper stickers, plus one car that had Obama and Hillary Clinton stickers side by side, which seemed to indicate less than complete enthusiasm for the president.

Local firefighters set up a table to distribute material opposing the Washoe County Firefighters dissed deconsolidation at the Commission’s planned Washoe Democratic Convention break-up of consolidated city/county fire services.

Reno City Council candidates—not usually big players at these events—got a good deal of attention and some volunteers in this year when term limits have opened several seats.

Nevada Senate candidates Debbie Smith and Sheila Leslie seem to be running on a ticket together, sharing advertising space and photographs.

Nevada Assembly candidate Teresa Benitez-Thompson told the crowd when she was elected to her first term, she went to the state capital expecting to work to make life easier for Nevadans. What she found, she said, was Republicans in the Legislature working to make life harder—“and we don’t need life to be any harder now.”

Bumper stickers for sale at the convention included “KEEP WASHOE BLUE” and “THANK UNIONS/THEY INVENTED THE WEEKEND!” There was at least one anti-abortion delegate at the convention—his car had a “Pro-Life” sticker next to a sticker reading “A Mormon President?” And another car with a Nevada plate had a sticker referring to the Wisconsin political battles— “RECALL WALKER.”

National GOP targets Nevada Republican National chair Reince Priebus last week talked about the party’s effort to try to recover ground among Latino voters, no easy task at a time when GOP officeholders are pushing anti-immigrant policies.

In an interview with Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post, Priebus said one reason for hope is that “the messengers are just much better,” pointing to Latino Republican officeholders like Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez.

He said, “We are paying people” to deliver Latinos to the party in Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina and Virginia.

Nevada abortion law shielded Arizona’s new abortion law defining gestational age as beginning on the first day of a woman’s last period, rather than at fertilization, is not likely to migrate north into Nevada.

While legislators can introduce anti-abortion bills, the state’s existing legal abortion law was approved by Nevadans in a 1990 referendum. Under Nevada’s referendum law, once the public puts its stamp of approval on a statute, it cannot be changed by the Legislature without another public vote.

In that 1990 election, 71 percent of voters supported legal abortion.

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One-stop shopping All the bad news about Nevada is now in one handy-dandy place It is an old story in Nevada that the state’s quality of life is low. Studies repeatby edly come out showing it.

Dennis Myers Columnist Cory Farley once quoted a friend of his saying that Nevada is high in everything a state wants to be low in and low in everything a state wants to be high in, an observation that has since become a Silver State cliché.

But usually the occasional studies focus on a single topic— suicides, say, or the crime rate or low birthweight babies.

On April 3, however, a new compilation was released by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute pulling together information from multiple studies and creating wide ranging profiles The report by the of each state.

Population Health The report, funded by the Robert Institute is posted at Wood Johnson Foundation, shows www.countyhealth rankings.org/#app/ how Nevada and other states rank in multiple fields, including mortality, morbidity, crime, economics, health, availability of health care, education, and the impact of the state’s culture on residents.

The Wisconsin report essentially provides a single place where this kind of information on states can be found rather than going from site to site. For corporate executives studying where to locate—or not locate—their facilities, the report provides one-stop shopping. It is a portrait of life in the states, and the figures are broken down by county.

It also has some new ways of looking at the quality of life.

Who knew, for instance, that of the restaurants in Washoe County, most are fast food? The study reports that 53 percent of eateries in the county fall into that category. (The statewide figure in 56 percent.

Statewide figures hereafter will appear in parentheses.) That compares to 25 percent nationally.

“If it’s a one-stop shop, then it could be useful.”

Chuck Alvey Economic development consultant It a related line, simple access to food for low-income people is ranked. In Washoe County 6 percent of the poor do not live within a mile of a grocery store (4 percent statewide). The ranking defines “near a grocery store” as within a mile in an urban area or within 10 miles in a rural area. The national figure is 0 percent.

In the mortality category, premature deaths are rated by an unusual measure—the number of years of potential life lost per 100,000 residents. In Washoe County it’s 7,377 hours (7,927) compared to 5,466 nationally.

Under morbidity, 15 percent of Washoe adults report fair or poor health (18 percent) compared to 10 percent nationally. The percent of low birthweight babies is 8.4 (8.1) compared to 6 percent nationally.

Residents surveyed reported having 3.5 days in the past month that were physically unhealthy (3.7). The national figure is 2.6. They also reported 3.6 days that were mentally unhealthy (3.7 statewide) while nationally it was 2.3.

Also in Washoe County, 20 percent of adults are smokers (22), against 14 percent in the nation, and 23 percent of adults who are obese (26) against 25 percent nationally.

Seventeen percent report no leisure time activity (24) against 21 percent nationally and 21 percent report excessive drinking (19) against 8 percent nationally. The county has a motor vehicle crash death rate of 14 residents per 100,000 residents (17) compared to 12 percent nationally, 304 cases of chalmydia per 100,000 (386) compared to 84 nationally, and a teen birth rate of 48 per 1000 residents aged 15 to 19 (53) compared to 22 nationally.

Twenty-four percent of Washoe County residents do not have health insurance (25) against 11 percent nationally. There are 791.1 primary care physicians for every 100,000

improved greatly since then. In 2012 months, the unemployment figure for Washoe has usually been between 12 and 13 percent.

In the impact of the physical environment, the report says Washoe has one day of unhealthy air due to particulate matter per year (one), which is the same as the national figure. Washoe experiences three days of unhealthy air due to ozone (24) compared to 0 nationally. On access to recreational facilities, access is defined as the number of recreational facilities per 100,000 residents. That figure is 10 for Washoe (7) and 16 nationally.

Chuck Alvey, former director of Economic Development of Western Nevada, said the all-encompassing nature of the report could make it useful to consultants who find new locations for businesses.

“There’s two primary ways people considering relocating look— either do it on their own or they hire something called a site consultant,” he said. “If they hire those outside firms, they use their own data collection systems. If this [Wisconsin report] is deemed by those consultants as good and accurate, then they’ll turn to it. It could be helpful.”

He said it may take time for those consultants to discover the report, but when they do it could save them time.

“If it’s a one-stop shop, then it could be useful to them.”

Former Nevada governor Richard Bryan’s comment was succinct: “Not the kind of numbers we’d like to see in Washoe or statewide.” Ω

Marsha, Marsha, Marsha Six months before the general election, Marsha Berkbigler is already sitting pretty Marsha Berkbigler has a few things going for her. As the lone Republican running for the District One county commission seat, she’ll be skipping the by James DeHaven primary and very much looking forward to the general election in November. And she’ll be the only woman seeking a commissioner’s seat in either of the districts up for election, which has got to be good for some name recognition.

Then there’s the fact that she looks to be pretty well-funded: As a prominent legislative lobbyist and the founder of her own consulting firm, Berkbigler was able to loan herself $10,000 to kick-start her campaign. She’s been in and around politics for more than 30 years—longer than either of her potential Democratic opponents has been breathing on Earth.

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Washoe residents (1,153.1) as opposed to 631.1 nationally. The county experiences 47 preventable hospital stays per 1,000 Medicare enrollees (59) compared to 49 nationally. Washoe has a 75 percent diabetic screening rate (76) against an 89 percent national rate. On mammography screening, Washoe is at 65 percent (60), and the national rate is 74 percent.

In factors affecting the economic and social life of residents of Washoe County, 89 percent of the ninth grade cohort go on to become high school graduates (70). No national figure was provided. Sixty percent of the adult population has some college (54) against 68 percent nationally.

Twenty percent of children—residents under 18—live in poverty (21) against 13 percent nationally. Thirtytwo percent of children live in single parent households (34) against 20 percent nationally, and 525 of every 100,000 county residents have experienced violent crime (728) against 73 nationally.

One indice indicates that Nevadans don’t know each other well. In surveys on whether they have adequate social support, 22 percent (23) say they do not, compared to 14 percent nationally.

Joblessness is reported at 14.1 percent (14.9) compared to 5.4 nationally, but these figures are somewhat stale.

The Institute’s Julie Willems Van Dijk said they came from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They apparently represent the most recent annual period—2010—for which figures are complete, though things have not

But you’re unlikely to find the 61-year-old grandmother of two harping on others’ inexperience, or anything else, anytime soon. As a lobbyist, she’ll just hope to avoid being painted into a corner herself.

“It’s a very tough sell,” Berkbigler explains, “I was a lobbyist. I’m still a lobbyist, and when I asked everybody, ‘What’s going to be my negative?’ everyone said, ‘That you’re a lobbyist’ ” Berkbigler’s lived in Nevada for 52 years, but worked in Carson City, Washington, D.C., and many places besides as a representative for the health-care, cable and mining industries. Now she finds herself in a unique situation.

Like any candidate, she would rather be seen as a policy maker than a lobbyist—as someone who rubs elbows with legislators as opposed to greasing their palms. A self-described “consensus-builder,” Berkbigler hopes to translate years of experience as an arbiter between the government and business interests into a new career finding common ground between Democrats and Republicans, or between the city and the county, or among almost countless others. Currently, the county commission is four to one Republican.

“I don’t want to give anyone the impression that I could go in and fix it all myself,” Berkebigler said, “but I think I can help bring the parties together. I know the mayor, I’ve worked

Not many people were smiling at this April 2 meeting where the city and county failed to agree on fire services, but county commission candidate Marsha Berkbigler, right, and Reno City Council candidate Neoma Jardon produced a couple for the camera.

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Whisper sleeps soundly in front of a heater at the Paperback Exchange on Vesta Street.

On warmer days, she is usually in the front window where her fur acts as a solar collector, converting sunlight into more sleep. Naturalist Joseph Wood Krutch wrote, “Cats are rather delicate creatures, and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.”

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with Kitty Jung and Andrew Clinger. I’ve worked with key players from both sides. I respect them, and I think they respect me.”

“I’m a mediator and as, a business owner, a negotiator. That’s part of my career, so I think one of the things I can bring to the commission is an ability to mediate and to bring third parties together.”

That isn’t to say that she’s wishy-washy.

Berkbigler supports regionalization of fire and emergency services, for example, opposing a split between the city and county in the so-called “fire divorce.” Even in that case, though, Berkbigler believes there are cracks yet ripe for compromise.

“I am not in favor of a split. But I do understand that the parties are so far down the road that it’s going to take them a while to reach an agreement,” she said. “I’d love to see one right now, something where they’d set up a fire board and hopefully open up the union contract so we can reach some kind of parity here, but I know that is a ways in the future.”

If elected, Berkbigler would join four other members of a Washoe County Commission that is sets policy on everything from law enforcement to child welfare and public health. Though she has no direct experience as an administrator or public official, thanks to an “open door policy,” Berkbigler’s not worried about being out of touch with the issues in the county.

“I think that before I take a vote I need to see how the constituents feel about it, because in the end, you’re responsible to the people who elect you and also to everyone else in the same area you’re elected to.”

“I have a lot of friends and a lot of contacts,” she added. “I’m going to win by listening, and by having my name out there the most.”

She’s been getting her name out a lot lately, knocking on doors in her district at least two days a week, sometimes more, “if it’s not snowing.”

Most of the doors are in Incline Village, at the very upper reaches of District One, and probably right in Berkbigler’s demographic wheelhouse, according to UNR science professor Eric Herzig.

He doesn’t expect too many of the folks behind these doors to be very much bothered by Berkbigler’s lobbying career.

“The [lobbying] charge will be made. But she still has 30 years of experience,” Herzig said.

“Just on the political side she knows and has worked with key city players, key donors. She knows the process and even though she hasn’t run before, all that other stuff is going to work to her advantage.”

What’s more, Herzig—himself a District One voter—couldn’t even remember the last time someone beat a Republican candidate in Berkbigler’s district. He was certain there hadn’t been one in the 24 years that he’s lived in the county.

“This race is over. It’s going to Berkbigler,” Herzig said. “This district is overwhelmingly Republican. If you look at the history, a Democrat will not win.” Ω |

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The Sontag Entrepreneurship Award Competition, which awards From left, students Clint Brochard, Vicki Bischoff, Adair Melendez, Manpreet Kaur and $50,000 to a winning team of Shaun Cameron (not pictured) make up team Envirohaven. students with a strong business plan, named six finalists.

Each team’s plan is focused on sustainable projects, including a way to use waste created by breweries, and an optical instrument to detect airborne particles in mining work places. The teams have to complete their plan by April 27 and give a presentation on May 4. The winners will be announced on May 9. This is the first time the competition has been held at UNR. UNR students also competed in the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup, in which 13 teams out of 18, a mix of undergraduate and graduate students, were selected as finalists. All finalists in the Lt. Governor’s Award category—which, according to a press release, is “presented to the business plan that best employs clean, renewable or efficient energy technologies and services”—were from UNR. $20,000, $10,000 and $5,000 were given to the first, second and third place winners.

And if that wasn’t enough victory, two more UNR teams reached the third and final round of the First Look West (FLoW) competition. FLoW is a $2 million program through the U.S. Department of Energy. The two teams were also finalists in the other competitions. Envirohaven, a team designing homes capable of assembly without a need for public utilities, was awarded in the Sontag Competition and the Governor’s Cup in addition to FLoW. Modphalt, which aims to produce a polymer-modified asphalt material for roofs using ground tire rubber, was also a finalist in both the Sontag and FLoW competitions.

FLoW’s grand prize is $100,000, with a second prize of $60,000 and a third prize of $40,000.

The final round of the competition is in late April at the California Institute of Technology. The winning team from the Western region will go on to compete against five other regional winners in June at FLoW’s national competition in Washington, D.C.

Body found at Waste Management On April 9, a dead body was found on a conveyor belt at Waste Management Inc.’s Reno facility.

The body has been identified as David Robert Borland, a 36-year-old man from Carson City.

According to Waste & Recycling News, “Borland apparently arrived at Waste Management´s Commercial Row MRF, 1100 E. Commercial Row, inside a recycling truck that had collected a container on the morning of April 9.”

Autopsy and toxicology reports have not been released. An investigation is underway.

—Ashley Hennefer ashleyh@newsreview.com

ECO-EVENT Learn how to build a low-cost hoop house on May 4, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Smith Valley High School.

Participants will construct a hoop house design developed by Utah State University Extension, and is popular with experienced gardeners and new farmers. The workshop will include classroom instruction and actual construction of a hoop house. It will be made from PVC tubing, precut rebar, greenhouse plastic and two-by-fours. Ray Johnson of Customs Organic Farm and Andy Miller, teacher and manager of the student farm at Smith Valley High School, will speak. $35 early bird, $45 after April 25. Includes lunch. Register online at http://bit.ly/IizIMR.

Got an eco-event? Contact ashleyh@newsreview.com. Find more at www.facebook.com/RNRGreen.

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Sunvelope Solar founder Auguste Lemaire shows off a sample solar water heater system at his shop in Sparks.

In hot water Sunvelope Solar Auguste Lemaire is a fifth generation Nevadan with an extensive background in engineering, contracting and solar power. For him, opening his own business in Reno has been a lifelong goal. by “I always wanted my own shop,” he says. “And it’s thrilling to make Ashley a product that goes out and makes a difference.”

Hennefer Lemaire is the founder of Sunvelope Solar, a company creating solar ashleyh@ water heater systems for residential use. Sunvelope has been in business newsreview.com for five years, and Lemaire hopes to soon have his systems—all designed and manufactured by him—on the market. Currently, the patent is pending, and the system is undergoing a series of studies to ensure that it meets standards.

“It’s a simple concept, really,” says Sunvelope spokesman Peter Moker. “This kind of technology has been used for thousands of years.

It’s how people used to heat their water.”

Lemaire keeps his design under wraps, but it’s a pretty straightforward piece of engineering. Made out of stainless steel and aluminum, the product literally resembles an envelope that absorbs the heat reflected by the sun, heating the water within metal pockets, which expand to let water pass through. Besides the system, Lemaire also designed the machines used to manufacture it.

A sample system has been on display at local events and can be seen Learn more about on the Sunvelope website. Lemaire also constructed a giant sunflower Sunvelope at made from the systems to demonstrate the possibilities for customizing www.sunvelope.com. the solar systems. The Desert Research Institute is testing Sunvelope’s product, as well as a German model, on their Renewable Energy Experimental Facility (REEF), a 600-square-foot model house used to test innovations in renewable energy.

In order to keep the carbon footprint of the operation minimal, Lemaire plans for Sunvelope distribution centers to manufacture the system on location, reducing the need to transport items from state to state. He hopes his business will help generate jobs and contribute to Reno’s renewable energy market.

Countries such as China, India, Germany, Brazil and Israel are in the process of large-scale solar thermal technology. The European Solar Thermal Industry Federation set a goal to have 500 million square meters outfitted with solar water heating by 2020. China’s goal is 300 million square meters. According to a 2010 article by environmental website Grist.com, if China and ESTIF can achieve their goals, “This would give the world a solar thermal capacity by 2020 of 1,100 thermal gigawatts, the equivalent of 690 coal-fired power plants. … [It would be] part of a massive effort to stabilize our rapidly changing climate by slashing global net carbon emissions 80 percent within the next decade.” The numbers come from Earth Policy Institute president Lester R. Brown’s book Plan B 4.0.

The U.S. solar thermal market has been mostly focused toward heating swimming pools, but some states, like California and Hawaii, will soon require new homes to have the systems built in.

Lemaire is optimistic about the potential for his business to impact the community—and hopefully, beyond Nevada.

“It really could change the world, and the way most of the world lives,” he says. Ω OPINION

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IT WASN’T ACTUALLY JUST A DAY. IT WAS TWO. SOME CITIES MARKED THE FIRST EARTH DAY ON MARCH 21, 1970, OTHERS THE NEXT DAY. The second day of the occasion happened to fall on Lenin’s birthday, which prompted a few folks on the fringe, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution and Georgia comptroller general James Bentley (running for governor) to call it a communist event.

Among less loony figures, there was an effort to use this activist moment to push off in the right direction, to give guidance to a movement that—thanks to environmental disasters like the Santa Barbara oil spill the previous year—was rising fast.

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Democrats, Republicans and independents were for it. So were the ins, the outs, the executive and legislative branches of government. It was Earth Day, and like Mother’s Day, no man in public office could be against it.” (Sexist language was still in vogue.) The Times’ Joseph Lelyveld reported on New York City’s observances, “If the environment had any enemies, they did not make themselves known. Political leaders, governmen-

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tal departments and corporations hastened to line up in the ranks of those yearning for a clean, quiet, fume-free city.”

To many Earth Day leaders who saw ecology linked with other issues, that kind of universal acceptance was a lure and a snare. They tried to warn against letting environmentalism slip into becoming a warm, fuzzy issue with all the edges filed off to smoothness or slickness. And even environmentalists wanted the movement kept in perspective alongside other equally or more pressing issues.

In an editorial, the Times asked, “Is the sudden concern for the environment merely another ‘nice, good middle-class issue,’ as one organizer put it, conveniently timed to divert the nation’s attention from such pressing problems as the spreading war in Indochina and intractable social injustice at home?”

At an Earth Day event at the Sylvan Theatre on the grounds of the Washington Monument, renowned journalist I.F. Stone gave it to his audience with the bark off: “In the ancient world the Caesars did it with bread and circuses. And tonight, I’m afraid, is the first time that our Caesars have learned to do it with rock and roll and idealism and noninflammatory issues. In some ways, I’m sorry to say, we here tonight are being conned. This has many of the aspects of a beautiful snow job. The country is slipping into a wider war in southeast Asia, and we’re talking about litterbugs. ... The divisions of white and black in this country are getting to the point where they threaten our future, and we’re talking about pollution. ... We are spending, on new weapons systems alone, more than 10 times as much, in this coming fiscal year, in the Nixon budget, than we’re going to spend on air and water. We’re spending a billion dollars more a year on space than all our expenditure on natural resources. The priorities of this government are lunatic—absolutely lunatic. And we’re not going to save the air we breathe and the water we drink without very many fundamental changes in governmental policy and governmental structure.”

At New York City’s Bryant Park, Kurt Vonnegut had a similar message:

“I have no idea which sporting event the president is watching this time of day. [During a national antiwar protest the previous year, President Nixon affected unconcern by putting out the word that he would be watching football during the protests.] I tell you this, that if we don’t get our president’s attention, this planet may soon die. ... He has our money and he has our power. ... He should help us make a fit place for human beings to live. Will he do it? No. So the war will go on.

Meanwhile, we go up and down Fifth Avenue picking up trash.”

Stone later wrote that the pollution problem was real, “but it cannot be solved in isolation.”

One of the dangers of the motherhood factor was that it could mean that when it came time for hard truths, naming names, and opposing money and power, those in the movement who were unaccustomed to tough fights for issues would falter.

In Madison, Wis., Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson said, “An environment without ugliness, without ghettos, without discrimination, without hunger, without poverty, without war ... will require some tough decisions—political, economic, and social decisions that I am not certain the majority of people in this country support. In terms of dollars it will not cost a mere two or three billion, but a commitment of $25-30 billion a year [$139 billion to $167 billion in 2010 dollars], and soon thereafter a commitment of $45-50 billion a year.”

At New York University, anthropologist Margaret Mead suggested there was already reason to doubt the wisdom of relying on the middle class: “The middle class have gone away to the suburbs. It’s the poor who are affected.”

Nobel biologist George Wald said in a speech at Harvard, “The environment has been called a motherhood issue.

Everybody’s for motherhood, though one can get even too much of that. And it’s easy to hold eloquent speeches about it, but there comes the point at which one has to decide what to do. And then one finds that one is encountering very powerful forces, both powerful and sensitive.”

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NE OF THE REASONS FOR THE MOTHERHOOD CONCERN, Earth Day leaders said, was that the environment was interconnected with other issues that were not so bland and did not enjoy the same universal appeal. Those who saw ecology standing on its own were told repeatedly that it did not. Major figures warned that being for something, like clean air or water, was not enough. Activists, they said, needed to get into other issues that seem unrelated but actually deny funding for environmental programs, such as military spending, or that contribute to a poor environment.

“And I think this environmental concern now that brings us here tonight, and our concern with the war, and our concern with the draft, and our concern with the militarization of the country, and our concern with Pentagonism—they are all interrelated,” Wald said.

There was in 1970 a plainly evident exhibit of the way the environment was linked with other issues. The nation was still at war in Vietnam. A massive U.S. herbicide program to destroy forest cover had sharply reduced Vietnamese harvests, destroyed wide swaths of forest, made seeds infertile, threatened the food supply. Agent Orange inflicted horrible effects on both its targets and its distributors. Bomb craters littered the land and unexploded bombs took (and take) their toll. The U.S. used aviation fuel on vast tracts of soil to make it unfarmable in areas where Vietnamese insurgents dominated.

Referring to his estimate of the amount needed for environmental spending, Nelson said, “Twenty-five to $30 billion sounds like a lot of money. It is. It is equal to the amount we are wasting on a mistaken enterprise in Vietnam right now.”

There were examples closer to home. At the State University of New York in Buffalo, former Robert Kennedy aide Adam Walinsky said, “Black children in Harlem eat lead

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paint as it flaked off tenement walls. ... Farm workers are exposed to pesticides that are the commercial counterpart of nerve gas.” At a separate appearance at Columbia University, Walinsky chastised the environmental movement for ignoring industrial workers, the poor, and the Vietnam war.

In speeches at several colleges, U.S. Sen. Clifford Case—a New Jersey Republican—said, “What have justice and freedom have to do with the environment? The answer is: everything. At least, that’s the answer for me.”

In Civic Center Plaza, Amalgamated Meatcutters Chicago vice president Charles Hayes said, “The steelworkers have been

living under the belching smokestacks of the steel mills. ... The packinghouse workers have been breathing in the stench of rendering plants. ... It is small comfort to breathe clean air while you slowly starve to death. ... Our nation has been spending $30 billion a year to inflict death and defoliation on a small Asian nation. At the same time, our national administration’s major new contribution to the preservation of life on this continent is the offer of $4 billion, spread over five years, for a better sewer system.”

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EARTH DAY PICNIC FOR THE PLANET

RENO EARTH DAY AT IDLEWILD PARK

SPARKS EARTH DAY

The Nature Conservancy in Nevada will host Earth Day Picnic for the Planet on April 21, and will feature live music, food trucks, beer and educational presentations. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. McKinley Arts Center and Park. For more information, email nevada@tnc.org or call 322-4990.

Reno Earth Day at Idlewild Park is on April 22 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. This year’s theme is threefold, intended to mirror the recycling symbol, and includes “the natural world,” “many cultures” and “green technology.”

The event will offer activities, performances, vendors, food and educational booths for each theme. An Earth Day Thrift Store at the event will take gently used clothing donations and will have them available to buy throughout the day. For more information, visit www.renoearthday.webs.com.

Sparks Kiwanis Club hosts the Sparks Earth Day Event on April 21, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Activities include energy and alternative transportation exhibits, a bike swap and bike raffle, fencing demos, crafts, vendors and games for kids.

Events will take place at the Kiwanis Bike Program, 2500 Valley Road. For more information, contact 337-1717 or email sparkskiwanis@gmail.com.

TAHOE TRUCKEE EARTH DAY

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The Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Festival is on April 21 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m at The Village at Squaw Valley. This year’s theme is “Do one thing” to inspire the community to make one effort toward sustainable living. Participants will be able to learn about composting and recycling, alternative energy, sustainability, watershed and forest health and more. A raffle will be held to support the Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Foundation. Entertainment includes live music, a “trashion” show, and the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival.

Participants can bring e-waste, old tires and household batteries to the free community recycling event in the Village Parking lot from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

This is a zero waste event, and standard trash receptacles will not be available in order to encourage participants to minimize waste. Vendors will have biodegradable take-out containers for food. Food and biodegradable waste will be composted after the event.

For more information, visit www.tahoetruckeeearthday.org.

UNR’s Earth Week runs the week of April 17-20.

Thursday will focus on alternative energy and water, with the Nevada Undergraduate Research Symposium Presentations in the Joe Crowley Student Union from 9-11 a.m. Activities including a solar and wind power demonstration, energy-generating bicycle and water tasting from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Joe Crowley Student Union Plaza. The Nevada Undergraduate Research Symposium Poster Session is from 2-4 p.m. in the JCSU ballrooms and a film screening of Patagonia Rising is at 6 p.m. in the JCSU room 423.

Local high school students will present their sustainability plans at the GREENevada Student Sustainability Summit on Friday, 1-4 p.m. in the Davidson Mathematics and Sciences Center, room 110.

For more information on specific events, visit http://www.unr.edu/union/about-the-studentunion/earth2012.

In Reno, as part of a “food village” exhibit, children watch chickens on Earth Day 2011.

—Ashley Hennefer

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INVESTMENT BANKER In another context, Robert Kennedy had said, “We must grab the web whole.” It was one of the messages of the 1970 Earth Days.

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U T THERE W E R E THE FIRST STIRRINGS of a safe environmentalism that threatened no one. There was concern that the corporate world would preempt the movement, and plenty of evidence that it was already doing it. For one thing, there were early indications of the way business would manipulate Earth Day for its own purposes, robbing the movement of its verve and daring. Speakers, including businesspeople, said environmentalists needed to resist corporations that wanted to partner with the movement only for their own ends and had to get good fast at countering myths created by corporate public relations.

Investment banker Dan Lufkin, building business support for the movement, spoke to a utility organization executive about plans for Earth Day. The executive told him “Oh, our members will participate—definitely—some may even give a nice lunch, a tour of the plant, and perhaps a ride in an electric car.”

“Nor do they deserve to be let off too lightly,” Lufkin told an Earth Day audience at Harvard Business School. “To suppose that Earth Day is an incident best handled by the public relations department is the surest evidence of the corporate shortsightedness which has led us to a need for Earth Day in the first place. ... In all areas, and in all forms, quality of life must weigh equally with Adam Smith’s market mechanism in the allocation of resources. Does this mean the death of the profit system and of free enterprise capitalism? In a thousand speeches before a thousand Rotary clubs, it perhaps will.”

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make all of our decisions on the basis of short-term economic considerations. Today we are seeing the no-deposit, no-return bottle. In fact, in the town where I live all the grocery stores have put up signs that they won’t accept any deposit bottles. Statistics show that a deposit bottle makes an average of 20 round trips, so by this one move, we are increasing this particular solid-waste disposal problem by a factor of 20.”

At Las Vegas High School for Earth Day, a sign read, “EARTH ISN’T NO DEPOSIT NO RETURN.” In Washington, at a time when state governments were considering laws to require banning no-deposit bottles and requiring returnables, Pepsi Cola marketer James Anderson advised local bottlers to get involved in Earth Day activities: “By doing so, you will win many friends and influence those people who might otherwise attempt to push through legislation banning nonreturnables.”

U.S. Sen. James Pearson, a Kansas Republican and an Earth Day supporter—there were still moderate Republicans then— told a Kansas audience by telephone to get ready for some rough battles. “I want to warn that antipollution is not what we politicians call a ‘warm puppy’ issue, one that if we pass enough laws, spend enough money and have a good heart, happiness is assured and soon America will be beautiful again.

Antipollution means that someone will be hurt. Profits must be cut, comforts reduced, taxes raised, sacrifices endured. And, as in all human struggles, the powerful will fight the hardest to hurt the least.”

“And that’s the hang-up,” Wald said. “It’s the American, not as man and woman, but as consumer. The primary duty of every good American is to consume his share. That’s why most of my generation are so incensed with the hippie style.

The hippies have some trouble, but most of them are their own private business. But there’s one trouble with hippies that cuts at the roots of American life— they don’t consume enough. Not enough clothes, not enough haircuts, not enough expensive food, not enough high rental properties.

And that’s the hang-up.”

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There were encouraging signs of interconnected issues. Six days after the first Earth Day, the United Auto Workers announced that it would “raise this issue [pollution] sharply” in collective bargaining with the auto manufacturers because workers had a stake in “unchecked pollution by the auto and related industries.”

But in another demonstration of issue linkage, while the 1970 Earth Days were being held, President Nixon was planning to widen the war and eight days after the observances, he did it. U.S. forces invaded Cambodia on April 30. The environmental devastation spread as U.S. bombers pounded the new theatre of war.

The Cambodia invasion was more typical than the UAW move of the movement’s future. Successful linkage has been rare.

When the first Bush administration was revving up for war over Kuwait, the environmental component was not a part of the public discussion over whether to go to war, though the ecological consequences were foreseeable. Depleted uranium weapons were used by the United States in the war. Two years later, U.S. Sen. Donald Riegle of Michigan issued a report on the health of veterans of the Kuwait war that concluded that biological and chemical weapons used against U.S. troops originated with biological agents supplied to Iraq by the United States.

Just weeks after the war ended, a United Nations team found that bombing of Iraq during the Kuwait war had left Iraq in a “near-apocalyptic” state facing famine and disease, undercutting U.S. claims in 2003 that Iraq had recovered enough to develop weapons of mass destruction: “Now, most means of modern life support [in Iraq] have been destroyed or rendered tenuous. Iraq has, for some time to come, been relegated to a pre-industrial age, but with all the disabilities of post-industrial dependency on an intensive use of energy and technology.”

It goes the other way, too. Just as the environmental factor in other issues is ignored, so other issues are seldom called into play when environmental initiatives are launched.

There are those, including some of us at this newspaper, who believe that buying local grocery produce helps to reduce the impact on the environment of long distance shipping.

But as that movement spread, the environment was considered in isolation. No one asked questions about the economic fairness. The United States spent decades making Latin American nations—and thus their workers—dependent on the U.S. produce market, sometimes using military force and invasions to enforce privileges claimed by U.S. produce corporations. Does a large nation have the right to hook other nations on sales and then withdraw its market from people who in some cases live at subsistence levels?

More to the point, why have those questions not been raised as part of the equation, instead of promoting localism in isolation from all other considerations?

Environmentalists never got very good at making their cases in the face of corporate P.R., nor at exposing the myths the corporate world created—nor at avoiding partnerships with undeserving industries. Industries that put on green faces are among those that fund rent-a-scientists who create doubt about climate change.

Then there is the preemption of the good will of environmentalism by business. Earth Day sales, Earth Day products, Earth Day coupons are sometimes the principal contact many people have with environmentalism.

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“I am deeply conscious of the fact that, along with Nevada, only Alaska has been used to test nuclear weapons, and that the possible long-term effects of those explosions are awesome,” U.S. Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska told a Madison, Wis. audience. “As you know, the Atomic Energy Commission is dedicated to the promotion of nuclear energy. That is its charter under law. But it alarms me that the AEC is also the sole judge of the consequent hazards.”

In 1970, there was considerable debate about “tolerance”—how much radiation humans can safely endure. Gravel recounted how the AEC had trivialized dangers, avoided investigating radiation dangers, and kept data that conflicted with its stance secret, risking higher rates of “miscarriages, stillbirths, deformities, mental retardations and other tragic effects of radiation.”

The agency’s credibility had long since been called into question. The AEC misled the public repeatedly in the 1950s and ’60s, often by withholding damaging information.

Journalist I.F. Stone later said, “AEC was just the worst agency. They were mendacious.

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At the University of Minnesota on the first Earth Days, Lawrence Livermore scientists John Gofman and Arthur Tamplin spoke. They had worked for the AEC and had run afoul of the agency with studies that showed no such thing as “tolerance” existed. Their findings were smothered by the AEC bureaucracy.

“Three ingenious methods are available for dealing with such obstacles to technological progress: Study the problem. … Minimize the problem. … Develop the concept of a ‘tolerance’ dose,” Gofman and Tamplin said in their shared Earth Day text. The AEC, they said, was using all of those techniques.

In Nevada, where the AEC provided thousands of jobs, these messages were not heard.

The state was still several years away from the founding of its first anti-nuclear organization, Citizen Alert. State leaders and businesspeople still treated all things nuclear as a form of economic development and sometimes questioned the patriotism of those who did not agree.

In a display of its dubious public relations skills, the AEC on the first Earth Day exploded two atomic bombs at the Nevada Test Site.

Radioactivity escaped from the underground tests and the AEC claimed the leakage presented no health hazard.

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EMPTY RENO Returning home after living abroad, I’m surprised by how desolate it seems now From afar, my old house looks the same. It’s still a powdery, medium-blue single story with a white porch out front.

by Ben Garrido There’s still the large, brick patio that stood four feet proud off the rear lawn. Visitors can still enter the property from the normal driveway, at the north extremity, or take the “shortcut” we plowed through the sagebrush by dragging a huge cement ring behind our antique International Harvester.

The giant granite boulder to the side still looks like somebody carved it specifically for children to play on.

I come closer and watch as the similarities evaporate. All the Christmas pines planted each January and my mother’s treasured aspens are dead and gone. The lawn has given way to bare dirt, the herb garden now the sterile northeastern border of a dog pen. Paint flakes the size of dinner plates flap against exterior walls, and the roof looks like it has been leaking badly. The two barns towards the south end of the property look considerably more habitable than the house itself. The home that had, five years ago, clung to the solid center of Rancho Haven respectability, has now fallen into near ruin. My former home, sadly, is not a bad metaphor for Reno’s journey through the housing crisis.

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I recently returned to Reno after spending two years abroad. My sister and I drove by Sierra Marketplace shopping center on the corner of Moana and Virginia. Empty storefront after empty storefront created the illusion of wide eyes, unseeing glass facades broken only by “Prime Property Available” signs. Where there had been grocery stores, launderers and clock repairmen, the large shopping center is now just five or six businesses away from total abandonment.

“God, Reno looks empty,” I said.

“It kind of is,” responded my sister.

She spoke the truth. According to city of Reno statistics, Reno grew 34.5 percent between 1990 and 2000.

It grew a further 21.7 percent between 2000 and 2009. Positively bubblicious. Now, according to a 2010 estimate from the state demographer, Nevada lost about 2.6 percent of its population in 2010, with more losses in 2011 and continued shrinkage likely until at least 2013. Nevada has the highest unemployment rate in the

United States, and the state is a leader in the nation for foreclosures.

Nobody, it seems, came through the housing crunch in worse condition than us.

Foreclosure statistics point to a sharp increase, starting in 2007.

The damage centered on the sorts of homes you would expect lower middle class folks to live in, specifically three-bedroom homes.

As recently as 2007, the average house sold at around $340,000, this in a county where the average household annual income was only $47,856.

Now the average home goes for just over $150,000. It seems like the housing bust cut the knees out from construction workers, truck drivers and nurse’s assistants much more than it did for doctors, lawyers or engineers. Some of them fled back to California, some returned to Mexico, all left something of themselves here in the hills around the Truckee Meadows.

BUST, A MOVE Mike Inskeep, a tall, red-haired social studies teacher at Cold Springs Middle School, lives on a 10-acre plot in the far northern reaches of Red Rock, a few miles east of the California border. His brown twostory clings to the sand and rock about halfway up the hill. To the west are jagged 7,000-foot peaks, one mountain range east of the Sierra Nevada. To the east a sweeping valley floor and wetlands filled to bursting with frogs, water boatmen and

leaches, spreads out like a green and brown Persian carpet. To say this neighborhood has changed seems an understatement. It was not long ago the average home in this area commanded $350,000.

“In Rancho Haven, some of the properties have recently been going for around $40,000 at auction,” Inskeep said. “Some people lost their jobs, went to the bank to refinance and got told no. I know several people who’ve just walked away.”

People who arrived during the property boom often find themselves upside down in North Red Rock.

Further, the 45-minute commute to Reno has combined with higher gas prices to severely stress the residents and hollow out entire swaths of residences.

“They have had some fires,” he said. “And there’s just no point in saving the house, places where they’ve got sagebrush growing in the swimming pool.”

Inskeep, a 20-year resident, may himself not be long for Red Rock. He recently bought another house near the University of Nevada, Reno for renting out to college students. Taking up residence there is looking increasingly tempting these days, he said.

“The market is probably bottomed out,” Inskeep said. “But our valley, if gas prices are $5, it’s gonna be hard to get people out there. We’ll never get back where we were.”

Hardy McNew, a 77-year-old retired school teacher, lives in a markedly different kind of neighborhood off Mayberry. There are healthy trees and carefully manicured lawns

Material needs met, McNew and a friend decided it would be fun to give Manogue “the best English department in Reno.�

He sent word to the administration about his availability, mentioned his doctorate and ended up head of the English department. Then, in 2005, they shut down the old school and moved to the current location on South Virginia. The old property, a brick main building with a hardwood basketball gymnasium, a baseball field in the southwestern bowl and a large chapel made from old, incense stained wood, passed into the hands of UNR. Visit now, and all that remains is a women’s athletics facility that’s almost always empty and nearly indistinguishable from the urban farmland to its east.

McNew described his feelings upon driving past the first time. “It was like getting punched in the gut,� he said. “I didn’t want to see it happening. I just imagined the bulldozers. That was 10 years of my life, good years.�

The surrounding area has changed as well. Valley Road has gotten quieter, the businesses less plentiful. In this neighborhood, where some of the richest people in the Truckee Meadows used to mix with some of the poorest while picking up their kids, now the poor alone remain. It hardly seems likely that this type of self-segregation will lend itself to urban renewal.

Neal Cobb has served on just about every historical society in Reno’s history. Historian of the Reno High Alumni, Washoe County Design and Review Committee, Scenic Nevada Board of Directors, the list goes on. He’s also written books on the Truckee Meadows. He says that Reno was similar to boomtowns like Virginia City, Goldfield and Pioche. “Look at how many people from foreign countries ended up being 49ers,� Cobb said. “It’s the same thing now. It was devastating. We overbuilt.

Years back when you had people who could afford to buy houses they were in the trades. The developers were much more conservative during earlier builds you were making it possible for people who couldn’t afford it to buy houses. Anytime there’s a boom there’s also a bust.� ℌ

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McNew retired early the first time around. He had worked as the chief financial officer at a local firm and made “really a lot of money.�

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A sinking ship The Titanic got little notice for 40 years.

Then we discovered it. by Dennis Myers

Sparks Heritage Museum is playing a 22-minute multimedia program, Night of the Titanic, from 1 to 4 p.m. each Saturday in April.

The 1912 sinking of H.M.S. Titanic means more to us than it did to the generation that experienced it. After the sensation of the event and the initial news coverage and investigations died out, it faded from view.

No Hollywood movie was made about it until 1953. When Walter Lord was researching his 1956 book A Night to Remember, he discovered, “From 1913 to 1955, not a single book was published on the subject.” It was Lord’s book, in fact, that brought the Titanic into prominence after decades of obscurity.

A few years ago, when the James Cameron movie was released, I spent several days researching Nevada links to the sinking. No journalist can read the 1912 news coverage of the disaster without feeling a little unclean.

Journalism blew the story badly, rushing into print with rumors, slanders, lies and plain fiction. I suspect that’s one reason why the public lost interest in the story—the news coverage was so bad and was shown by investigations to be so inaccurate that the public began to disbelieve everything they read about Titanic.

The lies lived on, though. In the 1950s, Lord himself was taken in by some of them and 30 years later, he published a second book—The Night Lives On—correcting all the errors he made in the first book, along with errors made by others.

Since the wreck’s discovery, the interest has accelerated, producing book after book, T-shirts, art, posters, ship models, and on and on.

It all shows little sign of abating, and the myths keep multiplying. The movie Titanic is routinely referred to as the second-highest grossing movie of all time, after Cameron’s Avatar.

But that’s in 1997 dollars. When adjusted for inflation, Titanic falls back into sixth place.

We have invested the tale with all kinds of portentous meaning.

Surprisingly, local history has been left relatively untouched, though many communities have links to the sinking of which they are unaware.

The husband and the senator The White Star liner hit the iceberg at about 20 minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912. Soon a cacophony of information was swapped by wireless among Titanic, other ships and landbased stations. The news spread rapidly across the nation.

Former Hamburg, Germany, resident Paul Schabert had been waiting out the Reno residency period for a divorce. His wife was coming to the United States on the Titanic. He departed Reno about the same time the ship left England to meet the ship final details for the divorce could be worked out.

In the District of Columbia, U.S. Sen. William Alden Smith, a Michigan Republican, grasped the importance of the news of the sinking and quickly arranged creation of a special Senate investigating subcommittee. He

chaired the panel, and Nevada’s Francis Newlands, a Democrat, was named vice chair. The two men caught a train for New York.

In Reno, people gathered outside the offices of the Nevada State Journal to read bulletins as they arrived. “As the fearful details of the disaster were revealed, they turned away in horror,” the newspaper reported. At the Grand Theatre, bulletins were projected onto a screen before a subdued audience.

Across the nation, newspapers were in a feverish search for someone to blame, based on almost no reliable information. They demonized everyone from women passengers who failed to remain by their husbands’ sides as the ship went down to White Star Line executive Bruce Ismay, who had the gall to survive the sinking. Part of the reason for the Smith/Newlands trip to New York was to make sure Ismay did not sail back to England until he testified in the Senate probe.

Accompanying the senators to New York was a party that included cabinet member Charles Nagel, U.S. Steamship inspection service inspector general George Uhler (who educated the senators on the way) and senate employees to serve subpoenas.

In New York at the Cunard Pier, Smith and Newlands boarded the rescue ship Carpathia, which was disembarking survivors of the Titanic.

The senators met with Ismay, who had no objection to testifying. Hearings in the investigation began the next day at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.

Newlands, a progressive and bigot whose ethics were uncertain, had served in Congress since 1893. While in D.C., he was apparently not overburdened by his duties. With Nevada Sen. William Stewart, he spent time helping establish the whites-only community of Chevy Chase in Maryland.

Newlands missed most of the 18 days of hearings, and on the days he showed up, he seldom spoke. When he

did speak, his lack of interest in the proceedings meant that his questions were pretty pedestrian, certainly nothing like Smith’s more penetrating probes.

Even when Guglielmo Marconi testified on the confusion of unregulated wireless traffic, Newlands had no questions. When Ismay testified on day 11, Newlands asked some questions about the structure of the ship.

Newlands’ was forced to be more active and vocal on day seven—April 25—when the committee broke up into smaller bodies with each of the six senators taking testimony from several witnesses. Newlands questioned four witnesses.

His inactivity cost Newlands some political mileage, because at least one Reno newspaper was filling long columns with transcripts of the hearings, in which he rarely appeared. The hearings ended on May 25, and the committee later issued a report.

As for Paul Schabert, the husband who was on his way to New York to meet with his wife, there was a happy ending amid disaster. Her first name was never given in newspaper reports, but ship records say it was Emma. She was a first class passenger—she stayed in cabin C28—and got into lifeboat number 11.

She was taken on board the Carpathia. When it arrived in New York, Paul Schabert was there to greet his wife.

In the florid prose of the day’s newspapers, “However, the thrilling story of the wreck and the escape of Mrs. Schabert so wrought upon things that when her husband met her after her terrible experience the divorce idea was dropped, and they are now reunited and living in Cincinnati, Ohio.” Ω

A photo of the Senate subcommittee that investigated the Titanic sinking appeared on front pages across the nation. Nevada’s U.S. Sen. Francis Newlands appears here with a numeral 3 under his head.

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Been there Battleborn Claire Vaye Watkins Riverhead Books I’m pretty sure this will be one of the first of many glowing reviews for Claire Vaye Watkins’ collection of short stories, Battleborn— by D. Brian Burghart mainly because the book isn’t going to be in stores in the United States until August. brianb@ My bad; I didn’t notice the release date newsreview.com until I’d invested too much into the book, in both time and emotion, to put it back on the shelf.

Watkins is a Nevada writer worthy of note. Her first book is a shopping bag full of delicious, nutritious morsels. To say she’s new isn’t exactly correct—I guess young would be the better word—she’s been published in more literary publications than I’ll name, including the Paris Review, which by itself would make her a top-tier Nevada writer from the last 20 years or so. That story, “The Gold Mine,” is available for purchase here: www.the parisreview.org/fiction/6061/gold-mineclaire-vaye-watkins or you can read a few paragraphs for free to get the flavor of her.

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the story, “The Past Perfect, The Past Continuous, The Simple Past,” which appears in Battleborn.

Watkins was born in Death Valley but grew up in Pahrump, which infuses her work with an authentic Silver State spice.

She’s an assistant professor of English at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Penn.

The Nevada Review did a good Q&A with her last year, so if you want to read more about Watkins, the human person, check out http://www.thenevadareview.com/ten-questions-with-claire-vaye-watkins. I’ll also just mention that she has a familial connection to Charles Manson’s group of killers. (I mention it more because other people seem interested, although this kind of thing must put some kind of a permanent mark on your psychic record.)

The problem with reviewing collections of short stories is that often they’re a collection of peaks and flat spots. I didn’t find that at all true with Battleborn. I had my favorites, “Man-o-war” and “Wish You

Were Here,” but there weren’t any that struck me as unworthy of inclusion. In fact, the one I probably liked least was “The Past Perfect, The Past Continuous, The Simple Past,” and I’ll give you my personal guarantee that the editors at the Paris Review know more about the art and craft of short stories than I ever will.

Watkins does a couple of things very well. I love the way she’s able to make the setting such an integral part of her characters, the characters an aspect of setting, symbiotic—or maybe the happy parts of co-dependent. She’s also able to ferret out those emotional lynchpins that most of us have experienced. I’ll give you an example:

In “Wish You Were Here,” the story ends with the heroine, who has gone to bed a little intoxicated, digging frantically in the bed for her 11-week-old baby, afraid she has smothered him in her sleep. And this is just a detail of the everyday horror in which she lives, a participant in a disintegrating life and relationship.

Who hasn’t breathed the off-gassing of a poisoned relationship? Who hasn’t drunkenly taken the baby to bed and spent the night dreaming of infanticide?

I’ve been there. I’ve also been on the outlying portions of the Black Rock Desert.

I even know a story about a body found there. I’ve been to the Cherry Patch Ranch.

As I recall, it’s the closest business to Yucca Mountain. I’ve always found the proximity of the brothel and the nuclear suppository amusing—like the area was zoned for that.

What I haven’t done is ask Watkins where her stories come from. I gather she starts with the setting, then adds the characters and plotting like layers in Photoshop, but where do the stories come from, and how does she make them seem so true?

At any rate, come August, you’ll want to pick up a copy of Battleborn. I’m almost certain Watkins is going to have to do a reading at Sundance if she ever wants to come back to Reno. Ω

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The cast of World Goes ’Round performs at the Good Luck Macbeth Theater.

The World Goes ’Round If you’re a fan of musical theater or just love to sing show tunes in the shower, then you might get a kick out of Good Luck Macbeth’s by production of The World Goes ’Round.

Megan Berner The performance is basically a soundtrack of standards, and some lesser-known numbers, written by the songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb. Instead of telling a clear story, the piece is a revue consisting of an eclectic collection of loosely connected songs, ranging from passionate love songs to witty comic selections.

Good Luck Macbeth The songs come from a number of presents The World musicals that the team worked on together Goes ‘Round at the including New York, New York, Chicago, GLM Theatre, 119 N. Cabaret, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, The Virginia St., through April 20. For tickets, Rink, and Woman of the Year. The World show times and Goes ’Round was originally conceived by other information, director Scott Ellis, choreographer Susan visit www.goodluck Stroman and librettist David Thomson and macbeth.org. opened in March of 1991 off Broadway.

It’s a fun, slightly campy—though dramatic at times—production that juxtaposes previous material from multiple sources to create new relationships.

GLM’s version is directed by Chad Sweet, who’s also one of five actors starring in the show. Musical director Bill Weiser conducts a live ensemble during the show.

Placed to the side of the stage, his conducting became a large part of the performance.

The other actors in the production are Adam Whitney, Marti Creveling, Lauren Carter and Diane Strand, with choreography by Rachel Lopez.

Because of the nature of the show, the actors are required to take on multiple characters and personalities, switching from upbeat group pieces to emotive solos. The set, props and costumes are minimal, with most of the numbers having brief pauses between them while some segue into each other. The whole piece is like one long medley—which means all of the actors are on the stage for the majority of the performance, and they

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A highlight is Whitney and Strand performing “Arthur in the Afternoon”—while Strand sings, Whitney pantomimes a macho guy with essentially no redeeming qualities.

Three different songs from three different musicals come together in a medley—“Kiss of the Spider Woman,” “Only Love,” and “Marry Me,” which incorporates tango.

Another highlight was the performance of “The Rink,” in which the actors stand up to reveal skates on their feet and then finish the number with choreographed skating.

Unfortunately, the night I saw the performance, Strand fell at the end of the song and, because it is a humorous piece—the women are introduced roller derby style—it seemed to be an intentional pratfall, part of the show. But it turned out she broke her

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wrist. It was unclear how this would affect future performances.

For the duration of that performance, Weiser sang her parts.

The props used in the show are clever and, because of the minimal style, become very important. The use of Sara Lee cake boxes as tiaras in “Sara Lee,” and crutches that turn into guns in “Pain” is well done.

The production is full of little surprises that, while facile at times, serve the purpose of engaging the viewer.

The show finishes up strong with the theme from New York, New York—complete with a Swedish chef. Most of the actors have strong voices and do a wonderful job of switching from personality to personality (and singing in a different language for in the finale). Overall, it’s an energetic production that is entertaining and, if the tunes are familiar, will recall the larger bodies of work from which they come from—sort of like a musical theater mix tape. Ω

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148 West St., 327-4443 I have this bad habit of taking my friend Megan to horrible restaurants, so when I made plans to take her out for her by K.J. Sullivan birthday, I’m sure she was thinking she better eat a sandwich ahead of ksullivan@ time so she wouldn’t starve. This time newsreview.com I think I finally got it right. I decided to take her downtown to the West Street Market to try out Bowl.

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white wine. They were quickly brought out to us. The vegetables arrived in a small bowl, filled with things like jicama, green beans and cauliflower. They were crunchy with a light vinegar tang and sweet finish.

The green beans stood out the most too both of us. The wine was crisp and fruity but had a dry finish.

For entrées, I went with the barramundi ($15), which was served over lentils and topped with asparagus and prosciutto.

Barramundi is a white fish that is amazingly buttery and sweet. The serving was large and had an olive tapenade on top that was rich without being oily. The prosciutto was surprisingly tender and flavorful. My favorite part of this dish was the asparagus, which was firm and had a smoky taste.

Megan went with the Mediterranean style “stew” ($11), which was a vegetarian dish. The stew was a bowl of couscous, butternut squash, chickpeas and almonds, with more of that great asparagus on top. This was a great dish with so many layers of flavor. At first it started off rich, but then spiciness crept in. All of the ingredients in both dishes tasted really fresh, which was what stood out the most.

Unfortunately, because we finished most of our entrées, we didn’t leave any room for the chocolate cake with ginger ice cream ($6).

I thought the trip to Bowl was a complete success from the cool location downtown to the incredibly fresh food. I knew it had been when I told Megan we should get together soon for another dinner, and she actually agreed—after I promised we could come back to Bowl. Ω

Bowl is owned by the previous owner of Sezmu. This restaurant is very different from Sezmu, though not in a bad way. While the space is small, it has a cozy modern feel. The place probably only seats 12, not counting the bar that runs along the front window. Overflow seating is available out in the market. Bowl has no paper menus. Instead, a large chalkboard displays the choices. The menu here changes frequently, but the main premise is that all dishes are served in a bowl.

Bowl is a self-service kind of place, where orders are placed at the counter at which time you are given mason jars for water glasses. The water is on the counter in a large glass jar filled with lemons, mint and ice resulting in a nice refreshing flavor. They also hand you your silverware and napkins, which are Bowl is open Wednesday bandannas. I thought it was really through Sunday, 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. charming. Megan and I took a minute to sit down at a table and go over the chalkboard menu. We decided to start with some pickled vegetables ($4) and a bottle of Zestos Malvar ($20), a Spanish Conorlee Romas mixes up a bowl at Bowl.

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Spoiler alert The Cabin in the Woods After sitting on shelves and gathering dust for three years, The Cabin in the Woods has finally made it to movie screens.

You know something really strange is afoot when a movie called The Cabin in the Woods, billed as a horror film, starts with two guys having a water cooler conversation about childproof cabinets. When sitting down for this one, be prepared for something very different.

This crazy rule-bender comes from by writer/director Drew Goddard and co-writer Joss Bob Grimm Whedon, the father of TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and hero to many a geek. It’s quite clever, bgrimm@ newsreview.com maybe even a little too clever at times.

The setup sees a typical sampling of college students getting ready for a vacation at the lake.

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Meanwhile, we see those two water cooler guys, Sitterson (Richard Jenkins) and Hadley (Bradley Whitford) heading to work at the same time as the kids are heading to the lake. While their workstation looks like the control room of a factory or power plant, their job tasks consist of a lot more than button pushing.

Even though the film, more or less, lets you know what the two men are up to, I won’t reveal it here. Just because the revelation is a fast one in the movie, doesn’t mean some stupid movie critic should let you know it before you sit down in your seat.

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The cabin where the group vacations looks like it is straight out of Sam Raimi’s original The Evil Dead. And, to no true horror fan’s surprise, it has a basement full of creepy things. The students pick up what appear to be different horror film artifacts—a dusty diary, a Hellraiser-like puzzle, etc.—and one of those items activates a relatively scary horror scenario involving killer zombies.

As a straight-up horror film, The Cabin in the Woods is pretty good. The zombies and monsters are fairly well done, and the cast can scream with the best of them. I’d put the horror portion of this film alongside the recent remakes of Friday the 13th and The Hills Have Eyes, which were decent genre exercises. The gore is good, and the scares are moderately effective.

Fortunately, Cabin is more than just a horror movie. It’s a puzzle movie with many secrets to reveal. Goddard and Whedon let the proverbial cats out of the bag in a progressive and consistent fashion, with the action building up to a rather grand cameo. You might be able to guess some of the stuff, but you are probably lying if you say you figured it all out before the credits rolled.

The film’s best moments belong to Jenkins and Whitford, and Goddard must be commended for casting them. I can’t imagine a different pair of actors doing what these guys do in Cabin any better.

For me, they make the movie.

As for the five students, Hemsworth fares the best, although I half expected him to just throw his mighty hammer at the zombies and end the whole thing right quickly. Kranz has a bit of a Shaggy from Scooby-Doo thing going, and he uses what just might be cinema history’s coolest bong ever. Connolly is somebody to root for as the (almost) innocent girl fighting for survival, while Hutchison looks mighty good making out with a mounted wolf head.

The Cabin in the Woods is one of those movies that impress you even more on the ride home when you are thinking it over. It really does have a great premise, and the execution of that premise is often quite brilliant.

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Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum team up as an unlikely comic duo for this twisted reboot of the infamous ’80s TV show that launched the career of a little guy named Johnny Depp. The two play former high school enemies who become friends at their new job of being cops. After quickly getting into trouble, they are put into the newly reactivated 21 Jump Street program—with an angry, hilarious Ice Cube as their captain—and must go undercover as high school students to infiltrate a teen drug ring. The two are very funny together, and Tatum displays a surprising amount of comic chops. He actually has the film’s funniest moments. This will stand as one of the year’s funniest and nastiest comedies. It also contains some very memorable cameos.

The reality about the American Pie films is that they were never very good, or even just good. A couple of grossout gags involving deflowered apple pie and tainted beer got some laughs in the original, but the rest of the film was pretty weak, with the sequels getting progressively worse through the terrible American Wedding. This chapter, which might very well be the last, gives Seann William Scott’s Stifler a nice showcase, but it also gives too much screen time to dullards like Thomas Ian Nicholas and Tara Reid. Bad actors manage to sink this one, which tries to pull the nostalgia heartstrings for characters most of us couldn’t give a damn about. As for the gross-out stuff, nothing reaches the level of the original film’s semi-clever nastiness. It’s time to set this franchise out to pasture.

For a big blockbuster based on an extremely popular novel, director Gary Ross’ film looks mighty cheap. Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss Everdeen, forced to represent her district in a televised contest where young people must battle to the death. While Lawrence is a great actress, she doesn’t fit the role of starving teen very well. Josh Hutcherson plays her fellow district rep, Peeta, and he suits the role just fine. I just couldn’t get by the drab look of the movie, and the horrible shaky cam that manages to destroy the action visuals instead of enhancing them. Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones, Elizabeth Banks and Woody Harrelson are all saddled with silly getups for their roles, which might’ve played OK had another director filmed them. The movie is just a strange clash of tones, never has a consistent feel, and is surprisingly boring considering the subject matter.

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Guy Pearce, sporting a droll and mumbling American accent, stars as a man sentenced to prison who gets a chance to gain his freedom if he can rescue the president’s daughter (Maggie Grace) from a space prison. It’s sort of like Escape from New York set in space minus Kurt Russell and all of the fun. Pearce labors hard to be an action hero to be reckoned with, but he can’t even rise to the level of mediocre action heroes like Jason Statham or Gerard Butler. He gives a flat performance that’s due in part to a flat script that offers nothing new. Grace still hasn’t done anything all that worthwhile since her stint on Lost. The villains, a band of prisoners released from some sort of hypersleep, are cartoon characters that provide no true sense of menace. The look of the movie is drab, and the pacing is mighty dull. So, yeah, don’t go see this one.

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Director Tarsem Singh, who made last year’s awful, horrible Immortals, does a little better with this wacky take on the story of Snow White. Julia Roberts does her best as the evil queen looking to rid herself of the beautiful Snow White (a charming Lily Collins). Armie Hammer gives it a go as the handsome prince, while Nathan Lane tries to provide comic relief. The film looks good, with lush visuals and costuming. The seven dwarfs are toughed up and amusing. Yet, the film struggles to find a consistent tone that it never quite achieves. Tarsem is capable of making a good-looking movie— it’s just that his movies are usually kind of irredeemably silly. The film rips off Ella Enchanted during its credits by having Collins lip-synch a pop song. Stupid.

Peter and Bobby Farrelly have been trying to get this thing made for many years. There were times when high profile actors such as Sean Penn and Jim Carrey were attached to the project. What finally makes it to the screen is a cast of talented people giving it their all with a script that lets them down. Sean Hayes is especially amazing as Larry, while Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso do good jobs as Moe and Curly respectively. The problem here is that the writers rely on dumb jokes involving Jersey Shore, and most of the cast surrounding the Stooges—with the exception of Larry David doing fine work as a grouchy nun—has nothing worthwhile to do. The slapstick hits are often quite good, but there’s just no story worth watching, and things get a little tedious by the time the credits roll—too bad, because there’s actual potential for consistent fun with the new Stooges. As performers, the three new guys do the originals proud, even if their movie falls short.

Don’t even hesitate to catch this on the big screen again, and don’t let the 3-D deter you. James Cameron and his crew have done a great job “enhancing” what I consider to be one of the greatest films ever made. The 3-D images, especially in the opening, actual footage of the Titanic wreck, are mesmerizing. While I don’t need to be reminded how great an actor Leonardo DiCaprio is, it’s a cinematic rush to see him in his star-making moment again. One of the main differences between Cameron’s Titanic and his Avatar is that, in this film, he had DiCaprio and Kate Winslet masterfully delivering his corny dialogue, as opposed to Sam Worthington in the other.

Even Billy Zane’s performance has aged incredibly well; what I once found to be annoying has grown into a great, all-time classic screen villain. The film still hits all the right notes. The 3-D intensifies the experience. It’s a solid time at the movies.

Bad beards, an especially drab actor, and a whole lot of messed up Greek mythology nonsense make their return in this bad film that is, nonetheless, a marked improvement over 2010’s inexcusable Clash of the Titans. There are enjoyable, even exciting stretches in this film where the action and pyrotechnics overwhelm the fact that the movie is anchored with the dullard that is Sam Worthington. As Perseus, son of Zeus aspiring to be nothing but a human fisherman with awesome fliphair, he registers zero on the charisma meter. Being that he’s onscreen more than anybody in these Titan pics, it’s a little hard to endorse them. This has some pretty decent explosions and a couple of neat creatures. The 3-D, while not extraordinary, is better than it was in chapter one of this hopefully finished franchise.

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Vinyl fetish Record Store Day “I was introduced to lots of great music through my local record store. Whether it is in the physical world or online, the value of a great and knowledgeable record store has not gone away.” ~Peter Gabriel “Folks who work here are professors.

Don’t replace all the knowers with guessors. Keep’em open, they’re the ears of the town.” ~Tom Waits

“I love the smell of them. I love that people actually care for and know about the music they are selling.” ~Neko Case “The indie record stores are the backbone of the recorded music culture.

The stores whose owners and staff live for music have spread the word about exciting new things faster and with more essence than either radio or the press.” ~Joan Jett

Search your memory banks. Think hard. Can you remember those days when people used to actually go to record by Marvin Gonzalez stores to socialize? In a not so far off time known as the 1990s, before the days of iTunes and music blogs, people actually used to brave the elements and convene around dusty vinyl records and small plastic squares that housed CDs. People would go to these ad hoc salons for music aficionados and read album lyrics like poetry, and pull out vinyl records from their sheaths the way a passionate lover delicately removes a partner’s clothes.

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Northern Nevada’s Independent Weekly Newspaper invites you to join with us in celebration of Record Store Day on Saturday, April 21st by supporting these local, independent stores

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Customer Mike Ryan browses for vinyl at Recycled Records.

Record Store Day is April 21. Local record stores include Recycled Records, 3344 Kietzke Lane, 826-4119; Discology, 11 North Sierra St., 323-2121; and Sundance Bookstore and Music, 121 California Ave., 786-1188. Biggest Little City Club, 188 California Ave., 322-2480 is hosting a Record Store Day celebration from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. For more information, visit www.recordstore day.com.

They were magical times when, whether you were going to trash on the latest pop music flavor of the month, or discuss the underappreciated influence of Lou Reed on modern American rock ’n’ roll, you were there out of a mutual appreciation of music, and how it united and separated us, for better or for worse.

It’s with nostalgia of those days in mind that local record stores will celebrate Record Store Day (RSD) on April 21st.

RSD is a national celebration where thousands of records are released to participating retailers with the diehard collector in mind.

Paul Doege of Recycled Records explains the process, “RSD has a bunch of limited edition releases, and basically you put in for them, and see what ends up showing.”

He adds reassuringly, “I’ve usually gotten what I put in for.”

Recycled Records will host an event on the 21st when, not only will you be able to purchase hardto-find records, but you’ll also be

able to enjoy live music from 11 to 4 p.m. There will be records available covering a wide range of musical genres, which will satisfy musiclovers of all stripes and creeds.

A particular record that Doege is interested in is a record of a live Devo performance in Seattle from 1981. “It was cut from a cassette of one of their shows in Seattle.

Somebody found a tape in an old shoebox full of cassettes. So, it disappeared, and then it got resurrected.”

The record is of particular interest to Doege, because one of his first shows upon moving to Reno was a Devo performance at the old gym at the University of Nevada, Reno from the very same tour, which still resonates in his heart as the quintessence of live performance.

And he hopes to resurrect this type of nostalgia in others at this event.

To keep the party going after hours, Mike Moberly of the Biggest Little City Club on California Ave will be hosting an event from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., with DJs spinning vinyl, a record swap, and records that didn’t sell earlier in the day available for sale.

“Last year they had some RSD exclusives that they didn’t sell, so we wanted to make sure we could help sell them off, and be a part of the celebration, more than anything,” says Moberly.

A DJ and record-lover himself, Moberly is just happy to help out in any way, and to be a facilitator.

“Hey, we’re helping you getting nerdy all night.”

Doege also hopes to keep this momentum going after the event, which is why he’s excited about his store moving to the MidTown area in June. He hopes the new move will help usher in a general interest in records stores locally.

“It’s a celebration of that style of buying,” says Doege. “A record store was a cool place to go back in the day.”

And he’s excited that MidTown might be a great location to reignite that interest. “To get that kind of walk-in, and those kind of people interested in doing business with small local places, that’s so much different than the strip mall world I’ve lived in for the past 30 years.”Ω

Range life The Harvest and the Hunt In music, the term “dynamics” refers to the volume of notes. A musical group with dynamic range is a group that by Brad Bynum can play both loud and quiet, forte and piano. It’s a simple concept, but one bradb@ that a lot of groups tend to forget— newsreview.com metal bands especially tend to set their levels and rip ahead at a constant volume and unchanging tempo.

Reno’s The Harvest and the Hunt is a dynamic band. Their music is often body-crushingly loud, but it doesn’t always start that way. Songs like “Message from Polaris” and “Landmines in the Meadow” have passages of lovely, quiet melodicism that build to the heavy, crunchy power of their loudest riffs. And it isn’t just a simple one-click-of-thedistortion-pedal on-off quiet-loud switch either. Guitarist Tony Ashworth and bassist Marcus Mayhall play with precision and nerve at a whole range of volumes.

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and the Hunt, Earnest sings with a clean croon, a chest-heaving bellow, a nasty, wet snarl and more—depending on what each song needs.

“There’s more than one way to sing, and there’s more than one way to scream,” he says.

His lyrics contain complex metaphors, subconscious imagery and allusions to H.P. Lovecraft and other writers. It’s only possible to catch a line here and there during the band’s live performances, but it’s evocative stuff.

And as great as dynamic range can be, there’s also something to be said for consistency. Drummer Garett Ball makes you feel sorry for his snare drum. He hits the thing with such a consistent whack that the otherwise untouched drum head has one deep divot—a single, perfectly placed crevasse where he hits it every time. And that snare crack is not only perfectly consistent, it’s also perfectly loud.

Even when the other guys pin their amps to 11, Ball’s unmiced drums ring out loud and clear.

The closest musical reference point for The Harvest and the Hunt is the contemporary metal scene centered on Savannah, Ga.— bands like Mastodon, Baroness and Kylesa. And The Harvest and the Hunt also incorporate some Rush-style prog rock music geekery—though never at the expense of their songwriting.

“We’re progressive without being showoffs,” says Mayhall.

“We have prog values, but in service of songs,” says Earnest.

Earnest and Ashworth curated the Day of the Loud, a gathering of loud bands, both local and national, including Behold! The Monolith, TenDead, Hellbeard, Merkin, Cranium, Yesir, and of course The Harvest and the Hunt.

The bands featured play what Earnest describes as “all the flavors of loud”— hardcore to metal to rock ’n’ roll.

Though, with The Harvest and the Hunt on the bill, there will also be at least some quiet. Ω

Not afraid to be pretty: Mark Earnest, Tony Ashworth, Marcus Mayhall and Garett Ball are The Harvest and the Hunt.

Day of the Loud, featuring Behold! The Monolith, TenDead, Hellbeard, Merkin, The Harvest and the Hunt, Cranium and Yesir, is Saturday, April 21, at Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor, 71 S. Wells Ave., 3841652. 6 p.m. $5. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/the harvestandthehunt.

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The sense of range also applies to the band’s tempos. Metal bands tend to play either really, really fast or slow and heavy to point of plodding. And while The Harvest and the Hunt have sections of both fast and slow, they seem to prefer a comfortable midtempo—not too hot, not too cold.

This mid-tempo feel also benefits the band’s vocalist, Mark Earnest, a music journalist who also performs as troubadour Mr. Vague. (Everyone in the band is a veteran of the local scene.) Mid-tempo songs can provide a blank canvas for a wide range of vocal approaches. For The Harvest GREEN

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3RD STREET

125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005

THURSDAY 4/19

FRIDAY 4/20

SATURDAY 4/21

SUNDAY 4/22

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/23-4/25

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

Drinking with Clowns, DJ Heidalicious, 10pm, no cover

Last Stand, 9pm, no cover

Moon Gravy, 8:30pm, 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

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

Winter Music Series Finals, 8pm, $5

BAR-M-BAR

Jeff Jones, Domenico Loparco, Peter Joseph Trever Crow’s Hip Hop Night, Burtt, Eric Andersen Band, 7:30pm, $5 7pm, $5 Fire spinning performance, 8pm, no cover

816 Highway 40 West, Verdi; (775) 345-0806

BIGGEST LITTLE CITY CLUB 188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

Tech N9ne

THE BLACK TANGERINE

April 23, 7 p.m.

New Oasis 2100 Victorian Ave. Sparks 359-4020

Seeing Eye Dogs, 9:30pm, no cover

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

CEOL IRISH PUB

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

CHAPEL TAVERN

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

538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558 1495 S. Virginia St., (775) 324-2244

3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & Improv w/Wayne Walsh, W, 9pm, no cover Catch a Rising Star, Silver Legacy, 407 N. Virginia St., 329-4777: Uncle Floyd, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $15.95; F, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $15.95; Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $17.95; TBA, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $15.95 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: John Henton, Kat Simmons, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Mike Pace, Katsy Chappell, W, 9pm, $25 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Hynopt!c with Dan Kimm, F, 7pm, $16, $21; Reno-Tahoe Comedy 2012 Golden Laff Olympiad Contest, F, 9:30pm, $8, $10; Sean Peabody, Judi Dixon, Rody Stains, Lizzie Keith, Sa, 7pm, 9:30pm, $12, $16

COMMROW

Cali Swag District, 9pm, $15-$30 DJ Max, 11pm, no cover

COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711

Splitrock 128, 7pm, no cover

Pinky Polanski, 8pm, no cover

Sunday Night Acoustic, 8pm, no cover

Record Store Day 2012 afterparty, 8pm, no cover

Open mic comedy night, 9pm, no cover

Seasons of Insanity, 9:30pm, $5

Large Bills Accepted, noon, M, no cover DJ Chris Payne, 8pm, DJ Max, 11pm, no cover

Blues Jam Wednesdays, 7pm, W, no cover

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

J.J. von Briesen, 7pm, no cover

THE DAILY GRIND

Mark Castro Band, 9pm, no cover

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY

Hellbound Glory, 9:30pm, no cover

Thom Crowder & Friends, 9:30pm, no cover

Karaoke with Nick, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke with Phil, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke with Phil, 9pm, no cover

FREIGHT HOUSE DISTRICT

On the Fly, 10pm, no cover

Party Jam w/Cliff Notes, 10pm, no cover

The John Whites, 3pm, no cover

FUEGO

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

1805 W. Williams Ave., Fallon; (775) 428-5800 275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917

EL CORTEZ LOUNGE

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

Karaoke with Lisa Lisa, 9pm, no cover

250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7041

170 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-1800

GREAT BASIN BREWING CO.

Open Mic Comedy, 9pm, no cover

Dead Winter Carpenters, 10pm, $TBA

THE HOLLAND PROJECT

Pierced Arrows, Prescription, Surf Curse, 8pm, $5, $7

Trial, All Teeth, Run with the Hunted, Powerwolves, Codexred, 7pm, $10

846 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 355-7711 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

JAVA JUNGLE

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

Sunday Music Showcase, 4pm, no cover

Number of small plate appetizers offered during our Happy Hour 15 Average cost of a small plate appetizer during our Happy Hour $5.67 Cost for a glass of house wine or well drink featuring the likes of Skyy, JW Red, Bombay, Jim Beam, Sauza and Bacardi $3.50 Number of Happy Hours per day 2 Number of years in business 35 Pounds of potatoes we use in a week for complimentary “Rap Chips” 50 Number of microwaves in our kitchen 0

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Karaoke with Lisa Lisa, 9pm, M, no cover Karaoke with Nick, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

Real Estate, The Twerps, Blunderbusst, 8pm, W, $8, $10

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Good Friday with rotating DJs, 10pm, no cover World Dance Open Floor Night, 8pm, no cover

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

The Devastated, Silence the Messenger, Never Mute, Soul Lobotomy, 7:30pm, Tu, $10

The Clarke Brothers, 9pm, no cover

COMMA COFFEE

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

Comedy

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

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

JAZZ, A LOUISIANA KITCHEN

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

THURSDAY 4/19

FRIDAY 4/20

SATURDAY 4/21

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

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

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

JUB JUB’S THIRST PARLOR

SUNDAY 4/22

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/23-4/25

Merkin, TenDead, Cranium, Yesir, The Harvest and The Hunt, 6pm, $5

71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652

KNITTING FACTORY CONCERT HOUSE

Jahzilla, Los Pistoleros, FBC, Uprising, 8pm, $6

KNUCKLEHEADS BAR & GRILL

Elektric Rodeo, Bill Hill & the Breast Reductions, Stealing Thunder, 9pm, $5

211 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-5648 405 Vine St., (775) 323-6500

NEW OASIS

PIZZA BARON

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

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 7pm, no cover

318 N. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 887-8879

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

POLO LOUNGE

Johnny Lipka, 9pm, no cover

Johnny Lipka, 9pm, no cover

PONDEROSA SALOON

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

Blue Haven, 8pm, no cover

1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864 106 S. C St., Virginia City; (775) 847-7210 Jeru The Damaja, Zoolay, Rebels to the Grain, 9pm, $10

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

Tech N9ne, Machine Gun Kelly, Krizz Kaliko, Mayday, Prozak, 7pm, M, $35, $40 Steve Starr Karaoke, 9pm, W, no cover

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 9pm, no cover

RUBEN’S CANTINA

Zeds Dead, 8pm, W, $24-$55 Open Mic Night/College Night, 7pm Tu, no cover

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 9pm, no cover

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

Rusko, 8pm, $29-$60

Los Huracanes del Norte, Alpha 7, Tamborazo San Marcos, 9pm, $30

2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 359-4020 1155 W. Fourth St., (775) 329-4481

Courtesy Call, My Last Line, The Let Downs, Na Na Nonchalant, 8pm, $6

RYAN’S SALOON

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

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 7:30pm, W, no cover Corky Bennett, 4pm, no cover

Pilgrimage to Mecca 4/20 party (’80s-’90s hip hop), 9pm, no cover

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

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

Live jazz, 8pm, W, no cover

SIERRA GOLD

Rusko

Corky Bennett, 7pm, W, no cover

April 22, 8 p.m.

Knitting Factory 211 N. Virginia St. 323-5648

Jamie Rollins, 9pm, no cover

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

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

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

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

STREGA BAR

The John Whites, 9pm, no cover

STUDIO ON 4TH

Spoken Views Open Mic Poetry Slam, 8pm, $5

Songwriters in the Round, 7:30pm, $5-$7

Renopocalypse comedy show, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Steve Starr, 8pm, Tu, no cover, Rock & Blues Open Mic Jam, 8pm, W, $5

1) Dangerous Curves Ahead: Burlesque on the Go-Go!, 8pm, $12, $15

1) Mojo Green, Black Rock City Allstars, 9pm, $5

1) Osiris Burners present EDEN, 9pm, $12, $15

1) Outernational, Weapons of Mass Creation, 8pm, W, $5, no cover charge for women

Live music, 7pm, no cover

Reno Music Project Acoustic Open Mic, 6:30pm, no cover

310 S. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-9911 432 E. Fourth St., (775) 786-6460

THE UNDERGROUND

555 E. Fourth St., (775) 410-5993 1) Showroom 2) Tree House Lounge

Sunday Night Strega Mic, 9pm, no cover

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ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 825-4700 1) Grand Ballroom Stage 2) Cabaret

THURSDAY 4/19

FRIDAY 4/20

SATURDAY 4/21

SUNDAY 4/22

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/23-4/25

2) Midnight Riders, 8pm, no cover

2) Midnight Riders, 4pm, Escalade, 10pm, no cover

2) Midnight Riders, 4pm, Escalade, 10pm, no cover

2) Escalade, 8pm, no cover

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

2) Shotgun Wedding Quintet, 10pm, no cover

1) Charlie Musselwhite, Coco Montoya, 9pm, $25 2) Knowa Knowone, PSRN, 11:30pm, no cover

1) Greensky Bluegrass, Grant Farm, 9pm, W, $12, $15 2) Russ Liquid, Zeb Early, 11pm, Tu, no cover

1) Man in the Mirror, 8pm, $19.95+ 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

1) Man in the Mirror, 7pm, 9:30pm, $19.95+ 1) Man in the Mirror, 7pm, $19.95+ 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Garage Boys, 10pm, no cover 3) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover 3) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

1) Man in the Mirror, 7pm, Tu, W, $19.95+ 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, Chris English, 10pm, Tu, Atomika, 10pm, W, no cover 3) Live piano, 4:30pm, W, no cover

5) Erin McKinney Band, 9pm, no cover

4) Baila Latin Dance Party, 7:30pm, $5 5) Erin McKinney Band, 9pm, no cover

1) The Shins, 8pm, W, $35, $45

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

1) Los Lobos, 7:30pm, $35 2) Arthur Hervey, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 10:30pm, $20

1) Joe Klocek, 10:30pm, $20 2) Karaoke, 6pm, no cover

1) Rhythm Riders, 8pm, $25, $30 Joe Klocek, 10:30pm, $20 2) Karaoke, 6pm, DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

1) Rhythm Riders, 8pm, $25, $30 Joe Klocek, 10:30pm, $20 2) DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

2) Stew Stewart, 7pm, no cover 3) Darcy, 5:30pm, no cover 5) Ladies ’80s w/DJ BG, 6pm, no cover

1) Late Nite Catechism, 8pm, $40 2) Stew Stewart, 8pm, no cover 3) Darcy, 6pm, no cover 5) Brother Dan, 5:30pm, DJ BG, 10pm, no cover

2) Stew Stewart, 8pm, no cover 3) Darcy, 6pm, no cover 2) Stew Stewart, 7pm, no cover 5) Brother Dan, 5:30pm, DJ BG Weekend 5) Brother Dan, 5:30pm, no cover Jump-Off Party, 10pm, no cover

3) Johnathan Fritzen, 6pm, W, no cover

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

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

ELDORADO HOTEL CASINO

1) Man in the Mirror, 7pm, $19.95+

345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700 2) Garage Boys, 10pm, no cover 1) Showroom 2) Brew Brothers 3) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover 3) Roxy’s Bar & Lounge 4) Cin Cin Bar & Lounge

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

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2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Theater 2) 2500 East 3) The Beach 5) Erin McKinney Band, 9pm, no cover 4) Xtreme Sports Bar 5) Mustangs Dancehall & Saloon 6) Summit Pavilion 7) Grand Sierra Ballroom 8) Silver State Pavilion

April 21, 9 p.m.

Crystal Bay Club 14 Highway 28 Crystal Bay 833-6333

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE

15 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (775) 588-6611 1) South Shore Room 2) Casino Center Stage 3) VEX

Karaoke

HARRAH’S RENO

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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JOHN ASCUAGA’S NUGGET

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

MONTBLEU RESORT

1) Lotus, Eskmo, LYNX, Bass Heavy, 8pm, $28, $32 3) Minnesota, Love & Light, Griz, 9pm, $17, $20

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

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

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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) Rhythm Riders, 8pm, $25, $30

2) M8TRIX, 7pm, no cover 4) Bad Girl Thursdays, 10pm, no cover charge for women

2) M8TRIX, 8pm, no cover 4) Salsa dancing, 7pm, $10 after 8pm, DJ Battle, 10pm, $20

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

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

For Thursday, April 19 to Wednesday, April 25 Events To post events to our online calendar and have them considered for the print edition, visit our website at www.newsreview.com/reno and post your events by registering in the box in the upper right of the page. Once registered, you can log in to post. Events you create will be viewable by the public almost immediately and will be considered for the print calendar in the Reno News & Review.

2012 WILD WEST BUS ROADEO: Drivers maneuver through an obstacle course in an 18-ton or greater, 40-foot-long vehicle in this competition meant to promote public safety on Nevada’s roads. Su, 4/22, 8am. Free. Victorian Square, Victorian Avenue, across from John Ascuaga’s Nugget, Sparks, (775) 348-0400 ext. 7129, http://wildwestbusroadeo.org.

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Online and print submissions are subject to review and editing by the calendar editor. For details, call (775) 324-4440, ext. 3521, or email renocalendar@newsreview.com.

ship between KNPB and Washoe County Regional Parks and Open Space inspired

by PBS KIDS’ “Explore the Outdoors” campaign. Highlights include an encampment of medieval knights and ladies with the Society for Creative Anachronism,

The deadline for entries in the issue of Thurs., May 10, is Thursday, May 3.

MINING ACCOUNTABILITY PANEL: Progressive

outdoor crafts with volunteers from the Great Basin Institute/Galena Visitor Center, Egyptian-themed crafts with the May Museum’s Discovery Room volunteers in the park’s Discovery Room and guided tours through the Wilbur May Arboretum with the May Arboretum Society. Sa, 4/21, 10am-3pm. Free admission to park; $6 admission to Wilbur D. May Museum. Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 823-6500.

Leadership of Nevada hosts a panel highlighting mining in Nevada. Speakers will represent environmental, indigenous, historical and industry perspectives. Tu, 4/24, 5:30-7pm. Free.

Hyatt Place Reno-Tahoe Airport, 1790 East Plumb Lane, (775) 348-7557, www.planevada.org.

RENO EARTH DAY 2012: Celebrate Earth Day with games, events, entertainment, educational information and more. Su, 4/22, 9am-5pm. Free. Idlewild Park, 1900 Idlewild Drive, (775) 771-1828, http://renoearthday.webs.com.

DOLLAR EXCHANGE AT NEVADA STATE MUSEUM: Reno Coin Club and The Nevada State Museum present National Coin Week’s “Change in Money: Cowries to Credit Cards” with coin exchange and minting on Old Coin Press No. 1. All the new U.S. coins will be available at face or cost.

There will be a display of ancient and obsolete U.S. coins. Free foreign coins for kids. The Old Coin Press will mint a new medal. F, 4/20, 10am-3pm; Sa, 4/21, 10am3pm. $8 adults; free for children under age 18. Nevada State Museum, 600 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 815-8625, www.renocoinclub.org.

RIVERWALK DISTRICT WINE WALK: Visit any Riverwalk District Merchant on Wine Walk day to get a map of participating Wine Walk merchants. Go to the participating merchant of your choice, and, with a valid photo ID, you’ll receive a wine glass and an ID bracelet that allows you to sample wine at any participating merchant. Every month offers a different theme and part of all proceeds are donated to a local charity. Third Sa of every month, 2-5pm. $20.

The Riverwalk District, downtown Reno along The Riverwalk, (775) 825-9255, www.renoriver.org.

EARTH DAY PICNIC FOR THE PLANET: The Nature Conservancy in Nevada and Caesars Entertainment Northern Nevada presents this picnic in the park with live music, food trucks, beverage vendors, farmers’ market and educational presentations in an outdoor setting next to the Truckee River. Sa, 4/21, 11am-3pm. Free. McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 224-9158, www.nature.org.

SPRING FLING OPEN HOUSE: Rail City Garden Center celebrates the arrival of spring with hot dogs and refreshments and specials throughout the store. Sa, 4/21, 9am-4pm; Su, 4/22, 9am-4pm. Free. Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, (775) 355-1551.

FREE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL: Rail City Garden

STAINED GLASS: PROCESS AND PRODUCTION WITH CINDY OBERLANDER: Stained glass

Center, in cooperation with the Nevada Department of Agriculture, will accept only insecticides, herbicides and rodent baits at this event. Fertilizers, paint oil or anti-freeze will not be accepted. Sa, 4/21, 10am-2pm. Free with canned food donation. Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, (775) 355-1551, www.railcitygardencenter.com.

artist Cindy Oberlander describes the materials, methods and processes involved in the creation of stained glass windows and lamp shades. F, 4/20, noon. $10 non-members; free for NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

HEYDAYS OF MOANA HOT SPRINGS PROGRAM:

SWING INTO SPRING DINNER DANCE: High Sierra

Historic Reno Preservation presents Bill Berrum as he reminisces about the growth of Reno from Moana Lane. He and his father, Louis W. Berrum, grew up and worked at the various swimming pools that have occupied the same Moana location for more than 100 years. W, 4/25, 7-8:30pm. Free. Mount Rose Elementary School, 915 Lander St., (775) 747-4478, www.historicreno.org.

Swing Dance Club holds its fifth annual dinner-dance gala and “Local Celebrities Who Think They Can Dance” contest. Nohost cocktails at 6pm. Celebrity dancers’ contest at 6:30pm. Dinner starts at 7pm, followed by dancing at 8pm. Formal or semi-formal attire requested. Th, 4/19, 611pm. $32. Carson City Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 629-9369, www.highsierrasdc.org.

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Full steam ahead Steampunk has been a thriving subculture for many years, but only recently has it been gathering “steam” outside of major metropolitan centers. If you’re a longtime enthusiast or a newbie who’s intrigued by this neo-Victorian spin on everything from art to music to DIY creations, check out the Biggest Little Steampunk Expo this weekend. High Desert Steam and the Great Basin Costume Society present this gathering to introduce the uninitiated to steampunk art, fashion and media, as well as kick off a season of local steampunk happenings that will culminate with the second annual Steampunk Victorian Ball on Sept. 29 in Virginia City. The expo will feature vendors, a raffle drawing, seminars on making costumes and a fashion show. Admission is free, although the seminars cost $5. The event takes place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 21 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada, 780 Del Monte Lane. For details, call 848-5550 or visit www.greatbasincostume.blogspot.com.

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TARTAN DAY SCOTTISH CLANS RECEPTION & CELTIC JAM: Learn about Scottish customs and traditions during this evening of music hosted by the Nevada Society of Scottish Clans. Sa, 4/21, 6:30-9pm. $5 adults; free for members and children age 12 and younger. Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144, www.sparksmuseum.org.

All ages ART ADVENTURES FOR KIDS: Kids ages 7-10 will explore different media and techniques weekly. All supplies are included. One-hour workshops, Thursdays, April 19 through May 24. Pre-registration required. Th, 4/19, 45pm. $45 for six classes. VSA Nevada at Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100 ext. 3, www.vsanevada.org.

ART ADVENTURES FOR KIDS IN SPARKS: Students ages 6-10 will explore different media and techniques weekly. All supplies are included.

One-hour workshops, Thursdays, April 19 through May 24. Register online. Th, 4/19, 45pm. $45 for six classes. Alf Sorensen Community Center, 1400 Baring Blvd., Sparks, (775) 826-6100 ext. 3, www.vsanevada.org.

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

BOOKS AND BRAGS STORYTIME: This storytime for pre-school children is held on Tuesday mornings. This week’s theme is “Earth Day, easel spring painting.” Tu, 4/24, 9:30-10:30am.

Free with admission. Children's Museum of Northern Nevada, 813 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 884-2226, www.cmnn.org.

CHESS AND MORE: Players of all ages and skills are invited to play chess and other board games for fun. Second and fourth Tu of every month, 35pm. Free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.

FUN WITH DRAWING: Students ages 8-12 will learn value, shading and an introduction to perspective while developing techniques and skills to practice on their own. One-hour workshops, April 19, 2012-May 24, 2012.

Register online. Th, 4/19, 5:15-6:15pm. $45 per person. VSA Nevada at Lake Mansion, 250 Court St.; Th, 4/19, 5:15-6:15pm. $45 per person. Alf Sorensen Community Center, 1400 Baring Blvd., Sparks, (775) 826-6100 ext.

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People wax on about “love at first sight,” or getting “hit by a ton of bricks,” because the reality—“My genes made me drool on your shoe”—doesn’t sound very romantic or nice. As evolutionary psychologist Dr. Michael Mills explained on my radio show, our genes don’t care if we’re happy. They’re selfish little buggers, manipulating us to do whatever it takes so they can hop on to the next generation. If one big purple eyeball on a woman were an indicator of her health and fertility, Playboy would be called Cornea, and men in bars would be chatting up women’s foreheads instead of their cleavage. Instead, men evolved to go for women with the features that actually do indicate fertility, like youth and an hourglass figure.

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GOOD LOVELIES–FROM RAGS TO LIFE ON THE ROAD:

ALICE IN WONDERLAND BALLET: The spring gala

The Canadian folk/country trio performs. Su, 4/22, 7:30pm. $20 general; $17 students, sen-

iors; $15 BAC members. Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976, http://breweryarts.org.

JOE BONAMASSA: The blues-rock guitarist performs. F, 4/20, 8pm. $69, $79. Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., (775) 335-8800.

L-CUBED: LOOK, LUNCH & LISTEN: Bring a lunch and check out this series of concerts that showcase University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Music students and faculty. W, noon through 5/2. Free. Randall Rotunda, Matthewson-IGT Knowledge Center, 1664 N. Virginia St. University of Nevada, Reno, (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

TRUCKEE TAHOE COMMUNITY CHORUS CELEBRATION CONCERTS: Truckee Tahoe Community Chorus

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ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: A Splash of Color.

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

Burning Man automobile creations. M-Su through 7/25. $10 adults; $8 seniors; $4 kids

Artists Co-op of Reno Gallery presents work

by Dan Whittemore. The work of Chikako McNamara is also on display. M-Su, 11am-4pm through 4/30. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896, www.artistsco-opgalleryreno.com.

NORTH TAHOE ARTS CENTER: North Tahoe High School Student Art. The exhibit in the Corison Loft Gallery features art by Peggy Heidelberger-Smith’s students from North Tahoe High School, as well as a few examples of student art from North Tahoe Middle School. The show includes photography, mixed media and some ceramics. M, W-Su, 11am-4pm through 4/29; A Child’s World. This exhibit aims to appeal to every child and to the child in every adult. M, W-Su, 11am-4pm through 4/30. 380 North Lake Blvd. Art Gallery & Gift Shop in Tahoe City, (530) 581-2787, www.northtahoearts.com.

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: Out of the Forest: Art Nouveau Lamps, W-Su through 5/20; Gregory Euclide: Nature Out There, W-Su through 9/2; In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows, W-Su through 5/20; Anne Lindberg: Modal Lines, W-Su through 7/15; The Canary Project: Landscapes of Climate Change, W-Su through 4/29; August Sander: Face of Our Time, W-Su through 4/22; Tiffany & Co. Arms from the Robert M. Lee Collection, W-Su through 5/20; Tim Hawkinson: Totem, W-Su through 10/7; Art, Science, and the Arc of Inquiry: The Evolution of the Nevada Museum of Art, W-Su through 7/1; Jacob Hashimoto: Here in Sleep, a World, Muted to a Whisper, W-Su through 1/1; Andrew Rogers: Contemporary Geoglyphs, W-Su through 8/26; Gail Wight: Hydraphilia, W-Su through 8/26. Opens 4/21. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

RENO LITTLE THEATER: Sierra Watercolor Society Exhibit. Sierra Watercolor Society’s new exhibit of original watercolor paintings is congruent with the themes of RLT’s next two productions August: Osage County and Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure. Th-Sa,

6:30-10pm through 4/21; Su, 1-4:30pm through 4/22; Th-Sa, 6:30-10pm through 6/2. Opens 5/18; Su, 1-4:30pm through 6/3. Opens 5/20. Free. 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 329-0661, www.sierrawatercolorsociety.org.

SHEPPARD FINE ARTS GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Two Cats in Real Life of Cattitude. Amerique Powell’s large scale oil paintings envision the ways in which her pet cats, Tin and Thomasino, experience the world around them. Through 4/27, 10am-5pm. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658, www.unr.edu/arts.

SIERRA ARTS GALLERY: Raven’s Alphabet: A Collection of Virtues. Elizabeth Paganelli created a series of work that follows the structure of the alphabet, assigning a virtue to each letter. This group of intaglio prints showcases her personal iconography and storytelling style as well as her deep desire to see and create balance, both in her artwork and in the world at large. Images of bird and ravens, skulls and skeletons of buildings juxtapose with flowers, yarn and pieces of script. Just like the virtues they are representing, these images tell a story, but the narratives are not always literal. M-F, 10am-5pm through 4/27. Free. 17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 120, (775) 329-2787, www.sierra-arts.org.

SPARKS HERITAGE MUSEUM: Celtic Heritage Exhibit, M-Su through 5/27. $5 adults; free for members and 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 Pharaoh’s Tomb, W-Sa, 10am-4pm through 5/23; Su, 12-4pm through 5/20. $9 adults; $8 children age 17 and younger, seniors age 62 and older. 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.

Film BAD ASTRONOMY: MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS: The

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. Free. First floor of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4636.

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full-dome digital planetarium show is based on the popular book and website Bad Astronomy by author Phil Plait. Starlight Express, a short overview presentation of current space news that changes monthly, accompanies Bad Astronomy and is included in the ticket price. M-Su, 2 & 4pm through 5/28; F, Sa, 6pm through 5/26. $7 adults; $5 children ages 3-12, seniors age 60 and older.

Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4812, www.planetarium.unr.edu.

THE BIG FIX: Black Rock Solar presents a screening of Josh and Rebecca Tickell’s documentary film that takes a look at the causes and after affects of the 2010 British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The event takes place in Room 100. F, 4/20, 7pm. $8. Jot Travis Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 900 N. Virginia St., (775) 237-8669, www.blackrocksolar.org.

CORAL REEF ADVENTURE: The SkyDome 8/70 largeformat film presents the real-life expedition of ocean explorers and underwater filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall as they guide viewers to the islands and waters of the South Pacific. M-Su, 1 & 3pm through 5/28; F, Sa, 5 & 7pm through 5/26. $7 adults; $5 children ages 3-12, seniors age 60 and older.

Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4812, www.planetarium.unr.edu.

DARK SIDE OF THE MOON: Pink Floyd’s legendary rock ’n’ roll masterpiece, is recreated in full-color HD animation with surround sound and new footage and effects. F, Sa, 8pm through 5/26. $7 adults; $5 kids ages 3-12, seniors age 60 and older. Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4812.

NIGHT OF THE TITANIC: This 22.5-minute multimedia planetarium program combines “fully immersive” computer animation with the latest scientific research, allowing viewers inside dome theaters to experience what it was like to stand on the deck of the doomed ocean liner Titanic the night she sank. Night of the Titanic shows the unique conditions in Earth and space that, coupled with human errors, contributed to the sinking of the ship on April 15, 1912. Sa, 1-4pm through 4/28. $10 adults; $5 children age 12 and younger. Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144, www.sparksmuseum.org.

TIME AFTER TIME: Artemisia Moviehouse presents a screening of Nicholas Meyer’s 1979 adventure/comedy/drama starring Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen and David Warner. Tu, 4/24, 7-9pm. $7 general; $5 members, students, cyclists. Good Luck Macbeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia St., (775) 337-9111, www.artemisiamovies.org.

Poetry/Literature POETRY NIGHT AT SUNDANCE: An evening of poetry with June Saraceno, Ann Keniston, Bill Wilborn and Steve Gehrke. Part of Sundance Books and Music’s month-long celebration of National Poetry Month. W, 4/25, 6:30-8pm.

Free. Sundance Bookstore & Music, 121 California Ave., (775) 786-1188.

POETRY READING: WILLIAM O’DALY: The translator and poet will read from his eight books of Pablo Neruda translations and will intersperse some of his own recently published poetry. He’ll discuss the nexus of his translations and his writing practices. The program will be followed by Q&A and book signing. Sa, 4/21, 4-5:30pm. Free. Sundance Bookstore & Music, 121 California Ave., (775) 786-1188, www.sundancebookstore.com.

celebrates its 10-year anniversary. The program will include highlights of past concerts and includes a variety of styles such as Broadway, light opera, pop, gospel, classical and contemporary music. The Diablo Valley Philharmonic Orchestra will accompany the chorus. Sa, 4/21, 7pm; Su, 4/22, 2pm. $15 general admission; free for children, students.

Resort at Squaw Creek, 400 Squaw Creek Road, Olympic Valley, (530) 582-8488, www.singttcc.org.

UNIVERSITY CAMPUS & SYMPHONIC BANDS: The Campus Band will feature conducting students majoring in music education at the university and the Symphonic Band will perform traditional and contemporary works from the wind band repertoire. M, 4/23, 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.

UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE: The University Wind Ensemble will play music with a Star Wars theme, including the John Williams’ Star Wars theme, Holst’s “Mars the Bringer of War” from The Planets and Camphouses Anthem and Bocook’s “At Dawn They Slept.” W, 4/25, 7:30pm. Free. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

Sports & fitness RENO ACES: The minor league baseball team plays Sacramento River Cats. Sa, 4/21, 6:35pm; Su, 4/22, 1:05pm; M, 4/23, 6:35pm; Tu, 4/24, 1:05pm. $6-$24. Reno Aces Ballpark, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-4700, www.renoaces.com.

season for the A.V.A. Ballet Theatre opens with the classic ballet based on Lewis Carroll’s children’s fantasy novels. The Reno Philharmonic Orchestra will perform the score. Sa, 4/21, 8pm; Su, 4/22, 2pm. $25 to $40 with discounts for seniors and children.

Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 762-5165 or (775) 686-6600.

ANYTHING GOES BY COLE PORTER: Nevada Repertory Company presents its production of the Broadway show wrapped around one of Cole Porter’s magical scores. Th, 4/19,

7:30pm; F, 4/20, 7:30pm; Sa, 4/21, 7:30pm; Su, 4/22, 1:30pm. $5-$20. Redfield Proscenium

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

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY: Reno Little Theater presents this Pulitzer- and Tony-winning dark comedy that depicts a midwestern family that reunites after the patriarch disappears, then unravels as dark secrets, unresolved issues and family dysfunctions are revealed.

The third of RLT’s “Just Off Broadway” series. Th, 4/19, 7:30pm; F, 4/20, 7:30pm; Sa, 4/21, 7:30pm; Su, 4/22, 2pm. $15 general; $12 seniors, students, military. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 813-8900, www.renolittletheater.org.

LATE NITE CATECHISM: Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan’s interactive comedy focuses on a fictitious Catholic nun who teaches an adult catechism class to a roomful of “students” (the audience). The event is a fundraiser for Our Lady of the Snows. F, 4/20, 8pm. $40.

John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 356-3300, www.janugget.com.

TWAIN ON TAXES: The Orchestra and Community Choral Artists of the Tahoe Area (TOCCATA) presents this show by McAvoy Layne, the Ghost of Mark Twain, divulging the humorous reasons why “the average American is true to his principles 363 days out of the year. The other two days he visits the tax office and the voting booth.” Sa, 4/21, 7pm. $14.99-24.99. TOCCATA Performing Arts Theater, 760 Mays Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 313-9697, www.toccatatahoe.com.

THE WORLD GOES ROUND: Good Luck Macbeth presents this musical revue of the songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb, spotlighting songs from Cabaret, Chicago, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, New York, New York, Funny Lady and more.

Th, 4/19, 7-9pm; F, 4/20, 7-9pm; Sa, 4/21, 7-9pm; Su, 4/22, 3-5pm; F, 4/27, 7-9pm; Sa, 4/28, 7-9pm; F, 5/4, 7-9pm; Sa, 5/5, 7-9pm; Su, 5/6, 3-5pm; F, 5/11, 7-9pm; Sa, 5/12, 7-9pm; F, 5/18, 7-9pm; Sa, 5/19, 7-9pm; Su, 5/20, 3-5pm. $14-$20. Good

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

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You had to

take the test before you got a chance to study more than a couple of the lessons.

Does that seem fair? Hell, no. That’s the bad news. The good news is that this test was merely a rehearsal for a more important and inclusive exam, which is still some weeks in the future. Here’s even better news: The teachings that you will need to master before then are flowing your way and will continue to do so in abundance.

Apply yourself with diligence, Aries. You have a lot to learn, but luckily, you have enough time to get fully prepared.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Let’s see if

you know what these exquisitely individuated luminaries have in common: Salvador Dalí, Martha Graham, Stephen Colbert, David Byrne, Maya Deren, Malcolm X, Willie Nelson, Bono, Dennis Hopper, Cate Blanchett, George Carlin, Tina Fey, Sigmund Freud. Give up?

They are or were all Tauruses. Would you characterize any of them as sensible, materialistic slowpokes obsessed with comfort and security, as many traditional astrology texts describe Tauruses? Nope. They are or were distinctive innovators with unique style and creative flair. They are your role models as you cruise through the current phase of maximum self-expression.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In December

1946, three Bedouin shepherds were tending their flock near the Dead Sea. They found a cave with a small entrance. Hoping it might contain treasure hidden there long ago, they wanted to explore it. The smallest of the three managed to climb through the narrow opening. He brought out a few dusty old scrolls in ceramic jars. The shepherds were disappointed. But eventually the scrolls were revealed to be one of the most important finds in archaeological history: the first batch of what has come to be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Keep this story in mind, Gemini. I suspect a metaphorically similar tale may unfold for you soon. A valuable discovery may initially appear to you in a form you’re not that excited about.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The devil

called together a committee meeting of his top assistants. He was displeased.

Recruitments of people born under the sign of Cancer had fallen far below projected totals. “It’s unacceptable,” the dark lord fumed. “Those insufferable Crabs have been too mentally healthy lately to be tantalized by our lies. Frankly, I’m at wits’ end. Any suggestions?” His marketing expert said, “Let’s redouble our efforts to make them buy into the hoax about the world ending on December 21, 2012.” The executive vice president chimed in: “How about if we play on their fears about running out of what they need?” The chief of intelligence had an idea, too: “I say we offer them irrelevant goodies that tempt them away from their real goals.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “If you don’t run your

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own life, someone else will,” said psychologist John Atkinson. Make that your motto in the coming weeks, Leo. Write it on a big piece of cardboard and hold it up in front of your eyes as you wake up each morning. Use it as a prod that motivates you to shed any laziness you might have about living the life you really want. Periodically ask yourself these three questions: Are you dependent on the approval, permission or recognition of others? Have you set up a person, ideology or image of success that’s more authoritative than your own intuition? Is there any area of your life where you have ceded control to an external source?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here are the

last words that computer pioneer Steve Jobs spoke before he died: “Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Oh, wow.” I’d propose that we bring that mantra into as wide a usage as Jobs’ other creations, like the iPhone and iPad. I’d love to hear random strangers exclaiming it every time they realize how amazing their lives are.

I’d enjoy it if TV newscasters spoke those words to begin each show, acknowledging how mysterious our world really is. I’d be pleased if lovers everywhere uttered it at the height of making love. I nominate you to start

the trend, Virgo. You’re the best choice, since your tribe, of all the signs of the zodiac, will most likely have the wildest rides and most intriguing adventures in the coming weeks.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A starfish that

loses an arm can grow back a new one. It’s an expert regenerator. According to my understanding of the astrological omens, you are entering a starfishlike phase of your cycle. Far more than usual, you’ll be able to recover parts of you that got lost and reanimate parts of you that fell dormant. For the foreseeable future, your words of power are “rejuvenate,” “restore,” “reawaken” and “revive.” If you concentrate really hard and fill yourself with the light of the spiritual sun, you might even be able to perform a kind of resurrection.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Too much of

a good thing isn’t necessarily good. (Have you ever hyperventilated?) Too little of a good thing can be bad. (Have you ever gotten dehydrated?) Some things are good in measured doses but bad if done to excess. (Wine and chocolate.) A very little of a very bad thing may still be a bad thing. (It’s hard to smoke crack in moderation.) The coming week is prime time to be thinking along these lines, Scorpio. You will generate a lot of the exact insights you need if you weigh and measure everything in your life and judge what is too much and what is too little.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Sculptor Constantin Brancusi had a clear strategy as he produced his art: “Create like God, command like a king, work like a slave.” I suggest you adopt a similar approach for your own purposes in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. With that as your formula, you could make rapid progress on a project that’s dear to you. So make sure you have an inspiring vision of the dream you want to bring into being. Map out a bold, definitive plan for how to accomplish it. And then summon enormous stamina, fierce concentration and unfailing attention to detail as you translate your heart’s desire into a concrete form.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “If

there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through,” writes novelist Anne Lamott, “you must. Otherwise, you’ll just be rearranging furniture in rooms you’ve already been in.” I think the coming weeks will be your time to slip through that forbidden door, Capricorn. The experiences that await you on the other side may not be everything you have always needed, but I think they are at least everything you need next. Besides, it’s not like the taboo against penetrating into the unknown place makes much sense anymore. The biggest risk you take by breaking the spell is the possibility of losing a fear you’ve grown addicted to.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When rain

falls on dry land, it activates certain compounds in the soil that release a distinctive aroma. Petrichor is the word for that smell.

If you ever catch a whiff of it when there’s no rain, it’s because a downpour has begun somewhere nearby, and the wind is bringing you news of it. I suspect that you will soon be awash in a metaphorical version of petrichor, Aquarius. A parched area of your life is about to receive much-needed moisture.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Forty per-

cent of Americans do not know that the dinosaurs died out long before human beings ever existed. When these folks see an old cartoon of caveman Fred Flintstone riding on a diplodocus, they think it’s depicting a historical fact. In the coming weeks, Pisces, you need to steer clear of people who harbor gross delusions like that.

It’s more important than usual that you hang out with educated, cultured types who possess a modicum of well-informed ideas about the history of humanity and the nature of reality. Surround yourself with intelligent influences, please.

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text message horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at (877) 873-4888 or (900) 950-7700.

by D. Brian Burghart PHOTO/D. BRIAN BURGHART

It’s a hit Everybody in town seems to know Chris Healy in his role as spokesman for the Department of Wildlife. Often, it seems his video and stories of the wildlife and fishing in Nevada are the only thing that saves morning television from getting kicked down to the minor leagues. I caught up with him at the gym. He claims this is his first locker room interview, so it seemed only appropriate to talk to him about his role as a community baseball umpire.

Tell me a little about yourself.

I was born and raised in Reno, not too far away. I have a joke. I work at the Department of Wildlife at 1100 Valley Road, less than a mile from the neighborhood where I grew up. I tell people I haven’t gone very far in life.

So you’re not only an official with the Department of Wildlife, but you’re also a baseball umpire. Right? So how did this come about?

The first remembrance I have of ever umpiring anything was a kickball game at St. Thomas Aquinas school, on the St. Thomas Aquinas school lot. It was about fifth grade. But my first real formal one was a little league game when I was a senior in high school at Bishop Manogue. That was 38 years ago. It was the first time I was ever good at something on the baseball field. And it was meant for me.

It was a lot of fun.

What grades, levels do you do?

Well, I concentrate on high school baseball now. I’ve done that for ... well, I started high school baseball 36 years ago. And then during the summer time, I do high school age and maybe a little bit older. We have a multitude of summer baseball [leagues] that go all the way from Memorial Day into midJuly. We have a long season with a lot of games and some high quality players, so it’s quite an avocation.

You’ve also umped for the Aces on occasion.

A couple of years back, they needed a replacement umpire because somebody was hurt. They gave me a call. We have a list of guys that we consider good enough to go out and work that level if they need a replacement. Fortunately for me, I got a chance to go out and do four games, and it was a lot of fun.

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I am to the point now where I’m literally umpiring the sons of the players that I first started umpiring. And some are probably pushing some grandsons towards us. [I] know everybody, and fortunately for me, I’ve had such positive experience with most of them that I don’t have that many problems. I really like the coaches, because I know how hard they work, and I like the kids and players, so I have a pretty positive attitude. But that doesn’t mean I can’t ratchet it up and take control if I have to, but for the most part, it’s such a love of the game, and it truly is unbelievable that I actually get paid to go out and do that.

We don’t get paid a lot, but it’s really fun.

∫y Bruce Van Dye

So now it’s been a two-week “party” with these little buggers.

That red rash soon morphed into telltale herpetic blisters, which makes sense, since shingles are a member in good standing of the herpes family.

Indeed, you can think of shingles as a chicken pox flashback, since that’s exactly what they are. They weren’t too awful painful (I got lucky, since some cases reportedly hurt a bunch), but they were sensitive in a gnugly kinda way. Let’s just say, I knew they were there. At all times. They seem to be healing all right. I’ve been pounding them with Neosporin and fresh aloe juice direct from aloe leaves, and that’s doing the job.

Some basic intel on herpes zoster: The only people who get them are people who’ve had chicken pox, which is most everybody born before 1990 (the c. pox vaccine appeared in ’95). If you get shingles, chances are good you’ll only get them once, which is nice. The best thing to do if you feel them coming on is blast ’em with a

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So as a hometown boy, how do you get out there and not feel a little biased?

I would talk about baseball any time.

Sooooo … I was getting settled into my motel room a couple of weeks ago, and noticed an itching burn on my torso, right side, at the bottom of my rib cage. I pulled up my shirt, took a look, and saw a slash of red rash, lookin’ and feelin’ kinda ornery.

“Hmmmmm,” I mused, “what kinda funk we got here? Did I brush up against a strange bush or something?” But no. It was cold that day. Four layers of clothes. This weirdness didn’t come from outside, but from inside.

And then, the word shingles popped into my head.

AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHRRRRRPPP PPFFFFF!!!!! (That was meant to be a written portrayal of my instant horror!)

As soon as I thought it, I knew it.

My diagnosis was dead on.

Mothableepin’ sumbitchin’ shingles.

Off to Wikipedia to see the photos and oh yeah, bingo, right off, first pic, yessir, that’s it right there. Super.

Swell. And dandy.

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I’m on the list. It was kind of a perfect storm of things that happened. We had a major league umpire come down on a rehabilitation assignment, and they needed a four-man crew, and at the same time, the third man on the regular crew got hurt—a concussion—and so they needed a replacement so I got the call, and then spent four days chasing what was once my main goal in life ... to be a major league umpire.

Oh, that’s beautiful.

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dose of one of our beloved herpes bombers (acyclovir, valtrex, or famciclovir). Those all work and will help keep your outbreak mild. Mild is good. People who have bad outbreaks get very grumpy, because they feel bad. Real bad. The opinion of 100 percent of zoster victims—shingles suck. Exceedingly so.

There is a vaccine. If you’re over 50, you can get it. The catch—it ain’t cheap. Between 150 and 200 smackers for one shot that, at best, will prevent an outbreak or, at worst, will make it mellow. It’s theorized that the price of the shot is why most Americans won’t get it. Pretty good theory.

All I wanna say about that is, if you get nailed with a dose of this wretchedness, you would cough up two Benjamins real quick-like to make it hit the road and hit the road fast. Ω

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