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Headline here Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. Watch me now. 8:50 a.m., Friday, May 26. All right. If I can get everything done today that I would typically get done on Friday and Monday, I’m going to get a three-day weekend. Don’t want to get sloppy, you know, don’t want to cut corners or half-ass it. My health is good. I hope yours is, too. Helped give first aid to some kid who crashed hard on his skateboard outside my window yesterday. We had to call his mom to take him to the hospital. I feel sorry for her for all the medical expenses she’s going to incur. My vegetable garden should get planted this weekend. I need to fix my garbage disposal. Hunter’s fine. I really enjoyed putting together this week’s cover story. Something about my cat.

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Re “Travus T. Hipp 1937-2012” (Upfront, May 24): Well, a timely well-written remembrance/obit honoring the positive energy of a unique tribal elder. While Dave McQueen remained comfortably numb at all-news KCBS and Scoop Nisker got Cumulus consolidated, when Ace Young and Paraquat Kelly seemed to just fade away and radiate, Chandler Laughlin III kept on keeping on, analyzing and commenting on the “hip” travesties all around him. Sometimes you might have wondered about the source of enlightened outspokenness on the X or on the Pig on the Radio, and now you can be sure that the outrageous insights were emanating from a Silver City church and a Red Dog Cabale Creamery alumnus who, these days, is sorely missed. Rich Zimmerman San Francisco

Kinda hipp Re “Travus T. Hipp 1937-2012” (Upfront, May 24): I visited the Grand Sierra Resort this afternoon and noted a few changes. I went to play nickel keno and enjoy a beer. I sat at a machine that was next to a large, cleared area that was square with a low fence around it. For some reason, it reminded me of a corral, and the employed walking around it seemed like a herd walking off the farm food with a few laps around the OK Corral. I am sure it was just my perception today. Felt a little off! More importantly, I made an observation in the bathroom that I thought should be looked at further in the restrooms next to the cashier. The floor is black and shiny and has an excellent reflection of any stall inhabitants and what they are doing. I could be thinking wrong, again. Mentioned last but observed first were these new lampshades that

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looked like they were made of big loops of oversized cash register tape. Tell all your friends. They are to die for. In memory of my friend Travus T. Hipp from the Comstock to the waterfront of Sausalito where this Gate 5 girl tied up her skiff. Then back again. Love you. Sharon Elser Reno

Darn it! Re “The secret life of Google” (Feature story, May 24): This was a great and informative article. The Google campus is an amazing place, and I’ve enjoyed visiting there as well. Just a minor correction, though: SpaceShipOne is not a NASA vehicle. It was designed by Burt Rutan/Scaled Composites and Mojave Aerospace Ventures, and is notable primarily for being the first successful privately funded manned spacecraft. Rutan went on to design SpaceShipTwo with Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, who plan to start offering private tourism to suborbital space after the craft has undergone flight and safety tests. D.J. Tilley Reno

Use your freedom of voice Re “Mic check” (Arts & Culture, May 24): The producers, sponsors and fans of News and Views would like to thank the Reno News & Review for taking the time and dedicating the space to showcase Northern Nevada’s diversity of podcasts. Collectively, we take this medium—talking into a microphone and recording it with a computer and putting it on the internet—seriously, both as a venue for entertaining banter and as a place for the exercise of free speech. So, while we indeed discuss “Otterpops and the benefits of Taco Bell while drunk,” as described in the News & Review’s article, we

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No hate from conservatives Re “Hate that” (Letters to the Editor, May 24): I will ask Craig Bergland a question regarding his letter attacking conservative views: Can you cite one example of a hateful letter or opinion that backs up your premise of hateful commentary by conservatives? I have asked this of numerous writers in the past and have yet to ever receive a response. Whenever I have written to this newspaper’s letter to the editor section I have always given my email address and will do so again below. I am not claiming that no conservative has ever written a letter or voiced an opinion that could be described as hateful, but compared to the liberal progressives there is no rational comparison. I will state that at least in this newspaper the opinions offered by its readers are usually without the usual venom expressed by so many liberal progressives throughout the media. Your quote of “By your good deeds ye shall be known. Not by your bank balance,” is something we should all keep in mind. Below is an excerpt from a Thomas Sowell Nov. 28, 2006, column:

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“A new book, titled Who Really Cares by Arthur C. Brooks examines the actual behavior of liberals and conservatives when it comes to donating their own time, money or blood for the benefit of others. It is remarkable that beliefs on this subject should have become conventional, if not set in concrete, for decades before anyone bothered to check these beliefs against facts. What are those facts? People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes. It is not that conservatives have more money. Liberal families average 6 percent higher incomes than conservative families. You may recall a flap during the 2000 election campaign when the fact came out that Al Gore donated a smaller percentage of his income to charity than the national average. That was perfectly consistent with his liberalism. So is the fact that most of the states that voted for John Kerry during the 2004 election donated a lower percentage of their incomes to charity than the states that voted for George W. Bush. Conservatives not only donate more money to charity than liberals do, conservatives volunteer more time as well. More conservatives than liberals also donate blood. According to Professor Brooks: ‘If liberals and moderates gave blood at the same rate as conservatives, the blood supply of the United States would jump about 45 percent.’ Professor Brooks admits that the facts he uncovered were the opposite of what he expected to find—so much so that he went back and checked these facts again, to make sure there was no mistake.” Perhaps a more “liberal” research into the facts and history of these opinions could enlighten you and the many others who tend to spout this sort of nonsense. Fred Speckmann Reno Editor’s note: We don’t provide letter-writers’ emails to the public.

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What actor should play you? Century Sparks 14, 1250 Victorian Ave. Dona Westbrook Child-care worker

I would like Sharon Stone to play me. We’re relatively the same age, and I think she’s really glamorous and classy.

Al Adrian Teacher

Tom Cruise because he’s an action hero, and I think of myself as a person of accomplishment.

Vote with your brain Have you noticed? It’s an election year. We’ve decided not to endorse in the primaries, although maybe there’s some races that should be called. Many of the people in this office, like many of our readers, are registered nonpartisans, so we don’t get to play in the corrupt reindeer games that do little except ensure that incumbents and rich people get to win political office. We’ll give you some clues, though, how we’d recommend you vote. First, don’t vote just because it’s your habit. If you don’t know who you’re voting for, skip the race. You don’t have to vote in every single race. The fact that you may recognize their names but don’t really know what they stand for should be a giant red flag. Do a little research online on our website, www.newsreview.com/reno or on rgj.com, and you’ll be able to figure out for whom you actually want to vote— as opposed to who’s really been good at spending money on campaign advertising or asking rhetorical questions on Facebook and Twitter. It’s become very obvious, particularly in the Reno City Council races, that the good old boys have opened up the pocketbooks for their development candidates. These are people who represent the very ideas that have the city of Reno on the verge of bankruptcy. You’ll note as you go through endorsements and campaign contributions who has alliances with money and power. (Best site to view campaign contributions is Nevada Secretary of State’s office, http://tinyurl.com/72pl8z5.) Frankly, Ross Miller’s form is pretty crappy, but just select the race you want and also type in the year 2012, and check to see who has the big money and who the big donors are. 4

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You’ll see patterns pretty quickly. You watch. We’re putting our cynical chips right on our shoulders, but few people here at the RN&R will be surprised if these independent “business” candidates don’t get right in line to spend a few more STAR bonds or other subsidies on a development project just off downtown. For Reno City Council, the most important characteristic a candidate should have is integrity. In every single race, there are candidates with strong connections to the human community, strong connections to the business community and a long history of private volunteer efforts. In some races, like the school board trustees, District E, it’s clearly a contest of who has the best qualifications for the job. Look at their campaign websites to determine who is best qualified. For example, in this year’s District E race, there are three candidates running to decide how your children are educated. One has an associate’s degree from Truckee Meadows Community College. One has a bachelor’s from the University of Nevada, Reno. One has a doctorate in education and 17 years teaching. We’re just saying. You probably want someone to administer your children’s schooling who has had enough respect for education to bother to get one. Many of these races are just plain old partisan politics. If you didn’t bother to go to the caucuses, and this is the first time you’ve given a thought to who you’re going to vote for, then maybe you should just stay home. On the other hand, for those who’d care to investigate, this editorial should give you enough direction to choose for yourself who you want deciding the future of this city, county and state. Ω

Nic Biltz Sales associate

I always thought Dwayne Johnson, just because that’s as big as I want to be, and if I were to be in a movie, I’d say that he fits.

Timmy Humphreys Cashier

Johnny Depp. He’s a bad-ass. He looks good, and he’s a great actor. He can play pretty much any part out there. He’s full of excitement.

Teresa Gubanich School psychologist

It would have to be Angelina Jolie because she’s the most beautiful woman on the planet.

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Nevada followers of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, seen here visiting Reno, are complicating Mitt Romney’s life.

On May 12, the Romney campaign together with local Republican loyalists and the Republican National Committee set up a “Team Nevada” office in Las Vegas to circumvent the Clark County Republican Party and the Nevada Republican Party.

New nuke watchdog named In a surprise move, President Obama acted quickly to fill the chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the wake of Gregory Jaczko’s resignation. Obama nominated nuclear proliferation expert Allison Macfarlane, known as a skeptic of the proposal to store high level nuclear waste at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain. Macfarlane is not a nuclear physicist or engineer, which caused heartburn for some in those fields. But besides her nonproliferation credentials, she has a doctorate in geology, which is relevant to deep geologic storage of high level waste, including spent fuel. Macfarlane is the editor of study of Yucca, Uncertainty Underground, containing chapters by 32 scientists, including one by Macfarlane herself. The book has sections on the hydrology of the mountain, the thermohydrology, the earth science, the forms in which waste can be stored, packaging for storage, uncertainties and U.S. nuclear waste policy (“Dump junkets” June 8, 2006). One of the authors in the book— University of Nevada, Las Vegas geology professor Jean Cline—said she has not interacted recently with Macfarlane but “in the past I found her to be an excellent geologist with a broad background, who communicated well and who interacted well with people on all sides of the issues. I know that she MACFARLANE’S BOOK has continued to be closely involved in nuclear waste issues for many years now, including from the perspective of trying to resolve nuclear waste storage. For these reasons I expect she is an excellent choice to head the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.” Macfarlane also served on a presidential Commission on America’s Nuclear Future and is an associate professor of environmental science and policy at George Mason University in Virginia. Three Republican members of the U.S. House energy committee said in a prepared statement, “The president’s choice in Allison Macfarlane, an outspoken opponent of Yucca Mountain, underscores the Obama administration’s misplaced priorities when it comes to nuclear policy.” They accused Obama of having a Yucca Mountain litmus test for NRC nominees. “The President has made clear that we need a strong NRC, and he believes Allison Macfarlane is the right person to lead the Commission,” said White House spokesperson Clark Stevens. Nuclear Energy Institute’s president and chief executive officer, Marvin Fertel, called for quick action on the nominations of Macfarlane and Kristine Svinicki, who is being nominated to a second term as commissioner. “Given the importance of having a fully functioning, five-member commission to carry out the NRC’s safety mission, the nuclear energy industry urges the administration to submit her confirmation paperwork as expeditiously as possible,” said Fertel. “It would not serve the public interest to have her nomination linger with the term of … Svinicki set to expire at the end of June.” The two nominations were made together, in keeping with an informal practice of presenting nominees from the majority and minority parties together for confirmation by the Senate.

Understanding for sale The sheer gargantuan bulk of the federal government is awfully intimidating for any earnest citizen who tries to stay informed, and the same is true of the annual federal budget. There’s a book out about the new federal budget that seeks to help folks get a handle on all that money and all that government. The People’s Guide to the Federal Budget is published by the National Priorities Project. It seeks to make the budget clearer. More information is available at http://nationalpriorities.org/en /budget-basics/peoples-guide/. The paperback volume sells for $15.

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Setback Can Romney win Nevada without the Paulists? Likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has been hit with a substantial Nevada impediment before even by Dennis Myers putting the nomination in hand. The Clark County Republican organization is riven by disputes among its members who include Republicans and sometime Republicans, with Ron Paul supporters in control. A strong Romney general election effort is essential if he wants to win Nevada. While he may expect to do well in Washoe and the small counties, any Republican is expected to win a substantial minority in Clark— which contains three-fourths of the voters—in order to win the state. Paulists now control both the state and Clark County GOP central committees, the formal governing bodies, and regular Republicans have set up their own organization and are recognized by the national party. After the state Republican convention in Sparks, when the Paulists took all the elected national convention delegates, there was an expectation in the party that they would seek to work with all elements of the party. But no congenial relationship resulted, at least in Clark, where several party officials have resigned after finding the Paulists difficult and belligerent toward the national party. Longtime Republicans have moved their efforts into a sort of party government in exile to give the Romney campaign cooperative local contacts. And the Washoe County Republican organization is considering taking on an enhanced role to supplant the state

party, including registering with the Federal Elections Commission. Clark County Republican chair Dave Gibbs and vice chair Woody Stroupe resigned on May 23, whereupon the Paulists changed the locks on the party headquarters and said they would be devoting their local efforts to electing “genuine” conservatives. It is unknown who that includes or whether it includes whoever the party nominates for president. It did make clear that the support of the Republican county organization for Republicannominated candidates is not assured.

“Romney has an enthusiasm problem in Nevada.” Fred Lokken Political analyst Clark GOP precinct organizer Matthew Yarbrough and press aides Bobbie Haseley and Michael Chamberlain followed with their resignations. Secretary Cindy Lake, a Paulist, moved up to acting chair. The Paulists were able to win the support in state and county Republican conventions that they could not win in the Republican presidential caucuses in February. By doing a better job than caucus winner Romney at turning out their people, the Paulists took control of both the state and Clark County GOP central committees, an outcome deplored by national party officials.

On May 15 by a two-vote margin out of 366 votes cast, the Clark County Republican Central Committee called on Republican National chair Reince Priebus to resign because he has been cooperating with the Romney campaign since Romney became the apparent nominee. The Clark folks said they were upset that Priebus set up joint fundraising operations with the Romney campaign. This kind of cooperation when there’s a clear frontrunner has been a common practice in both Republican and Democratic parties. But the Clark Paulists felt Priebus should remain neutral because there is still technically an active nomination race, and Romney is not yet the official nominee. However, Paul national campaign official Jesse Benton later said the Paul campaign did not share the Clark Paulists’ concerns with the RNC/Romney joint efforts. In fact, he said, the same RNC offer had been made to the Paul campaign. One Paulist who did not want to be named said the Ron Paul people in Clark County were retaliating, not provoking. “It’s really not true that the Team Nevada thing happened because of us picking fights with the regulars. Just look at the timetable. We didn’t have time to alienate anyone. They were planning to bypass us before the state convention was over. And we didn’t go after Preibus until they opened their headquarters. They went after us, not the other way around.” The state convention was in Sparks the weekend of May 4-6. The Team Nevada headquarters opened six days later. At this writing, candidate Ron Paul, who once left the GOP to run for president on the Libertarian line, currently has 119 of the 2,286 delegates to the Republican National Convention in the latest Wall Street Journal tally. This is 5.7 percent of the total, with 1,144 needed to nominate. Romney has 1076 delegates, 47.06 percent of the total, just 68 votes shy of the nomination. Moreover, Paul is in fourth place, behind the now-inactive candidacies of Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich. In the Texas primary, Romney is expected to clinch the nomination by the time this edition goes to press. Lake, the new acting chair of what remains of the Clark County

2.5x12 Republican Party, issued a statement: “After months of turbulence and instability following the Executive Board elections held at the Clark County Republican Convention, the CCRP Executive Board is now able to concentrate on the task of developing a consistent, accessible message that will allow the party to take a large role in electing genuine conservative candidates to office. The CCRP Executive Board is looking forward to working together with Republicans across Clark County towards increasing Republican registration, building a strong, robust party, and achieving electoral success in the November elections.” It’s hard to imagine any of this being good news for Romney. His Clark campaign will be run without the most fervent members of the Republican organization. It’s normally possible to calculate a percentage that a Republican needs coming out of Clark County in order to win statewide. But political analyst Fred Lokken said it’s difficult to make that judgment this year because Romney is in trouble in Republican Washoe County. “Washoe could go Democratic,” Lokken said, his tone of voice indicating he was surprised to hear himself saying such a thing. If that happened, Romney would be hard-pressed to win the state without something close to a tie in Clark. “I have a hunch Obama’s going to play well in the state of Nevada this year, and there’s a real question whether the Republicans will be all out for Romney,” he said. “Romney has an enthusiasm problem in Nevada. He’s got to structure a separate organization without much preparation. I haven’t heard that he’s really on the ground in Nevada yet.”

Lokken said he considers it essential that Romney energize Latinos because so many sectors of the GOP—the Paulists, the tea partiers, and non-tea party conservatives—are lukewarm toward him. “I think the Hispanic vote has reached the point where it could be the deciding factor,” Lokken said. “And Romney has got to get them. Otherwise I don’t think he wins the election in November. … I think it’s Obama’s state to lose.” But winning that group is complicated for Romney at a time when Republican candidates up and down the ballot are beating the drum on immigration issues. Four years ago, the Obama campaign was hitting on all cylinders in Nevada and racked up a 55 percent win to John McCain’s 43 percent. But Barack Obama was a rock star then, running in the shadow of the Wall Street meltdown and the Bush bailouts. He does not enjoy those advantages this year. A dreary economy dogs his steps and even Democratic loyalists have been dismayed by some of his policies. But his problems are nothing compared to Romney’s. The Democratic Party in Nevada is united around him. The state GOP is not united around Romney, though that could change after the national conventions. Lokken said the consequences are substantial. Voters in 43 states appear to already be firmly committed to one candidate or the other. That leaves seven states—Nevada among them— that are still soft enough to be reached by a candidate. “A solid win in the West is very important for Romney,” Lokken said. Ω

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GREENSPACE Happy trails Soon after the opening of the Mustang-McCarran route, the Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway was awarded top honors in the Coalition for Recreational Trails competition. The competition recognizes eight trail projects that best use federal recreational trail grants, which have been “the primary source of funding” for the bikeway, according to president Janet Phillips. Most of the grants came through the Nevada Division of State Parks. Phillips said that in the past seven years, the bikeway has opened 32 miles of trail and more portions are in the works. She will attend an award ceremony in Washington, D.C., to accept the award.

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The Nevada Conservation League is seeking donations for its “Defeat Senator [John] Lee!” campaign as a response to Lee’s statement, “The Nevada Conservation League’s endorsement doesn’t matter to me.” According to a press release, NCL stated, “We don’t know if Senator Lee really believes that NCL’s endorsement doesn’t matter. But we do know that when the chips are down, he’s shown that he thinks our natural treasures, and the people fighting to preserve them, don’t matter. What does matter? Well, in 2011, John Lee gambled the future of Lake Tahoe because he believed that a few developers had it too tough.” The statement is referring to Lee’s support of senate bill 271 (“Political science, May 3). The Nevada Conservation League is endorsing Senate district 1 candidate Patricia Spearman.

Playing in the dirt Last week, seventh grade students at Kendyl Depoali Middle School planted flower beds, fruit trees, vegetable plants and flowers as part of Depoali’s school garden project. The program started last spring, and students will be mentored by community volunteers. Depoali has a large environmental focus and its school building is sustainable, using geothermal heat and recycled water, among other features (“Schoolhouse rock,” Sept. 8, 2011).

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ECO-EVENT The Artemisia Moviehouse will host a screening of films Dive!: The Film and The Dumpster Wars. A panel discussion will also be held with Dumpster Wars filmmaker Christopher Moore, Salvation Army recycling manager Steve Miller and local dumpster diver Mike Mechanic. June 5, 7 p.m. Good Luck MacBeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia St. $7 for general, $5 for members, bicyclists and students. For more information, visit http://www.artemisia movies.org/films/archive/dive.

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Despite the flurry of late spring storms, Nevada’s dry winter is one of several reasons for the revision of the state’s drought plan—which entails the formation of the Nevada Drought Response Committee comprised of the Nevada State Climate Office, Division of Emergency Management and Division of by Water Resources. Ashley Hennefer The new plan is timely with summer approaching and the wildfires that continue to spring up in the region, including a fire last week in Douglas ashleyh@ County, which destroyed two homes. newsreview.com According to the drought plan document, the plan “identifies a system to use in monitoring the magnitude, severity and extent of drought within the state on a county-by-county basis; sets a framework in place for actions based on three stages of drought response: drought watch, drought alert and drought emergency; establishes a drought response committee to implement the plan, report to the governor and assemble task forces to serve as experts in drought-affected areas as liaisons to local and federal government and sources of information; [and] outlines the significance of a drought event and types of drought encountered in Nevada.” The committee has placed a stage 2 (severe) drought alert on Churchill, Clark, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Washoe and White Pine counties. Stage 1 (moderate) drought watch counties include Carson, Douglas, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Mineral and Nye. According to the drought plan, a stage 3 ranking would require action, including an Read the entire emergency drought declaration, and could lead to the activation of drought plan at Nevada’s Emergency Operations Center. www.climate.unr.edu. While some scientists say that the droughts are partly affected by climate change, Nevada has a long history of severe droughts that can last for years. Scientists from the University of Nevada, Reno, are researching what they refer to as “Medieval megadroughts” in the Sierra Nevada. According to a report written by Graham Kent, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, and researchers from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, a drought lasted from 800 to 1250 A.D. Precipitation levels at that time were 60 percent less than average. Currently, levels are at 65 percent less, which doesn’t have a huge impact in one year—but if the levels were to remain at this for several years at a time, the impact would be devastating on local wildlife. Kent’s research currently focuses on Fallen Leaf Lake, which functions as a microcosm of potential environmental changes. “The lake is like a canary in a coal mine for the Sierra, telling the story of precipitation very clearly,” said Kent in a statement released by UNR. According to Kent’s research, large droughts occur in the area every 650 to 1,150 years. It’s been 750 years since the last one. “With climate change upon us, it will be interesting to see how carbon dioxide loading in the atmosphere will affect this cycle,” Kent said. Early this year, the Huffington Post ran a piece on the impact of low snowfall on the region—not just on the ecosystem, but on tourism and businesses that depend on annual snowfall. The article was accompanied by an interactive map comparing January 2011 snow levels with those of 2012 and reveals low levels of precipitation in much of the Western U.S., extending far into Montana and Colorado. View the map at http://huff.to/DryMap. Droughts are part of Nevada’s ecology, but experts recommend practicing water conservation habits anyway, such as tightening faucets, reducing shower time and cutting back on watering lawns. Ω OPINION

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For years, the Lear Theater floated along—hosting a few shows, raising money and expectations—but it never achieved the glory donors imagined. Does Artown ownership offer the building new hope?

magine giving away threequarters of a million bucks. Donating properties valued at $773,070 to Artown must have felt like a pretty good way for an arts organization to close the books on a 14-year failed attempt to renovate an old church.

She and other board members spoke to past donors and other interested parties, like Reno Mayor Bob Cashell, trying to figure a way out. It was in August 2011, after Artown’s month-long July event, that the Lear Theater group began talking to the arts aggregator. “It was very, you know, ‘open the kimono,’ ” Schweitzer said. “We were very upfront and honest with them. Lots of frank discussions. The [Artown] board decided they wanted to move forward, and December 30th, we signed all the property documents.” She said those frank discussions included conversations Leilani Schweitzer, for one, was elated to pass the about where things went right with the efforts to reopen the damned thing off. She joined the Lear Theater’s board of church as a theater, actual operating costs, and the reputadirectors in summer 2010 to assist with the happy job of tion of the Lear theater group in the community. marketing. Inconceivably, with virtually no experience, she “I think the reputation is well known in the commuended up burdened with the task of steering the disabled nity,” she pointed out. “I mean, people don’t know the ship into its final harbor, signing papers as the final Lear details of what went on, but you know, it was kind of a Theater, Inc. president, giving the building to Artown. It money pit. … We were just trying to figure out may have sunk the effort to rehab a structure that what we were going to do because we had a has alternately captured the imagination and shit sandwich dropped in our lap. ire of Reno’s arts community. On the “This is what I think went wrong,” other hand, maybe it’s just the effort “We were just Schweitzer continued. “There was needed to finally get people back in trying to figure out what we never a realistic business approach that building. Virtually no one has taken to the building. I think there were going to do because come forward as upset at the change were a lot people with creative in management. imaginations and big dreams and big we had a shit sandwich There are lots of reasons for the visions but not pragmatic to where dropped in our lap.” failure: an amateur-planned effort to we are and what the real purposes of raise money, a worldwide building that building could have been.” Leilani Schweitzer, boom that inflated material costs, conSchweitzer, along with many in the Lear Theater board president stant changes in group leadership for Northern Nevada community, point to the reasons of ideological differences, ennui influence of Dan Rosenblatt, who became and incompetence. executive director in 2005. It was under his direcThere were occasionally serious rumors around tion that the Lear board moved from a town, and sometimes people resigned—there was the community-based-theater vision to development of a proreport that the organization’s president’s spouse got a fessional theater company. Many said Rosenblatt had $725,000 architecture contract. Or the time $600,000 in refined tastes and an expensive concept, having worked for restricted funds were possibly spent on unauthorized Disney, and he hired expensive out-of-state consultants, items. Or the $81,000 property that had to be sold to pay out-of-state theater designers and out-of-state architects. staff and bills—maybe by a boardmember’s spouse who There’s no doubt he had his problems—for example, some acted as both the buyer’s and seller’s agent. sources say he ignorantly dipped into more than a half-milBut this is all just water under the bridge, and it lion in reserved funds, money that was not intended to be was in August 2010 that the dam began to give way spent for the purposes for which it was spent. According to and drowned the Lear Theater, Inc. as a stand-alone a board member, Rosenblatt ended up fired—or resigned, concern. depending on who is telling the story—and he filed a law“At that time, no fundraising was being done whatsosuit for wrongful termination. But that was 2005, and there ever; there was no money coming in, bills were starting to was already plenty of blame to spread around. pile up, so we had to sell our assets,” said Schweitzer. Yes, there were questions upon questions over the Water under the bridge years, but finally, one more board president quit, and What’s now known as the Lear Theater has captured the Schweitzer stalwartly took the job. She felt utterly in public’s imagination since it was built in 1938 on the banks over her head. “This is not my thing,” Schweitzer said in March. of the Truckee River by the “Architect to the Stars.” Reno, in 1938, was a world hotspot, with movie stars, gamblers “I don’t know anything about this stuff. I didn’t know a lot about nonprofits, but I can smell the coffee. It didn’t take a genius to see that there was “THE MONEY PIT” continued on page 12 no money coming in.”

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and divorcees attracting international attention to the city. Many of its buildings were designed by world-renowned architects, with artists like Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps contributing to the cityscape. Paul Revere Williams was another famed architect who added to the city’s mystique. He was born in 1894 and orphaned at 4 years old. He did his schooling and worked for other landscape and building designers mostly in Los Angeles until 1922 when he opened his own architecture firm, according to a timeline of his life at www.paulrwilliamsproject.org. In 1923, he became the first (recorded) African-American member of the American Institute of Architects. Williams completed his first project in Reno, the Luella Garvey House (589-599 California Ave.) in 1934, then Rancho San Rafael (the Ranch House at the park) in 1938. He also published a rendering of the First Church of Christ, Scientist (501 Riverside Drive) and completed the Loomis Manor (1045 Riverside Drive) that year. (There’s a great history of Loomis Manor in the Nevada Historical Society Quarterly at http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/statepubs/epubs/210 777-1993-4Winter.pdf.) The following year, 1939, the El Reno Apartments (1307 S. Virginia St.) and the church were finished. Services were held at the First Church of Christ, Scientist until its sale in 1998. (Two fun history mysteries: There are multiple sources that attribute different dates to the completion of some of these structures, for example, the NHSQ document shows the First Church of Christ, Scientist completed in 1938 and the Loomis Manor in 1939. Secondly, the El Reno Apartments, which had a framework of steel, were disassembled and moved around southwest Reno; there are three of the white-with-green-trim buildings near the intersection of Lander and Mount Rose streets.) Of course, theaters—especially historic churches that become theaters—are more than architects and nails and time passing like water in a nearby river channel. Nettie Oliverio was involved in the switchover from church to community performance space almost since the idea’s conception. “It was the brainchild of Edda Morrison [in 1993],” 12

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to Moya to gift us with the amount of money it would take to buy the building, which was $1.1 million. She ultimately did that, donated the money to the Theater Coalition, which bought the building. The papers were signed on Tax Day, April 15, 1998.” The million and change, of course, went to the church’s congregation, which constructed a new church over on Peckham Lane. “It was the gift that kept on giving,” said Oliverio. The Theater Coalition immediately began fundraising and hosting events at the church. “It was open 14 months before the fire marshal came in and said, ‘You know, you guys need to do improvements to the building, you just can’t do this anymore,’” she said. “But during the 14 months, there were over 90 performances for more than 15,000 people.” After the space closed, the group was able to focus on fundraising, and for a while, they were raising over a million dollars a year. “You’d think that would be enough to do all the architectural changes and all the internal things you need to do to get the building open, Oliverio said. “She was a member of the First but that also corresponded with a pretty historic Church of Christ, Scientist and an art supporter time in construction,” Oliverio said. “There was par excellence. The first First Church of Christ, literally a point where if you got a quote for steel, Scientist had been trying to find a good way to it was good for 24 hours. We were running on transfer their building. The number of their conthe treadmill and never able to catch up. Every gregation had reduced to the point that the time we’d get a big chunk of money … materials church was too big for them. It was older, 64 would have gone up again.” years old at the time, so she thought this They did do some construcwould make a great edifice for all tion. The group felt that the performing arts, but particularly community needed to see the theater. She was noting “I can tell you what work completed, and they that we had a great philharthe future [for the Lear] will also had some grants that monic, a great ballet had to be used or they’d company, the opera, but be in the next six months. be lost. the theaters were treated We’re going to open it up in In 2005, Dan like poor stepchildren. Rosenblatt took on the July on Tuesday nights, where She thought that if they role of executive direccould come together in a people can go through it and tor. While many people greater grand footprint, it see what it looks like.” want to scapegoat him as would give them more visthe reason the Lear ibility in our community.” Dave Aiazzi, Theater went over the levee, Oliverio said that Morrison Artown board chairman it’s easy to point at the guy saw an opportunity to help sevwho’s no longer in town. And eral arts groups with one synergistic while there were some plans considered effort, and she put together the Reno that seem in retrospect unbelievably grandiose— Sparks Theater Community Coalition, popularly including moving the entire building and known as the Theater Coalition. Oliverio, who constructing a new high-rise theater with condowas a founding member, became secretary for miniums—it should be noted that Rosenblatt the group in 1994. She compiled an informal could not act without the board of directors’ timeline of the RSTCC/Lear Theater, from 1993approval. Rosenblatt left the organization under a 2006, which accompanies this story at cloud in 2008. www.newsreview.com/reno. She was on the The board returned to the original 1994 conboard from 1994-2005. cept for a community resource that could be a “Moya [Lear] was at the very first meeting, performing arts theater that could be rented for and she was a member of the church,” Oliverio children’s plays, meetings, weddings or film presaid. (Lear died in 2001.) “We did a formal ‘ask’ Jessica Miller was the secretary of the board and administrative consultant.

This is what the Lear Theater looks like now.

Nettie Oliverio poses in front of the Lear Theater.

miers. They hired Mercedes de la Garza, wife of a former board president, Scott Gibson, to do the “new” design. De la Garza said Gibson resigned months before the $125,000 contract was awarded, and he recused himself from any votes that could be considered conflicts of interest. All those failed plans made it harder to raise money. And having accepted historical grants from the federal government and the state of Nevada limited what could be done with the building. Those government monies included a $400,000 Save America’s Treasures Grant from the National Parks System and $600,000 in matching funds from the state of Nevada. Being on National Historic Register or under the watchful eye of Nevada Commission on Cultural Affairs restricted what could be done to the outside of the building—like no anachronistic murals. The mural there now will be removed. De la Garza pointed out that some $3 million in government money is still available—even to Artown for the Lear—and since it’s dollar-fordollar matching funds, the total could be worth up to $6 million.

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There are lots of people who’d like to know where the money went. Jessica Miller had an osprey’s eye view, having been a secretary to the board and administrative consultant. She was even the group’s office manager from June 2007 until September 2010. She said she has no doubt where the money went. “Our development director [Cathy Blankenship] did a lot of research,” Miller said. “She was able to figure out where all the money came from and where all the money was spent. … It’s all accounted for. … She took all of what we had in our donor database on top of what we had in our Quickbooks, and she was able to figure out where all the money came from and all the money was spent. And that’s what we thought we could take to donors, because that was their biggest question, ‘Where did all the money go?’ That was her biggest priority, to show people where all the money went, and it’s all accounted for.” While Miller was confident, few others seemed certain as to exactly how much money had been raised over the years, and estimates— even among former directors—ranged from $9-$15 million. Some people said they’d tried to find out, but were unable. Several sources—including Reno City Council member Dave Aiazzi, who is also the chairman of the Artown board that accepted the “gift” of the Lear Theater, its parking lot, and the

house at 528 W. First St.—said that detailed financial information, including a donor list, was unavailable even to Artown. A quote from the Blankenship document’s introductory page follows. On the original document (the RN&R received a printed version), there appeared to be hyperlinks to a “Detailed Expense Report” and “Detailed Income Report.” Blankenship’s analysis includes information from January 1997 to June 2009. (See chart below.) FINANCIAL HISTORY Successful Fundraising: $10.2 million raised During the past 12 years, a total of $10.2 million has been raised for the Lear Theater. Of this total, 89 percent ($9.1 million) was designated to the Capital Campaign and the remaining 11 percent ($1.1 million) was raised to support programming and for general operating. For seven years, from 1998 to 2005, the Lear Theater operated numerous successful programs in our local community, such as Journey to the Center of the Arts and the Truckee River Fest.

Good financial stewards The Lear Theater has also been good financial stewards over the years, monitoring our income and expenses and conducting an annual audit by independent accounting firm. As of our last annual audit, the total of expenses through June 30, 2009, have been slightly less than $9.4 million, of which 82 percent ($7.7 million) has been spent on the capital project. Only 18 percent ($1.7 million) has been spent on both Programming and General Operations over the last 12 years. Combined audit details Financial information from 12 years of annual audits has been combined to provide a historical financial overview of the Lear Theater. The following graphs reflect audit totals from the Reno Sparks Theater Community Coalition and Lear Theater, Inc. ••• Curiously, there were documents given to Artown, according to Schweitzer, the exiting president, which the tax-preparer, Michael

Williams of Strong McPherson & Company, told her to not provide to the RN&R. She did proffer part of a copy titled “Statement of Financial Position, June 30, 2011 and 2010, but the “notes” section was not provided at the preparer’s behest, even though every page of the document states, “The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.” Williams contradicted Schweitzer, suggesting there must have been a communications error between them, and emailed a copy of the notes to this newspaper. Schweitzer said that the document shows how the Lear Theater group, which listed net assets and fund balances of $4,806,864 on its 2010 Form 990 (tax exempt organization report to the federal government) could zero out its books by giving three properties worth $773,070 to Artown. Williams said that the $4.8 million included the properties and some of the improvements to them, common accounting practices. But for those of us who are not accountants, it requires a certain cognitive fluidity to understand how $10.2 million can become $4.8 million and

LEAR THEATER FINANCIAL HISTORY 1997 to 2009 “Combined” Annual Audit Totals • Source: Theater Coalition & Lear Theater, Inc. Annual Audits (January 1997 to June 2009

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

26%

NON CASH CONTRIBUTIONS

15%

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Income Sources CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

FOUNDATIONS

(Includes both Capital Campaign and General Operating)

Amount

Individual Donors

$2,768,600

Government Agencies

$2,597,100

Non Cash Contributions

$1,528,100

Foundations

$1,265,500

Businesses

12%

$932,500

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN INCOME SUB-TOTAL

$9,091,800 (89%)

GENERAL OPERATING BUSINESSES

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

27%

INTEREST INCOME 3%

$390,200

Lear Program

$344,900

Interest Income

$305,700

Rental Income

FUNDRAISERS EVENTS 4%

RENTAL INCOME 1%

Fundraising Events

LEAR PROGRAM 3%

$78,600

Loss (disposal of assets)

($18,200)

GENERAL OPERATING INCOME SUB-TOTAL $1,101,200 (11%)

$10,193,000

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DESIGN CONTRACTS/ PROFESSIONAL FEES

24%

FUNDRAISING PERSONNEL

18%

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EXPENSE (Includes both Capital Campaign and General Operating)

GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

CONSTRUCTION

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$1,645,300

Campaign Administration & Mgmt.

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Capitalized Assets (equipment)

$296,900

$714,200

Programs

$472,700

Program Staff

$257,400

Special Events/Fundraising

$161,600

Operations Staff

$100,000

$9,384,600

TOTAL EXPENSES IN ROTATION

$7,678,700 (82%)

GENERAL OPERATING INCOME SUB-TOTAL $1,705,900 (18%)

CAPITALIZED ASSETS 3%

$2,272,900

General Operating Expenses

PROGRAMS 5%

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then become $773,000 in real value in a measly 14 years without ever stretching the law. After all, some of this, about $2.6 million, was government money that may have been mishandled. Nonetheless, it’s eddies in the stream to the past and future owners of the building. Miller is keenly aware of the dissonance. “I can confidently say that no one has stolen a dime from the Lear,” she said. ”No one has embezzled anything. “But that’s just my word,” she said, laughing. “I can confidently say that.”

Smooth sailing ahead?

Reno City Council member and Artown board chairman Dave Aiazzi said he tried to look over the books without much success, but the festival was not worried about any irregularities in the first 12 years of the Lear’s management. “It didn’t matter to us because we got it free and clear,” he said. He was not concerned about the past, even from his position as a steward of tax money. “The city didn’t put that much into it over the years, maybe $50,000, which I know is a lot of money, but [it’s not much] over 12 years. In fact, I even stopped them from putting some money into it.” The councilmember and candidate for school board considered the idea from the deck at Bibo Coffee near the university. “We did our due diligence in taking over the building. … We went and made sure there were no liens on it. We have rights to all the plans that had been previously planned. We didn’t ever find out how much they raised or how they spent the money. We didn’t get any of that. “We asked them, and they don’t have a list of donors, so part of the problem is we can’t go back to those guys. We tried to meet with the ones we knew had given them money and asked them if they thought it was a good idea for Artown to take it over. … We knew a couple of them from the newspaper and stuff, so we went to talk to them. And they said, ‘Well, we think it’s a really good idea. Somebody’s going to do it. I’m glad it’s you guys.’” Aiazzi said, as a member of the Reno City Council, not as an Artown leader, that it’s to the city’s advantage to have the Lear Theater open. He noted that the Lear’s next-door neighbor is doing property improvements. Another neighbor down the block is reconstructing a building. “Even though we put money into it, we should put a little more into it, if it will get it open,” he said. “That area is starting to build up again. And to have a vacant, big, huge building right in between McKinley and Wingfield, that’s not good for the city, either. So I think it’s in the city’s best interest to get this open.” As to the future, the new honcho shrugs and says if things don’t work out with the floodprone Lear Theater and Artown, well, Artown will put a “for sale” sign in the yard. After all, they now own the building next door, which will give the arts festival a permanent home, a luxury it has never had. “I can tell you what the future [for the Lear] will be in the next six months,” he said. “We’re going to open it up in July on Tuesday nights; it’ll be ‘Tuesdays with Moya,’ where people can go through it and see what it looks like. Some people think it’s just ready to go—just polish the doorknobs and open it up. But I want them to see what’s going on and give us ideas about we should do with it, because there’s a lot of different ideas floating out there.” Ω

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Crystal Peak View and a sign signaling the path to Frenchman Lake.

Our adventure started on the internet. Wanting to visit Frenchman Lake and eager to convince this newspaper to pay for my weekend gallivanting, I looked up the Plumas County tourist website and found a mysterious reference to something called “geocaching.” It turns out GPS enthusiasts all over the world like to buy surplus ammunition cans, fill them with everything from recipes to pins to pocket change, and hide the whole thing in a bush. These geocachers then head to geocaching.com and provide super precise GPS coordinates so that others can find their little treasures. I quickly gathered my friends Tyler Maggert, a 27-year-old engineering student, and Gina Akao, a 30-year-old expert in institutional analysis. We found a GPS handset and filled Maggert’s four-byfour truck with enough notepads, cameras, random electronics and looseleaf paper to drown a giraffe.

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FFRENCHMAN ONNECTION RENCHMAN CCONNECTION We headed north on 395 past Stead, past Cold Springs and past the California border. The powder green sage and brown crackling grass stretched out like miles of weathered, broken glass from valley floor to mountain top. This was the sort of land that kills the foolish and the unlucky, the sort of land where the fresh air and bright sun desiccate cattle bones and suck the moisture from nocturnal toads—quintessentially high desert. A quick turn west at Hallelujah Junction, and we emerged into a landscape of endless dark green pastures where evergreen forests dripped down the basalt hills like cold molasses. It felt like switching the radio from Motorhead to Vivaldi. Geocaching.com called our first target “Frenchman Overlook.” This brings me to my first observation. Lakes are a pain in the butt for satellite-assisted treasure hunts. We discovered this problem after observing that GPS locaters are big on telling

you where things are as the crow flies, even if the crow flies over a body of water several hundred feet deep. After many false turns we popped out of the forest onto a small peninsula. A mere nine-tenths of a mile separated us from our quarry, a boat launch on the opposite shore. I suggested a swim, but my cohorts balked. I insulted their courage, but still they would not budge. In a most dignified manner, I impersonated an agitated hen, but alas, we tasted bitter defeat on this first quest. Akao, forever seeking to improve morale, took this opportunity to mock my navigation skills and Maggert’s off-roading fortitude. “You realize if we never find a geocache, I’m totally making fun of you,” she said.

CRYSTAL RYSTAL C CLEAR LEAR The atmosphere grew grim and our steely determination manifested itself first in Maggert’s driving. His inner Mario Andretti, long hidden beneath a perverse love of handlebar mustaches

and near mullet hairstyles, burst forth in a flurry of powerslides. The truck danced along the narrow trails like a drunken mule on ice skates. “I’m not going fast, it’s only 45 mph,” he said as we slid towards the embankment. At this point, we left the immediate lakeside and set off up the dirt trails leading to our second objective, the “Crystal Stash.” The GPS once more pointed us as the crow flies and, as a result, we discovered at least 9,000 logging roads that dead end a few hundred feet into the forest. Sweat poured from my brow, Maggert grit his teeth, and Akao prepared more of her poison witticisms. We would not fall. We would never yield. No obstacle could stand in our way— except for a nice view, or interesting bugs, or an ancient logging device of uncertain function that somebody had left to rot under the pines. Maggert made some snide remark about my “geocaching with ADD.” By then I had completely forgotten my navigation duties and settled into a routine of pointing out every

OF DDIXI IXIE HHEAEART RT OF E We had but one more target, Dixie Peak, home of a geocache monument to a fallen geocacher known as

GeoJeepette. We got lost many more times, causing Maggert to remark that the GPS was “infatuated with those damned crows.” Still, it was not more than an hour before we found the appropriate road and headed up the snowy ravines of the Dixie Valley. Here we discovered another brutal mountain crowned with cutting volcanic rock and cliffs of the certain-death variety. The weather had turned as well, from cool and sunny to cold and overcast. The sun struck Dixie Peak through streams of iron gray storm clouds. Above the cache, which included a very nice enamel picture of the late GeoJeepette, we discovered an amazing device. We believed it measures the movements of different tectonic plates. We also found a habitation clinging to the rock face where, we speculate, scientists come a few times a year to conduct geological studies. Away from this, we climbed the sharp rocks and discovered another divinity-level view of surrounding valleys. It’s hard to describe the feeling I got standing there, seemingly on top of the world. I’d suffered dozens of scratches and cuts throughout this adventure. I was sweaty and covered in both pollen and dust. But in spite of this, when I raised my arms and breathed deep I had never felt so clean. Fitting then, that GeoJeepette’s friends chose to memorialize here in that place. We came down that mountain tired and thirsty. Akao had wrapped herself in blankets and Maggert kept referencing Red Bull. Yet, I’m sure we all took to our beds well satisfied that night. Ω

The contents of the Crystal Peak geocache.

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possible distraction. We thus found the geocache completely by accident when I spotted a fantastic vantage point near the summit of Crystal Peak. It was only after everyone had left the truck and wandered into the brush that I looked at the GPS and said, “Hey, look at this. We’re only 200 feet away.” And what a vantage point. We found the ammo can on a rocky outcropping mere feet from a sheer cliff face overlooking hundreds of square miles of pasture, watershed and forest. Dozens of species of plant bloomed and filled the air with the scents of sage and cinnamon. When I faced the horizon from atop that cliff, I thought, “This must be why the Greeks put their gods on a mountain top.” The rules of geocaching say that if you take something, you must replace it with another thing of equal value. We took copies of three recipes and left behind pocket change, a bottle of water and the calling card for a taxi service based in Seoul. We then lost the GPS satellite signal, and I grew annoyed. Sitting on the top of a high mountain, we were close to space and should not be without a signal. Maggert called me a “techno-tard.” I fought back by christening myself “the ultimate travel accessory.” Maggert and Akao responded by mocking the way I hold out my pinkie when taking a picture. It was not going well at all, and so I retreated to the truck.

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These days, gourmands are reinventing every aspect of the food we eat and the libations we drink, with the latest trend in our culinary climate bringing a gourmet ice storm. When it comes time to ice your favorite summer drinks, Kool-Aid, iced tea, beer—yes, some people ice their beer—the public is no longer content with simple ice cube molds. The latest icy gadgets are kicking things up a notch, with the first example thinking outside the cube. Tovolo’s Sphere Ice Molds ditch the tesseract for a spherical shape. Aside from looking cool, the sphere has a lower surface area than a cube, so it melts slower. When you’re drinking hard liquor, a slower melting process helps ensure that the drink doesn’t become too diluted before you’re done downing that aqua vitae. The Tovolo molds come in a two-pack and create 2.5-inch spheres, where one sphere is adequate for one drink. The process is simple—fill, seal, freeze—and the $11 price tag isn’t unreasonable for the quality of the materials.

While the internal defects within the ice can create a nice pattern, ice from your refrigerator’s icemaker or from the tap may also be cloudy or full of minerals that provide an off taste. You can create crystal clear and tasteless ice by boiling filtered, bottle water, then freezing it, or you could skip those steps and use the Polar Ice Tray. The four-piece gadget places two trays and an optional mold into a large base. The bottom tray is ventilated, which allows the ice to freeze from the top down, as lakes do in nature. As it freezes from the top down, the air and impurities compress down to the very bottom. You can shave off the cloudy impurities, and you’re left with a crystal-clear cube, triangle or natural rock formation—depending on the mold used. About four times the size of a normal ice cube, each mold retails for $19, rather steep for one mold, but the tech is ingenious and the end product adds a special splash to the drink. Skip the colas and iced teas with this mold and go straight for a 14-year Oban.

Sometimes, water doesn’t make the best ice cubes; stone does. Created from soapstone, Whisky Stones are food grade, cube-shaped stones that chill in the freezer and retain their low temperature when you add a few to a drink. Since there’s no moisture, your drinks—say, a nice Scotch— have no chance of dilution and the stones won’t add any flavors to the drink. Remove from the drink, rinse, dry and refreeze, and you’re all set. I wouldn’t recommend using them in any artificially colored beverages as they tend to leech some color, but they’re perfect for bringing whisky to an optimum temperature without the risk of killing any of the flavors. Seven stones cost $20. Though it’s the most expensive selection here, Teroforma’s attempt to bring new meaning to the phrase, “on the rocks,” is worth the party conversation starter alone. A great blend of innovation, geology and geeky goodness, Whisky Stones suggest that maybe the technological advances of the Stone Age are making a comeback.

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Some of Craig Mitchell's work in the Open Space exhibit at the Stremmel Gallery.

Open Space Landscape painting has a long tradition, and the term certainly brings to mind specific connotaby tions of majestic vistas and grandiose Megan Berner panoramas. Stremmel Gallery’s newest show, Open Space, features the work of five contemporary landscape painters and allows visitors to take in the views as seen from five diverse approaches to landscape. Upon entering the gallery, Alan Sonneman’s images capture the eye of the viewer as they take up the entire front room. At first glance, they appear to be Open Space is on display photographs printed on canvas. However, at the Stremmel Gallery, up closer, they reveal themselves to be oil 1400 S. Virginia St., paintings, often with very specific titles through June 16. from locations in the high Sierra. This is For more information, visit www.stremmel befitting his process since he uses a large gallery.com. format camera to capture the places and then paints them in a photorealistic manner. Subtle brush strokes can be seen in the rocky hills and skies that he portrays with incredible attention to detail and in slightly saturated color.

As you move through the hallway, you come to the work of Valerie Shesko, which couldn’t be more different than Sonneman’s approach. The pieces are clearly evocative of landscape but in an almost completely abstract way. With titles such as “Passing Storm” and “Canyon Dream” combined with bright popping colors, the paintings are very emotive and visceral. The mixed media pieces layer crude paint strokes with clear, sharp lines and shapes reminiscent of mountain ranges. The whole thing appears to be mashed under a sheet of Mylar creating a smoothed out, shiny surface with varying textures underneath. The back end of the gallery contains slightly more traditional landscape paintings, the most traditional being the work of Reno artist Craig Mitchell. His oil paintings, some large-scale, and some small and intimate, show vignettes of scenery from wilderness areas of the West rendered in a modified impressionistic style. Because of the subject matter and style, the paintings

recall artists like Maynard Dixon. The paintings are done with large brush strokes and rich, saturated hues, showing the artist’s manipulation of color. Dale Livezey paints landscape “because that is what inspires [him].” His large oil paintings seem to be as much about light as the view that he depicts. Showing dramatic lighting—such as the afternoon glow that illuminates the texture in the desert hills in “Spring Forward”—he emphasizes the color at transitional times such as sunrise or dusk. Livezey’s brush strokes add an energy to the skies that tend to dominate his paintings. The overpowering colors—rosy pinks and deep purples—wide-open views, and non place-specific titles give the pieces

emotion and transport the viewer to similar scenes invoked by memory. James Shay creates formal paintings with a specific palette of muted tones and bold colors— ochre, magenta, purple, tan, and ivory. The landscapes appear to be layered but have no detail and are composed of shapes created using casein—a form of tempera paint—and prismacolor. Shay scrapes the surfaces of his pieces so very little texture shows. The overall effect is that the hills and trees depicted in his paintings seem to be enshrouded in mist and it gives a subtle movement to his work. Altogether, it’s an interesting look at landscape. The different styles play together to offer contrasting points that draw out the salient parts of each artist’s work. The exhibition has a Western feel initially triggered by the title and then strengthened by the fact that the majority of the painters are drawing inspiration from places in Nevada, California and Montana—five very different depictions of landscape. Ω

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Black to the future Men in Black III When a film sequel is released, I like to go back and check what I thought of the previous chapter. After years of huffing model glue and playing high-impact sports with no helmet, my memory isn’t what it used to be, so I need to actually check the archives. I said this of Men in Black II: “If they should make another Men in Black, I hope they allow for an extra year of post-production and effects work, because the talent involved by should never have been responsible for someBob Grimm thing that looks this lousy.” Oh, they allowed for a year and then some. bgrimm@ newsreview.com It’s been nearly a decade since the last chapter in the Men in Black series, something I find a little shocking. The franchise has been a cash cow, and I expected to see one every four or five years. We should be up to Men in Black V or VI by now. This summer brings us Men in Black III and, thankfully, it’s a return to form in some ways. The effects are much better.

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Tommy Lee Jones, as Agent K, mentally checked out of this series after the first one, and he has a reduced role in this chapter. Most of the heavy lifting is handled by the capable, talented egomaniac Will Smith. His Agent J is still wisecracking with the best of them, and must travel back in time to stop a hideous alien monster (Jemaine Clement) from killing K and erasing him from history. I enjoy a good time travel yarn, and this is a fun one. J goes back to 1969, the year of the Amazin’ Mets. Director Barry Sonnenfeld and his writers work the actual Mets World Series

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into the plot through a magical scene involving Cleon Jones and the now extinct Shea Stadium. Mets fans will have tears in their eyes. Being that J is back in 1969, he will inevitably run into a younger version of his partner, played hilariously by young Tommy Lee Jones doppelganger Josh Brolin. Brolin has himself a good old time doing the Jones deadpan delivery, although his version of K is a little funnier and brighter—but not that much— than the older one. Actually, Brolin is a better Tommy Lee Jones than Tommy Lee Jones. As Griffin, an alien being who can see all of the possible futures simultaneously, Michael Stuhlbarg creates something warm and funny out of a confounding premise. In fact, much of the time travel logic in this film is wacky, especially in the film’s ending. Given the warmth of the film’s finale, you will probably accept and enjoy it, even though it makes little to no sense. Emma Thompson is Agent O, replacing Rip Torn as the master of Men in Black headquarters. (Torn, who was probably busy drunkenly robbing a bunch of Macy’s department stores after midnight during production, has been written out of the series.) Alice Eve plays O in ’69, a believable substitute for a young Thompson. Sadly, David Cross, who appeared in the first two chapters of MIB, is absent from the proceedings. The film’s funniest spot belongs to Bill Hader making a cameo as undercover MIB agent Andy Warhol. Andy is getting a little tired of painting bananas and listening to sitar music. I heard a little hint of Stefon, Hader’s hilarious Saturday Night Live character, in his Warhol voice. Men in Black III allegedly had a lot of rewrites and production turmoil along the way to theaters. While that might be apparent in the weariness of Jones’ performance, all other parties appear to be having a pretty good time. MIB III winds up being a decent summer diversion. It’s not half the fun of The Avengers, but it’s much better than MIB II, and Brolin is golden. This film marked the first movie featuring Smith in nearly four years. His last film was the awful Seven Pounds. His Internet Movie Database listing states he’s currently attached to I, Robot 2, Bad Boys 3 and Hancock 2. There are also rumors of another installment of I Am Legend. Looks like the Smith Sequel Machine will be returning to full force. Ω

The Avengers

Everything good about the last bunch of Marvel superhero movies comes together for one massive, excessively entertaining party. Director Joss Whedon hits all the right notes as Captain America (Chris Evans), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and the Hulk (newbie Mark Ruffalo) all get equal time in this well balanced, often funny, and completely satisfying cinematic experience. I wasn’t sure if they would pull this off, but they did, with Loki (Tom Hiddleston) once again bringing the fun as the villain. Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) contribute mightily to the process, as does Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). Good luck to all the rest of the summer movies in trying to top this one’s fun factor. And let it be said that this contains the best Hulk action put to film ever! Joss Whedon is a god.

Chernobyl Diaries

Based on the board game by Hasbro— always a harbinger of great film—this one throws aliens into the mix so as to not have a film with two fat guys sitting at a table playing Battleship while drinking milkshakes. Seriously, when I heard they were making a movie based on the Battleship board game, two fat guys drinking milk shakes and crying “You sunk my battleship!” was all I figured they might come up with. It’s not a board game that screams “super narrative!” Peter Berg directs the likes of Taylor Kitsch—in his second domestic box office dud following John Carter—Liam Neeson and Alexander Skarsgard in this Transformers wannabe that just sits in the ocean and doesn’t go anywhere. Sub-par special effects and stupid-looking humanoid aliens with porcupine beards don’t help matters much. The best thing I can say about this shoddy horror film is that it isn’t a found-footage movie. Oh, I’m sure the temptation to make it a found-footage film was there, what with American tourists daring to tread in the land of Chernobyl, and the fact this movie was co-written by Oren Peli, director of the first Paranormal Activity. What you basically get here is a foundfootage film without the found-footage part, meaning the movie is cheap looking, gimmicky and utterly lacking in originality, but none of the characters are actually filming what’s going on at the time. (Actually, there is one sequence where they do that, so this movie is about 2 percent found footage.) A bunch of young adults pay some Russian guy to take them to an abandoned city next to Chernobyl, where they get frightened by monster fish, bears, crazy dogs and eventually some sort of radioactive mutant humans, although we never really get to see those. A bunch of stupid characters acting dumber than spit and getting offed one by one in extremely boring fashion.

Dark Shadows

After the boring tragedy that was Alice in Wonderland, the normally reliable Tim Burton and Johnny Depp team up once again to induce nap time with this plodding adaptation of the cult fave vampire soap opera from the ’60s. Depp plays Barnabas Collins, cursed by an evil witch (Eva Green) two centuries ago and buried in the Earth. Somebody digs up his coffin to make way for a McDonald’s and, boom, Barnabas is strutting around in the ’70s. Or at least he should be. As it turns out, he just spends most of his time moping around his mansion droning his lines. This had the looks of something potentially funny and weird, but Burton actually goes for the soap opera feel, a move that doesn’t work on the big screen. I would really like to see Depp do another real drama or smart comedy without burying himself under makeup and wigs. Having seen what he looks like in The Lone Ranger, I know I won’t be getting my wish soon.

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The Five-Year Engagement

This one feels more like a 50-year engagement. Jason Segel and Emily Blunt star as a couple who get engaged but wind up postponing their wedding for career considerations. While Segel and Blunt have some decent comedic chemistry, the movie just drags on and on and on. What’s more, while they work as a comedic team, they don’t really click as a romantic couple, making it all seem a little strange that they’re together in the first place. Directed by Nicholas Stoller, who co-wrote the screenplay with frequent writing partner Segel, the two fail to capture the magic that made their prior effort Forgetting Sarah Marshall so funny. The humor here is mostly flat, peppered with occasional laughs, which mostly come from Segel’s character trying to adjust to life in Michigan after living the big life in San Francisco. Segel says he won’t be in the next Muppet movie because he wants to do human movies. As this movie shows, humans can be really boring.

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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. This movie excels in a brand of weird, random comedy that had me laughing out loud often. Not so much a pirate movie than a fictional goof about what a jerk Charles Darwin could’ve been in his younger days, it has a lot of laughs that come out of nowhere, make no sense, and that’s something I happen to love very much when done right. Hugh Grant most entertainingly voices the Pirate Captain, trying his best to win the coveted Pirate of the Year Award, which usually goes to Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven). Determined to score a lot of booty and increase his chances for victory in the contest, he sets out to pillage a bunch of boats and gather the gold. He happens upon Darwin (David Tennant), who points out that his trusted parrot is, in fact, a dodo. The film is crazy funny—Queen Victoria is the villain!—and just the ticket for parents looking to be entertained by a kid movie.

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Boys in the band Crush What inspires a grungy alternative rock band to transform into a dance pop outfit? In Northern Nevada, unsurprisby Brad Bynum ingly, it involves Burning Man. Electronic dance music is ubiquibradb@ tous at the annual art festival in the newsreview.com desert, which Daniel Sion of the band Crush discovered during the week-long event in 2009. “I hated it at first,” he says. “But by the end, I was falling in love. Like, dubstep is awesome! … Electronic dance music is very stimulating music.” “It’s the new rock,” says his brother, Aaron.

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And though they’ve evolved into the dubstep-influenced threepiece group they are today, they kept the same name because, according to Aaron, the name sums up the two sides of the band. “Crush” refers to both the sense of romantic infatuation in many of their lyrics, but also the loud bassheavy sounds of their beats. And they’ve retained a focus on Beatles-inspired songcraft. “We’re still focused on writing good songs,” says Dunn. Whereas a lot of dance music is focused on cool sounds over unrelenting rhythms, Crush writes pop tunes—with hooky beginnings, middles and ends—set to electronic beats. The group’s new album, First Crush, features 15 original songs, all written, recorded, mixed and mastered by the band members themselves. And the tracks are actual songs, with prominent vocal melodies, lyrics about life and love, and cohesive structures. The band members also occasionally still use guitars, though now they run them into computers. “A lot of people bag on us for using computers,” says Aaron. “But we’re all traditionally trained jazz musicians,” says Dunn. And the Beatles influence is still prominent in the music. They still cover the Beatles in concert, and Dunn boasts they can play “any Beatles song.” Daniel accurately describes “Wasted Time,” possibly the strongest cut on First Crush as “Beatles meets Skrillex”—it has both catchy vocal harmonies and body-shakin’ wobble bass. The combination of harmonious, Beatles-inspired songwriting and contemporary electronic dance music is evocative of a distinctive genre: boy band pop. The band members acknowledge that most of their fans are teenage girls, and they’re not unhappy about accidentally stumbling into this genre. “We don’t have a problem with that,” says Aaron. “After all, the Beatles were a boy band.” Ω

Crush is Aaron Sion, Jimmy Dunn, Daniel Sion and canine mascot Albie.

The record release party for First Crush is at 8 p.m. on June 8 at the Knitting Factory. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/ crushreno.

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Daniel, 21, is ostensibly the bass player, Aaron, 19, the guitar player, and Jimmy Dunn, 17, the drummer. But their current material is largely built around synthesizers and pre-programmed beats, so those narrowly defined rock band positions don’t really apply anymore. Everybody sings. When Crush formed in 2009, the band was a quartet—Dunn, Aaron Sion, Parker Hames and Reese Swearingen—primarily inspired by ’90s modern rock radio bands like Green Day and Nirvana as well as ’60s icons like The Beatles. Though Hames left the group in late 2011, his project Ryan Parker will also be performing at Crush’s record release party at the Knitting Factory on June 8. Aaron describes Ryan Parker as a “more scholarly, higher-art intellectual” approach to electronic music—whereas Crush happily embrace the accessible, danceable aspects of their music. Memory Motel is also on the bill.

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

Rumble, 9:30pm, no cover

Geezerslaw, 9:30pm, no cover

ABBY’S HIGHWAY 40

Drinking with Clowns, 9:30pm, no cover

Driven by Astronauts, 9:30pm, no cover

THE ALLEY

Yo Gotti, Mic-Rob, Zed Zilla, Nit Da Pit, Young Neek, 7pm, $20

Leftover Crack, Old Glory, Union Hearts, Machinegun Vendetta, 7:30pm, $15

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Fire spinning performance, 8pm, no cover

3RD STREET 125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005 424 E. Fourth St., (775) 322-9422 906 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-8891 816 Highway 40 West, Verdi; (775) 345-0806

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/4-6/6

Moon Gravy, 8:30pm, no cover

The Bunny The Bear, From Atlantis, Bury the Sky, 7:30pm, W, $10 Open mic, 8pm, no cover

BIGGEST LITTLE CITY CLUB

Open mic comedy night, 9pm, no cover

188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

THE BLACK TANGERINE

Cold Steel Band, 9:30pm, $5

DJ/Dance Night, 9pm, no cover

CEOL IRISH PUB

Neil O’Kane, 9pm, no cover

Blarney Band, 9pm, no cover

9825 S. Virginia St., (775) 853-5003 538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558

CHAPEL TAVERN

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

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

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

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Gooferman June 2, 9 p.m. The Underground 555 E. Fourth St. 410-5993

Good Friday with rotating DJs, 10pm, no cover

CLUB BASS

535 E. Fourth St., (775) 622-1774

Ladies Night w/DJs (dubstep, electro, house), 10pm, $5 for women

College Night w/DJs (dubstep, electro, house), 10pm, $5 with college ID

COMMA COFFEE

Open Mic Night, 7:30pm, no cover

Community Drum Circle, 5:30pm, no cover

Large Bills Accepted, noon, M, no cover

1) Fill the Silence, The Hardways, 8pm, $8, $15

1) Runway IV Lingerie Party & Kentot’s Birthday Bash, 10pm, $12, $10 w/lingerie 2) Mic-Rob Top 40 Mash-Up, 10pm, no cover

2) Jason King Band, 6pm, W, no cover

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

COMMROW

255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400 1) Cargo 2) Centric 3) Main Floor

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Clay Hawkins, 6pm, no cover

10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711

VooDoo Dogz, 9:30pm, no cover

Rick Hammond Blues Band, 9:30pm, no cover

Karaoke with Nick, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke with Phil, 9pm, no cover

250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7041 1) 250 Lounge 2) Duffy’s Ale House

1) Keyser Soze, 7pm, $5 men, no cover charge for women, DJ Travy, 11pm, no cover

1) Party Jams w/Cliff Notes, 7pm, $5 men, no cover charge for women, DJ Travy, 11pm, no cover

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The Other Band, 7:30pm, no cover

Blues Monsters, 7:30pm, no cover

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

EL CORTEZ LOUNGE

Karaoke with Lisa Lisa, 9pm, no cover

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

FREIGHT HOUSE DISTRICT

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

THE HOLLAND PROJECT

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

The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Jeff Garcia, Brett Walkow, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Greg Pompa, Taylor Williamson, W, 9pm, $25 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Hynopt!c with Dan Kimm, F, 7pm, $13, $16; Todd Paul, F, 9:30pm; Sa, 7pm, 9:30pm, $13, $16

Sunday Music Showcase, 6pm, no cover

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

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

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

Karaoke with Phil, 9pm, no cover

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Catch a Rising Star, Silver Legacy, 407 N. Virginia St., 329-4777: Greg Vaccariello, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $15.95; F, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $15.95; Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $17.95; Jeff Pirrami, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $15.95

Broken Water, Royal Noble, Precariously Stacked, 8pm, $5

140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

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Sibling Revelry, 6pm, no cover

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THURSDAY 5/31 Jazz Jam w/First Take featuring Rick Metz, 6pm, no cover

KNITTING FACTORY CONCERT HOUSE

The Head and the Heart, The Moondoggies, Pennywise, Guttermouth, Melvin Makes Husky, 8pm, $20-$40 Machineguns, 8pm, $22-$45

1180 Scheels Dr., Sparks; (775) 657-8659 211 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-5648

KNUCKLEHEADS BAR & GRILL MOODY’S BISTRO BAR & BEATS 10007 Bridge St., Truckee; (530) 587-8688

SATURDAY 6/2

SUNDAY 6/3

The Rocket Summer, The Scene Aesthetic, States, 7:30pm, $15-$35

Yellowman, 8:30pm, $15-$30

Truckee River Band, 9pm, $5

Open Mic Night/College Night, 7pm, Tu, no cover

Bronco, Grupo Bryndis, 9pm, $30

2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 359-4020

PLAN:B MICRO-LOUNGE

Open Mic Night w/Tom Miller, 7pm, no cover

Eric Anderson Band, 8pm, no cover

Colin Ross, 8pm, no cover

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

THE POINT

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 7pm, no cover

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 9pm, no cover

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

Johnny Lipka, 9pm, no cover

Corky Bennett, 7pm, W, no cover

Lady and the Tramps, 8pm, no cover

Ray Wylie Hubbard, Richard Elloyan, 8pm, Tu, $18, Jay Goldfarb, 7pm, W, no cover

One Be Lo, Kublakai, The Halve Two, Logic One, 9pm, $10

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

318 N. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 887-8879 3001 W. Fourth St., (775) 322-3001

POLO LOUNGE

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

RED DOG SALOON

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

RED ROCK BAR

241 S. Sierra St., (775) 324-2468

Spencer & Morgan’s Funk Jam, 9:30pm, no cover

The Big Bad, 9:30pm, no cover

RUBEN’S CANTINA

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

RYAN’S SALOON

Live jazz, 7:30pm, M, W, no cover

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

SAWTOOTH RIDGE CAFE

The Space Heaters, 9:30pm, no cover

SIDELINES BAR & NIGHTCLUB

Alias Smith, 9:30pm, no cover

877 N. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City; (530) 583-2880 1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 355-1030

Open Mic Night, 9pm, Tu, no cover Black and Blues Jam, 8:30pm, Tu, no cover

Wicked Hicks, 9:30pm, no cover

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

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

The Bunny The Bear June 6, 7:30 p.m. The Alley 906 Victorian Ave. Sparks 358-8891

1) HONK Klown-A-Rowd Road Revue w/Gooferman, Shovelman, DJ Fact.50, 9pm, $10

WALDEN’S COFFEEHOUSE

The Kimberly Trip, Tyler Stafford, 7pm, no cover

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

3940 Mayberry Dr., (775) 787-3307

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Local Band Listening Party, 9pm, M, Dark Tuesdays w/Stefani, 9pm, Tu, no cover Karaoke w/Steve Starr, 8pm, Tu, no cover, rock/blues jam, 8pm, W, $5, free for women

1) ’80s Dance Party, 9pm, $5; no cover charge for women 2) Interzone w/Endif, Rusty, Hyperkarma, 9pm, $3

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

Sunday Night Strega Mic, 9pm, no cover

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Spontaneous Groove Party, 9pm, no cover

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

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/4-6/6

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

Martha Simon & The Fellas, 8pm, no cover

NEW OASIS

June 1, 8 p.m. Knitting Factory 211 N. Virginia St. 323-5648

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

Cheap Date, Marz, 9pm, $5

405 Vine St., (775) 323-6500

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

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1627 Hwy. 395, Minden; (775) 782-9711 1) Valley Ballroom 2) Cabaret Lounge

THURSDAY 5/31

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SATURDAY 6/2

SUNDAY 6/3

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/4-6/6

2) Escalade, 8pm, no cover

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

2) Midnight Riders, 8pm, no cover

2) Chili Sauce, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Decades, 7pm, no cover

2) Decades, 8pm, no cover

2) Paul Covarelli, 6pm, no cover

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

Chili Sauce, 10pm, no cover

2) Swamp Zen, 10pm, no cover

1) Mama’s Cookin’, Jellybread, 9pm, no cover

1) Man in the Mirror, 8pm, $19.95+ 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Skyy High Fridays, 9pm, $10

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) Addiction Saturdays, 9pm, $10 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

CIRCUS CIRCUS

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

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

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

ELDORADO HOTEL CASINO

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

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

1) Man in the Mirror, 7pm, Tu, W, $19.95+ 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, Apple Z, 10pm, W, no cover

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

1) Cash Only, 9:30pm, M, no cover DJ JBIRD, 9:30pm, Tu, no cover

Bottoms Up Saloon, 1923 Prater Way, Sparks, 359-3677: Th-Sa, 9pm, no cover

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Grand Theater 2) WET Ultra Lounge 3) Xtreme Sports Bar 4) Mustangs 5) 2500 East

4) Rustlers’ Heat, 9pm, no cover

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE

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

HARVEYS LAKE TAHOE

18 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (775) 427-8397 1) Cabo Wabo Cantina Lounge

JOHN ASCUAGA’S NUGGET

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

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

SILVER LEGACY

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

4) Rustlers’ Heat, 9pm, no cover

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

1) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, 7:30pm, $40 2) Arthur Hervey, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 10:30pm, $20

Karaoke

1) Cold Forty Three, 10pm, no cover

1) Live music, 10pm, no cover

2) Vegas Road Show, 7pm, no cover 3) Milton Merlos, 5:30pm, no cover 5) Ladies ’80s w/DJ BG, 6pm, no cover

2) Vegas Road Show, 8pm, no cover 3) Milton Merlos, 6pm, no cover 5) Just Right, 5:30pm, DJ BG Weekend Jump-Off Party, 10pm, no cover

2) Vegas Road Show, 7pm, no cover 5) Just Right, 5:30pm, no cover

2) Soul Experience, 7pm, no cover 3) Powerplay, 7pm, no cover 4) Bad Girl Thursdays, 10pm, $20 men, no cover charge for women

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

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

2) Soul Experience, 7pm, no cover

2) Soul Experience, 7pm, M, no cover

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

1) Joel McHale, 8pm, $40, $60 2) Dueling pianos, 9pm, no cover

1) Bill Engvall, 8pm, $52.50, $69.50 2) Dueling pianos, 9pm, no cover 3) Dance party, 10pm, no cover

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

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

1) DJ Chris English, 10pm, no cover

2) Paul Covarelli Trio, 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

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5 Hwy. 18, Crystal Bay; (775) 831-0660 1) Breeze Nightclub 2) Casino floor

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For Thursday, May 31 to Wednesday, June 6 MAY ARBORETUM SOCIETY’S PLANT SALE: Start your summer garden with a selection of plants chosen for the Northern Nevada climate. All sales benefit the May Arboretum. Sa, 6/2, 8am-noon. Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 425-1305.

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The deadline for entries in the issue of Thurs., June 14, is Thursday, June 7.

Events

THE DISCOVERY VOLUNTEER OPEN HOUSE: The Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum hosts a volunteer open house. There are many volunteer opportunities in different areas of the museum including administration, birthday parties, programming, museum floor and special events. M, 6/4, 4-7pm. Free. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, 490 S. Center St., (775) 398-5947, www.nvdm.org.

2012 HAIR & MAKEUP ARTIST OF THE YEAR: The second annual event features categories for professional, amateur and student makeup and hair artists age 17 and older. The competition will be held from 11am until 4pm. That evening, there will be a cocktail party and awards event that will include a fashion show featuring clothing from Olive & Lolo’s, a silent auction and door prizes, as well as appetizers and cocktails. All proceeds will benefit Soroptimist International of Washoe County’s local projects that benefit women and children in the Washoe County community. Sa, 6/2, 11am-9pm. $5-$25. Reno Elks Lodge No. 597, 597 Kumle Lane, (775) 7863930 ext. 237, www.siwashoe.org.

EUROFEST: The 14th annual event features a variety of food and beer from across Europe, arts and crafts and live music. Celtic rock band Young Dubliners perform at 7pm on Friday and Saturday. The Gruber Family Band and the Louis & Patti Showcase the Band perform multiple sets on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Free admission. F, 6/1, 4-10pm; Sa, 6/2, 11am-10pm; Su, 6/3, 11am-6pm. Free. Sand’s Regency Casino Hotel, 345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2200, www.sandsregency.com.

DAY-LONG RETREAT WITH HEATHER SUNDBERG: The day’s topic will be “Freedom in the Face of the Eight Worldly Winds: Pleasure/Pain, Gain/Loss, Praise/Blame, Fame/Disrepute.” Explore how the eight winds manifest in our minds/lives, and examine what it means to have a heart open in the midst of all things. The teachings will focus on developing the qualities of groundedness, spaciousness, mindfulness, equanimity and compassion. Sa, 6/2, 9:30am-4:30pm. Donations welcome. The Reno Buddhist Center, 820 Plumas St., (775) 786-7842, www.dharmazephyr.org.

LIVE SKYTONIGHT TALK: Learn about the nighttime sky during this informal presentation with the aid of state-of-the-art digital technology, followed by telescope viewing at Rancho San Rafael Park. First F of every month, 6pm. $4-$6. Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4812.

Trail Association for American Hiking Society’s 20th annual National Trails Day event. Celebrate the start of the trail season by volunteering to build trail or by joining TRTA for a guided hike around the new Van Sickle Bi-State Park. The event begins at Van Sickle CA/NV BiState Park off Lake Parkway. To participate, register online or contact Lindsey at trails@tahoerimtrail.org. Sa, 6/2, 9am-4pm. Free. Van Sickle State BiState Park, 15 Highway 50, Stateline, (775) 298-0239, http://tahoerimtrail.org.

OPEN HOUSE & TELESCOPE CLINIC: Visitors can explore the observatory at their leisure, ask questions of observatory volunteers, learn how telescopes work and even learn how to image celestial objects. Guests are encouraged to bring their own telescopes and use the observation deck to view the evening sky. First Sa of every month, 7pm. Free. Jack C. Davis Observatory, 2699 Van Patten Drive, Carson City, (775) 445-3240, www.wnc.edu/observatory.

PARTY IN THE GARDEN: The May Arboretum Society hosts a preview party for its annual plant sale. Guests will be able to shop for spring plants and silent auction items while enjoying beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres in Burke’s Garden. Following the reception will be a special high desert gardening presentation in the May Museum from renowned garden designers and authors Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden. The 23rd annual plant sale will begin at 8am on June 2 at the May Arboretum. All proceeds benefit the Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden. F, 6/1, 5:30-8pm. $50-$75. Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden,

UC DAVIS TERC TAHOE CITY OPEN HOUSE: Tour

Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-4153, www.mayarboretumsociety.org.

the Tahoe City Field Station, talk to scientists about their work and learn something new about Lake Tahoe. Sa, 6/2, 10am-2pm. Free. UC Davis Tahoe City Field Station, 2400 Lake Forest Road, Tahoe City, (775) 881-7562, http://terc.ucdavis.edu.

RENO FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS: Reno Food Truck Fridays is a gathering of the area’s mobile food vendors and features live music and family activities. First F of every month, 59pm through 10/5. Free. Former RTC Citicenter, Fourth and Center streets, https://www.facebook.com/RenoFood TruckFridays.

VALHALLA ARTS & MUSIC FESTIVAL: The 32nd annual celebration of the arts includes musical and theatrical performances, visual art exhibits, fairs, cultural festivals and art workshops. M-Su through 9/2. Opens 6/1. Prices vary. Tallac Historic Site, Highway 89, 2.5 miles north of Highway 50, South Lake Tahoe, (530) 541-4975, http://valhallatahoe.com.

RENO-TAHOE ODYSSEY: The eighth annual relay run is ideally suited for teams of 12 runners on a 178-mile course. The run begins at Wingfield Park in downtown Reno along the Truckee River, and travels through the Sierra Nevada mountains and along the shores of Lake Tahoe. The course continues through Carson City and Virginia City, returning to Reno and ending at Idlewild Park. F, 6/1; Sa, 6/2. Call or visit website for details, (775) 825-3399, www.renotahoeodyssey.com.

WELLS AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING TOUR: Take a stroll through a working-class neighborhood along the path of the Wells Avenue streetcar, across the V&T tracks and past the homes of the Thoma Street Gang. Meet at Southside School Annex, Sinclair and Liberty streets. Reservations required. Cut-off date for reservations is the day before the tour. Tu, 6/5, 6-8pm. $10; free for Historic Reno Preservation Society members. Southside Cultural Center, 190 E. Liberty St., (775) 747-4478, www.historicreno.org.

STREET VIBRATIONS SPRING RALLY: The fifth annual motorcycle rally includes live entertainment, bike games, competition ride-in shows, poker runs and walks, more than 80 vendors, VIP parties for participants and more. Most events will take place at Victorian Square in Sparks. Virginia City will host a poker walk, live entertainment, VIP bike parking and more. Chester’s Reno Harley-Davidson will host open houses. F-Su through 6/3. Opens 6/1. Free admission. Victorian Square, Victorian Avenue, 14th Street to Pyramid Way, Sparks, (775) 329-7469, http://roadshowsreno.com.

WATER PARK OPENS: Melio Gaspari Water Play Park will be open the first weekend of June. The park will begin regular summer hours on Saturday, June 9. Sa,

Su, 10am-5pm through 6/2; W-Su, 10am-

5pm through 8/26. Opens 6/9. $3; free for seniors age 61 and older, children under age 3. Melio Gaspari Water Play Park at Lazy 5 Regional Park, 7100 Pyramid Lake Highway, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1804.

SUMMER KICK OFF ART SALE & OPEN HOUSE: The event features artwork for sale, demonstrations and performances in various visual, fine and performing arts. Sa, 6/2, 10am-5pm. Free. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976, www.breweryarts.org.

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Faire GAME Take a trip back in time this weekend when Camp Richardson transforms into a Renaissance-era village during the Valhalla Renaissance Faire. The 20th annual event, part of the Valhalla Arts & Music Festival, features four stages of continuous entertainment ranging from musical and theatrical performances to staged battles. More than 900 costumed actors will portray members of the royal court, knights and traveling merchants, as well as common folk going about their daily chores. There will also be pirates, fairies and other exotic characters roaming about the premises during the two-weekend event. More than 100 vendors will offer arts and crafts and other wares. The first weekend’s theme is “Scottish Invasion,” and is geared toward younger audiences with shows, plays, games and Renaissance guilds reenacting life in a Scottish household. Pirates and barbarian hordes will raid the village the second weekend. Highlights include scavenger hunts, costume contests and talk-like-a-pirate competitions. The faire takes place on June 2-3 and June 9-10 at Camp Richardson Historic Resort, 1900 Jameson Beach Road, South Lake Tahoe. Gates are open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. There will also be a special Family Day event on June 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are $5-$17. Admission is free for children age 5 and younger. Visit www.valhallafaire.com. —Kelley Lang OPINION

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WOLF HOWL NIGHT: Hear Animal Ark’s wolves and coyotes howl, and participate in a contest with prizes to be awarded to the best human howlers. Gates will open at 6pm. The wolf presentation begins at 7pm. Sa, 6/2, 6pm. $15 adults; $13.50 seniors; $12 children age 3 and up; free for children age 2 and younger. Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary and Nature Center, 1265 Deerlodge Road, off Red Rock Road, (775) 970-3111, www.animalark.org.

well as work by guest artist Patricia Sherer. There will be an artists’ reception on June 3 at 1pm.l M-Su, 11am-4pm through 6/30. Opens 6/1. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896, www.artistsco-opgalleryreno.com.

BACKSEAT GALLERY AT COMMA COFFEE: Abstract Portraits. New work created by Deana Hoover is on display. M-Su through 5/31. Free. 312 S. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 883-2662.

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Art ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: It’s A Small World, Artists Co-op of Reno Gallery presents work by Mary Chadwell, Harriet Uhalde and Ralph and Cheryln Bennett. Guest artists are Heidi Reeves, Tricia Poulous-Leonard and Chikako McNamara. M-Su, 11am-4pm through 5/31; Peaked Again. Artists Co-op of Reno features Erik Holland’s plein air paintings, as

Arts Initiative presents its summer exhibition featuring work by Northern Nevada artists Amy Aramanda, Kaitlin Bryson, Logan Lape, Kath McGaughey, Emily Rogers and Karl Schwiesow. CCAI will host a reception for the artists on June 7, 5–7pm. During the reception the artists will give an informal talk about their work beginning at 5:30pm. M-F through 9/4. Opens 6/5. Free. 885 E. Musser St., inside the Carson City Courthouse, Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

THE HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: Sticks and Stones. Ahren Hertel’s new paintings are a visualization of the everyday damage we do to the environment. The series depicts a group of women who are making direct attacks on nature using sticks and stones. Children often use such weapons to infer a kind of playful violence as they begin to understand their power in the world. The women in Hertel’s paintings take that playfulness to the next level with a more deliberate act but with a similar emotional detachment. This series poses a question to the viewer: If the outcome of your actions were clear, how would that inform the choices you make? Tu-F, 3-6pm through 6/8. Free. 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858, www.hollandreno.org.

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Wedding her whistle I just turned 26, and I’m ready to be married. My previous two boyfriends dragged their feet and then said the blood-boiling line: “I will marry you … someday.” I met a guy online, and we initiated a relationship on the basis that he was ready for marriage. Four months after our first kiss, I broke up with him after he, too, expressed hesitation about marriage. He insisted that he loves me but is hesitating because I have a drinking problem and PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder). Once a month, I take everything I love and tear it to shreds—as if in a werewolf state. I need structure and commitment from a loving partner, and an engagement now would help me transcend my conditions. He wants to see improvement before he commits. I want him to realize how cruel he was in insisting in his profile that he was ready for marriage and not following through. You’re a fierce advocate of truth in advertising— except when you’re the one engaging in the sins of omission: “I’m ready to be married. Oh, also, once a month, I’ll try to rip out your internal organs. Any takers?” Typically, when a man is ready for marriage, he’s looking to settle down with the right woman, not sprint to the altar with the first woman he meets who can fit into a size 8 long white dress. If marriage actually were a cure for alcoholism, people in AA would have florists instead of sponsors, and church basements would be packed with brides tearfully confessing to being powerless before a $10,000 wedding cake.

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You likewise don’t marry a guy because your hormones turn you into a werewolf once a month. Per psychiatrist Dr. Emily Deans in one of my previous columns, biochemical options for dialing down turbo PMS include the 24-day or three-month birth control pill; the antidepressant bupropion; magnesium malate supplementation (500 milligrams at bedtime); and cycling from a low-carb diet to a highercarb, low-protein diet three days to a week before your period starts. Addiction treatment specialist Dr. Frederick Woolverton writes in his book, Unhooked, that at the heart of any addiction is avoidance of suffering. Instead of feeling uncomfortable feelings and dealing with them, you drown them in a cheap gin. And instead of working to overcome your addiction, you decide that the “power greater than yourself” will be the groom. But, only when you don’t need a man to feel whole are you healthy enough to choose one for the right reasons. Then you see, over time—a year, at the very least— whether you and he make sense together. Marriage is a lifetime commitment, not a lifeboat to rescue you from your troubles already in progress.

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JAVA JUNGLE: BURDEN. Artist Eric Endy takes a different take on burdens found in our everyday society through his paintings. There will also be art by local artist Nikki Kelly. Through 6/6. Free. 246 W. First St., (775) 385-8152.

SIERRA ARTS GALLERY: Nudes and Neon: Stephanie Hogen, Elaine Jason, & Candace Nicol. This three-person exhibition investigates the connection between body, light and reflections. This show combines a sense of art history with a reference to Reno’s history. There will be an artists’ reception on June 8 from 5pm to 7pm. M-F, 10am-5pm through 6/28. Free. 17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 120, (775) 329-2787, www.sierra-arts.org.

ST. MARY’S ART CENTER: STAND. Capital City Arts Initiative and St. Mary’s Art Center present the exhibition STAND, a salute to Nevada’s Basque arborglyphs by fiber artist Lexi Boeger. The installation is the culmination of Boeger’s two-week residency at St. Mary’s and will be in the center’s fourth floor gallery. CCAI and SMAC will host a reception for the artist on June 2 from 4–6pm. F-Su, 11am-4pm through 7/8. Opens 6/2. Free. 55 N. R St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7774, www.arts-initiative.org.

STREMMEL GALLERY: Open Space. Stremmel Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by contemporary landscape painters Dale Livezey, Craig Mitchell, James Shay, Valerie Shesko and Alan Sonneman. M-Sa through 6/16. Free. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558, www.stremmelgallery.com.

TMCC MAIN ART GALLERY: Preview: Reno Open Studios. The TMCC Main Art Gallery will feature a variety of different art media hosted by Reno Open Studios. Reno Open Studios is made up of 42 visual artists living and creating art within the Reno/Sparks area. The exhibit includes oils, acrylics, watercolor, decorative gourds, jewelry, textiles, bronze, photography, woodturning, metal sculpture, glass and glass blowing, clay, printmaking and ceramics. Closing reception and artist talks will be held on Wednesday, June 20, 5-8pm. Featured speakers include Tom Beebe, Tia Flores, Brett Moten and Ray Valdez. M-F, 9am-9pm through

6/25. Opens 6/1; Sa, 9am-5pm through 6/23. Opens

6/2. Free. Truckee Meadows Community College, 7000 Dandini Blvd., (775) 674-7698, www.tmcc.edu/vparts/artgalleries.

THE VISION PLACE GALLERY, UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF NORTHERN NEVADA: Eureka!, Last year a group of artists and photographers spent a weekend in the historic mining town of Eureka, Nev. Works inspired by that tour will be on display through June 17. M-Su through 6/17. 780 Del Monte Lane, 775) 240-7998.

THE WEDGE CERAMICS STUDIO: Dane Austin Meier Pottery Exhibit. Meier uses the ceramic forms of antiquity as his inspiration when spinning his ceramic art into something new, altered and modern. Through 6/26, 10am-5pm. Free. 2095 Dickerson Road, (775) 770-4770, www.thewedgeceramics.com.

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NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM (THE HARRAH COLLECTION): Mutant Rides: Origin of a Species. M-Su through 7/25. $10 adults; $8 seniors; $4

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kids ages 6-18; free for children age 5 and younger. 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300.

NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 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: Andrew Rogers: Contemporary Geoglyphs, W-Su through 8/26; Gail Wight: Hydraphilia, W-Su through 8/26; Gregory Euclide: Nature Out There, W-Su through 9/2; Tim Hawkinson: Totem, W-Su through 10/7; Jacob Hashimoto: Here in Sleep, a World, Muted to a Whisper, W-Su through 1/1; Anne Lindberg: Modal Lines, W-Su through 7/15; Art, Science, and the Arc of Inquiry: The Evolution of the Nevada Museum of Art, W-Su through 7/1. $1-$10; free for NMA members. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

Film DIVE & DUMPSTER WARS: Transition Reno presents a screening of local short film Dumpster Wars, an activist response to a proposed ordinance to restrict scavenging of garbage in Reno, and DIVE!, which follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of Los Angeles supermarkets. The event includes a panel discussion with local activists. Tu, 6/5, 7-10pm. $7 general; $5 members, bicyclists, students. Good Luck Macbeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia St., (775) 337-9111, www.artemisiamovies.org.

Music AN AMERICAN CELEBRATION—SPRING CONCERT: The Sierra Nevada MasterWorks Chorale performs a program of patriotic numbers, classic, folk and contemporary music, plus a medley from the hit Broadway musical Les Miserables. F, 6/1, 7:30-9:30pm. $15 general; $10 students, seniors; free for children under age 12. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 324-1940.

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

GLENN LITTLE TRIO IN THE COURTYARD: Bring your lunch and listen to a little bit of Dixieland and a little bit of music from the ’30s and ’40s performed by Glenn Little and fellow musicians Gene Albright and Harry Stover. The Lake Mansion is open for tours from 11am-2pm before or after the concert. F, 6/1, 12-1pm. Free. VSA Nevada at Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100 ext. 3, www.vsanevada.org.

Participants will pedal the 72-mile circumference of Lake Tahoe during the 21st annual event, which includes the Boat Cruise/35Mile Fun Ride and a 100-mile century ride. This ride promotes Lake Tahoe Bikeway, the plan to build and interconnect bike lanes/trails around Lake Tahoe, and is the culmination of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s National Team In Training spring fund-raising program. Su, 6/3. Call or visit website for details, (800) 565-2704, www.bikethewest.com.

RENO ACES: The minor league baseball team plays Tacoma Rainiers. Th, 5/31, 7:05pm; F, 6/1, 7:05pm. $6-$24. Reno Aces Ballpark, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-4700, www.renoaces.com.

SCHEELS BIKING CLUB: Moderate to strong riders are encouraged to participate. Rides will vary from 20-30 miles. Participants will need to sign a liability form when they attend. Helmets are required. The rides depart from the southeast corner of the parking lot by Best Buy. Th, 5:45pm through 9/27. Free. Scheels, 1200 Scheels Drive, Sparks, (775) 331-2700, www.scheels.com/events.

SCHEELS RUNNING AND WALKING CLUB: Runners and walkers are invited to join this Tuesday night group run. Water and snacks will be available after the runs. Meet in the mens sport shoe shop. Tu, 6:30pm through 11/27. Free. Scheels, 1200 Scheels Drive, Sparks, (775) 331-2700, www.scheels.com/events.

Onstage THE 2012 GOLD HILL SPRING FOLLIES: The Gold Hill Theater Troupe and the Gold Hill Hotel present All That... The 2012 Gold Hill Spring Follies, gourmet dining with two hours of dance, song and comedy. F, 7pm through 6/8. $45 dinner and show; $15 show only. Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 Main St., Gold Hill, (775) 847-0111, www.goldhillhotel.net.

ORDINARY PEOPLE: Good Luck Macbeth Theater presents this drama based on Robert Redford’s 1980 movie directorial debut. The story follows the accidental death of the older son of an affluent family and the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son. F, 6/1, 7:30-9:30pm; Sa, 6/2, 7:30-

9:30pm; Th, 6/7, 7:30-9:30pm; F, 6/8, 7:30-9:30pm; Sa, 6/9, 7:30-9:30pm; Su, 6/10, 3-5pm; Th, 6/14, 7:30-9:30pm; F, 6/15, 7:30-9:30pm; Sa, 6/16, 7:309:30pm; F, 6/22, 7:30-9:30pm; Sa, 6/23, 7:30-9:30pm; Su, 6/24, 3-5pm. $14-$20. Good

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

SHERLOCK HOLMES: FINAL ADVENTURE: Reno Little Theater presents this witty, fast-paced mystery by A. Conan Doyle, adapted by Steven Dietz. F, 6/1, 7:30-10pm; Sa, 6/2, 7:3010pm; Su, 6/3, 2-4:30pm. $15 general, $12 seniors, students, military. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 813-8900, www.renolittletheater.org.

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tion to a ceramics studio and using the pottery wheel. You will learn how to work with the clay, the tools, glazing and techniques of throwing on the wheel. Classes are first come, first served, so call to sign up in advance. No previous experience is required. Sa, 2-5pm through 12/29. $40 per person. The Wedge Ceramics Studio, 2095 Dickerson Road, (775) 770-4770, www.thewedgeceramics.com.

niques with volunteer beading expert Jamie, and work on projects with other beaders. First Su of every month, 1-3pm. Free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.

BREAST CANCER—ON WITH LIFE: This support group provides a highly educational approach to looking at breast cancer. The latest research is discussed, along with alternative therapies, side effects of chemotherapy, reconstruction and community services. The group meets on Tuesdays at Saint Mary’s Center for Health’s Radiation Oncology Department. Tu, 4:30-6pm. Free. Saint Mary’s Center for Health & Fitness, 645 N. Arlington Ave., Ste. 100, (775) 722-1222, www.supportsaintmarys.org.

BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT: Breastfeeding mothers are invited to join Breastfeeding Cafe. Mothers exchange their experiences and discuss concerns such as milk supply, pumping, going back to work, sleeping or lack of sleep, etc. Tu, 4-5pm through 12/18. $10 drop in; free for first-time attendees. Renown South Meadows Medical Center, 10101 Double R Blvd., (775) 240-9916, www.wellnourishedbaby.com.

BRIDGEWIRE—MAKERSPACE OPEN SPACE NIGHT: Learn about this member-funded, nonprofit makerspace, hackerspace workshop. Th, 6-9pm through 12/27. Bridgewire, 1055 Industrial Way, Ste. 20, Sparks, (775) 219-7987, http://renobridgewire.org.

CONVERSATION CORNER: Washoe County Library presents a series of English language learning sessions ideal for non-native English speakers who want to improve their speaking skills. The group will practice speaking English around various scenarios that involve everyday activities. W, 4:30-6pm. Free. Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 829-7323.

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6/16, 9am-3pm; Sa, 7/7, 9am-3pm; Sa, 7/21, 9am3pm; Sa, 8/4, 9am-3pm; Sa, 8/18, 9am-3pm; Sa, 9/8, 9am-3pm; Sa, 9/22, 9am-3pm; Sa, 10/6, 9am-3pm; Sa, 10/20, 9am-3pm; Sa, 11/10, 9am3pm; Sa, 12/8, 9am-3pm. $65. REMSA Education

CONVERSATION CAFE: The drop-in conversation program meets on the first Saturday of each month. First Sa of every month, 2-4pm. Free. Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3200.

DHARMA BOOK GROUP: This group meets to read and discuss books of interest to Buddhists. Check the website for the current offering. For beginning and long-time Buddhists alike. Enter the building by the Taylor Street entrance. First and Third W of every month, 6-7pm. Free. Reno Buddhist Church, 820 Plumas St., (775) 348-6603, www.renobuddhistchurch.org.

& Training Center, 230 S. Rock Blvd., Ste. 23, (775) 858-5700, www.remsaeducation.com.

RENO PORTRAIT SOCIETY: There will be a live model for artists to paint or draw in the medium of their choice. The event is open to all ages and abilities. W, 9am-12:30pm. $10. Nevada Fine Arts, 1301 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-1128, www.nvfinearts.com.

DOWN SYNDROME FAMILY SUPPORT GROUPS: Meet other parents who are going through issues faced by relatives or caretakers of a child with a disability. The Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada seeks to connect families and create a strong foundation of support. First Tu of every month, 5:45-7:30pm. Free. Nevada Early Intervention Services, 2667 Enterprise Road, (775) 828-5159, http://dsnnn.org/FamilySupportGroup.aspx.

VARIETY YOGA: Each week the Sunday class is taught by a different instructor. Su, 10:3011:20am through 12/30. $15 drop-in fee. Mind Body & Pilates, 670 Alvaro St., Ste. B, (775) 745-4151, www.yogareno.com.

YOGA BASICS: A six-week introduction to the principles, philosophy, postures and breathing of yoga. Pre-registration requested. M, 7:158:30pm through 7/9. Opens 6/4. $81. Yoga Loka, 6135 Lakeside Drive, Ste. 121, (775) 337-2990, www.yogalokareno.com.

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FOUR SEASONS BOOK CLUB: The book club meets the first Saturday of each month. Call to find out each month’s book title. First Sa of every month, 1-2pm. Free. Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3203.

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this class for knitters of all ages and levels. Yarn and needles are available. First and Third Su of every month, 1:30-3pm. Free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, located at Lazy 5 Regional Park, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1800.

HEARTSAVER FIRST AID AND CPR: The Heartsaver First Aid Course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. CPR and AED, and environmental emergencies will also be covered in this course. Sa, 6/2, 9am-3pm; Sa,

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Let’s waltz

the rumba,” said jazz musician Fats Waller, suggesting the seemingly impossible mix of two very different types of dancing. That’s an excellent clue for you to follow up on, Aries. I suspect that in the coming week you will have an unusual aptitude for hybridization. You could do folk dancing and hip-hop moves simultaneously. It will make sense for you to do the cha-cha as you disco and vice versa. You’ll have a knack for bringing the spirit of belly dance into the tango, and for breakdancing while you do the hokey-pokey.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Have you

been feeling a warm fuzzy feeling in your money chakra? I hope so. The cosmos recently authorized you to receive a fresh flow of what we might call financial kundalini. Your insight into money matters should be increasing, as well as your ability to attract the information and influences you need to refine your relationship with prosperity. It may even be the case that higher levels of economic luck are operating in your vicinity. I’m not saying you will strike it rich, but you could definitely strike it richer.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your core

meditation this week is Oscar Wilde’s belief that disobedience is a primal virtue. Be ingeniously, pragmatically, and cheerfully disobedient, Gemini! Harness your disobedience so that it generates outbreaks of creative transformation that improve your life. For inspiration, read this passage by Robert Anton Wilson: “Every fact of science was once damned. Every invention was considered impossible. Every discovery was a nervous shock to some orthodoxy. Every artistic innovation was denounced as fraud and folly. The entire web of culture and progress, everything on earth that is manmade and not given to us by nature, is the concrete manifestation of someone’s refusal to bow to Authority. We would be no more than the first apelike hominids if it were not for the rebellious, the recalcitrant, and the intransigent.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Some

people tell me I’d invented the sounds they called soul,” said musician Ray Charles, “but I can’t take any credit. Soul is just the way black folk sing when they leave themselves alone.” I urge you to experiment with this idea, Cancerian. In my astrological opinion, you need to whip up a fresh, hot delivery of raw soul. One of the best ways to do that might be to leave yourself alone. In other words, don’t badger yourself. Don’t pick your scabs and second-guess your enthusiasms and argue yourself into a knot. Create a nice big space for your original self to play in.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Where’s the most

convenient place to discover a new species?” asks The Second Book of General Ignorance. What do you think the answer is, Leo? The Amazon Rainforest? The high mountainous forests of New Guinea? Northwest Siberia? None of the above. In fact, your best chance of finding a previously unidentified life form is in your own garden. There are hundreds of thousands of species that science still has no knowledge of, and quite a few of them are near you. A similar principle currently holds true for your life in general. It will be close to home that you are most likely to connect with fascinating exotica, unknown influences, and far-out adventures.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Now and then

my readers try to bribe me. “I’ll give you $1,000,” said a recent email from a Virgo woman, “if you will write a sequence of horoscopes that predict I’ll get the dream job I’m aiming for, which will in turn make me so attractive to the guy I’m pursuing that he will beg to worship me.” My first impulse was to reply, “That’s all you’re willing to pay for a prophecy of two events that will supercharge your happiness and change your life?” But in the end, as always, I flatly turned her down. The truth is, I report on the music of the heavenly spheres, but I don’t write the music myself. Still, I sort of admire this woman’s feisty resolve to manipulate the fates, and I urge you to borrow some of her ferocity in the coming week.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A solar eclipse

happens when the moon passes in front of the sun and blocks much of its light from reaching our eyes. On a personal level, the metaphorical equivalent is when something obstructs our ability to see what nourishes us. For example, let’s say you’re in the habit of enviously comparing your own situation to that of a person you imagine is better off than you. This may blind you to some of your actual blessings, and diminish your ability to take full advantage of your own talents. I bring this up, Libra, because you’re in an especially favorable time to detect any way you might be under the spell of an eclipse—and then take dramatic steps to get out from under it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Some

secrets will dribble out. Other secrets will spill forth. Still others may shoot out and explode like fireworks. You won’t be bored by this week’s revelations, Scorpio. People’s camouflage may be exposed, hidden agendas could be revealed, and not-quite-innocent deceits might be uncovered. So that’s the weird news. Here’s the good news: If you maintain a high level of integrity and treat the brouhaha as good entertainment, you’re likely to capitalize on the uproar. And that’s your specialty, right?

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

you go to a psychotherapist, she may coax you to tell stories about what went wrong in your childhood. Seek a chiropractor’s opinion and he might inform you that most of your problems have to do with your spine. Consult a psychic and chances are she will tell you that you messed up in your past lives and need a karmic cleansing. And if you ask me about what you most need to know, I might slip you some advice about how to access your untapped reserves of beauty and intelligence. Here’s the moral of the story, Sagittarius: Be discerning as you ask for feedback and mirroring. The information you receive will always be skewed.

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

state of Kansas has a law that seems more confusing than helpful. It says the following: “When two trains approach each other at a crossing, both shall come to a full stop and neither shall start up again until the other has gone.” From what I can tell, Capricorn, a similar situation has cropped up in your life. Two parties are in a stalemate, each waiting for the other to make the first move. At this rate, nothing will ever happen. May I suggest that you take the initiative?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Should

you get down on your knees and beg for love and recognition? No! Should you give yourself away without seeking much in return? Don’t do that, either. Should you try to please everyone in an attempt to be popular? Definitely not. Should you dilute your truth so as not to cause a ruckus? I hope not. So then what am I suggesting you should do? Ask the following question about every possibility that comes before you: “Will this help me to master myself, deepen my commitment to what I want most, and gain more freedom?”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do you know

why flamingos have their distinctive orange-pink color? It’s because of the carotene in the shrimp and other food they consume. If they change their diet, their feathers turn dull grey. That’s a dramatic example of the adage, “You are what you eat.” Let’s use it as a prompt to contemplate all the stuff you take into the holy temple of your body, Pisces. Not just the sandwiches and chocolate bars and alcohol, but also the images, sounds, ideas, emotions, and energy you get from other people. Is the cumulative effect of all those things giving you the shape and color and texture you want to have? If not, this would be a good time to adjust your intake.

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Fortune teller Nina Wilson

Tell me about your education.

So what specifically do you work on with clients? With all that I’ve been trained in, one of the very important things is diet, and how we

deal with our own internal energy and how we can respond to environmental issues as well. And sometimes I find with my clients there are things we can do to help their environment, and sometimes there are things we can’t impact. You know like, you can’t change the neighbor’s house or yard … but we can do things through diet that can effect our own personal energy. We can use those energies to attract certain life experiences that we want, including relationships, health, money and things like that.

What’s the most common issue? Most people are very conscious of health, so they will look for how to be in balance—how to be balanced based on your habits and body type to see what kind of internal energy you might have and you can evaluate it to see maybe where you might be eating too many of one type of food—I also list the foods by elements—that may be affecting a particular body system, and you can change your habit to find the elements that will bring you into balance. But as far as being happy, a lot of people think that happiness means a vibrancy, a joy, that joy and passion for living, and that’s related a lot to the fire element. The body

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what Western society teaches us is that if you get enough money, power and beautiful people to have sex with, that’s going to bring you happiness. That’s what every commercial, every magazine, music, movie teaches us. That’s a fallacy.” That quote is from ’98, after Yauch, realizing he had now made enough money to be literally set for life, also realized that he wasn’t especially happy, and turned his eyeballs towards the teachings of the eternally present troublemaker, the Buddha. Then there’s the classic quote from modern American Master Mae West, who said, “I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor. Rich is better.”

Normally clients would contact me if they have something going on in their life that they want to address. So we would discuss that issue. They would tell me what that issue is, and they need to have a goal before I come out and look at their environment. We need to know what they want to work on so that we can focus on those areas. So I spend some time talking with them, taking a look at their environment, including the external environment. I even use Google Earth to look at the entire neighborhood area to see what kind of structures are there around them ... So first of all, we want to make sure the energy can get to the home. If we think about the house as a person, and the front door is the mouth, the house has to be fed just how a person has to be fed. And then we want to look at the quality of food that is coming into the house. We can exist on junk food, but how well do we function? Certain energies have different aspects that we take a look at. So we look at how the energy moves in their environment and if it’s reaching them. Then we look at how it’s reaching the rest of the house or the business. Is it going where it needs to go to help support the people? Then we look at the energy of the people in the house, which is very unique. Some energy will be better for some people than others. There is no perfect house. Sometimes it’s just a matter of finding energies that are weaker, and using landscaping or moving things around, and letting in energy that is strongest and has the best potential. Ω

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Social networking crap I’m not sure what to make of all this “liking” going on with Facebook. But I don’t think I like it. (It’s great being a crusty old crab.) I realize there’s an actual benefit of sorts in being liked on FB. I’m probably just being an old fart who’s semantically miffed here. But I’m also haunted by the specter that at any given time, you’ve got a guy out there who has 328 friends on Facebook, but he’s still thinking that the most positive thing he can do in order to solve his problems and the way that he currently feels is to go home and stick a gun in his mouth. In his bitchin’ new book, The Billy Bo Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts, Billy Bob Thornton tackles one of America’s most puzzling social problems head on when he says, “This Twittering shit has really got to stop.”

parts for fire are heart and eyes. And obviously people who are happy, their eyes are alive. They are just glowing with that. So we can use some fire elements to get that going. We can use foods to influence our emotions.

What happens during a consultation?

Nina Wilson has been a feng shui consultant for more than 15 years and is the author of Feng Shui, Food & Fortune, available as an ebook at http://amzn.to/LPZm0S. Feng shui is a a Chinese system of geomancy.

I’m a tradition feng shui consultant [which is] is the feng shui that dates back centuries. In particular, the school that I’ve been trained in is through lineage, which means that the information is passed on only from master to student, dating back hundreds of years. Currently I’m a member of a very small and elite international team. There’s only 17 of us who trained with our master and [are] internationally based all over the world. We have been trained in … all aspects of the Chinese fine arts which includes feng shui, which is, of course, taking a look at how the environment influences us physically and emotionally. I’ve been a Reno resident for about 34 years now so all of my classes are here in the Reno area and my clients are from all over California and New Mexico. … [Our] master is from Taiwan. She hand selects the students. It’s pretty special when you’re selected. They say, “When the student is ready, a teacher appears.” It’s been a very unique experience and opportunity that I’ve had.

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blustery, with occasional showers and intermittent nastiness. In other words, a jiffy day for a funeral, provided you remembered to wear your thermals. As Hipp’s simple pine coffin lay exposed in its final resting place in that ornery Silver City soil (a gravedigger in S.C. better have a well-maintained back or a wellmaintained backhoe), there was a 21-gun salute, delivered by a group of seven old Comstock hippies who fired off three fairly unified volleys with their rifles/pistols. Between the first and second rounds, a visibly concerned cottontail was seen emerging from the target area, wondering WTF was going on with the sudden hail of hot lead. Ω

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