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LETTERS Stand, Forrest, stand

Summer me Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

Sometimes the declaration from Eminem’s 2004 song, “Mosh,” rings through my head repeatedly: “It feels so good to be back.”

This was one of those weekends, and you’ve got to know I loved it. Friday night, way too much wine on the deck at St. James Infirmary.

You know the drill, just enough breeze to keep my bald head dry. Plenty of red. Beautiful and sane company under the light of a nearly full moon.

Saturday, final steps in preparation of my vegetable garden. Yes, I know it should have been finished two weeks ago, but I only do gardening— like almost every other pleasurable thing in my life—when I feel it. Shopping a little late in the season saves me money. I was quite pleased to continue my personal boycott of Lowe’s, a company based in North Carolina. I’m boycotting every company with its national headquarters in the state that most recently ensconced discrimination against gay people in its state constitution. I spent something around $450 at other local stores this weekend. I’m likely to spend some more after the freeze tonight (which is after deadline but before this newspaper’s distribution). And not only that, but I mowed the back lawn and saw Snow White and the Huntsman. I liked the movie, but my more sophisticated companions weren’t that impressed.

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday. I got up and planted everything I had.

Drove down to the Moana Lane Nursery and got some more stuff. Planted some more. Long about mid-afternoon, Hunter and I decided to replace the garbage disposal. I always think it’s interesting to watch his face as he tries to figure things out.

For example, when I asked him to squeeze the juice out of one orange, I could see that he could see no possible use for fresh orange juice in a garbage disposal. I guess it made sense when I poured it into my previously poured wine cooler. You got to love the simple life.

Re “Days of Our Lies” (Feature story, May 17): I am the “Reno resident” who filed against Mark Amodei citing the National Defense Authorization Act. Amodei cites the following in the Act as upholding Constitutional protections for U.S. citizens: “The requirement to detain a person under military custody does not extend to citizens of the United States.”

OK, the requirement does not extend to citizens of the United States but the government is still allowed to detain U.S. citizens under the statute.

The president admits this in his signing statement, as he signed the bill: “Moreover, I want to clarify that my administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a nation.”

(So all he has to do to get around that statement is detain American citizens without trial with the Secret Service, right?)

President Obama now has a huge opportunity to right this wrong inflicted on the American nation and the Constitution. Federal judge Katherine Forrest ruled recently that the indefinite detention provision of the National Defense Authorization Act likely violates the First and Fifth Amendments of U.S. citizens. All President Obama has to do to regain the high ground on this issue is instruct his attorney general, Eric Holder, not to appeal Katherine Forrest’s ruling.

We are a swing county in a swing state in this election. I sincerely believe that we can make a difference if we speak up! Please contact the White House. Just Google “contact White House” and the website comes up with myriad ways to contact President Obama.

Please take the five minutes and defend our civil liberties!

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Yes, I was on the ballot for District 2 for 10 days. I withdrew because I realized I lacked the resources to really run, and I like Xiomara Rodriguez, who shares my concern on this issue.

Erik Holland Reno

Water power Re “Dry spell” (Green, May 31): The Truckee Meadows Water Authority has an awesome drought plan with the ability to provide regular service for years of low precipitation and is ready to deal with much worse than the worst drought on record through limiting service. The Southern Nevada Water Authority has a similar plan.

I would be willing to bet that the Nevada Drought Response Committee is less about drought preparedness and more about finding excuses to declare an emergency to get federal dollars.

Finally, please stop regurgitating fallacies about shorter showers saving water. All indoor use returns to the watershed. Only outdoor conservation matters to water. Sure, wasted water is wasted power, but the TMWA actually generates more power than it uses—renewably!

Scott Reimers Reno

Paper tigers I learned from my work with Greenpeace that KFC is using paper from Indonesia’s rain forest through “Yum!” brand to package their tortured animal products and other fast food items. I am not happy about this, as an aware person, and I would love to see a story in the paper putting the pressure on the Reno demographic of KFC and its affiliates. Please help me and the Sumatran Tigers, as well as other endangered wildlife, to stop this unsustainable packaging through political pressure.

Christopher Henderson Reno

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Rewind, be kind I would like to ask the people to look at the world for a moment and think of all the different cultures/races that exist. Can anyone tell me which of these has never been persecuted?

Then look at all the religions of the world and which one of those has never been persecuted? Every race and religion has been persecuted.

With this being said, is there any one race or religion that is any greater than the others? No! So what is the problem, people? Everyone has the same blood, organs and bones.

Because of their culture or up-bringing, they most likely will understand things differently and see things differently, so why is this a bad thing?

Why can’t we learn from this and share our views and opinions and learn from each other rather than criticize? I have traveled to many third world countries, and it is so much fun to learn other cultures and gain an understanding from another view point. People get over your righteousness because if you were in charge you would be in charge from above.

When it comes to religion, we all believe there is a higher good and how we reach that higher good varies with each religion, so again, what is the fuss all about? There is no religion that is superior to the others, so get over your religious greed. I am so tired of people using the racial/discrimination card. Hopefully this will be aired so some people who need a little historical insight can stop being naive and speaking from the hip.

Nicole Leanne Reno

Never a dull letter Re “You do the math” (Editorial, May 24): My healthcare horror story is long, but here’s a synopsis: I changed employers about a year ago, and the new employer’s healthcare insurance would cost me $50 more a month, so I “COBRAed” for over a year. My COBRA expired May 20, 2012, so I changed to my new employer’s plan May 20. The problem: I had a hernia repair surgery in April of this year, so about half of the $2,000 deductible

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was paid. The new plan is also a $2,000 deductible, but the problem is that the new deductible expires in July as that is the “new year” for my employer’s insurance. It wouldn’t matter much, but I may need surgery on my foot now, and I will have to delay that until July. So $2,000 deductible from Jan 1 to May 20, another $2,000 deductible from May 20 to July, and then a third deductible from July to July 2013.

Another funny thing is that I had my other foot operated on last year and the doctor gave me crutches. The insurance paid only $12 for the crutches, and they cost $100. I called them, and they informed me that the crutches were “out of network”. I asked how something tangible could be “out of network,” and the CSR apologized, but said that is why they only paid $12.

I think Reno News & Review should have a Letters of American Healthcare Horror Stories so that every week we can share the sad state of our healthcare in our nation.

Just sayin’.

Kelley Shewmaker Reno

Knock three times Re “Muy Caliente” (Ask a Mexican, May 24): After reading “Ask a Mexican” in this week’s RN&R, I felt compelled to reply. Gustavo Arellano’s reply to the guy who is now having ED issues due to something that was said to him was very disturbing. To suggest that bringing a child into this world would “teach her a lesson” is a despicable representation of machismo, to say the least. Just think of the pain that child would endure throughout his/her life knowing that he/she was conceived as an act of revenge for a comment that didn’t sit right with the father during conception. This comment typifies the attitudes so prevalent in some “small-headed” men. No wonder there are so many man-haters out there!

Lou Laverty Truckee, Calif.

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BY TOM TOMORROW

Food on wheels?

Asked at the UNR student union food court Jennifer Bay Student

I really like the food in food trucks. It’s usually pretty convenient if you’re out at a bar or something and all the other restaurants are closed. And all the food I’ve had off the trucks is really tasty.

Paul De Leon Student

It can be pretty good. It kind of depends on what it is, though, for me. Like a taco kind of place is pretty good. Or Bo Dawgs on the campus is pretty good.

Tanner Rosson

All trucked up Reno is a really peculiar town sometimes.

This food truck imbroglio is a pretty good example of that. It’s borderline hilarious, but also serious in that people of similar interests, who should be walking shoulder to shoulder, are fighting, looking to divide communities that are by nature stronger when they collaborate.

It’s all very childish, and coming from us, that’s a pretty serious allegation. Readers can get the specifics from Brad Bynum’s cover story this week, “Totally trucked.”

Let’s get one thing straight: Food trucks are not a new phenomenon. They are a fixture of industrial areas, such as those east of the Reno airport, and have been for decades. There are few of the gray-haired set who don’t recall those ice cream trucks driving around playing “Turkey in the Straw” a.k.a. “Do Your Balls Hang Low?” There are also few people who ever worked a job where their fingernails got dirty who don’t remember the roach coaches coming around about noontime. And who doesn’t remember Woody’s Hot Dog cart?

What’s different now in Reno is this concept of customers coming to the trucks instead of the trucks coming to the customer. How many among us ever got in the car saying, “I’d sure like a rocket pop. That Ding-Dong truck is usually over off Greenbrae this time of day.” However, more sophisticated cities in the West, like Portland, Seattle or Los Angeles, have had places for food trucks to gather at particular times of day for years.

Not even the idea of using that old bus station to add a cultural component to East Fourth Street is new. This newspaper started advocating for that back in July of last year. It’s the most logical spot for an event like this.

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At least one member of this staff attended a recent “Food Truck Friday.” It was fun enough. Lots of friends to chat with. Music playing. Joe DeLappe’s group did an art “installation” show with students who gathered litter and made a fashion statement. Except for the fact the evening took a sudden turn for the frigid, the scene was a blast.

The problem wasn’t the scene. The problem was the service from the trucks. The food was great, the prices were good, the servers were nice. It was purely a service problem: The event was so popular that people could wait up to two hours to have an order taken, and then another 20 minutes to a half-hour to receive their food.

Somehow in the rush, the customers, we Renoites who were spending our money, had been completely forgotten.

The only ways to alleviate the problem before people who would be regular customers became completely alienated was to 1) increase the number of food trucks, 2) increase the hours (why, oh why, must it close down before midnight?), 3) increase the days of operation.

All those factors align to make it incumbent upon food truck operators to put aside their differences. Sure it’s fun to take petty accusations to Facebook, to call upon various media outlets to highlight the quarrel, and to divide factions, but the bottom line is that the customers are being poorly served by the spat. The food trucks are going to make money, and there are still four Saturdays and four Sundays every single month where independent operators can profit using a taxpayer-funded property. The city of Reno can certainly open that property to food trucks 24/7 with no organizers necessary.

We customers don’t care who had the idea first—it certainly wasn’t anyone in Reno. We just want to eat and have a good time. Ω

I think the food is pretty good here.

There’s quite a bit of options, all different types of food, so I think it’s pretty good. I like everything I’ve tried, pretty much.

John Joyce Student

I’m not very familiar with them. There’s something about a hot dog out of a food truck that didn’t sound very appealing.

Jenny Reichert Student

It’s kind of hit or miss, actually. Some of them can be very, very good, and some of them are awful. On campus I’ve used the hot dog truck down by the old gymnasium a couple of times, and those are pretty good. Other than that, I don’t use the trucks very often. I usually eat here.

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Off message Just after clinching the Republican presidential nomination last week, Mitt Romney returned to Nevada, a state he won in the February presidential caucuses, to celebrate. But his return was less than triumphal.

On May 29 on a CNN program, eccentric billionaire Donald Trump, a sometime Romney supporter, renewed his comments about President Obama’s birth certificate: “You won’t report it, Wolf [Blitzer], but many people do not think it was authentic,” Trump said. “His mother was not in the hospital. There are many other things that came out and, frankly, if you would report it accurately, I think you’d probably get better ratings than you’re getting, which are pretty small.”

Later that day in Las Vegas, Romney appeared at a fundraiser on the same stage with Trump but stayed silent on Trump’s birtherism.

Also on that stage were Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, and U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, all three also silent.

In the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Steve Sebelius criticized Krolicki, Sandoval and Heller for not counseling Romney to distance himself from Trump.

“They could have said it nicely, telling Romney that, as fellow Republicans, they support him,” Sebelius wrote. “That they’ll vote for him. And that they would go to literally any other place in Las Vegas. But not that building, not with that man.”

Around the nation headlines appeared such as this one in the Arizona Republic: “Romney clinches, gets upstaged by ‘birther’ Trump.”

In the Washington Post, Dana Milbank wrote, “The time has come for Mitt Romney to prove it once and for all: Is he or is he not a unicorn? Let me stipulate that I have no proof that Romney is a unicorn, and indeed I want to believe that he is not. But I haven’t seen proof of this because he has not released the original copy of his long-form birth certificate.”

The Milbank article was reprinted in the Chicago Tribune alongside a photo of Sandoval and Romney.

Syndicated columnist Jules Witcover wrote that Romney missed an irreplaceable chance, akin to Bill Clinton’s 1992 denunciation of rapper Sister Souljah for encouraging interracial killings or Barack Obama’s 2008 break with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright for denunciations of the United States.

Witcover wrote, “But he [Romney] declined, when confronted by reporters, to rebuff Mr. Trump, observing, ‘I don’t agree with all the people who support me. ... But I need to get 50.1 percent or more.’ Instead, he thanked Mr. Trump ‘for twisting the arms that it takes to bring a fundraiser together.’”

The Romney campaign responded by releasing his own birth certificate. That provoked a round of commentary on the fact that one of his parents was not born in the United States. His father, former Michigan governor and 1968 U.S. presidential candidate George Romney, was born in Mexico. That dispute further moved the campaign dialogue from Issues like the economy that Romney would have preferred to discuss.

Then the New Orleans Times Picayune reported that some of Romney’s potential running mates have their own birther problems.

“But, as Romney may learn as he winnows the field of candidates to serve as his running-mate, two of the individuals most often named as being under consideration—Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio—have been targeted by a certain strain of birthers who contend that neither man is constitutionally eligible to serve as president or vice president because, while they were both born in the United States, their parents were not U.S. citizens at the time their sons were born.”

From coast to coast, the campaign discussion was on things Romney didn’t want it on.

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Early or late?

Long or short?

Last month, Washoe Assemblymember Pat Hickey announced a plan for camby paign finance changes at next Dennis Myers year’s legislature.

Almost unnoticed among the proposed changes was a proposal not directly related to finance disclosure. Hickey said the state’s primary election should be moved back to its traditional place later in the year, though he did not propose a specific date.

“By eliminating those extra months of campaigning, we will help save Nevadans their television mute buttons,” Hickey said. “In shortening the length of the campaign season, we might actually create an electorate that is actively engaged—rather than being turned off and tuned out—by the time November rolls around. By doing so, we might even make progress in restoring a measure of civility to campaigning, or at the very least, shorten the period we ‘make enemies of each other’ in the dog days of summer, before we arrive in Carson City before the cold days of winter needing to make peace.”

But Hickey faces substantial obstacles. The decision on a date is not likely to turn on issues of civility or voter engagement but on administration of elections. If all

he needed was the support of his fellow legislators, Hickey would be in fat city. But he must also deal with objections to a later primary from county election officials.

“We might even make progress in restoring a measure of civility.”

Assemblymember Pat Hickey Assembly GOP floor leader

Two years ago, the primary election was Nevada’s centennial primary. The state’s first primary was held on Sept. 6, 1910. That set a pattern. Every election year until 2006, with two exceptions, the primary for state offices was held in the first week of September. (In 1916, the state dropped the primary in favor of nominating conventions. And in 1954, the state primary was held in June as part of an effort to hold a 1956 presidential primary election.)

At an early voting station at the UNR student union this week, a voter marked his electronic ballot.

In 2005, the Nevada Legislature enacted a new primary date because county election officials said they needed the extra time to get ready for get ready for the general election. Some legislators were skeptical. They did not understand why in a computer age county clerks or registrars needed more time instead of less to set up an election. Nevertheless, they went along and the 2006 primary was held on Aug. 15, and in 2008 it was held on Aug. 12.

Many legislators and other elected officials disliked the earlier primary, and in 2009 Sen. William Raggio of Washoe County introduced legislation to move the date back to September. Instead, county officials used the bill to convince the lawmakers to move the date up even more, to June.

When the Raggio measure was being processed in committees, there seemed to be objections to almost any date. September was too late for the counties. July and August were summer months when turnout would be down. June was too early for candidates who had to pay for longer campaigns—and not just legislators felt that way.

The notion that summer months produced low turnout was not well substantiated by Nevada’s limited experience. Raggio aide Isaiah Price supplied figures that tended to go against the grain of assumptions. In August 2006, a nonpresidential year when turnout should have been at rock bottom, it was relatively high: September 2002 (midterm) 27.72 percent September 2004 (presidential) 29.16 percent August 2006 (midterm) 30.06 percent August 2008 (presidential) 17.97 percent (These figures are artificially high because they use registered voters as a base number, not eligible voters. The actual turnout was much worse.)

A major sticking point dealt with the possibility of a recount of a primary election race. Depending on what race was involved, a recount—the county officials

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said—could so consume election officials time during the 45 days between the first week of September and the first week of November that it would make it difficult for them to be ready in time for the general election—and probably impossible to mail general election absentee ballots to overseas voters in time.

“The primary election would be September 7,” Clark County voter registrar Larry Lomax told a legislative committee. “We canvass six working days after the election, which amounts to eight days because of the weekends. There is a three-day period where people can ask for a recount. Because of weekends, we are at 13 days after the primary election. Ballots cannot be printed until we have an official election result without a recount. Realistically, ballots cannot be printed until 42 days before the general election, which is within the time line of when the overseas ballots are to be in the mail. The quickest ballots can be printed, working 24 hours a day, seven days a week nonstop, is 11 days. We print 175,000 ballots with 305 versions. The 305 versions must be separated into 1,159 precincts. Our goal is to get the ballots in the mail 30 days before the election. Nevada statute says ballots should be in the mail 40 days prior to the election if possible. I agree that August elections are miserably hot. However, to get the ballots overseas, we need the August primary or an earlier date.”

In the end, the legislators reluctantly rejected July, August and September and went for June. It has proven to be gravy for incumbents, who are better able to endure the costs of a long campaign than challengers.

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At a May 23 hearing, the members of the Reno City Council heard nearly two hours of public comment on a group home by James DeHaven and for troubled teens before moving to Dennis Myers delay permits until the Council can revisit the issue early this month.

The issue may be settled then, or it may hang on for while, in which case candidates for the Council will become more engaged with it.

Southwest Reno residents aired a laundry list of concerns over the residential drug treatment facility, and they dominated the extended discussion with criticism of everything from congestion to zoning violations.

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Most, however, focused on the group home’s proximity to schools and public parks. One resident recounted a friend’s experiences with drug-motivated burglaries.

Another urged the Council’s caution by suggesting that the proposed location was infested with mold. No less than three residents cited the fact that the neighborhood already has a group home just down the block.

“No one is for this group home,” claimed Hunter Lake Elementary teacher Susan Daly. “My concern is the location alone. It’s illogical. It’s impractical. It’s a ridiculous crock of cranberries what they want to do with that house.”

Reno-based Quest Counseling had hoped to open the home sometime this month. Quest executive director Denise Everett said it would be the only facility of its kind in Washoe County and the first to offer youth rehabilitation services in the area since economic difficulties forced the closure of a Sun Valleybased facility in 2009. |

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“We have absolutely no intention of accepting kids that have a history of violence or that are strongly gangaffiliated,” Everett said. “We really want to focus on kids that have made a series of bad decisions but have a motivation for recovery.”

Group therapy and individual counseling are the major components of the group home’s three-to-four month treatment program. Quest plans to offer up to 10 beds for teens struggling with drugs, alcohol or mental health issues, but once there, they will “do what other kids do.” They’ll eat, sleep and watch TV. They’ll have access to cooking lessons and a garden in the back.

Everett said fears over drug dealing, congestion and neighborhood parking are exaggerated. She hastens to say that no resident— regardless of probationary or parole status—will be allowed to leave the premises unsupervised.

“The kids are going to be supervised 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” Everett said, adding that residents will be bused to outpatient therapy on a managed basis, but that they will not be allowed to have cars or to leave the building.

“And they’ll have no money. It’ll be the last place a drug dealer wants to go. … Our kids are not going to be wandering around the neighborhood.”

Everett also quoted Reno Police Deputy Chief Mike Whan, who told a neighborhood meeting either this month that the opening of similar facilities in other parts of Reno had either no impact or a “very limited” impact on call volume.

Ashton Caselli, who lives within blocks of the proposed location, told councilmembers that this was not a typical NIMBY (not in my backyard) issue. For him, group homes and other drug rehabilitation centers “don’t belong in any school’s backyard.”

In the two months since the group home was first announced, Caselli has promoted efforts to—as he puts it—keep “drug dealers and other criminals” out of his neighborhood. He’s led demonstrations, circulated petitions and has a blog on efforts to stymie the facility.

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community where they have distractions, where they have the ability to reoffend and for people to offend them. … These kids are moving into a hostile neighborhood. This is not a neighborhood that’s welcoming them with open arms.”

Councilmember Dan Gustin was in attendance at the Council meeting on the home. The proposed facility would be in his Ward One. Gustin is not running for reelection and the decision may be made before his successor is elected. Candidates seeking to replace him are reluctant to second guess Gustin or other sitting members of the Council who have had the opportunity to hear a fuller range of evidence.

“It’s illogical. It’s impractical. It’s a ridiculous crock of cranberries.”

Candidate Troy Harsh said that while he’s “glad the outcry is there by the citizens,” he hopes the Council will “look at both sides of the issue and act appropriately.” He also said that so far he’s heard only the residents’ views.

“I don’t know the side of Quest. … I do believe every legal business has a right to thrive or fail in Reno, and they are certainly filling an important niche. The important decision is where do such businesses go and how can we fill both needs?”

Candidate Jenny Brekhus also said she has not had full exposure to the details of the home. “Having said that, I have familiarity with the licensing and zoning approval of group homes. Nevada Revised Statutes preempts local authority in some respects in this area. In addition, there is case law … [I]n many of these instances cities do not have discretion to decide whether or not a certain residential use should be allowed. It rises to the level of a constitutional right. So the challenge for a community is to develop a land use and zoning framework that works within the parameters of local authority preemption to prevent land use conflict and preserve neighborhood quality of life.”

Other candidates did not respond or were unavailable. Ω

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Take a breath Washoe County Health District released recommendations for addressing “ozone season,” in which heat and vehicle emissions create high levels of ozone. The release states, “Ground-level ozone forms when VOCs [volatile organic compounds] and nitrogen oxides (NOx) mix in the air then react chemically in the presence of sunlight.” Ozone can “irritate the respiratory system … inflame the lining of the lungs and reduce lung function.”

Asthmatics and people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are especially affected by the elevated ozone levels in the summer.

The health district recommends reducing the need to drive gas vehicles during the day, as well as “powered lawn equipment, solvents, and charcoal lighter fluid on days in which the Air Quality Index (AQI) for Ozone reaches the upper moderate range, or higher.” The AQI is shared by local media outlets, and can also be found by calling 7854110. More information about WCHD’s Air Quality Management Division can be found at www.washoecounty.us/health/aqm/home.html.

Ozone has a negative impact on human bodies, but it also ravages ecosystems. In California, the ozone level from the Los Angeles smog is harming the Sequoia National Park forest, putting the ancient trees at risk for drought and pests. The park is one of 52 parks—along with the Joshua Tree National Park and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina—constantly monitored for ozone levels. According to Sci-Tech-Today, Sequoia and neighboring park Kings Canyon are at the highest risk.

Happy trails The California Trail Interpretive Center opened on June 2 in Elko as part of the 2012 Trail Days. The center, a project by the Bureau of Land Management, will feature art exhibits pertaining to the journeys taken along the California Trail.

The theme of this year’s Trail Days was “Commerce on the Trail.” Learn more about the new center and Trail Days celebrations at www.blm.gov/cv5c.

—Ashley Hennefer ashleyh@newsreview.com

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The Nevada Conservation League will host the inaugural Reno Green Tie event on June 14. The event will honor Ormat Technologies, which owns the geothermal plant north of Pleasant Valley, and Dr. Jason Geddes, environmental services administrator for the city of Reno. Larry Johnson, president of the Coalition for Nevada’s Wildlife, is the guest speaker. 5:30-7:30 p.m., Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, 490 South Center St. For more information or to reserve tickets, visit www.greentietickets.org.

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Peter Millar, Business Environmental Program According to energy specialist Peter Millar, making businesses more sustainable isn’t just about the environment—it’s also fiscally smart for small businesses in a struggling economy. by Ashley Millar began working with local businesses as part of the Business Hennefer Environmental Program through the University of Nevada, Reno three years ago (“Nice save,” July 21, 2011). Essentially, Millar consults with ashleyh@ newsreview.com business owners and evaluates workspaces, looking for areas to save energy and cut back on energy costs. Millar has a background in engineering and attended Stanford, but tries to keep his evaluations of businesses applicable to the business owners.

“One of the biggest challenges is to translate the numbers and ideas into action,” he says. “A lot of people aren’t very technical and they may not understand or appreciate the numbers. They need to see it, feel it, trust it. So I’ve been doing it all, approaching it from all angles—educational, giving seminars.”

Millar’s projects have included businesses and nonprofits such as the National Automobile Museum.

“We were able to make significant changes just by changing their lights out,” he says. “I don’t want to simplify that kind of project, because it took a year to decide on which lights to use. But overall the result was really good. They are saving $30,000 a year. The project For more information paid for itself.” about the Business When Millar works with a business, he starts by getting to know the Environmental Program, visit business owner. Then he’ll take an inventory of the workspace’s appliwww.unrbep.org. ances, lights and technology. He’ll also get energy bills and documents to calculate operating costs, and is able to break down energy usage into 15 minute segments, indicating what drives the workspace’s peak energy use. After this, he is able to give recommendations to the business owner and can help with project implementation.

Millar also mines the data of the city to look at similar buildings that have been retrofitted with sustainable equipment. This gives Millar a chance to see where energy and money are being wasted within the state.

In his research, Millar has calculated more than $1 billion in energy costs spent in Nevada over the past year.

“We pay for natural gas and coal from other places,” he says. “It’s importing energy to a state that has a lot of alternative resources.

For the most part, Millar says that he’s had a positive response from the community. But there are people who still remain skeptical about climate change and may not see the value of transitioning to new sources of power. While he says he keeps political discussions and environmental advocacy to a minimum with his clients, “I’m starting to loosen up about those kinds of things.”

“I don’t mind talking about it sometimes, because it does play a role,” he says. “It’s just business sense, it’s national security, and it’s independence from reliance on coal and natural gas. I tend toward sustainable thinking, not just with business, but as an embodied truth. The less we depend on goods shipped from China, or even Kansas—the less we do that, the more resilient we are.” Ω

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Two different events created a schism by attempting to unite Reno’s food truck scene

by Brad Bynum bradb@newsreview.com

On May 10, a blog entry titled “Lessons in Shady Business Practices” appeared on Notes from Food Truckin’, a blog maintained by Haley Wood and Jesse Watnes, the proprietors of GourMelt Grilled Cheese Truck, one of the most prominent food trucks in Reno’s now burgeoning mobile food movement.

“Reno Food Truck Fridays took a few months and lots of leg work by the two of us to plan,” the blog entry begins. “We had never planned an event before. Our goal was to bring all of the trucks together in one location in order to show Reno what we’re all about. … The success of RFTF was amazing and unexpected. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people came to the first two.

This was a great turnout, but, of course, it did lead to long lines.”

The entire post can be read at foodtruckin.blogspot.com, but the controversial bit comes a few paragraphs later: “Then yesterday, we received a call. We were invited to attend an event on Friday nights (other than first Fridays) at the same location, with live music and local artisans and ... wait ... this sounds familiar. Someone had called to invite us to our own event. The idea that we had and created and did all the work for is now being taken over by a company who wants to charge a fee plus a percentage. (Wow, they will make some money off our idea.) I am amazed and astounded. Does this happen in real life? Do people just copy an event verbatim and call it their own? These are businesses we have worked with before and thought of as colleagues. In fact, they asked me for a list of food trucks so they could do a page in their publication devoted to food trucks. Little did I know that list was needed to poach our event. They didn’t even talk to us about extending the event or consult us.

They just swooped in for the

markeing and public relations company, and Goodman is the co-publisher and advertising director of Edible Reno-Tahoe Magazine. Joe Horn of Dish Café is a silent partner.

The first Reno Street Food event is from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, June 8, at the old Regional Transportation Commission Citicenter bus station near the corner of Fourth and Center streets in downtown Reno, featuring many local mobile food units, like Dish Truck, serving up gourmet and artisan cuisine, as well as beer from the Great Basin Brewing Co. and activities for all ages.

kill. I am beginning to realize that as much as Reno talks about supporting each other, that is definitely not always the case. These people want to make money off of what they see as a successful event.”

The blog post went viral among local foodies, who reposted it on Facebook and other social media sites, and discussed it at length on their own blogs. The tone of the commentary was often incredulous. Here’s the first comment beneath the original blog post, for example, with internet-casual grammar and punctuation intact: “incredible. i say expose them—name names. i would prefer to support YOU, not some copycat.”

Much of the commentary included demands to reveal the identity of the “copycat.”

“It was just taking a chance, a leap.”

OUT ON THE STREET “Reno Street Food is a new company,” said Steve Schroeder over coffee on a recent weekday morning. “It’s a food event production company, so it’s not just limited to the one event. For organizations, RSCVA, events in town, Reno Street Foods is a one-call turnkey. ‘Hey, we want to put on an event. Can you bring trucks?’ Rather than the event producer trying to rally trucks, call each of the owner-operators, go through the health department, ‘Do you have your business license? Give me a copy of your insurance.’ They call us, we’ve already got it handled.”

Schroeder is co-owner of Reno Street Food with Jaci Goodman. Schroeder is also the president of Synergy Communications, a

Haley Wood Co-proprietor, GourMelt Grilled Cheese Truck

Perceptive readers might notice a superficial resemblance to Reno Food Truck Fridays, last held from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, June 1, at the old Regional Transportation Commission Citicenter bus station near the corner of Fourth and Center streets in downtown Reno, featuring many local mobile food units, like Dish Truck, serving up gourmet and artisan cuisine, as well as beer from the Great Basin Brewing Co. and activities for all ages.

Of course, food trucks are not exclusive to either of these events. For

instance, the Whole Foods Farmers Market in Sparks, which opens this evening, will have a food truck court.

The first RFTF event was held on April 6.

News coverage leading up to the event, including in this newspaper, focused on the up-and-coming culinary trend of gourmet mobile units, and postulated the event as a unifying gathering among the food trucks and local foodies.

The event is recurring on the first Friday of every month through the duration of the summer, and though the first two events were considered successful, they did attract certain complaints, largely because the events were so successful, which led to long, unwieldy lines and wait times.

“There was talk amongst truck owners about if we should increase it to maybe bimonthly or something like that, but it being so new and only having two—actually when the first discussion came up, we’d only had one event, the first one—so we thought maybe, let’s see how it goes into the season, maybe that was a fluke,” said Wood in a recent phone conversation. “So nobody actually talked to us about expanding the event before going ahead and applying for the permits. The only way we found out about it was by getting an invitation to the new event.”

Though Wood sees Reno Street Food as an imitation event, for Goodman and Schroeder, the two events are both part of the same larger cultural movement.

“Well, if I opened a restaurant, would every restaurant owner think I was copying them?” said Schroeder. “We’ve had an interest as a new business in the food truck movement, the mobile food truck movement, the pop-up restaurant movement. There’s a food movement taking place in the United States, and Reno is now on the map. We’re not behind. We’re not ahead.

We’re right there. It’s taking advantage of the movement of what people are seeing in Portland, San Antonio, San Francisco, Austin. So we’re not copying something in Reno. We’re copying something that’s taking place nationwide as a gourmet food movement. It’s not just a barbecue movement. It’s not just a farmers’ market movement. It’s a gourmet food movement—the folks that have invested in artisan stuff. Someone’s put together a truck or a mobile trailer or even a pop-up tent. But what they’re offering is unique ingredients—maybe they’re locavore ingredients, maybe not—but they’ve gone out of the box to create something that’s unique. That’s what we’re celebrating.”

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“We’ve wanted to do this since we opened,” said Wood UCKED” of RFTF. “It was just “TOTALLY TR con tinu ed from pag e 11 a matter of time and there actually being enough trucks. …

Nobody was really sure what it was going to be like, it was just taking a chance, a leap. And it turned out to be this really successful thing. Now, I can see at this point that there should be more food truck events. I don’t necessarily think that the people who are doing this event should have taken exactly what we did and copied it verbatim. They could have done something on a Saturday in Midtown.

Even on a Saturday in the same spot. But they’re basically riding the wave of what we have worked really hard since December to create. … I feel like they could have gone about it differently.”

Wood said that among the truck owners and operators, there is a sense of friendly competition, as well as camaraderie among fellow practitioners of a relatively new approach to cuisine.

“We do want there to do be a lot of promotion for food trucks,” she said.

“That was the whole point of Food Truck Fridays, to get some exposure to some trucks and to show everyone in Reno what we’ve got. … Every day we need to recommend each other, so I want everyone to see that we are a brotherhood. Of course, we are in competition, too. And I’m not at all afraid of that. I just think that this other event was just a little too close for comfort.

“We wanted to be different,” said Schroeder. “Really. We want to be different.”

He says there are differences between the two events. RSF will be attracting more vendors from farther away in California. They plan to donate a percentage of profits to charities, like Care Chest, Urban Roots, the Heart Association and Food Bank. And, later in the summer, they plan to host competi-

tions among the trucks using locally sourced ingredients.

“We went to the city, all through the application process,” he said. “You can’t copy that. You have to start from scratch.

I’ve done it many times in producing events. I’ve worked with the rodeo. I’ve worked with Hot August Nights. I’ve worked with many of the major events in this town. If you’re going to put something on, there’s a trail of paper you have to create to work with the special events committee. So there’s nothing you can copy about that.”

Schroeder said they also looked at other possible locations including the ReTRAC pads above the train trench near Virginia Street, but there were significant power, bathrooms and zoning problems with this

truck events didn’t start in Reno. They started a long time ago. Gathering people around to have street food, having pop-up vendors didn’t start here. I’ve been to events in L.A. I’ve been to events in San Francisco. I don’t know how anybody could have stolen anything.”

According to Horn, having multiple events just presents more opportunity for the truck owners.

“I end up going out Monday through Friday throughout town, and I sell probably 70 to 90 lunches a day out of my truck,” he said. “When I go to Food Truck Friday, I sell 200 to 300 and [then] some, and I have a line so long I can’t service my clients fast enough. And owning a restaurant, I get constant complaints from people who say they’re not going to go back [to

“I’m not going to get in the middle of her Gourmeltdown 2012. I’m not going to do it.”

Jaci Goodman, co-publisher Edible Reno-Tahoe

location. The Citicenter location is just ideally suited for this kind event, with multiple large vehicles, simply because it used to be a bus station.

“It worked,” said Schroeder. “There was no other solution.”

FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS “Food truck events have been going on a lot longer than they have in Reno,” said Joe Horn, a silent partner in RSF and coowner of Dish Café and Dish Truck, a vendor participating in both events. “If anybody stole anything, they probably stole it from L.A. four years ago. … Food

RFTF] because the lines are too long, and there’s not enough trucks, and it should be every week, and this, that and the other. So when it was decided to become a weekly thing with Reno Street Food, I was ecstatic, because number one, as a business owner, I now have … quite a few more Fridays throughout the summer to make money to help pay for my truck and take care of my business. … If I was doing 300 people every Food Truck Friday and now I only start doing 200 people, I would rather do 200 people four times a month, which is 800 people, than 300 people one time a month and not give them as good of service as I could if I was only doing 200. So

for me, from a business standpoint and nothing but a business standpoint, it’s frigging awesome.”

Justin McDaniel, general manager of Sauce Wagon, a barbecue trailer and the new, not-yet-open Composition Café inside the Nevada Museum of Art, has a different perspective.

“I think if you have an event like that every Friday, it would saturate the market,” he said. “I feel like people will not go, so it won’t be as big. … I think a better approach would have been a different day somewhere else to create a different vibe.

So if people don’t like it downtown, they can go to a park, somewhere else on a different day. I understand that people are trying to strike while the iron’s hot, but … what I’m afraid of is that it would saturate the market, and take away from all the Fridays in general. I think it would actually decrease how many people attend.”

“They came to the first event, and Jaci stuck her head in the window and said, ‘Good job! You guys are doing awesome. I’m so proud of you,’” said Wood. “And then the next time we heard from her was for her to call and ask us to be a vendor at her event. No, she did call me to ask for information.

She wanted to put a food truck ad—a whole page in Edible dedicated to food trucks, so could I please give her the information of all the food trucks. That ad does not exist, but she suddenly has all the contact information—which wouldn’t be hard to get anyway. I’m not saying she couldn’t come up with the contact information. We all have that information readily available. It just made it a lot easier for her.”

The ad never appeared, which Goodman attributes to a design problem, though the current issue of Edible Reno-Tahoe includes positive profiles of a number of mobile food units, including GourMelt.

“Nobody asked her for a list,” said Goodman. “She didn’t give anybody anything. … We know all of the food trucks that are actually put in the story. We have relationships with all of them. She didn’t provide anything for a story that had been in the can for over two months.

We’ve had plans for a food truck story for summer for a year.”

“I’ve had the food truck operator list since December when we held an all food truck owner meeting at Dish Café,” said Schroeder. “I gathered the signatures and phone numbers of every food truck operator in Reno so that we could come together as a coalition and work … with the city.”

Schroeder and Horn and others worked with the city to develop business-friendly ordinances for mobile food units. According to Wood, Schroeder and Goodman’s high standing in the foodie community meant that many locals tempered their immediate knee-jerk negative responses when they discovered who the “copycat” actually was.

“It seems like initially people were really mad, and then when they found out who it was, they weren’t as mad, said Hungry foodies line up at the Gourmelt truck during the Food Truck Friday event.

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“We don’t want people to think it’s us and them,” said Schroeder. “We want people to think, it’s food Steve Schroeder trucks, and I’m and Jaci Goodman from Reno Street going to go down Food pose with the on every Friday Dish truck. night with my family and friends, and we’re going to hang out and have a good time, and we’re going to eat from a couple different trucks. ... I was sad that they were so affronted by this, that I would want to start a company that serviced the food truck owners and the community. No one owns the idea. We’re looking at models from out-of-state.”

Goodman said she still wants Gourmelt to participate in future Reno Street Food events.

“I keep going back and asking them to check their calendar for the future,” she said. “I said that Steve and I really hope they’d like to attend our event sometime this summer, as many dates as they can.”

But Gourmelt has many of their Friday evenings already booked up for most of the summer.

“Our main priority is that food trucks in Reno do well and that people in Reno don’t get burned out on it,” said Wood. “I do see a need for more food truck events.

And I will always stand behind all the food trucks and the choices that they make. I just wish they would have gone about it differently.” Ω Jesse Watnes, left, and Haley Wood pose in front of their Gourmelt truck on Food Truck Friday.

Wood. “So, because it’s Edible Reno and they’ve done things in the food world, that makes it OK? I guess. That’s fine, whatever. Maybe it’s because this is a small town, and everybody’s so connected, I should just keep my mouth shut and let these people run over me, but … that’s not the way I’m wired.”

“I encouraged everybody to participate in Food Truck Fridays, where the other way around, Haley has actually sent an email telling everybody not to do business with us,” said Goodman. “I’m not going to get in the middle of her Gourmeltdown 2012. I’m not going to do it.”

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Wood. “We’ve told them all that we’re so sorry that they have to be in the middle of it. You know, this is a hard spot for everyone. That’s what sucks about it too, please mention this, it’s put all these small business owners in a really weird spot where they feel like they have to choose sides, and nobody ever wanted that. We never wanted anyone to have to choose sides. So I’ve apologized to them all if that’s the way they feel, but we support whatever they choose to do.”

“She’s making people pick sides,” said Goodman. “When she gets somebody else not to participate, she’s running their business. And for them to miss out on that kind of money that would pad them through the

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winter is absolutely not very communityminded. And it’s not smart business.”

“Haley did a great job,” said Schroeder.

“It’s been a wonderful event. It’s resonating in this community. … Business is business. It’s hard to say someone’s copying an idea. When people get together and think something up, it’s just a matter of, when can you launch it?”

“The thing that really sucks about it all is that if we did want to expand into next season and decided that we wanted to do it every month or biweekly or whatever, they already have first right of refusal for that,” said Wood. “So we couldn’t expand our event, because they decided that that’s their thing now.”

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RN&R Arts Editor Brad Bynum asked me to do a DVD/Blu-ray piece about some of the year’s best home video releases so far. Immediately, Criterion Collection popped into my mind. Actually, he could’ve said “Snakes often eat blueberries found on Greyhound buses by ducks wearing tank tops!” and Criterion would’ve still popped into my mind.

I’m sort of obsessed with them.

No question, Criterion has long been the best for home video releases. Here’s a sampling of some of their more recent offerings. Not surprisingly, they are among the best of the year so far.

Being John Malkovich

A Night to Remember (Blu-ray)

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Movie: ASpecial Features: B+ This is a beautifully made, pleasantly tricky movie from writer-director Abbas Kiarostami and starring Juliette Binoche as a woman who goes to see an author (William Shimell) do a lecture. The two meet up, start talking, and many strange and wonderful things transpire.

Rather than trying to figure out what is real and what is fantasy in this film, it’s best to just relax and watch it. Binoche, who won Best Actress at Cannes, delivers what may be her best performance, using three languages and keeping us interested every step of the way. Shimell is equally good as the befuddled man who may or may not be something else to the Binoche character.

I loved every moment of these performers together, and found the whole thing captivating.

Special features: There’s a revealing interview with the director, a nearly hour-long documentary on the making of the film, another feature length movie, called The Report, by the director, and a collector’s booklet.

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Movie: A Special Features: B+ Long before Jack and Rose plunged into the icy waters after their cruise ship took a big hit, the story of the Titanic was told quite effectively in this film, a noteworthy adaptation of Walter Lord’s classic book.

They didn’t have James Cameron money back in 1958, but director Roy Ward Baker did manage to do a terrific job recreating the disaster with miniatures and a lake. Given the time of its release, it’s fair to say that this film is a landmark special effects movie.

The fact that it was shot in black and white also makes the whole ship sinking just a little scarier.

While no big stars appear in this one, Kenneth More does distinguish himself as a sailor trying to keep order on the ship. Michael Goodliffe gives the film a good moral core as ship designer Thomas Andrews, a part played winningly by Victor Garber in Cameron’s 1997 classic.

As is often the case, the Criterion transfer and restoration has made an older film look brand new.

The picture is crisp, with little to no film damage evident. The movie has never looked better. And those who found themselves a little irked by James Cameron’s use of a goopy love story to drive his film, this one steers clear of that sort of gimmick. (I count myself as a fan of Cameron’s goopy love story.

I just know a strong faction of people can’t stand it.)

Special features: Some great interviews, including one conducted in the ’90s with one of the last living survivors. You also get a commentary with Titanic historians, an old making-of featurette, and a classy booklet.

Movie: A Special Features: B This will always, always be one of my favorite movies. Director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman came up with a timeless, unique concept for this film, and their execution of the material is hilarious, dark and timelessly truthful.

God bless John Malkovich for allowing this movie to be made, a trippy meditation on what it’s like to have your privacy invaded, as well as an interesting take on reincarnation.

John Cusack plays an eccentric puppeteer who gets a job as a file clerk and discovers a portal into the body of Malkovich while peeking behind a cabinet. Catherine Keener plays the mean girl Cusack falls for, a woman who only wants to exploit the portal and steal his wife (an uncharacteristically mousy Cameron Diaz). Her affections for the wife depend upon her actually traveling through the portal and going into Malkovich.

This creates one of cinema’s all time strangest love triangles, which is actually a love square if you count Malkovich himself, even though other people are inhabiting him. It’s not as confusing as it sounds.

All the performers are great, but I especially like Malkovich, who was robbed of an Oscar nomination.

I would’ve loved to see him take home an Oscar for playing himself. Michael Caine won that year for The Cider House Rules, and was far less deserving.

Special features: The two-disc set contains a strange and funny commentary from director Michel Gondry, a friend of Jonze who actually gets the director on the phone towards the end of the track. Gondry is a little hard to understand, but that’s actually part of the fun. You also get a new interview with Malkovich, who describes how he got involved with the project. He loved the script but wanted it to be about somebody else. Also available in a single-disc Blu-ray.

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Movie: A Special Features: BBasically, this is just a Blu-ray reissue of the past DVD release. Still, it’s worth your while.

When it comes to Jesus at the movies, I’m a big fan of Robert Powell in Jesus of Nazareth. He totally rocked it. And Jim Caviezel did a good job getting his ass royally kicked in The Passion of the Christ.

Bur for my money, the best movie Jesus of all time is Willem Dafoe with his complex characterization in Martin Scorsese’s ultimate film about faith and sacrifice. Whether or not you’re religious, the depiction of the final sacrifice of Christ in this movie constitutes some of Scorsese’s most compelling work.

On its release in 1988, the film garnered a lot of controversy, mostly from people who didn’t see it.

Granted, the idea of Jesus getting married and fathering kids is a wild notion to some, but isn’t that one of the greatest gifts here on Earth? And if so, didn’t Christ, if he did indeed exist, sacrifice much by not getting to live a normal human life? If he were a man, wouldn’t he have been tempted?

The film explores all of those questions, and made me think about the meaning of the life of Christ more than any Sunday school class ever did.

Special Features: There’s a booklet with a nice essay on the film, and carryover features from the prior Criterion DVD release. They include a commentary by Scorsese, cast and crew, a funny look at some of Scorsese’s own location videos, and an interview with Peter Gabriel, who scored the film. Ω

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In the Mix is a monthly column of reviews of albums by musical artists local to the Reno area.

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Is “grunge” an actual genre of music or was it merely a marketing term for a disparate slate of bands, mostly from the Pacific Northwest, in the 1990s? An argument in favor of grunge as an actual viable genre that transcends a specific time and place is that “grunge” is easily the best, shortest description for the sound of Reno rock trio Merkin.

On its new seven-song disc, Bread & Circus, the group combines Melvins-inspired metal—slow, heavy, occasionally droning, often melodic—with dramatic two-part vocal harmonies lead by bassist Dane DeLucchi’s dread-filled baritone. In other words, they kind of sound like Alice in Chains.

Enjoyment of the group’s well-constructed ROCK songs requires a high tolerance for the deep, post-Pearl Jam lockjaw singing style—a potentially enjoyable vocal approach that became clichéd by the million wannabe Nirvanas flooding mainstream rock in the late ’90s. But DeLucchi seems to know what he’s doing and employs his voice artfully, occasionally evoking Berlin-era David Bowie and, yes, Nirvana.

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Drummer Jeremy Morrow drives the music forward with a musical style of barely contained aggression, and guitarist Alan Burton plays with a laidback serenity that contrasts nicely with the angsty rhythm section. Burton’s multi-tracked guitar noodles on “Strangers Passing By” are lovely and evocative, one of the best purely musical moments on the record.

Bread & Circus is the type of album that sounds monotonous at first listen, but then reveals itself to be diverse and surprising after repeated listens, once the listener becomes acclimatized to its lowly, dirty, grungy altitude.

Where Merkin evokes Dirt-era Alice in Chains, Kadence aims squarely at Radiohead’s The Bends. Tyler Tholen and Shawn Sariti’s guitars shimmer with delay and reverb, and the melodies and chord progressions move forward with classicist logic.

The group’s new self-titled EP sounds like a rotating cast of guest vocalists sitting in with Radiohead circa 1995. “Pride” sounds like Mark Kozelek, of Red ROCK House Painters, singing “Planet Telex.”

Ryan James’ piano and keyboards add nice textures, and Ford Corl’s bass tone and performance on “Socialite” is fantastic. Drummer Jeff Nicholson plays well, but his contributions to the songs are badly served on the EP. The drums sound tiny—like a toy kit played in a closet.

Still, overall, it’s a good EP. The music is epic in scope and polite in execution—like nice guys playing music their girlfriends will enjoy. Nothing wrong with that.

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Artwork by Candace Nicol in the Nudes and Neon exhibit at Sierra Arts.

Nudes and Neon at Sierra Arts One night in 2010, Elaine Jason was chatting with friends Candace Nicol and Stephanie by Hogen at a reception for her exhibit at Kris Vagner Oats Park Art Center. The conversation easily drifted to how all three use images of human bodies in their artwork, each in Nudes and Neon is on a different way. exhibit at Sierra Arts, “We should have a show,” someone 17 S. Virginia St., said. through June 28.

Their exhibit, Nudes and Neon, opens There’s an artists’ reception Friday, June 8, tomorrow at Sierra Arts. Here’s a primer from 5 to 7 p.m. An on their variations on the theme of the expanded version of the fine-art nude. exhibit takes place at the In an age of digital everything, gallery during the Nada Dada event on June 15, Stephanie Hogen often still shoots film from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 and makes prints in a darkroom. She p.m. and Sat, June 16, speaks passionately about light, about the noon to 9:30 p.m. way light waves and particles work, about For more information the way light bouncing off a body can be about the artists, visit www.hogenphoto.com, almost spiritual.

Sometimes she abstracts the surface of www.candacenicol.net, and a female body and “paints” on it using www.elainejason.com. light shining through window panes. Other times, skin reflects light the way a sand dune does, a nod to both the definitive landscape nudes of the 1920s and ’30s—

think Edward Weston—and to the way bodies can represent an idea.

To Hogen, the idea is to explore the layers of humanity underneath the armor of clothing.

“Sometimes clothes are used as a disguise,” she says. “Like, in a courtroom. The lawyer wants his client to dress a certain way so he won’t be judged by what he is wearing. But if you could see the vibrational energy through light coming off that person, clothing wouldn’t matter.”

Her work comes off quiet but vibrant, honest but not confrontational, a reminder that slowing down to really look at something—at all the scientific or spiritual or visual wonder hiding right before our eyes—can really be worth the effort.

Elaine Jason’s work resonates with the calculated, still-exuberant balance of someone who’s spent decades milking the solitude of her studio for all it’s worth.

She takes her influences from everyday life, using found objects like leaves or picture frames, and from art history. The prolific 20th-century sculptor Louise

Nevelson’s monochrome-painted, box-like wall sculptures must have provided a jumping-off point for the way Jason uses depth and shapes.

She ruthlessly edits her materials into tight compositions the way a competent poet distills a mountain of thoughts down in to a handful of words that show you that whole mountain.

Jason uses a heretofore extremist medium, neon, traditionally loved for its commercial gleam, disparaged for being overly seductive, and not much in between.

She simply threads it through a sculpture whose planes jut in several directions, tying it all together with a single, glowing line.

One day, a scrap of plywood became the outline of a female figure. Since then, references to female bodies have shown up in her work regularly.

Candace Nicol turns the tables on convention by photographing mostly men.

But her pictures are nothing like the stark, ultra-frank photos by, say, Robert Mapplethorpe that might come to mind when you hear the words “male nudes.” The models pose the way women traditionally pose in art photographs, comfortable, pensive, usually looking away. Their job, for the moment, is to be looked at and admired.

While she doesn’t hide body parts, she does build in a few levels of visual complexity, creating a brief-lasting illusion that she might have obscured the bodies. She’ll cut a larger-than-life portrait into tiles, coat them with glossy, clear plastic, then reassemble them. Or she’ll spread on a decorative layer of dreamy color or a floral pattern. These layers operate more like a “look into this theater” kind of curtain than a “draw the blinds and hide this” kind of curtain, which places Nicol’s photo collages smack dab in between, “Oh, it’s just a body.

No biggee.” and “Look! It’s the ever-miraculously inspiring human body!” Ω

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Table-minded Tamarack Junction Steak House and Lounge 13101 S. Virginia St., 384-3630

From the minute I walked in the door, I knew this place had panache. I glanced to my right as I was walking to my table by Dave Preston and saw a cozy lounge with a glowing yellow onyx-top bar. In the dining davep@ room, rich wood beams, velvet burnewsreview.com gundy padded booths, linens with a subtle pattern, tables with padded chairs—seats 45 with a private room for 20—and I knew someone with impeccable taste and attention to detail put this restaurant together.

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attempt this once-great spectacle of cuisine, part of a lost art in restaurateuring, so I decided to put him to the test, by ordering steak Diane ($38).

But first, the lobster bisque ($12): rich and creamy, with a nice undertone of nutty sherry and plenty of Maine lobster meat—decadent to be sure.

The Diane was three medallions of thin filet seared in a pan at table-side with scallions, garlic and mushrooms, then flambéed with brandy and finished with a little heavy cream, Dijon mustard, chopped parsley, and a port demi-glaze a la Escoffier (the greatest French Chef). The meat melted in my mouth with savory flavors of semi-sweet, rich gravy-like, almost chocolaty tones, and the texture of the mushrooms and parsley carried this flavor exuberance all they way through my mouth—a masterful rendition.

How could I do dessert?

I bucked up, and again, Dettloff to the table with bananas Foster for two ($18), with what Dettloff said was the original Brennan’s of New Orleans recipe. Brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, banana liqueur and white run to flame everything and help canalize the syrup on the bananas, served over vanilla ice cream. It’s the best way to get potassium, not to mention a sugar high.

There’s a full bar and nice wine list and a by-the-glass selection that works ($7-$24). With the bisque, I had the 2010 Ferrari-Carano Tré Terre Chardonnay from Russian River Valley ($10) a medium-bodied wine with aromas and flavors of citrus, pears, green apple, spice and vanilla.

In the mouth, it has a nice acidity, creamy butter and light oak that linger to the finish. With the steak, I went with a Wild Horse Pinot Noir ($10) from the California Central Coast—the aromas of raspberry and ripe strawberry with a great mouth-feel and a taste of a dusty spice, rich and juicy.

A great eater once said one of the nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. Once you experience the Steak House at Tamarack Junction, I’m sure you’ll want to give them more attention. Ω

Tamarack Junction Executive Chef Frank Gibson and Maitre ‘d Mitch Detloff pose with a ribeye steak, crabcake, ahi tuna tartar and steak Diane.

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I was presented with my napkin by one of the wait staff dressed to coordinate with the room’s décor. A selection of rolls was presented, and I was already impressed. The staff was well-schooled, and Maitre‘d Mitch Dettloff has the pedigree to make this room and experience stellar. He spent time at the Peppermill, but the accolades are from his Los Angeles days—Nick’s Fish Market and The Georgian Room.

The menu is well thought out.

Dinners include soup or salad, starch and a side ($30 -$38) with the full range of prime steaks, free-range chicken, and some fish. Executive Chef Frank Gibson, a member of the ACF High Sierra Chiefs Association, with time in Maui and Jakes-at-theLake, is in the back and manages the digital broiler that cooks steaks at 1,400 degrees Fahrenheit.

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For many years, director Ridley Scott has been teasing about returning to the land of the xenomorph, the fierce franchise he started back in 1979 with his masterpiece Alien. There was talk about a sequel with Sigourney Weaver where Earthlings go to the place where the acid-for-blood bastards originated, and other plot ideas bandied about.

A few years ago, it was announced that Scott would be working on not one, but two Alien films to be shot in 3-D. Then, of course, the news came that he would only be doing one for the time being, and it might not really be an Alien film after all.

So, for the last year or so, fanboys and fangirls alike have been dying to know: Is Prometheus an Alien film and, more specifically, is it a prequel to the original Alien?

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Well, Prometheus has landed, and it couldn’t be more of a prequel to Alien than it is. I actually see it as a prequel to a prequel. Scott has taken a new, more cerebral approach to the universe he began, and has thrown in a big, heaping tablespoon of speculative theology. His Prometheus dares to ask big questions of the Alien movie universe, bigger questions than “What will the xenomorph kill next, and will it be a man in a suit or CGI?” The film opens with what appears to be a “dawn of man” sequence. While Scott has claimed in recent interviews that Prometheus shares DNA with his Alien, I declare that it also shares a little with Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life in that it asks big, broad questions about human beings and their place in the universe.

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From man’s beginning, we jump to the future, where scientist Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) has discovered a cave drawing that appears to be one of many invites from the “engineers of the universe,” calling us to come visit them. Jump ahead again to Shaw in cryosleep on the ship Prometheus, on her way to distant planet for a possible rendezvous with the gods, courtesy of Weyland Corporation (the same corporation that built the Nostromo, Ripley’s ship in Alien).

Other characters aboard the ship include Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green), Shaw’s cocky fellow scientist and lover, Vickers (Charlize Theron), Commander of Prometheus, and, most notably, David (Michael Fassbender) a spooky android occupying himself with basketball and Lawrence of Arabia while the crew members sleep.

Everybody wakes up, they land near something that looks like a manmade temple, and things start happening.

Some of these things are the type of body horror violence that we have come to expect from the Alien series, especially from Ridley “ChestBurster” Scott. I can report that the film, on top of being visually stunning and intellectually challenging, has its share of squirm-inducing, stomach-churning moments.

I think there will be a strong faction of people who are disappointed with this film because it isn’t a prototypical Alien film. Some people will want to see the sameold, same-old. Scott is shooting for something new and wonderful with this one, and he succeeds—for the most part.

The film is saddled with a few uninteresting supporting characters that do nothing to enhance the movie and are simply cannon fodder. And it does feature its share of possible logistical goofs that fanboys will gnaw at like morsels of meat left on the communal bone.

Of the performances, it is Fassbender’s that resonates the most. The Alien franchise has featured both good and bad androids, and David is a crazy, creepy mix of both. He’s a lot of fun to watch and just a little bit scary. Rapace brings a sweet power to the role of Shaw, delivering work that requires a lot of emotional and physical torment. She would fare well in a cage match with Ripley.

I have my own theory as to how the end of this movie could get us closer to explaining the events that take place in Alien. I could be totally wrong, but until there’s another installment, the whole thing plays out a certain way in my head … and I love it. Ω

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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.

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Jack Black gets back together with his The School of Rock director Richard Linklater, and casting Black in this film was a masterstroke. As Bernie Tiede, the real-life convicted killer of Marjorie Nugent in Carthage, Texas, Black delivers a performance to be remembered. For an actor who has a tendency to overdo it, it’s good to see him reign it in and do something with depth and nuance. Linklater comes at the story from a risky angle. It’s no secret that much of the town loved Bernie Tiede, and some even believed he didn’t commit a murder that he confessed to. The movie almost comes off as an argument that this fellow wasn’t such a bad guy after all, even if he did shoot an old woman (played awesomely by Shirley MacLaine) in the back four times and stuff her in a garage freezer. This is a triumph for Black and Linklater, proof that these guys should just keep making movies together. Both men have done their best work when they team up, and I certainly hope this isn’t the last time they share a set. Also stars Matthew McConaughey as Texas District Attorney Danny Buck, the man who would put Tiede behind bars.

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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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What an unfortunate film this one turns out to be. Writer-director Lawrence Kasdan and a stellar cast including Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Richard Jenkins and Sam Shepard get together for a film that starts off cute and just dies on the vine. Keaton plays Beth, who finds a stray dog on the side of the road and adopts it, much to the chagrin of her husband, Joseph (Kline). Joseph eventually comes to like the dog, but loses him while on vacation, turning the movie into a bizarre search and rescue film. Yes, this movie is largely a bunch of people walking around with flashlights looking for a lost dog. Ayelet Zurer plays a gypsy who shares her premonitions and visions of where the dog might be, and things just get dumber from there. I was enjoying this movie for a little while, but I fell deeply out of like with it as the search wore on. A terrible waste of time for a lot of talented people.

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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. MIB III is a return to form in some ways. The effects are much better than they were in MIB II. 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 in this installment 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. The younger K is played hilariously by a deadpan Josh Brolin, who totally captures the essence of Tommy Lee Jones. Goes a little crazy toward the end, but overall it’s a good time.

The 347th Snow White movie this year is actually a fairly decent one, with Kristen Stewart doing a fine job as the title character and Chris Hemsworth contributing nicely as the ax-wielding Hunstman.

Best of all the cast is Charlize Theron as Ravenna, a loony queen hell-bent on staying young and eating Snow’s heart. Director Rupert Sanders puts together a swell visual movie, especially in the way he creates dwarves out of actors like Nick Frost, Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins and Toby Jones. The movie is quite good when it features Snow White running around in various enchanted forests, though not so much in the final act, where it becomes a weird Joan of Arc movie. The last act feels tacked on, like it belongs on another film. Still, Stewart is quite winning here and Theron is a bona fide scene-stealer.

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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 stupidlooking humanoid aliens with porcupine beards don’t help matters much.

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Sing and heard Lacey Mattison One true sign of a good entertainer is a demostrative ease of diversity. This is to say, you can place them in any by Marvin Gonzalez context, and they’ll do what entertainers are meant to do: They stun, they stand out, and they shine.

This is a talent. This is something that can be fine-tuned and nurtured over the years, but it is not something that can be taught.

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For local singer-songwriter Lacey Mattison, this is how her journey has been defined.

She first started singing when her father purchased a guitar for her at a garage sale when she was 16.

Her father, a self-taught musician, taught his daughter. She took this knowledge and became a featured musician at the Reno Music Project at Walden’s Coffeehouse for many years. She performed nightly as a “ta-da” girl in the magic show at Golden Phoenix for three years.

She has performed for years in local musical theater. She was the lead singer of the band Nothing Like the Dame.

After she and her band split up last June, she found herself at a pivotal juncture where she needed to decide her next move, and she felt a great need to return to her roots.

“After the band broke up, I had every intention of getting into the next Brüka musical,” she says.

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Which she did by landing a leading role in their production of The Wild Party. But, after that production, and playing with NLTD for so many years, she’s taking time to plan her next move. She knows she wants to pursue a solo venture, but in what capacity?

“It feels weird to just pick up a guitar again, and fall backwards, you know, just being alone singing and songwriting. Because, when you’re in a band you have all that force behind you.”

For someone with roots in the local music scene it can be a difficult task. She has many people asking her to play gigs, but, like her role in The Wild Party, she wants it to be something special.

“I want to keep gigging, because singing makes my soul sing,” she says. She’ll be playing shows this summer for a few different weddings for friends, and was invited to participate in a sock hop for Hot August Nights.

“But, I want to make sure that the gigs that I do are really important, and that I am touching people with my music.”

Mattison seems more interested in the quality of the work than anything else. She seems resigned to the idea that she doesn’t need to plan, but that gigs and musicals will present themselves, and that she has the right eyes to see a worthwhile project when it presents itself.

“If I’m presented with an opportunity that vibes well with me, I’ll jump in with all my soul and all my energy and I’ll pursue that.”

She’s a true talent, a creature of diversity. She’ll soon be entertaining in a coffee shop, theater, bar, casino or wedding near you.

“Right now, I imagine myself in a little boat,” she says. “And I’m on a river. Instead of trying to paddle upstream, I’m letting the oars go, sitting back with my umbrella, sipping on a martini, you know? I’m just letting the universe guide me.”

She laughs.

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3RD STREET 125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005

THURSDAY 6/7

FRIDAY 6/8

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

Comedy Homecoming w/Wayne Walsh, 9pm, no cover

SATURDAY 6/9

SUNDAY 6/10

Drinking with Clowns, 9:30pm, no cover

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/11-6/13

Moon Gravy, 8:30pm, no cover

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

ABEL’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT

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

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

THE ALLEY

Rubles Plunge, Asphalt Socialites, 8:30pm, no cover

BAR-M-BAR

Fire spinning performance, 8pm, no cover

906 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-8891 816 Highway 40 West, Verdi; (775) 345-0806

Producer Showcase w/Jiggawattz, DJ Idol Hands, The Vajazzler, 8:30pm, no cover Sunday Night Acoustics/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

Laurie Morvan Band

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

June 8, 7 p.m.

CommRow 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400

Bike Night Blues Jam, 7pm, no cover

CEOL IRISH PUB

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

CHAPEL TAVERN

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

Comedy

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

The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Greg Pompa, Taylor Williamson, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Todd Glass, Daniel Kinno, W, 9pm, $25 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Hynopt!c with Dan Kimm, F, 7pm, $13, $16; Golden-Laff Olympiad Contest Grand Finale, F, 9:30pm, $10, $12; Sean Peabody, Sa, 7pm, 9:30pm, $13, $16

Live music, 9:30pm, no cover

Neil O’Kane, 9pm, no cover

Bill Blaylock, 9pm, no cover

COMMA COFFEE

Steven Hanson and Friends, 7pm, no cover

COMMROW

1) Laurie Morvan Band, VooDooDogz, 7pm, $15-$35, Mickey Avalon, Millionaires, Dirt, 11:59pm, $20-$50

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

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

JJ Cady, 6pm, no cover

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

1) Ming and Ping, 9pm, $10-$25

Emily Tessmer, 6pm, no cover

THE DAILY GRIND

Mark Castro Band, 8pm, no cover

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY

Jeffrey James and the Wanted Gang, 9:30pm, no cover

Aversion Therapy, Pinky Polanski, 9:30pm, no cover

Karaoke with Nick, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke with Phil, 9pm, no cover

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

EL CORTEZ LOUNGE

Karaoke with Lisa Lisa, 9pm, no cover

GREAT BASIN BREWING CO.

Huckle, 7pm, no cover

235 W. Second St., (775) 324-4255 846 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 355-7711

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

JAVA JUNGLE

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

Traditional Irish session, 8pm, Tu, no cover

Good Friday with rotating DJs, 10pm, no cover Ladies Night w/DJs (dubstep, electro, house), 10pm, $5 for women

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

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

Pawn Shop, 9:30pm, $5

CLUB BASS

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

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

A Silent Film, 7:30pm, Tu, $10

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Mile High Jazz Band, 8pm Tu, $5 at the door, free for age 18 and under ; Large 1) Dia Frampton, Scars On 45, 8pm, W, $15-$30

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

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

Stickers, Spitting Image, Pony Time, 8pm, $5

The Young, Seas & Centuries, Last to Leave, 8pm W, $5

Sunday Music Showcase, 6pm, no cover

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

VooDoo Dogz, 8pm, no cover alldaydrive, Praying for Greater Portland, 8pm, no cover

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FRIDAY 6/8

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

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SATURDAY 6/9

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

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SUNDAY 6/10

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/11-6/13

Live jazz w/First Take featuring Rick Metz, 6pm, no cover Translation Audio, The Walk of Shame, 10pm, $3

Open mic, 9pm, M, no cover

KNITTING FACTORY CONCERT HOUSE 211 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-5648

Crush, Memory Motel, Ryan Parker, 8pm, Free advance tickets, $6 at door

Demension 13, Pain Clinic, Toy Called God, A Lesson In Chaos, Ripchain, 7:30pm, $6

Porter Robinson, The M Machine, Mat Zo, 7pm, M, $25

KNUCKLEHEADS BAR & GRILL

Haf-Ded, Cyanate, Nevermute, 9pm, $5

We Predict A Riot, Scattered, Epinefrin, 9pm, $5

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

NEW OASIS

Banda San Jose de Mesilla, 9pm, $35

405 Vine St., (775) 323-6500

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

PLAN:B MICRO-LOUNGE

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

Hick’ry Switch, 8pm, no cover

Nathan Thomas Band Unplugged, 8pm, 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, 9pm, no cover

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

Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Corky Bennett, 7pm, 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

Open Blues Jam with Schall Adams, 7pm, no cover

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

RED DOG SALOON

Donavon Frankenreiter June 8, 9 p.m.

Crystal Bay Club 14 Highway 28 Crystal Bay 833-6333

Jay Goldfarb, 7pm, W, no cover

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

RED ROCK BAR

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

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

Drinking with Clowns, 9pm, no cover

RUBEN’S CANTINA

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

Concept, Verse Lurk, Pawz One, Lord Mecca, 9pm, no cover

RYAN’S SALOON

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

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

Hip Hop Open Mic, 9pm, W, no cover Drawin’ Flies, 9pm, no cover

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

SAWTOOTH RIDGE CAFE

Open Mic Night, 9pm, Tu, no cover

877 N. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City; (530) 583-2880

SIDELINES BAR & NIGHTCLUB

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

Decoy, 9:30pm, no cover

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

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

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

Live music, 9pm, no cover

Live music, 9pm, no cover

Sunday Night Strega Mic, 9pm, no cover

Local Band Listening Party, 9pm, M, Dark Tuesdays, 9pm, Tu, DJ Ahn, 9pm, W, no cover

STUDIO ON 4TH

Dance Floor Junkies, 8pm, $5

John Eldridge, 7pm, $5 DJ Ken, 11:30pm, no cover

DJ Ken, 9pm, no cover

Groove Centric & Cliff Soul Sunday, 8pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Steve Starr, 8pm, M, Tu, Open Mic w/Cliff Notes, 8pm, W, no cover

1) RAW Reno Solstice Showcase, 8pm, $10 advance, $15 door

1) Robots Vs. Pirates w/TekFreaks, 9pm, $10

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

THE UNDERGROUND

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

WALDEN’S COFFEEHOUSE

Burning Peace, Hallie & Lorie, Westside Digs, 7pm, no cover

3940 Mayberry Dr., (775) 787-3307

A Silent Film June 12, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

THURSDAY 6/7

FRIDAY 6/8

SATURDAY 6/9

SUNDAY 6/10

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/11-6/13

2) Chili Sauce, 8pm, no cover

2) Chili Sauce, 4pm, Cook Book, 10pm, no cover

2) Chili Sauce, 4pm, Cook Book, 10pm, no cover

2) Cook Book, 8pm, no cover

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

2) Jo Mama, 7pm, no cover

2) Jo Mama, 8pm, no cover

2) Jo Mama, 8pm, no cover

2) George Pickard, 6pm, no cover

2) George Pickard, 6pm, M, Tu, Vinny Messina, 6pm W, no cover

Tyler Brothers, 10pm, no cover

Tyler Brothers, 10pm, no cover

1) Donavon Frankenreiter, Micah Brown, 9pm, $21, $24

1) Naive Melodies, 10pm, no cover 2) DeeJay Theory, Auxiliary, 11:30pm, no cover

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

1) Man in the Mirror, 8pm, $19.95+ 2) Apple Z, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Skyy High Fridays, 9pm, $10 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

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

4) Tom Drinnon, 9pm, no cover

4) Tom Drinnon, 9pm, no cover

4) Tom Drinnon, 9pm, no cover

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

1) Eric Burdon & The Animals, 7:30pm, $45 2) Arthur Hervey, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 10:30pm, $20

CARSON VALLEY INN

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

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

Michael Martin Murphey June 7-9, 8 p.m.

John Ascuaga’s Nugget 1100 Nugget Ave. Sparks 356-3300

2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Grand Theater 2) WET Ultra Lounge 3) Xtreme Sports Bar 4) Mustangs 5) 2500 East 6) The Beach 7) Summit Pavilion

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE

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

Bottoms Up Saloon, 1923 Prater Way, Sparks, 359-3677: Th-Sa, 9pm, 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

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

Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Sparks, 356-6000: Music & Karaoke, F, 9pm; Lovely Karaoke, Sa, 9pm, no cover Washoe Club, 112 S. C St., Virginia City, 8474467: Gothic Productions Karaoke, Sa, Tu, 8pm, no cover

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JOHN ASCUAGA’S NUGGET

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

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1) Man in the Mirror, 7pm, Tu, W, $19.95+ 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, Chris English, 10pm, Tu,Left of Centre, 10pm, W, no cover 3) Spindustry Wednesdays, 9pm, W, no cover

5) DJ Chris English, 10pm, no cover

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

HARVEYS LAKE TAHOE

Elbow Room Bar, 2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks, 356-9799: F-Sa, 7pm, Tu, 6pm, no cover

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

1) Tony D’Andrea, Will C, Lizzie Keith, 8:30pm, Tu, $10, $15

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

1) Michael Martin Murphey, 8pm, no cover 2) Buddy Emmer Band, 7pm, no cover 3) Darcy, 5:30pm, no cover 5) Ladies ’80s w/DJ BG, 6pm, no cover

1) Michael Martin Murphey, 8pm, no cover 2) Buddy Emmer Band, 8pm, no cover 3) Darcy, 6pm, no cover 5) Namolokama, 5:30pm, no cover

1) Michael Martin Murphey, 8pm, no cover 2) Buddy Emmer Band, 8pm, no cover 3) Darcy, 6pm, no cover 5) Namolokama, 5:30pm, no cover

2) Buddy Emmer Band, 7pm, no cover 5) Namolokama, 5:30pm, no cover

3) John Dillard, 6pm, W, no cover

2) Fast Lane, 7pm, no cover 3) Joe Ponzo, 7pm, no cover 4) Bad Girl Thursdays, 10pm, no cover charge for women

2) Fast Lane, 8pm, no cover 3) Major Link, 9pm, no cover 4) Salsa dancing, 7pm, $10 after 8pm 4) DJ Chris English, 10pm, $20

2) Fast Lane, 8pm, no cover 3) Major Link, 9pm, no cover 4) Rogue Saturdays, 10pm, $20

2) Fast Lane, 7pm, no cover 3) Jackie Landrum, 7pm, no cover

2) Fast Lane, 7pm, M, no cover 3) Jackie Landrum, 7pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) DJ I, 10pm, no cover 3) Ladies Night & Karaoke, 7pm, Ladies Karaoke Night, 9pm, no cover

2) Audioboxx, 9pm, no cover

2) Audioboxx, 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) The Robeys, 9pm, no cover

1) The Robeys, 9pm, no cover

TAHOE BILTMORE

5 Hwy. 28, Crystal Bay; (775) 831-0660 1) Breeze Nightclub 2) Casino Floor 3) Conrad’s

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& Daughters of Erin is reviving its Adopt-A-Park sponsorship of a Sparks city park built in 1976 and named after its sister city Longford, Ireland. The group will organize a light clean up of the park, as well as a barbecue for participants. Bring a salad, side dish, dessert, etc. to share. Please note there are no bathroom facilities at the park. Sa, 6/9, 12-3pm. Free. Longford Park, 250 E. Greenbrae Drive, Sparks, (775) 378-0931, www.irishnv.org.

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Events

MARK WELLMAN'S ADVENTURE DAY: People with

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

by Burnin’ Earl. Th, 6/7, 5-7pm. $10 general; $8 seniors, students; free for NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

24TH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION: The local celebration of Juneteenth, which commemorates the emancipation of the last slaves in the United States, offers activities and entertainment for the whole family, including gospel music, jazz by the Cliff Porter Trio, praise dance, Chautauqua performances, food and vendors and raffles. Su, 6/10, 11am5pm. Free. Wingfield Park, 2 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 354-2985.

GREAT BASIN YOUNG CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM HEROES VS. VILLAINS: This program will

combined with inflatable obstacles, army crawls, walls, mud pits, cargo net climbs, body washer, moon walk, slip ’n’ slides and water obstacles and lots of foam.

The event is open to to beginner through experienced runners. Sa, 6/9, 9am-noon. $40-$50 entry fees. Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-4512, http://5kfoamfest.com.

OCTANE FEST: The motor sports extrava-

highlight 10 local young Chautauqua performers whose characters are based upon this year’s theme “Heroes vs.

Villains.” Come and meet these living historical figures from the past. Free temporary parking permits can be obtained in the admissions office. Sa, 6/9, 2-3:30pm. Free. Nevada Historical Society, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 688-1190, www.nevadaculture.org.

5K FOAM FEST: The event features a mud run

HISTORIC TRUCKEE RIVER WALK: A relaxing stroll along the Truckee River reveals eclectic architecture grounded by rich political histories and spiced with colorful anecdotes. Reservations required.

Cut-off date is the day before the tour.

Tu, 6/12, 6-8pm. $10; free for Historic Reno Preservation Society members. McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 747-4478, www.historicreno.org.

EDWARD BURTYNSKY ON OIL: The acclaimed photographer presents a lecture introducing his exhibition Oil. Burtynsky has traveled internationally for 15 years to chronicle the production, distribution and consumption of this critical energy source, creating a photographic exploration of the effects of oil on our lives. Sa, 6/9, 10-11:30am. $10-$15. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 3293333, www.nevadaart.org.

disabilities and their friends and family are invited to explore summertime sports. The event features handcycling, kayaking, sailing and adapted rock climbing in a safe, fun environment. The Note-Ables will sponsor a “get up and move booth” with fun activities. Sunscreen and close-toed shoes are required. Participants must have a guardian signed release form to take part. Su, 6/10, 10am-2pm. Free. Sparks Marina Park, 300 Howard Drive, Sparks, (775) 353-7815, www.sparksrec.com. ganza features NNRA/Top Gun drag racing, IMCA oval dirt track racing, truck and tractor pulls, demolition derby, mud bogs, TUFF Truck, rock crawl and freestyle motocross. The festival includes live music, a show ’n’ shine, motor sports swap meet and a fireworks finale. Th, 6/7, 4-6pm; F, 6/8,

8am-6pm; Sa, 6/9, 8am-7pm; Su, 6/10, 8am-noon. $5-$20. Churchill County

Fairgrounds, 325 Sheckler Road, Fallon, (775) 423-4556, http://visitfallonnevada.com/octanefest.

PLANTING THE SEEDS OF HOPE: This event will raise funds for Northern Nevada HOPES garden, which was started in 2010 by volunteers of HOPES to provide clients infected and affected by HIV with fresh, free vegetables. The day’s activities includes planting this years crop, live music and a raffle. Sa, 6/9, 12-3pm. Free; donations welcome. Northern Nevada HOPES, 580 W. Fifth St., (775) 997-7519, www.nnhopes.org.

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first showcase for the Reno branch of RAW Natural Born Artists. RAW is a national independent arts organization that has branches in 64 cities across the nation and a network that connects artists of all genres. The event features of mix of visual art, film, fashion, music, performance and more. Featuring: My Flag is on Fire, Joey Paraza, Moondog Matinee, Kaitlin Bryson, Katie James, Ali Ault, Bryce Chisolm, Spoken Views, Kaleb Temple, Ryan-O, Paige Curley, Ana Leyva, Clint Sleeper, Kelly Peyton, Emily Leggett and Jane Kenoyer. Th, 6/7, 8pm. $10-$15.

The Underground, 555 E. Fourth St., Ste. B, (775) 410-5993.

20th annual farmers’ market returns with a family-friendly atmosphere and farmer-focused event. This year’s event has been extended to 11 weeks and will open an hour earlier. New highlights include a gourmet food truck court and expanded food area. Th, 3-8pm through

8/2. Opens 6/7; Th, 8/16, 3-8pm; Th, 8/23, 38pm. Free. Victorian Square Plaza,

Victorian Avenue, across from John Ascuaga’s Nugget and in front of Century Theaters, Sparks, (775) 7465024, www.shirleysfarmersmarkets.com.

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ROCK ’N’ ROLL REVIVAL & CLASSIC CAR SHOW:

A.V.A. BALLET THEATRE SUMMER DANCE CAMP:

Silver Legacy Resort Casino and Hot August Nights celebrate the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s with the third annual classic car show featuring hot rods, classic and muscle cars, live entertainment, street fair and food and drinks. F, 6/8, 12-8pm; Sa, 6/9, 10am-8pm; Su, 6/10, 10am-3pm. Free.

Downtown Reno along Virginia Street, (775) 356-1956, www.hotaugustnights.net.

A.V.A. Ballet Theatre will hold its annual summer dance camp. This dance camp is designed for students age 8 and older who have had previous ballet training.

The dance camp includes instruction in ballet and pointe variations. M-F, 9am5pm through 6/16. Opens 6/11. $180-$280.

Conservatory of Movement, 75 W. Plumb Lane, Lakeside Shopping Center, (775) 762-5165, www.avaballet.com.

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. Prices vary. Tallac Historic Site, Highway 89, 2.5 miles north of Highway 50, South Lake Tahoe, (530) 541-4975, http://valhallatahoe.com.

CHILDREN’S SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM: The Food Bank of Northern Nevada joins forces with several community partners to provide free, nutritious meals for children and teens through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Summer Food Service Program. This summer, meals are served weekdays from June 11 through Aug. 17 (dates and times vary by site.) Meals are available at several schools where there are communitysponsored summer activity programs for children. Many neighborhood parks are meal sites. Most sites offer lunch, and some serve breakfast too. All meals must be eaten at the serving site, and all children and teens ages 1-18 years can eat at any site without charge.

There are no enrollment requirements.

M-F through 8/17. Opens 6/11. Free. Call or visit website for details, (775) 331-3663, http://fbnn.org.

WEST OF WELLS WALKING TOUR: Walk the neighborhood west of Wells Avenue, along the former path of the V & T railroad. See unusual architecture unique to this neighborhood and learn the history of the colorful characters who gave birth to Reno’s neighborhood on the other side of the tracks. Reservations required. Cut-off date is the day before the tour. Sa, 6/9, 10am-noon. $10; free for Historic Reno Preservation Society members. Silver Peak Restaurant & Brewery, 124 Wonder St., (775) 747-4478, www.historicreno.org.

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Western traditions Nevada became a state during one of the most turbulent times in American history—the nation was in the throes of the Civil War, the western frontier was rapidly becoming settled and indigenous Americans would be displaced from ancestral lands by the population influx. The 29th annual Carson City Rendezvous attempts to give the public a taste of what life would have been like for people living in the mid-19th century, particularly in the territory that would eventually become the state of Nevada. The living history festival features a mountain man encampment, Civil War battle reenactments and military camps and entertainment including cowboy music and poetry, storytelling, stagecoach rides and staged gunfight performances, as well as a Native American village offering music, dancing, storytelling and crafts.

This year’s festival theme is “Transcontinental Railroad,” which commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Pacific Railway Act of 1862. Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum will set up a 19th century railroad camp with 100 feet of tract and an operating handcar. The Carson City Rendezvous kicks off June 8 at Mills Park, 1111 E. William St., Carson City. Gates are open noon to 9 p.m. on June 8, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on June 9 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 10. Admission is free. Call 846-1130 or visit www.carsoncityrendezvous.com.

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Parks & Rec offer a day of free trout fishing for youth ages 7-17 as part of Nevada’s official free fishing day. Sa, 6/9, 7-11am. Free. Sparks Marina Park, 300 Howard Drive, Sparks, (775) 353-2376, www.cityofsparks.us.

MAKING THE GRADE SKATE CONTEST: The scholastic and amateur skate contest will encourage skateboarders ages 7-18 years old to brush up on their skateboarding skills, as well as dust off their school books. The participants’ final grades that are submitted before the competition will be factored into their final score in the skate competition. The higher the grades, the higher the final score. The grand prize winners of each age group will receive a week’s tuition to Lake Tahoe’s Camp Woodward this summer. Su, 6/10, 10am-4pm. Rattlesnake Mountain Skatepark, 3000 S. McCarran Blvd., (775) 287-8407, www.makingthegradesk8contest.com.

WATER PARK OPENS: Melio Gaspari Water Play Park begins regular summer hours on Saturday, June 9, 2012. The water park’s attractions include a giant sunflower sprinkler, spilling buckets, “spitting” horses and a water tower. 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, Lazy 5 Regional Park, 7100 Pyramid Lake Highway, Spanish Springs, (775) 424-1804.

CCAI COURTHOUSE GALLERY: New Crop. Capital City 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 from 5–7pm. During the reception the artists will give an informal talk about their work beginning at 5:30pm. M-F through 9/4. Free. 885 E. Musser St., inside the Carson City Courthouse, Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

THE HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: Sticks and Stones.

Art ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: Peaked Again.

Artists Co-op of Reno features Erik Holland’s plein air paintings of Nevada mountaintops, as well as work by guest artist Patricia Sherer. Through 6/30, 11am4pm. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896, www.artistsco-opgalleryreno.com.

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We’ll always have parasites My boyfriend of two months is a gem, but his house is a horror.

The whole place is seriously messy. There’s this eerie feeling that the house was formerly homey, like nothing has changed since his wife left him three years ago—down to the box of sanitary pads in the bathroom and the very wife-ish folksy kitchen art. I wonder if the state of things reflects some inner devastation he’s feeling post-divorce. He hadn’t changed his sheets in our two months together, so I removed the pillowcases and dropped them on the floor as a hint. He didn’t get it. It seems too early in the relationship to say anything. Still, I don’t feel I should have to keep faking that I’m comfy in his bed on sheets that feel like they haven’t been washed since the 1980s.

Welcome to the Museum of the Ex-Wife. At least, that’s how you’re seeing it, and that’s understandable.

In trying to make sense of things, people have a tendency to look for some underlying deep meaning.

And, sure, maybe the biohazards are reflective of some inner darkness on his part. Or maybe it was his job to care for the outside of the house and hers to care for the inside, and after she left, he never thought to fill in the blanks on the chore wheel.

If you don’t see other signs suggesting he’s depressed, he’s probably just mess-blind. It’s hard for those who practice ordinary tidiness and house hygiene to understand, but for some, all the chaos and grunge just blends into a big, benign whatever.

It’s cute you thought dropping stuff on the floor would have an impact on his housekeeping standards.

You should consider it a bit troubling that he apparently made no attempt to tidy up for you.

Even the most squalor-inured tend to look at their living situation through new—and horrified—eyes when a new romantic partner comes over.

Don’t be pulling on any rubber gloves, either.

Start cleaning up after him and you’ll keep cleaning up after him. Instead, say something gentle but direct like, “I think you’re a great guy, but I need you to clean your place so I feel comfortable there.” There is a chance that he’ll break up with you over this. But, what kind of man kicks the girl out of bed and keeps the cracker crumbs?

Whatever effort he makes, keep letting him know you appreciate it. If the house isn’t getting to a civilized level of clean, gently suggest it needs a woman’s touch—a cleaning woman’s: “Ever thought of getting a maid once a month?” Finally, address the ex-wife’s leftovers by joking that some of the decor doesn’t quite seem a reflection of him. In fact, you’re particularly confused by the box in the bathroom cabinet, but you’d like to be supportive: “A man’s first period is a very special time, and there’s no reason to feel ashamed about the changes in your body.”

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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.

NORTH TAHOE ARTS CENTER: North Tahoe Arts June Art Exhibits. North Tahoe Arts presents Fired Up, featuring clay art by a group of five women ceramic sculptors from Auburn, Calif., in the Main Gallery. In the Corison Loft Gallery is Art & Solstice, a summer-inspired and themed exhibit featuring 2D and 3D artwork. Meet the artists at the opening receptions on June 8, 57pm. Tu-Su, 11am-5pm through 6/25. Free. Art Gallery & Gift Shop, 380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, (530) 581-2787, www.northtahoearts.com.

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, 5-7pm. 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 this 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. F-Su, 11am-4pm through 7/8. Free. 55 N. R St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7774, www.silverlandart.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 June 20, 5-8pm.

Featured speakers include Tom Beebe, Tia Flores, Brett Moten and Ray Valdez. M-F,

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

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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.

Meier will be in the studio during the day demonstrating his techniques and thrown forms on the wheel. Tu, 6/12, 5:30-7:30pm.

Free. 2095 Dickerson Road, (775) 770-4770, www.thewedgeceramics.com.

Call for Artists FLINT STREET FESTIVAL CALL FOR ARTISANS: Call for artisans for the 2nd Annual Flint Street Festival, which takes place on July 21. This is a juried show. The festival will be part of Artown and benefits VSA Nevada. M-Su through 7/21. $25 deposit fee. VSA Nevada at Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100 ext. 2, www.vsanevada.org/flintst-app.

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

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Gregory Euclide: Nature Out There, W-Su through 9/2; Gail Wight: Hydraphilia, W-Su through 8/26; The Canary Project: Landscapes of Climate Change, W-Su through 6/17; Tim Hawkinson: Totem, W-Su through 10/7; Anne Lindberg: Modal Lines, WSu through 7/15; Andrew Rogers: Contemporary Geoglyphs, W-Su through 8/26; Jacob Hashimoto: Here in Sleep, a World, Muted to a Whisper, W-Su through 1/1; Southwest Pottery From Anasazi to Zuni: Selections from the Brenda and John Blom Collection, W-Su through 9/9; Art, Science, and the Arc of Inquiry: The Evolution of the Nevada Museum of Art, W-Su through 7/1; Edward Burtynsky: Oil, W-Su through 9/23.

Opens 6/9. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

Film BELLE DE JOUR: Artemisia Moviehouse presents a screening of Luis Buñuel’s 1967 film, starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli and Geneviève Page. Tu, 6/12, 7-10pm. $7 general; $5 members, bicyclists, students.

Good Luck Macbeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia St., (775) 337-9111, www.artemisiamovies.org.

Poetry/Literature YOU CAME BACK BOOK RELEASE PARTY: Sundance Books and Music celebrates the release of University of Nevada, Reno professor Christopher Coakes’ new novel You Came Back. The program will include a reading, Q&A session and book signing at the Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., followed

by a reception and celebration at Sundance Books and Music. Tu, 6/12, 6:30-9pm. Free.

Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 786-1188, www.sundancebookstore.com.

Music BIG BAND JAZZ & POETRY: ANIMAL THEME: The Mile High Jazz Band perform favorite jazz tunes while local poets read animal-themed poems in an informal coffeehouse setting. Tu, 6/12, 8pm. $5 at the door, free for age 18 and under.

Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 883-4154, http://milehighjazz.com.

BRAP! RENO NOISE NIGHT: Transmission, Signifier, Endif and Agitpop perform at the monthly electronic and experimental music and visual art showcase. Sa, 6/9, 8pm. $3 donation. Reno Art Works, 1995 Dickerson Road, (775) 225-7295.

CARSON CITY MUSIC CLUB: This is a forum for musicians and music lovers to gather and share their love of music. The club offers opportunities to perform individually and to participate in collaborative events and expand musical knowledge. Second M of every month, 7pm.

Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 882-9517, http://breweryarts.org.

PIPES ON THE RIVER: The Friday lunchtime concert series features guest artists performing on the church’s Casavant pipe organ. F, noon.

Free. Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., (775) 329-4279, www.trinityreno.org.

POPS PARTY CONCERT: COWBOYS & COWGIRLS: Carson City Symphony presents a program of western tunes including traditional, television, musical, ballet and movie themes. A highlight will be arrangements of singersongwriter Richard Elloyan’s original songs.

Seating is on the lawn. The audience is welcome to bring blankets or lawn chairs. Su, 6/10, 3pm. Free. Governor’s Mansion, 606 Mountain St., Carson City, (775) 883-4154, http://ccsymphony.com.

SCORPIONS: FINAL STING TOUR: The German metal band brings its global 2012 farewell tour to Reno. F, 6/8, 8pm. $35.50-$89.50. Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., (775) 335-8800.

Sports & fitness 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.

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THE 2012 GOLD HILL SPRING FOLLIES: The Gold Hill

BEGINNERS CERAMICS CLASS: This is an introduc-

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.

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.

HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE: Brüka Theatre presents Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama that follows the strained, sexual relationship between a young girl and her aunt’s husband, from her adolescence through her years into college and beyond. Strong language. Suggested for mature audience members age 18 and older. There will be a post-show opening night champagne reception on June 8. The Sunday matinee on June 10 will be followed by a talk back with the company. F, 6/8, 8pm; Sa, 6/9, 8pm; Su, 6/10,

2pm; Th, 6/14, 8pm; F, 6/15, 8pm; Sa, 6/16, 8pm; W, 6/20, 8pm; Th, 6/21, 8pm; F, 6/22, 8pm; Sa, 6/23, 8pm. $18 general; $16 seniors, students,

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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military; $20 at the door. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.

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. Th, 6/7, 7:30-9:30pm; F, 6/8, 7:30-

HEARTSAVER CPR AED: The Heartsaver AED Course teaches one-rescuer CPR, Automated External Defibrillator use and relief of choking in adults, children and infants. The use of barrier devices for all ages will also be covered. W,

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, 7:30-9:30pm; F, 6/22, 7:30-9:30pm; Sa, 6/23, 7:30-9:30pm; Su, 6/24, 3-5pm. $14-$20. Good

6/13, 5:30-9:30pm; Sa, 6/23, 9am-1pm; W, 7/11, 5:30-9:30pm; Sa, 7/28, 9am-1pm; W, 8/8, 5:309:30pm; Sa, 8/25, 9am-1pm; W, 9/12, 5:30-9:30pm; Sa, 9/29, 9am-1pm; W, 10/10, 5:30-9:30pm; Sa, 10/27, 9am-1pm; W, 11/14, 5:30-9:30pm; Sa, 11/17, 9am-1pm; W, 12/12, 5:30-9:30pm; Sa, 12/15, 9am1pm. $45. REMSA Education & Training Center,

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

A WEDDING TO DIE FOR: Funtime Theater presents an interactive dinner murder mystery. If you are the super sleuth of the evening, you could win the prize. Sa, 6/9, 6pm. $50. Piper’s Opera House, 12 N. B St., Virginia City, (775) 240-5762, www.funtimetheater.com.

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

KID CARE: The Kid Care babysitting class is designed to teach adolescents the basics of caring for young children. Techniques for setting up babysitting opportunities, diaper changes, bottle-feeding, playtime activities and taking charge of situations while babysitting are covered. The course also includes pediatric first aid and CPR training.

Auditions RLT AUDITIONS FOR THE 13 CLOCKS: Auditions for this adaptation of a James Thurber fable will consist of cold readings from the script.

Available roles for several men and women ages 12-102. Su, 6/10, 5:30-7pm; M, 6/11, 5:307pm. Free. Reno Little Theater Rehearsal Hall, 246 E. Arroyo St., (775) 343-8100, www.renolittletheater.org.

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BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): If your destiny

has gotten tweaked by bias or injustice, it’s a good time to rebel. If you are being manipulated by people who care for you—even if it’s allegedly for your own good—you now have the insight and power necessary to wriggle free of the bind. If you have been confused by the mixed messages you’re getting from your own unconscious mind, you should get to the bottom of the inner contradiction. And if you have been wavering in your commitment to your oaths, you’d better be intensely honest with yourself about why that’s happening.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Diamonds

are symbols of elegant beauty, which is why they’re often used in jewelry. But 80 percent of the world’s diamonds have a more utilitarian function. Because they’re so hard and have such high thermal conductivity, they are used extensively as cutting, grinding, and polishing tools, and have several other industrial applications. Now let’s apply this 20/80 proportion to you, Taurus.

Of your talents and abilities, no more than 20 percent need be on display. The rest is consumed in the diligent detail work that goes on in the background—the cutting, grinding, and polishing you do to make yourself as valuable as a diamond. In the coming week, this will be a good meditation for you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The pain you

will feel in the coming week will be in direct proportion to the love you suppress and withhold. So if you let your love flow as freely as a mountain spring in a rainstorm, you may not have to deal with any pain at all. What’s that you say? You claim that being strategic about how you express your affection gives you strength and protection? Maybe that’s true on other occasions, but it’s not applicable now. “Unconditional” and “uninhibited” are your words of power.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): What actions

best embody the virtue of courage? Fighting on the battlefield as a soldier? Speaking out against corruption and injustice? Climbing a treacherous peak or riding a raft through rough river water? Certainly all those qualify. But French architect Fernand Pouillon had another perspective. He said, “Courage lies in being oneself, in showing complete independence, in loving what one loves, in discovering the deep roots of one’s feelings.” That’s exactly the nature of the bravery you are best able to draw on right now, Cancerian. So please do draw on it in abundance.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In his book The Four

Insights, author Alberto Villoldo tells the following story: “A traveler comes across two stonecutters. He asks the first, ‘What are you doing?’ and receives the reply, ‘Squaring the stone.’ He then walks over to the second stonecutter and asks, ‘What are you doing?’ and receives the reply, ‘I am building a cathedral.’ In other words, both men are performing the same task, but one of them is aware that he has the choice to be part of a greater dream.” By my astrological reckoning, Leo, it’s quite important for you to be like that second stonecutter in the months ahead. I suggest you start now to ensure that outcome.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Harpo Marx

was part of the famous Marx Brothers comedy team that made 13 movies. He was known as the silent one. While in his character’s persona, he never spoke, but only communicated through pantomime and by whistling, blowing a horn, or playing the harp. In real life, he could talk just fine. He traced the origin of his shtick to an early theatrical performance he had done. A review of the show said that he “performed beautiful pantomime which was ruined whenever he spoke.” So in other words, Harpo’s successful career was shaped in part by the inspiration he drew from a critic. I invite you to make a similar move, Virgo: Capitalize on some negative feedback or odd mirroring you’ve received.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): What is your

relationship with cosmic jokes, Libra? Do you feel offended by the secrets they spill and the ignorance they expose and the slightly embarrassing truths they compel you to acknowledge? Or are you a vivacious

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lover of life who welcomes the way cosmic jokes expand your mind and help you lose your excessive self-importance and show you possible solutions you haven’t previously imagined? I hope you’re in the latter category, because sometime in the near future, fate has arranged for you to be in the vicinity of a divine comedy routine. I’m not kidding when I tell you that the harder and more frequently you laugh, the more you’ll learn.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In addition

to being an accomplished astrophysicist and philosopher, Arthur Eddington (18821944) possessed mad math skills. Legend has it that he was one of only three people on the planet who actually comprehended Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. That’s a small level of appreciation for such an important set of ideas, isn’t it? On the other hand, most people I know would be happy if there were as many as three humans in the world who truly understood them. In accordance with the astrological omens, I suggest you make that one of your projects in the next 12 months: to do whatever you can to ensure there are at least three people who have a detailed comprehension of and appreciation for who you really are.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Yesterday the sun was shining at the same time it was raining, and my mind turned to you. Today I felt a surge of tenderness for a friend who has been making me angry, and again I thought of you. Tomorrow maybe I will sing sad songs when I’m cheerful, and go for a long walk when I’m feeling profoundly lazy. Those events, too, would remind me of you. Why? Because you’ve been experimenting with the magic of contradictions lately.

You’ve been mixing and matching with abandon, going up and down at the same time, and exploring the pleasures of changing your mind. I’m even tempted to speculate that you’ve been increasing your ability to abide with paradox. Keep up the good work.

I’m sure it’s a bit weird at times, but it’ll ultimately make you even smarter than you already are.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Be on

the alert for valuable mistakes you could capitalize on. Keep scanning the peripheries for evidence that seems out of place; it might be useful. Do you see what I’m driving at, Capricorn? Accidental revelations could spark good ideas. Garbled communication might show you the way to desirable detours. Chance meetings might initiate conversations that will last a long time. Are you catching my drift? Follow any lead that seems witchy or itchy. Be ready to muscle your way in through doors that are suddenly open just a crack.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): An article

in the Weekly World News reported on tourists who toast marshmallows while sitting on the rims of active volcanoes. As fun as this practice might be, however, it can expose those who do it to molten lava, suffocating ash, and showers of burning rocks.

So I wouldn’t recommend it to you, Aquarius. But I do encourage you to try some equally boisterous but less hazardous adventures. The coming months will be prime time for you to get highly imaginative in your approach to exploration, amusement, and pushing beyond your previous limits. Why not get started now?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): According to

my reading of the astrological omens, you would be smart to get yourself a new fertility symbol. Not because I think you should encourage or seek out a literal pregnancy.

Rather, I’d like to see you cultivate a more aggressively playful relationship with your creativity—energize it on deep unconscious levels so it will spill out into your daily routine and tincture everything you do. If you suspect my proposal has some merit, be on the lookout for a talisman, totem, or toy that fecundates your imagination.

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

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Market driven Bijan Rashidi

Almost anyone who lives in the neighborhood of Skyline and Cashill boulevards is familiar with Skyline Market, 2995 Skyline Blvd. Many wondered why this little store never seemed to live up to its potential, except in the quirkiness factor. Well, Bijan Rashidi and his wife, Heidi, wondered the same thing. They took over the building, completely gutted it, cleaned it up, and brought in artisan foods and a professional attitude. It’s now a full service community grocery store, constantly playing sports on the TV in the corner. Customers are welcome to sit down with the owners and take in a soccer game.

What’s your current job?

My current job is to open this store. It was my dream to open this store. My grandfather used to own a neighborhood store. I’m trying to do the same thing— for him to be proud of me, for the neighborhood to be proud of me and the store. It’s a complete store, with a mailroom, deli, and it’s the cleanest store you’ve ever seen in all the Reno area.

How did you come to be in this store? Seems like the guy in the

store before was here 10 or 15 years.

The other gentleman was here for 17 years. I lived in this neighborhood for 21 years. My kid graduated from Reno High School. We came once to buy mix for making tacos, and we walked in here, and the place was very bad shape, and I told my wife, “You know, this has great potential,” and it was always my dream to open something like this. We got into the business in January of this year; it took us five months to repair everything and make it clean and brand new and to bring the public inside our store.

Well, it looks great. I see you have some gourmet type foods, what’s that all about?

We were in the gourmet business for seven years. We have our balsamic, they

Bruce is MIA this week, so we offer you his July 10, 1996 epistle to the Renoites: Busted. Busted by The Man. I was lucky I didn’t get offed. It happened to me last week, reader, and I’m going to humble myself in this space with the whole sad, sorry saga in the hopes that it may bag points as some kind of community service.

If the Shirelles had sung about the weather as they sang about boys, this one would have had them cookin’.

The morning was perfect and I was on my way to Northgate, looking forward to another enchanted round of golf on the high desert links with my associates Arnie, Skip and Sherm the Human ATM Machine. I was late, once again underestimating the time it takes to water my marigolds, lobelias and perineums, and I was hustling to get to those Elysian fields of fortune and frustration.

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There is a wide range of feelings one gets when freshly pulled off roadside. Not being one of those guys with a glove compartment full of torn-up parking tickets or a pound of blow under the spare, I was calm—if a tad pissed—and thinking how, exactly, I might increase my changes of getting off with a warning. I was also muttering “goddammit” a lot while scrambling for the necessary papers, reminding myself not to say it to the cop.

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would indeed prostrate myself before him, as long as it wouldn’t scuff my natty sky blue gold slacks, that is. The word, of course, is “Officer.”

“You were going 55, Mr. Van Dyke,” he said with smooth authority, like a man who knows full well he has at least one of my eggs in the fascist forceps of the law.

It was here I made a bold move, counting on the elements of shock and confusion to somehow elicit a warning, and spare me a citation.

“Well, could you please hurry with the ticket? I’m late for my tee time.”

Turns out one man’s bold move is another man’s moronic move. The Ray Banned jackboot wrote the ticket, all right, but he wrote it real slowlike—slower than Jethro Bodine taking a physics exam.

And the greens of Northgate were only seconds away … Ω

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