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It ain’t me, babe Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. I’d like to think of something profound to write about the future—well, profound as this little exercise gets anyway—but I found myself stuck in last week, caught up in the story about little Ramsey Farley, the child with the undiagnosed but probably deadly disease featured in this publication. People keep saying nice things about me and writing nice things about me on Facebook, and while those comments make me feel proud, humbled and embarrassed, I feel as though I need to point something out: The only reason I, or any of this staff, get to write these stories is because of this newspaper. We’re all chaotically professional—we would not get this newspaper out on deadline every single week with a four-and-a-half person editorial team, if we weren’t— but none of us would have been considered qualified by more corporate newspapers before we developed our chops in this one. I don’t think anyone who works here will find this offensive. Most of us do not have journalism degrees. Some of us were fired from previous journalism jobs. We’re just not what anyone would call “corporate.” And we’re proud of that. While we’re all strong—even awardwinning—individuals at what we do, if it weren’t for the medium, you probably would not be reading us. But anyway, I guess what I’m saying is thank you to the Reno News & Review for giving us all voices and allowing us to help the community in the ways we see fit. And if you readers haven’t sent Ramsey’s story to your friends in the medical field—anywhere in the world—you can find it at www.newsreview.com/ reno/matter-of-life/ content?oid=6599234. •••

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With Artown in full swing, this seems like a good time to offer a suggestion for a project that would greatly benefit the city and offer the art community a fantastic opportunity to fill a space that desperately needs it. The cost would be minimal and, ideally, it could be completed by this time next year and the grand opening could take place during next year’s festival. It’s not a fountain, a statue or a theater. It’s much more than that; I am talking about the railroad trench. This may sound off-the-wall, but isn’t being a little bit off-the-wall part of what Artown is all about? If you are a traveler arriving or departing Reno on Amtrak, you are met with an uninspiring train station facade surrounded by depressingly stark gray concrete walls and overpasses. It makes you wonder if you’ve come to Reno or Dachau. I am sure there are dozens of rules, regulations and other bureaucratic red tape to wade through, but there must be some way for the city, Amtrak, Union Pacific and the hundreds of talented artists in the area to get together to turn these walls, at least around the station, into a colorful, vibrant location that will say “Welcome to Reno and Nevada.” There will never be enough money to make the types of improvements that have taken place at the airport, but with a little imagination and cooperation there is no reason we can’t have a station that makes visitors feel welcome, instead of as though they are arriving and departing in a tomb. Terry Knight Carson City

Suckers’ bet Re “Deception” (News, July 5): I left Reno shortly after the Great Flood of 1997. When I returned in 2007, I could scarcely believe the changes in the once vibrant downtown. The term “war zone” sprang to mind. It seemed to me an intractable problem. The depression of the railroad tracks and the development of the Truckee River

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corridor, which had promised greater prosperity, seemed an abject failure. Now comes the iconic Apple to the rescue. Apparently, the cost to the taxpayers will be great, though it pales in comparison to the cost of the decay I saw in 2007. A change to be believed in? One hopes. Larry Wissbeck Paonia, Colo.

Can’t believe Jake Re “Are You There God? It’s me, Jake.” (Feature story, June 28): Interesting article that begs us to answer the questions: Why and how do humans believe? Why have we created such a strange parade of religions? Why are we such suckers for the fantastic? Why will we defend our beliefs to the death? It seems Professor Highton has his own belief system—atheism—he claims is based upon reason. However, isn’t it very unreasonable and ultimately egotistical for any one of us, when considering the vastness, complexity and incredible dynamism of our universe, to dare claim there is no god? If the good professor could convince me he knows all, has seen all and understands everything in the universe, then I would perhaps believe him. Can’t Highton see that there is so much he doesn’t know about the universe? And yet he is essentially saying: Come, follow me. Believe in me. Kind of has a familiar ring to it. Christopher Hardt Carson City

Sweet kid Re “A matter of life & death” (Feature story, July 5): I have been so lucky to be in the presence of this boy. I can only describe him as “sunshine.” He makes me smile every time I’ve been around him! As a mother of a 3-year-old and 1-year-old, my heart aches for the Farley family. I have never seen such tenderness and love. They are a family of strength, and I’m beyond honored to know them. Sarah Russell Reno

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Jake is proof of god Re “Are You There God? It’s me, Jake.” (Feature story, June 28): The arrogance of some academics is astounding. Atheism is a faith as is any religion and has as many fanatics as does any religion. The atrocities done by atheists are just as bad if not worse than those done by believers. He made a list of items “no critical thinker can believe.” To that let me add that no critical thinker can believe that the sun, the stars, the moon and the Earth, with all the complexity of life, happened as the result of some colossal accident. Accidents are notorious for destroying, not creating. Can you say that New York was created by accident? Of course not! Yet you want me to swallow the idea that somehow billions of years ago some single cell containing something as complex as DNA somehow came into existence by accident and proceeded to become us. I’m sorry, but my gullibility only goes so far. Evolution is a faith, not a science, and it’s about time that scientists and academics became honest enough to recognize that. Don R. Drake Carson City

A little help Re “A matter of life & death” (Feature story, July 5): Ramsey (Penguin) is the most adorable and most loving little boy I have ever known. I have had the privilege of watching this little angel grow up. It is heartwrenching knowing there is nothing you can do to ease the hurt and bewilderment of the “not knowing.” Ramsey has the most amazing momma. Any help that you can give the family would be great! Your support, love and prayers, and if you can help guide them to someone who can help answer their questions, who doesn’t stop or give up when the answers don’t come easy. Too many times they have been pushed off to new doctors, and then more doctors. Tami, Art and Jamie are constantly

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having to call to get results, or to remind doctors of upcoming tests or equipment that the doctors had promised to get for them. Equipment orders have been “lost” or “delayed.” This is unforgivable! Whatever happened to “patient care” and “follow through?” Any help for the family and for Ramsey would be great! Monica Acunia San Antonio, TX Editor’s note: Yes, please, if you know of any doctors who may know anything—here or abroad—please send them a link to the story, www.newsreview.com/reno/matter-oflife/content?oid=6599234 .

Censor Jake Re “Are You There God? It’s me, Jake.” (Feature story, June 28): The anger implicit throughout Jake Highton’s article “Are you there God? It’s me, Jake.” is largely understandable—fundamentalist Christians’ intolerant, sometimes downright hate-filled, attitude toward people different than themselves is both incredibly hurtful to many and infuriating to others. This fact nonetheless does not make it permissible to craft a lengthy rant against them under the guise of an argument in favor of atheism. Given my bachelor’s degree in religion, I find many of Highton’s arguments not only unconvincing— the stalemate between arguments for and against the existence of God has survived for thousands of years—but also offensive to a variety of believers. His use of stereotypes about the relative intellects of Jews, Catholics, and evangelicals is one particularly hurtful example. I do not doubt that there are several convincing arguments for being atheist, but simplistically lambasting those who are faithful gets us nowhere; indeed, it merely echoes the very aggressive, illogical adherence to belief that Highton is so (rightly) frustrated with. Jessica Fanaselle Reno

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Make a wish Asked at the U.S. Post Office, 17th and N. Virginia streets Mary Toleno Administrative assistant

Peace would be awfully nice, because I believe that families suffer a lot in war areas, and children are scarred. So I think it would be a nice thing for the world.

Amber Monfort Nurse

Better health care for everybody. Preventative health care versus catching things after we already have problems. I like to see people healthier rather than living with long-term diseases.

Misused forum Something new happened this week. The “state of the That’s another thing. If the Council and mayor are city” speech was not given by the mayor of Reno. unwilling to give the public bad news, raising questions Candidly, we think these “state of” occasions have of credibility in these difficult times, they could at least grown far beyond their worth. We now have “state of do it themselves. the state,” “state of the city,” “state of the judiciary,” We’re not knocking Clinger. He served the state well “state of the university” speeches. Only one of them is when Gov. Jim Gibbons was barely involved in running called for by law. They are mostly media events— state government, and he bore burdens that should have occasions staged to generate publicity. been carried by the governor. He then took on a city That’s all well and good. They happen only once a government with problems just as difficult—if not more year and are almost always forgettable, so they’re reaso—than the state’s, and has handled them well. sonably painless. But the public bestows these forums on policymakBut if we are going to have them, ers. They should not be transferable. they should be given by a policyAccording to the city’s charter, the maker. City Manager Andrew Clinger mayor “must be recognized as the Why send a is not an adequate substitute. head of the city government for all No one elected Clinger to anyphotocopy when ceremonial purposes,” and as such, thing. The public doesn’t know Reno’s mayor serves as a spokesperthe original is him—it knows Mayor Cashell. He son not just for the city but often for has no authority except as an extenthe Council. That has been particuavailable? sion of the Reno City Council and larly true of Cashell, who when first mayor. He is accountable only to elected faced a Council that could not them, not to the public. They are the agree on naptime. He then devoted ventriloquists. So why send him out front? considerable missionary work to welding them into a Clinger used to be the state budget director. Imagine team that, if not always in agreement, at least works his giving the “state of the state” speech to the together. Legislature, and it becomes apparent how inappropriate The public statements of appointees of public offithis is. cials have import and authority only so far as they Mayor Cashell faces the voters. He’s the one who is represent the views of the officials who made the accountable to them. Insulating him from informing appointment. In the future, it would be better if the city the public from such a forum on such an occasion removed the middleperson and had this annual message makes no sense, as became apparent when—after the delivered by the mayor or a councilmember. Why send speech—reporters turned to Cashell, who then a photocopy when the original is available—and is defended the sunny, optimistic tone of the speech. accountable to the public for the message delivered? Ω 4

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Ken Douglas Writer

Money, because I don’t have enough. I’m a writer, and I just lost a job. I was ghostwriting for somebody.

Kathryn Landreth Attorney

Peace, because we should have learned by now how to get there.

John Garfinkle Teacher

That my grandson has a long and successful and happy life. He’s the future. I love him.

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The state’s health-care future awaits important decisions by Gov. Brian Sandoval following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Berkley faces handicap The ethics investigation of U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, announced this week, is likely to hang over her during her entire U.S. Senate campaign this year. It took 10 months just to reach this point. The complaint, by the Nevada Republican Party, was filed in September 2011 following a New York Times report on Berkley’s advocacy of positions in Congress on medical practices that the newspaper claimed could benefit her husband’s clinic. Virtually no one is predicting quick action by the House Ethics Committee. Meanwhile, Berkley—whose name recognition in populous Clark County gave her an early lead in her Senate race—has now fallen into steady second place rankings in surveys. Berkley and her opponent, Republican Dean Heller, are separated by only two or three points, but that margin has held for the last five surveys. Last week a Washington Post report pointed to what it called “anecdotal evidence” that some Romney voters will cross over to vote for Berkley. This was a reference to “several” Las Vegas voters cited by the newspaper, only one of whom was named—David Leavitt, a Clark County resident with a prominent Mormon name in the county, who said he planned to vote for Berkley.

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Ralph Denton 1925-2012 Nevada liberal icon Ralph Denton has died at his home in Boulder City at age 86. Denton was one of several men—Richard Ham and the late Otto Ravenholt were others—who became Democratic heroes in the state by taking on U.S. Rep. Walter Baring, a right wing Democrat, in Democratic primaries. Baring, once a moderate member of the U.S. House, moved far to the right during the Kennedy administration. At the time, Nevada had only one House member, so it was a statewide race. Denton advocated liberal views that carried greater weight coming from a native son who was raised in Caliente. He was particularly forceful on civil rights in a state that still had racial bars. After attending law school in Washington, D.C., where he met another law student named Grant Sawyer, he returned to Nevada and DENTON ultimately became a deputy to Sawyer, who had become Elko County district attorney. Later Denton moved to southern Nevada. He became one of a small group of advisors to Sawyer when auto manufacturing millionaire Errett Cord funded the governorship campaign of state Attorney General Harvey Dickerson, raising the possibility of a governor taking office beholden to a single man for most of his financial backing. In a three-way race, Sawyer beat Dickerson in the Democratic primary with surprising ease. In that year, the Democratic nomination was nearly tantamount to victory—the incumbent Republican had lost the support of his own party and was trying for a third term. Sawyer served two terms as governor. Some of Sawyer’s small cadre joined his administration, but Denton went back to Boulder City, though he continued his political support and counsel of Sawyer. In 1964, in the first primary after Baring’s “conversion,” Denton lost to the incumbent by just 3 percent of the vote. He ran again in 1966, losing by 3.5 percent. (He later said he ran the second time in order to pay the bills left over from the first time.) Denton did serve as Esmeralda County district attorney and as a Clark County commissioner. In 1968 he aided U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy in getting elected assistant majority leader of the Senate by bringing pressure on Nevada senators. Over the years Denton took on a steady stream of unpopular clients. Michael Green, who worked on Denton’s book A Liberal Conscience with him, once said he was “a living refutation of every nasty lawyer joke ever told.”

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Experts say public polarized by a law they don’t understand Two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Democratic health by care plan came down, the public Dennis Myers remains poorly informed about what the plan contains—and journalism has been very little help at solving that ignorance. Both CNN and Fox got the Supreme Court ruling wrong, both initially reporting that the individual mandate in the Democratic plan had been overturned by the court.

“They may not regulate these policies very strongly.” Trudy Lieberman Health reporter

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The problem of misinformation about the plan began long before that, of course. In March, a Kaiser Family Foundation survey reported that 14 percent of the public believed the plan had already been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. Other Kaiser surveys found that many features of the law are popular, like tax credits for small businesses offering coverage and the right of patients to appeal decisions, but that the public did not know the Democratic plan contains them—and the number who did know it was declining. In April 2010, 75 percent of respondents to a Kaiser survey said they knew that the law would provide subsidies for some lowincome people. By March of this year, that number had dropped to 56 percent.

Nevada School of Community Health Sciences dean Mary Guinan at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said this week that the law is so long and lobbying and advertising did so much to distort its provisions that the public has no real idea of its content. “Even I don’t know, now, what the state of it is,” she said after the court protected some parts and overturned others. A few days before the court ruling, health care writer Trudy Lieberman of the Columbia Journalism Review wrote that “the enemies of the Act are winning the communications war. And they seem to have the help of the media.” Lieberman, who reported on health care and insurance for three decades at Consumer Reports, said in an RN&R interview that the public remains poorly informed after the court ruling. “They didn’t understand it as the act was going through, the debate was going on three years ago,” she said. “They don’t understand it now. They didn’t understand it after Obama signed it into law in March of 2010. … And I don’t think anything has changed.” She said there is plenty of blame to go around, including to President Obama. “He didn’t do very much to tell people what it was all about and why he needed it. And that’s something we talked a lot about at CJR, and I think that’s a big problem. That opened the way for a lot of demagoguing by Republicans.”

Guinan said some parts of Nevada’s perpetually unhealthy health profile could be improved by the plan. “We have a very poor [screening] rate in Nevada for cancer,” she said. “It’s clear that screening for cervical cancer can actually prevent the cancer, because pre-cancerous lesions can be found.” She also said Nevada currently has a half-million people with poor or no insurance, about 300,000 of whom could now qualify for Medicaid under the law. The other 200,000 could use the state insurance exchange. Medicaid is a program of health care for low-income people. But Nevada’s extent of participation in Medicaid is still uncertain. A peculiar line of argument being used in Nevada on whether state Medicaid programs will be opened to more Nevadans has emerged since the Supreme Court decision, which upheld making an additional 17 million people nationwide eligible for Medicaid in 2014—but further ruled that states cannot be penalized for not expanding its Medicaid programs for those people. Under the Democratic plan, the new income threshold for Medicaid eligibility is $29,000 dollars a year for a family of four. In Nevada, Gov. Brian Sandoval has taken a wait-andsee position on whether Medicaid eligibility should be expanded. Some of the debate on whether that should happen in Nevada has dealt not with whether more poor people should be served but on whether doing so would help the state’s economy by bringing more federal dollars into the state. The Las Vegas Sun, for instance, quoted UNLV professor Robert Lang saying that Clark County lags in the size of the health care industry-share of the economy. Nationally, that share is 18 percent, and in Clark County, it is 14 percent. Beefing that up could provide 40,000 jobs in the state, Lang said. That line of argument troubles Guinan. “I think that’s a rather unfortunate approach to health care, saying it should stimulate the economy,” she said Democrats themselves may be surprised by some of the consequences of the new law, particularly in continuation of the trend—already under way in the private sector—of dumping more health costs on consumers and workers. Congressional Democrats closely tied the program to insurance companies. Lieberman said the continued primacy of insur-

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large, even shocking increases in insurance costs. “So what you’re beginning to see now are policies with humongous deductibles like not just a $100 or $200,” she said. “We’re talking $5,000 or maybe $10,000 in some cases. And I’ve seen a few that go as high as $20,000 or $40,000. … In addition to the high deductible that people are facing, there is going to be other kinds of cost sharing. And I’m not talking about raising a copay from $40 to $60. I’m talking about the substitution of co-insurance for co-payment. And co-insurance is the percentage of the bill that the insurance company or the employer requires you to pay. And that number is going up as well. So then instead of, say, 10 percent co-insurance on some services, you might be paying 30 percent, or 40 or 50 or 60.” She said many people will likely pay the fine for not having insurance instead. Lieberman also said the patient’s experience in the doctor’s office will probably be unchanged. Nothing in the Democratic program simplifies things. The practice of having to deal with a mini-bureaucracy in every doctor’s office will, if anything, get worse. Nevada was not a party to any of the lawsuits against the federal health plan. But two Nevada governors—Jim Gibbons and then Brian Sandoval—sued as private citizens. Sandoval must administer the plan.

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“Better heads will prevail.” Mary Guinan UNLV medical dean A recalcitrant governor could have an impact on how the plan is carried out. Guinan is hopeful that will not happen because Sandoval is more moderate than Gibbons was. By way of contrast, on Monday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he would not expand Medicaid there and would try to obstruct other provisions of the law. Guinan said, “I believe he [Sandoval] is more understanding of the needs of the people of Nevada for health insurance. … Better heads will prevail.” Lieberman said state governors can decide not to have the state insurance exchanges called for by the Democratic plan. Not, apparently, in Nevada, though. Nevada lawmakers created an exchange last year, and $75 million is in hand for its operation. It does not appear the governor has the authority to block its operation now. Even if he did, Lieberman said, the federal government would just come in and run it. One way a governor could hurt the federal program is through the state insurance commissioner, who in Nevada is appointed by the governor. “A governor who is not keen on the act could certainly control what his state insurance commissioner was going to do, vis-à-vis regulation. And they may not regulate these policies very strongly.” Ω

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GREENSPACE Nuclear woman On June 29, the U.S. Senate selected environmental science and geology professor Allison Macfarlane to lead the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Former chairman Gregory Jaczko resigned in May after harassment allegations were made against him by employees, and other critics said he had a political agenda. Macfarlane is an environmental science and geology professor. While it was clear that she would be President Obama’s nomination, Republicans favored NCR commissioner Kristine Svinicki for the position. Svinicki’s support for Yucca Mountain earned her support from Republican senators, and the Senate confirmed her for another term as commissioner.

Name day University of Nevada, Reno’s renewable energy program was recently named the Jeffrey L. Ceccarelli NV Energy Renewable Energy Program after Nevada alum Jeff Ceccarelli, who is retiring after 40 years as an executive for NV Energy. Ceccarelli is a civil engineer and a member of the College of Engineering Advisory Board. The program works toward offering education and job opportunities in the renewable energy sector. In a statement, College of Engineering dean Manos Maragakis said, “We are able to offer a renewable energy minor to all students, an online graduate certificate in renewable energy, a new renewable energy track in electrical engineering, and state-of-the-art graduate education, including a renewable energy laboratory at the Redfield Campus.” Learn more about the university’s renewable energy efforts at http://www.unr.edu/energy/about/index.html.

Love on the range Are you a farmer looking for love? If so, look no further than FarmersOnly.com, a dating website exclusively for farmers. The website is similar to other dating websites, but caters to agricultural folks. “Instead of asking what your astrological sign is, at FarmersOnly.com we ask if you raise or breed alpacas, horses, cattle, chickens, dogs, goats, rabbits, sheep, grow crops, or if you’re an organic farmer, student farmer, cowboy, cowgirl, or just a farmer wannabe! How many singles sites do that?” They have a point. Check it out at www.farmersonly.com.

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ECO-EVENT Recycling is about more than just bottles and cans—it can also be used to update your wardrobe. The 2nd Annual Dusty Couture Burning Man Costume Swap is a not-for-profit community event designed to help Burners get new costumes. Attendees bring costume donations to share, or donate $5-$20 at the door. In exchange, attendees leave with new-to-you playa clothes. Good Luck Macbeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia Street. For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/dustycouture.

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GREEN Whether it’s raining in June or dry in December, Truckee Meadows Water Authority always values responsible water use. That’s why we encourage

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Burning Man is about getting back to the basics—reconnecting with one’s self and the environment. The festival has a focus on living green. After all, its motto is “leave no trace.” by Ashley But on the playa, sometimes that’s easier said than done. Even with Hennefer Burners picking up after themselves, and with the Playa Restoration crew sweeping up afterward to keep the playa clean, a lack of resources makes it ashleyh@ newsreview.com difficult to dispose of trash and recyclables not accepted by the on-site facilities. Nathan Heller helped start EXTRA—the Burning Man Exodus and Recycling Network—to help burners get rid of their waste and other recycling materials. EXTRA places special trash and recycling receptacles at participating businesses located on popular routes Burners take to get home after the festival ends. “Basically as a participant, Burning Man says to leave no trace,” says Heller. “In order for Burning Man to return every year, one of the stipulations is that the playa has to be clean. There’s only one resource in Black Rock City—the recycle camp, but they only take aluminum. So that is what is highly used by the participants. Other than that, there aren’t any other resources.” EXTRA was started in 2007, and the theme that year was “The Green Drop off locations include: Man.” Heller and David Stachofsky, store manager of the West Plumb Save Mart Lane Save Mart, were conversing about the theme when they came up Supermarkets, 525 Keystone Ave.; with the idea for the recycling program. “We had been talking about humanity’s relationship with the natural envi195 West Plumb Lane; 565 E. Prater ronment, and how much that plays into Burning Man,” Heller says. “The Way, Sparks; Keystone Save Mart is the most popular stop during Burning Man. I had 9750 Pyramid Lake talked with a plastic recycler who was interested in putting some Dumpsters Hwy., Sparks; Trash Pros, 1299 so people could drop off some plastics, and David thought of taking that on. I Washeim St., Route sort of became the coordinator after that.” 447, Wadsworth; The first year was a hit. Whole Foods “It was a big success,” he says. “Every Save Mart in the region particiMarket, 6139 S. Virginia St.; pated.” Now the program has reduced the number of participating businesses, The Cedarville instead expanding to more locations like Cedarville, Calif. Collective, 580 Heller notes that it would be nice to have a trash and recycling facility on Patterson St., the playa, but a survey conducted with the Bureau of Land Management conCedarville, Calif. cluded that it would be a “logistical and environmental disaster,” says Heller. “It would have to be at one location and have to be outside of the city,” he says. “For that to happen, there would have to be lots of Dumpsters, somehow set up so that when everyone leaves the city they could leave their trash and recyclables. But it would have to be so the trash couldn’t fly out. As of now, it’s just easier and more sustainable to have people drop their stuff off in town.” EXTRA trades recycled items in for money and donates the funds to local food banks, bicycle programs for kids and Black Rock Solar. “We knew we had to donate the money,” he says. “It was just a question of where.” EXTRA will run from Sept. 1-Sept. 5 and is open 24-hours a day. Recycling is free, and trash disposal costs around $3 per 35-gallon trash back. Accepted recyclables include glass, all metals, cardboard, paper, plastics (SPI 1-5), plastic bags, household batteries, nonperishable food and water, and bicycles. Ω

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The Beehive State bested Nevada by investing in education rather than prostituting to corporations

On the last day

of the legislature, one of the year’s most important bills had still not been passed. It was legislation giving state campuses large amounts of new capital to assemble scientific research teams and build new lab structures to lure corporations to the state. The state’s business community was watching closely. The bill had long since passed the Senate but had not even been processed in committee in the other house. “Any action will have to be quick,” reported one newspaper. In the hours and days before the final day, business leaders appealed to the public and service clubs for support to get the bill enacted. And on that last day, it was rushed through to passage and soon signed by the governor. In succeeding years, more than a dozen world class teams were pulled together in fields from energy to nutrition. They helped form new companies. Their expertise soon brought major corporations calling. Some of those corporations moved into the state, bringing jobs and taxes with them. The state became known as the most dynamic research market in the nation. Needless to say, this did not happen in Nevada.

CREATION OF USTAR It happened in Utah in 2006 and since. During 2005, in the months before the Utah Legislature met, state leaders were concerned about troubling trends in the Beehive state, particularly falling wages. The state’s economic base was in decline. Earlier economic development strategies had run their courses. Bankruptcies were drifting upward. Wages were falling, with a con-

comitant effect on taxes, education, roads. Though no one in the state put it this way, Utah was becoming more like ... Nevada. “We do not have enough high-paying jobs,” said Scott Anderson, president of Utah-based Zions Bank. The state already had financial incentives for business, but business leaders decided more was needed. A strategy was devised, called the Utah Science Technology Research Initiative. It became Senate Bill 75 at the 2006 Utah Legislature. It’s worth noting here that times were still pretty good. The recession was still two years away when discussions began. The state’s leaders were not reacting to a problem. They were anticipating a problem and trying to get out ahead of it. S.B. 75 created the Utah Science, Technology and Research Economic Development Initiative (USTAR). The state ponied up $15 million in annual funding, $160 million for construction, and $4 million for activities supporting businesses around the state. Here’s what Utah did—it threw all that money at Utah State University and the University of Utah with these instructions: Assemble accomplished, distinguished scientific and engineering research teams in 20 fields to make this state a center of commercial research and consulting in order, over 30 years, to generate 422 new companies, 123,406 new jobs, $62 billion in salaries, and $5 billion in tax revenues. The campuses, which had actually been a little cautious toward the plan, went to work implementing it. Soon they were throwing a wide net around the nation and the world. An amazing migration of big brains was soon under way from many points of the nation and globe to Utah where they were provided with state of the art laboratory facilities and began developing ideas into marketable products and services. Some traditional fields, such as transportation and construction, would benefit from the research. Others—wireless communications, digital media, space weather—were on the cutting edge of science and engineering.

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Even one of Utah’s less savory industries— nutritional supplements—got in on the act, commissioning USTAR researchers to try to prove that its products have some value. Practical applications for the work being done by the teams are almost too broad to make a full list possible. It offers new techniques, treatments or practices in everything from Down Syndrome to cartoon animation, building construction to tissue regeneration, diabetes to telecommunications, gambling to transportation. Some of the team members brought money with them, grants that were awarded not to their previous institutions but to the researchers personally. USTAR was not an unalloyed blessing to Utah. There were drawbacks to it. It did some damage to the same higher education system it was intended to help. Legislators at the 2006 legislature gave assurances that the money for USTAR would not come out of normal funding for the campuses—one of the apprehensions that had caused higher education officials to be initially reserved toward USTAR. But it did happen to some extent. There is also the commercialization of research. Higher education in Utah is now firmly tied to the business community, and pure research, research for the sake of research, could find itself having a tougher time of it. Some of humankind’s greatest discoveries occurred without practical applications in mind, including the electron, which is now basic to all scientific research—including that going on in Utah. In addition, the initial enthusiasm for USTAR in the legislature has not been consistent. That $15 million annually for general operations became $17 million by the time the 2006 Utah Legislature ended. Since then, no legislative session has allocated the full $15 million. The lawmakers did add another one-shot $33 million when federal recession stimulus funding became available. Nevertheless, the accomplishments of USTAR so far are significant. As of March 31 (a newer tally is now being compiled), the state has attracted 40 of the world’s top scientists and engineers. Nineteen new companies have been created with USTAR support. There are another 26 business start-ups which were aided by USTAR. More than 300 patents, provisional patents and patent disclosures (applications) are in place. In addition, in what USTAR marketer Michael O’Malley calls a halo effect, the state is getting more funding because of the existence of USTAR—such as “a $20 million advanced materials grant at the U of U that came our way because of the state’s investment in the new USTAR research [lab]” on that campus. The state is getting about $1.39 in research funding for every dollar the state itself puts into USTAR. The state’s scientific conferences, such as an upcoming biotechnology event at UU in September, are sought-after affairs. USTAR has taken on projects in regrowing cartilage, making existing energy technologies cleaner and developing new energy technologies, transfer of electricity between roadway and vehicle, laser technology that can accelerate building construction, rapid gene cloning that can lead to lower-cost pharmaceutical drugs, use of compressed air to cycle ammunition through guns to aid law enforcement target training, development of pilot headsets that ease discomfort and tension, use of microbes to eliminate toxic mining 12

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wastes, development of sensors that will help businesses identify costly energy waste, experiments with twin goat genomes to develop stronger and safer parachutes, airbags and artificial tendons and ligaments, restoration of some sight to the blind, forecasting of solar storms and other phenomena that interfere with satellite communications, development of a small hand-helicopter with a video capacity, faster hair analysis for crime scene investigations, prescription drug bottles that verbally instruct patients and medical personnel. In February, Jim Davis—the Chamber of Commerce president in Davis, Utah—told his local newspaper, “The businessman in me sees an expense as money gone. This [USTAR] is an investment, something that will pay significant dividends for years to come.” Eventually, Utah bumped Virginia out of its longtime first place in the Forbes magazine list of the best states for business. It has held that spot two years in a row now. (Nevada placed 36.) Some huge corporations have moved to the Beehive State. Others, like Goldman Sachs (from 300 to 1,600 Salt Lake employees this year, its second largest office), have opened or expanded Utah headquarters.

“I think it has proven in Utah to be incredibly successful so long as it’s funded.” Dan Klaich Nevada chancellor “In fact, Utah is proving to be a draw for a number of big corporate players these days,” Business Week reported in March. “Procter & Gamble chose the state when opening its first U.S. plant in more than four decades last year. … No wonder the state boasts an unemployment rate of 5.7 percent while the national average stands at 8.3 percent.”

WEST OF ZION While all this was happening in Utah, in Nevada the higher education system was being ravaged. After the system was strengthened under Gov. Kenny Guinn, its budget was reduced by a whopping one-third under the Legislature and governors Jim Gibbons and Brian Sandoval. Gibbons wanted the cuts to be greater but lawmakers balked. Where Utah was better able to withstand the effects of the recession, Nevada buckled and experienced something it had not seen in the lives of living Nevadans—loss of population. Departing skilled workers made it particularly difficult for the state to compete with adjoining states. So far, the principal response to the recession has been a bureaucratic one. In 1983, Gov. Richard Bryan won from the Nevada Legislature new tourism and economic development programs that were independent of the governor’s office, set up as agencies of their own. In 2011, Gov. Brian Sandoval asked the lawmakers to reverse that move and put economic development back in the governor’s office. The legislators went along, but without great enthusiasm. Moving boxes around on an organizational chart, they felt, didn’t really accomplish

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Gov. Brian Sandoval after his release of an economic development plan. Nevada higher education chancellor Dan Klaich is at right.

much. “I wish we had devoted the time and hearings we did on that to something more directly effective,” said one Republican lawmaker. Nevada was aware of what was happening in Utah, particularly the Nevada Board of Regents that governs higher education. In 2010, Regent Jack Schofield of Clark County visited the University of Utah and took UU electrical and computer engineering professor Rajesh Menon back to a Nevada regents meeting to talk about his work in optical nanotechnologies. Nevada Regent William Cobb of Washoe County got his fellow regents looking deeper at USTAR. In January 2011, as a new Legislature and governor took office, the Nevada higher education system used USTAR as a model in holding a Nevada conference on diversifying the state’s economy. USTAR director Ted McAleer spoke at that conference, drawing attention to the differences and similarities between Nevada and Utah. The state populations, he said, were similar—2.8 million in Utah, 2.6 million in Nevada. Both states are heavily urban, 80 percent in Utah and 85 percent in Nevada living in large metropolitan areas. Both states have two public research universities. But the differences were sobering. Utah is on the cutting edge of industry, with significant footholds in software, digital media and medical devices industries. Nevada has generally relied on a steadily shrinking gambling industry under competition from other states; construction, which does well when other segments of the economy do well; and mining, which fluctuates wildly with the economy. Moreover, mining—though important to the economies of some counties—is not significant in the state economy. During the 2011 Nevada Legislature, the lawmakers took a look at USTAR. The outcome was typically Nevadan. Lawmakers have traditionally looked for quick fixes and tried to do things on the cheap. There is no quick fix for the Nevada economy, but a cheap solution was certainly possible. Assembly Bill 449 created a Knowledge Fund to direct funding to academic research with commercial applications. But the Legislature and governor left that fund empty. Bang went two years. The Legislature would not meet again until 2013. The bill also created a “Catalyst Fund” providing more subsidies directly to businesses. That, they funded, with $10 million. The delay may have been decisive. While Nevada dallies, legislatures in Wyoming, Idaho,

New Mexico, Colorado, Montana and Arizona have enacted measures that follow the USTAR model. The Intermountain West may be USTARing, but the Great Basin is not, at least not yet. If it rouses itself, it will be trodding wellfurrowed wagon tracks.

THE UNFUND The ease with which understaffed newsrooms can be manipulated can be seen in the news coverage last year of the Knowledge Fund. A KTVN News piece on April 4, for example, reported, “A knowledge fund would also be created. Lawmakers said the program would be aimed at hiring faculty to work closely with local businesses.” It did not mention that the fund was unfunded. A television viewer could easily have gotten the impression that something had been done. Such reports appeared in a number of places. Meanwhile, the Knowledge Fund became a joke in other places. University of Nevada, Reno faculty lobbyist Jim Richardson said at an April 12, 2011, hearing, “There is not one dime in it. So, I am not sure what it is going to accomplish, but it is an obvious indication of why we need more revenue.” Nevada regents minutes/May 6, 2011: “Chancellor Klaich related that Regent Cobb and other regents have led much discussion to try and get a USTAR-type model in Nevada. That is the Knowledge Fund referred to in AB 449. However, while it may be a good thing, it is currently unfunded with no source of funding having yet been identified.” Economist Elliot Parker/June 12, 2011: “And we created a Knowledge Fund to spur innovation that we don’t even have the knowledge to fund.” “Only in Nevada would you have the unfunded knowledge fund,” said Walt Borland, executive director of the Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization, this past February, a quote that raced around the state. Klaich says there are legitimate differences between Nevada and Utah. “We’re not a perfect match for Utah for a lot of reasons, but we can’t even do it the Nevada way without money in the Knowledge Fund,” he said last week. Klaich thinks that if the 2013 Legislature does not act, 449 and its fund will never come to anything. He also said he believes the governor will be supportive of filling the Knowledge Fund. In the governor’s 64-page economic development plan released in February, the Knowledge

Fund is mentioned only four times, and none of them commit him to funding it substantially. The plan says that the state economic development office will seek funding from the governor and stops there. Since the governor convinced the 2011 Legislature to move that office into the governor’s office as a wholly owned subsidiary of the governor, the notion of it seeking funding from him is circular.

“We created a Knowledge Fund that we don’t even have the knowledge to fund.” Elliott Parker Economist

In Nevada, the arrival of a company like Apple is big news. In Utah, the arrival of eBay, Adobe, Boeing, ITT, Home Depot or Campbell Soup’s Pepperidge Farms division is more routine. In Nevada, the reaction of state leaders to low wages has always been to learn to live with it as the natural byproduct of little-regulated, low-taxed private enterprise. In Utah, low wages were treated as a threat to the state’s future. Utah makes demands of business. It has a 5 percent corporate tax, imposed four years ago, which has helped pay for USTAR. Nevada has no such tax. Many state leaders are in thrall to the notion that taxes retard economic growth. Politicians live in fear of business leaders like Monte Miller and Sig Rogich, who oppose corporate taxes. It’s not that Utah doesn’t offer financial incentives to companies. It certainly does. But it doesn’t rely on that technique alone. Incentives are one leg of its strategy. In Nevada, it is the principal tool. There is a question that has become almost a cliché in Nevada—“If low taxes attract businesses, where are they?” A parallel question should perhaps join it: If taxes drive off businesses, why does Utah with its 5 percent corporate tax keep attracting major corporations while Nevada with no corporate tax keeps driving them away? In recruiting its scientists and engineers, Utah even bagged one from UNR—Manoranjan Misra, known as Mano, a distinguished metallurgical engineer who has received several awards for his work on energy. Nevada made his decision of whether to stay or go an easy one.

know what we can be the best at we can focus our economic developments in that regard,” Sandoval said, referring to the upcoming findings of a Brooking Institution report commissioned by Nevada. A shotgun approach is a pretty good description of Utah’s 20 areas of specialization. The Brookings report studied economic development/academic research models in Texas, Ohio, Georgia and Utah and recommended, “Nevada should look closely at the ‘impact scholars’ model as it seeks to design its own drive to systematically bolster its innovation enterprise with investments tuned to the state industry strategy.” Klaich said he has heard the governor on the subject, and he is confident that Knowledge Fund money will be recommended: “I have to believe the governor means what he says.”

STAR VS. STAR

In an October 2011 essay, the governor wrote, “One part of the long-term return on investment in Nevada’s new economic development model will come from the Knowledge Fund created by AB449. The fund will allocate money among the state’s research universities, the Desert Research Institute, and a new technology outreach program in order to support commercialization and technology transfer to the private sector—thus putting into practice, and bringing to market, patents and innovations that are conceived right here in Nevada.” The essay did not contain a pledge to put anything substantial into the fund. In September 2011, reporter Sean Whaley at Nevada News Bureau quoted Gov. Sandoval saying that Nevada will not pursue a “shotgun” approach to economic development. “Once we

Nevada and Utah have different traditions in encouraging business. Where Utah imposes taxes on businesses and uses those revenues to make the state a more attractive lure to business, Nevada’s idea of economic development is just to give money to businesses, usually in some form of forgiven taxes or abatements. Where Utah created USTAR, Nevada used STAR bonds—plain old subsidies to corporations—and other financial incentives. In Nevada, the state has tried to lure corporations not with expertise but with money, by paying them to come to the state. One of the failings of that strategy has been that the state often has attracted companies that pay little, require few skilled workers, and fold in hard times. Utah has attracted Fortune 500 companies.

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In Rotation 16 | Art of the State 17 | Foodfinds 18 | Fi¬m 20 IT BOGGLES THE MIND TO CONSIDER HOW 19TH CENTURY MAN, WITH HIS MULE TRAINS AND STEAM ENGINES, EVER SUSTAINED HIMSELF IN A LAND SO BARREN.

OUR REPORTER TRAVELS OUT TO THE DESERT, AND INTO THE PAST, AT A TRIO OF NEVADA GHOST TOWNS

ith all the casinos defining Reno’s skyline, and the gambling halls studding the main drag of almost any small town in Nevada, it’s easy to forget how our state began—mines. More specifically, Nevada began as a source of financing for the Union during the Civil War. Like Liberia with its conflict diamonds, our silver helped Lincoln kill South Carolinians, free the slaves and light Georgia on fire. The Comstock Lode, in and around Virginia City, was the biggest early boom, but it was hardly the only one. In Pershing County alone, towns like Dun Glen, Humboldt City, Mill City, Rye Patch, Star City and Unionville all poured millions of dollars into the Union’s wartime economy. They tended to come and go quickly, usually no more than 10 years. The cycle of boom and bust hardly slowed with the end of the war and Nevada’s official recognition as a

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state. Dozens more followed, popping up in a flurry of disposable buildings, hasty construction and very expensive equipment—getting that metal out of the ground meant building dozens of boomtowns all across the state, often in the harshest, most inhospitable locales.

HANGIN’ Hangin’ Trough TROUGH This cycle of rise and fall, hyperaccelerated extraction and abandonment brings us to the closely related boom towns of Seven Troughs, Tunnel and Mazuma. They huddle around the mountains near Lovelock. From Reno, this means driving east on I-80 well past Fernley and into the lush green farmland near Lovelock. From there, travelers need to head off into the barren hill country on NV State Route 399. Finally, Seven Troughs Road, a dirt thoroughfare, shoots off into the foothills and mining camps.

Don’t worry about the road if you don’t have a four-wheel drive or a truck. My friend and I made it with no trouble in a hippied-out Kia. Seven Troughs Road runs through a desiccated valley of stunted sagebrush and bristling grasses. Red stones and white, powdery silt line the road and provide perches for fence lizards, skinks and bees. Hawks circle above, and ravens cry in the distance. The nude geology shows best in the mountains, where the cut lines of ancient Lake Lahontan’s shore still show against the basalt cliffs. It boggles the mind to consider how 19th century man, with his mule trains and steam engines, ever sustained himself in a landscape so barren. The twin towns of Seven Troughs and Mazuma came first, in 1907. Mazuma, which is almost completely gone, sat at the mouth of an extensive canyon system, in the middle of a dry river bed. Supposedly a few foundations and mine pilings remain, but we were unable to find them. Seven Troughs clings to the side of a moun-

tain a few miles up that same canyon system. A series of brick and concrete foundations dig deep into the far side of the canyon. Mine shafts and tailing piles dot the hills. July 18, 1912, in the afternoon, black thunderclouds began dropping rain over Mazuma and Seven Troughs. Sometime later that night, a two-story wall of water rushed down the canyon and destroyed Seven Troughs, killing five children and seven adults. Further down the mountain, the postmistress of Mazuma decided to save her postal receipts and perished as well. Looking at the ruins now, it’s easy to imagine huge rock crushing machines and cyanide pools shaking against those foundations, breaking loose and spilling down the canyon. All that remained of Mazuma lies scattered across the desert floor, but Seven Troughs continued on until 1918 when the gold finally ran dry. Above the Seven Troughs Ruins is an incredibly steep mine. The tower that served it, raising and lowering men and materials into the depths, has recently collapsed, but the shaft itself

remains. A visitor can throw rocks into the mouth and listen in vain for the bottom. However many hundreds of feet it goes down, it’s far enough to muffle the sound. The canyon itself serves as home to at least two families of pronghorn antelope and a herd of wild asses.

TUNNEL Tunnel of loveof LOVE

Newest of the Seven Troughs area ghost towns, Tunnel, or New Seven Troughs, is also closest to the main roads. This well-preserved little company town began operations in 1927. Miners originally conceived of Tunnel as a base of operations where they could better control the water in the older mine shafts. Further, the town was to serve as the entrance for a tunnel that would go all the way through the mountain and meet up with older shafts the next canyon over. It never did, and they gave up after a few years. However, the mining part of the operation lasted until 1950 and the

IT’S EASY TO FORGET HOW OUR STATE BEGAN-MINES.

remnants of depression era and wartime America are manifest throughout the area. The rusting and dismembered body work from 1920s pickup trucks lie next to disused telegraph wires, ancient hydraulic connectors poke out from beneath enormous, wooden silos. We even found a stash of polyester disco wear and a single pair of patent leather shoes inside a crumbling wooden shack. A large brick building dominates the lower town, towering over a few small shacks, what appears to have been a relatively nice wooden house and another building that was probably a workshop. Was the brick building an office? The many windows in the first room seem to suggest so. Was it a storehouse? The far side once had a large loading door and the rigging from a loft still hangs from the OPINION

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ceiling. Was it a dock for lowering gold nuggets into waiting trucks? It seems likely the central room did just that—you can even see where something big and stout, a safe maybe, once bolted to the brick walls. Further up the hill, visitors can see the ruined remains of an enormous, 30-foot-tall stamper. Built by the Joshua Hendy Machine works some time between 1874 and 1904, the giant machine features four enormous steel rods that extend up almost 20 feet with crushing hammers on the lower ends. A huge camshaft, about 15 feet up, remains to this day. Visitors can easily imagine each rod, at least several hundred pounds, smashing against the cam and rising up, falling off the lobe and crashing down on the rocks below—taking small boulders and reducing them to the size of grapefruits. Joshua Hendy’s great stamper used to sit inside what was presumably an industrial building. At the far end of the massive foundations sits mounting for what we imagined could be another stamper, perhaps a finer, more sophisticated machine for breaking

small stones into dust. Beyond that we found concrete mounts for a raised machine or pool. Considering gold miners used to leach their treasure from the stones with great quantities of mercury, it’s not unreasonable to assume a mercury evaporator once stood here. Farther down still, concrete settling canals stand proud of the eroding earth, long since dormant. Paul Dircksen of Timberline Resources, the mining company that owns the property where these sites were found, says that though they have no problem with people visiting these locations, “The area is ... privately held and none of the artifacts should be damaged, destroyed or hauled off.” Tunnel—or any of these ghost towns—offers great opportunities to play amateur archeologist. Go forth and imagine how those early Nevadans lived. Ω |

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You never leave You Came Back Christopher Coake Grand Central Publishing Christopher Coake’s new novel, You Came Back, is disturbing. by That’s not to say it’s not a great D. Brian Burghart novel—engaging, well-written, spare, real—but I found it difficult to read. brianb@ newsreview.com I’ll admit, part of that was me. I was reading the novel at the same time as I was working on a feature story about a 7year-old boy who’s probably dying, so that imparted the story with things that other people may not bring to it. But that’s not the whole reason. In fact, I think I found it disturbing because I could sense a whole thematic layer flowing beneath the one the author intended for casual readers. I couldn’t quite decide if it was there or if I was reading more into the novel than I should have. Confusing. And, assuming it was intentional, it puts this book on an entirely different plane—the kind that gets novels looked at for national awards. OK. The story goes like this. The protagonist, Mark Fife, lost a wife and a life

when his son died in an accident while he was parenting him (but not doing a very good job at it). Fife rebuilt his life, in some ways turned it around, and he was attempting to move on to a new phase by getting engaged. That’s when a stranger came into his life to say that Fife’s son’s ghost was haunting her home. That’s the top layer of the novel. The story. It’s not what you’d call a fun story, but as a vehicle for getting to the real stuff, it works well. My bullshit detector went off as soon as the ghost was brought into the story, and for a bit, I was nervous Coake was wading into some horror genre. He wasn’t. So the first thematic layer, the surface one, can be stated like this: Human beings have a difficult time dealing with death. Coake handles the first thematic layer pretty impeccably. He looks at loss from about every possible angle. He brings in the rational mind, how the family looks at death, spiritual aspects (like can you think

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North Tahoe Arts ARTour How’s this for a day trip? Nature and culture all in one shot, the aromas of pine and turpentine all over the Truckee/North Lake by Tahoe area. Kris Vagner ARTour, the annual artists’ open-studios event sponsored by North Tahoe Arts, takes place July 13-16. Visitors can pick up an event map, then plot their courses for a self-guided driving tour to the region’s art studios and galleries. ARTour’s been around for 19 years, and if you talk to executive director Kellie North Tahoe Arts hosts Cutler, it sounds like the time-tested event ARTour, a self-guided is more in a groove than a rut. driving tour of artists’ Since taking the helm of the organizastudios, July 12-15, 10 tion in 2011, Cutler has put a lot of her a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. A related exhibit efforts into increasing the public’s expotakes place at North sure to the arts in general and to ARTour. Tahoe Arts Center, 380 “What we wanted to do this year is North Lake Blvd., Tahoe make it a little more community incluCity, Calif., until July 30. Gallery hours are sive,” she says. In addition to the 28 glass artists, Wednesdays-Mondays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For ceramicists, jewelers, photographers, and, information, call (530) of course, landscape painters on the tour, 581-2787 or visit www.northtahoe North Tahoe Arts has partnered with area arts.com. businesses in the hope of accommodating

visitors who want to map out a whole day of mingling and browsing. Rookies, a sports bar in Incline Village, is offering ARTour breakfast specials. “We’re adding an exhibit space at The Boatworks Mall in Tahoe City,” Cutler adds. On behalf of art fans who want to plan a full-day outing, RN&R called Carla Bebe of Truckee for insider tips. She’s attended the previous 18 ARTour events; her husband Tom is a woodworking artist who’ll share his studio with five other artists, thus making his studio a major tour stop, and she’s ARTour’s social media coordinator. First off, says Bebe, feel free to keep your expectations high: “While these are local artists, there are many nationally known, award-winning artists on the tour. I wouldn’t miss Andy Skaff out in Tahoma for anything!” He makes vibrant landscape paintings of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the West and shows them in San Francisco.

Bebe also advises, “I always go with friends.” She and her friends traditionally time their excursion so they can drop by Jake’s on the Lake in Tahoe City for lunch. The restaurant is another of this year’s tour sponsors, and it’s in The Boatworks Mall, near the exhibit space. Tip No. 3: In each studio, keep an eye out for an open laptop. Most of the participating artists plan to show a continuous slideshow featuring work by all 28. They’ll also show photos of each artist at work, and the photos are grouped by area, especially handy for those seeking an abridged version of the tour or those who want to limit their visits to one city, one neighborhood, or one art medium. For ultra-fine-tuned itinerary planning, we also checked in with Ron Treabess, Director of Community Partnerships and

Planning for the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association, to inquire optimistically about the possibility of a lighter traffic load on this post-holiday weekend. No go, says Treabess. “Lodging statistics are up real solid” for ARTour weekend. Booked lodging historically means slowed roadways, so stock up on travel snacks, gas and patience in advance. But if you’re going to be stuck in traffic, in between art studios around the northern half of the Lake with a carful of buddies isn’t a bad place to do it. As Bebe points out, it’s not every open studios event that’s located on an officially designated scenic byway. She adds, “You could hardly pick a more beautiful place to drive from studio to studio.” Ω

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Much of that screenplay is just a rehash of the same story put on the screen by Raimi in his 2002 Spider-Man. Now, I’m all for rebooting, and I don’t care that only 10 years have passed. I want to see a new Spider-Man movie every couple of years, and I know the RaimiTobey Maguire combo couldn’t do it forever. That said, The Amazing Spider-Man is a task to watch, and I could’ve waited a couple of more years for something better. The action is minimal, unexciting and messy. There’s also a layer of melodrama here that just got under my skin early. It doesn’t help that the score by the normally reliable James Horner is repetitive and distracting. And although the strains of the main theme were repeated often, I would be hard pressed to hum them for you right now. It lacks distinction. The supporting cast includes Martin Sheen with perhaps the film’s best performance as Uncle Ben. Not nearly as good would be Sally Field as Aunt May, who just seems out of place. Denis Leary is given the task of playing Gwen’s grumpy dad, the screenplay doing nothing to take advantage of Leary’s comedic talents. If you want me to cite an example of how bad this movie really can be, I need go no further than C. Thomas Howell’s appearance as a construction worker who comes to Spidey’s rescue with large cranes in an inexplicable, moronic sequence. It makes no sense, and felt like something straight out of a Michael Bay movie. I’m hoping that the further adventures of Spidey, which will happen, include a different director. I think Garfield and Stone could be decent in the hands of a director who isn’t trying to make them so adorable it’s puke-worthy. I would like to nominate The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow. She could bring dramatic levity and pow to the franchise. Let Marc Webb go back to making dreamy romances with Zooey Deschanel. The Amazing Spider-Man is one of the year’s biggest disappointments, a true misfire after the entertainment extravaganza that was The Avengers. Let’s hope Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises gets things back on track. Ω

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Honestly, this was one of the movies I was most excited about this year. Abraham Lincoln killing vampires—how could they go wrong? Director Timur Bekmambetov has most certainly found a way, turning in a boring, redundant and humorless film that blows it in most categories. Benjamin Walker is given little to do as Lincoln. He walks around looking glum and occasionally swings an axe at very unconvincing vampires. The movie speculates that the Confederacy was full of vampires during the Civil War, and it has absolutely no fun with this idea. I was hoping for something that I could file alongside the likes of Evil Dead 2 with this one—good, sick fun with a dash of camp humor. Instead, we get a movie that’s as tedious and bland as the Underworld films. It will surely stand as one of the year’s biggest cinematic letdowns. After the severe misstep that was Cars 2, Pixar gets back to goodness with this, the tale of Merida (voice of Kelly Macdonald). Merida is a princess who doesn’t want to conform to tradition, shooting arrows better than any of the boys in or around her kingdom, and not really too keen about marrying any of them under arranged circumstances. When a spell is cast on family members, she must search for a way to restore normalcy, while convincing her mom (Emma Thompson) that she has the right to choose her own destiny. Merida is a fun character, and Macdonald is the perfect voice for her. As for the look of this movie, it is beautiful for its entire running time. While I’ve liked many Pixar films more than this one, that is not a dig on this movie. It might not be one of the best the studio has offered, but it is still a highly entertaining piece of work.

The third in this franchise winds up being the best, and a decent comeback after a bland second installment. The zoo animals, still kicking it in Africa, wind up on a European tour with a circus, which gives writers Eric Darnell and Noah Baumbach the opportunity to introduce some fun new characters. These include a hoop-jumping tiger (voiced by Bryan Cranston), an evil animal control officer (Frances McDormand) and, most winningly, a dopey seal named Stefano voiced wonderfully by Martin Short. This one is a bit touched in the head, as evidenced by the “Circus Afro” sequence featured in the advertising campaign. Darnell and Baumbach write good jokes that will keep both the adults and children laughing. Stars the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith.

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Loosely based on the pre-Hollywood stripper life of Channing Tatum, the man himself stars as the title character in this dark character study from director Steven Soderbergh. While there are plentiful shots of male butt and thongs to go around, the film does have a semi-deep and dark narrative, so it’s not all about stripping. Tatum continues to impress as an actor, and the film allows him to mix drama with comedy effectively. Matthew McConaughey, who I’d say is in better shape than anybody in this movie, is fun as the stripper gang ringleader. Alex Pettyfer is pretty good as the up-and-coming stripper who has a few lessons to learn, while Cody Horn is a little drab as his sister and Mike’s potential love interest. This one isn’t a jolly romp, so don’t be bringing your bachelorette parties to it. There was one at my screening, and they were not having a good time.

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Writer-director Wes Anderson’s return to live action after his animated gem Fantastic Mr. Fox is probably the most “Wes Anderson” Wes Anderson movie yet, and that’s a good thing if you love the guy (I do!). The story here is set in 1965, where Sam the Khaki Scout (newcomer Jared Gilman) has flown the coop during a camping expedition, much to the worry of Scout Master Ward, (Edward Norton, in his funniest performance yet). Sam runs away with Suzy (Kara Hayward, also a newcomer), and they have themselves a romantic couple of days while parents and authority figures frantically search for them. The adolescent puppy love story is treated with the sort of storybook grace one would expect from Anderson. Every shot is a thing of beauty. Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand and Jason Schwartzman all contribute wonderfully in what stands, and will stand, as one of the year’s best films. In this prequel to his own Alien, director Ridley Scott explores all new angles in his monster universe via eye-popping 3-D visuals and intense storytelling. When scientists discover cave drawings that appear to be superior alien intelligence inviting us for a visit, an exploratory space mission travels to a distant galaxy in search of our origins. What they find involves tentacles, slime, gnarly selfadministered operations and general despair. Noomi Rapace takes on the female heroine role, with Charlize Theron along for the ride as a mysterious mission commander. Best of all is Michael Fassbender as David, a strange android who models himself after Peter O’Toole. With this, Scott proves that he is still a master of the sci-fi genre, a genre he hasn’t visited since his 1982 Blade Runner —he’s rumored to be working on a sequel to that classic, as well. The ending of this one, hopefully, paves the way for another chapter—a chapter I sincerely hope Scott is involved in. 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.

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane makes his feature film directorial debut with one of the year’s funniest movies. MacFarlane lends his voice to the title character, an obnoxious teddy bear given the gift of speech and life after a wish by his child owner, John. The two never part, even when John, played as an adult by Mark Wahlberg, is in his 30s. They become pot-smoking buddies, and John’s girlfriend (Mila Kunis) starts to get annoyed. For those of you simply looking for good, raunchy, super R-rated comedy, Ted has got the goods. But MacFarlane also takes the human elements of the story seriously, and they wind up being quite charming. It’s a major directorial feat when a first timer creates an animated teddy bear character that’s more well-rounded than most actual human characters in movies today.

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“Electronic music is all What can you tell me about Ice Music? about patterns,” says DJ Spooky. “But so is I took a studio to Antarctica to think the world we live in.” about music composition and the

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way we can reframe some of the issues facing everyone—climate change is a reality—and basically it was about exploring some of the more remote parts of the planet as a way of generating material for both music and art. I’m a big fan of how music can touch so many parts of what it means to be human. It’s all about using music as a way to create more information about the way we live. I guess you could say for me music isn’t music—it’s information. That’s what the show Ice Music is all about. The studio for most artists is a place to go away from the world and create. For me, it’s the opposite—the world is the studio.

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I guess everything you can say about “the environment” is about intuition and emotion—we all want clean air, we all want clean water. But the reality is that there is so much that is left out of the way we describe it. You can talk about temperature. You can talk about the fact that half the state of Colorado is on fire because of climate change and human indifference. But at the end of the day, it’s all about patterns. Patterns that are being disrupted and distorted by the amount of pollution we’ve put in the environment. Stuff that has actually altered the fabric of real life in real ways. Electronic music is all about patterns. Beats, tempos, you name it. But so is the world we live in—wind, water, etc. You’ll be performing with Reno Philharmonic musicians. What can you tell me about that collaboration?

One of my favorite composers is Wagner. He had a great term, “gesamkunstwerk,” which simply means “total artwork.” He was a composer and architect. I think that’s cool, and it’s a part of the way I think about process. It’s all about structure and patterns. Orchestras are pretty much a group of human beings playing in synchronization. I do most of that with my computer equipment. I’ll be sampling the material the ensemble is playing through my iPad software that I developed with Music Soft Arts. We’ve had over 12 million downloads of the software. The Reno Philharmonic is a live “turntable” for me. I’ll be working with them for riffs and elements, and adding beats and electronics that I wrote when I was in Antarctica. Ω

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FRIDAY 7/13

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

Drop Theory, 9:30pm, no cover

ABBY’S HIGHWAY 40

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

The Northstar Session THE BLACK TANGERINE

Dizzy Wright, DJ Hoppa, Champagne Campaign, 9pm, $10

Trever Crow’s Crowd Killers, 7pm, $5

Agent Orange, The Marones, Falcon A, Weapon, 7:30pm, $10, $12

CEOL IRISH PUB

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

The Clarke Brothers, 9pm, no cover

CHAPEL TAVERN

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

Good Friday with rotating DJs, 10pm, no cover

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

CLUB BASS

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

COMMA COFFEE

Steven Hanson and Friends, 7pm, no cover

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

Comedy

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

COMMROW

3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & Improv w/Wayne Walsh, W, 9pm, no cover Catch a Rising Star, Silver Legacy, 407 N. Virginia St., 329-4777: Ben Seidman, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $15.95; F, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $15.95; Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $17.95; Jill-Michele Meleán, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $15.95 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Rocky LaPorte, Ron Morey, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; John Caponera, David Gee, W, 9pm, $25 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Improv-O-Potomas with The Utility Players, Th, 7:30pm, $12, $16; Will Durst, F, 8pm; Sa, 7pm, 9:30pm, $13, $16

Open mic comedy night, 9pm, no cover

Adam The Innovator, 9pm, no cover Black Tangerine 3rd anniversary party ’70s party w/Seeing Eye Dogs, w/Boot to the Cool, Sex Rats, 9:30pm, $5 9:30pm, $5

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

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

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

1) Flannel Fish, Stout, 8:30pm, $5

1) Forbidden Fridays, 11:30pm, $10, $12 2) DJ Double B, DJ Luciano, 10pm, no cover

John Ayres Trio, 6pm, no cover

The Northstar Session, 6pm, no cover

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY 275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917

EL CORTEZ LOUNGE

Karaoke with Doug, 9pm, no cover

FREIGHT HOUSE DISTRICT

1) The Novelists, Kate Cotter,

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

250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7041 9pm, no cover 1) 250 Lounge 2) Duffy’s Ale House 3) Heineken Stage

Marysas Complex, 9:30pm, no cover

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

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Karaoke with Lisa Lisa, 9pm, no cover

3) Royal Bliss, 9pm, $TBA

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

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

Large Bills Accepted, noon, M, no cover

Dave Medina Project, 9:30pm, no cover

FUEGO

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

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

2) Blues Callin’ Band, 7pm, W, no cover

New World Jazz Project, 7pm, no cover

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Neil O’Kane, 9pm, no cover

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1) Formerly Known As, 8pm, $7 2) CommRow Super Hero Crawl Dance Off w/Mic-Rob, 10pm, no cover

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Huntress, Devastation Ceases, Envirusment, 7pm, $10 Sunday Night Acoustics/Open Mic, 8pm, no cover

Bike Night Blues Jam w/Schall Adams, 6pm, no cover

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

July 13, 6 p.m. Cottonwood Restaurant 10142 Rue Hilltop Truckee (530) 587-5711

DG Kicks, Jakki Ford, 9pm, Tu, no cover Anne Feeney, 7:30pm, Tu, no cover

816 Highway 40 West, Verdi; (775) 345-0806 188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 7/16-7/18

Aversion Therapy, 9:30pm, no cover

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SUNDAY 7/15

Chadillac, 9:30pm, no cover

424 E. Fourth St., (775) 322-9422

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SATURDAY 7/14

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FRIDAY 7/13

Black Wine, Brick Mower, Octopuses, Ryan Parker, 8pm, $5

140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

SATURDAY 7/14

SUNDAY 7/15

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 7/16-7/18

The Young, Seas & Centuries, 8:30pm, $5

JAVA JUNGLE

Yukon and the Territories, Oliverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Organ, 7pm, no cover

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

JAZZ, A LOUISIANA KITCHEN

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

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

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

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

JUB JUBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S THIRST PARLOR

Open mic, 9pm, M, no cover

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

KNITTING FACTORY CONCERT HOUSE

Steel Panther, Sil Shoda, 8:30pm, $10-$40

KNUCKLEHEADS BAR & GRILL

Cyanate, Nevermute, DownTime, 9pm, $5

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

Superhero Party w/Erik Lobe, Serg Rockwell, 7pm, no cover

Dead Winter Carpenters

Red Line Chemistry, Otherwise, Stars of Boulevard, 7:30pm, Tu, $7-$15 Open Mic Night/College Night, 7pm, Tu, no cover

NEW OASIS

Los Primos de Durango, 9pm, $20

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

PIZZA BARON

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

PLAN:B MICRO-LOUNGE

Open Mic Night w/Dale Poune, 7pm, no cover

THE POINT

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

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 7pm, no cover

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 9pm, no cover

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

POLO LOUNGE

Darcy & January, 8pm, no cover

Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Corky Bennett, 7pm, W, no cover

1155 W. Fourth St., (775) 329-4481 318 N. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 887-8879

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

Steve Starr Karaoke, 9pm, W, no cover Open Blues Jam with Schall Adams, 7pm, no cover

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

RED DOG SALOON

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

Buster Blue, 8pm, Dead Winter Carpenters, 10pm, no cover

Jay Goldfarb, 7pm, W, no cover

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Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

Live jazz, 7:30pm, M, W, no cover Blues jam, 8pm, Tu, no cover

SIDELINES BAR & NIGHTCLUB

Cheap Lick, Wicked Hicks, 9:30pm, no cover

924 S. Wells Ave., (775) 323-4142 1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 355-1030

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

Lost in Suburbia, 9:30pm, no cover

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

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

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

STREGA BAR

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

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

THE UNDERGROUND

1) Please by Bruce Lindsay, 7:30pm, $15

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

WALDENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEEHOUSE 3940 Mayberry Dr., (775) 787-3307

WILD RIVER GRILLE

Tristan Selzler Trio, 7pm, no cover

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

July 13, 10 p.m. Red Dog Saloon 76 N. C St. Virginia City 847-7474

Sunday Night Strega Mic, 9pm, no cover

Live music, 9pm, no cover

1) RAW presents MIXOLOGY, 8pm, $10, $15

1) Rappin 4 Tay, Benni Boom, KnappSacc, 9pm, $10 2) â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s Party w/DJs Jimmy Klein, Trace3, 9pm, $5; free for women

Mike Proud, Laura Proud, 7pm, no cover

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

Jeff Campbell, 7pm, no cover

Erika Paul Carlson, 7pm, no cover

Local Band Listening Party, 9pm, M, Dark Tuesdays, 9pm, Tu, DJ Ahn, 9pm, W, no cover 1) Please by Bruce Lindsay, 7:30pm, Tu, W, $15

Agent Orange July 14, 7:30 p.m. The Alley 906 Victorian Ave. Sparks 358-8891

Eric Andersen, 2pm, John Graham, 7pm, William Barclay Jr., 7pm, M, JK Trio, no cover 7pm, Tu, Moon Gravy, 7pm, W, no cover

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JULY 12, 2012

RN&R

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

THURSDAY 7/12

FRIDAY 7/13

SATURDAY 7/14

2) Escalade, 8pm, no cover

2) Escalade, 4pm, Cook Book, 10pm, no cover

Soul Experience, 10pm, no cover

1) Old Man Markley, 10pm, no cover

1) The White Buffalo, 9pm, no cover 2) Tracorum, 11:30pm, no cover

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

1) Man in the Mirror, 8pm, $19.95+ 2) Left of Centre, 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) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Addiction Saturdays, 9pm, $10 4) Live jazz 4:30pm, no cover

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

1) Viva Le Cirque, 9pm, $10 4) Desert Thunder, 9pm, no cover

1) Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Del McCoury Band, Trey McIntyre Project, 8pm, $30-$60

1) Nathan Owens Motown Legends, 7:30pm, $22 2) Arthur Hervey, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 10:30pm, $20

1) Nathan Owens Motown Legends, 7:30pm, $22

1) Persuasion, 9pm, $25, $30 2) Dobie Maxwell, 8pm, $15

1) Persuasion, 9pm, $25, $30 2) Dobie Maxwell, 8pm, $15, live local bands, 10pm, no cover 3) Club Sapphire, 9pm, no cover

1) Persuasion, 9pm, $25, $30 2) Dobie Maxwell, 8pm, $15, live local bands, 10pm, no cover 3) Club Sapphire, 9pm, no cover 4) Radio Show, 8pm, no cover

1) Persuasion, 9pm, $25, $30

5) Cool Black Kettle, 9:30pm, no cover

4) Chicago, Doobie Brothers, 7pm, $49.50-$99.50 5) The Wabos, 10:30pm, no cover

5) The Wabos, 10:30pm, no cover

4) The Beach Boys, California Saga, 7:30pm, $49.50-$125.50 5) DJ Chris English, 10pm, no cover

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

2) Buddy Emmer Band, 7pm, no cover 3) Scot and Scott, 5:30pm, no cover 5) Ladies ’80s w/DJ BG, 6pm, no cover

2) Buddy Emmer Band, 8pm, no cover 3) Scot and Scott, 6pm, no cover 5) DJ BG, 10pm, no cover

1) Michael Feinstein, 9pm, $69 2) Buddy Emmer Band, 8pm, no cover 3) Scot and Scott, 6pm, no cover 5) DJ BG, 10pm, no cover

2) Buddy Emmer Band, 7pm, no cover

3) Will Donato, 6pm, W, no cover

CIRCUS CIRCUS

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

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

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

ELDORADO HOTEL CASINO

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

Michael Feinstein July 14, 9 p.m. John Ascuaga’s Nugget 1100 Nugget Ave. Sparks 356-3300

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

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

Karaoke

HARRAH’S RENO

219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 1) Sammy’s Showroom 2) The Zone 3) Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Convention Center

Bottoms Up Saloon, 1923 Prater Way, Sparks, 359-3677: Th-Sa, 9pm, no cover Elbow Room Bar, 2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks, 356-9799: F-Sa, 7pm, Tu, 6pm, no cover Flowing Tide Pub, 465 S. Meadows Pkwy., Ste. 5, 284-7707; 4690 Longley Lane, Ste. 30, (775) 284-7610: Karaoke, Sa, 9pm, no cover

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

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 7/16-7/18

2) Cook Book, 8pm, no cover

2) Doctor Rock-It, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

1) Chris Robinson Brotherhood, 9pm, W, $20, $23 2) Sinjin Hawke, Zora Jones, 11pm, Tu, no cover 1) Man in the Mirror, 7pm, Tu, W, $19.95+ 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, Audioboxx, 10pm, W, no cover

1) Nathan Owens Motown Legends, 7:30pm, M, $22

MONTBLEU RESORT

55 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (800) 648-3353 1) Theatre 2) Opal 3) Blu 4) Onsen Beach & Nightclub 5) Convention Center 6) Outdoor Event Center

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO

Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Sparks, 356-6000: Music & Karaoke, F, 9pm; Lovely Karaoke, Sa, 9pm, no cover

18 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (800) 427-8397 1) Cabaret 2) Tahoe Live 3) The Improv 4) Outdoor Arena 5) Cabo Wabo Cantina Lounge

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

Washoe Club, 112 S. C St., Virginia City, 8474467: Gothic Productions Karaoke, Sa, Tu, 8pm, no cover

HARVEYS LAKE TAHOE

SUNDAY 7/15

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

SILVER LEGACY

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

JULY 12, 2012

1) Tracy Morgan, 9pm, $55, $65 2) Alias, 7pm, no cover 3) Jeff Jones, 7pm, no cover 4) Bad Girl Thursdays, 10pm, no cover charge for women

2) Alias, 8pm, no cover 3) Maxxt Out, 9pm, no cover 4) Salsa dancing, 7pm, $10 after 8pm, DJ Chris English, 10pm, $20

2) Alias, 8pm, no cover 3) Maxxt Out, 9pm, no cover 4) Dark Knight Party, 10pm, $20

2) Alias, 7pm, no cover

2) Alias, 7pm, M, no cover

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

3) Live music, 5pm, no cover

1) Buddy Valastro of Cake Boss, 8pm, $55, $65 3) Dance party, 10pm, no cover

2) DJ REXX, 10pm, no cover 3) Live jazz, 4pm, $10

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

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With First Take, featuring Rick Metz. Th, F, Sa 6PM. Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen, 1180 Scheels Dr. (775) 657-8659

BUSTER BLUE

Th, 7/12, 7pm, no cover. Great Basin Brewing Co., 846 Victorian Ave.,(775) 355-7711

SCHEELS PADDLE SPORT DEMO DAY

LOS PRIMOS DE DURANGO

Stop by the Peninsula Beach at the Sparks Marina and test out kayaks and paddle boards for free! Hobie, Lakeshore Paddleboard Company and Confluence will be featured. Sa, 7/14, 10AM-2PM. Free. Sparks Marina Park, 300 Howard Dr.(775) 353-2376

Sa, 7/14, $20.00.Buy tix at www.newoasisrenosparks.com. New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave.(775) 359-4020

VEGGIES AND FALL PLANTING

Presented by Randy Robison. It’s getting to be that time of year to start thinking about your fall planting. Learn what to plant for fall. Sa, 7/14, 11AM & 1PM. Free. Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way. (775) 355-1551

WILD HORSE DRIVE

Sa, 7/14, 8PM, no cover. Great Basin Brewing Co., 846 Victorian Ave. (775) 355-7711

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN

The five-time Grammy-nominated entertainer dubbed “The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook” performs as part of Artown. Sa, 7/14, 9PM, $69. John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave. (775) 356-3300

CAR CRUISE NIGHTS

SUMMER ART CAMPS

Every Thursday, bring your classic cars to show. Great food and a DJ for music. Summer fun and prizes. Thursdays, 5PM, Free. Grumpy’s Sports Bar & Grill, 2240 Oddie Blvd. (775) 358-2316

Ignite imaginations! One hour of art, theater, movement/ music each day. Classes 9AM to noon, M-Th, 7/16-19. $75 for four half days. Alf Sorensen Community Center, 1400 Baring Blvd. (775) 353-2385

SCHEELS BIKING CLUB

WILL DONATO

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. Th, 5:45PM through 9/27. Free. Scheels, 1200 Scheels Dr. (775) 331-2700

W, 7/18, 6PM, no cover. John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave. (775) 356-3300

LAZY 5 SUMMER MUSIC SERIES: ELECTRIC CATFISH

MUSIC AT THE MARINA

The Blues/Rock band performs as part of the summer concert series. W, 7/18, 6:30PM. Free. Lazy 5 Regional Park, 7100 Pyramid Lake Highway, Spanish Springs. (775) 424-1801

Sing for fun or compete for prizes,depending on the number of contestants, with DJ John Graham. Th, 9PM and F, 9PM. No cover. Anchors Bar & Grill, 325 Harbour Cove Dr. (775) 356-6888

LADIES 80’S NIGHT

Hosted by DJ BG. Th, 6-11PM, Trader Dick’s Lounge. John

NEWS

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FEATURE STORY

beach only (weather permitting), 12PM-4PM, 6/9 - 8/19, 8/25-26, 11AM-6PM 7/4 and 9/1-3. Free. Deer Park Pool (1700 Prater Way): Recreational swimming in the heated, zero-entry pool from 12PM-4PM through 8/19, 8/25-26 and 9/1-3. Under 18/$3.50,18-54 yrs./$6, 55+/$4, Family (up to 6 members)/$15. An “Almost Free Friday™“promotion takes place throughout the summer offering all ages a reduced rate of $1 per person to swim on Fridays. Swim lessons will be conducted at Deer Park pool, pre-registration required. Call 353-2385 or go to www.sparksrec.com

JAZZ

Presented by Shirley’s Farmers’ Markets, the 20th annual farmers’ market returns with a family-friendly atmosphere and farmer-focused event. This year’s event has been extended to 11 weeks. Thursdays, 3-8PM through 8/2, Th, 8/16, 3-8PM and Th, 8/23, 3-8PM. Free. Victorian Square Plaza, Victorian Ave.

happening now!

Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave. (775) 356-3300

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BEADS AND BOOKS! ARTS IN BLOOM FESTIVAL

Co-sponsored by the RN&R, John Ascuaga’s Nugget, Nevada Connections Academy and the City of Sparks, the 10th annual Arts in Bloom Festival will be held at Sparks Victorian Square Plaza across from John Ascuaga’s Nugget. The event will feature a fun day of art, entertainment, food and beverages and activities for children. A wine tasting featuring over 20 wineries will be hosted by John Ascuaga’s Nugget, ($20). Music by Escalade from 3PM-5PM. Forty Artist booths will offer a variety of fine art, including oil paintings, watercolors, jewelry, ceramic pieces, woodwork, sculpture and photography. The Arts in Bloom Festival during the month of July is part of the 17th annual Artown festival, July 2012. Sa, 7/21, 2-6PM. Free.Victorian Square Plaza. www.cityofsparks.us

Learn basic beading techniques with volunteer beading expert, Jamie, and work on projects with other beaders. First Su of every month, 1-3PM, free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, Spanish Springs (775) 424-1800

KARAOKE

STEVE STARR KARAOKE M, 8PM. No cover. Grumpy’s Sports Bar & Grill, 2240 Oddie Blvd. (775) 358-2316 SPIRO’S F, 9PM, no cover. 1475 E. Prater Way (775) 356-6000 THE ROPER DANCEHALL & SALOON Country music dance lessons and karaoke, Th, 7:30PM, no cover. 670 Greenbrae Dr. (775) 742-0861

WATER PARK

OPEN MIC

WEEKEND JUMP-OFF PARTY

SPECIAL EVENTS COMING UP IN SPARKS: REGIONAL CHILI COOK-OFF

The popular water play park will be open W-Su, 10AM-5PM through 8/26. $3; free for seniors (61 and older) and children under 3. Melio Gaspari Water Play Park at Lazy 5 Regional Park, 7100 Pyramid Lake Hwy. (775) 424-1801 With DJ BG. F, Sa, 10PM, no cover. John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave. (775) 356-3300

SUMMER SWIM SEASON!

The City of Sparks summer swim season is underway, with designated swim areas open at the Sparks Marina Park and the outdoor pool at Deer Park (Oppio Park pool is closed). The 2012 outdoor swim schedule is: Sparks Marina Park: Recreational swimming in designated swim area/north

ART OF THE STATE

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GREAT BASIN BREWING Open mic comedy. Th, 9PM, no cover, 846 Victorian Ave. (775) 355-7711

CITY OF SPARKS Geno Martini - Mayor, Julia Ratti Ward 1, Ed Lawson - Ward 2, Ron Smith - Ward 3, Mike Carrigan - Ward 4, Ron Schmitt - Ward 5, Shaun Carey - City Manager, Tracy Domingues - Parks & Recreation Director. Mayor and Council members can be reached at 353-2311 or Sparks City Council Chambers, 745 Fourth St.

WEB RESOURCES: www.cityofsparks.com www.sparksrec.com www.thechambernv.org

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310 S. Arlington Ave. Sa, 7/14, 8pm. $5 for commemorative cup and map. Call or visit website for details, (775) 342-9565, http://superherocrawl.com.

AMERICAN CENTURY CHAMPIONSHIP: Charles Barkley will join Michael Jordan, Tony Romo, Aaron Rodgers, John Elway, Ray Romano and Jerry Rice and other sports and entertainment figures at the 23rd annual celebrity golf tournament. The 54-hole event includes a purse of $600,000. Proceeds will be donated to LIVESTRONG. Tu-Sa, 9am through 7/22. Opens 7/17. $15-$60; free for children age 10 and younger. EdgewoodTahoe Golf Course, 180 Lake Parkway, Stateline, (530) 544-5050 ext. 224, www.tahoecelebritygolf.com.

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ART PAWS: PetFolio Magazine presents its 12th annual dog-friendly event as part of Artown. Pets and people can stroll around the park, listen to live music, view art and check out pet-oriented products and services at more than 100 local vendor booths. The event includes wine and beer tastings, a silent auction, raffle and doggy bags of free gifts. Su, 7/15, 10am-5pm. Free. McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 722-9914, http://petfoliomagazine.com.

Events 5TH ANNUAL BEERFEST & BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL: The festival features live music from the nation’s top bluegrass bands, more than 30 local and regional breweries on tap, children’s treats and activities and more. Sa, 7/14, 3-7pm. $30 advance; $38 at the door. Northstar California Resort, 3001 Northstar Drive, Truckee, (800) 466-6784, www.northstarcalifornia.com.

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ARTOWN FAMILY FESTIVAL: Enjoy children’s activities before the Family Series show. M, 5-7pm through 7/30. Free. Wingfield Park, 2 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 322-1538, www.renoisartown.com.

some tights and superhero gear and visit 20 participating downtown bars and taverns during the annual pub crawl. The crawl begins at Strega Bar,

BE BEAR AWARE COMMUNITY FORUM: Regional agencies will update the public on research being done on bear management policies, discuss possible regulatory and policy changes and allow the public to provide feedback to local officials. W, 7/18, 6pm. Free. Tahoe Environmental Research Center, 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, (775) 832-1284, http://terc.ucdavis.edu.

CALIFORNIA AVENUE ARTISTS MARKET: The Artown event features an eclectic array of goods by local artisans and vendors. Sa, 7/14, 11am-4pm; Sa, 7/28, 11am-4pm. Free. The Cheese Board, 247 California Ave., (775) 338-1995, www.calave.org.

EL RENO APARTMENT HOMES TOUR: Visit the original site of these unique homes and view seven of them at their new locations. Other examples of the Sierra Vista Addition architecture will be seen. Reservations should be made one day in advance of tour. Tu, 7/17, 6-8pm. $10; free for Historic Reno Preservation Society members. Statewide Lighting Center, 1311 S. Virginia St., (775) 747-4478, www.historicreno.org.

ETHNIC RENO: WEST SIDE TOUR: Chinese herbal shops, a rich African-American heritage and other examples of multiculturalism come alive on this tour, which includes an inside visit to the Lear Theater and the historic Bethel AME Church. Reservations must be

made one day in advance of the tour. Sa, 7/14, 9-11am. $10; free for Historic Reno

UNITY 2—BURNING MAN WAREHOUSE PARTY: This 12-hour warehouse party features three stages, DJs, live music, fire cannons, art cars, burlesque, performers and art of every kind. The event benefits several major Burning Man projects: the Pier 2012, Burn Wall Street, The Salvagery and IAM. Sa, 7/14, 4pm. $10 advance, $15 at the door. Salvagery Reno, 2530 Wrondel Way, (775) 345-3949, www.salvagery.org.

Preservation Society members. West Street Market, 148 West St., (775) 7474478, www.historicreno.org.

ISVCON: ISVCon is a conference for independent software vendors(ISVs) to get together, learn and grow. The event offers three days of educational sessions, evening events and casual get-togethers. F, 7/13, 8am; Sa, 7/14, 8am; Su, 7/15, 8am. $375-$699. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., (360) 775-6106, http://isvcon.org.

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.

KIDS DISCOVERY ROOM: Discovery Room Volunteers will open the Discovery Room three days a week during the summer months. Each week, activities will focus around a different theme, ranging from dinosaurs to pioneers. Regular activities include “Crafts on the Porch” on Wednesdays and story time at 11am on Fridays. W-F, 10am-1pm through 8/24. Free. Great Basin Adventure, Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961, www.washoecountyparks.com.

WHOLE FOODS SPARKS FARMERS’ MARKET: The 20th annual farmers’ market returns with a family-friendly atmosphere and farmer-focused event. New highlights include a gourmet food truck court and expanded food area. Th, 3-8pm through 8/2; Th, 8/16, 3-8pm; Th, 8/23, 3-8pm. Free. Victorian Square Plaza, Victorian Avenue, across From John Ascuaga’s Nugget, Sparks, (775) 746-5024, www.shirleysfarmersmarkets.com.

NORTH TAHOE ARTS ARTOUR: Visit the studios of 28 artists living in North and West Lake Tahoe. Th, 7/12, 10am-5pm; F, 7/13, 10am-5pm; Sa, 7/14, 10am-5pm. Free. North Tahoe Arts Center, 380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, (530) 581-2787, www.northtahoearts.com.

YART SALE: Connections presents this oneday show featuring work by area artists and crafters. A shaded private yard and garden is the place to meet the local artists and enjoy an assortment of creative works, including watercolor paintings, collage, wildlife pen and ink, jewelry, sculpture, handmade paper goods, notecards, mixed media, gourds and baskets. A portion of the proceeds benefit VSA arts of Nevada at the Lake Mansion. Sa, 7/14, 9am-4pm. Free. yART Sale, 1420 Mt. Rose St., west of Marsh Avenue, (775) 3585149, www.vsanevada.org.

PIMPS AND HOS PUB CRAWL: E4 Merchants Association presents its second annual pub crawl. Cash prizes for best costumes. Participating locations include Abby’s Highway 40, Davidson's Distillery, Cadillac Lounge, Dilligas Saloon and Rubens Cantina. Proceeds benefit Northern Nevada Hopes. Th, 7/12, 8pm. $2 for cups. East Fourth Street, between Virginia and Sage streets, www.facebook.com/events/45848452082 8979.

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second showcase for the Reno branch of RAW Natural Born Artists, a national independent arts organization that has branches in 64 cities across the nation. The event features visual artists, film, fashion, music, performance and more. F, 7/13, 8pm. $10 advance, $15 at the door. The Underground, 555 E. Fourth St., Ste. B, (775) 410-5993, www.facebook.com/events/121454451327727.

the Heart of Alzheimer’s Artists Gallery. M-Su, 10am-5pm through 7/31. Free. 2121 E. Prater Way, Sparks, (775) 331-2229.

ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: Rockin’ Out. M-Su, 11am-4pm through 7/31. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896, www.artistscoopgalleryreno.com.

CCAI COURTHOUSE GALLERY: New Crop. M-F through 9/4. Free. Carson City

THE RED SHOE GALA: This fundraiser for the

Courthouse, 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

Reno Ronald McDonald House Charities Northern Nevada features a cocktail reception and best red shoes competition, dinner and special guests Maury Povich and Connie Chung. Th, 7/19. $200$1,500. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-4662, www.rmhc-reno.com.

CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Homeward Bound Expressions. Th, 7/12, 5-7pm. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 322-7143, www.voa-nv.org.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Hats Off to Artown. M-F, 9am-4pm through 7/30; Tu, 6:30-8:30pm through 7/24; Sa, 7/14, 11am4pm; Tu, 7/31, 9am-noon. 209 W. First St.,

RENO ACES: The minor league baseball team plays Salt Lake Bees. Th, 7/12, 7:05pm; F, 7/13, 7:05pm; Sa, 7/14, 1:05pm. $6-$24. Reno Aces Ballpark, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-4700, www.renoaces.com.

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GALLERY 3: Dan Ericson: The Signtologist. W-F, Su through 8/8. 3 N. Virginia St., (775)

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THE SOUNDS AND SPIRIT OF THE BIG EASY come to the Biggest Little City this weekend as part of Artown. The Preservation Hall Band celebrates its 50th anniversary upholding the musical traditions of New Orleans jazz music. The group originated in the venerable Preservation Hall in the city’s French Quarter, where informal jazz sessions grew into regular showcases featuring local musicians. The band formed with the mission to spread the vibrant music of the port city to listeners across the world. The founding members of the band played with some of New Orleans’ legendary musicians including Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong. Past band leaders include Willie and Percy Humphrey, Billie and De De Pierce and Sweet Emma Barrett. The group continues its objective to preserve not only jazz music, but the history and flavor of New Orleans as it still recovers from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The band performs at 8 p.m., July 15, at the Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second St. Bluegrass group Del McCoury Band and dance troupe Trey McIntyre Project will also perform. Tickets are $30-$60. Call 322-1538 or visit www.renoisartown.com. —Kelley Lang OPINION

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MATHEWSON-IGT KNOWLEDGE CENTER: Far Out: The University Art Scene from 19601975. M-Sa, 9am-5pm through 9/9. Free. University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 682-5665, http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu.

NEVADA WILDERNESS PROJECT: Wild Nevada Art Exhibit. Th, 7/12, 9am-7pm; F, 7/13, 9am-5pm; Sa, 7/14, 10am-4pm. Free. 333

TASTE OF RENO TAHOE: The Rotary Club of Reno Centennial Sunset fundraiser dinner features original gourmet creations by chefs from the region’s finest restaurants, paired with rare, premium wines of selected varietals from highly regarded boutique wineries in California and Nevada. All proceeds fund local and international service projects in cooperation with the RCS Rotary Foundation, Inc. Su, 7/15, 3:30pm. $75-$125. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 287-6862, www.rcsrotary.org.

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NORTHWEST RENO LIBRARY: A Very Special Art Exhibit. There will be an art reception on July 14, 2-3pm. Tu-Sa through 8/24. Free. 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 8266100 ext. 3, www.vsanevada.org.

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SHEPPARD FINE ARTS GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Tu, Th, 26pm through 7/12; F, 7/13, 6-8pm. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658, www.unr.edu/art.

SIERRA ARTS GALLERY: Revolución: Celebrating a Rich Artistic Society. M-Su through 7/31. 17 S. Virginia St. Ste. 120, (775) 329-2787, www.sierra-arts.org.

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STREMMEL GALLERY: In Urban Light: John Saliman. M-Sa through 7/31. Free. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558, www.stremmelgallery.com.

TRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: RECON|STRUCTURE|NATURE, Five exhibitions will showcase the explorations of our natural world. M-F, 9am-9pm through 9/7; Sa, 9am-5pm through 9/1. Free. 7000 Dandini Blvd., (775) (775) 673-7291, www.tmcc.edu/vparts/artgalleries.

VSA NEVADA AT LAKE MANSION: Through Bipolar Eyes: A Child’s View. The artist reception is July 12, 4pm-6pm. M-F, 9am-4pm through 7/31. Free. 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100, www.vsanevada.org.

THE WEDGE CERAMICS STUDIO: Fred Reid & Richard Jackson Opening Reception, Th, 7/12, 5:30-7:30pm. Free. 2095 Dickerson Road, (775) 770-4770, www.thewedgeceramics.com.

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: Southwest Pottery From Anasazi to Zuni: Selections from the Brenda and John Blom Collection, W-Su through 9/9; Gregory Euclide: Nature Out There, W-Su through 9/2; Arthur and Lucia Mathews: Highlights of the California Decorative Style, Tu-Su through 10/14; Ice Music, W-Su through 10/28; Andrew Rogers: Contemporary Geoglyphs, W-Su through 8/26; Edward Burtynsky: Oil, W-Su through 9/23; Tim Hawkinson: Totem, W-Su through 10/7; Gail Wight: Hydraphilia, W-Su through 8/26; Jacob Hashimoto: Here in Sleep, a World, Muted to a Whisper, W-Su through 1/1; Anne Lindberg: Modal Lines, W-Su through 7/15. $1$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

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CURIOSITY CAT: TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada's production tells the engaging story of displaced children and homeless cats. The play by Chris Gabenstein features a cast ranging in age from 8 to 20, and is suitable for all ages. F, 7/13, 7:30pm; Sa, 7/14, 7:30pm; Su, 7/15, 2pm. $10 general; $7 students, seniors. Laxalt Auditorium, Warren Nelson Building, 401 W. Second St.; M, 7/16, 7pm. Free. Mack Auditorium, Renown Medical Center, 1155 Mill St., (775) 284-0789, www.twnn.org.

DANCING IN THE PARK: BLACK ROCK DANCE COMPANY: Black Rock Dance Company will perform Kaleidoscope, a blend of modern-jazz and contemporary dance movement pieces. Special guests include In Motion’s Dysrhythmia Contemporary Dance Company with choreography by Jenny Buck, In Motion’s Performance Dance Team and jazz singer CeCe Gable. Th, 7/12, 8-9:30pm. Free. Wingfield Park, 2 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 8510808, www.renoisartown.com.

EMPIRE IMPROV COMEDY SHOW: Empire Improv

WESTERN HERITAGE INTERPRETIVE CENTER, BARTLEY RANCH REGIONAL PARK: If Parks Could Talk. M-Su, 8am-5pm through 8/1. Free. 6000 Bartley Ranch

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WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL REGIONAL PARK: Sierra Watercolor Society Exhibit. W-Sa, 10am-4pm through 8/18. Free. 1595 N. Sierra St.,

FAMILY SERIES: BAM PERCUSSIONS THE BLUE BARREL SHOW: Artown presents this performance by the comedy-percussion group. The Blue Barrel Show combines powerful rhythms with funny sketches. M, 7/16, 6-7pm. Free. Wingfield Park, 2 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 322-1538, www.renoisartown.com.

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Film MOVIES IN THE PARK: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA: The Artown movie series continues with a screening of The Marx Brothers film. Members of the Nevada Opera will perform as a prelude to this classic comedy. F, 7/13, 911pm. Free. Wingfield Park, 2 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 322-1538, www.renoisartown.com.

JAZZ AT RENO LITTLE THEATER: Judith Ames Jazz Band performs a selection of jazz and Latin tunes. Th, 7/12, 4:30-6pm. $5. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 225-1071, www.renoisartown.com.

LAZY 5 SUMMER MUSIC SERIES: ELECTRIC CATFISH: The blues-rock band performs as part of the summer concert series. W, 7/18, 6:30pm. Free. Lazy 5 Regional Park, 7100 Pyramid Lake Highway, Spanish Springs, (775) 823-6500.

Music AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL: The fifth annual music festival focuses on American roots music and dance. The weekend event features workshops, jams, dances and live performances at venues across Virginia City. Performers include Growling Old Men, The Novelists, Rose’s Pawn Shop, The Central Valley Boys, Suspect Terrane, among others. F, 7/13, 7-10pm; Sa, 7/14, 12-10pm; Su, 7/15, 12-5pm. $20 weekend pass. Call or visit website for details, (775) 348-4692, www.americanafest.org.

BACK TO THE ’80S: The Note-Ables’ Artown event celebrates the sound of the ’80s with more than 60 musicians and performers of all ages and abilities. The program spans ’80s pop, New Wave and rock ’n’ roll. Tu, 7/17, 6-8pm. $5 suggested donation. McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 324-5521, www.note-ables.org.

MARC TEICHOLZ: Sierra Nevada Guitar Society presents a concert by the classical guitarist. F, 7/13, 8-9:30pm. Donations welcome. First United Methodist Church, 209 W. First St., (775) 298-1686, www.sierraguitar.org.

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN: The five-time Grammy-nominated entertainer dubbed “The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook” performs as part of Artown. Sa, 7/14, 9pm. $69. John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 356-3300, www.renoisartown.com.

MONDAY NIGHT MUSIC SERIES: UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF ARTS: Faculty members from both the classical and jazz sides of the University of Nevada, Reno’s Department of Music will perform. Highlights include solos and duets from cellist Dmitri Atapine and pianist Adela Park and The Collective, UNR’s resident jazz ensemble. M, 7/16, 7:30-10pm. Free. Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 322-1538, www.renoisartown.com.

BRAP VS. ARTOWN: Realtime interlaced improvisational sound performance by Endif, Sick Past Nine, Next Door Ninja and B8-Bit. Realtime visual art-bombing by local artists. Sa, 7/14, 8pm. $3 donation. Reno Art Works, 1995 Dickerson Road, https://www.facebook.com/events/248194751960893.

THE NORTHSTAR CHAMBER PLAYERS: TOCCATA-Tahoe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus continues its summer season with a chamber music series featuring a traditional wind quintet augmented by piano and soprano soloists. Works by Mozart, J.S. Bach, P. Muller, Max Brauer and Saint-Saens will be performed at this Artown concert. Su, 7/15, 4pm. $20 adults; $5 students; free for youth under age 12. Steinway Piano Gallery, 500 E. Moana Lane; The concert will be repeated. Tu, 7/17, 7pm. Free; donations welcome. TOCCATA Performing Arts Theater, 760 Mays Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 313-9697, www.toccatatahoe.com.

CARPENTERS MUSIC WORLD MONTHLY MUSIC PROGRAM: Carpenter’s Music World presents its monthly music program open to all ages, styles and skill levels. Performers must call in advance with their name or name of group, song title, instrumentation and length of performance. Performances must fit the theme of the month. July’s theme is “Reggae/Calypso.” Second Th of every month, 6-8pm. Free. Carpenters Music World, 2700 S. Virginia St., (775) 391-7757, www.carpentersmusic.com.

DEMENTIA THE MUSICAL: Set in a senior living facil-

POPS ON THE RIVER: POPS ROCKS!: The Reno Phil

ity, this one-hour performance of song and spoken word tells of the joys and heartbreaks that accompany the aging process. Th, 7/12, 7-8pm; Th, 7/19, 7-8pm. Donations welcome. Steinway Piano Gallery, 500 E. Moana Lane, (775) 829-0600, www.renoisartown.com.

AN EVENING OF CHANTING FROM BUDDHIST TRADITIONS: About 20 chanters, using drums and bells, will present an hour-long program of chants from different Buddhist traditions that reflect the

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presents its Artown event featuring singing stars Lakisha Jones and Robert Evan, who will perform a collage of classic and contemporary Broadway tunes. Proceeds from this event help support the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra and its education programs. Gates open for table decorating and general admission at 5pm. Show starts at 8pm. Sa, 7/14, 5-11pm. $10 general; $40 seat; $375+ sponsorship tables. Wingfield Park, 2 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 240-8282, www.renophil.com/popsontheriver.

REGGAE AT THE LAKE: Tosh Meets Marley, Nkulee Dube and DJ Treez perform. F, 7/13, 9pm. $20 advance; $25 day of show. Club Cal Neva, 38 E. Second St., (775) 337-8344, www.renegadeshows.com.

RIVER RANCH CONCERT SERIES: DELHI 2 DUBLIN: The Canadian group performs its high-energy fusion of Bhangra and Celtic music. Th, 7/12, 9pm. $12 in advance. River Ranch Restaurant and Lodge, 2285 River Road, Tahoe City, (775) 337-8344, www.renegadeshows.com.

ROLLIN’ ON THE RIVER: THE GOSPEL HUMMINGBIRDS: The group performs its inspirational “rhythm & gospel” music as part of RN&R summer concert series. F, 7/13, 5:30-8pm. Free. Wingfield Park, 2 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 324-4440.

S.T.A.R.S.: S.T.A.R.S. (Singers Taking Action Reaching Souls), Souls Afire and the CSL Reno Choir will perform songs ranging from Motown to Gershwin. Sa, 7/14, 7pm. $12 adults; $8 children, seniors. Center for Spiritual Living, Reno, 4685 Lakeside Drive, (775) 313-2043, www.starsfoundation.net.

STERN AND NAGANO: San Francisco Ballet Orchestra concertmaster Kay Stern and pianist Joan Nagano will perform a recital of of works for violin and piano by Ysaye, Kreisler and Clara Schumann. Su, 7/15, 2:30pm. Free. St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 341 Village Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 2980075, www.tahoechambermusic.org.

SWEET VIBRATIONS: BRASSAKWARDS: The Artown music series continues with a performance by the brass band. Tu, 7/17, 7-8pm. Donations welcome. First United Methodist Church, 209 W. First St., (775) 322-4564, www.renoisartown.com.

THAKUR CHAKRAPANI SINGH: The Sierra Nevada Guitar Society presents a performance by the Indian classical guitarist. M, 7/16, 78:30pm. Donations welcome. First United Methodist Church, 209 W. First St., (775) 2981686, www.sierraguitar.org.

WORLD MUSIC SERIES: OLIVER MTUKUDZI & THE BLACK SPIRITS: The Artown music series continues with a performance by the Zimbabwean music group. W, 7/18, 7:30-9pm. Free. Wingfield Park, 2 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 322-1538, www.renoisartown.com.

Onstage THE 13 CLOCKS: Reno Little Theater presents this fairy tale and parable by James Thurber as part of Artown. Sa, Su, 2-3 & 45pm through 7/15. Free. Laxalt Auditorium, Warren Nelson Building, 401 W. Second St., (775) 343-8100, www.renolittletheater.org.

ANNOYANCE: Ageless Repertory Theatre presents Sam Bobrick’s comedy about a very annoying man who goes to see two therapists with the hopes of becoming less annoying. In his pursuit of mental stability, he drives them both over the edge, Mature audiences due to language and adult themes.

Tu, 7/17, 1-3pm; Th, 7/19, 7-9pm; F, 7/20, 1-3pm.

Donations. Circles Edge Center For Spiritual Living, 1117 California Ave., (775) 345-7323, http://webpages.charter.net/agelessrep.

presents its long-form improv show in two halves. Empires house team Like a Banshee performs with either Hostel Greetings, The George Collection or The Level 2 Students. Show recommended for those 17 and up. F, 10:30-11:45pm through 7/28. Free. Good Luck Macbeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia St., (530) 414-0050, www.empireimprov.com.

LAKE TAHOE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: The 40th anniversary season commences with its production of William Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona with shows on TuesdaySunday evenings. On Monday evenings, the Shakespeare cast takes a night off and the outdoor stage features music or performing arts. Performances include Broadway on the Beach on July 16. M-Su, 7:30pm through 8/26. Opens 7/13. $20-$85. Sand Harbor State Park, 2005 Highway 28, Incline Village, (775) 8321616, http://laketahoeshakespeare.com.

OPERA IN BLUE JEANS: DIE FLEDERMAUS PARTY: Nevada Opera presents the Die Fledermaus party scene with Ted and Deena Puffer’s nationally acclaimed English translation. The second act of Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus is famous for its fun-filled music and antics. Nevada Opera presents a performance of this party scene with special guests singing opera and Broadway favorites for the party entertainment. Su, 7/15, 7-9pm. Free. Wingfield Park, 2 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 786-4046, www.renoisartown.com.

ORPHEUS DESCENDING: Brüka Theatre presents Tennessee Williams’ retelling of the Orpheus legend in which a guitar-playing drifter takes up with a married storekeeper with wonderful and tragic results. Th, 7/12, 8pm; F,

7/13, 8pm; Sa, 7/14, 8pm; Su, 7/15, 2pm; W, 7/18, 8pm; Th, 7/19, 8pm; F, 7/20, 8pm; W, 7/25, 8pm; Th, 7/26, 8pm; F, 7/27, 8pm; Sa, 7/28, 8pm. $18

general; $16 seniors, students, military; $20

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

PLEASE: This play by Bruce Lindsay is a dark, absurdist comedy about the finial days of Mom. Watch as a hospital waiting room transforms into an insane asylum, and reality unravels revealing that truth may be the biggest illusion of them all. Presented by Artown. Th, 7/12, 7:30pm; Tu, 7/17, 7:30pm; W, 7/18, 7:30pm. $15. The Underground, 555 E. Fourth St. Ste. B, (775) 410-5993, www.renoisartown.com.

PRIVATE LIVES: Reno Little Theater presents this comedy by Noel Coward that depicts a couple, now divorced and married to new partners, who end up honeymooning at the same hotel, rekindling old passions and discovering they cant live with (or without) each other. F, 7/13, 7:30-10pm; Sa, 7/14, 7:30-

10pm; Su, 7/15, 2-4:30pm; F, 7/20, 7:30-10pm; Sa, 7/21, 7:30-10pm; Su, 7/22, 2-4:30pm; Th, 7/26, 7:30-10pm; F, 7/27, 7:30-10pm; Sa, 7/28, 7:3010pm; Su, 7/29, 2-4:30 & 7:30-10pm. $15 general

admission; $12 seniors, students, military. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 813-8900, www.renolittletheater.org.

RIVER LIGHTS DANCE EXHIBITION: These dance performances feature a range of styles including modern, belly, hoop and fire dancing. As night falls, the dancers will add more LED lights to their performances. Fire dancers will bring a blazing end to the show. After the performances there will be open dancing and teachers on hand to show audience members some of their skills and talent. F, 7/13, 8-11:30pm. $10. River School Farm, 7777 White Fir St., (775) 747-2222, www.riverschool.info.

SHAKESPEARE IN HOLLYWOOD: Ageless Repertory Theatre presents Ken Ludwig’s comedy set in the 1940s wherein the Warner Brothers attempt to produce A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare as a movie, without the success they hoped. Th, 7/12, 79pm; F, 7/13, 1-3pm. Donations. Circles Edge Center For Spiritual Living, 1117 California Ave., (775) 345-7323, http://webpages.charter.net/agelessrep.

THE TEMPEST: Good Luck Macbeth Theater presents Shakespeare’s final play. Th-Sa, 7:30-10pm through 7/29; Su, 3-5:30pm through 7/29. $14-$20. Good Luck Macbeth Theater, 119 N. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716, www.goodluckmacbeth.org.

Classes VEGGIES AND FALL PLANTING: Learn what to plant for fall crops to make the most out of your garden. A donation of a can of food for the local food bank is requested. Sa, 7/14, 11am & 1pm. Free. Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, (775) 355-1551.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): During an

author tour a few years ago, I was a guest on San Francisco radio station KFOG. For a while, the host interviewed me about my book and astrology column. Then we moved into a less formal mode, bantering about psychic powers, lucid dreams and reincarnation. Out of nowhere, the host asked me, “So who was I in my past life?” Although I’m not in the habit of reading people’s previous incarnations, I suddenly and inexplicably had the sense that I knew exactly who he had been: Savonarola, a controversial 15th-century Italian friar. I suspect you may soon have comparable experiences, Aries. Don’t be surprised if you are able to glean new revelations about the past and come to fresh insights about how history has unfolded.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Tease and

tempt and tantalize, Taurus. Be pithy and catchy and provocative. Don’t go on too long. Leave ’em hanging for more. Wink for dramatic effect. Perfect your most enigmatic smile. Drop hints and cherish riddles. Believe in the power of telepathy. Add a new twist or two to your body language. Be sexy in the subtlest ways you can imagine. Pose questions that no one has been brave or smart enough to ask. Hang out in thresholds, crossroads and any other place where the action is entertaining.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): American

political leaders who have never been soldiers tend to be more gung-ho about sending U.S. fighting forces into action than leaders who have actually served in the military. So said former Marine Capt. Matt Pottinger to The Daily Beast. I recommend that you avoid and prevent comparable situations in your own life during the coming weeks, Gemini. Don’t put yourself under the influence of decision-makers who have no direct experience of the issues that are important to you. The same standard should apply to you, too. Be humble about pressing forward if you’re armed with no more than a theoretical understanding of things. As much as possible, make your choices and wield your clout based on what you know firsthand.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Let’s

hypothesize that there are two different kinds of freedom possible for you to pursue. One is simplistic and sterile, while the other is colorful and fertile. The first is characterized by absence or emptiness, and the second is full of rich information and stimulating experiences. Is there any doubt about which is preferable? I know that the simplistic, sterile freedom might be easier and faster to attain. But its value would be limited and short-lived, I’m afraid. In the long run, the tougher liberation will be more rewarding.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Some people believe

that a giant sea serpent lives in a Scottish lake. They call it the Loch Ness monster, or Nessie for short. The evidence is anecdotal and skimpy. If the creature actually lurks in the murky depths, it has never hurt any human being, so it can’t be considered dangerous. On the other hand, Nessie has long been a boon to tourism in the area. The natives are happy that the tales of its existence are so lively. I’d like to propose using the Loch Ness monster as a template for how to deal with one of your scary delusions. Use your rational mind to exorcise any anxiety you might still be harboring, and figure out a way to take advantage of the legendary story you created about it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “The soul

should always stand ajar,” said 19-century Emily Dickinson poet in one of her poems, “That if the heaven inquire, He will not be obliged to wait, Or shy of troubling her.” Modern translation: You should keep your deep psyche in a constant state of readiness for the possible influx of divine inspiration or unexpected blessings. That way, you’re likely to recognize the call when it comes and respond with the alacrity necessary to get the full benefit of its offerings. This is always a sound principle to live by. But it will be an especially valuable strategy in the coming weeks. Right now, imagine what it feels like when your soul is properly ajar.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Some people

wonder if I’m more like a cheerleader than an objective reporter. They think that maybe I minimize the pain and exaggerate the gain that lie ahead. I understand why they might pose that question. Because all of us are constantly besieged with a disproportionate glut of discouraging news, I see it as my duty to provide a counterbalance. My optimism is medicine to protect you from the distortions that the conventional wisdom propagates. Having said that, I’d like you to know that I’m not counterbalancing at all when I give you this news: You’re close to grabbing a strategic advantage over a frustration that has hindered you for a long time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Life always

gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment,” said Zen teacher Charlotte Joko Beck. “This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath.” While I appreciate Beck’s advice, I’m perplexed why she put such a heavy emphasis on lessons that arise from difficult events. In the weeks ahead, you’ll be proof that this is shortsighted. Your teachers are likely to be expansive, benevolent and generous.

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

lathe is a machine that grips a chunk of metal or wood or clay and rotates it so that someone wielding a tool can form the chunk into a desired shape. From a metaphorical point of view, I visualize you as being held by a cosmic lathe right now. God or fate or whatever you’d prefer to call it is chiseling away the nonessential stuff so as to sculpt a more beautiful and useful version of you. Although the process may be somewhat painful, I think you’ll be happy with the result.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’m

hoping you will take maximum advantage of the big opportunity that’s ahead for you, Capricorn: an enhancement of your senses. That’s right. For the foreseeable future, you not only have the potential to experience extra vivid and memorable perceptions. You could also wangle an upgrade in the acuity and profundity of your senses, so that your sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch will forevermore gather in richer data. For best results, set aside what you believe about the world and just drink in the pure impressions. In other words, focus less on the thoughts rumbling around inside your mind and simply notice what’s going on around you. For extra credit: Cultivate an empathetic curiosity with everything you’d like to perceive better.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What kind of week will it be for you? It will be like you’re chewing gum while walking down a city street and then suddenly you sneeze, catapulting the gooey mess from your mouth onto the sidewalk in such a way that it gets stuck to the bottom of your shoe, which causes you to trip and fall, allowing you to find a $100 bill that is just lying there unclaimed and that you would have never seen had you not experienced your little fit of “bad luck.” Be ready to cash in on unforeseen twists of fate, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Having

served as executive vice-president of the Hedonistic Anarchists Think Tank, I may not seem like the most believable advocate of the virtues of careful preparation, rigorous organization and steely resolve. But if I have learned anything from consorting with hedonistic anarchists, it’s that there’s not necessarily a clash between thrill-seeking and self-discipline. The two can even be synergistic. I think that’s especially true for you right now, Pisces. The quality and intensity of your playtime activities will thrive in direct proportion to your selfcommand.

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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Bar exam Bruce Lindsay is a local criminal defense attorney, but beyond that, he’s a bit of a renaissance man: a poet, musician, outdoorsman, playwright, designated driver and man about town. His new play, Please, will be performed on July 12, 17, 18 at the Underground, 555 E. Fourth St. Doors open at 6 for happy hour, and the play begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available in advance at www.renounderground.com. Regarding the theme, Lindsay suggests that while most of us live in cages, we don’t know it because we can’t see the bars.

How’s the heart? I’m hanging in there. Every day’s a good day, every day above ground. I’m fat. I’m ugly. I’m old and I’m slow, and big guy, I’m braggin’. I’m talking shit because I’m alive.

I wanted to get something in about the play, but by the time we could get a review in, the show would be over, so I figured I’d just talk to you about it. What made you write this play? You’ve written plays before, right? I’ve written a few plays. [The inspiration] was the death of Huguette Clark. This was about a year ago in the New York Times. She died. She was one of the last of the Dutch heiresses. There’s Guggenheim, Vanderbilts, the Clarks—you know who I’m

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Death can be funny. Somebody has to get the last laugh in.

Exactly. Why shouldn’t it be us? Why should God get all the last laughs? Why should God get all the good punch lines? We should get one or two in.

You had an interesting group participating. Pan Pantoja directed it. How did that come about? talking about? They started way back when it used to be a Dutch colony. She was one of the last. [Editor’s note: The story grew with the telling.] She was 104 years old, and she spent decades living in asylums and hospitals under assumed names, because she was so wealthy. And she passed away, and the New York Times did a front-page review of her, basically talking what life was like 100 years ago. She was born in 1903 or something. Based on that, I sat down and I wrote the play, Please, which is about a very wealthy lady who just failed chemo, and she’s facing death, and her daughter shows up, and her husband shows up, and her ex-husband shows up. That’s sort of the basis of the play. And I know it’s kind of dark, because it’s about death, but you know, it’s funny.

It’s funny, and it’s dark, and good plays are both those things.

Pan directed the earlier play I did. He directed the play The Ninth Circuit that we did a couple years ago. He’s real talented. He’s also playing the husband in this play. He stepped up from being director. We lost an actor, and he stepped up.

You’ve got music by Steve Patterson [XTeViON]? It’s killer. He’s there every night rehearsing with them. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard his music. It’s sort of ethereal, sort of jazz, kind of spacey, kind of different.

Is there anything else we should talk about regarding the play? It’s sort of the theater of the absurd by the end of the play. It’s just a little bit different. It’s one of those where the audience should be fully engaged—if not embarrassed. It goes from being a hospital to other layers of reality. Ω

If you can get around death being funny, then it’s funny, Brian. It’s funny if you can stop and go, ‘I get it; it’s funny.”

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Unionville or bust People traveling on two of our major highways, 80 and 95, usually think Nevada’s a stretch of space to be endured and put in the rearview mirror. With good reason—80 and 95, for the most part, are indeed pretty damned bleak, barren and uninviting. But Nevada’s good stuff isn’t on the flats. It’s up in the hills, in the canyons of our many mountain ranges, especially the ranges that have peaks of 9,000 feet and more. Those mountains are high enough that they can hold a fair amount of snow, which in turn feeds the creeks running down those canyons, creating dozens and dozens of Edenic retreats, places that most modern dimbulbs don’t even realize exist, much less visit. The town of Unionville, out there between Lovelock and Winnemucca (kinda), is one such slice of paradise, but it’s a mistake to call it a town. There are no services there, just a few homes on the creek and the terrific Old Pioneer Garden B&B. I recently spent a night there, and I’m

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delighted to report that it’s still functioning at a very high level and ready for you whenever you want to treat yourself to some of its timelessly enriching hospitality. One nice touch at the O.P. that makes it superior to all other B&Bs is that you’re not staying in the same house with the owners. They don’t wanna hear your snorin’, somnambulism, and miscellaneous. Smart. So there are three separate buildings for the guests, and each one is not just a comfy and cool place to stay, but a bit of a western museum as well. A museum that gives you the feel that yeah, those folks back then knew what the hell they were doin’. Rooms are $85 a night, and dinners can be had for an extra $12. A steal. And don’t miss dinner, still home cooked by Mitzi, who’s been running the place forever. Everybody sits down for some family-style eating, and it feels just like 1937 at the table, and I mean that in a most complimentary and affectionate way. Just be |

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sure you bring some friendly wine to dinner. Two bottles. Breakfast in the morning is at the big picnic table out in the yard, and this ain’t no ordinary yard. It’s a zone of lush enchantment, with shade and lawn and trees and hummingbirds, a place that feels like something out of Grimms’ fairy tales, if the Grimms had set their tales in Nevada instead of Bavaria. After dinner, us three single men, given our own house to hang in, retreated to the patio overlooking the creek, quaffing bottles of zin, and watching the hungry demons of the forest emerge for their nightly rounds of murder and gluttony. In other words, watching great horned owls fly into the last light of dusk, seeking furry victims. The Old Pioneer Garden. A wonderful place. Seriously. Google. Go. Ω

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