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PARTY PARTIES See Elections, page 7.

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The peace profit

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Re “America: What Went Wrong & How to Fix it” (Feature story, Nov. 1): Thank you for your thought provoking cover article, “America: What Went Wrong & How to Fix It.” The Peace Panel Project that just (Nov. 1, 2012) finished its third annual tour of Reno with exhibits and presentations at UNR and at the Reno Quakers meeting house, has some other ideas that address those issues. The “Fairness Doctrine,” of 1949 1987, was upheld by the Supreme Court and called, “the single most important requirement of broadcasting.” Since Reagan packed the FCC, and they threw it out, mainstream media has been a less and less reliable source of information. The unbalanced reporting that has followed is dangerous to democracy. This is an issue we need to include in this conversation: Reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. Go to Change.org and sign the petition today. The rate of military spending has tripled over the last few years! Are we three times safer? I don’t think so. What are we doing with 700 bases over seas? According to the National Priorities Project, it is costing the citizens of Reno over $14,000 a day. Overall U.S. military spending now tops $2 billion a day! And as if that was not enough, Project Censored has revealed that “nearly all US Congressmen are invested in war contractors.” You can vote out incumbents and look up the petition on line, to “Cut Military Spending in Half” at Change.org and sign it today. Other ways to improve the circumstances in which we find ourselves can be found in: Nonviolent Communication by Rosenberg; Ruses for War by Quigley and Better World Shopping by Jones. Every dollar you spend is a vote. As the Dalai Lama said, “Think critically, then act.” Or like the old Chinese proverb says, “To know and not act, is to not know.” More info is on our blog: www.PeacePanelProjectChico.blogspot.com

Re “For the pets” (Letters to the Editor, Oct. 18): While Humane Society of the United States CEO Wayne Pacelle says his past statement that he has “no problem with the extinction of domestic animals” only referred to rare livestock breeds, he’s been more direct elsewhere in his hope for the eventual extinction of pets. Interviewed for the book Bloodties, Pacelle told author Ted Kerasote: “I don’t want to see another cat or dog born,” and “I don’t have a hands-on fondness for animals.” [“Quote out of context,” Nov. 1]. If this anti-pet philosophy sounds like something so loony that it would only come from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), you’re onto something. PETA head Ingrid Newkirk has said, “I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether.” In fact, HSUS and PETA have a similar agenda to end the use of animals for food and clothing. And they have shared some of the same key staff. Many people give to the Humane Society of the U.S. after seeing tear-jerking TV commercials, but have no idea that they’re funding a radical animal rights outfit. Nevadans should be sure to support your local humane societies, which are unaffiliated with the similarly named HSUS.

Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. As I write this, it’s after 9 a.m. on Monday. By the time this paper is out, the United States will have voted. At this point, I’m only about 50-50 that we’ll know who the president will be come next January. I’m like that little girl Abby Evans who cried out of election fatigue. I’m tired of Bronco Bama and Mitt Rameny, too, Abby. But as tired as I am, I won’t have the luxury of turning my back on the media until this one’s tallied. I mean, one thing I’ve realized from all the differing polls is this one is within the margin of lawsuit. It doesn’t help any that despite my fatigue, I’m still obsessed. Kind of reminds me of a tweeker sucking on a glass cock: Three days without sleep, but there’s no stopping. I wonder what Future Brian will think about all this in 72 hours. Could be that something happens that will change me profoundly. Maybe not. Somehow I’ve managed to get dragged behind various pickup trucks to come out looking like I’ve been riding in Cadillacs. One thought I had this weekend is that maybe this will be the one that finally opens Congress’ eyes that it’s time to work together. This sort of partisanship has happened before in our history, and it breaks the system, until the system finds a new balance— sort of like a three-legged dog. I have my hopes. No matter who wins, I hope Gary Johnson reaches 5 percent of the vote. In fact, if he had just said the words, “I’m going to keep the parts of Obamacare that support the general welfare and work to repeal the parts that don’t,” I’d have voted for the guy. But he didn’t. It’s sort of like Ryan Lochte vs. Michael Phelps in the Olympics. Sure, most everyone had a preference, but in the end, they’re Team America. (And yes, it’s my joke, I get it.) People who think their personal preferences are more important than the will of the people should go to a country that more closely mirrors their own opinion.

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why Congress hasn’t passed a budget in three years. Sen. Harry Reid is solely responsible for not bringing the budget to a vote these past three years. This is a requirement of the Constitution that apparently has not been read by Sen. Reid. The House of Representatives has passed a budget while under the control of Republicans, so where’s the problem? Dr. Paslov also seems to ignore that both houses were controlled by President Obama’s party during his first two years in office. He also implies that the so-called super PACS are only funneling money to Republicans. Nothing is further from the truth. Furthermore, his statement that “although government is smaller, generally, than it has been in decades” is of course another of his biased absurdities. Another one of his comments states that, “If this narrative continues, government programs, including public schools, will unravel.” Is he kidding us, does he really believe that public schools haven’t unraveled many years ago? Ironically, the worst of the public school systems are in Democratic controlled cities. Could there be a connection? Dr. Paslov’s comments on bipartisan collaboration are another example to demagogue conservatives as liberals always preach that conservatives should give in to them. This of course is only possible because liberals seldom understand the concepts of character, logic and principles. It is truly a shame that Dr. Paslov is so intellectually dishonest. I’m sure that he would have some valid points to make if he got his head out of those liberal clouds over his utopian world.

Rick Berman Center for Consumer Freedom Washington, D.C.

That’s just silly Re “America: What Went Wrong & How to Fix it” (Feature story, Nov. 1): Regarding “A four-point plan to recovery” by Dr. Paslov, I have seldom read a sillier essay. He doesn’t even pretend to analyze our political system with any sort of balance. His essay is simply an attack on the conservative political point of view. Both liberal and conservative points of view are valid; it’s simply a question for the public to analyze these beliefs as they are debated in the public forum. I believe in free speech and the expression of political opinions. His comments on taxes are absurd on their face. Perhaps he should comment on

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Food for thought Re “Food for thought” (Green, Nov. 1): To see a video of USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan’s remarks about the Food Summit, please see this link: www.youtube.com/watch ?v=5LE87gaNX1Q&feature=plcp. Merrigan’s encouraging remarks about Healthy Communities developing healthy food hub, and about farmers like Stagecoach’s Marcia and

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Steve Litsinger of Churchill Buttes Organics, Reno’s Wendy Baroli of GirlFarm, and Fallon’s Rick Lattin of Lattin Farms, and about groups like Mineral County Economic Development Authority, the Fallon Small Farm Collective, and Lyon County Schools, were appreciated by the attendees. Merrigan encouraged the participants with these words, “[The USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food] Compass map shows local food projects around the country supported by USDA over the last few years. The cluster of dots in your region really stood out. You are truly leading your state when it comes to these issues. What the map can’t show, but what you well know, is that these dots are all connected through the work of the Healthy Communities Coalition and its partners. You’re putting the pieces together to build a strong regional food system, and I want you to know that USDA is your partner in this effort.” To see the new film about the school gardens and other strategies in the Lyon County region, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrD7xRwSTs&feature=plcp Quest Lakes Silver City

Good question Re “America: What Went Wrong & How to Fix it” (Feature story, Nov. 1): I read through your article and agree with quite a few of your points. One thing that I believe will help the economy, would be if corporate America and business owners that outsource to overseas countries for their products to be manufactured to bring those products back to the U.S. This will bring needed jobs back to Americans and will boost the economy due to Americans having jobs and money to spend. I do not believe corporate American business owners will do this because the cost to them will go up and they are only looking out for themselves. What happened to “Made in the U.S.A”? Judah Willett Fallon

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by Dennis Myers

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BY TOM TOMORROW

Glad it’s over?

BIG HE ADERS GIZA 25pt 25k SMALL HEADERS GIZA 15pt 55k (60% OF BIG HE AD)

Asked at Java Jungle, 246 W. First Street Sheldon Stone Public employee

Yes. I’ve grown weary of all the slanted political advertising that’s been on television and radio, the half truths, the twisted truths.

George Kepner Job seeker

I’m glad the campaigning’s all over with finally. You know, in this election, both candidates—Obama and Romney— never really answered any of the questions that people really wanted to know about. There was just a lot of bickering back and forth, more so than other past elections that I remember.

Izzy Altick

Lame duck danger

Student

Freak, yes. I am so sick of hearing about it and getting phone calls in the middle of the day, telling me why everyone else sucks.

You gotta hand it to the Reno Gazette-Journal every once Postured as being for the plan, based on an earlier vote in a while. Witness, for example, Brian Duggan’s story, on the topic, are Mayor Bob Cashell and Councilmembers “Economists paint dismal picture of public subsides for David Aiazzi, Pierre Hascheff and Dan Gustin. Postured stadiums,” which ran on Nov. 4. See also his story from against are Dwight Dortch (a former employee of the Reno Oct. 24, “Divided Reno council backs Aces Ballpark refiAces), Jessica Sferrazza and Sharon Zadra. nancing.” Tomorrow, four of those voters—a deciding majority— The former has a nice, concise lede and nut: will officially be lame-duck representatives. And that’s a “Consensus is a rare thing in academic economics, but very precarious place for us Reno citizens to be in. In fact, when it comes to paying for sports stadiums with public we’ve seen government subsidies set up before by lamemoney, the majority of research over the last two decades duck representatives. For example, two lame-duck Washoe suggests the practice does not pay off County Commissioners Sue Camp and for taxpayers. Mike Mouliot enabled the train trench “While some early research indiwith a one-eighth cent sales tax— Slipping in a last cates minor league baseball stadiums immediately after an election in which like Aces Ballpark have a positive the trench was a principal issue, with minute giveaway? effect on local economies, 86 percent of the voters electing trench opponents. academic and professional economists That started a round of circumstances surveyed for the American Economic Association in 2005 and funding issues that caused loss or reduction of city agreed state and local governments should eliminate taxservices like police and fire and the redevelopment agency, payer subsidies to professional sports.” and in many ways, should prevent city officials from doing The Reno City Council is scheduled to vote Wednesday, things like subsidizing a popular local amenity—which Nov. 7, on whether to refinance the $55 million loan used also happens to be a billionaire’s money mill. to construct the downtown stadium. This could include a The billionaire financier Herb Simon has said he’s payment of $1 million every year from the city of Reno to going to take his bats and go home if the Reno Council the billionaire who owns the ballpark for the rest of our doesn’t play ball. It’s a bluff and blackmail threat. lives—30 years, which is almost certainly the life of the Yes, as the RG-J’s editorial board wrote, on Oct. 24 in stadium. “Reno Council should find way to save baseball deal.” The This is being written on Tuesday, Election Day. This Council should take a hard look at the deal. They should newspaper will not be published until Thursday, the day examine every inch of it, so that the information can be after the expected vote. So at the risk of stepping on our presented to the next Council, the one’s that’s going to be shoelaces, we’ll withhold a guess on how things will go elected the day before this Council is expected to vote. tomorrow. We’ll see. That’s what should happen. But again, we’re not making any predictions. Ω OPINION

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Yes, I guess. … The way I look at it, it’s all stressful. At one point, we get our inning at deciding the future of the country, but at the same time, people are disenfranchised. Nobody knows who to vote for, and none of the candidates seems to be speaking to anything that people grasp.

Guy Zewadski Retiree

Yes. There’s a lot of awful stuff flying around, everything negative and divisive. I didn’t like that.

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While waiting for something newsworthy to happen at the Washoe Republican election night party, KOLO News photographer Sholeh Moll checked her phone. She knelt behind a line of props—candidate signs, TV lights, a life-sized cardboard cutout of Mitt Romney, and a big stuffed GOP elephant logo.

Wayne Burke 1974-2012 Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal chair Wayne Burke died young last week. “In addition to his accomplishments as a Marine, a family man, and a tribal leader, Wayne was a talented artist,” said Patricia Atkinson of the Nevada Arts Council. “One of his mixed media pieces was featured in the NAC’s traveling exhibition ‘What Continues the Dream: Contemporary Arts and Crafts in the Powwow Tradition.’ This is a great loss to his family, the tribe, the state, and the Nevada artistic community.” Burke was the first Native American member of the Nevada Tourism Commission. “Tourism is critically important to the economy of Nevada and Pyramid Lake,” he said at the time of his appointment. The Tribe had recently received an award for economic development planning. Burke said the Tribe’s plan represented “embracing a community vision.” Governor Brian Sandoval, who appointed him to the commission, issued a statement: “Chairman Burke was a vocal advocate for Pyramid Lake and tribal issues, and I admired his leadership. Wayne Burke valiantly served his country in the Marine Corps and I was proud to call him a friend.” In testimony in May before a U.S. Senate committee, Burke said in part, “Cultural traditions and beliefs are a significant part in the manner in which tribes and Native people prepare, sustain, heal, and survive war. These cultural beliefs and ways of life need to be recognized and used to offer and provide more services and resources to Native veterans. Per population, more Native veterans serve … than any other ethnic group.”

Late night jolt Even by the standards of campaign commercials, a political spot that aired late in the campaign was pretty strong stuff. It accused Barack Obama of murder. The topic, not surprisingly, was abortion. The spot, for U.S. House candidate Russell Best of the Independent American Party, contained footage of fetuses—which appeared to be made of plastic—mixed with religious imagery and medieval art that appears to depict Childermas (the murder of the holy innocents). One section showed a fetus model inside a rosary. The spot does not actually advocate Best’s election. Rather, it is a presidential campaign spot. The Federal Election Commission does not have Best registered as an independent committee in the presidential campaign. According to the Christian Post, Best is one of a number of politicians in seven states who ran presidential campaign spots under the cover of their local campaigns. All but Missouri are considered swing states in the presidential race. Best bought only a token number of spots. The narrative of Best’s spot: “President Obama has ordered all Christian institutions to pay for drugs that murder the unborn. This is an assault on life and liberty. Will we knuckle under, violate our consciences, and become accomplices to Obama’s immorality? If we vote for Obama, we empower him to attack the church and murder babies. Let’s defend life and religious liberty and vote him out.” Text over the video quotes Pittsburgh Catholic Bishop David Zubik and New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan. KTVN posted a view warning in front of the spot letting viewers know the spot might not be fit viewing for children. Under federal law, TV stations cannot refuse to carry particular political spots on the grounds of content. They can refuse to carry any political advertising, but once they accept it, they cannot refuse or change specific spots. In July 1972 television stations in Atlanta were ordered by the Federal Communications Commission to carry a spot for white racist J.B. Stoner that used the term nigger and referenced white women. KTVN itself previously dealt with a spot similar to Best’s, in the 1990 Republican primary for lieutenant governor, when Pro-Life Andy Anderson (his legal name) used fetus shots in a commercial. The quality of that footage, however, was not as clear as the Best spot. Incidentally, on election night after the polls closed, KTVN was still running a different spot, one sponsored by a Catholic political group.

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A new reality Nevada’s political life is undergoing a sea change at the GOP’s expense During the Washoe County Republican Party’s election night party at a Reno casino, one of the television netby Dennis Myers works being shown on the big screens in the hall featured a discussion of Republican troubles with the Latino vote. Few of the Reno partiers paid attention. But it’s likely to become an increasingly important topic in local GOP circles. If Republicans thought Nevada was a hard fight in this year’s election, they may be sobered to learn what is ahead. It’s probably only going to get tougher. Nevada is on the verge of becoming a non-white state.

“You don’t have the job creation we had in the ’90s.” Jeff Hardcastle State Demographer In the 2000 census, whites made up 69 percent of the state’s population. By the 2010 census that figure was down to 54 percent. And that happened while the number of whites in the state was increasing. “We had an increase over the past decades of Hispanics in the state, but it’s not that whites are in decline,” said State Demographer

Jeff Hardcastle. “They’re just falling as a percent of the total population.” In other words, while whites were growing rapidly, other groups were growing even more rapidly, so whites shrank as a component of the whole picture. “My projection is 2010 was 1,611,540 for white non-Hispanic origin,” Hardcastle said. “In 2012, it was 1,616,388.” But that growth wasn’t enough for whites to keep pace with other groups. And Latinos are not the only factor. From the 2000 to the 2010 census African-Americans grew by 58 percent, Latino-Americans by 82 percent, and Asian-Americans by a whopping 116 percent. During that same period non-Latino whites grew by “only” 12 percent—in most contexts, a very respectable growth rate. As it happens, the fastest growing groups in the state are those that Republicans seem to have gone out of their way to offend. Latinos would have been much more in play if it were not for all the anti-immigrant talk from Republicans. At the same time, the importance of the small counties—a Republican stronghold—is shrinking. Nevada has been a heavily urban state for decades. It is becoming more so. Finally, while Republicans have dismayed minority groups, the

GOP’s drift to the right has also distressed moderate Republicans—the kind who once made Washoe County a GOP county. Republicans who voted for moderate members of their party like David Humke, Bob Cashell and William Raggio have found fewer and fewer such figures to embrace, with the result that they have drifted away to the Democrats. Asian-American voters, who have come on like gangbusters in Nevada, would seem like a likely lode for Republicans to mine. They tend to be well-educated, upscale and affluent. In 1992, fewer than a third of Asian-Americans voted for Bill Clinton. But by 2008 that number had doubled for Barack Obama. More than twice as many now are registered Democratic as Republican. But Asian-Americans who register with the two major parties put together don’t constitute even half the AsianAmerican vote. They are not into registering with political parties.

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While all these trends are still in place in Nevada, they have also slowed down over the course of the recession that began in 2007. The collapse of the state’s housing market stalled Nevada’s long status as the nation’s fastest growing state. The only reasons it didn’t lose

population are the natural birth rate and a trickle of international arrivals. People leaving the state amounted to 8,008. That’s the net loss when domestic arrivals and departures are compared. International arrivals came to 9,679. Meanwhile, the birth rate among Latinos is slowing and so is the number of Latinos moving to the state. “You don’t have the job creation we had in the ’90s and 2000s with the accompanying housing jobs,” Hardcastle said. After the recession hit, “We haven’t had the response to job creation that would bring people here.” As a result, the day when Nevada becomes a “minority majority” state has been pushed back—Hardcastle now estimates 2031—but the trends that will lead the state there are all still active. They’re just operating more slowly. And the growth rates of these groups have often been underestimated. Candidates in Nevada, certainly including Republicans, have been cultivating Asian-American and Latino voters. But there are limits to what individual local candidates can do if the Republican Party nationally has a stance on issues that troubles those voters. How can a Republican run independently of his party? “I don’t think you can,” said political scientist Fred Lokken. “At the state Republican convention this year, the state party replicated the national party’s agenda. And when you get support and resources from

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the national party, you have to be in step with it. That seals your fate with women, minorities.” Lokken said the Republican Party is evolving into a group of “white older males with income who are angry.” “It’s a real head-scratcher,” he said, referring to the way the GOP has come to rely on low voter turnout among minorities and women in order to win elections. “They are counting on the low voter turnout among minority groups.”

Washoe political parties gathered to wait for the votes After weeks of campaigning, when the GOP county chair announced the showing of a video of highlights of the by Romney campaign at the Washoe Bethany Deines election night party, the applause was less audible than the groans. But people were still willing to talk issues, both at the Republican gathering at the Peppermill and at the Grand Sierra where Democrats partied. “Not only do we want Romney to win, we need Romney to win,” said David Ryan, speaking for himself and fellow Republican, Mark Juring, in the hours before President Obama took the presidential win. Both men are local business owners in the Reno area and supporters In the end, staunch of Romney-Ryan. Like the majority Nevada wasn’t of Americans—60 even close. percent according to an Edison Group exit poll—Ryan and Juring place the economy at the top of the to-do list. And, like many Republicans, they blame the nation’s continuing hardships and stagnant economy on Obama’s “big government” policies. “The strangle Obama has on small business is federal regulation,” Juring said. Ryan also hoped for the ascent of state power and a diminished federal influence in the coming years. “How do politicians in D.C. know what it takes for businesses in Reno to grow?” he asked. Ryan and Juring were not the only Republicans who shared such a sentiment Tuesday night. Hardly a conversation strayed from the topic of America’s suffering economy at the GOP gathering. And if there was a reprieve, it was short-lived. The Republicans’ hard focus on the economy comes as no surprise as their presidential candidate pushed economic recovery to the forefront of his campaign. Romney seemed to be attempting a similar dialogue of change as the one at the heart of Obama’s 2008 campaign. Although the majority of Americans say the economy is their main concern in the coming years, Romney’s strict focus on economic recovery still failed to win him the presidency. “A lot of younger voters like myself are conservative because they see the problems with the economy, and they see that Obama hasn’t done

“The state party replicated the national party’s agenda.” Fred Lokken Political scientist That low turnout is another headscratcher. If those groups turned out in large numbers, this year’s election would not have been close, and pollsters would not have gotten such different results when surveying “likely voters” as opposed to simple “voters.” “Women are a majority in this country,” Lokken said. “They just do not exercise the political clout they have.” Local Republicans also say that some things should not be negotiable, that the party has certain values that cannot be “adjusted”— as one volunteer at the election night party put it—in order to win elections. Ω

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anything to fix it,” said Adam Kahan, a member of the College Republicans at the University of Nevada, Reno. Kahan believes that many conservatives of the younger generation, like himself, find themselves a part of the Republican Party for lack of a better alternative. Presented with two mutually exclusive political parties, he chose the party with the values that he deemed closest to his on the economy. “I don’t like President Obama. I really don’t like him,” said Kahan. “Now, that does not mean I am a Romney fan.” Fellow College Republican Erin Collins, wouldn’t describe herself as a steadfast Republican, either. She also cites economic reasons for her support of Romney. “I would consider myself fiscally conservative and socially liberal, which is typically thought of as a Libertarian view. I believe that the economy is more important than any social issue and that we need a president with a strong economic hand,” she said. “I believe Mitt Romney is that president.” But, according to the Associated Press, exit polls show that Americans have just as much faith in Obama’s economic recovery plan as they do in Romney’s. Obama appealed to voters from a more human perspective. At their gathering, Democrats cited reasons many and varied for their continued support of Obama. “I’m a single mom, and it was because of Obama that we were able to have health care and I was able to go back to school,” said Jenna Herzog. “I’m almost done with my degree now, and I can give my daughter the life that I always wanted to.” “My wife has seizures, and if she loses her job and Romney got elected, she would be without health insurance,” another Obama supporter said. “To me, personally, it’s very important. Although I believe in all the big issues, I have a small issue that really made me vote Obama.” Such stories seem to be the intangible bedrock of the Obama campaign, making the president seem more relatable. In the end, Obama won Nevada more easily than surveys had suggested, piling up a seven percent margin. Though he had already locked up an electoral vote majority by the time Nevada began reporting votes, there was still a huge cheer from the Democrats when the networks gave the state to Obama. Ω |

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Off the reins Wild horse advocates launched opposition campaign against efforts to spay wild horse populations, citing dangers to the horses and potentially unethical methods of population control. “This cruel plan could kill many federally protected wild horses,” said Anne Novak, director of California-based organization Protect Mustangs, in a statement. “We oppose spaying wild mares in the field because it’s a high risk procedure. The BLM is charged with protecting wild horses, not putting their lives in jeopardy.” The Wild Horse and Burro department of the BLM uses spaying and horse roundups to control horse population in several western states, including Nevada (“Running wild, Oct. 11). Protect Mustangs is asking for an audit, conducted by an independent party, to determine if spaying is a necessary procedure. “Show us an independent headcount and then let’s talk about overpopulation—if it’s a realistic concern,” Novak said. “Right now we see the BLM inflating the population numbers to justify rampant million dollar roundups, money dumped into fertility research and funds spent to warehouse 50,000 captive wild horses. Today maybe 17,000 are left in all 10 Western states. This could be the end for America’s indigenous free roaming wild horse.” Protect Mustangs is one of several wild horse advocacy groups filing complaints against the BLM for its treatment of horses.

Storm clouds for Romney An ad, in which a clip of Mitt Romney’s climate change joke at the Republican National Convention is contrasted with footage of Hurricane Sandy, has gone viral. In his speech, Romney made light of Obama’s pledge to tackle environmental issues. The joke garnered a laughing response from the audience, and the speech and the reaction were widely distributed on the internet. Back in August, a report in Forbes stated, “He didn’t simply dismiss global warming, or reject policies intended to address or mitigate against sea level rise, which is closely tied to global warming. … Romney took this a step further: he used the very idea of controlling sea level rise as a mere rhetorical device, a laugh line to mock Barack Obama’s grandiosity.” The new ad, created by ClimateSilence.org, a project organized by nonpartisan political project Forecast the Facts, was released last week. It’s called “Romney vs. Sandy,” and starts with Romney saying, “President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet.” The audience responded with laughter and subsequent cheering, which the video then plays behind images of Hurricane Sandy, including footage of crumbling houses, drowned vehicles and children sleeping in temporary shelters. It concludes with a screen that reads, “Tell Mitt Romney: Climate change isn’t a joke.”

—Ashley Hennefer ashleyh@newsreview.com

ECO-EVENT A discussion about environmental art will be held on Nov. 8. Bill Fox, director for the Center for Art+Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art, will talk about the center’s efforts to promote environmental art from the 1790s to the present. Free. 7:30 p.m., Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada Building, 605 Washington St. For more information, contact Valerie Andersen at 544-3061 or gbg-programs@toiyabe.sierraclub.org.

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

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David von Seggern is a member of the Toiyabe chapter of the Sierra Club, which filed an appeal against the Bureau of Land Management.

Through the pipeline Environmental groups win court ruling against the Ruby natural gas pipeline A Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling recently found the Ruby natural gas pipeline in violation of several environmental laws, including jeopardizing by endangered species, which means that the owners of the pipeline must take Ashley measures to demonstrate conservation. Lawsuits have been in the works since Hennefer 2010 after the pipeline was first approved, according to David von Seggern, ashleyh@ emeritus professor at the University of Nevada, Reno and member of the newsreview.com Toiyabe chapter of the Sierra Club, a national conservation project. The Sierra Club is part of a group of organizations which filed a formal appeal, Center for Biological Diversity v. BLM (Bureau of Land Management), against BLM and Fish and Wildlife Services. Other filing organizations include the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, the Great Basin Resource Watch and the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe. “Mainly, we objected to the pipeline route which went through Northern Nevada without regard for our wildlife,” von Seggern says. “It was the preferred route by the contractor but not preferred route by environmentalists.” The Sierra Club had presented alternative routes, which von Seggern says were “not even considered.” The Sierra Club had also filed an appeal with the Interior Board of Land Appeals, but the group will withdraw this case as a result of the ruling. The pipeline was authorized by BLM in 2010 and is owned and operated by Kinder Morgan LLC. It’s a 42-inch-wide pipe that extends more than 678 miles from Malin, Ore., to Opal, Wyo. Construction completed last year, and transport of natural gas began in summer 2011. A large portion of the pipeline crosses through Northern Nevada. While von Seggern says the Sierra Club’s issues with the pipeline were largely about the pipeline’s route, the case had a stronger chance if it focused on the threat of endangered species. According to the case document, the pipeline “encompasses approximately 2,291 acres of federal lands and crosses 209 rivers and streams that support federally endangered and threatened fish species.” The Fish and Wildlife Service ruled out any threat to these species, including the Lahontan cutthroat trout, Warner sucker, Lost River sucker, shortnose sucker and Modoc sucker which “inhabit waters in Nevada, Oregon or both,” and allowed the BLM to move forward with the pipeline. But the three-judge panel of the court ruled that this violates the terms of the Endangered Species Act. Von Seggern notes that the Sierra Club’s efforts were focused solely on concern for wildlife. “We want to make it clear that we pursued this lawsuit not to stop natural gas production,” says Von Seggern. “We’re not opposed to what they did. We simply wanted to make their pipeline as environmental safe to protect local wildlife. It was the policy of the Sierra Club to support natural gas as a good alternative to coal.” A report by the Associated Press indicates that the BLM agreed to 12 efforts to protect endangered fish populations, “but committed to fully funding only seven of them.” Mitigations would include improving vegetation along streams and building migration barriers. Von Seggern says that the Sierra Club is “still trying to figure out what the court ruling will demand” of the BLM, which has 90 days to respond to the ruling. Ω

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FINDING FAULT By Elizabeth Tenney

Leaving the house before coffee and without her teeth was Evelyn’s first mistake. The second: whipping her oversized car from “Out of Order” pump around the island. Missed hedge, but not SUV. SUV driver, Sunday dressed, left nozzle in the tank and inspected his fender. Face shaded by campesino straw, he punched 911, confident in conscientious—not corrupt—cops. Evelyn gaped at the fenders, face twisted in disbelief, then anger. “Damn immigrants,” she muttered. Police arrived. Eyes brimming with hate, arms waving, four-pegs mouth flapping hippo-wide in frustration, she yelled at onlookers, “Not even scratched!” Elizabeth Tenney read once that for a job to be rewarding, it has to be intellectually challenging, require creativity and be morally satisfying—plus pay the bills. “That reward yardstick has measured every job I’ve had, whether at an Eastman Kodak or Nestle Co. lab, editing textbooks at Houghton-Mifflin or—and highest on the yardstick—teaching science and math to middle schoolers.” SECOND PLACE

SEPTEMBER NEGOTIATIONS IN A SMALL TOWN By Laura Newman

ou’d be surprised how seriously we take the judging of our 95-word Fiction Contest—particularly when you see we have eight winners. It’s like this: Four of us editors separately read every single story, and we pick our top 10 favorites. The authors are anonymous to us until we pick the winners. We assign each story a “weight” of 1-10, 10 points being our No. 1 pick. Next we find agreement. This year, we had three stories that three of the four of us agreed on. We then added up the points, and those are the top three winners. But some combination of two of the four of us agreed on the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth places. What are we supposed to do? Anyway, congratulations to all the winners. It’s too bad we don’t make plaques or something. Wouldn’t it be cool to have an eighth place prize for a fiction contest? Doesn’t seem like one of those would come around every day.

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Beware of angry toothless women or bored teenagers with access to firearms, note Elizabeth Tenney and Laura Newman in the first and second place stories, Finding Fault and September Negotiations in a Small Town.

Amanda walked the aisle of the school bus, scanning. A girl with an unfortunate nose, but generally acceptable appearance, smiled at her. “I’m Jennifer. You’re the new girl.... ” “It’s scary being new,” Amanda lied. She wasn’t scared. Pretty girls aren’t scared of new schools. “Where you from?” “S.F.” “God, you must hate it here.” She did, but she knew better than to say so, but then couldn’t help herself. “What do you guys do on weekends?” “Drive trucks into the mountains, drink beer, then shoot the cans.” “What kind of beer?” Both girls laughed. Laura Newman is a several-time winner of the Reno News & Review Short Fiction contest, as well as inspiring a cover story, “Burn in Hell.” Her first book, Parallel to Paradise & Other Short Stories is coming out this fall from Le Rue Press and “STRANGER THAN TRUTH” can be pre-ordered at LeRuePress.com. continued on page 12 FILM

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UNDER OUR SKIN By Martina Beatty

“S H E ’ L L SMILE ONCE SHE R OTS . ”

The old guy wore a skull t-shirt, skull necklace, skull rings on his fingers and faded skull tattoos. He sat at the bar. “Are you obsessed with death or something?” said the woman beside him, paying for a drink. “Not at all,” he replied. “Skulls are cheerful things. They remind us that, under our skin, we’re all grinning. Only flesh can frown.” The woman’s brows knitted together, forming two vertical forehead furrows. She pursed her lips and walked away. “She’ll smile once she rots,” I interjected. And he laughed. And we grinned, skull to skull. Martina Beatty is a freelance writer living in Reno.

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PRIORITY OVERNIGHT By Kathy Welch

Sometimes Millie puts her teeth in the freezer. At 92, she feels she has earned that right as long as she finds them before they’re completely frozen. If her family knew, they’d ship her FedEx Priority Overnight to the nursing home. Today, Millie’s teeth aren’t in the freezer or anywhere else. It’s Thanksgiving, so she feigns laryngitis. Everyone loves her pumpkin pie except her grandson who chokes uncontrollably until her daughter forces something to fly out of his mouth that isn’t pie. “Hallelujah, they’re not frozen,” Millie thinks and disappears before anyone can call FedEx. FIFTH PLACE

THE UNICORN By Edwin Lyngar

She removed all objects from her low living room shelves, stacking them neatly at her feet. Carefully removing the protective newspaper, she placed the three-inch-tall, translucent blue unicorn on the uppermost shelf, in the place of highest honor. It was a curio so unique it demanded a private display. She made the marvelous discovery on an otherwise uninteresting day on the garage sale circuit. Emanating satisfaction, she turned from the item and carefully walked the path through mountains of discarded bags, boxes, unworn clothing, food containers and old shoes that filled her whole house. SIXTH PLACE

FIRST LOVE By Kathy Welch

You could say it was love at first sight. He’d never witnessed such beauty. At 15, he stood dumbstruck on the street as his mother shouted, “You’re too young, Mister.” He admired from a distance as others fawned over her in front of the high school or Dairy Queen. Through the years he thought of 12

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her often, had others, but never one as beautiful. One day, there she was alongside his wife on the driveway. The shock almost killed him. “Happy 60th birthday,” his wife said, pointing to his first love, a 1967 Mustang GT.

“Skulls are cheerful things” writes Martina Beatty in Under Our Skin.

SEVENTH PLACE

BEFORE DAWN By Francine Burge

He was deep asleep, she could tell by his breathing patterns. They met on the dance floor at 4 a.m., following a long, intense kiss marred with awkwardness, urgency and curiosity. She couldn’t fall into that sort of sleep with so much racing through her brain— weeks of tests and scans, a different kind of probing. While she was relieved to have some plan, and it seemed like a good idea to have one last “hurrah” before surgery, now the only question remained: Ask him for a ride to the hospital or let him sleep? EIGHTH PLACE

RELIQUARY By Jim McCormick

Reliquary: a container that holds an object that is subject to veneration. At his father’s urging, Donny slid his tooth beneath the pillow. Yanked through his squeezed lips, Donny’s tooth was missing when his father returned to exchange it for a coin. When asked, Donny answered, “I don’t know where it is.” The missing tooth was forgotten; next month another one was extracted, and it, too, was lost. Decades later, friends of Don’s who looked down into his coffin were perplexed by a necklace of baby teeth that hung around his neck, a carnassial rosary. RUNNERS UP

SCHOOLYARD BULLY

I was dead. All year I’d watched her bully kids half her size and now the words, “Shut up, Bitch!” lay on the ground in the same vomit-like fashion which they’d spewed from my throat.

“Who said that?” she demanded. Her eyes darted between mine and my friend’s terrified expressions. We remained frozen. Finally, with no proof of guilt, she turned from our triangular standoff and my friend and I took off running. I’d taken on the schoolyard bully. I just hoped she wouldn’t be my teacher when I reached the 4th grade. —Adrienne Tullos

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Tyson kicked open the door and raised his rifle. He shut his eyes as his squad mates tossed in flashbangs, stunning the hut’s occupants. He charged in, prepared for anything, but halted almost immediately. He looked at the faces around him—a few small children, a woman, and an old man. Tyson lowered his rifle. These were the terrorists they were looking for? These weren’t soldiers. They were just scared people. They were scared of these men who kicked down their door, charged into their home—these men who were supposed to be protecting them. —Joey Smith

GRANDPA’S GOLD WATCH My grandpa came from Italy in 1906. When he could afford it, he purchased a gold pocket watch. It was his prized possession. When he died, each of his seven children wanted it for different reasons. The day of grandpa’s funeral his children, one by one, approached his open casket to pay their last

respects then left for the church. Grandpa lived with his youngest daughter, Caroline, who was the last to approach the casket with me. Just before the casket was closed, she gave me the watch and said, “Put it in grandpa’s pocket.” —Philip Napolitano

THE NINETY-FIVE

Welcome to Philosophy 211, “Reformation through Enlightenment,” but the kids like to call it “Locke for Jocks.” This week we’re studying indulgences. Do you believe in salvation? Can you explain yourself in ninety-five theses or less? Do you know who MLK Jr. was named after? We mean, besides his father. The final exam for this class is the one you’re reading right now. (Hint: “Tabula rasa” is just a fancy phrase for plausible deniability.) Hammer and nails will be provided at the end. Nail up whatever or whomever you like. There are no right answers. —Scott Provence

THANKS FOR MY MEMORIES

The names were in a tiny address book I had for over 30 years. Stuffed in my wallet in my dirty jeans, it got washed. Spot frantically separated the pages, trying to save what was left. I just kept reading the names. I held my breath, I giggled, I cried while I mumbled a mantra of memories, of life. The touchstone brings no magic

evocation; the memories are gone again, probably forever. I write— while I still can make the pen move—to thank old friends for that short moment—the forgotten joy of memory. —Al Masarik & Jill Andrea

OSCAR CONTENDER

The movie crew arrives early, but Gracie isn’t ready. Her makeup needs touching up, plus wardrobe has put her in another shapeless hospital gown. A crew member insists that she scoot onto the gurney. “Again?” “Again.” They always reshoot the same scene. She’s wheeled down to the same set, with the same sign: Electroshock Therapy: Staff Only, and surrounded by the same method actors who believe they’re really doctors and nurses. She needs a new agent. The director calls places. The last thought Gracie has before drifting off is that she better win the Oscar. —Kathy Welch

LEFT BEHIND

The morning air was different; heavier yet lighter; darker yet brilliant. On cue, all front doors on the block opened. Neighbors gazed at one another with overwhelming relief. Jesse spoke first. “Well, Harry’s missing.” “Figures,” answered Sally. Cars passed slowly, their drivers beaming. “So, any others?”

Jesse answered, “Michael.” “Hmm ... he sure was quiet. Nice lawn.” They looked up into the bluest blue the heavens could hold. It had been predicted and now it was confirmed. The Rapture had taken all the righteous away. Jesse savored his first feeling of peace. —Catherine Matovich

time to himself? He fired up the glass pipe in the shape of a skull that he’d bought from a curio shop in Tel Aviv. He just inhaled one good hit when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned, released the smoke with a sigh and healed the leper in front of him. — Edwin Lyngar

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Red-faced men encircle the campfire thinking of the antelope that didn’t collaborate today. This September hunt has been especially warm in Nevada’s outback. Coyotes yelping close by entertain, or more likely snicker at the men. Brian mounds dirt with his right boot as if hiding a prize in the sand. Jake, normally in comic mode sits entranced, reading the fire, holding warm beer. A log is thrown on without comment. Sparks spiral vertical, turn cool and die. Drawn to the flames a moth pesters Mark. He swings missing wide; a fitting end for the day. —Steve Volk

Imagine a young woman. She’s got tats, both sleeves in Vargas girls and vortex color swirls. A Chinese cherry blossom twining her spine, twisting round her exposed belly, jeans down low. Beautiful in structure, but she’s at that point in her addictions where you can tell it’s too late for her; she’s won’t make it back. She makes you feel so poignant that you want a piece of her, you want to tattoo the inside of her wrist, do a fashion shoot, buy her a drink, hasten the destruction. That’s the feeling of American Flats. —Laura Newman

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She dressed her little woman in lavender gingham and tiny, black, buckled heels. With the little woman—a nudie paper-doll tattooed on Sylvia’s upper left arm—clothed, Sylvia once-d herself over in the mirror and they headed out. At Kiki’s, Margot complimented the little woman’s dress and said her dye-job was totes adorbs. Syl nursed a Sterling Cooper and watched some boy write his number on the little woman’s forearm while telling her to check out his band. In the cab home, Sylvia slept, and the little woman watched neon and stars pass like night. —Andrew Nixon

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The thought began with a carelessly placed bag of apples falling from the counter and rolling to all corners of the kitchen floor. He then remembered months later finding two that had been lost in the space between the refrigerator and the wall, shriveled down to silver dollars. She got so mad at him that day,

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and it was so damn stupid. The entire time, she knew she had smelled something off, but he said she was fool-crazy. Why was this the memory that had started him crying? Why, when there were so many others?

IN ROTATION

Downsized. Unemployed. Applications. Frustrations. Equity. Mediations. Foreclosure. Weeklies. Applications. Evictions. Extensions. Separation. Alienation. Isolation. No Mediations. Hallucinations. Intervention? Rib cook-off. Stolen propane truck. Ovens. No problem. I smiled. Cop waved. Balloons. Strollers. Sunshine.

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John Ascuaga. One million. Small bills. 15 minutes. Make it happen. Female. Undercover. Really good. Handcuffs. Parr Blvd. F.B.I. Homeland security. Terrorist? Fingerprints. Photo. Wallet. Keys. Lotto ticket. Winning numbers. 25 million. Disbelief. Dynamite. Fanny bridge. Timer. Wall of water. High ground? Too late. Devastation. FEMA. Red Cross. Military. Behavioral physiatrists. Experts. I just wanted a job. One. For me. For them. —Richard A. Gubany

BLACKTHORN

The wizened pensioner leaned dependently on his stout blackthorn stick, ruefully watching the lads work the football nimbly about the street. Their oblivious frivolity summoned bitter memories of these same environs littered with broken glass, raining rubber bullets and strewn with bodies. What did they know of the Belfast of old, of the struggle for Ulster’s six sorrowful counties, of heroism and betrayal, violence and vengeance, patriotism and oppression? And yet, how could they? His scars, both physical and emotional, long predated the internet, Xbox and iPad. Resignedly, he began his slow, painful shuffle home. —Mac O’Brien

HEARTH

A gray river. The dark is broken only by the thin light from the shrouded moon. He went down the river silently in a makeshift canoe. He breathed slowly, audible only inside the gas mask. The world killed itself long ago; the mourners try to live on. A ruined home, maybe a family home, stood. He looked east; dawn would arrive soon. He lit the fireplace; it would do until dusk. He found pictures for kindling; people long dead from a forgotten world. He contemplated them for a moment, then threw them into the flames. —Mohit Sharma

SWIFT RESPONSE

advanced asteroid warnings enhance bucket list skill. he arrived bearing the uniquely gorgeous compendium of poems. at her front door, he bashfully presented it, simply explaining, “all of it is completely true.” courteous and simple, and he would go ... but she joyfully led him inside. she knows his proofreader, and she found his poetry perfect. then, with kisses crafted of irish rainbows, she made life amazing. sadly, such intensity can interrupt dreaming. he suddenly felt stupid that the half missing sky had not been a clue, but at least he could now face the asteroid. —flombaye elliso

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he (Un)Discovered 2012 is a two-disc compilation of live tracks by more than a dozen local bands recorded at a backyard barbecue in May of this year. The sound quality is surprisingly pristine for a live recording, the crowd sounds small but enthusiastic, and the bands—from the big-gesture rock of The Kanes to the folksy psychedelia of Memory Motel and the power pop of Big Remote—are in fine form. A little loose, as would befit the party atmosphere, but rockin’. “We just like to throw a party in the springtime,” says Jess CherryBear— not her last name, but the only one she uses professionally. “It’s the end of the semester. It’s a kick-off of summer. It’s graduation for at least two people we know every year, so we record the whole thing and put out a record.” She’s the proprietor of CherryBear Records, an independent local label

that’s released dozens of albums— not to mention DVDs, audiobooks, pins and stickers—by Northern Nevadan bands. CherryBear Records presents the annual compilation alongside Dogwater Studios, the Sparks recording studio where the event is held. The 2012 set is the third (Un)Discovered collection. The first was a single disc covering the 2009 event. The second was a double-disc covering 2010 and ’11. The lineups are different every year, though there are many recurring bands. Many of the bands are bands that have worked with either the studio or the label, though CherryBear says that some of them are bands that she and Dogwater Studios honcho Rick Spagnola just really like. And though not everything released on CherryBear is recorded at Dogwater—nor is everything recorded at Dogwater released on CherryBear—there’s a close connection between the label and the studio, of which the compilations are a great artifact.

For Spagnola, the compilation is also a chance to bring together many of the unheralded talents in Northern Nevada. He takes some inspiration from Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records, the Memphis studio that helped launch the careers of artists like Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1950s. “I kept thinking about Sam Phillips, and how he recorded people like Elvis before they were ever famous and how we have those early recordings of Elvis before he was famous that sound so different

from the first records when he went with a big record company,” says Spagnola. “You can still hear the desperation. You can tell that it’s just some guy who stumbled in off the road, and all he’s got is a guitar and 20 bucks. … To me, it seems everybody I record should be famous, and I don’t know why the rest of the world doesn’t see how amazing they are.” Part of the motivation for any compilation is to bring together different corners of the local music scene and showcase bands that might fly under the radar. “There’s just so much music here, and to take the people who are undiscovered and showcase them, that’s where the name came from,” says Spagnola. “I wanted to call it ‘Undiscovered Reno,’ and Jessica was like, ‘Some of these people are from Sparks! Some of these people are from Carson! You can’t call it that.’” Dogwater Studios has been up and running at full capability for about four years. In that time, Spagnola has worked on records— top to bottom, from recording through mixing and on to mastering—by a diverse slate of bands, including the upbeat punk of The Shames, the surf rock of The Riptide Bandits, and the alt-rock of Present. The studio is also home to The Worst Little Podcast.

“To me, it seems everybody I record should be famous.” Rick Spagnola, Dogwater Studios

“I always wanted to do this,” says Spagnola. “I always wanted to make records. Like some people want to play guitar and some people want to dance, I always wanted to make records. … And then, when I got older, I just became a pothead drunk. Like, starting at 14, and then I didn’t do anything. Then, six years ago, my drinking got so bad that I finally had to stop. I managed to quit drinking, and I got sober six years ago. And then, two years after I got sober, it was like all of a sudden I had the drive and the ability and the extra money from not buying whiskey, to be able to invest in microphones and stuff. So I started putting everything I had into that. Really, all the energy that used to go into my drinking, which was a daily occurrence, went into building up the equipment to try to be able to record my friends’ bands.”

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Dogwater Studios owner Rick Spagnola and CherryBear Records proprietor Jess CherryBear collaborate to record local artists.

CherryBear Records grew up alongside Dogwater Studios. Jessica CherryBear and Spagnola were roommates when Spagnola started recording bands at the studio—which was also their house. And CherryBear was inspired to start creating merchan-

dise and packaging for the bands that would record there. “Jessica is one of those people that will throw herself in heart and soul and get whatever she needs to get done to help people get their shit out there,” says Spagnola. The label is a totally do-it-yourself operation. CherryBear does much of the layout and production by hand herself. Many of the production runs are significantly smaller than what most companies will commit to. The label has done runs as small as 15. The maximum order is just 200, though she’s done reissues. “We’re here for people who can’t quite go there,” says CherryBear. “People ask me all the time, ‘What kind of music do you do?’ And there isn’t a kind. It’s all the kinds.” A key aspect of the CherryBear Records is an ethos of come one, come all accessibility. “That’s why we started,” says CherryBear. “You shouldn’t have to front a thousand dollars. You shouldn’t need a thousand copies…. There’s so much talent, and so much of it is really young, and when you’re really young, you’re typically really broke. It doesn’t mean people shouldn’t be hearing your music. That’s why we do it, to be open to everyone, even if you just want 25 copies just to capture that summer, a time and a place, and 50 years from now, you’ll put that record on and be there.” “Reno never runs out of music,” says Spagnola. “It just pours out of this city. We always have a problem not being able to fit all the people on the undiscovered that we want.” Ω

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Spagnola has a day job and says that recording bands will always be a passion project rather a job. He’s motivated by his affection for the music he records rather than paying bills. “I knew these great songs and I was in love with this music that these people made,” he says. “And I thought, ‘Holy fuck! If they get hit by a bus tomorrow this stuff is just gone forever. And that’s not OK.’” The studio’s name is intentionally evocative of something unpalatable. “I thought that ‘Dogwater’ was cool, because it was kind of duct tape-and-bubblegum, kind of a shabby little something that you wouldn’t want to drink, but you would if you had to,” says Spagnola. “It sounded low-rent and second-rate. That’s kind of what I liked about it. … In the beginning I really wanted to lower expectations.” Over the course of the last few years, the studio has evolved into something more professional, but it maintains a down-and-dirty atmosphere, which complements Spagnola’s accessible approach to recording. “The one consistent thing that I get from every band that records with him ... is that ‘I love how much I learned about what recording is and how it works,’” says CherryBear.

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Extra virgin The Mexican on Martin Luther King, Jr., refried beans, and Catholic girls Dear Mexican: When are the racial minorities going to give up la causa? We have a black man for el presidente, and as a white middle-aged male, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be happier. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been hearing all my life about how oppressed the racial minorities have been and what needs to be done to finally recognize Martin Luther Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream of people being judged by the content of their character, rather than the color of their by Gustavo Arellano skin. I say Barack Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election has brought us to the place where all gustavoa@ discrimination can end. Everyone newsreview.com needs to stop using what some peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s illiterate ancestors did to someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s illiterate ancestors as an excuse to justify further discrimination. Everyone, regardless of color, needs to pull together to make this a better place, and continuing to look for special dispensation through any mechanism that uses race as a deciding factorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;e.g. any type of racial quotaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is the largest racial wrong that we currently promote. We

can move forward in a way that does not favor or disfavor anyone based on the color of their skin. Discrimination is always wrong. Even when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re discriminating to help a particular group, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still discriminating. Our society has been trying to undo discrimination by doing more of it, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for that to end and for us all to move forward as Americans. Comprende? Dear Gabacho: When will â&#x20AC;&#x153;racial minoritiesâ&#x20AC;? give up la causa? When supposedly color-blind gabachos like yourself learn that the saying is Âżcomprendes, Mendes? and stop with the bullshit Mock Spanish. Comprende-o? Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans put lard in their beans? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know any fit â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; trim Mexicans. Even the skinny ones have a lilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; belly. I just made some excellent refried beans with Goya extra virgin olive oil and butter. Just wondering.

Dear Gabacho: Because manteca is good, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re called â&#x20AC;&#x153;refriedâ&#x20AC;? because you fry them. Also? Lard is healthier than butter, so while you may be skinny, guarantee you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t outlive our abuelitas, who love their lard late into their 90s. Dear Mexican: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been wondering if the women here in North Texas still hold onto most of the values from home or has the Americanized lifestyle set in and they have premarital sex? Being white myself, I find it harder and harder to find white women who have the values and morals Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking for anymore. I have always been attracted to Mexican women, but have been ignorant to the exact culture. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Catholic, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve talked to some Mexican Catholics about it, and it seems mostâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;across the border, anyhowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;follow church values better than their American counterparts. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your opinion on

Mexican-American women and the ratio of those who will wait until marriage and see that marriage through, the way itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suppose to be done? Dear Gabacho: Hate to break it to you, but few women wait until marriage to have sex in this countryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report: Surveillance Summaries in 2004 reported 43 percent of Latinas have sex during high school. Besides, few Mexicans that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t horny creeps even care anymore about a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s virginity: UT Austin professor Gloria GonzalezLopezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2004 paper â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fathering Latina Sexualities: Mexican Men and the Virginity of Their Daughtersâ&#x20AC;? found even most Mexi dads donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give a damn. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for a Mexican Catholic virgin of marrying age, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure you can find oneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and get me the skull of Pancho Villa while youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at it. â&#x201E;Ś

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Painter John Belingheri takes inspiration from music.

Connection is made Configurations at Stremmel Gallery I’ll describe a painting hanging at Stremmel Gallery right now. You tell me what it’s about. by Soft-edged, candy-colored, airbrushed Kris Vagner vertical lines blur into each other on a canvas that’s 4 feet square. It looks like a photograph of tubes of neon, placed close together standing up and shot out of focus. The stripes are geometrically precise, angled straight up and down, and after a few seconds, they appear to vibrate against each other. Not in the metaphorical sense. I mean, it looks like they actually move. Configurations is on Is it a close-up of something in Las exhibit at Stremmel Vegas, home of the British-born artist who Gallery, 1400 S. Virginia painted it, Tim Bavington? Nope. A tribute St., Nov. 8 through Dec. 8. A reception is to the mid-century minimalist Dan Flavin, scheduled for Nov. 8, who made sculptures out of actual neon 5:30-7:30 p.m. For tubes? Nope. information, call Perhaps the title will help. The painting 786-0558 or visit is called “Blue Suede #2.” As in shoes? www.stremmel gallery.com. You’re getting warmer. Bavington once told a video crew his take on choosing subject matter to paint: “I think it’s hard to paint something that you don’t have a connection to. So typically I paint something that I like.”

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What he likes is music. He translates notes into colors and transforms riffs of pop or rock into stripes. For Bavington, whose work is widely exhibited, collected and reviewed, this working process helps him explore how systems of organizing information work. For viewers, the reading is left wide-open to interpretation. I was mesmerized by the gorgeous colors and lines. Bavington’s paintings were to my eyes like eating an ice cream sundae is to my taste buds. Another viewer found them boring for lack of narrative. Yet another was irked by the disconnect between the process of making the paintings and the way they looked. Even as I fantasized about hanging them over my couch, I had to concur that it was hard, maybe even impossible, to construct a mental bridge between the music that had been the impetus for the paintings and the fuzzy stripes and juicy colors that were seducing my eyes on their own terms. How you take these paintings is going to depend largely on whether it’s OK with you that sometimes the motivations behind

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eggshell-colored background. Within these limits, he achieves dozens of different surface textures, replicating the look of worn, old wooden signs or the appearance of rust leaking through the paint here and there. Just as with Bavington’s stripes, the artist’s use of materials and the general atmosphere the paintings convey—in this case one of comfortable austerity balanced with references toward some sort of inherent natural disorganization or entropy—is enough to make me really want to look at Belingheri’s paintings. For perspective’s sake, my fellow viewers were again less entranced than I was. The painting’s aesthetics and the sensibilities they alluded to left my fellow viewers craving more intellectual stimulation. And here’s what Belingheri says in his artist’s statement: “My paintings are a reflection of what I am struggling with and thinking about both in my conscious and unconscious thoughts.” I have to confess: much as I was enjoying the paintings, I hadn’t seen that coming. Ω

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Flight A reckless alcoholic, who happens to really know how to fly a plane, gets a rather strange and romantic screen treatment in director Robert Zemeckis’ uneven but entertainingly adequate Flight. As airline pilot Whip Whitaker, who likes vodka, beer, cocaine, cough syrup and flight attendants to excess, Denzel Washington delivers a typically great performance. The movie he’s in could be described as excellent in the first half hour, and just OK after that. by Even though the film drags or gets a bit Bob Grimm melodramatic or trite in spots, Washington bgrimm@ always manages to hold it up. That’s a tough newsreview.com task because this one clocks in at nearly two and a half hours. The film opens with Whip, obviously very hungover to the point of still being intoxicated, waking up in a hotel room. A beautiful naked woman prances around while Whip has a tense phone conversation with his ex-wife. Washington plays this scene with a wicked sense of finesse, especially when he leers at the nude woman while arguing with the ex. It’s one of those great “Denzel” moments.

Flying that plane, high on cocaine, Denzel Washington better watch his speed.

Whip then snorts a line of cocaine, dons some sexy sunglasses and a pilot’s suit, and is off to commandeer a jetliner with more than 100 people on it. Anybody who sees this movie will probably do a little extra scrutinizing of their pilot the next time they prepare to board a plane. The flight itself is a wonder of filmmaking. Zemeckis has done shocking plane crashes before—Tom Hanks going down in Cast Away—but this sequence is among the best he’s ever directed. It’s amazing enough

when Whip pilots the jet through a storm during takeoff. When that plane takes a dramatic plunge later in its flight, eventually flies upside down, and ultimately glides to a crash landing in an open field, it’s a true pulse racer. The crash results in minimal casualties, and Whip is initially praised as a hero. Then people start seeing the toxicology reports. Watching Whip deal with his alcoholism and the eventual legal proceedings against him gets a little tedious and, at times, ridiculous. The movie hits a real low when Whip visits his co-pilot in the hospital, who happens to be pumped up on painkillers and far too much religion. It’s a scene the movie didn’t need and should’ve dropped. I’m also not a fan of how Whip conveniently picks up on an angelic heroin addict during his hospital stay. This is part of the film chickening out and not allowing Washington to simply portray a man alone in a downward spiral. The screenwriter just had to throw in the addict with a heart of gold to make Whip more of a romantic character. Granted, he’s drunk off his ass for much of the romance, but he’s a romantic character all the same. With Flight, Zemeckis and Washington are faced with making a somewhat despicable man worth rooting for over the course of two-plus hours. In the end, they achieve that feat, but really only because Washington is almost incapable of being totally unlikeable on screen. Heck, you still liked him when his character’s evil ass was getting riddled with much needed bullets in Training Day, right? Bruce Greenwood and Don Cheadle do good work as the union representative and lawyer trying to save Whip’s career. John Goodman gets some uncomfortable laughs as Whip’s buddy and drug supplier, while Melissa Leo makes a good impression in a short time as a crash investigator. Flight is ultimately an OK but inconsistent movie about a man’s struggle with alcoholism, with a stunning plane crash thrown in for good measure. Stay tuned for Elizabeth Winestead and Aaron Paul in Smashed, a much better movie on the subject of alcoholism coming soon to a theater near you. Ω

Ben Affleck makes another meaty movie with this spellbinding recreation of the late ’70s/early ’80s Iran hostage crisis, and the strange CIA mission that helped to extricate six American citizens from Iran at a most inopportune time. Affleck directs and stars as Tony Mendez, who hatches an elaborate plan to pose as a Canadian film director scouting Iran for shooting locations, with the six Americans posing as his Canadian film crew. The whole scenario seems ridiculous, yet it actually happened. Having lived through this period of American history, I can tell you that Affleck does a terrific job of capturing the look and mood of the time. The late ’70s were sort of humiliating both in terms of our status overseas and the way folks were wearing their hair. Bryan Cranston, John Goodman and Alan Arkin are all superb in supporting roles. This one will be in the running for some Oscars.

Cloud Atlas

Three directors and a game cast tell interconnecting stories over centuries in this mightily ambitious project from Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) and the Wachowski siblings (Andy and Lana of The Matrix films). The likes of Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant and Jim Sturgess all don heavy makeup to play multiple roles as the movie tries to show how lives and people interconnect through time. The experiment pays off enough to qualify this as a mostly enjoyable time, although some stories are weaker than others. Berry has a good one as a reporter in the ’70s dealing with crooked energy suppliers, and Hanks has a nice time playing both virtuous and murderous types. The movie does boast some of the year’s worst makeup in some scenes, which does distract from time to time. The film is more a magnificent curio than magnificent entertainment. It will certainly challenge audiences ill prepared for its length and numerous swirling stories.

Hotel Transylvania

This animated take on Dracula (Adam Sandler) and other big monsters like Frankenstein’s monster (Kevin James) and the Werewolf (Steve Buscemi) has a fun setup and some great gags. But its overall feeling is that of total mania in that it barely slows down long enough for you to take it in. It’s often unnecessarily spastic in telling the tale of a nervous Dracula dealing with his daughter on her 118th birthday—young in vampire years). A human (Andy Samberg) shows up at the title place, a building Dracula created to keep dangerous humans away, and his daughter (Selena Gomez) falls for him. The overall story is hard to digest, but there are some great moments, such as every time the vampires turn into bats (cute) and a werewolf baby knowing what plane flight somebody is taking by smelling his shirt (unbelievably cute). Even with the cute moments, there were too many times when I just wanted to look away because the animation was far too frantic.

The Paperboy

Wow, this is a mess. Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman and John Cusack all participate in this strange, plodding 1960s period piece about a reporter looking into the case of a convicted killer in the deep South. While there are some good performances here—especially Cusack as a creepy, sickening person on all levels—director Lee Daniels made a bad choice in trying to make much of the movie look like the Zapruder film. It looks OK for about five minutes, but quickly becomes tough on the eyes. Kidman works hard as a strange woman who falls in love with Cusack and agrees to marry him through letters. Her hard work is mostly a waste. The two share a prison sex scene where they aren’t touching each other. That particular scene probably didn’t need to be filmed. I’m kind of unhappy I saw that scene. Actually, I’m kind of unhappy I saw the whole movie. It’s a total waste of good talent.

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In my humble opinion, the Paranormal Activity franchise peaked in the final two minutes of the first installment. That would be when a rather boring movie about bed sheets moving by themselves actually became recommendable based on its startling ending. Since that moment, the series has been one scene after another of rooms where something—be it a sound, a shadowy figure strolling through, or a basketball coming down the stairs by itself—is going to happen. Or sometimes it doesn’t happen, and the director fakes you out. (The directors of this installment are big fans of the open refrigerator door fake-out.) Kathryn Newton plays a teenager living in a house where a mysterious kid moves across the street. Lots of strange things start happening when she Skypes her boyfriend, and you know the drill. There isn’t one legitimate scare this time around. This thing is played out, yet a fifth chapter is already in the works. It’s not going to stop anytime soon.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Writer Stephen Chbosky makes an impressive directing debut with this adaptation of his semi-autobiographical novel about high school kids in the early ’90s. Logan Lerman plays Charlie, a shy freshman looking to make friends who eventually winds up hanging out with a fringe group of students including Patrick (Ezra Miller) and Sam (Emma Watson). The new friends help Charlie come out of his shell, and he ultimately realizes things about himself that need to be examined. Lerman is especially good here as the film’s anchor, while Miller continues to exhibit the great talents he showed in We Need to Talk About Kevin. Watson gets to step away from her Hermione role, and she does so successfully, making Sam a complex, real kid. One of the better films about high school to come along in quite some time.

Sinister

Ethan Hawke, who did a great job looking scared in movies like Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead and Training Day, gets to put his awesome hyperventilating on display in this sometimes very spooky demon-in-thehouse yarn. Hawke plays a nonfiction writer long past his last hit who moves his family into a house where the prior family met their death hanging from their necks in the backyard. He finds some home movies in the attic, which turn out to be snuff films, and, rather than calling the cops, watches them as research. He soon discovers an evil force is after his family’s children, and he perhaps should’ve chosen a house where people didn’t die in the backyard or leave snuff films in the attic. And, like most horror movie idiots, he sticks around while very bad things happen. The movie has some bad performances from supporting players, but Hawke anchors it well. Much, much scarier than any Paranormal Activity movie.

Wreck-It Ralph

There’s a lot of potential in this arcade throwback about the title character (John C. Reilly), a giant video game entity that yearns for a better life as a “good guy” and abandons his game post. There are some cool retro-game sight gags—not nearly enough!— and clever twists, but this one falls substantially short of greatness. I did enjoy Sarah Silverman voicing a little girl character who wants to be a racecar driver, and Reilly voices his character with charm. I just found it a little tiresome as it wore on, and I grew tired of it in the repetitive second half. Major laughs in the group therapy sessions—love the zombie!—and some cute stuff between Reilly and Silverman but, overall, it’s surprisingly boring. Like too many animated films these days, it tries to get by on frantic action rather than story.

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Layers of sound Clockwork Yellow Working under the alias Clockwork Yellow, Reno resident Ryan Millick has created a strange, entrancing little four-song by Brad Bynum album called Lullabized, a title he coined by combining the words bradb@ “lobotomized” and “lullaby.” The newsreview.com music is a solo creation, like an abstract painting wherein the artist coated layers and layers of different colors. Millick uses a digital multitrack recording device and adds layers of sounds, many of them as abstract and nonrepresentational as, say, a Mark Rothko painting, and evocative of the same surreal sense of calm. PHOTO/BRAD BYNUM

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Though Millick played in punk bands when he was younger and currently plays keyboards and guitar in a “funky electronic” band called Technical Knockoff, Clockwork Yellow is very much a solo project, and the music is so relaxed that you could almost call it New Age, except that it’s so meditative, introspective and inwardly focused, seemingly beyond all commercial considerations. It’s definitely not music made for commercial viability, and sometimes it’s almost like it’s not even meant for other people to hear. That isn’t a judgment against the music— there are moments of startling beauty—it’s just that it’s almost like an intimate, even voyeuristic peak into someone else’s brain while they experience their own music. “I start with a feeling I want to express,” says Millick. “Or a dreamscape, something in my mind, colors and shapes, and put them to music.” He takes a lot of inspiration from movies and film music—he cites The Godfather and Danny Elfman’s scores as personal favorites. The

Clockwork Yellow name is a nod to the 1971 film A Clockwork Orange, and Millick’s music has some things in common with Wendy Carlos’ innovative electronic score for that film. It’s music that’s almost easier to understand in visual rather than musical terms, but there are recognizable instruments—piano, harpsichord, and a variety of percussion. Many of the sounds, however, are heavily disguised samples taken from real life and from movies— animal noises, water sounds, Millick’s own voice. The music has an agreeable homemade quality. It’s clearly the music of an inspired amateur, and Millick has no formal musical training, which he sees as both a good and a bad thing. Bad because he’s not able to write musical notation, but good because, as he says, “It’s cool that it’s true to me. It comes from me. You can’t say that I learned that.” He says he used to be more interested in making music for commercial purposes, but this music is now wholly, refreshingly, strangely devoid of any hint of that. “Whoever created me, created my music,” says Millick. “It’s a gift to share.” Millick starts by recording one track—sometimes piano, sometimes bass, sometimes percussion—and then adding and taking away sounds. He’s used up to 70 different tracks for a single composition, though the music often has a bare, spacious quality. The overriding feeling of the music is a sense of exploration and discovery. This is partly because of the music’s amateurish quality—it’s the music of someone who has just discovered sounds and is excited at the prospect of inventing new ones. Improvisation, especially the uniquely modern phenomenon of a musician jamming with himself, is also a key aspect of this music, and adds to that exploratory feeling. But more than anything else, the sense of discovery is a testament to Millick’s dedicated introspection. This is some very purposeful navel-gazing. “It’s adventurous for the mind,” he says. “It takes the mind on a journey.” Ω

THURSDAY 11/8 1UP

FRIDAY 11/9

SATURDAY 11/10

214 W. Commercial Row. www.facebook.com/1upBarReno

EDM Thursdays, 10pm, no cover

3RD STREET

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

Seeing Eye Dogs, 9:30pm, no cover

THE ALLEY

Cobra Skulls, Elway, Elephant Rifle, Beer Can, 7pm, $10

Larry and His Flask, Lahf or Die, 11:30pm, $6-$10

125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005 906 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-8891

Pink Party, 10pm, no cover

SUNDAY 11/11

BAR-M-BAR

’90s Night, 10pm, no cover

1up Wednesdays, 10pm, W, no cover

Moon Gravy, 8pm, no cover

Sunday Night Acoustics/Open Mic, 8pm, no cover

BIGGEST LITTLE CITY CLUB THE BLACK TANGERINE

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

Bike Night Blues Jam w/live music, 7pm, no cover

Dropkikk, 9:30pm, $5

CEOL IRISH PUB

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

Neil O’Kane, 9pm, no cover

Aine O’Doherty, 9pm, no cover

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

Good Friday with rotating DJs, 10pm, no cover

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

CHAPEL TAVERN

1099 S. Virginia St., (775) 324-2244

Steven Hanson and Friends, 7pm, no cover

COMMROW

1) Nappy Roots, 8pm, $12, $15, Forbidden Fridays, 10:30pm, $10; no cover for 21+ 2) DJ Double B, 10pm, no cover (21+) 2) DJ Double B, 10pm, no cover (21+)

312 S. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 883-2662 255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400 1) Cargo 2) Centric 3) Main Floor

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

Ann Marie Sheridan, 7pm, no cover

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

The Flesh Hammers, Machine Gun Vendetta, 9pm, no cover

FRESH KETCH

New World Jazz Project, 7pm, no cover

2435 Venice Dr., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 541-5683

FUEGO

Large Bills Accepted, noon, M, no cover Mile High Jazz Band, 7:30pm, Tu, $5

THE GRID BAR & GRILL

Tre and Chango Hip Hop Experience,

THE HOLLAND PROJECT

CommRow, 255 N. Virginia St., 398-5400: Marc Yaffee, Adam Stone, F, 8pm, $14.95 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Adam Ray, Erin Foley, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Will Durst, Maureen Langan, W, 9pm, $25

Karaoke w/Andrew, 9pm, no cover

Monday Funday w/Gurbtron, 9pm, M, Bass Heavy, 9pm, W, $TBA

Sunday Music Showcase, 4pm, no cover

Java Jungle Open Mic, M, no cover

Nucular Aminals, Thee Indoors, Penny and Her Lower Case Kindred, 7:30pm, $5

140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

JAVA JUNGLE

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

GREEN

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

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

Strangeworld, 9:30pm, no cover

8545 N. Lake Blvd., Kings Beach; (530) 546-0300 9pm, no cover

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

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

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

Nov. 10, 9 p.m. Grand Sierra Resort 2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

Dan Copeland, 7pm, no cover

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY

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Robert Cray

Aine O’Doherty, 9pm, M, no cover Celtic Sessiuns, 7pm, Tu, no cover

COMMA COFFEE

Monday Night Open Mic, 8pm, M, no cover

Open mic comedy night, 9pm, no cover

188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

OPINION

DG Kicks, Jakki Ford, 9pm, Tu, no cover I Fight Dragons, MC Lars, Skyfox, 7:30pm, Tu, $12

Freestyle firespinning, 9pm, no cover

816 Highway 40 West, Verdi; (775) 351-3206

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 11/12-11/14

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7:30pm,

Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: The Utility Players, Th, 7:30pm, $12, $16; Hypnot!c with Dan Kimm, F, 7pm, $13, $16; Sean Peabody, F, 9:30pm, Sa, 7pm, 9:30pm, $13, $16

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THURSDAY 11/8 JAZZ, A LOUISIANA KITCHEN

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

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

JUB JUB’S THIRST PARLOR 211 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-5648 1) Main Stage 2) Top Shelf Lounge

SATURDAY 11/10

SUNDAY 11/11

The Bad Tenants, Triceracorn, Chance Random, 9pm, $5

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

KNITTING FACTORY CONCERT HOUSE

FRIDAY 11/9

1) Blue October, Barcelona, A Silent Film, 7:30pm, $25-$60 2) Boggan, 11:30pm, no cover

1) LPG Radio 2012 Tour w/MC Magic, WC Westside Connect, 8pm, $25-$50 2) Mike Madnuss, 11:30pm, no cover

Open mic, 9pm, M, no cover 1) The Misfits, Attack, Heart of the Matter, Liver Scars, 8:30pm, M, $23-$60 The (blank) Resurrection starring Everclear, 8pm, Tu, $20-$40

1) The Faint, TRUST, Robert DeLong, 8pm, $20-$22 2) Erik Lobe, 11:30pm, no cover

KNUCKLEHEADS BAR & GRILL

The Faint

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

405 Vine St., (775) 323-6500

Nov. 10, 8 p.m. Knitting Factory 211 N. Virginia St. 323-5648

PIZZA BARON

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

THE POINT

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 7pm, no cover

1155 W. Fourth St., (775) 329-4481 3001 W. Fourth St., (775) 322-3001

POLO LOUNGE

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

PONDEROSA SALOON

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

RED ROCK BAR

Thursday Jam Session, 9pm, no cover

RUBEN’S CANTINA

Hip Hop and R&B Night, 10pm, $5; no cover charge for women before midnight

241 S. Sierra St., (775) 324-2468 1483 E. Fourth St., (775) 622-9424

Steve Starr Karaoke, 9pm, W, no cover Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 9pm, no cover

Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Rockin’ Steel, 7:30pm, no cover

Baker Street, 8pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

SIDELINES BAR & NIGHTCLUB

Hollywood Trashed, 9:30pm, no cover

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

Second Sundays Open Mic, 6:30pm, no cover

Corky Bennett, 7pm, W, no cover Wild Horse Drive, noon, no cover

Live jazz, 7:30pm, W, no cover Black and Blues Jam, 8:30pm, Tu, no cover

The Baum Drop, 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

Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m. The Alley 906 Victorian Ave. Sparks 358-8891

Scarlet Presence, 9pm, no cover

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

STUDIO ON 4TH

432 E. Fourth St., (775) 410-5993

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

WILD RIVER GRILLE

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

DJs/dancing, 7pm, Pigeon John, Sunspot Jonz, 11pm, no cover

Dance party, 9pm, no cover

Sunday Night Strega Mic, 9pm, no cover

Mojo Green, 9:30pm, no cover Sean Long, The Road Apples, 7pm, no cover

Reno Music Project Acoustic Open Mic, 6:30pm, no cover Sunday Jazz, 2pm, no cover

Try a new tradition this Thanksgiving

Dine with us Open Thanksgiving Call for Reservations

1555 S. Wells Ave. Reno, NV

www.Rapscallion.com

775-323-1211 • 1-877-932-3700 Open Monday - Friday at 11:30am Saturday at 5pm Sunday Brunch from 10am to 2pm

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

Karaoke w/DJ Hustler, 9pm, Tu, no cover Hip Hop Open Mic, 9pm, W, no cover

RYAN’S SALOON

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

I Fight Dragons

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 11/12-11/14

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

THURSDAY 11/8

FRIDAY 11/9

SATURDAY 11/10

SUNDAY 11/11

2) Escalade, 8pm, no cover

2) Escalade, 4pm, Kick, 10pm, no cover

2) Kick, 8pm, no cover

2) Chili Sauce, 7pm, no cover

2) Chili Sauce, 8pm, no cover

Major Link, 10pm, no cover

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

1) Head for the Hills, 10pm, no cover

1) Forrest Day, Moksha, A Spirit Hustler, 9pm, no cover 2) Black Rock City Allstars, Metaphysical, 11:30pm, no cover

ELDORADO HOTEL CASINO

1) Jersey Nights, 8pm, $19.95+ 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Skyy High Fridays, 9pm, $10 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

1) Jersey Nights, 7pm, 9:30pm, $19.95+ 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Addiction Saturdays, 9pm, $10 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

4) Rustlers’ Heat, 9pm, no cover

1) Robert Cray, 9pm, $25-$45 4) Rustlers’ Heat, 9pm, no cover

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

3) DJ/dancing, 10:30pm, $20

1) The Dan Band, 7:30pm, $33 3) DJ/dancing, 10:30pm, $20

HARRAH’S RENO

1) The Magic of Eli Kerr, 8pm, $25, $35 1) The Magic of Eli Kerr, 8pm, $25, $35 2) Live local bands, 10pm, no cover 3) Club 2) Live local bands, 10pm, no cover Sapphire w/DJ I, 9pm, no cover 5) Reno’s 3) Club Sapphire w/DJ I, 9pm, no cover Downtown Showdown, 7pm, $30-$100

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

CARSON VALLEY INN

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

CIRCUS CIRCUS

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

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

1) Jersey Nights, 7pm, $19.95+ 2) Garage Boys, 10pm, no cover 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

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

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 11/12-11/14 2) Midnight Riders, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover 2) George Pickard, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

B.B. King 1) Jersey Nights, 7pm, $19.95+ 2) Garage Boys, 10pm, no cover 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

1) Jersey Nights, 7pm, Tu, W, $19.95+ 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, Mimic, 10pm, W, no cover

Nov. 9, 8 p.m. Silver Legacy 407 N. Virginia St. 345-7401

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 4) Rustlers’ Heat, 9pm, no cover 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

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

JOHN ASCUAGA’S NUGGET

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

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

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GREEN

Karaoke The Bronx Pizzeria, 7689 S. Virginia St., 853-1111: W, 6pm, no cover Elbow Room Bar, 2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks, 359-3526: F, Tu, 7pm; Su, 2pm, no cover

2) Fast Lane, 7pm, no cover 3) Paul Covarelli, 5:30pm, no cover 5) Ladies ’80s w/DJ Larry Williams, 7pm, no cover

2) Fast Lane, 8pm, no cover 3) Paul Covarelli, 6pm, no cover 5) Dean Brownell, 6pm, no cover

1) Petty for Cash, 8pm, $20 2) Fast Lane, 8pm, no cover 3) Paul Covarelli, 6pm, no cover 5) Dean Brownell, 6pm, no cover

2) Vegas Road Show, 7pm, no cover 5) J. White, 6pm, no cover

3) J. White 6pm, W, no cover 4) Washoe County School District Honor Orchestra, 7pm, W, $6

2) Patrick Major, 7pm, no cover 3) Bad Girl Thursdays, 10pm, no cover charge for women

2) Soul Experience, 9pm, no cover 3) Salsa dancing with BB of Salsa Reno, 7pm, $10 after 8pm, DJ Chris English, 10pm, $20

2) Soul Experience, 9pm, no cover 3) Rogue Saturdays, 10pm, $20

2) Milton Merlos, 7pm, no cover

2) Milton Merlos, 7pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Recovery Sundays, 10pm, no cover 3) Midnight Mass, 9pm, no cover

2) Gong Show Karaoke, 8pm, Tu, no cover 3) Sin Biggest Little Locals Night, 4pm, M, no cover

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

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3) Ladies Night & Karaoke, 7pm, no cover

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1) B.B. King, 8pm, $65-$85 2) Fresh, 9pm, no cover

2) Fresh, 9pm, no cover 3) Dance party w/DJ Teddy P, 9pm, no cover

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Flowing Tide Pub, 465 S. Meadows Pkwy., Ste. 5, 284-7707; 4690 Longley Lane, Ste. 30, (775) 284-7610: Karaoke, Sa, 9pm, no cover Red’s Golden Eagle Grill, 5800 Home Run Drive, Spanish Springs, (775) 626-6551: Karaoke w/Manny, F, 8pm, no cover Sneakers Bar & Grill, 3923 S. McCarran Blvd., 829-8770: Karaoke w/Mark, Sa, 8:30pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Sparks, 356-6000: Music & Karaoke, F, 9pm; Lovely Karaoke, Sa, 9pm, no cover Washoe Club, 112 S. C St., Virginia City, 8474467: Gothic Productions Karaoke, Sa, Tu, 8pm, no cover

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CRAFT & GIFT FAIR: Crafts and gifts for the holidays will be on sale in the clubhouse. Sa, 11/10, 10am-4pm. Redfield Ridge Apartments, 4959 Talbot Lane, (775) 827-4408.

AN EVENING WITH MICHAEL HINGSON: Blind since birth, Michael Hingson survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog, Roselle, who led him and dozens of his colleagues down from the 78th floor of the North Tower just before it collapsed. Through his experiences Michael has learned lessons he will share to educate, inspire and empower his audience. His best-selling book is Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero. F, 11/9, 7pm. $35.

Center for Spiritual Living, Reno, 4685 Lakeside Drive, (775) 843-3952, www.cslreno.org.

HEARTS FOR ARTS GALA: Arts for the Schools presents its annual fundraiser featuring Lulu Washington Dance Theatre. F, 11/9, 6pm. $35 adults; $15 children, seniors, military. Cal-Neva Resort, Spa and Casino, 2 Stateline Road, Crystal Bay, (530) 582-8278, www.artsfortheschools.org.

JUKEBOX UNHINGED: Nevada Opera’s annual fundraiser Jukebox Unhinged (formerly Jukebox Opera) is a musical evening of live performances and food. At Jukebox Unhinged, you bid on what musical numbers singers will perform for you. Cocktail hour starts at 5:30pm; dinner will be served at 7pm. Performances will be throughout the evening starting with selected jazz numbers during

cocktail hour and moving on to opera and Broadway numbers during dinner and dessert. Nevada Opera chorus members will be available to discuss the selections available and bid sheets will be at each place setting. F, 11/9, 5:30pm. $95 each, $175 per couple. The Grove at South Creek, 95 Foothill Road, (775) 786-4046, www.nevadaopera.org.

MIXED BLESSINGS SYMPOSIUM: Truckee Meadows Community College and the Nevada Museum of Art have joined together to host the Mixed Blessings Symposium. The symposium, inspired by Lucy R. Lippard’s book, Mixed Blessings, New Art in Multicultural America, will feature presentations and creative projects inspired by American artists of mixed ethnic identities. Ticket includes admission to The Way We Live Exhibition Program and Party on Thursday, Nov. 8 and the Mixed Blessings Symposium on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. F, 11/9, 10am-8pm. $15 general; $10 students, NMA members. Truckee Meadows Community College, Dandini Campus, 7000 Dandini Blvd., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

SHEAR CAROLINA: This exposé of hair culture and music features stylist Aaron Karcher from Ashville, North Carolina, with DJ Tre Damit from Columbia, South Carolina, and Lil C. The hair demonstration takes place starting at 6pm, followed by music at 8pm. Sa, 11/10, 6pm-midnight. $7 advance; $10 at the door. Salon 215, 215 S. Wells Ave., (775) 323-1266, http://facebook.com/salon215south.

VETERANS DAY PARADE: Virginia City presents its annual salute to veterans. Su, 11/11, 11-11:30am. Free. Downtown Virginia City, C Street, Virginia City, (775) 847-7500, www.visitvirginiacitynv.com.

VETERANS DAY PARADE: The city of Reno honors veterans with a Veterans Day Parade. The parade starts on Virginia Street in front of the courthouse and flows north to Fifth Street. Su, 11/11, 11am. Free. Downtown Reno, (775) 334-2414.

THE WAY WE LIVE EXHIBITION PREMIERE AND PROGRAM: Celebrate the opening of

Local Celtic music fans who missed Clannad’s concert at John Ascuaga’s Nugget last month will get a chance to see another Irish supergroup perform in Northern Nevada. Lúnasa brings its traditional Irish music with a jazz-rock flavor to Fallon on Saturday, Nov. 10. The quintet has been hailed as one of the most influential Irish bands of the past decade. Formed in 1996, the band gets its name from the Celtic harvest festival Lughnasadh, which honors Lugh, the Irish god of music. The group has won fans across the planet for its inventive arrangements and bass-driven grooves—thanks to the presence of the acoustic upright bass. Their self-titled debut CD was released in 1997, and its mix of concert and studio tracks gained critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. The group’s latest CD is Lá Nua. Prior to the concert, members of Lúnasa will conduct a free conversation on “Tradition and Innovation in Celtic Music” at 3 p.m. at the Art Bar inside Oats Art Park Center, 151 E. Park St., Fallon. The show begins at 8 p.m. at Barkley Theatre inside the art center. Tickets for the concert are $17$20. Call (775) 423-1440.

—Kelley Lang

The Way We Live with the artists represented in the exhibition. A dialogue among the artists and Ann M. Wolfe, curator of exhibitions and collections, will be followed by cultural performances and a reception. Th, 11/8, 5-6pm. $10 NMA members; $15 non-members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

All Ages ART ADVENTURES FOR KIDS: Explore different media and techniques weekly. All supplies are included. One-hour workshops, Thursdays, Nov. 8-Dec. 20. Pre-registration required. Th, 4-5pm. Opens 11/8. $45 for six classes. VSA Nevada at Lake Mansion, 250 Court St.; Alf Sorensen Community Center, 1400 Baring Blvd, Sparks, (775) 826-6100 ext. 3, www.vsanevada.org.

FUN WITH DRAWING: Students will learn value, shading and an introduction to perspective while developing techniques and skills to practice on their own. Onehour workshops, Thursdays, Nov. 8-Dec. 20. Th, 5:15-6:15pm through 12/20. Opens 11/8. $45 for six classes. Alf Sorensen Community Center, 1400 Baring Blvd., Sparks, (775) 826-6100 ext. 3, www.vsanevada.org.

KIDS ACTING: Learn to act while gaining self-confidence and poise. Classes are held every Monday through Dec. 17. M, 4-5pm through 12/17. Opens 11/5. $45 for six classes. VSA Nevada at Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100 ext. 3, www.vsanevada.org.

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PAINT AND SIP: Suellen Johnson guides you in transforming a Arthur Dove painting into your own 16” x 20” acrylic masterpiece. This class is open to all levels. Art supplies are included. Bring your own wine/beverage and snacks. Register online or call. Tu, 11/13, 5:30-8:30pm. $30 for three hours. VSA Nevada at Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100 ext. 3, www.vsanevada.org.

R.I.S.E. AND DINE: PEOPLE FEEDING PEOPLE: Each week Reno activists and volunteers shop, prepare and cook for local persons and families without a home. On Saturdays at 5pm, volunteers meet outside of the Community Assistance Center and serve about 250 or more of Reno’s most poverty-stricken until 6pm. All assistance and donations are appreciated. Sa, 5-6pm through 12/29. Free. Community Assistance Center, 335 Record St., (775) 322-7143, www.renoinitiative.org.

SCHEELS KIDS KLUB: SNOWBOARDING 101: See the latest snowboard gear and learn tips from a snowboarding expert. Meet in the Snowboard Shop. All kids will receive a free ride on the Scheels Ferris Wheel. M, 11/12, 6pm. Free. Scheels, 1200 Scheels Drive, Sparks, (775) 331-2700, www.scheels.com/events.

Art ARTSY FARTSY ART GALLERY: Jewelry show. Artsy Fartsy Art Gallery features nine Northern Nevada jewelry designers. Each artist will be at the gallery throughout the day to meet and greet visitors and talk about their jewelry. Sa, 11/10, 11am-5pm. Free. 220-A W. Telegraph St., Carson City, (775) 885-2787, www.artsyfartsyartgallery.com.

CHARLIE B GALLERY: Dolores Samuels Young: Last Portfolio. Almost a decade ago, Charles and Sherry Blim purchased through an estate auction the last known portfolio of watercolor paintings by Dolores Samuels Young (1899-1977). In this portfolio, one will sense the important history of this Native Nevadan and her ties to the Latimer Art Club as a founding member. F, 11/9, 5-8pm. Free. 200 E. Main St., Ste. 101, Fernley, (775) 575-7333.

HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: In Other Worlds. Merging the lines of myth, reality and the creation of memories, In Other Worlds pairs out-of-town artists Kate Csillagi (Austin, Tex.), Andy Le (Mukilteo, Wash.) and Lucie van der Elst (Paris, France). Together the three artists work provides an exploration of the fantastical and the everyday through a variety of mediums from fabric collage to painting to paper-cutting. The opening reception on Nov. 9, from 6 to 8pm, will be followed by music and a puppet show. Tu-F through 11/30. Opens 11/5; F, 11/9, 6-8pm. Free. 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858, www.hollandreno.org.

NEVER ENDER: Art As Quilts. The show will feature quilts made by Summer SloanSwanson of her interpretation of abstract paintings by famous artists. There will be a reception on Nov. 8. M-Su through 11/30; Th, 11/8, 6pm. 119 Thoma St., (775) 348-9440, http://myneverender.com.

NORTH TAHOE ARTS CENTER: Holly Arts, a Winter Celebration. North Tahoe Arts presents its holiday exhibit featuring original winter-themed art, cards, decorated trees, hand-crafted wreaths, felted goods, leather goods, woodcarved and glass ornaments, as well as jewelry, organic botanical potions and homemade soaps and creams. Opening reception: Nov. 9, 5-7pm. M-Su, 11am-4pm through 12/31. Art Gallery & Gift Shop, 380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, (530) 581-2787, www.northtahoearts.com.

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Human. Eunkang Koh uses intaglio printmaking to depict creatures that are part human and part animal. Through 11/16, 8am-5pm. Free. 716 N. Carson St. Ste. A, Carson City, (775) 687-6680.

Contemporary abstract artists Tim Bavington, John Belingheri, Kris Cox and Nicholas Wilton use a variety of color, texture, images,and symbols in order to achieve vivid compositions. The exhibition envelops the aural, emotive, conceptual and optical perceptions. Opening reception: Nov. 8, 5:30-7:30pm. M-Sa through 12/8. Opens 11/8. Free. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558, www.stremmelgallery.com.

SHEPPARD FINE ARTS GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Amy Sacksteder Exhibition. M-Th, 11am-5pm through 12/14. Opens 11/5; F, 11am-2pm through 12/14. Opens 11/9. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St.,

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Ciel Bergman: Sea of Clouds What Can I Do, W-Su through 2/10; Hoor Al Qasimi: Off Road, W-Su through 1/27;

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SIERRA ARTS GALLERY: Mid-Way Exhibitions: Claire Stephens. An exhibition by Claire Stephens, a master of fine arts candidate at University of Nevada, Reno.. M-F, 10am-5pm through 11/16. Opens 11/5; Artist Reception, F, 11/9, 5-7pm. Free. 17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 120, (775) 329-2787, www.sierra-arts.org.

NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Latimer Art Club’s Miniature Show. W-Sa, 10am-5pm through 12/8. Free. 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 688-1190.

Juvenile-In-Justice: Photographs by Richard Ross, W-Su through 1/13; The Way We Live: American Indian Art of the Great Basin and the Sierra Nevada, W-Su through 3/3; Rebeca Méndez: At Any Given Moment, W-Su through 1/20; Jorinde Voigt: Systematic Notations, WSu through 1/6; The Book of the Lagoons: Helen Mayer and Newton Harrison, W-Su through 1/6; The Light Circus: Art of Nevada Neon Signs, W-Su through 2/10; Jacob Hashimoto: Here in Sleep, a World, Muted to a Whisper, W-Su through 1/1; Bovey Lee: Undercurrents, W-Su through 1/2. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

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continued from page 27 HELLO, DOLLY!: Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company presents Jerry Herman’s beloved Broadway musical featuring the fast-talking, lovable matchmaker Dolly Levi. F, 11/9, 7:30pm;

Sa, 11/10, 7:30pm; Su, 11/11, 2pm; F, 11/16, 7:30pm; Sa, 11/17, 2 & 7:30pm; Su, 11/18, 2pm.

$25-$28. Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St., Carson City, (775) 445-4249, www.wnmtc.com.

PILGRIMAGE: WHY I’M NOT AN INDIAN: Mama Diva Theater Company presents Elaine Magree’s one-woman show about the search for her roots and a final resting place for her mother’s ashes. Su, 11/11, 6pm. $12 advance; $15 at the door. Center for Spiritual Living Tahoe Truckee, Tahoe City Marina, 700 N. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, (530) 581-5887.

Classes BREAST-FEEDING SUPPORT: Breast-feeding mothers

SPARKS HERITAGE MUSEUM: A Salute to Our Military, Tu-Su through 11/17. $5 adults; free for children

Agency/NASA Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). F, Sa, 7pm through 12/1; M-Su, 1, 3 & 5pm through 12/3. $7 adults, $5 children ages 3-12, seniors age 60 and older. Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4812.

under age 12, museum members, active duty military. 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144, www.sparksmuseum.org.

SUPERHEROES OF STOKE: This film looks back at

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the evolution of freeskiing during the past 20 years. It features freeskiers Eric Hjorleifson, Mark Abma, Henrik Windstedt, Cody Townsend, Jacob Wester, Ingrid Backstrom, Sean Pettit, Richard Permin, Gus Kenworthy and more. Su, 11/11, 7pm. $7 advance, $9 day of show. CommRow, 255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400, www.commrow.com.

BLACK MOON: Artemisia Moviehouse presents a screening of Louis Malle’s 1975 Freudian tale of adolescent sexuality set in a postapocalyptic world of shifting identities and talking animals. Tu, 11/13, 7-10pm. $7 general; $5 members, bicyclists, students. Midtown Good Luck Macbeth, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 337-9111, www.artemisiamovies.org.

TALES OF THE MAYA SKIES: Travel to the jungles of Mexico and learn about the Mayan city of Chichén Itzá in this full-dome digital planetarium show by Chabot Space & Science Center. Spanish language showing at 6pm on Wednesday. M-F, 2 & 6pm through 12/3. $7 adults, $5 children ages 3-12, seniors 60 and older. Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4812.

IMPACT EARTH: Learn from recent NASA explorations how asteroid hunters seek new objects in the solar system, how groundpenetrating radar finds meteorites embedded in the Earth and how these sky fliers can pose potential dangers to life on Earth in this full-dome digital show by Houston Museum of Natural Science. M-F,

4pm through 12/3; Sa, Su, noon through 12/2. $7 adults; $5 kids ages 3-12; seniors age 60 and older. Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4812, www.planetarium.unr.edu.

Poetry/Literature VETERANS’ GUEST HOUSE FUNDRAISER: The Flag Store hosts a Nevada authors book signing with authors Guy Clifton, Patty Cafferata, Marilyn Newton, Neal Cobb and Martin Smith. All profits from book sales will be donated to the Veterans’ Guest House. F, 11/9, 2-5pm. Free. The Flag Store, Sign & Banner, 155 Glendale Ave., Ste. 9, Sparks, (775) 355-0506, www.eventflags.com.

MISS REPRESENTATION SCREENING: Nevada Women’s Lobby presents a screening of this documentary film written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Miss Representation exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. Th, 11/8, 5pm. $10-$20 suggested donation. McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 745-2237.

NEVADA WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL: The Nevada Wilderness Project’s annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival will feature a lineup of inspiring films, including A Skier’s Journey, Connecting the Gems and The Mono Lake Story. There will be live music, refreshments, environmental displays, free swag and raffle tickets. The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is a fundraiser for the Nevada Wilderness Project. Th, 11/8, 6pm. $5-$12. The Grove at South Creek, 95 Foothill Road, (775) 657-8430, www.wildnevada.org.

PERFECT LITTLE PLANET: This full-dome digital show by Clark Planetarium Productions takes viewers over Pluto, through the rings of Saturn, across the storms of Jupiter and other destinations. Sa, Su, 11am through 12/2. $7 adults; $5 kids ages 3-12, seniors age 60 and older. Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4812.

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tures the Youth Strings Symphonia, the Youth Concert Orchestra and the Youth Symphony Orchestra performing works by Dvorak, Dukas, Bach and other composers. Sa, 11/10, 4:30-6:30pm. $10 adults; $5 students. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 323-6393, www.renophil.com.

RENO WIND SYMPHONY: This adult community band of 80 musicians explore all areas of wind band literature. The purpose of this organization is to improve technical playing, overall musicianship, work ethic and motivation through challenging literature. Su, 11/11, 3pm. $5 general; free for University of Nevada, Reno students. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

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

WOLF PACK FOOTBALL: The University of Nevada, Reno plays Fresno State. Sa, 11/10, 7:35pm. $20 adults; $10 seniors, youth. Mackay Stadium, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-7225, www.nevadawolfpack.com.

CARSON CITY MUSIC CLUB: This is a forum for musi-

CASH ON DELIVERY: Reno Little Theater presents

cians and music lovers to gather and share their love of music. The club offers opportunities to perform individually and to participate in collaborative events and expand musical knowledge. Second M of every month, 7pm. Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 882-9517, http://breweryarts.org.

CLASSIX THREE: Reno Philharmonic continues its

John Weiley explores the vastness and power of our closest star using footage of the Earth’s sun captured from international sites, including the European Space

RENO PHILHARMONIC’S YOUTH ORCHESTRA’S FALL CONCERT: This symphonic “sampler” fea-

WOLF PACK WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: The University of Nevada, Reno plays Cal State Fullerton. F, 11/9, 6:30pm. $8 adults; $5 seniors, youth.

SOLAR MAX: This full-dome digital feature film by

writer performs along with special guests Justin Moore and Kip Moore. Su, 11/11, 8pm. $39.50, $49.50. Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., (775) 335-8800.

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. November’s theme is “Disney.” Second Th of every month, 6-8pm. Free. Carpenter’s Music World, 2700 S. Virginia St., (775) 391-7757, www.carpentersmusic.com.

PINK FLOYD’S DARK SIDE OF THE MOON: This fulldome music and light show by Starlight Productions presents the rock music masterpiece in immersive HD animation and surround-sound. F, Sa, 8pm through 12/1. $7 adults; $5 kids age 3-12, seniors age 60 and older. Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4812.

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2012-2013 Classix season with Benjamin Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes” from Peter Grimes, op. 33a, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Concerto in F Minor for Tuba and Orchestra and Nicolay Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, op. 35. Tuba player Russ Dickman performs. Su, 11/11, 4pm; Tu, 11/13, 7:30pm. $25-$74. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 323-6393, www.renophil.com.

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Onstage this fast-paced British farce by Michael Cooney. Cooney will be in Reno on Nov. 10-11 to answer questions about his play. Meet & greet with the playwright on Nov. 10. Talkback with author, director and cast on Nov. 11. Th, 11/8, 7:30pm; F, 11/9, 7:30pm; Sa, 11/10,

7:30pm; Su, 11/11, 2pm; Th, 11/15, 7:30pm; F, 11/16, 7:30pm; Sa, 11/17, 7:30pm; Su, 11/18, 2pm. $16

general; $13 students, seniors, military. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 813-8900, www.renolittletheater.org.

GUYS AND DOLLS: TMCC Performing Arts presents this musical fable of Broadway based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon. F,

Sa, 7:30pm through 11/10; Su, 2pm through 11/11;

Th, 11/8, 7:30pm. $10-$17. TMCC Redfield Performing Arts Center, 505 Keystone Ave., (775) 789-5671, https://www.showtix4u.com.

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

BUILDING GOURD BIRDHOUSES: Learn how to build gourd birdhouses for your feathered friends. Please RSVP as seating is limited. Sa, 11/10, 11am. $15 per gourd. Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, (775) 355-1551, www.railcitygardencenter.com.

GOURD FAIRY HOUSES: Learn how to build a beautiful gourd fairy house for your garden fairies. Please RSVP as seating is limited. Su, 11/11, 1pm. $20 per gourd; supplies included. Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, (775) 355-1551, www.railcitygarden.net.

HEARTSAVER FIRST AID AND CPR: The Heartsaver First Aid Course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. CPR and AED, and environmental emergencies will also be covered in this course. Sa, 11/10, 9am-3pm; Sa, 12/8, 9am-3pm. $65. REMSA Education & Training Center, 230 S. Rock Blvd., Ste. 23, (775) 858-5700, www.remsaeducation.com.

PELVIC ALIGNMENT DURING PREGNANCY: In this series of workshops women will learn positions and exercises that will help their baby the most as it makes its descent through the pelvis to be born. Su, 11/11, 6:30-8:30pm. $50. Yoga Loka, 6135 Lakeside Drive, Ste. 121, (775) 337-2990, www.yogalokareno.com.

RENO PORTRAIT SOCIETY: There will be a live model for artists to paint or draw in the medium of their choice. No formal instruction, but participants can learn from experienced artists. The event is open to all ages and abilities. W, 9am-12:30pm. $10. Nevada Fine Arts, 1301 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-1128, www.nvfinearts.com.

SELF-HELP FORMS COMPLETION CLINIC: Nevada Legal Services offers general instructions and assistance on completing self-help forms. An attorney will be present to answer questions for qualifying clients. A notary will also be available at all clinics. First Th of

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Community BOARD AND CARD GAMES: Bring one of your own games or choose one from Comic Kingdom’s game library. Sa, 12-6pm through 12/30. Free. Comic Kingdom, Moana East Shopping Center, 595 E. Moana Lane, (775) 827-2928, www.facebook.com/renocomickingdom.

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

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

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The data that’s

stored and disseminated on the Internet is unimaginably voluminous. And yet the 540 billion trillion electrons that carry all this information weigh about the same as a strawberry. I’d like to use this fun fact as a metaphor for the work you’re doing these days—and the play, too. Your output is prodigious. Your intensity is on the verge of becoming legendary. The potency of your efforts is likely to set in motion effects that will last for a long time. And yet, to the naked eye or casual observer, it all might look as simple and light as a strawberry.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What if you

have a twin sister or brother that your mother gave up for adoption right after you were born and never told you about? Or what if you have a soul twin you’ve never met—a potential ally who understands life in much of the same ways that you do? In either case, now is a time when the two of you might finally discover each other. At the very least, Taurus, I suspect you’ll be going deeper and deeper with a kindred spirit who will help you transform your stories about your origins and make you feel more at home on the planet.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I urged my

readers to meditate on death not as the end of physical life, but as a metaphor for shedding what’s outworn. I then asked them to describe the best death they had ever experienced. I got a response that’s applicable to you right now. It’s from a reader named Judd: “My best death was getting chicken pox at age 13 while living in the Philippines. My mother banished me to the TV room. I was uncomfortable but hyperactive, lonely and driven to agony by the awful shows. But after six hours, something popped. My suffering turned inside out, and a miracle bloomed. I closed my eyes and my imagination opened up like a vortex. Images, ideas, places, dreams, people familiar and strange—all amazing, colorful, and vibrant—flowed through my head. I knew then and there that no material thing on this Earth could hook me up to the source of life like my own thoughts. I was free!”

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

Conservationists are surprised by what has been transpiring in and around Nepal’s Chitwan National Park. The tigers that live there have changed their schedule. Previously, they prowled around at all hours, day and night. But as more people have moved into the area, the creatures have increasingly become nocturnal. Researchers who have studied the situation believe the tigers are doing so in order to better coexist with humans. I suspect that a metaphorically similar development is possible for you, Cancerian. Meditate on how the wildest part of your life could adapt better to the most civilized part—and vice versa. (Read more at www.tinyurl.com/HumanTiger.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What is a dry water-

fall? The term may refer to the location of an extinct waterfall where a river once fell over a cliff but has since stopped flowing. Döda Fallet in Sweden is such a place. “Dry waterfall” may also signify a waterfall that only exists for a while after a heavy rain and then disappears again. One example is on Brukkaros Mountain in Namibia. A third variant shows up in “Cliffs Beyond Abiquiu, Dry Waterfall,” a landscape painting by Georgia O’Keeffe. It’s a lush rendering of a stark landscape near the New Mexico town where O’Keeffe lived. Soon, you will have your own metaphorical version of a dry waterfall, Leo. It’s ready for you if you’re ready for it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Doctors used to

believe that ulcers were caused by stress and spicy foods. But in the 1980s, two researchers named Barry Marshall and Robin Warren began to promote an alternative theory. They believed the culprit was Helicobacter pylori, a type of bacteria. To test their hypothesis, Marshall drank a petri dish full of H. pylori. Within days, he got gastric symptoms and underwent an endoscopy. The evidence proved that he and his partner were correct. They won a Nobel Prize for their work. (And Marshall recovered just fine.) I urge you to be inspired by their approach, Libra. Formulate experiments that allow you to make practical tests of your ideas, and consider using yourself as a guinea pig.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): This is not

prime time for you to rake in rewards, collect hard-earned goodies and celebrate successes you’ve been building toward for a long time. It’s fine if you end up doing those things, but I suspect that what you’re best suited for right now is getting things started. You’ll attract help from unexpected sources if you lay the groundwork for projects you want to work on throughout 2013. You’ll be in alignment with cosmic rhythms, too. Your motto comes from your fellow Scorpio, writer Robert Louis Stevenson: “Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): On a

beach, a man spied a pelican that was barely moving. Was it sick? He wanted to help. Drawing close, he discovered that ants were crawling all over it. He brushed them off, then carried the bird to his car and drove it to a veterinarian. After a thorough examination, the doctor realized the pelican was suffering from a fungus that the ants had been eating away—and probably would have removed completely if the man hadn’t interfered. Moral of the story: Sometimes healing takes place in unexpected ways, and nature knows better than we do about how to make it happen. Keep that in mind during the coming weeks, Sagittarius.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A farmer in Japan found a 56-leaf clover. Well, actually, he bred it in his garden at home. It took effort on his part. Presumably, it provided him with 14 times the luck of a mere four-leaf clover. I don’t think your good karma will be quite that extravagant in the coming week, Capricorn, but there’s a decent chance you’ll get into at least the 16-leaf realm. To raise your odds of approaching the 56-leaf level of favorable fortune, remember this: Luck tends to flow in the direction of those who work hard to prepare for it and earn it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The largest

bell in the world is located in Moscow, Russia. Called the Tsar Bell, it’s made of bronze, weighs 445,170 pounds, and is elaborately decorated with images of people, angels and plants. It has never once been rung in its 277 years of existence. Is there anything comparable in your own life, Aquarius? Some huge presence that has never actually been used? The time is near when that stillness may finally come to an end. I suggest you decide how this will occur rather than allowing fate to choose for you.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you inter-

ested in experiencing a close brush with a holy anomaly or a rowdy blessing or a divine wild card? If not, that’s perfectly OK. Just say, “No, I’m not ready for a lyrical flurry of uncanny grace.” And the freaky splendor or convulsive beauty or mystical mutation will avoid making contact with you, no questions asked. But if you suspect you might enjoy communing with a subversive blast of illumination—if you think you could have fun coming to terms with a tricky epiphany that blows your mind—then go out under the night sky, and whisper a message like this: “I’m ready for you, sweetness. Find me.”

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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After a year as interim director, Stacey Spain is the new permanent executive director of the Sierra Arts Foundation—designated by Washoe County as the primary arts agency for the region—after spending many years in the arts and nonprofit sectors. For information on upcoming exhibits and workshops through Sierra Arts, visit www.sierra-arts.org.

Tell me about your background in the arts. My MFA is in theater from Purdue University and so I have been acting and directing for 20 years. I’ve always had a parallel career path between doing special theater and being a nonprofit management professional. I’ve worked for KUNR public radio—people still recognize my voice—and I’ve worked for the Nevada Arts Council and the City of Reno as a public art specialist. So those were stepping stones. This is actually my second time around here at Sierra Arts. I worked previously here as the program director in the past, and then served as program director and interim director and now, ED [executive director].

What are some of your upcoming plans? Some major expansions and new initiatives for Sierra Arts include bringing back our grants for artists program where we give

funds to individual artists in the area. And expansion of our elder care concert series. That’s where we bring professional musicians in and do live performances in assisted living, Alzheimer’s and memory care. It’s an amazing project. That’s heart work. So this population is only going to grow and grow, get more folks in that population, and we want to make sure that if they can’t go out to concerts or hear live music, that we bring live music to them. And then the third one would be education. This year we were named a Kennedy Center partner in education with Washoe County School District, and that designation is huge for us. It means we’ll be able to bring in artists from the Kennedy Center roster to help train teachers here in the Washoe County School District. So the expansion of that program, our arts and integration partnership, with the school district is huge. ... [A]nd of course we’re going to continue to work on education in the schools, arts alternatives for adjudicated youth in Wittenberg Hall and those places. We’re going to do everything we have been doing and expanding.

money squabbles between the owners and the city can be sorted out, because the Aces have been the best thing to happen in downtown Reno since the whitewater park at Wingfield. And big kudos to the state for finally getting that gigantically impressive and gigantically overdue section of freeway 580/395 opened. The ride to CC is not just faster, but better, now that one can bypass that maddeningly pokey 50 mph zone running through Pleasant Valley and Washoe City. • After last week’s column about being attacked by a dog while on a bike ride, I learned the dog was a Presa Canario. Google it. One pic will explain nicely just how naturally motivated I was to ride my effing ass off to get away. More accurately, I didn’t ride my ass off, but my ankle. I woke up the next morning with a sore ankle. OK, fine. But the morning after that, that soreness had become a full-on sprain that had me getting out the old walking boot. I think what happened is that I

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How can artists better learn about the business aspect of art? When I was at the City of Reno, we did an artists’ marketing salon, where we spent 12 weeks helping artists put together resumes, photos, and this was specifically for visual artists. We’re going to do that again here at Sierra Arts so that artists begin to learn and understand that they have to market their work, they have to know what the market is for their work, and they have to spend time and attention toward what it is that is going to make them able to be successful and continue to do their work.

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In the electoral aftermath, the main emotion isn’t jubilation. It’s relief. I don’t know if the POTUS won any kind of “mandate.” If there’s a mandate out there, it’s for Congress, to say yes on occasion. Ten percent approval rating? That’s not bad, it’s abysmal. Here’s a mandate for ya: In the future, Republican candidates must take some classes on female reproductive systems before they open their big mouths and make all these astonishing statements about rape and pregnancy. Way to hand us the election, Neanderthals! • Just a friendly reminder to all owners of businesses with websites. You never ever have to say the words “double-u, double-u, double-u” in your ads ever again. OK? • Time for the latest upbeat happy face news. First, this Reno Aces story is pretty darn cool. They’ve been here four years, and they already won the triple-A World Series? Fantastic. Aceball, indeed. Now, let’s hope the NEWS

Arts organizations are having to learn to run as businesses, to think about things like return on investment, think about how they are letting their corporate and foundation sponsors know what the real outcomes of their work are. So, you know, nonprofits are being held accountable for how they spend funds. So we’re just working our business plan to diversify our income stream, and we went to this model of working where every program has to pay for itself. Or we have to identify funding for that program before we do the work. And that’s a really reasonable way to have to work in this economy. Our job as a local arts agency—in 2004, Washoe County identified the Sierra Arts Foundation as the local arts agency for this area—our job is to connect artists with meaningful work in their art field. So we want to find ways to create work for artists and in so doing, we’re benefiting the entire community. We want to pay artists for great artistic content programs. That’s our job.

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pedaled so hard in my flight, I caused some soft tissue damage in the ankle. Oh well. Better a mildly sprained ankle than a mauling by Satan’s Hellhound, I always say. And yes, I did report the incident to the county. The response was not particularly satisfying. Since the neighborhood in question is labeled an “uncongested area,” the county can’t do a damn thing. It can’t require the dog to be fenced or restrained. Out here, dogs are free to roam and run. Which is pretty damn ridiculous. The next passing bicyclist may not be as lucky as I. • Let’s hear it for the old geezers! As in old rockers who are making good, relevant CDs here in ’12. In the last couple of weeks, I’ve been highly impressed with the new albums by Bob Dylan, Donald Fagen, Neil Young and John Hiatt. God bless ya, boys, and keep on keepin’ on. Ω

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FAMILY OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Impact a child’s life with a simple shoe box gift. Fill a shoe box with school supplies, toys, necessity items and a note of encouragement. 11/12-11/19, 7AM9PM. Free. Sparks Christian Fellowship, 510 Greenbrae Dr. (775) 331-2303 ART ADVENTURES FOR KIDS It’s painting, collage, clay and more! Explore different media and techniques weekly. Give your child a sound base for a lifelong appreciation of the arts. Th, 11/8, 4-5PM, $45 for six classes. Alf Sorensen Community Center, 1400 Baring Blvd. (775) 353-2385

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WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HONOR ORCHESTRA W, 11/14, 7PM and Th, 11/15, 7PM, $6. John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave. (775) 356-3300

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

BEADS AND BOOKS! 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

DEAN BROWNELL F, 11/9, 6PM, Sa, 11/10, 6PM and Su, 11/11, 6PM, no cover. John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave. (775) 356-3300

SCHEELS KIDS KLUB: SNOWBOARDING 101 Join us to see the latest snowboard gear and learn tips from a snowboarding expert. Please meet in the Snowboard Shop. M, 11/12, 6PM. Free. Scheels, 1200 Scheels Dr. (775) 331-2700

FUN WITH DRAWING Give your child a lifelong gift learning the fundamentals of drawing. Your child will learn value, shading and an introduction to perspective while developing techniques. Th, 5:15-6:15PM through 12/20. Opens 11/8, $45 for six classes. Alf Sorensen Community Center, 1400 Baring Blvd. (775) 353-2385

KEITH ANDREW & OSI W, 11/7, 6PM, no cover. John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave. (775) 356-3300

BUILDING GOURD BIRDHOUSES Presented by Jack Fulton. Learn how to build and bling gourd birdhouses for your feathered friends. Makes a great gift! Fun for the whole family! Sa, 11/10, 11am, $15 per gourd. Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way (775) 355-1551

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GOURD FAIRY HOUSES Presented by Jack Fulton. Learn how to build a beautiful gourd fairy house for your garden fairies. Makes a great gift and it’s also fun! Su, 11/11, 1PM, $20 per gourd, supplies included. Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way (775) 355-1551

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HIS IS OUR FOURTH—AND LAST—FAMILY GUIDE OF 2012, WHICH MEANS THAT WE’VE JUST ABOUT COMPLETED THE FULL ROTATION OF SEASONS. Now that Halloween is over, it seems like everyone starts to shift into winter mode. We just have to look to the corporate world for that—Walmart already has Christmas decorations stocked on the shelves, and Starbucks already released their exclusive holiday red cups. And we all know that Starbucks is the arbiter of holiday cheer. How else can we enjoy walking through snow while wearing a pea coat without drinking a peppermint latte? OK, that actually sounds pretty good to me right about now. But fall is still here for more than a month, and there’s plenty to enjoy about the season. Fall has always been my favorite time of year, because the weather’s cold enough to pull out my favorite plaid rain boots and thermal shirts, but the mornings don’t yet have the biting cold that comes with December. The leaves are still colorful enough that a drive up Summit Ridge reveals the whole city engulfed in yellows, oranges and reds. With this in mind, we’ve put together a guide with a little bit of everything to get your family through the rest of this season with some fun, with some ideas for the next few months. Stephanie Self compiled a lowdown of indoor activities at local libraries, museums and activity centers to keep young minds stimulated. We’ve included some great gift suggestions and some easy DIY decorations. Our resident Tahoe sports guy Tim Hauserman talks about the Strider-Gliders, a program for kids and pre-teens. And in our quest to learn more about the families in our community, we sent Caitlin Thomas and Jessica Santina on a mission to dispel some negative notions about family lifestyle choices. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza or whichever winter holiday you celebrate are just around the bend, but the weeks in between can be just as magical. And there’s still time to get a pumpkin spice latte before they’re not in season anymore. Cheers, Ashley Hennefer, RN&R special projects editor

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Give a little: 2012 gift guide by Nora Heston Not-so-lonely child: Dispelling the myth of only children by Jessica Santina Family ties: A couple overcomes discrimination to start a family by Caitlin Thomas Glide on by: Little Strider-Gliders take big strides by Tim Hauserman Deck the halls: Four do-it-yourself holiday decorations by Ashley Hennefer Inside out: Stimulating events at museums and activity centers by Stephanie Self

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their shelves with holiday goodies to prepare for the upcoming gift-giving season. From new items, like Kendama, to classics making a comeback, like Furby, we have a whole list of hot, new items your kids will be begging for this holiday season. Learn the insider tips and tricks on where to get these fabulous finds without leaving Reno.

Learning Toys Express has been the premiere adoption agency in Reno for The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition since 2008. This holiday tradition promotes the magic of Christmas for children of all ages while encouraging good behavior. Families “adopt” an Elf on the Shelf, read the included story and name their elf, which will then sit on the shelf and observe the family’s behavior. Then, the little elf reports to Santa Claus on who has been naughty and who has been nice. Learning Toys Express carries the DVDs, plush elves, skirts and the Learning Express Exclusive: The Shrinky Dink Elf on the Shelf Kit. Kits run $24.99-29.99 each and can be picked up at either of the store’s two locations, 5110 Mae Anne Ave. and 197 Damonte Ranch Parkway. Kendama is a skill toy that originated in Japan, and according to Learning Express Toys, it has been surprisingly popular. The toy, made up of two wooden cups of different sizes placed on the center of a wooden spike and a smaller cup with a ball connected by a string, is sometimes called ring and pin. The toy allows for simple to complicated sequences of balances, juggles and catches, resembling the elaborate tricks associated with the yo-yo. Learning Express Toys recently put in a large order for more kendama, which has been selling out, to help keep them stocked throughout the holiday season. Prices range from $9.99-29.99 depending on brand, size and design.

FOR THE TECHIE CKRC Crawlers, located at 1110 S. Wells Ave., says they are stocking up on radio-controlled helicopters for the holiday season because they are flying off the shelves. With a plethora of radio-controlled options, the Syma S109 may be their most popular. Radio-controlled helicopters start at $50. For more information or to check if an item is in stock, call 3783303, or visit www.ckrccrawlers.com.

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FOR THE BIG KIDS Toys “R” Us offered up a list of the season’s 15 most sought-after toys to help parents make their gift-giving selections. Furby, a classic toy that made its debut in 1998, is making a comeback. The interactive toy “with a mind of its own” is keeping up with technology by offering a downloadable Furbish-translating app to help you communicate and understand your furry friend. Furbies come in a variety of colors and designs and are $54 each at Toys “R” Us stores. Projected to be one of the hottest toys of 2012, older kids may prefer the Wii U, which offers asymmetric game play by allowing the television and the Wii U GamePad to work as two integrated screens. This new type of play allows each player to have different goals, challenges and views within the same shared gaming experience, according to the Toys “R” Us website. Currently available for preorder, the system is set to be released on November 18, just in time for the holidays. There will be two versions of the gaming system released, a basic 8gb version available for $299.99 and a 32gb deluxe set for $349.99. Available at Toys “R” Us, 5000 Smithridge Drive. Call 827-8697 or visit toysrus.com for more information on availability.

FOR THE OLD SOUL Get nostalgic with Reno Rails, 1229 E. Fourth St., where ready-to-run train sets are a big holiday seller. Reminiscent of the toy trains kids used to play with in the 1950s, Reno Rails stocks sets that include the cars, tracks and remote control needed to have your very own train set to run around the Christmas tree. The Lionel brand is a staple because many parents grew up with them while MTH is known for having better electronics. Lionel and MTH brands are priced from $270-400. The store also sells individual cars and track pieces for those interested in building custom sets of their own. For more information, call 337-6669.

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Y DAUGHTER WAS STILL IN HER INFANT CAR SEAT THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. I WAS BUYING GROCERIES WHEN THE CASHIER ASKED ME, “SHE YOUR FIRST?” “Yep,” I said, swiping my debit card, irritated by this stranger putting her nose in my business. “You gonna have any more?” “Uh,” I stammered. “I don’t know.” I didn’t know this woman, but for some reason I now felt as if I needed to make a major life decision on the spot, or to somehow justify the fact that I wasn’t already pregnant with another kid. The truth was, though my husband and I hadn’t really said it aloud, the tenor of our conversations already belied this truth: Our precious, long-awaited girl who sat gurgling in her car seat was so special to us that we couldn’t see dividing our attention away from her for another child. I was pretty sure I just couldn’t love another kid that much, no matter what people said to the contrary. Our daughter is now three and a half. I am now 40. We are happily done having kids. We love that we can travel together fairly easily, having freedom that we could never have with another child. We love our life. We love peace and quiet. We love that we only have to pay for one preschooler’s childcare. And, honestly, the idea of another baby in our house gives us cold sweats.

“When we decided to have one, we both just knew we only wanted one,” says Cindie Geddes, a local Reno writer and publisher whose 11-year-old son, Joe, is an only child. She and husband Jason were 34 and had been married for 14 years before Joe came along. “When Joe was born, we were positive we were complete. It just felt like it was that last puzzle piece.” But soon afterward, the pressure set in. “It bothered me that people assumed we would have another baby—people who were previously fine with us not having any. They assumed we’d have more.” One friend commented to Geddes off-handedly that having only one child amounted to child abuse. “I just looked at her, and she was like, ‘Oh no, I didn’t mean you.’ But she meant it when she said it. She just thought they were too lonely.”

IN GOOD COMPANY According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of families in the U.S. who have just one child has doubled in the last 25 years. Single-child families are the fastest-growing family unit in the U.S. for two reasons: 1) People are starting their families later in life, and 2) We’re in a recession. (Rates of only children spiked during the Great Depression, too.) This year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that the cost of raising kids from birth to age 17 has

increased to $235,000 for middle-class Americans. A report by Child Care Aware puts Nevada among 35 states where a year of child care exceeds a year of tuition at a public college. “No longer is [an only-child family] an unusual situation,” says Bill Evans, Ph.D., a professor of human development and education at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the State Specialist for University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Youth Development. “In England, about 45 percent of families have one child, and many countries like Japan and others in Asia are headed toward single-child families being dominant.” But if this is the case, why is there still so much pressure on parents to make more kids? “We all want to replicate what we know and understand,” says Evans. “Previous generations, many of them immigrants, had large families due to a variety of factors. That may be where that pressure comes from. But there’s simply no evidence that shows it’s a negative to stop at one.”

“ONE IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER,” AND OTHER MYTHS The myths associated with only children date back more than 100 years, to a psychologist named G. Stanley Hall, creator of the first American research lab, who said “being an only child is a disease unto itself.” It was largely his work that created the stereotype of lonely, bossy, spoiled, or unsociable only children—myths that persist today. Evans, himself the father of an adopted, only-child daughter from China, points out that China has had a one-child policy for years, and for a long time people wondered whether it created a generation of “little emperors.” “Some large studies, one looking back over 30 years, found no difference in only children’s relations with friends. The research data accumulating says that it’s not siblings that influence how kids turn out … Parenting style is the biggest factor.”

I mention to Evans that my daughter is a pleaser—her school friends, who learn from their older siblings, boss her around. In an effort to be liked, she often obeys their “commands.” This sounds typical to Evans. “The reality is that those children lacking siblings, for the most part, want to be included and well-liked. And in terms of being spoiled, that can happen across any family; it’s not unique to only children.”

WHY IS THERE STILL SO MUCH PRESSURE ON PARENTS TO MAKE MORE KIDS? As for socialization, “a number of large studies have concluded that only children have as many friends as those in large families,” he says. Wendy Mulligan, 42, a Reno teacher, and husband Dave, 50, have an 11-year-old son named Max. For Dave, married once before, Max was his third (his other two much older children lived mostly with their mom). But for Wendy, Max is her one and only. She says this has never hindered Max’s social skills. “We get comments from other adults constantly about how well-mannered and mature Max is. Because he has always gone with us wherever we go, he has been exposed to adults regularly. I would attribute his disposition to having adults rather than children in his company a lot of the time.”

Even though Mulligan’s own sister is dear to her, the sibling rivalries between her husband’s two older children, now 22 and 20, revealed to her that siblings aren’t always what they’re cracked up to be. In truth, one may be “the loneliest number,” but sometimes, two can be as bad as one. “They fought constantly,” she recalls. “It was unbearable for several years … This was like birth control for me. There was no way I wanted to endure that with Max and a sibling.” “One thing that a lot of people don’t like to talk about is sibling-on-sibling abuse,” Evans says. “One British study of about 40,000 homes found that teens were happier, on average, when they had fewer siblings in their home. That has to do with the lack of bullying and sibling strife.” He adds that despite the anecdotal “tutoring effect” reputed to produce higher IQs among younger siblings, the truth is that the oldest kids and only children, on average, have slightly higher IQs. “It’s clear that only children rely on adults around them to a greater degree than kids with siblings,” Evans says. “That’s why I think only children appear more mature, with many attaining great success as adults.” (A quick Google search of “famous only children” reveals that Alan Greenspan, Cary Grant, Charlize Theron, Franklin Roosevelt, Isaac Newton and Walter Cronkite were all only children.) “They get more support from parents, they’re modeled by adults around them at an earlier age, they’re prepared for school at the same level or better than those with larger families. There’s no reason to be worried or preoccupied with those myths.” So maybe we can turn down the pressure on us parents? “It’s like every other issue,” says Geddes. “As sure as I was that I only wanted one, that’s as sure as other people are that they want two, three, or five. We should all just respect each others’ decisions … Plus, when I look at me and Jason, the world should just be happy we only had one.”

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Harvey holds the couple’s oldest daughter.

FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER NICOLE HARVEY, HAVING CHILDREN WAS NEVER REALLY ON THE AGENDA. “To be honest, I knew same-sex couples had kids, but I was always very adamant about not having kids,” Harvey says. “I’m the oldest of eight siblings altogether. I come from a Mormon family. It was a big family … As I grew older, I never really was shopping for a co-parent, until I met my current wife and that was one of our first conversations.” Harvey met her partner, Jessica, and immediately reflected on her past convictions. Shortly after, they got married and had their first daughter via a sperm donor in 2005—a baby Jessica would carry. “It’s never been my desire to be pregnant,” Harvey admits. Not everyone was happy with the life-changing developments. Harvey’s conservative family wanted no official ties to the child, but eventually melted when seeing the baby. These days they are treated normally at family functions. “I had a lot of anxieties about the nature of my non-traditional relationship,” she explains. “Even during Jess’s delivery, the doctor came in, made all these stupid jokes. If my partner hadn’t been going through such terrible pain, and needing me there by her side, I don’t know if I’d been there. It wasn’t pleasant.” The frustrations continued after the birth of their first daughter. Two years ago, when the couple decided to expand the family once more, after finding the prior sperm donor wasn’t available, they looked into adoption. In the beginning stages of the applicant process, both moms were asked to take a parenting test. At first, the two felt confident and excited, but eventually met with confusion and anger once the results were announced. It seemed Harvey had not passed her test and would need to take parenting classes to proceed. “They told me I had probably too high expectations for my kids and demand too much respect from them,” she says. “I was like, ‘Are you sure you got the right test?’ and they showed it to me. Then they said what was funny was if they graded my test for fathers, then I’d have the perfect score, but since I’m a woman they had to grade it for mothers, and I wasn’t acceptable for a mother.”

Harvey was livid. “I asked, ‘Do you really want a gender discrimination claim? You know I’m a civil rights lawyer, right?’” she laughs. “I was really angry though, really angry in that meeting. That really backed us off adoption, and we were back to finding a sperm donor.” Soon after the couple gave birth to their second daughter, a child they thought was to be a boy. “We were very sure she was a boy, because Jess carried her differently, had different cravings, and we had no ultrasound because we had a midwife this time around,” Harvey explains. “It was a very different pregnancy.”

“I HAD A LOT OF ANXIETIES ABOUT THE NATURE OF MY NON-TRADITIONAL RELATIONSHIP.” Nicole Harvey, civil rights lawyer The pregnancy and delivery was the polar opposite of the first child. After such a negative experience in the hospital, the couple decided on a more hands-on approach, one that proved to be superior. “Jess held her right away, we could touch her and hold her,” she says. “It was a very different energy.” Starting a family has shifted everything, according to Harvey, who has her own law firm. Being the breadwinner can be stressful, but family can balance life in the most unique ways. “I have a lot on my plate, running a law firm,” Harvey says. “Some days I come home and I’m so tired, tired of work and clients and other lawyers, but I get to come home and play Barbies.” She keeps a smile and laughs a little. “My kids keep me grounded.”

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Strider-Glider participants prepare to race.

ROM JANUARY TO MARCH, NEARLY 300 KIDS BETWEEN PRE-SCHOOL AND fifth grade participate in Strider-Gliders, Tahoe Cross Country’s after school ski program. Children spend at least one afternoon a week playing in the snow, inventing games and skiing with their friends. While the kids think they are just having fun, the organizers hope they are developing a life-long love of winter sports. Groups of similar ability and age ski from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. with volunteer instructors. While teaching kids how to ski is a goal of the program, it is a task that is accomplished differently with kids than with adults. If you take longer than 30 seconds to explain skiing technique to children, their eyes will quickly glaze over, followed shortly thereafter by those eyes rolling up inside of their heads. Adults are just so boring. Children learn getting out there and skiing— and watching others. The good news is that kids’ brains are like sponges, and they learn how to ski much faster than adults. So, at Strider-Gliders, kids tromp through the woods, race each other around trees, or play tag. As long as they are skiing, they are learning. While skiing once a week is a good start, a goal of Strider-Gliders is to get the kids out skiing as much as possible. In November, after paying the $80

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program fee and a security deposit, participants receive cross-country skis, boots and poles to use for the entire season. They can ski free anytime at Tahoe Cross-Country and are encouraged to do so. Many strider-glider kids can be seen on weekends, skiing with friends or their parents. Strider-Gliders has turned many of their parents into cross-country skiers as well. Strider-Gliders also provides a drop-in day, where the older kids have the option of skiing an extra day every week.

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Two years ago Strider-Gliders initiated a program that was an instant success: Laser Biathlon. The biathlon involves racing around a course cross-country skiing, then stopping several times in a shooting range to fire at targets. Thus, you are racing in one of the world’s most aerobic sports, screeching to a halt, then trying to relax and shoot at targets. Any shots missed means you have to ski penalty laps, so it’s not only the faster skier who wins, but the best shooter. Laser biathlon works the same way, except the kids shoot at targets with safe laser rifles instead of the real ones. There are two reasons why biathlon is an awesome activity to do with children: 1) Kids love to shoot at stuff. Targets will do. And 2) The faster they

ski around the course, the sooner they get to shoot again. They have a blast and ski hard. The biathlon students are taught all of the same safety procedures used in regular biathlons, so that when a real biathlon ski event occurs in the region, they can easily make the leap to using the real rifles. After the program’s first year, fifth grader Camille Syben, one of the Strider-Glider biathletes, attended a biathlon event at Auburn Ski Club on Donner Summit. After ticking off five targets in a row, a former U.S. Ski Team biathlete said, “Geez, who is that kid?” Standing next to him was Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association director Valli Murnane, who proudly proclaimed, “That’s one of our Strider-Glider kids!” The Kids Great Ski Race for all Strider-Glider participants is the culmination of the Strider-Glider year. A series of races are held from just a few hundred yard shuffle for the little tykes, to a competitive 5K sprint for the oldest. While the final racer often crosses the finish line well after the others, he’s still greeted by loud applause from his fellow students and the crowd of parents. Just like the rest of Strider-Gliders, it’s not about winning, it’s about participating, although the winners do receive prizes. When they reach sixth grade, Strider-Glider kids can join the North Tahoe Middle School Nordic Team. The school is located adjacent to Tahoe CrossCountry and last year over 70 kids, about one-fourth of the total enrollment for the school, were on the Nordic team. The middle school team accommodates every level of skier from the serious racer to the kids who just like to hang with their buddies and go out skiing after school. Either way, a huge number of middle school kids are cross-country skiing a few days a week. Like Strider-Gliders, the middle school

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How to make it: • Measure out a piece of hanging wire, depending on how large you want the wreath to be. A 12-inch piece will make a 6-inch wreath. • Mold the wire into the shape of a U. • Cut out 4-by-4 inch squares of newspaper.

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• Using one end of the wire U, puncture a hole in the middle of a newspaper square and slide the newspaper onto the wire, similar to stringing beads on a necklace. • Continue to do so until newspaper covers the entire hoop. Leave an inch of the two end pieces of the wire uncovered. • Twist the end pieces of the wire together and pull the U into an O shape.

The best decorations are ones that can be used for several holidays. These candle holders can be brought out for several holidays, depending on which colors you use, or you can leave them out year round. These make nice gifts, too.

What you’ll need: Mason jars Yarn Non-flammable spray paint How to make it: • Wrap a clean mason jar with a string of yarn. Wrap the yarn so that it creates a criss-cross design on the jar, allowing the glass to peek through. • In a well-ventilated space—preferably outside—spray the outside of the glass with the non-flammable spray paint. It helps to leave the lid on the jar so paint does not get on the inside.

• Wrap ribbon around the exposed wire and tie into a bow. This will be the bottom of the wreath. The wreath can then be mounted using a hook or a nail.

• Once the jar is dry, remove the yarn carefully. The jar will be left with exposed glass in the design in which the yarn was wrapped. Place a tea candle inside the jar and light it.

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Instead of buying a tacky snow globe on your next vacation, make a personalized one using objects from around the house.

What you’ll need: Water balloons Tissue paper Liquid glue, like Elmer’s Ornament hooks Paint brush Cup of water Safety pin or sewing needle Acrylic paints (optional) How to make it: • Blow up several water balloons—with air, not water— and tie them off. • Loop an ornament hook through the tie. This will be used to hang the ornament. Puncture only the loose end of the tie so as to not pop the balloon. • In a cup or bowl, pour several tablespoons of liquid glue. Mix in water until the glue is watery. • Cut tissue paper into 2-by-2 inch strips. • Put a piece of tissue paper against the balloon, and paint over the tissue paper with the glue and water mix. Continue to do so until the balloon is covered completely with tissue paper. Make sure the hook is not covered by tissue paper. • Let the ornament dry. This takes about a day. The ornament should not be handled while the tissue paper is drying.

What you’ll need: Mason jars Tiny figurines of your choice (mini-Christmas trees, snowmen, etc. can be found at craft stores) Glitter Hot glue and glue gun Water Baby oil (optional) How to make it: • Unscrew the lid of the mason jar and place it on the table, inside up. • Hot glue the bottom of the figurine to the inside of the mason jar lid. Set it aside to dry. • Fill the mason jar with water, about 5/6 full. • Add several teaspoons of glitter to the water. If you have baby oil available, add in a few teaspoons as well. The baby oil helps the glitter fall more slowly in the water. • Slide the glued-on figurine into the water and glitter mix and screw on the lid. • Ensure the lid is on tightly. Electrical tape or hot glue can be put around the lid to protect from leakage. • Turn the jar over so the lid is on the bottom. Shake it up a bit and watch the glitter fall around the figurine.

• Once the ornament is completely dry, pop the balloon by poking it with a safety pin or sewing needle. The tie of the balloon will still be intact, and will be glued to the rest of the tissue paper mold. • The ornament is now ready to hang, but it can be painted with acrylic paints to add additional colors and designs.

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INDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR BODY AND MIND

HE RENO-TAHOE AREA IS GREAT FOR OUTDOORSY FOLKS ALL YEAR LONG WITH THE plethora of snow-filled fun to be had now that fall is upon us. But what if you’re not big on snow? Or even cold weather? It’s tempting to give in to the sedentary lifestyle of these frigid seasons, especially because of the imminent feasting and holiday treats. But you don’t have to like snow to stay active during the forthcoming chilly months. For families, there are ways to keep everyone’s bodies and minds active all through the fall and winter without enduring the cold weather.

Adventure with their 2- to 5-year-olds on three Sundays in December. For older children (8- to 12-year-olds), there will be a one-day acrylic painting workshop in November. Also, on the second Saturday of every month, hands/ON! offers free family workshops from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., 329-3333. Clay Turds for Toddlers, Nov. 3, 10, and 17. 9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Members: $24. Nonmembers: $27. Four Hands Playing Nov. 3, 10, and 17. 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Members: $32. Non-members: $36. Acrylic Painting for Kids Nov. 10. 9 a.m.-noon. Members: $24 Non-members: $27. Hands/ON! Nov. 10. 10 a.m.4 p.m. Free. Toddler Art Adventure: Holiday Ornaments, Dec. 2, 9, and 16. 10 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Members: $24. Non-members: $27.

SUNDANCE BOOKS AND MUSIC Local bookstore Sundance Books and Music frequently holds readings by local and regional writers, and they have a particular event geared toward families and children specifically. Every first Friday of the month, local art teacher and illustrator Paula Robison hosts Story Time at Sundance Books and Music. A time devoted to sharing stories, rhymes, songs and activities for 3- to 6-year-olds, Story Time is meant to instill the joy of reading and learning at a young age. Check their calendar online at www.sundancebookstore.com as they are always adding readings and events. Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., 786-1188. Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturday & Sunday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Story Time at Sundance Books and Music, Dec. 2, Jan. 4, Feb. 1, and March 1 (every first Friday), 10:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART The Nevada Museum of Art also offers many activities for children and their parents throughout fall and winter. On three Saturdays in November, there’s the workshop Clay Turds for Toddlers, which allow for 1- to 3-year-olds and their parents to experiment with clay and creation. A similar clay workshop for parents and their 3- to 6-year-olds called Four Hands Playing is on the same dates. For a more festive twist, parents can also enjoy making holiday ornaments on a Toddler Art

BASECAMP @ COMMROW Indoor rock climbing is a great way to stay active during the cold months, plus it keeps the mind active through problem-solving when you’re trying figure out the best way to climb to the top. CommRow’s rock climbing park, BaseCamp, has an indoor climbing area designed for children under 100 pounds, so kids can learn and climb in an environment made just for them. There is also has an indoor climbing area for adults close by, so families can enjoy climbing together. Note that this indoor climbing area only has what is known as bouldering, which does not require ropes or harnesses, but does have cushy padding on the floor surrounding the boulders. BaseCamp offers day passes as well as monthly and yearly memberships along with discounts for families and students. Rentable climbing gear is also available for families who are new to climbing. BaseCamp at CommRow, 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5443. Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-midnight. For specific rates and additional information, go to www.commrow.com/basecamp.

ROCK SPORT INDOOR CLIMBING Rock Sport is another option for families to go rock climbing in a safe and controlled environment. If you’re thinking about getting more serious about rock climbing, Rock Sport offers a “Getting Off the PHOTO BY AMY BECK

The cloud climber exhibit at the Discovery Museum in downtown Reno.

Ground” intro course every Wednesday evening. This lesson includes basic climbing moves and belaying (when a climber controls the rope being used to harness their climbing partner) as well as gear (shoes, ropes, harness, chalk, etc.). Once you and/or your kids have gotten off the ground, Rock Sport also offers Kids Climb Time, held every Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. This is ideal if children are eager to climb, but whose parents are not skilled in belaying, because the staff will be on hand to belay. Rock Sport offers day passes and memberships. Discounts for families and students are offered as well. Rock Sport Indoor Climbing, 1901 Silverada Blvd., 352-7673. MondaySaturday 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Getting Off the Ground! Every Wednesday 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Kids Climb Time, Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Visit www.rocksportreno.com for more information, including rates.

EZ AIR Three words: indoor trampoline park. There really is no better way to warm up in the winter, especially for kids who have more energy than they (or their parents) know what to do with. EZ Air offers the experience of jumping around on trampolines for an hour at a time, and if that doesn’t sound like long enough, then you haven’t been to a place that has 3,000 square feet of trampoline. Foam pits also make space for safe landings after epic flips and jumps. And if kids are still not tired, how does trampoline dodge ball sound? EZ Air, 895 E. Patriot Blvd., 775-853-1200. Monday-Thursday 3 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday 3 p.m.-10 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Visit www.ezairsports.com for more information, including booking an hour of jumping ahead of time.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE SNOW TO STAY ACTIVE DURING THE FORTHCOMING CHILLY MONTHS. DISCOVERY MUSEUM The relatively new Nevada Discovery Museum offers a hybrid of mind and body activities, at least for kids. With exhibits like the Cloud Climber, which is part jungle gym and part discussion of the water cycle, and Da Vinci’s Corner, a gallery that blends art projects with science demonstrations, there is likely to be a section of the museum that will appeal to all families. In addition to the diverse exhibits and galleries on display, the Discovery Museum also offers Small Wonder Wednesdays. On the third Wednesday of each month, families with children 5 years old and under get the whole museum to themselves for one hour starting at 9 a.m. Every Wednesday, however, admission is reduced to $4 from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. for non-members (normally $8). The Discovery Museum will also be holding All Wrapped Up!, a free gift wrapping techniques workshop that will also display toys and games that are great for learning. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, 490 S. Center St. 786-1000. Sunday: noon-5 p.m. Tuesday:10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular non-member admission: $8. Children under 1-year-old: Free. Memberships available. Every Wednesday $4 Admission after 4 p.m. Small Wonder Wednesdays, Nov. 21 and Dec. 19 (third Wednesday of each month) 9 a.m.-10 a.m. All Wrapped Up! Thursday Nov. 29, 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Free for members and non-members. Go to www.nvdm.org for more information.

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