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LETTERS The new covenant

Starving for attention Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

This week, one week after Thanksgiving, I’ve started Fast Thursdays. Basically, the idea is not to eat anything on Thursdays for a year. I can drink non-alcoholic fluids, and I’ll take my usual vitamins, but that’s it. Originally, the plan was not to consume anything, but I’ve got to drive to work, and I have power consumption at home even when I’m not there.

Today, the first effort, I stopped eating after dinner on Wednesday, and I’m not going to eat until Friday breakfast. Next week, I may modify that to eat breakfast on Thursday and then eat breakfast on Friday. It’s not as elegant, but it’s closer to the 24-hour cycle.

I’ve got a lot of reasons for the experiment, but mainly I’m just trying to change my perception of things. I’m hoping it will raise my appreciation of this life of plenty I live. I expect it will affect my health and metabolism, although I don’t know how.

I think, because I have an intention of fasting, that I’m not light-headed or distracted by food the way I’d be if I was just an hour late for lunch. I also note my sense of smell is heightened. I don’t feel irritable, although I’ve barely been tested.

My simple theory—no science to back it up—is that the idea that the metabolism instantly shuts down without constant fuel doesn’t really make sense from an evolutionary standpoint. If Fred Flintstone couldn’t get a brontosaurus burger for 24 hours, I think his body would actually fire up to better enable him to hunt and gather. A day isn’t really enough time for the body to adjust to a lower calorie count to cause it to go into “starvation mode.” We’ll see, I’m at 212 right now. If it were as simple as calories in, calories out, and I eat 2,000 calories a day, and I don’t change otherwise, I should weigh 182

by Thankgiving 2013.

My friend suggested I’m engaging in enantiodromia.

I’m willing to go with that.

Re “Only if she be defiled” (Letters to the Editor, Nov. 29): I’d just like to straighten something out regarding R.A. Drew’s letter about abortion.

Nuh-uh. The Bible doesn’t give any such potion to have an abortion.

The potion in Numbers 5 in scripture doesn’t go after the woman’s child ... were she to be found guilty, the child would die as “collateral damage,” if you will. There are no instances in scripture that condone the killing of the unborn anywhere.

Leaving that aside, I’d like to say this: Christians have never been held by the Old Testament since Christ came. Christ brought the “New Covenant” that God His Father sent Him to set up. In this New Covenant, Jesus Himself proscribes killing of all kinds. He has stern words for those who as much as lead one of these little ones astray, when he was speaking of children one time, as they will have a millstone hung around their necks and drowned in the sea; another time he tells us “allow the little ones to come unto Me and forbid them not.”

Christ is the fulfillment of the Old Testament. God put in place many awful punishments for sin in those days for His own reasons. When Christ came He announced that “the old had passed away and behold, I give you a New Covenant.”

I really enjoy RN&R. You guys show me the opposition so very well ... actually, that’s why you’re here, huh?—an alternative to the establishment. That said, however, it funs me to pick out where you’re off, whether you print me or not!

Reta Tallman Reno

Good to know Re “Repeal” (News, Nov. 29): Nevada is full of idiotic, archaic laws. Some are laughable, but others result in huge expenditures of taxpayer money for no reason at all.

A few examples: • NRS 179C.100 requires anyone with one class A felony, or two convictions for any felony, to register with the

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local law enforcement agency. By the way, it also applies to visitors who are in Nevada for more than 48 hours. So, a 65-year-old tourist with a few convictions for non-violent, non-serious felonies that are more than 40 years old has to go to the police department, register, get fingerprinted, and carry a felon card with him or risk arrest. Of course, most visitors don’t even know about the requirement, but they can still be arrested if they run into a hard-ass cop who runs a background check on them. This law has been on the books since at least 1959. They don’t do anything with the registrations, they just file them. So, the taxpayer has been on the hook for paying for police personnel to process and fingerprint tens of thousands of people for more than 50 years. By the way, Nevada is the only state that has this absurd law.

• Habitual criminal law NRS 207.010 is a dandy. Most people are familiar with three strikes laws where offenders receive sentence enhancements if they have a number of convictions (usually only for violent offenses). Well, since at least 1969, Nevada has had a law that allows for a life sentence for a felon who has three prior convictions for any felony, at any time in the past. That’s right, folks—be careful in Nevada if you broke in a car when you were 18 and then got caught twice with some dope. Those priors never go away in Nevada. So, you clean up your act, work and have a family. Then, 30 years later, you are in a bar fight and the DA decides to charge you with a felony and offers you 3-5 years and you say, “Hell no, I want a jury trial.”

Well, in Nevada if you dare ask for a jury trial, and if the jury finds you guilty, you will not only get sentenced for that crime, but on top of that sentence, the DA will file a habitual criminal petition, and you will go away for a minimum of 10 years with a possible life sentence.

By the way, that law became progressively harsh with amendments enacted throughout the ’90s thanks to the influence of ALEC on some of our legislators and pressure from the notorious Dick Gammick.

So, at a time we are ranked dead last in the high school graduation

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rate, we are spending countless millions on enforcing laws that are 40 or 50 years old just because they are there. I am appalled that the legislature can take the time to deal with the “communist” statute but not these. I guess in Nevada, you have to appear to be “tough on crime.” Too bad for the taxpayer and our kids. By the way, I don’t have a dog in this fight—I’ve never been arrested or convicted of anything, but I did work in law enforcement for more than two decades, and I know bad laws when I see them, and these are bad laws.

Lynne Black Reno

We the People Re “Various” (Letters to the Editor, Nov. 22): Commenting on style rather than substance? A waste of bytes here as the author has tossed such a rich panoply of references, ideas, history and poignant result. The writing is on the wall, so to speak. ... There must be some sort of transition from rote Darwinian-based, winner-take-all competition to one with a solid dose of “responsible to We The People and our common cooperation-based fiscal interchange.” If those kinds of changes do not happen, then the already established monopoly board is We The People’s forever gauntlet.

Christopher Lunn Carson City

So leave, already Re “Confederate state of Nevada?”

(Upfront, Nov. 22): In 1941, Curry, Jackson, Josephine, and Klamath counties in Oregon and Del Norte, Modoc, and Siskiyou counties in California made an effort to form a state called Jefferson.

In the 1990s, the bankrupt Lassen County of northeastern California was the location of another absurdist “secession” movement,” in which political fringe groups threatened to leave California and join Nevada. In each case, the “secession” counties were welfare counties without the tax base to provide for roads, water, sewers, police and fire protection,

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courts, utility services or election services, without outside aid! In the case of the Lassen County effort, an additional dimension was added in that the secessionists never asked Nevada if they would accept another welfare county! This all amounts to a fart in the wind by a clot of sore losers!

Fred Berfel Reno

Digitally divided Re “Too early for me” (Editor’s note, Nov. 29): We’ve witnessed awesome technological advances in the last few years.

The mobile device marketplace is clamoring for more timely, relevant content, delivered in the media that users prefer. Forward-thinking publishers are establishing multiple subscription avenues. Are we are at the threshold of a new golden age for journalism? Not unless the academic administration is committed to keeping up. On the UNR campus, I’m unaware of any course that covers either the software or strategy for epublication. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to invest in expensive app development to reach iPad subscribers. Academic and scholarly titles can also gain new paid electronic exposure, without adagency expense. Editors can direct a single-content stream to Nook, iTunes, Kindle or browser-based readers as well as print. Imagine the savings to an alumni magazine that creates a digital edition and allows readers to opt out of the print version, at a remarkable decline in production cost.

Chances are that they would be able to add bonus digital material and reach a more diverse audience. I see remarkable potential for collaboration between local companies and university administration. Perhaps those of us who’ve already played pivotal roles in launching effective e-titles can team with a progressive newspaper and contribute to curriculum development.

Jim Cooper Sparks

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I would like an iPad so that I can keep track of the Legislature because there are a lot of important issues that are impacting families and children, and I want to be able to keep up on it.

Doris Dowden Retiree

I want a good [federal] budget. I would like peace and harmony in the Congress and … I want things to be fair. I don’t want any cuts to my Social Security or my Medicare, which I don’t use, but I don’t want that [cut].

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No more cuts in education because we’ve had enough. In the past few [state legislative] sessions in Washoe County alone, we’ve lost over $143 million.

There was a collective sigh of relief on Sunday when the If city officials want to prevent this and promote websites that showed the actual amounts of water passsafety in the future, those observation cameras police ing through the Truckee River and the actual National have installed around the city could easily become interWeather Service flood predictions ended the hysteria net feeds. We citizens own them, and our ability to see that characterized the coverage of a wet winter storm. the same things the police see would in no way restrict If there was a flood of anything, it was a flood of police use, but it would keep some people off the street overwrought headlines. They proclaimed things like “5 in times of danger. In fact, having tens of thousands of things to know for today’s flooding in Reno, Sparks, eyes on our city even during times when there is not a Truckee, Northern Nevada” from the potential natural disaster could make Reno Gazette-Journal, or from KOLO Northern Nevada a safer place.

It was a flood of “Heavy rain overnight. Truckee Another lesson to be learned is just floods in Reno/Sparks.” how little action our government offioverwrought In retrospect, one easy lesson to cials have taken to prevent floods. headlines. learn is that weather prediction is an We’re reminded of the reason for this, imprecise science, and news media from a story done in this newspaper that report predictions as facts are likely to end up lookback in February 2006, “A tale of two taxes,” regarding ing stupid. And yet, what are they supposed to do? If the the special tax set up to pay for flood mitigation. At that media had taken a more measured approach, citizens time, Paul Urban, flood project manager, said it was who’ve learned over years that the media is often wrong important to hold off completing any flood mitigation would have been less likely to fill sandbags, and if the projects. That was because doing minor repair might flood had struck, would have been caught unprepared. prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from doing (and That creates an opportunity, though: The city should paying for) the major repairs this community needs to take advantage of the work that’s already been done, and overcome its folly of building a big part of our city on collect and stack those sandbags somewhere so that the flood plain. they’ll be handy in case of another “event” this winter.

So perhaps that’s the final lesson to be taken from One sure sign that people didn’t believe the media the flood that never was: If Reno and Sparks want to was the crowds of onlookers in the areas where politiforgo the sensational news coverage and avoid the cians and police had asked people to avoid, both for inevitable real flood, radical steps must be taken that their own safety and for the efficiency of work crews. either protect properties that can’t be moved, move But a moment’s thought will explain that: Since the properties that can, allow more water to move through news media is generally not credible, what do people urban areas (like deepening and widening the Vista nardo? They check things out for themselves. It’s a natural rows), or give the water harmless places to overflow to. and understandable reaction.

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I want my family to be healthy and happy and my friends who are going through some very serious illnesses to be well and safe.

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Peace. I would to see peace in the Middle East. That would be my highest priority. I would like to see our Congress get to work. … Other than that, just peace of mind.

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At a Reno Aces game last summer, fans watched a ball sail over their heads into a higher row, a scene that represents the fun of baseball, remote from the financial realities.

Gambling addiction meet planned For most of the history of legal gambling in Nevada, the state studiously avoided doing anything about gambling addiction.

In the late 1990s, with a federal gambling impact commission planning a Nevada hearing, state regulators took some token steps —like requiring casinos to make leaflets available in their facilities— to avoid bad publicity.

Then in 2003, Gov. Kenny Guinn really broke the barrier and proposed creation of a state program to aid addicts. The Nevada Legislature approved the program and even increased its budget over Guinn’s recommendation.

Now, a state conference on the problem is being planned, to be held in Reno, April 25-26, 2013. Information can be found at www.nevadacouncil.org/2013_conference.php.

Oh, and the conference is slated to be held at—a casino.

Merchants: Amazon abuses us Seattle-based Amazon.com, which has a Nevada facility in Fernley, is the target of numerous complaints for its treatment of small merchants who use the website to sell merchandise.

These consignment sellers make up about 40 percent of the complaints filed against the online giant with the Washington attorney general’s office, the Seattle Times reported on Nov. 17. Of those complaints, “three-fourths—nearly 120 sellers—complained that Seattle-based Amazon abruptly suspended or closed their accounts, tying up anywhere from several hundred dollars to more than $20,000,” the newspaper found from public records.

“Dozens of online sellers complain that Amazon arbitrarily withholds their payments for as long as three months, jeopardizing their ability to replenish inventories and stay in business. ... In many cases, the world’s largest Internet retailer stacked the deck against them by providing no real explanation or chance to appeal.”

Amazon did not comment, but its officials suggested to the AG’s office that the problem was that the consignment sellers weren’t prepared for the rush of business that follows joining the website.

The Times story can be read at http://tinyurl.com/cfyhyyu.

Columnist: Reid contributed deceit Chicago Tribune columnist Rex Huppke, who made a splash in April by declaring that factual information is dead, cites U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada as evidence that things got no better as the year wore on.

“To the shock of most sentient beings, Facts died Wednesday, April 18, after a long battle for relevancy with the 24-hour news cycle, blogs and the Internet,” Huppke wrote in an obituary published April 20. “Though few expected Facts to pull out of its years-long downward spiral, the official cause of death was from injuries suffered last week when Florida Republican Rep. Allen West steadfastly declared that as many as 81 of his fellow members of the U.S. House of Representatives are communists. Facts held on for several days after that assault—brought on without a scrap of evidence or reason—before expiring peacefully at its home in a high school physics book. Facts was 2,372. … Facts was born in ancient Greece, the brainchild of famed philosopher Aristotle. … Facts is survived by two brothers, Rumor and Innuendo, and a sister, Emphatic Assertion.”

Huppke, looking back on the year’s political campaign, told the American Journalism Review that Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s claim that Jeep was sending its U.S. jobs to China, Reid’s unsubstantiated claim that Romney failed to pay taxes for a decade, and Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s train wreck of an acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention showed that it’s becoming “impossible to really keep on top of what’s happening and what’s right and wrong.”

Reid never produced evidence for his claim, and Romney’s release of tax information tended to suggest that Reid was wrong.

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General fund dollars A new Reno Aces deal gets a public airing Any notion that the business community was solidly behind pouring more money by into the Reno Aces took a beating last Dennis Myers week at a Reno City Council workshop meeting.

For that matter, the idea that downtown businesspeople were united on the matter was also dispelled. The proposed new city deal for the Aces involved using general fund money, which made people on both sides of the issue—and on the County Commission—nervous.

“If we were a community that was flush, I would certainly be more open minded toward allocating those dollars,” said Java Jungle coffee house owner Matt Polley.

“On game day, there’s nothing like downtown.”

John Sande Reno attorney By contrast, Jeff Peterson said because of the Aces, his firm chose to relocate to the downtown.

“It represents a comeback for downtown Reno,” he said, and letting it get away represents “a step backward.”

For audience members, keeping the lines straight was difficult. It was not always clear whether speakers were talking about the original Aces deal or a new proposed deal. Some spectators were confused why the workshop was needed at all. They were under the impression that the

new deal had been killed by the incoming City Council. And others were taken aback as they learned more about the original contract.

Meanwhile, some were raising questions about the process under which major projects like the Aces and their stadium are approved.

At issue is a deal under which the Aces are asking for a $1 million-a-year subsidy paid over 30 years and backed by general fund money to partially refinance a $55 million construction loan that built the ballpark, a deal prompted by the recession-drop of property values in Reno and the city’s resulting inability to make its payments under the original deal. At the end of the 30 years, the ownership of the then-aging stadium will revert to the public. On Nov. 14, shortly after the outgoing City Council approved the deal, the incoming Council put it on hold through a reconsideration motion in order to give the public a chance to be heard at the workshop.

Holdover members Sharon Zadra and Dwight Dortch, who oppose the new deal, voted for it in the first meeting, making them eligible to move reconsideration when the meeting continued with the new members.

Last week, Pacific Coast League president Branch Rickey threatened to let the Aces start looking for a new city if the Reno deal is not approved.

“While such permission has not yet been sought, we fully understand that the club is being given virtually no alternative,” Rickey wrote.

The “no alternative” language sug-

gested to critics that Rickey has heard from only one side and has not been briefed on the city’s situation.

Supporters of the Aces talked about both downtown revival and the glories of baseball.

John Sande IV, an attorney for Aces owner SK Baseball, said, “We moved our office from West Liberty to across from the ball park. … On game day, there’s nothing like downtown.”

Downtown restaurant owner David Silverman said, “I opened a business … across from the stadium because of the promises that were made” and said “the consequences of not doing [the new deal] are great.”

Former County Commissioner and state legislator Bob Rusk, who owns a hotel downtown: “I’ve been involved in every successful venture in downtown Reno” since the Redevelopment district was created. He urged the Council not to go to the ballot with the issue. “Don’t put it to a vote of the people because I can tell you right now what the decision will be—no, and hell, no.”

Though the new City Council has been criticized for slowing the process down after the previous Council had speeded it up, Nevada Assembly Republican floor leader Pat Hickey said he had no problem with that: “I applaud you for wanting to study this issue yourself.”

But Hickey also said “what a terrible loss this would be” if the team left Reno, and he urged the Council to “find a way” to make it work.

National Federation of Independent Businesses spokesperson Randi Thompson said, “We’ve got a lot of businesses that have moved downtown.” The team, she said, “perpetuate a part of our town that is coming back.”

Jim Galloway said the Council “gave its word … so I don’t see how Reno can renege” on the deal.

The other side

Galloway was one of many speakers who suggested the new Council was toying with the city’s good name, that by not keeping the Aces afloat, the city risked losing corporations who will believe that the city does not keep its commitments to businesses.

But opponents said the Aces supporters were deliberately mixing up two sets of promises to the Aces—the ones that were made originally in 2008-2009 and the promises the Aces are trying to extract from the city now.

The original promises have been kept, they said—it’s new promises that are now at issue. The Aces are “coming back now asking for a new deal,” said economics author Helm Lehman.

Lehman added, “Who really benefits from Triple A baseball in Reno?

It’s the Diamondbacks, in this case.”

The Aces are an Arizona Diamondbacks team.

Larry Moore said it was the Aces that failed to keep their commitments, citing the way the SK Baseball once touted in national publications its plans to commercially develop the former site of the Mizpah Hotel, which has never happened.

Attorney Michael Alonso, speaking for Monarch Casino Resort Inc.—which owns the Atlantis and Peppermill—said it’s nonsense that the city would be reneging on its commitments to the Aces if it killed the general fund deal. The city has kept its commitments to the Aces, he said, and now is being asked for additional commitments. He said the Council took the right step in “slowing this thing down.”

“But we just don’t support the use of general fund dollars,” Alonso said.

He went on, “The city has lived up to the commitments. The developer wants a brand new deal.”

Alonso said the Aces have a dream deal with the city—“The developer gets relieved of all its obligations” if the city misses a single payment in the next 30 years.

Sharon Honig Bear said neither Aces nor city have done anything to save the historical Freight House building other than using its name.

The real Freight House—which is along the railroad tracks on the Aces parcel—is becoming a victim of “demolition by neglect,” she said.

Some critics said they would like to see some independent appraisal of whether the ballpark is actually contributing to downtown revitalization rather than anecdotes and isolated instances of this business or that moving to the downtown.

The more some audience members learned about the original deal between the city and the team, the more outspoken they became that it was a bad deal. For one thing, though Nevada has experienced recessions five times in the last 31 years, the contract with the Aces made no provision for contingencies if another recession hit. The original Aces contract was approved in May 2007. The start of the national recession is generally regarded as December 2007, though given Nevada’s highest-in-the-nation foreclosure rate, the recession probably began earlier in this state.

Daniel O’Keefe complained about difficulty in getting information from the city on the deals. “We couldn’t get a lot of information other than what we got from the Gazette,” he said.

After the workshop some community figures said the original Aces deal should have been given more of an airing before the community, that the OPINION

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Michael Graham, a member of the city’s Old Northwest Public Advisory Committee, said all the city’s advisory boards should have been brought into the process.

“I think there are eight or nine boards with an average of nine to 13 people on the board,” he said. “It would have brought in a lot of skilled questions to the dialogue. I’m willing to bet 100 percent that someone on one of the boards, if they’d been brought into the process would have said, ‘But we’re in a boom now. What happens when we’re in a bust?’— which appears to be a consideration.”

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“We just don’t support the use of general fund dollars.”

Michael Alonso Reno attorney contingencies made for an economic downturn in the original deal: “I really can’t. I know that things were put together so fast because Senator [William] Raggio, if you’ll recall, had put a drop dead date on the car rental tax.” The mayor said the city had about a 60-day period during which it had to act quickly. He said another factor that led to the speed of the original deal was the RED Development—developers of the Legends shopping center—were also negotiating to get the Aces in Sparks.

In an echo of Vietnam policymaking, one workshop speaker argued that the city, having invested so heavily already, should not pull out now.

In milling about before the meeting began, some residents expressed puzzlement that the issue was still alive, having assumed that the newly elected Council had killed the deal.

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GREENSPACE Miner setback A failure to obtain proper mining permits resulted in a hint of success for the Comstock Resident Assocation’s first round of legal actions against Comstock Mining, Inc (CMI). Opposition against open pit mining near Virginia City has been going on for some time, escalating after the Storey County planning commission approved CMI’s efforts to haul ore on state route 342 (“Mineshafted,” July 26).

A motion to dismiss legal action against Storey County and CMI was rejected by the District Court, which ruled that the county and CMI “failed to carry their burden of proof,” according to District Judge James Wilson. CRA is taking legal action against CMI and Storey County on the basis of health concerns caused by hauling ore and the lack of proper permits to haul ore on state route 342, the main road through Virginia City, as opposed to truck route 341.

Shelter from storms Snowmen On Parade The frosty characters jump off your front lawn and onto the street to get the family in the mood for some Christmas fun. Come downtown for a traditional Christmas parade along with entertainment, photos with Santa, arts and crafts and a tree lighting ceremony. The tree lighting ceremony is Friday, December 7 and the parade is Saturday, December 8. Bring a toy to stuff the truck for our inaugural City of Sparks City-Wide Toy Drive, with our Grand Marshall, the Coca-Cola Polar Bear.

Tree Lighting Ceremony Friday, December 7, 2012, 6:30-7PM. Gather ‘round the tree as Mayor Martini throws on the lights on the glorious tree. Event includes carolers and great entertainment.

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If you miss bringing a gift at that time, bring your toy to any of the following locations and know that your generosity is bringing joy to a child this Christmas.

Discussion at last month’s Greenbuild Expo, held in San Francisco, centered on making the West Coast an example for sustainable living from the ground up. The expo brings together industry professionals from construction and architecture to discuss innovations in green building and technology.

According to a report on online environmental news site Grist, the West Coast “is slated to spend more than $1 trillion on infrastructure over the next 30 years.” In response to this news, the main question of the expo was, “Will it be spent throwing good money after bad on ill-suited, outdated structures, or will it be invested in more resilient, climate-smart alternatives?”

The expo took place as Superstorm Sandy ravaged the East Coast and left thousands of people without electricity, to which attendees agreed that “smart infrastructure choices need to (a) move us toward lower-carbon energy and transportation systems and (b) be able to stand up to increasingly intense weather temperatures, heightened risk of wildfire and rising sea levels,” the report stated.

While Superstorm Sandy itself can’t be attributed to climate change, scientists suggest that an increase in global temperatures will result in more frequent natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods and wildfires.

— Ashley Hennefer ashleyh@newsreview.com

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ECO-EVENT Ranger John Keese will speak on winter safety and survival at a question and answer session hosted by the Galena Creek Visitor Center. Hot chocolate will be provided. $5 suggested donation.

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“It’s pretty alarming,” says Steve Bradhurst, Central Nevada Water Authority director, of the worst case scenarios of Nevada’s water supply. “We know we are tapping out resources. We can only take so much water before needing to by Ashley take more.”

Hennefer But Bradhurst and the attendees of this year’s Great Basin Water Forum aren’t entirely pessimistic. There are real steps toward conservation that ashleyh@ newsreview.com people throughout the state, and neighboring states, can take to ward off potential water disasters in the next few decades.

The water forum is held annually and arose from a memorandum established in 2009 between two California counties, two Utah counties, and eight rural Nevada counties. This year’s meeting in Carson City sought balance between population growth and sustainable water supply. According to Bradhurst, the Great Basin region, which covers most of Nevada, eastern Utah, the southern corners of Oregon and Idaho and a few eastern patches of California, is the “driest hydrographic region in the United States.”

Attendees discussed at length alternatives to the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s proposed water pipeline, which would extract and transport water from White Pine County to Clark County. Earlier this year, state engineer The Bureau of Land Jason King approved a maximum of 83,988 acre feet of water that could be Management will taken from White Pine County, but Clark County would need much more release an than that to sustain its current water consumption. This, says Bradhurst, is environmental impact statement on the what concerned members of the forum, because water would continue to be SNWA pipeline in the taken from around the state and possibly even neighboring states. Removing next couple weeks. ground water from rural communities could result in a disruption of the water table, which would eventually take out vegetation, leaving unsettled soil to produce a “Dust Bowl-like scenario,” says Bradhurst.

The proposed pipeline is estimated to cost $10-$15 billion, which Bradhurst hopes would not be a cost for other counties throughout the state.

But there are other options, including desalination, which removes salt from ocean water, rendering it consumable by human populations. This would cost around $3 billion and provide a more reliable source of water. Countries like Australia have been active in researching desalination, but the U.S has just a handful of projects spread throughout the country.

However, Bradhurst says that conservation should be the top priority for Nevadans. Currently, residents of Las Vegas Valley use around 250 gallons per capita per day (gpcpd). Previously, the consumption level was 344 gpcpd, so the conservation is “a good start,” says Bradhurst.

Los Angeles, Phoenix and Tucson consume around 165 gpcpd. If southern Nevadans could reach a goal of 199 gpcpd—a goal set by SNWA to be met by 2035—a pipeline would be unnecessary. Residents can start by doing “more xeriscaping,” which replaces water-thirsty lawns with hardier native plants, and “more retrofits in homes,” such as replacing toilets and sinks.

Bradhurst says that he’s heartened by the response from the Clark County Commission, which has so far opposed the pipeline, but hopes that the rest of the state takes conservation more seriously.

“It’s easier to go with reliable water resources we have,” he says. “We have a scarcity of water in this state, and people are starting to see the writing on the wall.” Ω OPINION

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THE POWER UTILITY AND ITS CUSTOMERS

FACE OFF OVER SMART METERS

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7 a.m. on Nov. 12, Meri West and her sister, who was visiting from out of town, awoke to a commotion. West went to the kitchen window, and saw a large scorch mark on the side of her neighbor’s house. A smart meter, installed three months ago, had burst into flames, burning her neighbor’s hands, lips and face, she said.

The victim did not respond to this newspaper’s requests for comment, but a knowledgeable third party said that because one of his duties is paying the utility bills for a local government jurisdiction, commenting on the incident might be construed a conflict of interest. However, his name is of little importance to those who oppose smart meters because his injury represents proof that the new digital power meters are dangerous.

Potential fires are one of several public concerns regarding smart meters, resulting in a nationwide effort to oppose the new technology.

Smart meters are the digital versions of traditional analog—mechanical— meters that track power usage in a person’s home, and are intended to help strengthen the next phase of the national power grid by allowing consumers to better track energy usage and generate sustainable power back to the grid. Installation of smart meters began in Nevada in late 2010.

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According to Reno Fire Department Chief Michael Hernandez, fires caused by smart meters have been rare.

“We’ve had just two reported,” said Hernandez. “Only one was of significance because it caused an injury.”

Fires from smart meters have been attributed to faulty wiring and installation. The chances of a smart meter catching fire are extremely low. The Vancouver Sun, a Canadian newspaper, reported a dozen incidents of smart meter fires this year, which is often used in arguments against smart meters, but also published an article called “Fire concerns over smart meters appear overblown.”

In Vancouver, 22 fires out of 11,100 house fires were “related to the meter and distribution panel,” the report states.

Engineering consultant Joseph Tavormina says that generally, a smart meter-related fire could be caused by several factors, including faulty electrical sockets.

“Those get old, they get damaged by water or weather, and then they cause a shorted circuit,” he says. “Any of that could result in a fire.”

Former public utilities commissioner and consumer advocate Tim Hay says that he had immediate concerns when the smart meter program was first announced, although he was not a commissioner at the time of the

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decisions. His primary concern was that the brand of meters, Sensus, was chosen without looking at other brands.

“I don’t think the PUC put a contract out for a competitive bid,” he says. “They were in a hurry to get the process done because of federal funding that would offset the costs, but other than that, it’s unclear what the process was of selecting the Sensus meters.”

After fires in California and Hawaii, the state PUCs replaced Sensus brand smart meters with Landys+Gyr brand meters, which Hay says have been more reliable, partly due to a glass cover, sturdier than the plastic cover used by Sensus.

“In general, I think the concept of smart meters is a good idea,” Hay says. “But the PUC needs to have a better system to determine if they’ve chosen one that is good for the consumer.”

Since the incident, West has been trying to get in touch with the right people to have her smart meter replaced with the standard analog meter. West was told her smart meter couldn’t be replaced until the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) confirmed an opt-out plan during a hearing on Nov. 27.

“I’m a wreck,” she says. “What if it happened at night while I’m in bed?”

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“I was impressed with how nice and honest the guys were,” she says, referring to the NV Energy employees who showed up at the scene of the fire. “But it’s been very frustrating getting any answers or help.”

West has contacted NV Energy multiple times, and is often directed to representatives in Las Vegas. She also called a number listed on the PUCN website, which “was weird, because it refers to NV Energy,” says West.

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“I’M A WRECK. WHAT IF IT [CAUGHT FIRE] AT NIGHT WHILE I’M IN BED?” MERI WEST, SMART METER OPPONENT

Tim Hay, who photographed the damage caused by the meter fire, says PUCs need to choose smart meters that are safe and economical for the public.

munications manager from Northern Nevada.

“We’ve installed 375,000 in Reno and 1.4 million statewide. In order to install a new meter, we might have to turn the power off. Older appliances that don’t have a new surge protector might have old or damaged sockets that could result in a fire.”

Eventually, West got in touch with a PUCN representative, who told West that there were 3,000 people on the opt-out list. On Nov. 27, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approved a trial opt-out program, which will start on Dec. 4 and last until Dec. 31, 2016. The trial was a joint application by NV Energy and the Sierra Pacific Power Company to allow for three trial “non-standard metering operation” programs, according to the application document.

According to the PUCN’s webpage about the program, only residential customers can participate in the opt-out program. Those eligible to opt-out will receive non-communicating digital meters, which will be manually read every month and don’t store data. These consumers will have to handle the differences in cost for these services.

But for many, this isn’t enough. Some want to see smart meters—and a smart grid—abolished altogether, claiming that their lives depend on it.

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Backlash against smart meters began in 2009 in Bakersfield, Calif., after residents began claiming negative health impacts from the meters—most notably, migraines and sickness reportedly caused by radiofrequency (RF) and electromagnetic fields (EMF), two terms that are often misused. According to the World Health Organization, RF is part of the EMF spectrum, and when below 300GHz, is considered nonionizing and has no effect on the human body. A smart meter emits significantly less than that— around 900MHz—and a standard mobile phone ranges from 450 to 2700MHz. But a small movement quickly spiraled into national paranoia against the smart grid, aided by a multitude of articles by major media outlets in the U.S and Canada. Health concerns have been the most prevalent reason for opposition, particularly migraines, insomnia, depression, anxiety and other neurological disorders. Many health officials don’t doubt that patients claiming these symptoms are actually experiencing them, but, like past feared technology such as cell phones and antennas, the illnesses are often psychosomatic, perpetuated 12 | RN&R | DECEMBER 6, 2012

by pseudo-science and word-of-mouth concerns.

Registered nurse Deirdre Mozzetto didn’t know anything about smart meters when an NV Energy employee showed up to install one on the side of her house in July. Mozzetto and her family rent their Reno home and had moved in not long before the meter was installed.

“I said, ‘OK, sure, install it,’” Mozzetto says.

“I’d never had any problem before with the utilities company installing anything that was questionable.”

A couple weeks after installation, Mozzetto says that she started experiencing severe insomnia, which then led to headaches and a ringing in her ears.

“It coincided with the time they installed the smart meter,” she says.

When looking for causes of these symptoms, Mozzetto stumbled across an article about smart meter health concerns, which prompted her to search for additional information. She found dozens of websites and articles and discovered a condition called electrical hypersensitivity (EHS).

Mozzetto has not seen a doctor to be officially diagnosed, and says that she diagnosed her symptoms using her medical background as a nurse and similar reports she found on the internet.

“It doesn’t seem like the medical community is on board with electrical hypersensitivity,” she says.

Because the meter is close to Mozzetto’s bedroom, she now sleeps with her daughter on a futon in her living room. She has covered part of her walls with aluminum foil, and has placed a material embedded with silver over the smart meter itself, as several websites suggested, she says. She does not have wireless internet in her home, and keeps her iPhone on airplane mode. Since she has diagnosed herself as having EHS, even talking on the phone results in headaches and discomfort.

Mozzetto says that being several feet farther from the meter has improved her sleep, but her symptoms remain. Her daughter has not demonstrated any noticeable symptoms, but “when I’m restless, she gets restless, so it does effect her.”

Mozzetto, along with several other consumers organizing against smart meters, testified at a PUCN public consumer session a few months ago. She has been in touch with activist Mike Hazard, based in Las Vegas. Hazard started a group called NV Energy Stop Smart Meters.

Hazard first became aware of smart meter issues after reading a book called Just Say No to Big

Brother’s Smart Meters: The Latest in BioHazard Technology by Orlean Koehle, recommended to him at the Behind the Green Mask conference in Santa Rosa last year. The conference is organized by the Post Sustainability Institute, which seeks to eradicate the United Nations Agenda 21, a measure intended to track and reduce human impact on the environment.

Hazard’s smart meter was installed in Feb. 2011, and by August, he had met others in Las Vegas with similar concerns, and a group was formed.

Hazard says that the PUCN trial program is “a good start,” but wants the PUCN to bring analog meters back as an option.

“There’s no reason that in this opt-out proposal, the analog meter wasn’t discussed,” he says. Other states with opt-out programs, including Hawaii, Vermont and California, will re-install consumers’ analog meters.

“Here’s the bottom line: the smart meter movement is not about saving energy or money,” he says. “Maybe for some people it is. Maybe they don’t have the self-discipline to turn their thermostats down. I don’t need that. I can be energy efficient without that modern technology. This is just a big money maker for the energy company.

The power company is making a huge profit, a profit that has been enabled by the PUCN.” Hazard is referring to the costs of the opt-out program. In Southern Nevada, consumers will have to pay $10 each month to cover the cost of a meter reader; in Northern Nevada, it will cost $9.25 per month. In addition, residences that opt out will also have to pay a one-time fee of $8.14.

Andersen says these fees will cover “associated costs” of the opt-out program, including the cost of a new meter and the time spent manually entering consumers’ data into the system. Hazard says that these are unnecessary fees from which NV Energy will profit.

“I don’t mind a company making profit, but when they are charging for services we already pay for, that’s just wrong,” he says. “We are already paying that meter reader fee, and they are trying to make us out as the bad guys.”

The next step for Hazard will be the petition for reconsideration filed by the Bureau of Consumer Protection, which will request that analog meters be an option for opt-out consumers. NV Energy will have five days to respond to the petition.

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NV Energy Stop Smart Meters does not have an official website, so a Google search about the organization pulls up a webpage on the National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation (NTEF) website. NTEF is a nonprofit which seeks to “provide education and services to the growing segment of the population who are adversely affected by everyday chemicals and toxins in our environment.”

Some of the language used on the NTEF website is off-putting, particularly a “breaking news” story in which a document referred to as “NV Energy’s ‘fair and just’ raping of ratepayers, under the guise of their inflated and erroneous so-called ‘expenses’” is saved as “rapefees.pdf.”

Underneath the PDF, the webpage links to a dozen articles from around the web on various topics related to electricity, privacy and terrorism, including a Yahoo.com report titled “Virtual terrorism: Al Queda video calls for ‘electronic jihad’” and a CBS News report, “Black hat hacker can remotely attack insulin pumps and kill people.” There’s no explanation on the website about why these articles are included with other smart meter news, but the common themes of each article are distrust of utility companies, government and technology.

Tavormina says that much of the opposition has to do with the public’s perception of utility companies.

“It’s rooted in the fact that utility companies are natural monopolies, and as a consumer you don’t have a choice,” he says. “You buy power from NV Energy or from nobody, but even if you have solar panels, you still need power.”

Because of this, consumers feel powerless when a program is enacted with which they don’t agree.

“Ninety percent of [the disdain for power companies] is kind of unfair,” he acknowledges.

“Ten percent may be fair. As a regulated business, utility companies don’t really operate as for-profit industries. They have to take new programs to the utilities commissions first to justify changes in costs.”

Tavormina notes that it’s difficult for people to take responsibility for their own energy consumption, especially when poor consumption habits result in higher power bills. Ultimately, Tavormina says, the meters are intended to make people aware of how they consume energy and how they can better conserve. There are financial incentives when consumers use energy during

consumers need to also do their own research by seeking out peer-reviewed, empirical studies.

“People need to not use the terms ‘radiofrequency’ and ‘electromagnetic fields’ interchangeably, and it is important for those wor-

ried about the meters to look at scientific research before jumping to conclusions,” she said.

Smart meter opposition has been chastised by the scientific skeptic community, and has been referred to as paranoia caused by conspiracy the-

orists. It’s also been linked to Tea Party groups, including the U.S. Patriots, who have held lectures on the dangers of smart meters and how the public can “uphold freedoms.” Some message boards encourage homeowners to keep weapons on hand to threaten utility company employees.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal wrote a report in March called “Smart meters spawn conspiracy talk: They know what you’re watching on TV!” The report looked at Nevada’s efforts against smart meters, comparing it to similar groups who oppose fluoridation of water. The opposition has also been linked to wind turbine syndrome, in which residents living near a wind turbine claim to have the same conditions as smart meter victims, including migraines, high blood pressure, anxiety and insomnia.

Besides the tension the smart meters have created between consumers and utility companies, the issue has also divided much of the environmental movement. While smart meter opposition, including the frequently cited website StopSmartMeters.org, relate the issue to environmentalism, others disagree, highlighting the necessity of an efficient smart grid.

Tavormina says it’s a necessary step to make electricity safer, more sustainable, less expensive and more reliable.

“The whole idea of our grid is an open loop system—we have places where power is produced and wires that deliver power to users, but there’s very little feedback about what’s going on at the end of the line,” he says. “Having more data about what’s happening at all times helps to prevent disasters like a power outage or a fire.

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off-peak hours, as well as generating their own electricity through alternative resources like solar panels or wind turbines.

Much of what also bothers people, Tavormina says, is that there’s not much regulation about privacy issues in the U.S. The fear is that because a smart meter meticulously tracks data, a hacker could access a power bill and determine when a resident is home based on the resident’s peak electricity consumption. Like the fires, hacking, too, has been a rare occurrence.

According to Hay, the utility companies have a duty to ensure that new technology is safe, affordable and efficient before approving it.

“It comes down to three tiers,” he says. “One is, is this is the best technology to get a bang for buck for consumers? Then, what’s the potential safety hazard with these meters causing fires?

And then the third tier is the cybersecurity ones, if they pose a potential threat at indicating whether a house is occupied. There are other general health issues, but there’s some consensus that the health issues are unsupported, somewhat matters of judgment. But in any case, many jurisdictions have said that consumers should have the right to opt out.”

Nurse Deirdre Mozzetto, pictured here holding her daughter Sophia, is worried about the health effects of smart meters. She has covered her smart meter with a silver-based material.

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Now that the PUCN has approved a trial opt-out plan, Mozzetto and West are waiting to hear back about when their smart meters will be replaced.

Mozzetto hopes that scientific research continues to investigate the impact of radiofrequency on human health. University of Nevada, Reno engineering professor Indira Chatterjee, whose research involves the bioeffects of electromagnetic fields, agrees that more research from the science community is necessary, but notes that

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Phew! You made it past Black Friday without being trampled to death at a Megamart. Victory!

OK, now you just have to stuff stockings, draw Secret Santa numbers at the office, buy and wrap presents for your family and friends, hoping all the while that everyone’s pleased and nothing’s regifted. by

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But first, to fortify you with cheer and goodwill, we here at RN&R would like to announce our new holiday-prep slogan. “Shop till you drop” has been officially updated to “Go visit your local artists at their studios, sales and sites, and just completely forget about fighting over parking spaces at the mall.”

Here are some of the creative, off-the-beaten-path gift-shopping options you’ll find around town this December. And there are a lot more! Keep your eyes open for listings and fliers.

Follow RN&R’s advice and you won’t have to set foot in a crowded mall for the rest of the year. Plus, whether you opt for traditional or cutting edge, precious pendants or plein-air paintings, giving the gift of art is just plain cool. Not to mention it decreases your chances of having to attend white-elephant parties later.

Your options are many. Shop at a public event or a private studio. Take a Sunday drive or just click a few buttons on your laptop. However you like to shop, Reno’s creative community has Mallmart and Company beat hands down for original gift ideas.

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As usual, Holland Project’s youthful energy equals a teeming mother lode of creative output, the Rogue Art + Craft Village, Dec. 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Holland Project, 140 Vesta St. Think Grandma’s church-basement bazaar, only replace Grandma’s doilyknitting buddies with the fixie-riding, vintage-eyeglass-frames-wearing, allages-punk-show-hosting set. More than 20 forward-thinking, communityminded crafters will peddle their wares while they teach you how to make your own. Browse for the freshest ’zines, ceramics, linocut cards and small artworks around, then wander over to the make-your-own-gift-wrap station. Catch a buzz, compliments of local Magpie Coffee Roasters, who’ll serve cups of joe, sell you some beans to take home, and get you energized for some hands-on crafting. At the holiday card-making workshop at 2 p.m. $5 buys you instruction and supplies. If your own stationery creations aren’t enough to stuff stockings of everyone on your list, artist and gogetter [and RN&R contributor] Megan Berner has got your back. She organizes Holland Project Print Editions, something of a print-of-the-month club, year-round. Each month her crew of local and national printers

makes a few extras to stash away for holiday shopping time, hence a wide selection of affordable one-off prints, among the event’s anticipated highlights. For more information, visit hollandreno.org.

Artist: Glass act Jeff Johnson’s work is all over town, in shop windows, private homes, and art collections. And if someone on your gift list asked Santa for a custom beer sign, surely you’re already thought to give the area’s preeminent neon artist a call. But here’s a little secret for advanced gift givers and design buffs who aren’t in need of bar or casino signage: Johnson—who spends a lot of his time making art and very little time creating an online presence or marketing his work—also handcrafts exquisite, blown-glass ornaments. They’re like frozen, oversized, clear-mixed-with-candy-striping raindrops, balancing fresh and contemporary with a distinctively swoopy shape that says “Christmas traditional,” but pretty enough to leave up all year. Purchase one-offs or sets of these charming morsels directly from Johnson’s studio. You’ll have to track him down the old fashioned way, by phone, 324-6290, and with advance notice.

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We love the Reno Arch. The glowing, neon skyline is dear to our hearts. But for every few dozen image makers whose work boisterously shouts, “Reno!” there’s only one Erik Holland, whose paintings quietly, competently repeat “realistic, romantic, less iconic Nevada” over and over. Holland avoids the oft-represented, postcard-worthy structures to show us instead the little things we love about home: the way the light looks in that one cottonwood tree in the fall in front of that unpretentiously pretty Victorian we walk by every day; the Old Riverside Hotel, stoically picturesque, painted pink by a sunrise. His pictures are romantic, in the pragmatic way, just like Reno. This month, Holland leans slightly iconic, for him anyway, in his exhibit, “Frederic Delongchamps Art and Architecture” at the Nevada Historical Society, 1650 North Virginia St., 688-1190, where lastminute shoppers can pick up an oil painting or architectural drawing of a structure designed by Delongchamps, the architect who left his Art-Deco mark all over the region. Holland’s paintings are just right for expats and envious out-oftowners, and they go with most couches.

Website: Precious Check all of Etsy.com for handmade versions of everything you can think of. Check the Indie Reno page for a long list of regional crafters and designers who showcase their wares on the crafty, online marketplace.

And check Dean Burton’s page to see what happened when the Truckee Meadows Community College photography professor branched into 3-D production.

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Weekend drive Paul Herman and Joe Winter are both wood-kiln-firing potters who live down the road from each other, about a 40-minute drive north of town. Both are open for business all year round, but the best time to turn a Sunday drive into a shopping score is in December, when they both schedule holiday sale hours all month long to increase the chances of you being able to cruise up U.S. Route 395 in cooperative weather conditions. Each artists unpacks kilnload after kilnload of wheelthrown ceramic pitchers, plates, jars and clever kitchenwares, even the occasional stoneware colander.

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Found in translation The Mexican on interracial romance, the Spanish language, and Americans in Mexico Dear Mexican: Why is it that many Mexican women hate on me for having an Asian (Korean, to be exact) novia? I notice this in a lot of places. We go to the store, and I get looks. We go to the movies and people look or say things like “Mira la chinita.” I get looks from Asian people as well, but many Mexican women look at me with the evil eye. When I ask my Latina co-worker, she basically said by Gustavo Arellano it makes her and other Latinas feel unwanted. I really do not see color gustavoa@ lines. What does it matter? I don’t newsreview.com judge others, so why do they judge me? My novia is a good person, and we are doing great. Her family and my family have accepted us with open arms. But sometimes we have to avoid certain places. The funny thing is she speaks Spanish fluently, and I’m a novice with Korean. Many of the Latinas are hating, but they themselves can’t speak the language of the culture they hold so dearly. I’m a shaved head rocker

and I don’t think people expect it when I say she is my novia. What’s your take on this?

“P.S.,” you added at the end of your letter. “I love it when people talk smack about her, and she turns around and tells them, ‘Entiendo todo lo que dicen, babosas.’ It really freaks people out.” HA! I’m glad she understands everything that the babosas say about her, too. And I’m glad that your chinita’s parents accept you. Back when I was dating a chinita (a Vietnamese girl, but who’s keeping score?), her parents thought I was little better than a cholo-gardener-illegal-bandito even though I dressed like a Chicano nerd (guayaberas, Chucks, slacks) and was a graduate student (the chologardener-bandito bit was only on weekends). My parents, on the other hand, welcomed the chinita into our household. Then again, I’ve heard of situations like that flipped, so I wouldn’t attribute Know Nothing

relationship attitudes to any particular raza. Stats on intermarriage rates between chinitos and wabs are hard to come by, which I guess proves your point—even demographers don’t believe in the possibility of chinito-Mexi love—but I do know that Latinos and Asians are the two ethnic groups with the highest rates of marrying outside their group, so your beautiful relationship is the shape of cosas to come, not some crime against nature a la a Mexican Republican. Mexican women don’t like your chinita? They’re just upset no man is giving them the chile, period.

Why do some Chicano activists hate the European Columbus, but get mad because this Mexican (me) is not fluent in Spanish? Isn’t Spanish a European language that half our ancestors forced on the other half of our ancestors?

Shh! Don’t introduce logic to a yaktivist! They might soil their maxtlatl!

Why do Mexicans here in Chiapas think that, because I’m a gringo, I will or am able to pay more for stuff? Nothing works, including, “No soy turista” or ¿Cuanto cuesta por los Mexicanos? Now my pocho friend has to tell me to hide my skinny white ass around the corner while he negotiates the price for everything. ¿Qué paso? Do I have “tonto” stamped on my forehead or what?

Soy pobre maestro de inglés. No gano mucho.

You think that slumming it in southernmost Mexico teaching English to chiapanecos entitles you to everything Mexican, including easier haggling at the tianguis? Cry me a pinche river. An American haggling Mexican vendors in Mexico is like a city bureaucrat demanding taxes from a kid’s lemonade stand. Ω

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Brian Shiedel as Larry and Abel Echeverria as Walter in a performance of Inspecting Carol.

Inspecting Carol Reno Little Theater’s holiday offering is decidedly un-holidayish. Its actors are relative by unknowns, and a few have almost no preJessica Santina vious experience. In fact, the show’s very jessicas@ premise relies upon them performing the newsreview.com most overly performed holiday chestnuts badly. The Spartan set looks as if it was thrown together in a matter of hours, and their costumes with even less time.

And I absolutely loved it.

Inspecting Carol is the brainchild of Inspecting Carol by Daniel Daniel Sullivan, an American Theatre Sullivan & the Seattle Hall-of-Famer who, in 1991, collaborated Repertory Theatre is with the Seattle Repertory Company to directed by Bryce Keil and Doug A. Mishler at Reno write a mash-up of A Christmas Carol and Little Theater, 147 E. the Russian comedy of errors The Pueblo St., on Dec. 6, 7, Inspector General, a story about mistaken 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 at identity that leads to the government get7:30 p.m., and Dec. 9, 16, 23 at 2 p.m. ting screwed. Fresh-faced, starry-eyed Tickets are $16 general Wayne (Chris Blanford) arrives at The admission/$13 for Soapbox Theater for an audition to become students, seniors and a Soapbox Player. It’s his last stop on a military. For more theater bus tour, so this one needs to count. information, visit

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Grumpy stage manager M.J. (Rachel Sliker) greets Wayne, immediately recognizes his lack of talent, and sends him packing.

She’s busy trying to get the lazy, unprofessional Soapbox Players off their asses to rehearse. They have only four days before they open. But no one feels any urgency— they’ve done A Christmas Carol every year since artistic director Zorah (Annikki Larsson) opened The Soapbox a decade ago, and they can’t rustle up enough energy to care. Playing Scrooge is Larry (Brian Shiedel), who keeps trying to re-imagine the show by injecting “creative” interpretations of the script—last year’s Scrooge spoke Spanish, and this year he’d like to add a commentary about abortion and reconsider Tiny Tim’s sexuality. Luther (Logan Thomason) reprises his beloved Tiny Tim, despite being far too old for it. Phil is a smart-ass Cratchit who’s been bitter ever since Zorah slept with him and then gave him the brush-off. Then there’s Sidney (Fred Garcia) and Dorothy (Marti Creveling), an overly optimistic pair of veteran actors.

There’s Bart (Brandon Keil), a Brooklyn transplant prone to profanity; Kevin (Dave Martens), the high-strung, worrisome busi-

ness manager; and Walter (Abel Echeverria), a Hispanic man who recently joined the company as part of Zorah’s “multicultural initiative.”

Meanwhile, the Soapbox Theater is broke. Its only remaining source of predictable funding, the $13,000 normally provided annually by the National Endowment for the Arts, is also on the rocks. An inspector’s coming to evaluate the theater and determine how much, if any, money it should get this year. Zorah needs to pull out all the stops for the inspector when he arrives. But the guy she’s pegged as the inspector is Wayne, who’s so determined to get his audition that he returns with a take-charge attitude and some wild ideas for the show, which the company, unfortunately, decides to use. The result is that no one has any idea what’s going on. Without

revealing how this one turns out, I’ll tell you that the last 30 minutes of the show are enormously funny.

The show intelligently plays on theater stereotypes—the incestuous nature of a local theater community, the actor who’s over concerned with “process,” the hand-to-mouth life of actors, the embarrassing vocal exercises, the head-in-the-clouds newbie who dreams of landing a real job. And it jabs at the ironies of too-ambitious multiculturalism and of arts organizations pandering to the government.

Accolades go to Doug Mishler’s sound design, which is brilliantly executed and contributes to the show’s laughs. What a pleasure it was for me to see a local performance in which I didn’t recognize a single actor—a rarity in itself—and yet enjoyed them all (especially Abel Echeverria, a sort of hapless comedic genius, and the rosy-cheeked Chris Blanford, a pitch-perfect Wayne).

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Sous Chef Kevin Cloutier told me they do all their own butchering. The steak was a triangular-shaped, short loin cut, some suggesting the first cut of the top loin next to the rib end, and it was rubbed with truffle oil, tarragon, roasted garlic, rosemary oil and few other special spices then grilled to medium rare.

It was tender, juicy, and filled with layers of flavors from the bite of the garlic and the sweet-savory rosemary to the elegance of the truffle. The service was exceptional, with polished presentation technique, and a knowledgeable, well-spoken staff.

There’s a nice wine list that includes a 1945 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac ($12,000) and in the interest of truth-in-journalism, I went to the cellar and saw it. The bythe-glass, more my price range, was nice ($6-$11). With the appetizer, I had the 2010 Napa Valley Chardonnay, revealing elegant ripe tree fruit flavors of baked apple, supported by layered notes of toasty oak, caramel and brown spice. The wine has a moderate mouth feel and sweetness balanced by refined, juicy acidity.

The steak required a red. The ZD 2011 Pinot Noir was a truly delicious wine with excellent depth and complexity. A medium ruby color and aromas of dark cherries, briary strawberry and subtle hints of vanilla and lavender give way to a lush, silky palate with more bright fruit, cedar and toast, and a great acid/tannin balance that should allow for great aging in the years to come.

Dessert was recommended and who am I to argue with the chef? Red Velvet cake with cream cheese frosting ($7)—I hadn’t seen that in a long while, and I can tell you the calories never looked better. It was moist and melted in my mouth. As I walked out feeling thoroughly content and pleasingly plump, I’m sure a Mona Lisa smile was on my face. Ω PHOTO/ALLISON YOUNG

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Executive Chef Xavier Leveau, classically trained in France with a résumé that includes chef de cuisine at Epcot Center in Orlando and Café X in Elko, has crafted a respectable menu with four steaks ($26-$38) and prime rib ($26-$34), and you can add lobster, king crab, and prawns. An American Kobe-style New York sirloin is also at market price.

There’s also blackened lamb chops ($38), honey glazed ginger duck ($28), fish, chicken and pasta ($24-$38). They offer small plates like chocolate chipotle prawns and lump blue crab cakes, both $14, along with soups and salads ($7$8). Accompaniments include creamed spinach, Pommes Frites (shoestring potatoes), and Fontina mac and cheese ($6).

I had to try the stuffed calamari ($12) because it sounded unique.

Served en spoon—six Chinese soup spoons—warm Asiago cheese in squid floating in a fire-roasted tomato basil sauce. The tender calamari married well with the cheese—an Italian cow’s milk cheese. The flavor is reminiscent of Parmesan and a traditional sauce. It was savory and salty, and the basil made it delicious.

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Slow emotion Killing Them Softly As I watched Brad Pitt’s latest movie, Killing Them Softly from director Andrew Dominik, I sat in a virtually empty theater with a few friends and other patrons. The movie is a slow, meditative and strangely beautiful examination of bad people, and I could sense it testing the audience’s patience.

I kept hearing the relentless “tap, tap, tap” of restless leg syndrome coming from somebody behind us. I heard a lot—a lot—of deep by sighing from the few who were there, along Bob Grimm with the rustling of their clothes as they fidbgrimm@ geted in their seats. newsreview.com I guess I’m trying to say Killing Them Softly is a film that requires great patience. This movie takes its time, features more than a few wordy monologues, and lots of poetic slowmotion shots.

Pitt plays Jackie, a smooth, shady type called upon to clean up a situation gone bad with an organized crime card game. Set about four years

I also liked seeing a hired hitman (James Gandolfini) drinking heavily and bitching about his wife before he’s supposed to pull off an important job. Jackie, essentially his boss, acts like an antsy shift supervisor who knows his cash drawer is going to come up short when the bell tolls because his employee is hitting the bottle.

Dominik has made a movie like this one before, and it even starred Pitt as another criminal type. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford had a similar meditative vibe about it. Audiences were split over how beautiful that film was, and its slow pacing.

Killing Them Softly is producing a reaction that echoes the previous film.

In a way, Jackie represents the sort of criminal Jesse James was in his day, but hampered by modern problems regarding money and technology. Dominik uses speeches by Obama and other political types as a background noise, constantly reminding the likes of Jackie that the landscape is changing. When the average Joe has trouble making a buck, it results in less money for stealing and paying hitmen.

Some folks have a pretty bad time in this movie. Ray Liotta endures what has to be one of cinema’s all time worst beatings, full of blood, vomit and broken bones. I’ve read some comments about how Dominik romanticizes or glorifies violence with some of his more poetic killing sequences. Hey, the scene involving Liotta getting his clock cleaned more than balances things out. It’s brutal.

Pitt is just a freaking movie star of the highest order. Every moment he spends on screen in this movie just amplifies that point. Jackie is a despicable character, and while Pitt doesn’t necessarily make him all that likeable, he does make him sinisterly funny and always engaging.

I really liked the use of Gandolfini in this movie. I pictured his Tony Soprano all washed up, relegated to taking killing assignments and drinking himself to oblivion. No, he’s not Tony in this movie, but I’m sure the connection wasn’t lost on him or Dominik.

Critics like Killing Them Softly, while audiences are giving it an “F,” according to Entertainment Weekly’s standard moviegoer polling. I guess that qualifies Dominik as a “critical darling” who’s going to have a hard time procuring big budgets for movie ideas in the future. Ω

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The big card game is off due to a series of robberies at the games, some of them inside jobs, some of them not. So, some folks are going to die, and it’s Jackie’s job to make sure that goes off without a hitch.

This all results in an interesting look inside what makes a crime syndicate tick, whether it’s accurate or not. I enjoyed seeing Pitt’s Jackie discussing the mechanizations of his killing plans with a buttoned-up type, played by Richard Jenkins, while parked in a swank car.

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While this is not a story that has ever really drawn much interest from me, in the hands of the innovative Joe Wright it is something more than decent to look at. Keira Knightley, who just gets better and better, is good as the title character, a member of Russian late 19th century society who has an affair with a young Count (the ever reliable Aaron Taylor-Johnson). Jude Law is effective as Anna’s long-suffering husband, as is Olivia Williams as the Count’s annoyed mother.

Wright takes an interesting approach, staging much of the movie on an actual theater stage, with characters rarely venturing out of its confines. Whenever I found myself a little bored with the plotting, I was always fascinated by the look of the film. It must be the one-millionth telling of this story, but it’s certainly one of the more original ones.

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.

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This piss poor Saw rip-off had me missing Saw movies—and I hate the Saw movies. After an interesting opening where a young girl (Emma Fitzpatrick) survives a dance club massacre, things go relentlessly downhill. This features yet another serial killer that has the time and resources to create huge Rube Goldberg killing machines and traps. This guy, who wears an oily black mask, actually turns an entire building into a deathtrap full of trip wires, swinging blades and squishing elevators. It’s all extremely tedious, and for lovers of a good gore movie, the bloodletting in this film is highly unimaginative. It’s strange that a studio would release total garbage like this in the middle of the holiday season. It’s a total bummer. I totally don’t want any eggnog now. Nobody is getting anything for Christmas this year.

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Denzel Washington stars and Robert Zemeckis directs this uneven film about an airline pilot with mad flying skills and a mad problem with alcohol and drugs.

Washington is Whip Whitaker, a man who ties one on the night before a flight that first requires him to pilot through a horrible storm and then results in a spectacular crash. Whip performs miraculous feats as the plane goes down despite an alcohol level off the charts. Washington is typically great in the role, keeping the movie worth watching even when it gets a bit trite. The first half hour of this movie is a powerhouse. The remaining nearly two hours are OK, but nothing like the punch of that flight sequence. Sure to score Washington on Oscar nomination. A decent return to live action for Zemeckis, who had gotten all caught up in those creepy motion capture animation films like The Polar Express.

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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.

This is an amazing achievement in filmmaking. It’s one of the year’s best movies, and easily one of the best uses of the 3-D medium. Director Ang Lee is a creative force that cannot be deterred or stopped.

Life of Pi is his most splendorous and enchanting film to date, and this is the guy who gave us Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Suraj Sharma plays Pi, a young man who winds up on a lifeboat with a tiger after a storm sinks a ship carrying his family and its zoo animals. Pi must learn to appease the tiger, the tiger must accept or eat him, and that’s the plot of the movie. The story is told in flashback with an older Pi (Irrfan Khan) being interviewed by a writer (Rafe Spall).

This is a great screen adventure full of countless magical moments and a sure contender for Best Picture.

I love Steven Spielberg, I love Daniel Day-Lewis, but I do not love this movie. In fact, I don’t even like it. While Day-Lewis is astoundingly good in the title role, the movie around him is a drab, lifeless retelling of the final days of Abraham Lincoln’s life. Spielberg makes this a darkened room political potboiler, chronicling how Lincoln and his staff managed to get slavery abolished in the waning days of the Civil War. Sally Field is cast as Lincoln’s troubled wife. While Mary Todd’s plight deserves a movie of its own, it’s not given much consideration here, nor is the life of Lincoln’s eldest son (an utterly wasted Joseph Gordon-Levitt). The movie’s final act treats the death of Lincoln like a strange afterthought. They would’ve been better off ending the film before his assassination. I expect Day-Lewis to be in the Oscar hunt. He could actually win for this movie, a film that doesn’t live up to his magnificence.

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Red Dawn

This one languished on the studio shelf for three years; I wish it had stayed there. I would say it’s the equal of the 1984 original, for they are both pieces of shit. Chris Hemsworth and Josh Peck replace Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen as two brothers who become experts in guerrilla warfare after the Pacific Northwest is invaded. This time the culprit is North Korea, although that happened in post-production, because they shot the movie with China as the invading enemy.

The movie shows some promise in the buildup, but goes off the rails in the second half, becoming too much like its ridiculous and melodramatic predecessor. If I had to choose, I would say this one is better than the John Milius original. I really hated this new movie, so that’ll give you an idea just how much I hated the first crack at it.

Grand Sierra Cinema 2500 E. Second St.: 323-1100 Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St.: 329-3333

Carson City

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Horizon Stadium Cinemas, Stateline: (775) 589-6000

Century Sparks 14, 1250 Victorian Ave.: 357-7400

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Island soul Eph Bee Cee The band name Eph Bee Cee is a phonetic spelling of FBC, which stands for “many different things,” according by Brad Bynum to the band members, including “Fam Bam Crew.” The group plays bradb@ a Pacific Ocean-inspired strain of newsreview.com reggae that incorporates a variety of other genres and styles into the mix.

Guitarist Anthony Cooper describes it as “Zapp and Roger meets Bob Marley meets Metallica,” though that description discounts some of his own contributions to the sound. His lead guitar lines have the

PHOTO/BRAD BYNUM

up in a reggae envelope. It’s a unique, original sound that’s unusual to the local scene. The mix of genres provides entry points for fans of different kinds of music: Pop, soul and R&B fans will initially be drawn in by the vocals. Rockers will love the drums. Hip-hop heads and reggae fans will dig the grooves. And once any of these elements draw the listener in, they’re bound to get caught up in the happy, friendly mood.

The group’s sets are about a 5050 split between original songs and covers, like “Queen Majesty” by Heavy D, “She’s Still Loving Me,” by Morgan Heritage, and “Is This Love” by Bob Marley.

The original songs are written primarily

by Bill Finau and Tu’uta.

“Right now I just write about love,” says Bill, apparently sincerely, though when the rest of the guys start laughing and teasing him, he smiles, shrugs and says, “Well, that’s what sells.”

The group’s first album, Homegrown, is available at www.reverbnation.com/ephbeecee.

Eph Bee Cee’s next show is Dec. 22 at Studio on Fourth, part of a new regular concert series there called Island Breeze. Organized by the father-and-daughter team of Fetu and Crystal Mulitalo, Island Breeze is a cultural celebration of Reno’s Polynesian community, though Crystal Mulitalo is quick to emphasize that the events are geared toward everyone who wants to hear the good-times music of the Pacific islands.

The feel-good, community-oriented attitude is shared by the show’s promoters and the night’s headliners.

“Our number one goal as a band is that we want you to leave a changed person,” says Nesi. “If you come in with a big attitude, we want to turn that around, and have you leave feeling good.”

“We’re messengers of the feel-good music movement,” says Tu’uta. Ω

Members of Eph Bee Cee take a break for a photo op at Studio on Fourth.

Eph Bee Cee perform at Island Breeze on Dec. 22 at Studio on Fourth, 432 E. Fourth St., 786-6460.

For more information, visit www. reverbnation.com/ephbeecee.

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clean melodicism of jazz great Wes Montgomery, whom he cites as a major influence.

In addition to Cooper, the band includes bassist Baby John “Big Daddy” Tu’uta; keyboard players Siosifa “Albert” Lotima-Tonga and Top Afoa; drummer Oscar Ozuna; backing vocalists Meki Lilio and Bill Finau; and lead vocalist Nesi Finau, who sings with a crisp, high, soulful voice that carries well above the sound of the full band.

Drummer Ozuna wears a Guy Fawkes mask onstage and uses way more double-bass pedal than is typically heard in reggae—he’s the Metallica element. He throws in quick-limbed rock drum fills before leaning back into the smooth reggae grooves. This creates a unique sensation for the listener: You lean forward during the energy-building fills and then lean back into the grooves. You can’t help but bob and sway.

The overall effect is a pleasing mix of jazz guitar, rock energy in the drums, soulful, harmonious vocals, and a hip-hop vibe, especially in the keyboards—all wrapped

THURSDAY 12/6 1UP

FRIDAY 12/7

SATURDAY 12/8

EDM Thursday, 10pm, no cover

214 W. Commercial Row,

3RD STREET

SUNDAY 12/9

’90s Night, 10pm, no cover

1up Wednesday, 10pm, W, no cover

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

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

Moon Gravy, 8pm, no cover

ABEL’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT THE ALLEY

KnappSacc & Friends, 8:30pm, $5

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

BAR-M-BAR

Under Cities, The Jet Stole Home, Sound the Sirens, 7:30pm, $7

Teenage Bottle Rocket, Elway, Reno We Supersuckers, Them Sonsabitches, The Have a Problem, Miracle Drugs, 7:30pm, $10 Atom Age, Liver Scars, 7:30pm, W, $10, $12

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

THE BLACK TANGERINE

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

Formerly Known As, 9pm, $5

Formerly Known As, 9pm, $5

CEOL IRISH PUB

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

The Clarke Brothers, 9pm, no cover

Blarney Band, 9pm, no cover

CHAPEL TAVERN

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

Good Friday with rotating DJs, 10pm, no cover

Tony’s Birthday/Think Kindness Benefit, 10pm, $7

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

COMMA COFFEE

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

1) Kid Cut Up, 9pm, $8, $10

1) 2nd Annual Calendar Girl Search w/DJs Kentot, Fredy G, Boom, 9pm, $8, $12 2) DJ Double B, 10pm, no cover

COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR

D. Henry Fenton & The Elizabethans, 7pm, no cover

Sheldon Felich, 7pm, no cover

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

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY

Frazzled, 9:30pm, no cover

FRESH KETCH

New World Jazz Project, 7pm, no cover

FUEGO

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

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

2435 Venice Dr., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 541-5683 170 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-1800

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

Dec. 6, 7 p.m.

Cottonwood Restaurant 10142 Rue Hilltop Truckee, Calif.

(530) 587-5711

Celtic Sessiuns, 7pm, Tu, no cover

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

Open Mic Night, 7:30pm, no cover

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

COMMROW

D. Henry Felton & The Elizabethans

BIG HE ADERS GIZA 25pt 25k SMALL HEADERS GIZA 15pt 55k (60% OF BIG HE AD) Sunday Night Acoustics/Open Mic, 8pm, no cover

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

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

DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover Jazz Night, 7:30pm Tu, no cover

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

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

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 12/10-12/12

1) The Grouch, Eligh, Mistah F.A.B., Prof, 8pm, Tu, $20, $25 2) Astronautalis, Busdriver, Jel, 10pm, Tu, $8, $12

1) Igor & Red Elvises, 9pm, $8, $10 2) DJ Double B, 10pm, no cover (21+)

The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Wendy Liebman, Amir K, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Bob Zany, Suli McCullough, W, 9pm, $25

GREAT BASIN BREWING CO.

846 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 355-7711 Tre and Chango Hip Hop Experience, THE GRID BAR & GRILL 8545 N. Lake Blvd., Kings Beach; (530) 546-0300 9pm, no cover

Mark Castro Band, 10pm, no cover

JAVA JUNGLE

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

JAZZ, A LOUISIANA KITCHEN

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

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

3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & Improv w/Wayne Walsh, W, 9pm, no cover Catch a Rising Star, Silver Legacy, 407 N. Virginia St., 329-4777: Rob Sherwood, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $15.95; F, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $15.95; Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $17.95; JJ Ramirez, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $15.95

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

VooDoo Dogz, 9:30pm, no cover

Comedy

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, 7:30pm, M, no cover

Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Hypnot!c with Dan Kimm, F, 7pm, $13, $16; Jerry Percio, F, 9:30pm; Sa, 7pm, 9:30pm, $13, $16

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

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THURSDAY 12/6 JUB JUB’S THIRST PARLOR 71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652

KNITTING FACTORY CONCERT HOUSE 211 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-5648 1) Main Stage 2) Top Shelf Lounge

2) Boggan, 11:30pm, no cover

FRIDAY 12/7

SATURDAY 12/8

Marianarchy Winter Ball, 5pm, $10

Marianarchy Winter Ball, 5pm, $10

2) Mike Madnuss, 11:30pm, no cover

2) Erik Lobe, 11:30pm, no cover

SUNDAY 12/9

Open mic, 9pm M, no cover

KNUCKLEHEADS BAR & GRILL

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

405 Vine St., (775) 323-6500

The Grouch & Eligh

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

Steve Starr Karaoke, 9pm, W, no cover

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

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

Dec. 11, 8 p.m.

CommRow 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400

POLO LOUNGE

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

RED ROCK BAR

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke hosted by Gina Jones, 9pm, no cover

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

Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Corky Bennett, 7pm, W, no cover

Student Night, 10pm, $10, $5 w/college student ID after 11pm

Rise Culture Night, 10pm, $10

Thursday Jam Session, 9pm, no cover

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

RISE NIGHTCLUB

210 N. Sierra St., (775) 786-0833

RUBEN’S CANTINA

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

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

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

RYAN’S SALOON

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

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

SHEA’S TAVERN

Open Mic Sundays, 8pm, no cover

715 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-4774

SIDELINES BAR & NIGHTCLUB

Strangeworld, 9:30pm, no cover

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

SIERRA GOLD

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

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

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m.

The Alley 906 Victorian Ave. Sparks 358-8891

STREGA BAR

Sunday Night Strega Mic, 9pm, no cover

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

STUDIO ON 4TH

wINTERZONE w/DJs Endif, TV1, Hyperkarma, 8pm, $3

Gasmik, Mike Mason, FM Mark, Trac3, NikkiSmiles, 9pm, $5

VASSAR LOUNGE

The Whiskey Haulers, 8pm, no cover

Rock’N J Entertainment, 8pm, no cover

WALDEN’S COFFEEHOUSE

Wayne Carlson, Lenny El Bajo, 7pm, no cover

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

Mike Mason, Trac3, 8pm, $3

432 E. Fourth St., (775) 410-5993 1545 Vassar St., (775) 348-7197 3940 Mayberry Dr., (775) 787-3307

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Dark Tuesdays, 7pm, Tu, no cover Open mic, 7pm, W, no cover

Sunday Jazz, 2pm, no cover

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

$

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

Wicked Hicks, 9:30pm, no cover Jamie Rollins, 9pm, no cover

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

Supersuckers

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 12/10-12/12

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

THURSDAY 12/6

FRIDAY 12/7

SATURDAY 12/8

2) Doctor Rock-It, 8pm, no cover

2) Doctor Rock-It, 4pm, Soul Experience, 10pm, no cover

2) Doctor Rock-It, 4pm, Soul Experience, 10pm, no cover

2) Melissa Dru, 7pm, no cover

2) Melissa Dru, 8pm, no cover

2) Melissa Dru, 8pm, no cover

Tony Vee, 10pm, no cover

Tony Vee, 10pm, no cover

2) Red Not Chili Peppers, 10pm, no cover

1) Metal Shop, 9pm, no cover 2) Bleep Bloop, Zombass, 11:30pm, no cover

1) Aladdin, 7pm, $19.95-$24.95 2) Left of Centre, 10pm, no cover 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

1) Aladdin, 5:30pm, 8pm, $19.95-$24.95 2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Skyy High Fridays, 9pm, $10 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

1) Aladdin, 3pm, 7pm, $19.95-$24.95 2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Addiction Saturdays, 9pm, $10 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

1) Aladdin, 3pm, 7pm, $19.95-$24.95 2) Left of Centre, 10pm, no cover 4) Live piano, jazz, 4:30pm, no cover

4) Aces Up, 9pm, no cover

4) Aces Up, 9pm, no cover

1) Peninsula Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker, 7pm, $25-$50 4) Aces Up, 9pm, no cover

1) Peninsula Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker, 2pm, $25-$50

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

1) Night Ranger, 7:30pm, $41.80 3) DJ/dancing, 10:30pm, $20

CIRCUS CIRCUS

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

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

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

ELDORADO HOTEL CASINO

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

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE

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

HARRAH’S RENO

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

JOHN ASCUAGA’S NUGGET

3) Milton Merlos, 5:30pm, no cover 5) Ladies ’80s w/DJ Larry Williams, 7pm, no cover

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

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 12/10-12/12

2) Soul Experience, 8pm, no cover

2) Red Hot Smokin’ Aces, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover 2) George Pickard, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

1) Aladdin, 5:30pm, 8pm, M, 7pm, Tu, W, $19.95-$24.95 2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, Garage Boys, 10pm, W, no cover

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

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

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

SUNDAY 12/9

Karaoke

1) The Magic of Eli Kerr, 8pm, $25, $35 2) Audioboxx, 9pm, no cover 3) Club Sapphire w/DJ I, 9pm, no cover

1) Aaron Watson, 8pm, $12 3) Milton Merlos, 6pm, no cover 5) Jeff Jones, 6pm, no cover

3) Milton Merlos, 6pm, no cover 5) Jeff Jones, 6pm, no cover

Elbow Room Bar, 2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks, 359-3526: F, Tu, 7pm; Su, 2pm, no cover

5) Jeff Jones, 6pm, no cover

Flowing Tide Pub, 465 S. Meadows Pkwy., Ste. 5, 284-7707; 4690 Longley Lane, Ste. 30, (775) 284-7610: Karaoke, Sa, 9pm, no cover

3) Brian Lenair, 6pm, W, 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

MONTBLEU RESORT

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

1) Tahoe Adventure Film Festival, 6:30pm, $20, $25

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

2) Jackie Dauzat, 7pm, no cover 3) Bad Girl Thursdays, 10pm, no cover charge for women

2) The Act, 9pm, no cover 3) Salsa dancing, 7pm, $10 after 8pm, DJ Chris English, 10pm, $20

2) The Act, 9pm, no cover 3) Blue Party w/DJs Chris English, ((XM Fredie)), Dragon, Max, Ryon, 10pm, $20

2) Patrick Major, 7pm, no cover

2) Patrick Major, 7pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

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

2) Nathan Owens Band, 9pm, no cover 4) Dueling Pianos, 9pm, no cover

2) Nathan Owens Band, 9pm, no cover 3) Dance party w/DJ Teddy P, 9pm, no cover 4) Dueling Pianos, 9pm, 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, Step This Way (dubstep, house), 8pm, W, no cover

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Crystal Bay Club 14 Highway 28 Crystal Bay 833-6333

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

1) The Magic of Eli Kerr, 8pm, $25, $35 2) Audioboxx, 9pm, no cover 3) Club Sapphire w/DJ I, 9pm, no cover

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

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artist Katherine Case, wood turner Dale Pappas and jewelry maker Lyndsey Langsdale, as well as blown glass art from Burnt Knuckle Glass studio. Sa, 12/8, 10am-3pm. Free. Sundance Bookstore & Music, 121 California Ave., (775) 786-1188, www.sundancebookstore.com.

Listings are free, but not guaranteed.

The deadline for entries in the issue of Thurs., Dec. 20, is Thurs., Dec. 13. Listings are free, but not guaranteed.

Events CANDY CANE LANE: This custom outdoor drive-thru holiday features thousands of seasonal lights and a variety of scenes depicting traditional characters getting ready for Christmas.

Accompanying music can be heard by tuning your FM radio to the frequency posted at the entrance. To experience this visual and musical salute to the festive holiday season, pull into the Carson Valley Inn parking lot at the RV Resort Entrance, between the Carson Valley Market and the Inns electronic sign. The lighted arches mark the way. The lightshow begins at dusk. M-Su through 12/31. Free. Carson Valley Inn, 1627 Highway 395, Minden, (775) 782-9711, www.carsonvalleyinn.com.

FREE HEALTH TALKS: Everlasting Health Center and the Nevada Health Forum offers informative and interactive presentations related to health and wellness on the second Monday of each month. Second M of every month, 6:30-7:30pm through 12/31. Free.

Council Chambers, Reno City Hall, 1 E. First St., (775) 324-7382, https://www.facebook.com/ everlastinghealthcenter.

HOLIDAY EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN TRUCKEE: Through December, downtown merchants will host holiday events every Friday evening. Guests are invited to peruse the downtown shops from 5-8pm

on Dec. 7 for Family Night, Dec. 14 for Girls Night Out and Dec. 21 for Couples Shopping. F through 12/21. Historic Downtown Truckee, Bridge Street, between Donner Pass Road and Church Street, Truckee, (530) 587-3161, www.historictruckee.com.

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

POWER OF THE PURSE: Nevada Women’s Fund’s fifth annual fund-raising event is a festive evening of boutique shopping featuring 65 local artisans and vendors selling one-of-a-kind gifts, home décor items, beauty products, jewelry and more. The evening includes a designer purse raffle and a silent auction. Th, 12/6, 5-9pm. $40 in advance; $45 at the door.

Reno Ballroom, 401 N. Center St., (775) 786-2335, www.nevadawomensfund.org.

ROGUE ART+CRAFT VILLAGE: Holland Project and Go For Broke Collective host this arts and crafts fair featuring the work by local makers, creators and finders offering everything from local soaps to pottery. There will be DJs, coffee, a Holland Editions Print Sale plus a $5 holiday card making workshop at 2pm.

Su, 12/9, 10am-4pm. Free. The Holland Project, 140 Vesta St., Suite 330, (775) 287-6882, www.hollandreno.org.

SPARKS HOMETOWNE CHRISTMAS: Due to inclement weather last weekend, Sparks Hometowne Christmas will take place Dec. 7-8. The traditional Christmas parade features entertainment, photos with Santa, arts and crafts and a tree lighting ceremony. Tree lighting ceremony takes place at 6:30pm on Dec. 7.

The parade begins at 1pm on Dec. 8.

Bring a new, unwrapped toy to stuff the truck for the city of Sparks’ Toys for Tots toy drive. F, 12/7, 6:30-7pm; Sa, 12/8, 12-4pm. Free. Victorian Square, Sparks, www.cityofsparks.us/christmasparade.

Art ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: I’m Dreaming of a Reno Christmas. The Christmas show and sale features a variety of ornaments, paintings, gourds, glass, jewelry, photography, holiday cards, hats, scarves and more.

The gallery is open daily except on Christmas Day. Through 12/27, 11am-4pm.

Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896, www.artistsco-opgalleryreno.com.

BUSINESS RESOURCE INNOVATION CENTER (THE BRIC): BRIC Art 3. Capital City Arts

All Ages GALENA KIDS: Galena Creek Visitor Center offers this fun and educational presentation and craft session for kids ages 2-10 on the second Saturday of each month. Second Sa of every month, 1011am. Opens 12/8. $5 suggested donation.

Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948, www.galenacreekvisitorcenter.org.

HOBBIT PARTY: Join Barnes & Noble staff for a scavenger hunt, trivia and a Hobbit costume contest, plus special treats. Call for details. Sa, 12/8, 2-5pm.

Free. Barnes & Noble, 5555 S. Virginia St., (775) 823-2986.

R.I.S.E. AND DINE: PEOPLE FEEDING PEOPLE: On Saturdays at 5pm, volunteers meet outside of the Community Assistance Center and serve meals to 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: MRS. CLAUS: Meet in Gramma Ginna’s and help Mrs. Claus make cookies. Kids ages 4-12 are encouraged to attend. All kids will take a cookie home with them and receive a free ride on the Scheels Ferris Wheel. M, 12/10, 6pm. Free. Scheels, 1200 Scheels Drive, Sparks, (775) 331-2700.

STORYTIME AT SUNDANCE BOOKS AND MUSIC: Local illustrator and art teacher Paula Robison shares stories, rhymes, songs and activities with your little ones ages 3-6 accompanied by a chaperone, but young people of all ages are welcome. F, 12/7, 10:30-11:15am. Free. Sundance Bookstore & Music, 121 California Ave., (775) 786-1188.

WINTER SAFETY AND SURVIVAL: Join Ranger John for hot chocolate and information on winter safety and survival, followed by a Q&A session. Su, 12/9, 1:30-2:30pm. $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948, www.galenacreekvisitorcenter.org.

Initiatives exhibition features Jill Altmann’s fiber art, Steve Davis’ photography, Andy Gallian’s prints, Mimi Patrick’s ceramics, Stephen Reid’s drawings and watercolors and Gus Bundy’s paintings. M-Su. 108 E. Proctor St., Carson City, (775) 283-7123.

CCAI COURTHOUSE GALLERY: Living in El Norte.

The Capital City Arts Initiative presents Blanco de San Roman’s exhibit featuring large oil on canvas portraits of two of Blanco’s friends, Alma and Ramiro, both of whom have lived with the difficulties of immigration status. Blanco’s paintings continue the centuries-long Spanish tradition of monumental portrait painting with a few contemporary substitutions: Alma in the Nevada landscape and Ramiro in front of classical architecture at the University of Nevada Reno. M-F through 1/18. Carson City Courthouse, 885 E. Musser St. Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

CHARLIE B GALLERY: Holiday Open House.

Charlie B Gallery holds its annual holiday open house featuring Nevada wilds photography by Phil Adams, who will be present at the opening. F, 12/7, 5-8pm.

Free. 200 E. Main St., Ste. 101, Fernley, (775) 575-7333, http://charliebgallery.com.

LIBERTY FINE ART: Advent. Painting, photography and jewelry. Opening reception on Dec. 6. M-Su through 12/30; Th, 12/6, 6-9pm. 100 W. Liberty St., (775) 232-8079.

MYSTUDIOX: 2nd Annual Holiday Open House.

Reno artist Ray Herschleb will hold an open house featuring his one-of-a-kind handmade ornaments. Proceeds from ornament sales will be donated to the Crisis Call Center. F, 12/7, 5-9pm. Free.

390 Freeport Blvd., Ste. 14, Sparks, (775) 250-6685, http://mystudiox.com.

NEVER ENDER: Holiday Cash & Carry. Seven local artists using various mediums will show and sell their art. M-Su through 12/28. Opens 12/3; Th, 12/6, 6pm. 119 Thoma St., (775) 348-9440.

Ballet sweet Americans don’t attend ballet performances as often as, say, sports events or rock concerts, but many make a point to see The Nutcracker each Christmas.

Several shows will take place in town this coming week and through December. Local group A.V.A. Ballet Theatre will present its 17th annual production of the ballet with the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky’s magical score. The show begins at 8 p.m. on Dec. 7-8 and 2 p.m. on Dec. 8-9 at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St. Tickets are $25-$50 with senior and youth discounts. Call 762-5165 or 686-6600. The San Francisco Bay Area’s Peninsula Ballet

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Theatre present their production of The Nutcracker at 7 p.m. on Dec. 8 and 2 p.m. on Dec. 9 at the Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second St. Tickets are $25-$50. Call 7892000. Sierra Nevada Ballet will present a narrated version of the classic tale titled The Peanutcracker: The Story in a Nutshell, which is designed for young children.

Performances are at 10 a.m. and noon on Dec. 11. Call 686-6600 for ticket info. Finally, Reno Dance Company will perform the holiday classic on Dec. 21-24 at John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks. Tickets start at $21.95. Call 356-3300.

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Sacksteder Exhibition. Sacksteder has been featured in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally, and she attended artist residencies in Illinois, Newfoundland, Southern France, Philadelphia, Budapest and Reykjavik. M-Th, 11am-5pm through 12/14; F, 11am-2pm through 12/14. Free.

1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.

Nevada and Beyond. Sierra Arts Gallery presents the work of photographer Peter Goin. Goin’s current body of work deals with the development of symbol and language.

The visual narrative panels of Nevada Codices are chronicles of the evolution of a visual language. Interpreting the style, format and seriousness of pre-Columbian book-style codices, Nevada Codices are panels printed on high quality Hahnamuhle watercolor paper, 44” x 60” or larger. M-F through 1/3. Free. 17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 120, (775) 329-2787, www.sierra-arts.org.

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continued from page 27 WOLF PACK MEN’S BASKETBALL: The University of Nevada, Reno plays Cal Poly. Tu, 12/11, 7pm. $10$44. Lawlor Events Center, 1500 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-7225, www.nevadawolfpack.com.

WOLF PACK WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: The University of Nevada, Reno women’s basketball team plays Cal State Los Angeles. W, 12/12, 11:30am. $8 adults; $5 seniors, youth. Lawlor Events Center, 1500 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-7225, www.nevadawolfpack.com.

YOGA ALL LEVELS: Classes are designed to give you the time and support to understand the proper alignment of yoga postures (asana) and breathing techniques. M, 5:30-6:30pm through 12/30. Opens 12/3. $16 drop-in fee.

Mind Body & Pilates, 615 Sierra Rose Drive, Ste. 2B, (775) 745-4151, www.yogareno.com.

Onstage BUTTCRACKER IV—ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE: Brüka

1/2; Juvenile-In-Justice: Photographs by Richard Ross, W-Su through 1/13. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

DANCE, SING, CLAP!: Sierra Nevada Children’s Choir, a choir program for singers in grades 1-12, will perform their winter concert featuring a wide variety of music from medieval to contemporary. Sa, 12/8, 3pm. $5-$10; free for children age 10 and younger. St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 1070 W. Plumb Lane, (775) 851-2716, www.sierranevadachildrenschoir.org.

WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM, RANCHO SAN RAFAEL REGIONAL PARK: Celebrating the Season, W-Sa, 10am-4pm through 12/15. Free. 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961.

HARMONY FOR THE HOLIDAYS: Bella Voce women’s ensemble present their winter concert, singing songs that encompass the various moods of the holidays. F, 12/7, 7:30pm. $5-$15; free for children age 12 and younger. Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., Sa, 12/8, 7:30pm. $5-$15; free for children age 12 and younger. St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 1070 W. Plumb Lane, (775) 327-4286, https://www.facebook.com/BellaVoceReno.

Film EUROPEAN COMEDY DOUBLE: Artemisia Moviehouse presents this Christmas special.

Tu, 12/11, 7-10pm. Free. Midtown Good Luck Macbeth, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 337-9111, www.artemisiamovies.org.

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HOLIDAY CHORAL CONCERT: University of Nevada Reno choral groups perform a variety of vocal literature in celebration of the holiday season.

Th, 12/6, 7:30pm. $5 general; free for UNR students. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

BOOK RELEASE PARTY: Sundance Books and Music celebrates the release of Mark Maynard’s Grind, a collection of Nevada-themed short stories, with a reading and reception. Th, 12/6, 6:30-8pm. Free. Sundance Bookstore & Music, 121 California Ave., (775) 786-1188, www.sundancebookstore.com.

HOLIDAY SING-ALONG WITH THE NOTE-ABLES: Enjoy a fun holiday evening with The Note-Ables, the Kiwanis Aktion Club and Boy Scouts of America complete with cookies, punch, s'more roasting, crafts for kids and some holiday caroling. Su, 12/9, 2-5pm. Free. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 1135 12th St., Sparks, (775) 324-5521, www.note-ables.org.

Music ACOUSTIC CHRISTMAS TOUR: Sanctus Real, Sidewalk Prophets and Dara Maclean perform at this holiday concert. The bands are touring in support of “Survive to Five,” a World Vision program. M, 12/10, 7pm. $17-$45.

Sparks Christian Fellowship, 510 Greenbrae Drive, Sparks, (775) 331-2303, www.acousticchristmastour.com.

HOLIDAY TREAT CONCERT: The Carson City Symphony presents the 29th annual holiday concert. The symphony will be joined on the program by the newly formed Carson City Symphony Chorus and the Victorian Dancers. Su, 12/9, 4pm. $15 general; $12 for seniors, students, CCSA members; free for children age 16 and younger. Bob Boldrick Theater, Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St., Carson City, (775) 883-4154, http://ccsymphony.com.

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

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

JUST DESSERTS HOLIDAY JAZZ AND POETRY EVENT: The Mile High Jazz Band and vocalists Sheryl Adams and Liz Eubanks will be joined by Rita Geil and other award-winning poets for an evening of big-band jazz and poetry. Tu, 12/11, 7:30pm. $5; free for age 18 and younger.

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

A CHRISTMAS TRIBUTE HOLIDAY CONCERT: The Truckee Tahoe Community Chorus will perform classical and contemporary pieces, traditional carols and holiday jazz arrangements in this concert dedicated to TTCC founder Chris Nelson. The chorus will be joined by a choir of young voices from the region who will perform “We are the Children of Promises” and “Around the World at Christmas Time.” Sa, 12/8, 7pm; Su, 12/9, 2pm. $15 general admission; free for children and students. Resort at Squaw Creek, 400 Squaw Creek Road, Olympic Valley, (530) 550-1091, www.signttcc.org.

MANOGUE MINORS HIGH SCHOOL ENSEMBLE: The ensemble will perform traditional Christmas music in the main lobby of the VA Hospital. Sa, 12/8, 10am. Free. VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System, 975 Kirman Ave., (775) 786-7200, www.manogueminors.com.

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COMPOSERS CONCERT: The Fall Composers’ Concert will feature new live and electronic compositions by student composers. The works will be performed by both students and faculty. Su, 12/9, 7:30pm. Free. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

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University of Nevada, Reno’s flute ensembles perform a variety of literature for flute and piccolo. Tu, 12/11, 7:30pm. Free. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLES: The student jazz ensemble performs. F, 12/7, 7:30pm. $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.

UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLES: Comprised only of instruments from the woodwind, brass and percussion families, this 50-piece orchestra performs. M, 12/10, 7:30pm. $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 ADAPTIVE & CHAIR YOGA: This yoga program is for people living with heart disease, cancer, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, arthritis, multiple sclerosis and other debilitating diseases. The class teaches breathing techniques, relaxation, guided meditation and visualization. Please call before attending. Tu, 2-3:15pm. $8 per class. Yoga Loka, 6135 Lakeside Drive, Ste. 121, (775) 337-2990, www.yogalokareno.com.

BASIC MAT PILATES: This mat class focuses on three Pilates principles for the seven exercise in the modified basic and basic mat routines. Recommended for students with no previous classic Pilates experience. Call to reserve your spot. Tu, 6-6:50pm through 12/25. $16 per class. Mind Body & Pilates, 615 Sierra Rose Drive, Ste. 2B, (775) 745-4151, www.yogareno.com.

DEEP FREEZE SOFTBALL LEAGUE: Softball enthusiasts ages 20-60 brave freezing temperatures and wet conditions to pursue their love of the sport. Individual shirts will be awarded to first place of each division along with the coveted Ice Cube Trophy. Registration for the eight-week league will be held through Dec. 13. $400 per team. Alf Sorensen Community Center, 1400 Baring Blvd., Sparks, (775) 3537836, www.cityofsparks.us.

EXPRESS MAT PILATES: A quick 45-minute Mat Pilates class to get the body moving with concentration, control, centering. All levels welcome. M, W F, 12:15-1pm through 12/30. $16 drop-in fee. Mind Body & Pilates, 615 Sierra Rose Drive, Ste. 2B, (775) 745-4151, www.yogareno.com.

RENO BIGHORNS: The development league basketball team plays the Bakersfield Jam. F, 12/7, 7pm; Sa, 12/8, 7pm; M, 12/10, 7pm. $8-$125.

Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., (775) 284-2622, www,renobighorns.com.

RINK ON THE RIVER: Operation of the ice skating rink is dependent on weather and ice conditions. Call the Rink on the River Hotline prior to visiting the rink to ensure that it is open and operating. The rink will close at 6pm on Dec. 9. Holiday hours may vary. M-Su through 2/3. $7.50 ages 13-54; $5.50 kids ages 3-12, seniors age 55+. Reno City Plaza, 10 N. Virginia St., (775) 334-6268, www.reno.gov.

dances its pants off in this high-octane parody based on the holiday favorite The Nutcracker. This original performance experience is laced with Brüka’s theatrical style and features favorites from the past three productions. The talkback with the company will immediately follow the Dec. 9 matinee performance. The final production coincides with the scheduled “end of the world” on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, and will be followed by an end of the world party. Th, 12/6, 8pm; F,

12/7, 8pm; Sa, 12/8, 8pm; Su, 12/9, 2pm; Th, 12/13, 8pm; F, 12/14, 8pm; Sa, 12/15, 8pm; W, 12/19, 8pm; Th, 12/20, 8pm; F, 12/21, 8pm. $20

general; $18 students, seniors; $25 at the door. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.

A CHRISTMAS CHAOS: Proscenium Players Inc. present this original play written by Michael Wehrli. The Royal Shakespeare Company is slated to perform Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the Brewery but get stranded in Carson City, Michigan. The show must go on, and a local troupe is forced to rewrite, rehearse and perform a replacement. F, 12/7, 7:30pm; Sa, 12/8, 7:30pm; Su, 12/9, 2pm. $18 general; $15 students, seniors, BAC and PPI members. Maizie Jesse Harris Black Box Theatre, Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976.

DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID, JR.: Adapted from Disney’s 2008 Broadway production, Wild Horse Children’s Theater presents the Northern Nevada premiere of this musical that centers on the beautiful young mermaid Ariel who longs to leave her ocean home to

live in the world above. But first, she’ll have to defy her father King Triton, make a deal with the evil sea witch Ursula and convince Prince Eric that she’s the girl with the enchanting voice. F, 12/7, 7pm; Sa, 12/8, 2 &

7pm; Su, 12/9, 2pm; F, 12/14, 7pm; Sa, 12/15, 2 &

7pm; Su, 12/16, 2pm. $12 general admission; $10 students, seniors; $6 kids ages 4-12.

Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 887-0438, www.wildhorsetheater.com.

INSPECTING CAROL: Reno Little Theater presents Daniel Sullivan’s Christmas comedy about a theater group on the verge of a nervous breakdown as they try to stage A Christmas Carol with virtually no money and no talent while awaiting an inspection from the National Endowment for the Arts. For mature audiences. Th-Sa, 7:30-10pm through 12/22; Su, 2-4:30pm through 12/23. $16 general admission; $13 seniors, students, military.

Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 813-8900, www.renolittletheater.org.

TOM JONES: Damonte Ranch High School’s Signature Academy, the Performing Arts Center (PAC) presents this fast-paced adaptation of Henry Fielding's famous comic novel. Th, 12/6, 7pm; F, 12/7, 7pm; Sa, 12/8, 7pm. $9 adults; $7 students, seniors, Washoe County School District staff. Damonte Ranch High School, 10500 Rio Wrangler Parkway, (775) 334-7124, www.showtix4u.com.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The axolotl

is a kind of salamander that has an extraordinary capacity for regenerating itself. If it loses a leg in an accident, it will grow a new one in its place. It can even fix its damaged organs, including eyes, heart and brain. And get this: There’s never any scar tissue left behind when its work is done. Its power to heal itself is pretty much perfect. I nominate the axolotl to be your power animal in the coming weeks, Taurus.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you now have an extraordinary ability to restore any part of your soul that got hurt or stolen or lost.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the coming

months, I hope that you will get sweet revenge. In fact, I predict that you will get sweet revenge. Keep in mind that I’m not talking about angry, roaring vindication. I don’t mean you will destroy the reputations of your adversaries or reduce them to humiliating poverty or laugh at them as they grovel for mercy while lying in a muddy gutter. No, Gemini. The kind of revenge I foresee is that you will achieve a ringing triumph by mastering a challenge they all believed would defeat you. And your ascent to victory starts now.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I would love

to speak with you about your hesitancy to fully confront your difficulties. But I will not speak forthrightly, since I’m pretty sure that would irritate you. It might even motivate you to procrastinate even further. So instead, I will make a lame joke about how if you don’t stop avoiding the obvious, you will probably get bitten in the butt by a spider. I will try to subtly guilt-trip you into taking action by implying that I’ll be annoyed at you if you don’t. I will wax sarcastic and suggest that maybe just this once, ignorance is bliss. Hopefully that will nudge you into dealing straightforwardly with the unrest that’s burbling.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Drama is life with

all the boring parts cut out of it,” said Leo filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. By that criterion, I’m guessing that your experience in the coming week will have a high concentration of magic and stimulation. You should be free from having to slog through stale details and prosaic storylines. Your word of power will be succulence. For best results, I suggest you take active control of the unfolding adventures. Be the director and lead actor in your drama, not a passive participant who merely reacts to what the other actors are doing.

should speak the words out loud. Actually address yourself with passionate, humorous, ironic, sincere, insightful comments, as you would any person you care about. Why am I suggesting this? Because according to my interpretation of the astrological omens, you would benefit from the shock of literally hearing how your mind works. Even more importantly: The cheerleading you do, the encouragement you deliver and the motivational speeches you give would have an unusually powerful impact if they were audibly articulated.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the fairy

tale “Beauty and the Beast,” a grotesque humanlike creature hosts the heroine in his home, treating her like a queen. She accepts his hospitality but rejects his constant requests to marry him. Eventually, he collapses from heartache. Moved by the depth of his suffering, she breaks into tears and confesses her deep affection for him.

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

you thoroughly shuffle a deck of cards, the novel arrangement you create is probably unique in all of human history; its specific order has never before occurred. I suspect the same principle applies to our lives: Each new day brings a singular set of circumstances that neither you nor anyone else in the last 10,000 years has ever had the pleasure of being challenged and intrigued by. There is always some fresh opportunity, however small, that is being offered you for the first time. I think it’s important for you to keep this perspective in mind during the coming week. Be alert for what you have never seen or experienced before.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I wish I

could do more than just fantasize about helping you achieve greater freedom. In my dreams, I am obliterating delusions that keep you moored to false idols. I am setting fire to the unnecessary burdens you lug around.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): One of my spir-

itual teachers once told me that a good spiritual teacher makes an effort not to seem too perfect. She said some teachers even cultivate odd quirks and harmless failings on purpose. Why? To get the best learning experience, students must be discouraged from overidealizing the wise advisors they look up to. It’s crucial they understand that achieving utter purity is impossible and unrealistic. Being perceived as an infallible expert is dangerous for teachers, too: It makes them prone to egotistical grandiosity. I bring this up, Virgo, because it’s an excellent time to reduce the likelihood that you’ll be seduced by the illusion of perfection.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This would be a

good week to talk to yourself far more than you usually do. If you’re the type of person who never talks to yourself, this is a perfect time to start. And I do mean that you

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Having ‘a

sense of self’ means possessing a set of stories about who we are,” according to William Kittredge in his book The Nature of Generosity. He says there are two basic types of stories: The first is “cautionary tales, which warn us” and therefore protect us. The second consists of “celebratory” tales, which we use to heal and calm ourselves. I believe that you Pisceans are now in a phase when you primarily need celebratory stories. It’s time to define yourself with accounts of what you love and value and regard as precious.

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Tea time Staci Parker, her husband, Ethan, and their five children own Too Soul Tea Co. at 542 & 1/2 Plumas St., the previous location of the Great Basin Community Food Co-op. The tea shop opened two weeks ago and will have a grand opening on Dec. 15, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Visit www.facebook.com/ TooSoulTeaCo.

Do you make your own tea?

No. We work with a picker who has been picking since he was 10. He gets it all over the country. I’m very fortunate to have partnered up with him. When I was looking for a tea distributor, I didn’t even realize that we had one here in Reno so when I get a chance I want to meet up with them and get tea local. We believe—and I say “we” because this is a family-owned business— in sourcing and feeding and fueling each other, so I don’t just get my goods from one person.

How’s business been?

We just opened two weeks ago. I can’t complain. For not doing any advertising, the co-op has sent everybody over here to see what we have done with the place. They have been wonderful in supporting us. The Reno Bead Shop has been wonderful. I get so much traffic from them. … The first

week was slow … You know, I wouldn’t have wanted it any different because if we had been bombarded, I wouldn’t have gotten to know the clients like I’ve gotten to do, and we already have regulars on a daily basis, on a weekly basis, and I am grateful that it has been a bit slow to get to know the people. Friday and Saturday was a little overwhelming. It was just me and my daughter, and this place was completely packed. I had four or five people standing at the counter, I had eight people outside. We do have outdoor seating.

What’s your experience with tea?

What made you take this on?

My husband’s from back east, and Harney & Sons Tea have a tea shop there where you go in this old building, and they have the big tins, and you get to smell the tea and taste the tea. On a rainy day I would always take the girls—we have five kids

rules stripping the now notorious filibuster of its crippling ability to make one of the great legislative houses on this planet a completely dysfunctional blob of poop. I was going to say you should write to Sen. Harry Reid to encourage him, but really, it’s unnecessary. Harry knows. He knows, and he has this piece of business at the very top of his 2013 to-do list. As in Number Goddamn One. And if Harry should forget, there are new firebrand females in the Senate, namely Elizabeth T. Warren (the T stands for Troublemaker) and Tammy A. Baldwin (the A stands for Asskicker), who also have this task rated Numero Uno, and they can’t wait to get sworn in and get this haywire parliamentary tactic revamped and tidied up.

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My license plate says “2Souls” which is my husband and I, and it’s been that for forever. The girls wanted it to represent Tahoe because they love Tahoe, so that’s how they would describe it, to be a Reno-Tahoe thing. So we just added the Tea Co. to it. Ω

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A few weeks ago, I was prattling on about how swell the French are with their elections/campaigns, and how lovely it would be if we copied them and so on and so forth.

OK, for this week, I’m thinking maybe I should prattle on about stuff that might actually happen on this plane of existence before the year 2525. If man is still alive. I mean, gazing into space and fantasizing about notions that sound good but have a snowball’s chance is all jiffy and everything, but it is good to balance such cerebral masturbations with an equal amount of verbiage dealing with shit that might actually transpire before the Space People come to take us away to our new paradisiacal home in the nearby star cluster XYZ420.

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Our oldest daughter would always come back and say, “Reno doesn’t have any good tea places.” Since she was probably in third grade, she’s always wanted to open up a tea shop. And last year, she’s a junior in college, she approached my husband and I and said, “You guys should really just open up a tea store and let me run it.” My husband and I were like, “OK, we’ll think about it.” We’ve always loved tea, but the more I read about tea, the more passionate I got about tea because tea is—I’m going to get emotional here—something that people forget, that another human being actually picks that tea. And our society is so fast right now, we are such in a fast pace, that I feel it’s very important when we stop and make a cup of tea that we take the time to appreciate the people, the earth, the sun, that gives us this beautiful drink that is very beneficial to our health.

tizzy. As of Day Two in the New Senate, if you want to filibuster, fine.

Start blustering.

As in, stand up there for freaking hours and babble away, reading phone books and Shakespeare, in the grand stalling style put forth by legendary senators and shitheads from years past. (This stalling, or filibustering, is done to prevent or delay a vote on a measure coming to the Senate floor.) Yes, it’s not unheard of for senators to read names from a phone book in order to extend their soliloquies. What Reid wants to do is bring back the work of a real ’buster, rightly figuring this change will greatly reduce the general constipation in the Senate by about 90 percent.

It will be a very positive move. Once it’s passed, something might get done.

Something good. Maybe. We’ll see. No guarantees. But it can’t hurt. Ω

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