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Thanks again Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

Big thanks to all the folks who came out last Friday, Sept. 15, to our Best of Northern Nevada winners’ party at the Nevada Museum of Art. It was great to see so many of the region’s business owners and personalities all dressed to impress and ready to rage.

It was a busy, boppin’ good time, and there were so many people there that I wanted to catch up with and didn’t even get a chance to talk to. So if I didn’t get a chance to say this in person—or if I had the chance, got distracted and blew it—congrats!

I had a blast and hope everybody else did too. Thanks to the museum and its gracious staff for letting us take the place over.

Thanks to Greater Nevada Credit Union for sponsoring the event.

Thanks to Chef Mark Estee and his team for what I heard was fantastic food, although I never personally got a chance to eat anything. (I had to do some MC duties and am superstitious about eating anything beforehand if I’m going to go anywhere near a microphone.) Big thanks to my friend DJ Tigerbunny for spinning the steel wheels for the party.

Freelance photographer Eric Marks, a regular contributor to these pages, snapped a whole slew of photos, which we’ll have up on our website soon. And we also had the Traveling Photo Booth there, and they got a bunch of photos as well, many of which have already been popping up on social media. But it’s a real joy to scroll though the whole batch and see all of the smiling, happy folks proud of the work they do for this community.

And for any winners who weren’t able to attend the party, y’all can still pick up your plaques at our office, 760 Margrave Drive.

Contact our sales manager, Emily Litt, at emilyl@newsreview.com, with any questions.

Thanks again to all of you who do your best and made time to party with us. And I promise you this: next year will be even better.

—Brad Bynum bradb@ ne ws r ev i ew . com

Colin Kaepernick Re “Something that matters” (editorial, Aug. 24): I beg to differ with your editorial regarding Colin Kaepernick not getting signed by Miami. The main reason the team signed Jay Cutler was that he already knows the offense that the coach Adam Gase runs. Cutler played this offense with the Bears in 2015. They would have had to install a completely different offense in less than a month had they signed Colin Kaepernick or Robert Griffin III. Both are read option quarterbacks and both are unemployed.

No doubt that Colin’s activism and protest has cost him chances to be in the NFL but holding this one up as proof positive is really not true. Now, Colin chose to protest. He must have known there would be consequences. If he believes in his cause, then his right as an American to protest should not be infringed. But there may be consequences he must live with.

By the way, what ever happened to the Dixie Chicks?

Pierre Martin Reno Editor’s note: Rolling Stone, Aug. 13: “Last year, the Dixie Chicks made a roaring comeback with their DCX MMXVI World Tour, selling out stadiums and taking the stage with Beyoncé at the CMA Awards to play a version of Bey’s modern murder ballad ‘Daddy Lessons.’ For those who couldn’t catch them live, the Chicks also captured a concert stop on film, screening the full set in movie theaters earlier this month.”

Trainor and Google Re “Punishing unpopular opinion” (Let Freedom Ring, Aug. 24): Does it surprise anyone that Brendan Trainor, a man who seems obsessed with prostitution by girls and women, supports

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the male Google programmer who was fired for circulating a paper at his place of employment that argued against his employer’s policy of promoting diversity in the workplace? Once the boss makes a decision, voicing opposition in such a public manner rarely ends well for the employee, regardless of the issue.

Regarding the implicit argument that girls and women are at a biological disadvantage when it comes to mathematics and science—bullshit. The bias is historic and cultural, and diversity policies aim to counteract this bias. My spouse, an engineer, mathematician and teacher, attests to this, as would my daughter, a statistician.

Neither my son, a physicist, or I, an engineer, would argue with them.

Finally, like other health care providers, Planned Parenthood receives federal funding as reimbursements for medical services provided to individual patients, through Medicaid and Title X. Title X is for family planning and specifically excludes abortion, and since 1976 the Hyde Amendment has prohibited the use of federal Medicaid funds for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or when the pregnancy endangers the woman’s life. Mr. Trainor’s statement is misleading, and probably intentionally so, assuming he knows how to use Google.

Michael Powell Reno Re “Punishing unpopular opinion” (Let Freedom Ring, Aug. 24): What Google did was well within their rights. Everyone is created equally.

To suggest otherwise just promotes old gender-biased stereotypes.

If he doesn’t think an employee in any company should have to follow the rules of treating everybody with respect then he should probably leave civilization. I served in the military, and in my time there I’ve seen many capable soldiers who just happen to be women. Given the

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Correction Re “Not your average Joe” (Arts & Culture, Aug. 31): We reported former University of Nevada, Reno President Joe Crowley’s wife’s first name at Margaret. Her name is Joy Crowley.

Margaret is the name of one of the couple’s four grown children. We regret the error.

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By JERI CHADWELL-SINGLEY

What’s your favorite play? asKed at gRassRoots BooKs, 660 e. gRove st.

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One that springs to mind is Our Town—mostly because when I was in junior high I had to memorize the narrator’s part, and that’s like a bazillion lines. And, of course, I had major stage fright.

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I probably don’t see as many plays. But I’ve seen a lot of movie adaptations of plays. I saw that Tim Burton—The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Originally, that was a play. … It’s funny because when I was really young, I played a part in Of Mice and Men.

K aRen Johnson Retired teacher

Priorities Our cartoonist Eric Holland this week (page 29) observed that the Reno City Council is busy cleaning up strip clubs while a far more egregious problem—low income people having to deal with rising rents—goes ignored by the council.

In its messianic drive against the strip clubs, the city has engaged in a little dubious behavior of its own.

City Councilmember Jenny Brekhus reported during a public meeting that she had learned the city attorney’s office had hired a private detective and sent its agent into strip clubs looking for negative information. The city attorney is not generally expected to take sides on issues that come before the council but, in this case, not only had a side but seems to have used public funds to make the case for his view.

As nearly every public official in the state knows, the information that comes before officials when they vote on public policy is supposed to be public. How can the public assess the reasons their public officials are voting aye or nay without having that information?

Yet City Attorney Karl Hall is withholding it from residents, using an alleged attorney/client relationship as the reason. Strippers are more skilled than Hall at using fig leafs.

“That was commissioned under an attorney-client privilege basis based on [an] investigation in anticipation of litigation,” said Hall’s deputy Chandeni Sendall.

Too bad. The city attorney has no right to generate material that is disclosable under the law and then

withhold it. The Reno Police Department had no active investigations of the strip clubs, so it is clear the city attorney was freelancing, and every indication is that its invesigation had to do not with law enforcement but with persuading the council to vote a particular way.

As for the council vote, councilmembers voted to beef up ordinances against the strip clubs in ways that, as This is Reno put it, would “cripple if not eliminate many of the city’s adult businesses. The ordinances would remove alcohol sales at strip clubs within six months of passage, put tighter controls on signs, and potentially force them to move to more industrial areas.”

Using the power of the state to put commercial entities out of business is not an action that should be taken lightly or quickly, yet this particular action came up and was resolved with the kind of speed we seldom see in local government. Moreover, it champions the fussy preferences of one group of citizens over another based solely on the content of the entertainment provided at those businesses.

In addition, the council action was in part a response to complaints by economic development folks who want to lure businesses to Reno. As we have said many times, our culture and economy should be built around the interests of local residents, and those outside our community can then decide whether they like what we like. We should not be tailoring life in Reno to the desires of businesses in Roanoke or San Diego. Ω

Fiddler on the Roof. I can’t remember if I’ve seen it live anywhere else other than Damonte High School.

Kendyll etchegoyhen Student

I saw one recently in the movie theater. They did the National Theatre Live, and it was called Angels in America—and I loved it. I couldn’t stop thinking about it for weeks. It is like one of the most profound plays. I was just sitting there, and there were all of these old people there with me. hamilton tolson Freelance writer

Does it have to be a play we’ve seen or can it be just a play we’ve read? For me, it would be Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. I loved the movies as well, but the play was one of the first things that actually got me into reading scripts. I had to read it when I was in 11th grade.

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by SHEILA LESLIE

Time to act They came across the bridge to Wingfield Park carrying brightly-colored signs shaped like hearts and flowers, lettered with words of profound sadness, bearing witness to those who perished from an overdose of lethal drugs, intentionally or by accident.

Their faces revealed the toll substance abuse inflicts every day on Nevadans and their grieving families and friends.

The theme of the event was “Time to Remember, Time to Act” in conjunction with the annual International Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31. The event is intended to acknowledge the anguish of family and friends who have lost someone they love to an overdose and to raise awareness of how to prevent it from happening to someone else.

The New York Times has been keeping close tabs on the soaring number of drug deaths in the United States, noting recently that 64,000 Americans died from overdoses in 2016, an increase of more than 22 percent over the previous year. Drug overdose deaths in the United States more

than tripled from 1999 to 2015 and are now the leading cause of death for people under age 50. The tragedies continue to mount as fentanyl-related overdoses have risen from 3,000 three years ago to a staggering 20,000 last year.

In the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s first annual surveillance report, the agency estimates that tens of millions of Americans are misusing prescription opioids, sedatives, tranquilizers and stimulants, attributing a large part of the problem to high levels of prescribing. In 2016, for every 100 Americans, prescribers wrote 66.5 opioid and 25.2 sedative prescriptions.

As the opioid epidemic sweeps the country, Nevada is hardly immune. In 2010, there were 19 heroin overdose deaths in our state, rising to 79 just five years later. Opioid-related overdose deaths in Nevada have declined 12 percent since 2010 but still number over 400 a year, according to the state Division of

Public and Behavioral Health’s Opioid Surveillance report.

Closer to home, Washoe County’s regional medical examiner’s 2016 Annual Report tells a similar sad story. While overall deaths increased by 11 percent from 2015 to 2016, suicides increased 24 percent in the catchment area of 13 Nevada counties and five in California.

Twenty-five percent of accidental deaths were from drug intoxication, as were 12 percent of the suicides.

The report notes a decrease in the overall number of drug deaths in 2016, (110 deaths down from a high of 133 in 2015), but “methamphetamine and heroin remain prevalent and increasingly are being combined with prescription drugs with an end result in death.” It’s frightening to think what could happen if a bad batch of heroin rolls into town.

Advocates and family members are still waiting for a formal declaration that our opioid crisis is a national emergency as recommended by the

bipartisan Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis.

President Trump promised to do so in early August, but his administration has yet to take the formal steps that are required before funding can be released.

Counselors attending the Overdose Awareness observation told me the event was cathartic for many of their clients, although attending it in downtown Reno was impossible for some due to the triggering effect of the neighborhood where they used to score their drugs. It was difficult to watch participants weep as they planted their small signs in the Wingfield lawn and talked about enduring the pain of losing too many friends.

But it was the agony of the mothers that struck me the hardest. One told me she still wakes up every morning with a sharp stab of dread at the prospect of another day without her daughter, even though it’s been seven years. Somehow she makes it through another day, she says, but the pain never goes away. Ω

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by Brendan Trainor

The forfeiture scheme Former U.S. representative Ron Paul of Texas, a Republican from Hurricane Harvey country, was well known for having a sign on his Capitol Hill desk that read: “Don’t steal—the government hates the competition.”

The Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) released a paper Aug. 2 titled “Who Does Civil Asset Forfeiture Target the Most.” To almost no one’s surprise, Las Vegas Metro Police (LVMP) overwhelmingly targets poor minority neighborhoods to seize the property of those who are poor and politically unconnected.

LVMP collected forfeitures worth almost $2 million in 2016. We know this because under a Nevada statute passed in 2015, sponsored by constitutional conservatives like Washoe Republican Sen. Don Gustavson, state law enforcement is required to report both seizures and forfeitures to the legislature.

Washoe County collected about one seventh of what Clark County did and was

not included in the study. NPRI collected the addresses and zip codes of the Clark County seizures through public record requests. They discovered that 66 percent of the seizures came from 12 of the 48 zip codes. These 12 zip codes, mostly in North Las Vegas and downtown, had a 42 percent minority population rate compared to a 36 percent average county wide.

Even more troubling, 56 percent of seizures was of cash and property of one thousand dollars or less.

Civil asset forfeiture is sold as a means to rob drug barons of their millions in ill-gotten goods. Yet, here in Nevada, our largest city’s police department is using civil asset forfeiture to rob the poor of their rent money.

A wealthy criminal would shrug off a small seizure and consider it just a cost of doing business. But to rob a poor man who is not even convicted of a crime of seven or eight hundred dollars could be life altering. Even if a victim had the funds for an attorney, the retainer would

be more money than the amount seized.

Most attorneys would not take the case on contingency because the odds of winning are slim, as the burden of proof is on the victim to show his money was not earned in the commission of one of many victimless or petty crimes he could be charged with. Civil asset forfeiture is theft because LVMP operates under the perverse incentive of keeping the money it seizes for itself.

Whatever you think of Michael Brown, the Eric Holder Justice Department discovered that Ferguson, Missouri, and nearby municipalities were extorting money from minorities under color of law through traffic fines and code violations that had no genuine relationship to public safety but were merely cash cows for the government.

This practice is all too widespread nationwide.

Another cruel and unusual punishment our justice system applies to the poor is the bail system. We are creating new

debtors prisons because the poor often cannot afford bail. In Louisiana, a state judge was caught in a crude extortion scheme with the local bail bondsman, but in most cases it is a more subtle extortion. Holder’s justice department had the backing of the Libertarian Institute for Justice and reform conservatives when it argued that excessive bail that did not take the defendants’ ability to pay into account was unconstitutional.

The Sessions Justice Department and President Trump are in favor of asset forfeiture and are not interested in consent agreements with local police.

Libertarians and many evangelical conservatives are willing to work with reform-minded Democrats despite the President and Attorney General to restore equality before the law.

The 2019 Nevada Legislature has to rein in civil asset forfeiture. Make it an issue. Ω

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by Dennis Myers

Local residents looked at displays and chatted with state highway officials at Sparks City Hall.

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SILVER CLUB INTERIOR

SparkS property Sold Marnell Gaming, the latest owner of the Sparks Nugget, has purchased the former Silver Club property across the street.

The Silver Club was originally a casino and a hotel in a separate building on C Street. It closed at midnight on Jan. 10, 2009, after operating under that name for more than a quarter century. It reopened briefly as the Bourbon Square, with the hotel still a part of the property but not operating.

After Bourbon Square closed, the hotel property was sold in 2015 and converted to apartments.

Marnell, which owns several casinos in Clark County, has not announced its plans for the new holding. Also standing empty at the moment is the downtown movie theater multiplex. Both properties have been gutted.

Malkin blaSted The Reno Gazette-Journal is getting mail asking it to replace columnist Michelle Malkin with a different conservative. It’s a reaction to Malkin’s Sept. 10 column.

In that column, Malkin—daughter of Filipino immigrants—belittles the anxiety experienced by immigrants as a result of Donald Trump’s actions against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

“I, I, I. Me, me, me. My bills. My ego. My education.

My job. My anxiety,” Malkin wrote. “Since when did DACA become the Depression and Anxiety Cure for Amnestyseekers?”

Malkin then contrasts the needs of immigrants with those of more sympathetic groups—such as those “in uniform who’ve dedicated their lives to defending our nation” or “young people between 16-34 [who] were unemployed last year.”

In one letter published by the Gazette-Journal, Catherine Hancock of Reno wrote, “This newspaper needs to have a variety of opinions, but Michelle Malkin’s rant is an ugly exception, advocating expulsion of a whole group of young people who were brought here involuntarily by their parents. … Please do the responsible thing and find a more rational conservative columnist.”

In a letter to an RG-J editor, a former reporter at the newspaper wrote, “Please consider finding another conservative columnist. Our country is in big trouble as selfdescribed Nazis, KKK, white supremacists, nationalists, etc. are fear mongering and ginning people up. It is very scary. I view Michelle Malkin’s columns as doing the same. We need thoughtful, calming influences.”

In most markets, the column ran with the headline it came with—“There Is No Such Thing As a ‘Deserving DREAMer’”—which was taken from the column’s last line.

The RG-J ran a softer headline: “Malkin: The face of the entitled illegal alien.”

—Dennis Myers

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Freeway change coming Information meetings needed more information “So what did you think, John?” asked one person after a public meeting at Sparks City Hall last week.

His friend responded, “Widening 80 in Sparks is a good idea.”

Another audience member came away with the same reaction: “Getting back to four lanes—that’s excellent.”

Officialdom is seeking public reaction on the environmental implications of a “Spaghetti Bowl Project,” but finding out what that project is may not be easy.

Two public meetings were held at Traner Middle School and Sparks City Hall. Postcards were mailed to locals about the meetings, but the post cards never said what the project is. It was headlined “SPAGHETTI BOWL PROJECT/ Preliminary Design Update.”

However, neither project nor designs were described. Rather, the postcard had vague references to “upgrade of the area’s freeway systems” and “preliminary alternative designs.”

Material handed out at the meetings was similarly worded. Goals for the

project included non-specific items like this: “Long Term Relief: Develop ultimate project to meet 2040 demands. … Right-of-Way: Minimize displacements. … Safety: Prioritize project based on eliminating /reducing high accident areas. … Operations: Create interchange system fully functional and easily navigable within project limits.”

This verbiage was repeated twice in one handout, but repeating it did not make it more intelligible.

Display matter at the meetings was relatively primitive, given that this is 2017. The one-dimensional, multi-color flats might have been used in the 1970s.

What information could be discerned from the presentations—such as references to braided ramps and multilevels—cried out for animations, but none were available.

One fact that emerged that pleased participants was that part of the project will be widening of the Nugget bottleneck, which has been a local grievance for many years. Interstate 80 narrows as

it passes through downtown Sparks, and this became known as the Nugget bottleneck. That made clear that the “Spaghetti Bowl Project” involved much more than the Spaghetti Bowl, but also made it that much more frustrating to figure out what it does involve.

“I asked some questions, but I didn’t want to sound stupid,” one person told us. “I wanted more from the displays and the handouts than I got.”

Not asking questions at the meetings may have been self-defeating, but it was common. After Nevada Department of Transportation spokespeople made their presentations at the Sparks meeting, they threw it open to questions and got none.

The Spaghetti Bowl was constructed between 1969 and 1971. A major renovation would likely have similar lengthy impact, but no one at the meeting asked about how the impact would be minimized.

NDOT held the meetings not to get reaction to the project itself but to make the public aware of the environmental impact statement that will precede the project. That alone will take more than three years.

“The point of this is, we’re still years away from construction,” said NDOT spokesperson Nick Johnson, the project director, at the Sparks City Hall meeting.

But it is difficult to react to environmental concerns without knowing what the project is.

One community that is concerned about the impact of the project is the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, adjacent to the Spaghetti Bowl. A statement from Colony Chair Arlan Melendez appears on the colony website: “For over 100 years, the RenoSparks Indian Colony has worked to improve the quality of life for its Tribal members and to develop a self-sufficient economy. Our tribal members rely on the East Second Street and Glendale Avenue interchange to access their homes and to obtain government and health care services. …The East Second Street, Glendale Avenue interchange provides critical access for customers visiting tribal enterprises and businesses like our smoke shops and Walmart at Three Nations Plaza. Any temporary disruption for businesses during construction activities will negatively impact our tribal government revenues.”

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message signs advising drivers of upcoming traffic conditions near the Spaghetti Bowl.

The handout did say the project runs on Long-range projects may include the widenI-80 from Sierra to Pyramid Highway and ing of the freeway and interchange ramps to on 395 from North McCarran Boulevard to accommodate increased traffic volumes.”

Moana Lane.

But this does not make it much easier for A website at http://ndotspaghettibowl. the public to get an idea of the environmental com contains more information: “The Renoimpact.

Sparks area is experiencing dramatic populaWe attempted without success to reach tion increases. Washoe County is expected Johnson for more elaboration. to see an increase of over 147,000 Freeways in the Truckee Meadows people over the next 20 years. are often sources of suspicion, The area is seeing a welcome given local history. Besides the influx of more commercial Nugget bottleneck, the southern “We’re still and industrial enterprises. route of the 395 expansion years away from The Nevada Department of was changed to accommodate construction.”

Transportation (NDOT), in some affluent residents in the preparation for continued 1980s. At Huffaker Lane, it Nick Johnson population growth, is suddenly heads east, missing Nevada Dept. of improving portions along the homes of the wealthy in the Transportation Interstate 80, Interstate southwest, and then returns to 580, and U.S. 395, with its former trajectory after the Mt. particular attention to the I-80/IRose Highway.

580 Interchange, also known as the If the vagueness in the project materials Spaghetti Bowl. was intended to keep the project below the “In addition to these improvements, radar, it worked. Several local media outlets future traffic projections will be analyzed and ran notices of the informational meetings but infrastructure needs will be identified to take did not cover the meetings themselves. Ω the Reno-Sparks area through the year 2040.

Spaghetti Bowl improvements include short-, mid- and long-range projects. NDOT has put An official website on the Spaghetti Bowl Project is found at plans in place to add more freeway digital http://ndotspaghettibowl.com

Sign of the times

A worker deals with a cell phone tower on a billboard along U.S. 395 near Glendale Avenue. These towers—or masts, or sites—are often subjects of controversy. Ten years ago this week, the Las Vegas Sun reported, “They are disguised as flagpoles, lampposts and palm trees. They are hidden behind billboards and inside church steeples. And if they haven’t yet, chances are they are coming to a neighborhood near you.”

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The show runs through Sept. 24.

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theater forecast

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mostly sunny, with a chance of searing commentary

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ires, floods, hurricanes—the end of summer felt like the end of days. Now we’re left cautiously poking our heads into the first week of fall, hoping for sunnier news and happier days. The local theater scene is delivering. Though their fall rosters feature shows containing biting criticisms and long-held grudges—leveled at everything from millennials to William Shakespeare, smartphones and the American dream—their schedules also promise plenty of laughter, feel-good musicals, madcap mysteries, silliness and irreverence to chase away those end-of-days blues.

SeaSon oF tranSFormation: Brüka theatre As the leaves change colors and the air turns cold, Brüka kicks off its quarter-century season with its own theme of transformation.

It’s turning theater traditions on their ear, and farce rules the fall. The fun starts with The Real Inspector Hound, running Oct. 6-28.

Written by Tom Stoppard, the genius behind Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, this clever spoof of Agatha Christie-like melodramas is the story of feuding theater critics who become swept up in the whodunit they’re viewing. Interestingly (for an October Brüka mainstage show), it’s appropriate for ages 8 and up.

Brüka’s saying a big thank you to the arts community this season, showcasing its staying power in a number of ways. First is the sixth annual Biggest Little Theater Festival, running Nov. 8-12. The event offers a rare opportunity for local budding playwrights to submit their original scripts for short plays and potentially be among the five plays chosen to be staged

at Brüka, potentially giving them a boost toward other national and international festival submissions. At press time, winners had not been announced. However, artists make a percentage at the door, so attendance is a great way to support local artists directly.

Brüka’s staying power also can be seen in its long-running, beloved Buttcracker series.

This fall’s Buttcracker 8: The Biggest Little Buttcracker in the World, honors its own 25th anniversary and Reno’s year-long 150th birthday celebration. The hilarious show that always skewers holiday traditions will take audiences on a trip through time to witness Reno’s outlandish history, Nov. 24-Dec. 23.

In another tip of the hat to Reno’s contributions to Brüka and the arts community, the company will start 2018 with a fundraiser it’s calling Take Five: Making Art in Reno. Mark those brand-new calendars for the two-night run, Jan. 12-13, as Brüka welcomes artists from all disciplines, who will each give a five-minute talk about making their art, and making it here.

Parents, if you’re looking to schedule something for your kids to do over winter break, Brüka is also holding a one-week, full-day, intensive camp focusing on the craft of acting. Stay tuned to the website for dates and details.

That leads nicely to a modern classic work, The Lion in Winter, opening Jan. 26.

• Tickets and information: www.bruka.org

on the move: Good Luck macbeth Reno has indeed been kind to its theater companies. As Brüka’s season is just winding up and it celebrates 25 years in its downtown location, Good Luck Macbeth’s own

calendar-year season is winding down, and its company members are pleased to say they’ve outgrown their own beloved Midtown quarters and are on the hunt for larger digs.

Their ultimate destination is uncertain for now, and, for the time being, they’re still on South Virginia, and still rockin’ it—in Generation WE: A Hip-HOpera.

Producing Artistic Director Joe Atack and fellow Weapons of Mass Creation (WMC) band member and artist Pan Pantoja of The Potentialist Workshop came together, with input from playwright Martin Gonzalez, to devise this hop opera. With WMC’s final 10 tracks of its double album as the soundtrack and story line, the production includes song, rap, poetry and dance as its four characters struggle to chase the illusive American dream. It runs Oct. 20-Nov. 11. But, on Oct. 15, catch a sneak preview concert, to coincide with the Reno Mural Expo, featuring music from the show.

We then, believe it or not, head straight into the holidays. At GLM, that means Jeff Goode’s The Eight: Reindeer Monologues.

Perfect for anyone sick of saccharine Scrooges and cheery holiday chestnuts, The Eight is a dark, dark Christmas comedy in which Santa’s eight reindeer dish the real dirt on Santa’s

indiscretions. It seems jolly old Saint Nick has been accused of sexual assault. As the police investigation unfolds, a disturbing and hilarious tale of corruption and perversion emerges.

Directed by Emily Skyle, it runs Dec. 1-23.

Though it won’t kick off until early February and may be in a different space, make plans to attend GLM’s first show of the season, another show paying tribute to Reno’s 150th birthday: The Royale: A Play in Six Rounds by Marco Ramirez. It’s the story of the fight of the century, a boxing match set in the Biggest Little City.

• Tickets and information: www.goodluckmacbeth.org

in FLiGht: Laughing owl Productions theatre Company It’s a unique time in this community right now, both in terms of theater and real estate. As Good Luck Macbeth begins scouting new locations, Laughing Owl Productions searches for a place to land. The fledgling company started

by Dave and Angela Anderson in 2015 took its shows on the road back in spring when the rent at its Wells Avenue location became too steep.

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“Fall theater forecast” cOnTinUed FrOm page 11 Though they are currently without a place to roost, the company enjoyed a successful threeshow summer at Sparks Amphitheater.

As Laughing Owl awaits approval on its 501(c)3 filing, it plans a one-week theater boot camp timed for the Washoe County School District’s fall break, Oct. 2-6. Designed for the underserved 11-17 age group, the camp, which will run 9 a.m.-3 p.m. each day, will take place at McQueen High School and cover everything from movement and voice to audition preparation and scene study. The company is fortunate that several local theater luminaries share their talents; boot camp lessons will be led by the likes of Sandra Brunell-Neace, Rachel Lopez and Adam Whitney.

• Tickets and information: www.laughingowlproductions.com

Sending SparkS: restless artists Theatre Happily rooted in downtown Sparks, Restless Artists remains true to its name by planning under-the-radar, character-driven shows that tackle real issues without bells and whistles.

Take, for instance, Going Green, which runs Sept. 2-Oct. 8. This lighthearted political comedy tells the story of John Brown, future leader of the Green Party, who finds he must step away from politics because of a mysterious illness, and his medication has unexpected—and prophetic—results.

Then comes Out of Sterno, Oct. 27-Nov. 12. It’s a comedy about Dotty, a woman who is blissfully married to Hamel, despite the fact that he hasn’t let her leave their tiny apartment or speak to anyone in years, and he insists upon her repeatedly watching video re-enactments of the day they first met. She’s thrilled to do it until a strange woman’s phone call forces her to leave her apartment and venture into the big, bad city of Sterno.

The charming Heisenberg takes the stage Dec. 1-17. This spin on romantic comedies introduces Alex, a standoffish 75-year-old British butcher, to Georgie, a loud, aggressive, 42-year-old woman who can’t decide what she wants to be when she grows up.

Turns out they’ve found the true love neither of them went looking for.

RAT looks forward to more great things, thanks to a grant bestowed upon them by the City of Sparks and the Nevada Arts Council, which will enable them to put in new lights and continue improving an ever-evolving space.

• Tickets and information: www.rattheatre.org

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STage and Screen: Unr department of Theatre & dance The tension between old school and new school is brought to life at our local university this fall with Annie Baker’s The Flick, in which employees of a rundown movie theater mop the floors and attend to one of the last remaining 35-millimeter film projectors in the state. Millennial angst runs rampant among the play’s characters, who are all trying to find themselves as they wrestle with the walls the digital age has built between us and the pain that comes from progress and growing up.

The theater students involved are building a theater-within-a-theater for this production, which runs Oct. 13-21.

The annual fall dance festival will take place Nov. 16-18 and feature student-choreographed work as well as choreography by faculty members Cari Cunningham and Eve Allen.

A concerned Christine (Kathy Welch) comes around with a casserole for John Brown (Kevin McCray) in Restless Artists Theatre’s production of Going Green.

Photo/Allison Young

• Tickets and information: www.unr.edu/cla/theatredance

playing wiTh The claSSicS: reno little Theater There’s only one more weekend to catch Equivocation, a satire that takes aim at politicians and even the great Bard himself as it asks the question, “How do you tell the truth in dangerous times?”

Then, next week, the RLT gang starts setting up for its first children’s show of the season, A Wrinkle in Time, running Oct. 13-15. With the March release of the Hollywood film rapidly approaching, this show’s tickets are already selling, so you might want to get yours now.

Following that, RLT heads into its first production in its ongoing Latino series (in collaboration with Latino ARTE), a Spanishlanguage Frida, which tells the story of artist Frida Kahlo, including her tempestuous relationship with muralist Diego Rivera. It runs Oct. 26-29.

This year’s RLT holiday promises fun and irreverence. It’s Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, running Nov. 24-Dec. 17. It’s a modernized retelling of Dickens’ classic tale, as told from the perspective of Jacob Marley, who “was dead to begin with” in the original. Chad Sweet directs the three-person cast, who play a multitude of characters.

RLT’s highly successful Act Out! education program will include a Broadway Our Way class that will take students to the famed school that was built vertically by mistake: Sideways Stories From Wayside School. It culminates in performances that are open to the public, Dec. 15-16.

Then the company takes a few weeks off for the holidays and prepares to mount its biggest show of the season, Steel Magnolias,

directed by Rachel Lopez and running Jan. 19-Feb. 11.

• Tickets and information: www.renolittletheater.org

dammiT, JaneT!: Tmcc performing arts Time to do the time warp again. Truckee Meadows Community College Performing Arts is bringing back The Rocky Horror Show by popular demand—its 2009 production sold out every performance and even forced some standing-room-only admissions. Catch it Oct. 20-29, or a special Halloween performance Oct. 31. But leave your bags of toast and

rubber duckies at home: It’s only interactive if you purchase a bag of goodies at the door (gotta protect that 25-person cast, you know).

That’s followed in December by TMCC’s annual children’s production, through which up to 1,800 Washoe County schoolchildren are provided with the opportunity to see live theater. This year’s show is Totally Red, a spinoff of the tale of Little Red Riding Hood.

TMCC also will offer public performances on Dec. 15 and 16.

• Tickets and information: www.tmcc.edu/visual-performing-arts/ performance-schedule

Tale as old as Time: Western Nevada musical Theatre Company Renowned for its big blockbuster musical productions, this Carson City company offers up another spectacular Disney production, on the heels of a film release that broke records.

This full Broadway version of Beauty and the Beast will feature stunning costumes, sets and lighting, as well as accompaniment by a large, professional orchestra.

You’ll see complex production numbers choreographed by Gina Kaskie Davis, as well as the work of 20 professional seamstresses, set artists and builders, vocal and instrumental directors, technicians and musicians.

And a word of caution: If WNMTC’s trend of increasing ticket sales are any indication, this one should sell out early, so prepare to purchase tickets early. With only 10 performances, it runs Nov. 4-19.

• Tickets and information: www.wnmtc.com

iT’s aN illusioN: eldorado Resort Casino If spectacle is your thing, don’t miss Adam Trent, the breakout star of traveling magic

production The Illusionists, for 90 minutes of magic and comedy at the Eldorado Theatre.

He’s playing now through Oct. 22.

That segues nicely into The Unbelievables, a new, large-scale, touring variety show featuring magic, acrobatics, music and more, brought to you by the folks behind The Illusionists. The Eldorado is being tight-lipped about this one, but stay tuned to the website for big updates on this show, which runs Nov. 21-Dec. 31.

• Tickets and information: www.eldoradoreno.com

sWaN soNg: Wild Horse Children’s Theater This theater company dedicated to providing performance opportunities to Carson City-area school kids has a reputation for providing knockout juniorized versions of Broadway musicals, and always with professional-quality song-and-dance numbers and intricate sets and costume designs. This fall’s production of Honk! Jr. is no different.

This musical version of the classic tale about bullying—Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Ugly Duckling”—runs for eight performances between Dec. 8-17 and will feature about 80 local youths, on stage and backstage, ages

5-18. Look for them to make a splash in raincoats and 1950s-era dress as they belt out fun, upbeat tunes about the show’s theme of love and acceptance.

The company will also be taking this production on the road to the iTheatrics Broadway Junior All Stars competition in February in Sacramento, where they’ll perform before a potential 1,500 students from around the world. They’re no strangers to the competition; last year, they took Beauty and the Beast and snagged awards, including an Excellent Visual Performance by a Female award for their lead actress. They have high hopes for Honk! JR., not least because the company received a grant to produce anti-bullying workshops at the Carson City Library and Boys and Girls Clubs for elementary kids in concert with the show.

• Tickets and information: www.wildhorsetheater.com

good gRief: TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada

spirit this fall. It starts Oct. 4 when the Kids Take Center Stage education program cast presents a free public performance of an excerpt from their summer Artown show, Shrek: The Musical, at the Southside School in downtown Reno. Donations are requested, and all proceeds benefit Volunteers of America.

That’s followed by TWNN’s second-annual family fundraiser gala, A Charlie Brown Christmas, on Nov. 5. Along with the show— watch for all-new directors, casts and sets every year—you’ll enjoy photos with Santa, face painting, arts and crafts projects, cookies and milk and a full, seated dinner, all at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. A one-weekend run of public performances then take place Dec. 15-17.

And if your kids are looking to take the stage, check out TWNN’s fall break, full-day arts camp, featuring music, theater, improv and visual arts, culminating in a showcase at the end of the week for parents. TWNN’s winter break camp runs Jan. 1-12. See the website for details.

• Tickets and information: www.twnn.org

Another local company committed to introducing youth to performance opportunities, TWNN is really getting into the community

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by kriS Vagner | krisv@newsreview.com

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ost art is so private,” said art collector Brian Greif—rhymes with “knife”—in a phone interview. He lives in San Francisco and trades in pop and surrealist work, among other genres. He looks the part—as clean-cut and buttoned-up as a big-city art dealer from Central Casting—but don’t stereotype him just yet. He has a beef with some varieties of art-world exclusivity and a soft spot for artists who work in the most public of venues—the streets.

“If you look at the history of art, artists would go into their studios, do a painting, send them to galleries,” he said. “Most great

artists—their artwork was sort of untouchable, in this private or intimidating world.”

With graffiti art, though, he said, “People can make their own judgments just walking down the street.”

Greif used to be a TV station manager in San Francisco. Through that position, he got to know some of the world’s prominent graffiti artists.

One of them is Ben Eine, whose bespectacled face and thoughtful, gritty English voice set the tone in the opening scenes of a 2017 film, Saving Banksy, for which Greif shares the executive producer credit with Columbus, Ohiobased curator Éva Boros.

In the film, Eine is seen in a hoodie and a nitrile gloves, quickly stenciling a grid of smiley faces onto an outdoor wall. Sirens wail in the distance, underscoring the illegality of his actions. Then, Eine addresses the camera with a semi-anxious tone.

“We paint stuff on the street,” he explains. “That’s where it belongs. It’s for the people. It’s for fun. It’s for adventure. It’s not to turn up in auction.”

Immediately, a caption appears: “Their art is now being removed from walls and sold at “Haight Street Rat” was originally painted on the exterior of The Red Victorian hotel in San Francisco and is now on a tour of non-commercial galleries and libraries.

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high-end auctions.” Thus begins a story of Greif attempting to rescue a piece by the secretive British street artist Banksy from being circulated on the market.

San FranciSco dayS In 2010, Banksy went to San Francisco to stencil and spray six pieces in his trademark style—ever clever, graphically restrained, politically brazen critiques of capitalism and authority, in which rats sometimes play the roles of humans. He left pieces in Alcatraz, Fisherman’s Wharf, SOMA, North Beach, Mission and Haight-Ashbury, painting fast and planning smartly to not get caught. To make one piece, Banksy’s team backed a moving truck up to a wall and staged what looked like a delivery, placing a mattress on each side of the truck for privacy.

Many San Franciscans found these new, unofficial works endearing. Not to mention, they came with the credibility of having been made by the world’s most famous graffiti artist.

Banksy pieces worldwide have been removed from city walls and sold by dealers in the $500,000 range. His street pieces are presumably not intended to be traded—though Banksy does not show his face or speak publicly, so we couldn’t ask him. He never even spoke with Greif during the making of the film defending his work. He does make paintings on canvas intended for sale in galleries, and those have sold for up to $1.7 million.

Despite his acclaim, the longevity of Banksy’s San Francisco works was in no way guaranteed. In a May 2010 article, KQED arts

reporter Sandra Silvoy wrote, “The City’s graffiti removal ordinance requires property owners to remove graffiti within 30 days or pay $500 for the City to remove it for them.”

Silvoy wondered, “[W]ould the SF graffiti task force dare to buff Banksy?”

To officials, the matter remained black and white. City Supervisor London Breed told Greif’s film crew, “We view artists who paint on property without permission as vandals.

They’re breaking the law.”

Painting For numberS One of the San Francisco Banksy pieces, which has become known as “Haight Street Rat,” was painted on the side of The Red Victorian, the historic hotel. It depicts a rat with a grave expression, wearing a mixedmetaphor hat—a backward baseball cap that bears a strong resemblance to Che Guevara’s revolutionary-red-star beret. The rat holds a wide-tipped marker with both hands and looks into the distance, having just scrawled in red caps, “THIS IS WHERE I DRAW THE LINE.” The building owner intended to paint over the piece. Greif offered to purchase it from her, remove it from the building and repair the wall. He wanted the piece to be kept in the public eye. Negotiations dragged on. Costs escalated. Greif says in the film, about a neighboring property owner, “We need access to the roof of his building to get the scaffolding up to take the rat down, and he’s found out who Banksy is now, and he wants $5,000 for access to his roof.”

In the film, Greif comes off as the guy you’d want to hire for Hollywood-style

“We paint stuff On the street. that’s Where it belOngs. it’s fOr the peOple. it’s fOr fun. it’s fOr adventure. it’s nOt tO turn up in auctiOn.” ben eine, artist

hostage negotiations. He doesn’t break a sweat.

Over the phone, though, he said, “It was very stressful. I don’t know if it comes through in the movie. There were lots of sleepless night, lots of concerns.”

Fifty-three days and $40,000 later, Greif and a team of workers carefully removed a section of the Red Vic’s redwood clapboards.

Greif offered to donate “Haight Street Rat” to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Curators declined, citing a need to have the painting authenticated by the artist himself.

Banksy claimed responsibility on his website, however, he does not authenticate his street pieces. Greif, who has heard from Banksy on occasion indirectly through Ben Eine, gave two reasons: If Banksy did agree to verify the piece, it would lead to more of his pieces being stolen and traded, and also he’d be confessing to vandalism.

The film presents a range of voices— including those of artists, collectors, cheerleaders and passersby—and thoughtfully critiques the divide between gallery art and street art.

It raises—and honestly acknowledges the complexity of—this question: Does ascribing a monetary value to work that was supposed to be seen for free lend it legitimacy—or does it spell defeat and irrelevance?

On tOur Greif received offers for “Haight Street Rat” from collectors in the $500,000 range.

He refused to sell it. After storing it in his closet for two years, he decided to take it on tour. He lends it to venues that can pay for shipping, insurance and installation.

It’s been shown in over a dozen places so far, including the U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles, a mural festival in Nashville and,

most recently, a library in Kokomo, Indiana.

Former Sierra Arts director Annie Zucker happened to contact Greif at the right time to request a stop in Reno betwen the Kokomo appearance and the next scheduled destination, Toronto.

“Annie, by stroke of luck, looking in her daily internet searches, found that it was out there and just got up the gusto and emailed this man,” said Tracey Oliver, who recently became executive director.

Greif said the piece weighs 550 pounds.

“It’s a nightmare to move,” he said. “I always warn people, it will not go through a single door. It has to be double doors.”

There’s been a near miss getting the piece into one venue, and there’s speculation that the Reno installation could be challenging.

“The door is 63 inches, and the piece is 63 inches,” said Zucker. The installation team is prepared for the possibility of having to remove the door.

Greif said that a collector who owns a Banksy piece on a concrete wall that was harvested from the streets contacted him to say that after watching Saving Banksy, he felt badly about keeping that piece in a private collection. He offered to have it tour with “Haight Street Rat,” but it weighs over two tons. The idea of hauling it around struck Greif as untenable.

As far as Greif knows, this is the only piece by Banksy that’s circulating but not available for sale—though there is a Banksy piece in Toronto that was removed from a subway station, encased in bullet-proof glass and reinstalled in its original location.

After Sierra Arts, “Haight Street Rat” is slated for two venues in Canada, two in Florida, and possibly one in Detroit. And in the long run?

“It’s interesting, because since the movie’s been out on Netfilx I have gotten museums that have circled back and asked some more questions and that kind of thing,” Greif said. “I think it’s a matter of time before a museum steps up and says, ‘We want it.’” Ω

Banksy’s “Haight Street Rat” will be on exhibit at Sierra Arts, 17 S. Virginia St., through Oct. 17. A reception and Q&A with art collector and film producer Brian Greif is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. Sept. 26.

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Jeff Rogers, otherwise known as Metal Jeff, recently created Forgotten Oracles, a series of paintings largely inspired by mythology and outer space.

Rogers has been working on this concept since the beginning of the year and added a specific direction to his idea after finding out he’d have a show at the Holland Project.

He’s an oil painter and a nature lover, and he said that he’s always gravitated toward working on wood boards. Recently, he’s been creating muse-like figures, oracles, on starry backgrounds.

“It seemed like a fun way to tweak the idea of mythology and create my own in a weird way,” Rogers said.

Even though he uses images of human bodies as oracles, he uses non-human heads—bizarre ram heads, mythical two-headed birds, clouds of smoke, and thorns branching out of skulls—in order to abstract his figures and to step away from human vanity.

“With mythology and religion, people—while wanting to seek out answers of things they don’t understand and creating these ideas and deities of other beings—often make them look like us,” he said.

Rogers begins by brainstorming a concept, photographing models and sketching—and for his large-scale pieces, it takes some extra planning.

“I don’t have the kind of mind where, on a large scale, I can just lay something out perfectly proportioned like that,” he said. “It blows my mind, and I’m not that person. I’m not too ashamed to use a projector to line something out.”

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From there, he incorporates a black and gold color scheme with a water-based stain to allow the grain to show through and make the wood a little less flat. He said that, for this series, the process usually flowed in a way where he’d end each painting by adding the gold leaf and stars.

Rogers works on his paintings at Cuddleworks, a local artist collective.

“Once I get working on something it’s kind of a zone,” he said. “Even if I have food or drink, I tend to forget about it when I’m working. I just get locked into that.”

He also needs music in the background in order to work.

“More often than not, it’s something more chill, atmospheric, instrumental or ambient,” he said. “My favorite band is Ulver. They’re from Norway. Originally they were this black metal band from the ’90—true Norwegian metal. But after their third album they took a hard left turn, and it’s been all over the place.

It’s very experimental, very soundscape or even some electronic. Then there’s a lot of post-rock I listen to,” Jeff said.

(Rogers’ nickname, “Metal Jeff,” comes from his role as a photographer in Reno’s heavy metal scene, by the way.)

He listens to hip-hop, too, and his musical choices are echoed in the chill feeling he evokes in his moon-and-stars paintings.

According to Rogers, people who saw his work last year—whether his gallery pieces, metal show posters or his images for RN&R’s Best Of Northern Nevada issue in 2016—will notice a difference this year.

“What I wanted to create was something that was a little weird but beautiful in its own right,” he said. Ω

“Metal Jeff” Rogers’ exhibit Forgotten Oracles is on display at The Holland Project, 140 Vesta St., through Sept. 22. A reception for Rogers and sculptor Collyn Ahren is scheduled for 6-8 p.m., Sept. 21.

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“Don’t worry ... the Hunger Games are over.”

Mommy issues Writer-director Darren Aronofsky is a nut, and his latest film, Mother!, is one helluva nutty movie.

Jennifer Lawrence is currently dating Aronofsky, a fact that infiltrates the mood of Mother! because the film takes unabashedly nasty aim at relationships— among its many targets. Those targets also include the Bible, narcissism, celebrity, art, family, smoking and, oh, yeah, motherhood. By the time it’s over, you might not know exactly what went down, but you know that it landed on the side of cynicism—highly stylized, lunatic, entertaining cynicism.

Lawrence plays Mother, an apparently kindhearted partner to Him (Javier Bardem). They live in an oldstyle country house out in the middle of nowhere. Him is a writer, going through some major writer’s block and occasionally speaking of having lost everything in the past to a fire. He has some sort of crystalized object on a stand that he claims empowered him to move on after the fire. It’s in a room nobody is allowed to enter alone.

They live a quiet life in their little Eden, Mother preparing meals while Him tortures himself, unable to produce a single word for his next great work. Then, there’s a knock at the door. It’s Man (Ed Harris), soon to be followed by Woman (Michelle Pfeiffer), a strange couple who wind up houseguests thanks to Him’s hospitality, and much to the chagrin of Mother.

Man and Woman invade Mother’s space, with Man huffing cigarettes and frequently vomiting from illness while Woman swills alcohol and asks Mother extremely personal questions. Eventually, Man and Woman’s two sons show up and, if you’ve read the Bible, you can perhaps guess what happens when the whole family is under one roof. After a rage-inspired sex session, Mother becomes pregnant, and Him is suddenly fertile with ideas. He writes his next big thing, and their home is besieged by agents, fans, religious zealots, paparazzi, former SNL cast members, policemen, soldiers, terrorists and fire. If there’s a takeaway from Mother!, it’s that Aronofsky doesn’t have the most pleasant attitudes toward celebrity and Sunday school.

Lawrence delivers her rawest, sometimes angriest performance to date. Her character starts off placid and collected, but as more people show up and more things get broken in her home, Lawrence gets a chance to ratchet things up to psychotic levels. There’s something seething under the surface with Mother, and Him’s refusal to kick the invaders out of their home brings it to the surface.

Bardem brings a “golly gosh, gee whiz” quality to Him, interspersed with his own scary outbursts. I think both Lawrence and Bardem went to therapy after wrapping this one. Harris is great as the first unwanted guest, clearly dying from something but still able to do naughty things with the wife while the door’s open.

Pfeiffer owns her role in a way that marks her best work in years. She only has a few scenes, but all of them, especially one with Mother in the laundry room, leave a mark. The same can be said for Kristen Wiig, who takes a few minutes of screen time in a late-inthe-film appearance and kills it.

This is Aronofsky’s second take on Biblical themes. He treated the story of Noah like it was The Lord of the Rings a few years back, and now he’s treating it like Rosemary’s Baby meets The Shining.

The film deals with creation in a way that ties into art, the universe, broken sinks and being left out of somebody’s will. At times, it’s absolute chaos, but Aronofsky, the master behind Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan and The Fountain (another of his creationism meditations), keeps it all under control.

Longtime collaborator Matthew Libatique provides impeccable cinematography yet again, making a total rebellion inside a country home look somehow realistic and perhaps even possible.

If you like your stories and scares straightforward, there’s a good chance Mother! will frustrate you.

However, if you’ve been having recent conversations about the puzzler that was David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, and you’ve watched Aronofsky’s The Fountain more Ω than once, Mother! might be right up your alley.

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Annabelle: Creation

Annabelle, the creepy doll from The Conjuring movies, gets her second standalone film with Annabelle: Creation, a silly movie that’s nevertheless enjoyable thanks to some deft direction and surprisingly competent acting. The movie holds together thanks to solid performances from Talitha Bateman and Lulu Wilson, the latter being the same child actress who gave incredible work in the also surprisingly good prequel/sequel to a so-so movie, Ouija: Origin of Evil. The film is full of good performances from the likes of Miranda Otto, Anthony LaPaglia and Stephanie Sigman, but it’s Bateman and Wilson who get most of the credit for pulling it off. The film is set many years before the first Annabelle movie, with orphans Janice (Bateman) and Linda (Wilson) on their way to a new home, a group of other girls and happy nun Sister Charlotte (Sigman) at their side. Once at their new home, the doll is discovered, and the resulting playtime totally sucks ass. Last year, director David F. Sandberg delivered a decent genre film with Lights Out, based on his terrifically scary short film. (Talitha’s younger brother, Martin Bateman, starred in that one.) Sandberg also makes good-looking movies. The authentic Southern Gothic look of this film lends to its credibility.

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Atomic Blonde

Charlize Theron goes on a tear for the ages in this fun if somewhat shallow venture, another pin on her action hero lapel after her ferocious turn as Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road. As Lorraine Broughton, an undercover agent on a mission in Berlin in the late ’80s as the wall begins to fall, she showcases her ability to kick people through walls with the best of them. She also shows how to use a freezer door as a weapon.

Directed by David Leitch, one of the directors of the original John Wick and future director of Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde pops with the same kind of kinetic energy as Wick when the bullets and kicks are flying. Also a legendary stuntman, Leitch knows how to make a hit look real, and the choreographed action scenes in this film stand as some of the year’s best. When Charlize lands a blow in this movie, you feel it in your face. Based on the graphic novel The Coldest City, the film drags at times, especially when Lorraine does the standard interrogation room narrative scenes with Toby Jones and John Goodman drilling her for answers.

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It

The benefit of a movie like Andy Muschietti’s It is that the director and his writers can keep some core themes that worked in the novel but streamline the narrative to make the story work a bit better 30 years after it was written. In that respect, the new It is a triumph. While the 1990 TV miniseries dealt with both the young and older versions of The Loser’s Club, the posse of kids that stand up to evil, the new It stands as Part One, completely dividing the kid and adult stories. There’s also a major time change, with the kids’ story taking place in the late ’80s instead of the ’50s. Thank you, Stranger Things. The core story remains the same: Children in Derry, Maine, have been disappearing for many years, and the film starts with the sad case of Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott), a little boy in a yellow rain slicker who follows his paper boat to the sewer drain and makes an unfortunate acquaintance.

That acquaintance is Pennywise, the sewerdwelling clown, played as a savage beast by Bill Skarsgard. The big difference between Tim Curry’s Pennywise from the TV miniseries and the new incarnation is that Curry’s Pennywise was almost a normal circus clown until he sprouted monster teeth and took you out. He was into trickery. Skarsgard’s Pennywise is a shit-assed, makeup-cracking, straight-up scary demon clown with an ability to charm for a short while, but he just kind of sucks royally from the get-go, oozing with evil. The kids are great. The standout is Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh. Lillis has that kind of leading-lady-ina-teen-film commanding screen presence. It: Part Two, with the adults, while not official yet,

is a certainty. As for It: Part One, it draws the best elements of King’s work and comes out a frightening winner.

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Wind River

Bill Nighy plays Inspector Kildare, commissioned by Scotland Yard to find the notorious Golem Killer, a Jack the Ripper-type serial killer. Based on a 1994 novel that incorporated actual historical figures like Karl Marx, Juan Carlos Medina’s movie is good-looking, and Nighy is a fun sort of cranky Sherlock Holmes. Problem is, the mystery itself isn’t that absorbing, and a side plot involving the murder trial of a local actress (Olivia Cooke) fails to engage. Granted, it is pretty cool that Medina somehow manages to stage a hypothetical scene where Karl Marx commits a very bloody murder. There are a few macabre moments, like that one, that work well. Not enough to make this anything really worth watching.

Cooke labors hard in the role of Lizzie Cree, a stage actress in a bad marriage who becomes an object of sympathy for Kildare as he goes through his list of suspects which include a local actor/playwright, a doctor and, yes, Karl Marx. The movie is weird, but it’s not weird enough, and Nighy’s decent performance is ultimately wasted. (Available for rent and download on iTunes and Amazon.com during a limited theatrical release.)

A gang of losers plots to rob a NASCAR racetrack on one of its busiest weekends, and they do it in a hackneyed way that makes absolutely no sense. Steven Soderbergh comes out of retirement to direct Channing Tatum as Jimmy Logan, a former football player who has fallen on bad times, then suddenly gets it in his head to rob the racetrack in a way that involves sneaking people out of prison, blowing things up with gummy bears, and secret allies within the establishment. Soderbergh did the Ocean’s Eleven movies, the first of which has a reasonably fun and inventive heist. This one is sort of Ocean’s Eleven for rednecks, and their ability to pull off the heist is totally unconvincing. The film is almost saved by some of the supporting performances, including Daniel Craig as an incarcerated safe cracker who digs hard boiled eggs, and Adam Driver as Jimmy’s one-armed brother. But, for every character that’s a plus, there’s a lame one, like Seth MacFarlane’s heavily accented millionaire that’s not as funny as he thinks he is. The movie doesn’t come together in the end, and its robbery scheme is too cute to be realistic.

The big reveal feels like a cheat. It’s good to have Soderbergh back in action, but this is just a rehash of something he’s done before with a Southern accent.

If you’re a fan of last year’s excellent modern Western Hell or High Water, you have some big reasons to get yourself into a theater for Wind River. Taylor Sheridan, who writes and directs, has a wordsmith’s way of capturing American dilemmas on par with the likes of Sam Shepard and Cormac McCarthy.

The man knows how to pen a great thriller with depth, and his works—he also wrote Iscariot and Hell or High Water—have in common a somber tone. This is a guy who knows that many of the people you pass on the street today are dealing with an eternity of grief and loss. They are making it, but it’s a bitch, and it’s not going to get easier. Wind River marks Sheridan’s second feature directorial effort, after 2011’s low-budget Vile, and it stands as one of the summer’s best films. It’s a solid mystery-thriller and a showcase for two fierce performances from Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen—yes, Hawkeye and Scarlet Witch.

They both offer up career-best work, with Renner searing the screen as Cory, a man with a tragic past, paid to hunt wolves and lions on a Native American reservation. Olsen commands her screen time as Jane, one of cinema’s gutsiest FBI agents since Clarice Starling. With this film, Renner has been tasked with some of the more difficult, emotionally brutal scenes an actor has had to handle this year.

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It’s clear someone earned their pay transforming the former Carrows on the corner of Plumb and Kietzke lanes into Redwood Rotisserie + Grill—a restaurant reminiscent of a hunting lodge, complete with rough-hewn stone work and animal trophies hung from heavy, square-cut wooden beams. The service on a recent visit was friendly—if a bit slow—and the vibe was surprisingly cozy for a large room.

Although the menu includes burgers, salads, sandwiches, Mexican favorites, and plates with fish and veggies, the main attraction is rotisserie roasted chicken and tri-tip. You can either order the meats a few different ways—chicken by the whole bird ($21.99), half bird ($13.99), or quarter bird ($8.99); thin-sliced tri-tip by the full pound ($23.99), half pound ($13.99) or quarter pound ($7.99). You can also get a halfpound combo of beef and chicken ($14.99).

Orders come with a choice of two sides and two sauces, all housemade.

My wife and I chose a couple of the day’s specials. She a 12-ounce ribeye steak served with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables ($23.99). I tripled down on a sampler platter of barbecue pork ribs, chicken and tri-tip, with chimichurri and ají panca—Peruvian red pepper—dipping sauces, and sides of macaroni and cheese and baked beans ($18.99). We also ordered a pair of green side salads ($2.99 each).

The steak was grilled to a perfectly tender medium, full of fatty flavor and nicely seasoned. It was so succulent they really ought to add it to the menu. The vegetables—a combination of broccoli, carrot, zucchini, yellow squash and sliced mushrooms—were served al dente with mild seasoning. The simple mashed potatoes completed the plate, requiring neither gravy nor other accoutrement. They were

A sampler platter of the meats at Redwood Rotisserie + Grill includes barbecue pork ribs, tri-tip and chicken.

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definitely fresh, with enough butter and salt to remind us of a favorite family meal.

The presentation of our salads was pretty, with veggies and a side of dressing, filling the bowl and propping up leaves of baby romaine and long, thick slices of cucumber. I don’t really enjoy having to hand prep my lettuce before eating, and I had to set those monster cucumber slices to the side. I’ll take convenience over style any day, especially with a simple salad.

My sides of beans and mac and cheese provided a stark contrast of good and bad.

The beans were topped with scallion and full of slightly sweet, smoky, porky goodness; my wife—a New England native who knows her beans—said these were among the best she’s had. Sadly, though, the pasta was let down by a bland, unappealing cheese sauce that, though not actually broken and grainy, was just on the cusp of falling apart. It looked good but just wasn’t.

The aji panca and chimichurri sauces I chose were both fine, though unnecessary.

The chicken forequarter wasn’t too dry and had a really tasty, crispy skin. The tri-tip was exceptionally tender, juicy and delicious. Unfortunately, the ribs were a bit of a miss. The sauce was fair, but the meat was dry, tough and stringy. Perhaps stick with the chicken and beef.

We finished with a large slice of warm apple pie à la mode ($6.99). A flaky crust supported the tart, cinnamon-spiced filling. Next time I might skip the meat and have that excellent pie for lunch. Don’t tell my mom. Ω

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Bartender Sasha Severance serves up a flight at the Alibi Ale Works Truckee Public House.

Truckee stop I’ve been a pathetic Renoite this summer, having failed to get to the Lake even once—no beach, no swimming, nothing.

The closest I came was a concert in a casino parking lot in Stateline. This is my roundabout way of explaining why I haven’t made it to Alibi Ale Works’ brewery and tap room in Incline Village yet.

No matter how much I’ve been meaning to visit one of our region’s newer beer spots, that drive up the mountain just hasn’t been in the cards for me. That being the case, when I heard they had opened their new Public House in Truckee, I put that on my list as a slightly more achievable goal.

A recent Saturday little league game gave me an chance to visit. I budgeted a little extra time so I could get in a few tasters when the bar opened at noon and still catch the opening pitch under the sun and pines of Truckee River Regional Park.

Set just north of the main drag in historic downtown Truckee, Alibi Ale Works occupies a 110-year-old building with style. A combination of rustic, roughhewn lumber and modern design, it’s a perfect fit for this town. Having just opened in June, it still has a shiny, new feel. Large tables and bars for sitting or standing are available. Even just a few minutes after opening, there were already a few folks enjoying their beers.

You’ve likely seen cans of Alibi Ale Works beer available locally—shiny silver cans of saison, pale ale or porter with a mustache and derby hat logo. Occasional special release bottles, like coconut white IPA and the exotic Rubus Nocturne—a bourbon-barrel aged dark raspberry sour— find their way down the mountain to our shelves as well.

The Truckee location offered the canned and bottled lineup, of course, and plenty more—22 taps worth of those and

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draft-only releases, plus a couple of ciders for the gluten-averse. While I always appreciate breweries’ willingness to put on guest beers, it’s pretty cool to see the house be able to fill this many faucets entirely with its own product. As I like to do, I ordered a flight to try a variety of beers; an IPA, a nitro Irish stout and a couple of specialties filled my four small glasses. While I really enjoyed Crescendo No. 2, a tart beer aged in chardonnay barrels with kiwi and wine grapes, the assertive rye beer aged in pinot barrels was not to my liking.

Besides the main commodity, a small list of non-alcoholic “craft beverages”— soda pop—is also available for nondrinkers, children included. During my visit, several families with younger kids enjoyed the open room, playing an oversized Connect Four game on a small stage. Evening hours often find it occupied by live bands.

While I sipped and contemplated my beers, I nibbled on an order of hops-andhoney-roasted almonds. They sounded better than they were, starting as an almost unbreakable solid mass, transforming into a gooey blob after my server kindly warmed them for me, and there was little hop flavor to be had. I regretted my early lunch when I saw the creative nacho dishes that came out for other customers.

I’ve seen Alibi’s beer progressing from afar and have found its canned beers agreeable. While I wouldn’t consider those worth a special trip to the source—they’re available in Reno anyway—the variety and quality of the draft lineup, and a second chance at those nachos, means I will return when I have a bit of time in Truckee. Ω

Alibi Ale Works Truckee Public House 10069 bridge St., Truckee, California, (530) 536-5029

For more information, visit www.alibialeworks.com.

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Best buds Bud & Brew Music Festival Since July 1, Nevada’s fledgling marijuana industry has been working to find its footing. While Reno’s dispensaries are fully operational, the federal regulations and enduring stigmas of cannabis culture still have some smokers, businesses and politicians wary of being publicly associated with the budding industry. However, this year’s inaugural Bud & Brew Music Festival aims to put cannabis on the main stage in the spirit of education and celebration.

“We want to promote local businesses and everyone who’s trying to get in on this industry,” said organizer Naomi Hunkin. “We want to be that event that says, ‘Hey man, the community can enjoy it. Businesses can make money. Reno can make money. We can all come together to make this just an awesome, fun thing for Reno.’”

Hunkin and her business partner, Jasmine Gunn, intend for the festival to provide a controlled atmosphere for dispensaries, growers and advocates to present information and entertainment.

They’ll also welcome local government and law enforcement. (Yes, the current laws apply, and public cannabis consumption will not be allowed.)

“We kind of want the government to see that these things can happen without all the restrictions that they’re putting on us,” Hunkin said. “When people come together, and they do things like this, and they show them, ‘Hey, there were thousands of us that got together in the park one Saturday, and we listened to some great music, we talked, we networked, we came together as a community, and we made it happen—can you maybe lighten up a little bit?’”

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Mojo Green performed at RN&R’s Rollin’ on the River concert series and will appear at the new Bud & Brew Music Festival.

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The festival features more than a dozen acts including international headliners like the UK’s Pato Banton and Synrgy from Mexico, as well as local acts like Reggae Shack Refugees and Mojo Green. Vendors and entrepreneurs will also gives talks and workshops in between sets.

Hunkin said Bud & Brew wasn’t necessarily intended to be a reggae festival, but when they originally advertised the event, the reggae community stepped up to support the effort.

Although reggae and cannabis may seem a natural fit, Hunkin believes that the perpetual stereotype of reggae as “stoner music” is unfair.

“Music is music, and if you look at different icons who smoke weed and are in the music industry, I don’t personally affiliate it with one particular genre,” she said.

“Stoner music is anything that makes me feel good while I’m getting high, while I’m getting lifted, because I’m somebody who listens to Bob Marley, but I’m also somebody who listens to Willie Nelson. I’m also somebody who listens to Snoop Dogg.”

Clint Davidson, a local radio personality and host of the marijuana-based web series “The Kronnoisseur,” will be acting as MC for the festival. He agrees that typecasting of cannabis users and culture does little to advance the industry.

“In my professional experience, I’ve met so many successful millionaires that have had to smoke cannabis in the closet basically because they would risk losing so much due to the stigma that’s around it,” Davidson said. “We hope to educate people on the fact that cannabis can be a responsible product. It can be used for not only medicinal purposes to help a variety of people, but it can be used in a conservative, recreational way if properly regulated and everything else.” Ω

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Sat, 9/23-Sun, 9/24, 10am. $5-$25, free for kids age 7 and younger. Wild West Motorsports Parks, 12005 East Interstate 80, Exit 23, Mustang, (231) 620-6867, supercrawl.rocks.

SPARKS HERITAGE MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER: A Colorful Life. Sierra Watercolor Society’s judged show for 2017 is the largest exhibition of new watercolor paintings by local artists. Both framed and unframed original paintings are available for sale. The exhibit runs Tuesday-Saturday through Sept. 30. Thu,

9/21-Sat, 9/23, Tue, 9/26-Wed, 9/27, 11am. Free. Sparks Heritage Museum

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Churchill Arts Council presents a concert by the Atlantabased ensemble. The group blends ragtime of the 1920s with Dixieland jazz, emphasizing Crimmins’ high-energy vocals, Gypsy guitar and a New Orleans-style horn section. There will be a free conversation with the artist before the concert at 3 p.m. The show begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, at Oats Park, 150 S. East St., Fallon. Admission is free. Call (775) 4231440 or visit www.churchillarts.org.

Railroad offers round trips on its steam engine on Saturday and Sunday and select Fridays through Oct. 15. The train departs Carson City Depot at 10am.

Return trip departs Virginia City at 3pm. Advance booking is recommended.

Please arrive a half hour before your train departure time. Sat, 9/23-Sun, 9/24, 10am. $32-$52. Carson City Eastgate Depot, 4650 Eastgate Siding Road, Carson City, (775) 291-0208, www.vtrailway.com.

WINTERIZE YOUR GARDEN: Ted Day will discuss how to prepare gardens and yards for winter. Wed, 9/27, 6pm. Free.

North Valleys Library, 1075 North Hills Blvd., (775) 972-0281.

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RENO/SPARKS WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S: Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research.

Registration begins at 8am. The walk begins at 9:30am. Sat, 9/23, 9:30am. Free.

Sparks Marina, 300 Howard Drive, Sparks, (775) 786-8061, act.alz.org.

COSTUMES—NOT JUST FOR HALLOWEEN: See inside the local costume community from professionals to makers to thrifters.

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by Mary Crawley and David Jackson. Sat, 9/23, 2pm. Free. South Valleys Library, 15650-A Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190.

GALENA FEST: Bike, run and walk in support of outdoor recreation and education during the ninth annual festival. The day begins at 8:30am with the 12.2-mile Bloody Rose Mountain Bike Climb, followed by the 7.25-mile Wicked Thorn Trail Run and the Wicked Thorn Trail Walk at 9:30am.

The free festival opens at 10am with food and drink vendors, a kids’ expo featuring themed, educational activities and crafts, live music by Mescalito, a kids’ race at 11am and the announcement of winners at noon. Sun, 9/24, 8am-12:30pm. Free.

Galena Creek Regional Park, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948, renogalenafest.com.

SANDS/RENO COMIC CON: This family-friendly comic con features plenty of costumes and cosplay, panels, events, charity raffle, celebrity appearances, comic creators, gaming, exhibitors and more.

Sat, 9/23-Sun, 9/24, 10am. $10-$12, free for children under age 8. Sands Regency Casino Hotel, 345 N. Arlington Ave., (661) 829-2962, www.renocomiccon.com.

FUJI EXHIBIT HALL: Silver State Art Festival.

Purchase from artists and suppliers who specialize in basketry and gourds. Sat, 9/23-Sun, 9/24, 10am. Free. Fuji Exhibit Hall, 701 Old Clear Creek Road, Carson City, www.nevadagourdsociety.org.

REID HOUSE GALLERY AND STUDIO: EcLectic Art. DJD Foundation for Freedom of Expression presents a show of abstract art by Javier Sosa. The show is open for viewing on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday through Sept. 30. Thu, 9/21,

Sat, 9/23-Sun, 9/24, Tue, 9/26, noon6pm. Free. Reid House Gallery and Studio, 515 Court St., (775) 391-2668.

SNJ SCIENCEFEST: Explore interactive and hands-on STEM stations with your children while enjoying food and beverages for purchase from local food truck vendors. Raffle prizes and face painting will also be available.

Pre-registration is required. Sat, 9/23, 4pm. Free. Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 355-1688.

RENO COIN CLUB MEETING: Robert Rodriguez will present a collection of coins, artifacts and presidential letters once owned by Jacob Eckfeldt, an assayer to the U.S Mint and son to the first chief coiner Adam Eckfeldt, as well as other treasures. The Reno Coin Club will also hold its ice cream social. All ages welcome. There will be early bird prizes, quarter pot, a raffle and more. Tue, 9/26, 7pm. Free. Denny’s, 205 Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 815-8625, www.renocoinclub.org.

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SHEPPARD CONTEMPORARY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: LACED & The Prints of E.M. Washington. University of Nevada, Reno graduate Austin Pratt returns to Reno with a solo exhibition as part of University Galleries’ exhibition series that investigates UNR’s Department of Art Permanent Collection. Austin Pratt, Walter McNamara, Lynda Yuroff and Joan Arrizabalaga will offer exhibitions of new work inspired by and including objects they’ve chosen from the permanent collection. The show runs through Oct. 6. Thu, 9/21-Fri, 9/22, Mon, 9/25-Wed, 9/27, noon-4pm. Free. Sheppard Contemporary, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts/calendar.

renowned jazz saxophonist Ravi Coltrane joins University of Nevada, Reno’s faculty jazz ensemble The Collective for a concert to benefit the University’ of Nevada, Reno’s Program In Jazz & Improvisational Music. Tue, 9/26, 7:30pm. $5-$30.

Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

& Cultural Center, 820 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 852-1583.

SUPPER IN THE STREET SPARKS: Meet your local farmers, and enjoy a farm-tofork supper served family-style on Victorian Avenue in downtown Sparks.

Ten farms and ranches and seven local food purveyors contribute to the feast with a menu by chef James Garza of Great Basin Brewing Company. Thu, 9/21, 5:30pm. $40-$55. Victorian Avenue, downtown Sparks, (775) 250-1339, www.39northdowntown.com.

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FILm LUNAFEST: The Nevada Women’s Lobby hosts this fundraising film festival dedicated to promoting awareness about women’s issues, highlighting women filmmakers and bringing women together. All net proceeds will benefit the Breast Cancer Fund and the Nevada Women’s Lobby. Wed, 9/27, 6:30pm. $25$45. McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 750-1560.

OUTWEST FILM FEST: The second annual film festival presented by Our Center kicks off with a short film event in South Lake Tahoe on Sept. 21 and continues at 4pm on Sept. 23 with a two-hour block of short films that highlight the joys and fears of coming out to family and friends. The 7pm showing features films that celebrate the quest for romance, falling in love and tying the knot. Sunday’s event showcases some of the best international shorts and will close with the announcement of the winners of the best films at the festival. Sat, 9/23, 4pm & 7pm, Sun, 9/24, noon. $10-$25. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 772-3482, outwestfilmfest.org.

WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL ON TOUR: Join Friends of Black Rock–High Rock for an evening of inspiring films about nature. There will be a food truck on site, adult beverages for purchase, a raffle, silent auction and a ukulele concert by Elizabeth Cadigan. Fri, 9/22, 5-10pm. $12$15. Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 557-2900, blackrockdesert.org.

mUsIC APEX CONCERTS—VERS L’ÉTERNITÉ: Apex Concerts, formerly the Argenta Concert Series, opens its seventh season with a program tracing its path from the works of French romantics, including Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc and Messiaen. Thu, 9/21, 7:30pm. $5-$30. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.apexconcerts.org.

BEATLES FLASHBACK CONCERT: The Beatles tribute band will perform all of your favorite Fab Four hits. This performance is a benefit for Piper’s Opera House. Fri, 9/22, 7:15pm. $20. Piper’s Opera House, 12 N. B St., Virginia City, (775) 847-0433.

OnsTAGE EQUIVOCATION: It’s 1606 and the British government commissions “Shagspeare” to create a new work about a national crisis as told from their point of view.

Shag must decide to what degree he is willing to equivocate about the truth while maintaining his integrity as an artist. Thu, 9/21-Sat, 9/23, 7:30pm; Sun, 9/24, 2pm. $15-$25. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 813-8900.

GOING GREEN: This tragic comedy by David Tristram centers on John Brown, future leader of the Green Party. A man with a vision. A man with charisma. But a man with a problem. John decides to give one, last blistering farewell speech.

The party faithful rise as one to greet their hero. John stands to deliver his final, stark message to the waiting world: “Go green ... or die.” Little could he know how profound those words would be. Performances are at 7:30pm on Thursday-Saturday through Oct. 7 and 2pm on Sunday through Oct. 8. Fri, 9/22Sat, 9/23, 7:30pm; Sun, 9/24, 2pm. $12-$20.

Restless Artists Theatre Company, 295 20th St., Sparks, www.rattheatre.org.

NIGHTFALL WITH EDGAR ALLAN POE: Proscenium Players, Inc. presents this play by Eric Coble. Edgar Allan Poe stands alone in the flickering darkness of his mind, trying desperately to convince himself—and the audiences—that he’s not mad. The spell he weaves brings us a highly theatrical adaptation of four tales Poe himself considered his best: “The Raven,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Evening performances are at 7pm on Friday-Saturday, Sept.

22-30. Matinee performances are at 1pm on Saturday, Sept. 23 and Sept. 30 and Sunday, Sept. 24 and Oct. 1. Fri, 9/22, 7pm; Sat, 9/23, 1pm & 7pm; Sun, 9/24, 1pm,. $13$18. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, www.ppitheater.com.

SWAN LAKE: A.V.A. Ballet Theatre presents Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet featuring the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra performing the haunting score. Sat, 9/23, 8pm; Sun, 9/24, 2pm. $22-$54. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 762-5165, www.pioneercenter.com.

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Loathe story My boyfriend who dumped me says he wants to be friends, but I’m not ready for that because I’m still in love with him. A female co-worker said that if he can be friends, he was never in love with me to begin with—that if he’d really loved me, he’d hate me now. Is this true?

Romantic love actually comes in two flavors—“passionate” and “companionate”—explains social psychologist Elaine Hatfield.

Passionate love is the initial, “wildly emotional,” lusty kind that wanes over time. Companionate love, on the other hand, involves “friendly affection and deep attachment”—deep appreciation for who somebody is and what they do and believe in—and tends to have more staying power.

The difference between the two is best illustrated in relation to what we’ll call “car trouble.” Passionate love is what leads to the physics problem of how to have sex in a Porsche in your driveway (because going inside and doing it in the foyer instead would take too long).

Companionate love likewise gets two people working out a physics problem in a car. However, it’s trying to collectively muster the NASA-level intelligence required to install an infant car seat.

Companionate love does sometimes lead to “I hate you! I hate you!”-style loathing, but typically just when there’s been a betrayal.

But sometimes what people call love is really an unhealthy dependency with sparkly hearts painted on it—one person using the other as a sort of human grout, to fill the empty spaces in themselves so they can take a shortcut to feeling whole.

In this situation, “I’m nothing without you!” really does feel like the case, and who doesn’t hate a person who makes them feel like nothing?

However, real love doesn’t suddenly curdle into hate. If the respect and the “wow, you’re an amazeballs person” and all the rest was there, that remains as a base— even when the relationship tanks.

Even so, this doesn’t necessarily mean you should convert your ex into your BFF. What you should do with respect to your ex—now and in the future—is whatever works for you, when it works for you. This may mean never seeing or speaking to your ex again—despite any “love becomes hate!” urging from

your co-worker that you owe him a scolding phone call: “If you’d ever really loved me, you’d want the best for me now—the best undetectable poison money can buy!”

Pi in the face Not to brag, but I’m a very intelligent woman with probably too many degrees. I’m always thrilled when a guy says he’s seeking “a smart woman.” However, a guy who initially said that just stopped dating me because he finds my intelligence “emasculating.” Do all men feel this way? Am I supposed to dumb it down to find a partner?

The reality is, intellectually average women tend to have an easier time finding a partner. In research by social psychologist Lora E. Park, men imagining their hypothetical ideal partner expressed interest in a woman of high intelligence—even higher than their own. However, when they were in the same room with a woman and they were told she scored far better on a math test (getting 90 percent correct versus their 60 percent), the men were less interested in exchanging contact info or planning a date with her.

Park and her colleagues speculate—per research by evolutionary psychologists reflecting women’s preference for male partners who are higher-achieving than they are—that being intellectually “outperformed” by women leads men to experience “diminished feelings of masculinity.”

The answer for you, as a very smart woman, isn’t dumbing down—it’s being selective about the men you date (while recognizing that there are brainiacs working as, say, cabinetmakers). Assuming you aren’t chasing guys away by lording over them—“Well, hello … intellectual earthworm!”—it’s probably best to narrow your search parameters to the highly intelligent: men who won’t feel like their IQ test results, in comparison with yours, would read something like “Water every other day, and place in indirect sunlight.” Ω

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For the week oF September 21, 2017 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Psychologists say most

people need a scapegoat—a personification of wickedness and ignorance onto which they can project the unacknowledged darkness in their own hearts. That’s the bad news. Here’s the good news: The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to neutralize that reflex and at least partially divest yourself of the need for scapegoats. How? The first thing to do is identify your own darkness with courageous clarity. Get to know it better. Converse with it.

Negotiate with it. The more conscientiously you deal with that shadowy stuff within you, the less likely you’ll be to demonize other people.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If the weather turns

bad or your allies get sad or the news of the world grows even crazier, you will thrive. I’m not exaggerating or flattering you. It’s exactly when events threaten to demoralize you that you’ll have maximum power to redouble your fortitude and effectiveness. Developments that other people regard as daunting will trigger breakthroughs for you. Your allies’ confusion will mobilize you to manifest your unique visions of what it takes to live a good life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “If at first you don’t

succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.” declared comedian Steven Wright. My Great Uncle Ned had a different perspective. “If at first you don’t succeed,” he told me, “redefine the meaning of success.” I’m not a fan of Wright’s advice, but Ned’s counsel has served me well. I recommend you try it out, Gemini.

Here’s another bit of folk wisdom that might be helpful. Psychotherapist Dick Olney said that what a good therapist does is help her clients wake up from the delusion that they are the image they have of themselves.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): What is home? The

poet Elizabeth Corn pondered that question.

She then told her lover that home was “the stars on the tip of your tongue, the flowers sprouting from your mouth, the roots entwined in the gaps between your fingers, the ocean echoing inside of your ribcage.”

I offer this as inspiration, Cancerian, since now is a perfect time to dream up your own poetic testimonial about home. What experiences make you love yourself best?

What situations bring out your most natural exuberance? What influences feel like gifts and blessings? Those are all clues to the beloved riddle “What is home?”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re most likely to thrive

if you weave together a variety of styles and methods. The coming weeks will be a highly miscellaneous time, and you can’t afford to get stuck in any single persona or approach. As an example of how to proceed, I invite you to borrow from both the thoughtful wisdom of the ancient Greek poet Homer and the silly wisdom of the cartoon character Homer Simpson. First, the poet: “As we learn, we must daily unlearn something which it has cost us no small labor and anxiety to acquire.” Now here’s Homer Simpson: “Every time I learn something new, it pushes out something old.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Filmmakers often

have test audiences evaluate their products before releasing it to the masses. If a lot of viewers express a particular critique, the filmmaker may make changes, even cutting out certain scenes or altering the ending.

You might want to try a similar tack in the coming weeks, Virgo. Solicit feedback on the new projects and trends you’ve been working on—not just from anyone, of course, but rather from smart people who respect you. And be sure they’re not inclined to tell you only what you want to hear. Get yourself in the mood to treasure honesty and objectivity.

from knowing and showing our authentic self?

Or is fate forever conspiring in our behalf, seducing us to master our fullest expression? I’m not sure if there’s a final, definitive answer, but I can tell you this, Libra: In the coming months, Thoreau’s view will be your predominant truth.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “When you do your

best, you’re depending to a large extent on your unconscious, because you’re waiting for the thing you can’t think of.” So said Scorpio director Mike Nichols in describing his process of making films. Now I’m conveying this idea to you just in time for the beginning of a phase I call “Eruptions from Your Unconscious.” In the coming weeks, you will be ripe to receive and make good use of messages from the depths of your psyche. At any other time, these simmering bits of brilliance might remain below the threshold of your awareness, but for the foreseeable future they’ll be bursting through and making themselves available to be plucked.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Author Barbara

Ehrenreich has done extensive research on the annals of partying. She says modern historians are astounded by the prodigious amount of time that medieval Europeans spent having fun together. “People feasted, drank, and danced for days on end,” she writes. Seventeenthcentury Spaniards celebrated festivals five months of each year. In 16th-century France, peasants devoted an average of one day out of every four to “carnival revelry.” In accordance with current astrological omens, you Sagittarians are authorized to match those levels of conviviality in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Kittens made

French Emperor Napoleon III lose his composure. He shook and screamed around them.

Butterflies scare actress Nicole Kidman. My friend Allie is frightened by photos of Donald Trump. As for me, I have an unnatural fear of watching reality TV. What about you, Capricorn? Are you susceptible to any odd anxieties or nervous fantasies that provoke agitation? If so, the coming weeks will be a perfect time to overcome them. Why? Because you’ll be host to an unprecedented slow-motion outbreak of courage that you can use to free yourself from long-standing worries.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The brain is wider

than the sky,” wrote Emily Dickinson. “The brain is deeper than the sea.” I hope you cultivate a vivid awareness of those truths in the coming days, Aquarius. In order to accomplish the improbable tasks you have ahead of you, you’ve got to unleash your imagination, allowing it to bloom to its full power so it can encompass vast expanses and delve down into hidden abysses. Try this visualization exercise: Picture yourself bigger than the planet Earth, holding it tenderly in your hands.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I got an email

from a fan of Piscean singer Rihanna. He complained that my horoscopes rarely mention celebrities. “People love astrological predictions about big stars,” he wrote. “So what’s your problem? Are you too ‘cultured’ to give us what we the people really want?

Get off your high horse and ‘lower’ yourself to writing about our heroes. You could start with the lovely, talented, and very rich Rihanna.” I told Rihanna’s fan that my advice for mega-stars is sometimes different from what it is for average folks. For Piscean mega-stars like Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Ellen Page and Bryan Cranston, for example, the coming weeks will be a time to lay low, chill out, and recharge. But non-famous Pisceans will have prime opportunities to boost their reputation, expand their reach, and wield a stronger-than-usual influence in the domains they frequent.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The poet E. E. Cummings said, “To be nobody-but-yourself—in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else —means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” On the other hand, naturalist and writer Henry David Thoreau declared that “We are constantly invited to be who we are,” to become “something worthy and noble.”

So which of these two views is correct? Is fate aligned against us, working hard to prevent us

You can call Rob Brezsny for your Expanded Weekly Horoscope: (900) 950-7700. $1.99 per minute. Must be 18+. Touchtone phone required. Customer service (612) 373-9785. And don’t forget to check out Rob’s website at www.realastrology.com.

by JERi ChADwEll-SiNglEY

Young driver Vera-Mae Olson is a sixth grade student at Mount Rose School. She’s currently running a donation drive to collect various items for people affected by hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Donations can be dropped off at Mount Rose School, 915 Lander St., through the end of October.

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Tell me about what you’re doing.

It’s for the victims of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and it’s because it makes me feel good to help out with all of the damage they have.

Do you know anybody who lives in Texas or Florida?

Nana, who’s my dad’s step-grandma that lives in Florida.

Tell me about how you’re running this? How does it work?

How it works is I’m putting out an announcement at the school. I’m putting out fliers, and I’m basically just letting friends know—telling them … and telling parents what I’m doing. And if they have any extra stuff, just to bring it and drop it in the two boxes out there [in the school’s lobby and foyer].

Oh, so stuff, huh? Not just money?

Not money. I’m collecting, like, toiletries and hygiene stuff.

Tell me a bit more about why you wanted to do this? Why did you feel so strongly?

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Because my dad was going to go to Texas to go help, but he never went.

And that just kind of got my heart to help them out.

How much stuff have you collected so far—any idea?

I have a box full of clothes. I have one box full of razors and stuff. I have at least three boxes full. I have two full boxes of diapers. I have a big bag of dog food, a bag of cat food.

Wow. You’ve really thought of everything—because it’s not just the people who need help there, huh?

Yeah. It kind of has the pets, too. I feel like lots of pets in the homes don’t have food.

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How long will you keep collecting stuff before sending it off?

The end of October.

Where should people take their donations to?

They can bring it here [to the school].

There’s one right through the two doors—that big box. And then right out in front of the office over here, there’s a long box that you can just drop it in during school hours or after school or in the morning.

Anything else?

We don’t need clothes, really. We’ll be collecting, like, shampoos, conditioner, body wash, diapers wipes. Ω

by BRUCE VAN DYKE

MAG this So here it comes, the meme of Dum Dum teeing off and the ball, courtesy of a creative MAGAN, plunks Hillary in the back and knocks her down (clip from a Hill tumble a few years ago), and I’m looking at it, goin’ “Really? Really, Trump? You’re goin’ there? Way to ooze class, dignity and intelligence. Asswipe.” I mean, this clip is pretty much straight out of the movie Idiocracy, fercrissake, and it was just such hokey slapstick bullshit on a Benny Hill level (maybe even more Three Stooges) that if you had to consider the question of where the line is for presidents doing this kind of thing, I’m not quite sure where it is, and I’m pretty sure that President Shemp doesn’t know either (although the third time I saw it, I sorta cracked up, I gotta confess!).

But it does appear that the glacial pace at which the Water-

gate investigation ambled along doesn’t seem to apply here in the Modern Age. As in, Mr. Mueller and his rotweilers appear to not be taking too many vacation days, and things are moving along at a brisk pace. Just tonight, a bit of poo spattered against the blades of the air-moving device, as details surfaced about the Mueller Raid on Manafort’s house in July, featuring a direct threat of indictment for ole Paul, delivered by a thoughtful federal employee. If one were a betting man, one might be inclined to place a wager that Mr. Manafort won’t be the last inductee into the ranks of indictees, and boy, oh, boy things are getting nice and juicy.

• Super fun to see some MAGA lids go up in flames in response to Dum Dum being almost human about DACA. We can only marvel that this segment of The Base finally got pissed because Trump, for once,

wasn’t a complete prick, reminding us that 30-35 percent of America is flat out psychotic.

• Jesus, the Rethuglicans and their never-ending shitty health care plans! Once again, we see blackhearted Repubs bringing back their zombie health bill, and yes, it’s still terrible. Never before have so many old, white assholes been so dedicated to doing something truly horrible to the American People, and for only one reason—so they can give a so-called “win” to their pathetic, demented, incompetent “leader,” who so far has nothing to show for his pathetic incompetence.

This new Graham-Cassidy POS is the worst of them all. Once again, Republicans—65 percent of America doesn’t give the slightest goddamn about a “win” for that asshole you Putin the White House. Ω

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