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hings We Can't Have.

I should probably clarify that by have, I mean possess, own, purchase, control, license, sell, or otherwise exploit, monetize, or itemize in our tax deductions. And also, that this is not intended to be a comprehensive list. Mostly because there is an infinite number of things we can't actually have. And there is no such thing as a magazine with an infinite amount of space for such a list. So, technically, that magazine that doesn't exist should be on this list. Anyway, before I confuse you or me anymore, let's just get to the list.

Enlightenment.

Yes, by this I mean no amount of kundalini yoga or Buddhist retreats or VIP passes to Wanderlust or vibhuti from Burning Man or devotion to a guru or red string bracelets or Blu-ray versions of The Secret are going to guarantee you achieve satori.

For one thing, if Enlightenment could be bought, George Soros would have long ago scooped up all of it he could, along with all the dark Enlightenment as well. And the Koch brothers would be snorting blow off the head of a pin in some higher dimension right now.

So feel free to swim with all the dolphins you want. Just don't expect to vibrate to another plane because of it.

I'm not saying we shouldn't do kundalini yoga. Or study Buddhism. Or meditate. Or practice as much kindness as possible, whether religious-based or not. But just know that Enlightenment is not a set of initials to put after your name, or a check you can put in 8 Reno Tahoe Tonight

the bank, or a trophy for your mantle, or even something you post to your Facebook page.

I'm just saying maybe we should ask ourselves why we are doing these things. And be honest with ourselves about whether it is: to look cool, to support an idea that we are better than others (or that we could be if only we could master that levitation thing), to sell something, or to get laid. The ultimate irony of course, is that doing anything to achieve Enlightenment is usually an obstacle to Enlightenment.

could revisit some of the more ground-shaking ones whenever we wanted…in much the same way we can look back on fond memories. Only, you know, way better.

Our youth.

This is kind of connected to the sex thing, isn't it?

Despite the clever efforts of advertising agencies all over the world, we can’t really preserve, bottle, buy, or sell our youth. Any more than plastic surgery can actually make anyone look younger.

Enough money.

Mitch McConnell’s head on a stake.

Of course we can possess money, at least for a time.

But this entry begs the age-old question, How much is enough? And trust me, if I had that answer, I'd be toes deep in a private beach somewhere with my royalty checks on direct deposit. Or I wouldn’t need any. Or both.

Oh, but wouldn't this be good. Though it would probably take us farther away from that Enlightenment thing. If not this, then couldn’t we at least have a Washington, D.C. filled with many more committed public servants?

The idea of enough money is like the suitcase theory. You know, you fill up all the space in whatever suitcase you have, no matter the size.

And in the case of money, as the size of the suitcase grows, we just keep needing a bigger and bigger suitcase. Money falls into one of the black holes of addiction that is on display in the topbloated economic story of our country right now.

Now, there are a few examples in the world of famously wealthy people who decided they had enough money. J. K. Rowling comes to mind. She voluntarily left the billionaires club, because she regularly donates away significant pieces of her fortune to charity. And still, her books aren’t free.

So maybe this example is more a lesson in how hard it is to answer the question of how much is actually enough.

Unlimited sex.

I know, this one hurts. More for some than for others. And let’s be honest, many of you in the Enlightenment crowd are in this boat. I hate to be the one to break it to you, but both are about equally as likely to happen.

It has been said that sex is like oxygen, it only matters if you aren’t getting any. But sex is also a little like money, right? How much is really enough?

I used to think it would be great to have some kind of an orgasm memory bank. That way we

Unlimited time.

Yeah, you knew this was going to be on the list, didn't you? One of the reasons we can’t own time is that we really don’t even know what it is. I’m not just talking about Einstein and the reality that once you get off planet Earth, a day or an hour is meaningless. Or what happens to our ideas of time if the observable universe is not all there is.

I’m also talking about the illusion that we ever have time. Sure it is a figure of speech. But it also confuses people into thinking that time is something they could actually save. Or spend.

Or waste.

I’m not sure if any thing I’ve said here will actually help any of you, but I thought it was important to say. And it was entertaining for me to write. And as it turns out, neither of those things are commodities.

Thomas Lloyd Qualls is a writer, a condition that is apparently incurable. He manages his condition, in part, by regular contributions to Reno Tahoe Tonight Magazine, and to the Wild Heart Writers. He's also a novelist, a painter, and through his law practice – a sometimes salvager of troubled lives.

You can find out more about him, his books, poetry, paintings, and other projects on his website. www. tlqonline.com. Or at any of the absurd number of social media profiles out there these days. Feel free to check them out whenever you like. Or better yet, just invite him out for coffee or beer. He loves a good conversation. © 2017 thomas lloyd qualls

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COVER STORY Next to Normal at Bruka Theatre

By Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey Directed by John Frederick Musical Director Cami Thompson Performances: July 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 Matinees: July 16, 30* @ 2 PM 2017 * Followed by a talk-back with the company Presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)

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am geeked with anticipation for the opening of Bruka Theatre's 2017 Artown festival offering of Next to Normal. Some of the most gifted local musicians and professional actors in northern Nevada will light up the stage for the month of July; audiences will be riveted by this moving musical.

The official press release below sets up the key highlights of the production: “A darkly funny award winning musical directed by John Frederick and musically directed by Cami Thompson. Playwright Brian Yorkey’s lyrics skillfully navigates through some of life’s most painful moments with brilliant humor and touching honesty atop Tom Kitt’s powerfully emotional score making Next to Normal the 'feel everything' rock musical you don’t want to miss.

“Boasting three Tony Awards, 11 nominations, and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Next to Normal takes the audience on a musical journey through what some call everyday life, and others call illness; connecting with theatergoers in a way that will have them singing the songs and talking about the story long after the curtain falls. This contemporary musical’s electrifying score and thought-provoking lyrics soar seamlessly through spellbinding songs dealing with family crisis, loss, and love.

“Next to Normal brings you some of northern Nevada’s finest talents: Cori Lynne Cooper and Ryan Kelly will reprise their roles as Diana and Dan, Thomas Thompson plays the role of Gabriel, a role previously played by Adam Semas who is now playing the Doctor, and features budding young talent from the incredible Reed High School theatre program – Natalie Gonzalez as Natalie and Adam Walmsley as Henry.

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Next To Normal opens with a post-show opening night champagne reception and appetizers from the Wild River Grille on July 7, 2017. The show runs weekly Thursday through Sunday through July 30, 2017. Evening shows begin at 8:00 pm (Artist night is Wednesday July 19, 2017. ALL TICKETS are $10.) There are two Sunday matinees, July 16 and July 30. The July 30 matinee begins at 2:00 PM and is followed by a talk back with the company and our audience. The doors open a half an hour before curtain time. Suggested for ages 14 and up.”

I spoke with John Frederick, Cami Thompson and Mary Bennett about the musical to get their insights on staging such an ambitious production with so many moving parts.

Oliver X: John, what attracted you to this musical and how did it come to BRÜKA? John Frederick: The music was the first thing that captured my attention. The complexity of the score played so well by incredible musicians who made it seem easy, was magic to my ears.

Strangely relatable characters sang lyrics that painted pictures so clear and beautiful, deep and loving, and tender yet tragic, that I fell in love.

Repeat quickly became my favorite button on my CD player, as I explored the brilliant lyrics of Next to Normal. They were so intricately sculpted, while remaining 'catchy and sing-alongable' that I felt like I was transported into the lives of the characters, dealing with those taboo subjects that so many of us deal with, or have been touched by in some way, but are somehow afraid to talk about. It felt like this musical was saying it was not only okay to talk about things like depressions, illness, addiction, and how it effects everyone it touches, but encourages it. The courage to bring this to the stage is what won a Pulitzer Prize, one of the most prestigious in all of stage.

Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey knocked it out of the park when they wrote Next to Normal and found a way to touch communities all over the world.

Most of us have been touched by mental illness in one way or another throughout our lives, and we're hoping that bringing this show to life and offering it to our beautiful northern Nevada community will help people find ways to talk about the taboo subject of illness, and find help for those that need it. We hope that those that may suffer from an illness and feel alone will find they are not alone, and [they] have people all over this community ready to welcome them with open arms.

After seeing it performed at TMCC five years ago, I haven't been able to get Next to Normal out of my head. Thinking about the many different messages that a person can find in this incredible story – and tossing around in my head those little things that I hear and interpret in certain ways – I couldn't help but fantasize about directing this show one day. Fortunately, Brüka gave it a shot!

Announcing the title of their season, "The Things We Do for Love", this show seemed to fit the bill perfectly, so we submitted and were fortunate enough to have it picked up to be produced. I think we all saw the opportunity to not only entertain, but to give back to the community we all love so much.

Oliver X: 30+ songs is a lot of music to work with! Talk about your collaboration with Musical Director Cami Thompson, what she brings to the musical and how you were able to bring the score to life. Will there be live musicians/live band?

Cami and John, what challenges have you faced thus far in production – besides John's serious injury and near death experience!

John Frederick: This is my second chance at working with Cami Thompson and I have to say that I just love her. Love working with her, chatting with her, and most of all having her as a dear friend. Cami saw the complexity of the score and jumped in ready to face the challenge with an incredible work ethic, wonderful organizational skills and an all around beautiful attitude.

We are super excited to have a live six-piece band led by Branden McKinnon and Jay Larsen, two of my favorite musicians in the world to work with.

These guys' talents as musicians is only exceeded by their beautiful spirits and ease to work with.

They will be laying down the rhythm and keeping us all in time as they work with Cami to weave together drums, bass, piano, guitar, violin, cello and synth.

We have faced quit a few challenges in the process, but the love for the project by all involved has been pulling us through all of them. This score is incredibly advanced and has really made all of us stretch our muscles a bit. But we all work together as a team to find ways to make Next to Normal everything it should be.

When I got in my accident midway through our rehearsals, the team was ready to take the wheel and make sure the show went on. My assistant director, Kelly Brundige, and the rest of the team, Reno Tahoe Tonight 17

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sculpted a plan to continue until I made it back. Cori Cooper, playing Diana, actually said to me that they were ready to keep it going and I said to her that it would be a beautiful show. That is slightly paraphrased because I am remembering the best I can through a head injury, but I think you get the idea. I was fortunate to make it back to rehearsals a couple of days later and the cast and crew has been extremely patient with me...

This show seems to be no stranger to tragedy, as we face another within our cast. We learned last night after rehearsal that one of our cast members had a family member that passed and we are still working through what we will do to help her and still put the show up.

We are fortunate to have an understudy, Elise Van Dyne, who has been working tirelessly to learn all the female parts. She is ready to help where needed, but our hearts are with Natalie and her family first.

Cami Thompson: There are actually 45 songs in this show, including the Opener and Entr'Acte, a few instrumentals, and the Bows music. And 39 of these are sung! So from my POV as Music Director, this is a ton of music for the cast and band to discover, learn, perfect, and present – much more than regular musicals, since I'd say at least 97% of this play's two hours' of text is told in song. So I needed to get really organized with a productive music outline and rehearsal plan, and we needed an extra month to get all the music learned before John could start to put the show on its feet.

Yeah, John's car accident was a HUGE scare! But somehow I knew deep in my heart that he was not ready to leave his beautiful partner Cori, nor his passion-filled life of music, creativity, joy, service, and family. And sure enough – there he was, back to work at rehearsal just a few nights after being released from the hospital.

He's a force of nature, with a huge, beautiful soul, and serious willpower! And the same goes with his awesome assistant director, Kelly, who lost her husband the night of our first read through.

So.. other than that!...Quite honestly, the challenges I have faced personally are all of my own creation. In my "elder" years, I find that I am even more critical and harder on myself than I have always been. And even though I have over 40 years of experience in professional music and theater production; am in a position of leadership as a teacher and director, and am absolutely committed to being a creative person, I tend to doubt my hard-earned skills and knowledge. But isn't this also a part of our work as artists: To weigh our strengths and weaknesses, in order to discover how best to plan, prepare, and present our works of art? I believe that's why it's called a work art! And you know, "the unexamined life,"etc. So, despite a little anxiety,

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lack of confidence, lack of sleep, and ensuing procrastination, I know I'm up to the challenge, and I'm thrilled that John asked me to be his music partner on this remarkable project. It is about insanity, after all! There is just an incredible level of love and commitment to this project shared among us that makes facing challenges a lot easier.

Oliver X: You have assembled a very resilient group and you will all get through this together.

Casting great singers is an obvious must. Educate me on the casting process for a musical like this.

Did you already have people in mind when you decided to add this to the Brüka season, or did you make some new community discoveries during casting?

Cami Thompson: Northern Nevada is brimming with vocal talent, and the selection process was tough. We are so fortunate that John has created an extraordinary cast of singing actors to tell this story. It is a delight to work with every one of them. And our six wonderful musicians and I are hard at work rehearsing this very challenging score. But we will have the actors' backs every night, to help their voices soar on the wings of this beautiful music; their hearts express the words honestly, and their souls connect with every member of our audience on this amazing emotional journey.

John Frederick: It is my opinion that casting is one of the most important parts of the process.

The team worked tirelessly to put together an incredible group of singers and actors. We held three rounds of auditions and saw some incredible talent pass in front of us. We were looking for three of the roles because we already had three people who accepted the offer to revive the show.

Cori Lynne Cooper and Ryan Kelly agreed to revive their roles as Diana and Dan Goodman, and Adam Semas will be moving from the role of Gabe to the role of the Doctor. We saw them in the TMCC production five years ago and they were incredible. We are also fortunate to know them all personally and love working with them.

When we set out to cast this show we wanted to find actors that were as close to the age of the characters they would be playing as possible.

There were quite a few people that know the show well who questioned that decision because they weren't sure if we could find teenagers with the incredible chops needed to sing the roles. But we reached out to the local high school drama

departments anyway and asked those teachers to send us their best – and that they did. After sitting through round after round of auditions and listening to so many young talents, I can honestly say that our problem was saying no to so many great performers.

We did find the two we felt fit the roles. Natalie Gonzalez (Natalie Goodman), Adam Wamsley (Henry) were sent to the auditions by longtime friend, Reno theatre veteran and Reed High School teacher Malary Engstrom. Their talent, work ethic, and beautiful attitudes shined, as they auditioned for us and we have only fell more in love with them as the rehearsal process has been underway.

Cami brought us Thomas Thompson (Gabe Goodman). He had some prior commitment during our first round of auditions, so couldn't make it, but contacted her and supplied us with a recording for his first round. Playing Gabe is one of his dream roles, and you could tell by the way he sang it on that recording. So much passion and commitment that we couldn't help but want to hear him live. When we did, we were definitely not disappointed.

Oliver X: Why was Next to Normal chosen as your Artown entry?

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Director Brüka Theatre: Bruka Theatre typically does one musical a year. When John and Cori brought Next to Normal to Brüka, I thought it could work well for the community during Artown and get the additional exposure it needs, not just for musical theatre fans, but for people affected by mental illness. John and Cori are such professionals and by opening up the possibility to readdress a production, felt like it needed to reach not only our incredible local arts community, but also reach beyond and create an important and powerful conversation with our entire community.

Artown gives us that opportunity to engage deeper with a wider audience. And hey, musicals in the summer can be fantastical, don't you think?

Oliver X: How fun has it been to work with such talented actors and performers on such a critically acclaimed musical?

John Frederick: I can't express enough how incredible it has been to work with all of these amazing actors and crew. One of my favorite things about theatre is the collaborative nature it Reno Tahoe Tonight 19

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has. We developed a [well-tested] mantra during the last production I co-directed with my friend Ashley James and it has stuck through every aspect of this productions as well. "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work." It does and this is truly a team production.

The actors bring so much insight into the characters, they do their homework, and always bring me ideas that challenge and shape the direction of this show. The crew brings the ideas we have to life with love and passion. Our producer, Mary Bennett, offers us a great amount of support in making sure that our needs are met and we are getting what we need to do done (a much more challenging task when dealing with a brain damaged director) Lew Zaumeyer is designing the set to make this magic happen, David Simpson and all of his technical expertise will lead as our tech director and help design the lighting and sound for this show. Mona Young is our fearless stage manager keeping all the kittens in a heard. Jenny O provided the hair and make-up for Diana in the photoshoot and will also be doing Natalie's hair for the show.

Oliver X: Closing thoughts, reminders?

all. I am so thankful to everyone involved and so happy that together we can all work through all of the hiccups life has been throwing at us to put up a great show.

The cast and crew would like to express that no persons were hurt during the making of this musical but unfortunately we must dedicate it to those that we lost. We would like to dedicate this show to the loving memory of Thomas Brundige: loving husband, brother, brother-in-law, friend, and supporter of the arts. We are so sorry to have lost you and wish you could have been a part like we had planned. For now we will settle for having you with us in spirit.

The cast and crew would like to also dedicate this show to the memory of Richard GonzalezSegreda, loved cast member Natalie Gonzalez's father. Though many of us did not get the chance to meet you, we thank you for the gift you gave us in Natalie. We can see so many beautiful examples of the love that you gave her shining through her every day. We will help support her through these times and thank you for joining us in spirit.

John Frederick: The tickets started flying off the visual shelves as soon as sales were opened so get your tickets early. You don't want to be the one of the folks waiting inline outside of the theatre hoping for a ticket. Trust me it is much more pleasant weather, company, and entertaining inside.

Reservations are available through our box office at (775) 323-3221. Individual tickets are $22 for general $20 for students, seniors and military and all tickets are $25 at the door. Reservations are also available at the Melting Pot World Emporium @ their new location: 1049 S. Virginia Street, Reno.

We validate convenient parking at the Parking Gallery on First and Sierra Street.

There are so many hands involved in making this production a success and I wish I could list them

Check us out at www.bruka.org. Online tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com.

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Northern Nevada's local dance scene continues to evolve as more people seek creative ways to explore movement forms that are both traditional and nontraditional. But it can be a bit tricky to find the right space that fits both present demand and allows for room to grow creatively.

The beautiful dancers of the World Dance Collective just opened one such space at downtown Reno’s West Street Market in a former gallery space that was once a beloved music venue. I spoke to the members to hear about what they have going on that has West Street Market buzzing again.

Oliver X: Congratulations on your new space.

Talk about Asha World Dance Company and what attracted the group to the space at West Street Market.

World Dance Collective: Asha World Dance has been a non-profit 501(c)(3) for 20 years. We have served the Reno-Tahoe Community through yearly dance, drumming, performance, as well as many other contributions. We are the creators of dance, drum, and didgeridoo that everyone knows as compression.

Asha’s latest project is the World Dance Collective located at West Street Market. Asha's been wanting a studio home of their own to share with the community for a number of years.

Sabrina Hallgren and Isabel Fagoaga, newer Asha members are spearheading this dream into a reality.

What originally appealed to Sabrina the Executive Director and visionary of this new project, was the location of the potential dance space. West Street Market is in the center of downtown Reno, near the Truckee river. An ideal location to serve the community at large when taking into consideration most people can walk, bike, or take a bus to the studio space to benefit from dance and movement.

The World Dance Collective is a community dance space existing in the West Street Market where the Green Room used to reside back in the day. As a world dance troupe in this community one of the biggest challenges we have come across is finding a place to rehearse and call home. It has been a long time dream of the Asha members to have a space for all the world dancers in our community to call home. It is especially advantageous for us to have a studio for visiting dancers teaching in the area.

It has been a labor of love getting this space up and ready for us to dance in and it really has come together so nicely. We received so much help from the city locking this space down and the support from our donations is the only way it even was possible. We are so lucky to have people that love and support our cause. It truly is such a blessing.

Oliver X: I understand you were fortunate enough to get the perfect flooring for the space. What's the story behind that?

World Dance Collective: The flooring was such a challenge at first when we initially got into our space. Our dear friend Annie Zucker over at Sierra Arts Foundation sent us a Craigslist ad she happened to come across. She knew of our situation and how we were raising funds and searching for affordable materials to fix up the empty space. It’s because of great relationships we have with other non-profits and community partners that we were lucky enough to come across such a perfect floor. A couple down in Dayton happened to have the perfect flooring for our needs. It is sad to say that because of them closing the doors to their dance studio we gained the most important and crucial element to our space. Good flooring is so key to a dance space. It really is the one thing you have to do correctly because we want everyone to move safely and smoothly.

Oliver X: What kinds of classes will be offered at the new location.

World Dance Collective: The classes we offer at WDC are affordable, accessible, unique and awesome! It is so important to us to have a place that every body feels like they can come and afford to either take a class or rehearse for their own personal projects.

We will also be hosting community outreach programs for at risk youth and members of the Reno-Tahoe community. Through experience we know of the healing benefits of dance and movement. Our intention is to continually offer classes and grow our community through fun, movement, culture, and dance.

Our classes will include an amazing variety!!!

African Hip-Hop, Tribal Fusion Belly Dance, GROOVE (including family GROOVE), Yoga, Meditation, Sound Healing, and much more!

Please join us on Facebook and Instagram, World Dance Collective. We are constantly updating our classes. Hope to see you on the dance floor very soon.

The World Dance Collective is located at 144 West Street Market for info on classes, contact Sabrina Hallgren 775-750-2020 and Isabel Fagoaga 760-216-3507 Reno Tahoe Tonight 25

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during the event. All of this is done because we know that when people get the chance to put on a costume and be something else for a night, we’ve given them a gift. It’s the gift of letting go of life’s regular stresses, or the gift of being able to step into a character, or just make them feel like something a lot larger like a gang of thousands of pirates swashbuckling through the Crawl Capital for a night.

Nine YearS of SwaShbuckling in the BiggeSt Little City For almost a decade now, Crawl Reno has been putting on the largest, best-produced and most fun bar crawls in the nation, and the 9th Annual Reno Pirate Crawl coming August 19th will definitely be no exception. We love our Zombie Crawl that got us started, and the Onesie Crawl coming up in November has seen record numbers of people interested, but if you’re going to become something for an evening, pirates are just known for enjoying a night out on the town.

That’s one of the reasons why this year’s event, themed Swashbuckling in the Biggest Little City, is shaping up to be one of the best events we’ve ever put on. More than just a bar crawl, the Pirate Crawl was our first event that started us down the road to creating immersive experiences where people could truly feel like they’re having an epic party inside a movie or a comic book, and not just walking from bar to bar.

We specially craft our maps to look professional and packed with useful info on where to dance, where to eat and what venues will be hosting contests. We place collectable giveaways like pirate necklaces at every stop along the way for crawlers to collect. And we invite pirate communities from all around the United States and bring in ultra-realistic pirate encampments to set up

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This year, Pirate Crawlers will be able to expect our usual event perks that are intended to give them a chance to discover more of downtown Reno’s hidden treasures, and connect with new friends and a community of event-goers.

As always, there will be $3 drink specials and $3 beer specials at over 20 locations. In addition, we’re also including premium specials where crawlers can save on craft beers and cocktails as well. We’ll stage costume contests and post where you can collect free giveaways and collectables, stretching your entertainment dollars even more than we usually do.

And to create that movie-set feel that makes you feel like you’re immersed in a classic pirate tale, the Pirates of the Silver Realm will once again be set up in Harrah’s Plaza, creating a scene from trading station in the middle of a busy port with all kinds of wares for you to check out. In addition you can get a picture with a mermaid, or in the stocks serving time for whatever random mischief you wish to tell your friends you got into. If all goes well, we’ll have some hair-raising moments as well with cannon fires and black powder demonstrations too.

For info on the crawl and to reserve your cups, go to www.crawlreno.com. While you’re there you can also pre-register all our events for the rest of the year.

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WolfStock 2017 is going to be held Saturday July 29th from 1-8PM at the The Potentialist Workshop located at 836 E. 2nd St Reno, Nevada. This is an all ages and free event for the public.

There'll be raffle prizes, silent auctions, live local music, face painting and your chance to take photos with our ambassador wolves. Aloha Shack LLC will be providing some tasty food so please arrive hungry. 100% of the proceeds from WolfStock are going to the U.S. Wolf Refuge, which is a non-profit organization located in Reno. The U.S. Wolf Refuge rescues and provides sanctuary to wolves and wolfdogs from all over the country.

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t's that time again folks to honor our team, our readers, our clients and all of our supporters who make Reno Tahoe Tonight Magazine possible. The best way we know how to do that is to throw a party! Those who have enjoyed our parties in the past are in for a treat, as we take over The Basement Theater in downtown Reno's Riverwalk for a celebratory evening of appreciation of the amazing art we feature in our pages each month. Fans will be able to vote for their favorite photo from 2016-2017 and, as always, there will be cake, body painted bodies by The Body Paint Factory, music by DJ Mojo Jojo, a fashion show with the models of Zozobee Flexwear and Bad Apple VNTG and and much more!

Join us in honoring our 8th year as northern Nevada’s premier indie publication, celebrating the art, fashion, music and culture in the Biggest Little City and beyond.

The food this year will be special, as we preview The Jungle's new Caribbean inspired street food menu, featuring: • Trinidad Double: Doubles are a common street food in Trinidad and Tobago. It is a sandwich made with two baras (flat fried bread) filled with curry channa (curried chick peas).

• Jamaican Chicken Pattie: A traditional Jamaican pastry that contains a variety of tastyfilling. Jerk or Curry Chicken filling. (Spice level 6-7) • Shrimp Pastry Puff: Shrimp Puff is a baked pastry stuffed with with shrimp, garlic, basil, ginger, seasoned with Caribbean spices. (Spice level 6-7) • Chic Pea Puff: A puff pastry filled with curry channa (curried chick peas) • Veggie Puff: Puff Pastry filled with cabbage, onions sweet peppers, mango, red pear, ginger seasoned with Caribbean spices.

• Plus! Jamaican Jerked Chicken Wings!

Additionally, guests will have one last chance to vote on the 11 nominees for this year's Photo of the Year Award. Online voting is underway in social media right now. Photo enlargements of all of the nominee's work will be displayed at the party, where attendees can choose and vote for their favorite photo.

Thereafter, the results of the full tally of digital and on-site voting will be determined and a winner will be named based on the most votes earned for that artist's individual photo.

Nominees were selected from photos published in Reno Tahoe Tonight during the calendar year. The Editor-Publisher of Reno Tahoe Tonight and the Art Direction team and staff determined the nominees based on excellence, creativity, originality and technical execution.

Thanks again for your participation and your vote for the RTT Photo of the Year Award and we'll see you at the party!

Here's a link to the voting page on Facebook where the nominees' work is shown: facebook.com/RenoTahoeTonight/ app/292725327421649/ What: Reno Tahoe Tonight

Magazine 8th Birthday Party When: Saturday, July 15, 2017,

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Virginia St, Reno, NV 89501 Time: 6pm Attire: Cocktail attire or Burner Chic • Caribbean food by The Jungle • Fashion Show with Zozobee Flexwear & Bad Apple VNTG • Music by DJ Mojo Jojo • Body painted bodies by The Body Paint Factory • Delicious birthday cake + The 2016-2017 RTT Photo of the Year Award!

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Photographer MUA Stylist Celeste Talbott Rivera

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THE BODY PAINT FACTORY'S LINES OF LIGHT ome of the most innovative art in northern Nevada is being created by a S small collective of spirited artists, models

and photographers who make up The Body Paint Factory in Reno. The collective painted the cover models of Reno Tahoe Tonight's December 2016 feature, The Body Paint Factory is led by “Striper” Josh Prater and Britt Gianotti, who head up the stellar cast of talented creatives, who continue to make outsider art that straddles the edge of erotica, with bold lines, light, shape, color and a style that is earning a growing following.

I spoke to Josh about the origins of the Body Paint Factory and where he is taking his craft, as the art form begins to explode in popularity worldwide.

Oliver X: What inspired this project?

Striper Josh: I grew up around a hotrod shop and quit my day job at 20 years old to pursue a career as a hotrod pin striper. When I first started traveling to motorcycle shows to pinstripe I would pinstripe girls arms or legs to draw a crowd when I didn’t have a bike to stripe.

One day at a show someone asked me if I would be interested in bodypainting for a photoshoot. This photoshoot led me on a path of bodypainting and in 2012 I co- founded the Body Paint Factory. It was during a slow time at a black light body paint party that I started exploring the idea of merging my hotrod style pin striping with black light body paint. I think this project is just a natural progression of my career.

Oliver X: What methods of application were used in this stunning series?

Striper Josh: I started out using black light UV body paint with my Mack pin striping brush. After I did several pieces in the series I started experimenting with the

airbrushed glow behind the pin striping, So I incorporated the airbrushing with the pin striping but for the most part its completely organic, free- hand off the top of my head no reference pin striping. I show up with no plan, no idea with what we’re going to do, I just pick some colors and start painting.

Oliver X: Talk about your collaborative process.

Striper Josh: In collaborating with the other artist in the Body Paint Factory I think I have really developed my own style of body paint art that shows in this series.

It doesn’t really matter what I work on you see this reappearance of hotrod culture in all of my work. While collaborating with the other artists in the Body Paint factory has helped me define my style, the lines of light series is only a collaboration between myself, Fielding and the models.

Fielding helped to bring it to life by using his lighting and photography techniques and helping the models pose to get the best shots.

Oliver X: How did you select your models?

Striper Josh: We sought out to collaborate with the biggest names in our local modeling scene, and while we won’t disclose who the models are on each piece, we can say you would probably recognize some of the names off the list. Once word was out I was going to be doing a black light body paint series it wasn’t hard to find girls at all even my girlfriend couldn’t resist and she jumped in to be a part of it.

Oliver X: What’s on the immediate horizon for the Body Paint Factory?

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bars and night clubs to getting more into the realm of the fine art world. We want to grow and expand our team. We want to show off the possibilities in the body paint world. Instead of the live painting that we are used to we want to have more time to put in the work to show off the quality of the body paint through photography of the artwork. We want to grow our web store and we want to continue to innovate and create.

Exclusive “To give art collectors the exclusive opportunity to view and purchase pieces from the Lines of Light series, as well as work from the other

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artists from The Body Paint Factory, we will be holding a private showing July 28, 2017.

The exhibit will also be an event for those who have helped our company with various things in the past, including models, hmua’s, business associates, and other invited guests. We have decided to not only have this event to show off the art, but as a celebration for the transition we are making into the fine art world. Dress code for this opening will be black tie masquerade or black light paint. We will have several painted models as well as painting stations for our guests to get in the spirit of the event. If you would like to receive an invitation to this exclusive showing, please email us for further instruction at bodypaintfactory@yahoo.com.”

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he most common question I’m asked is “How did you become a photographer?”

I have to say, as cheesy as it sounds, I think it finds you. For me I found it in my quest for travel and adventure, and the need to capture every moment. So when I stumbled upon my dad’s 1968 Pentax camera when I was 16 growing up in Tahoe, I was hooked. I finagled my way to a photo minor at Cal Poly, San Louis Obispo and photography has been my passion ever since.

But as with most passions, figuring out how to turn my love for photography into a business, is a road filled with many winding turns and even a few dead ends.

Since my major in college was public relations and marketing, I left my small town roots and headed out to learn from the best in New York City, and photography took a back a seat. I built up a pretty successful career in marketing, events, sales and business development, but I missed the creative outlet that photography offered me.

Then one day a friend asked if I would shoot her engagement photos and that was the start of my photo business T-Stop Gallery in 2009.

While still working full-time, I took on side jobs in New York City shooting family photos, weddings, engagements, and even some events.

I was able to work for some amazing companies, like Architectural Digest Home Design Show, Affordable Art Fair, and Celadon and Celery Events, and even started to exhibit my work. I was honored as one of Soho Gallery of Art’s “Favorite Photographers”, as well as nominated as a finalist for the 5th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Award in three categories: Landscape, Portrait and Documentary. However, after 7 years in the city, my time was coming to an end, and I needed to get out and capture the world.

In 2011 I took off for 10 months and made my way to 25 countries on 5 continents, and shot more than 60,000 photos in the process. I didn’t want to miss a thing. I shared my adventures on my website and even sold a few prints, but not nearly enough to make a living. So following 50 Reno Tahoe Tonight

my traveling sabbatical, I made my way to San Francisco and again photography was put on the back burner. I took another corporate job in events and business development and made it three years before finally calling it quits last May and focusing full-time on photography.

While continuing to travel (both nationally and internationally) shooting weddings, families, and events, I also took to Instagram and became so inspired by the beauty this world has to offer, and how these photographers were capturing it. I started showcasing my own work on social media and began getting reposted by major companies like REI, Canon, Expedia, and am starting to build a following and expand my outreach.

Currently I’m a guest writer/photographer with Travelstoked.co where I share my travel experiences throughout the 38 states, 53 countries and 7 continents I’ve had the good fortune to explore, as well as offering photography tips. Travelstoked is an awesome resource for photographers to learn everything from how to expand their photo knowledge, to finding new travel destinations, to getting more web traffic through search engine optimization.

It’s an amazing community to be a part of.

My next big adventure is up in Bend, Oregon starting a photo adventure tour company.

Combining my passion for adventure and photography, I’ll be focusing on exploring Deschutes County with a camera in hand.

The goal is to engage with the tourism community to memorialize their trips, guide photographers to the best views, tour adventure seekers into the parts less traveled, and teach locals who want to hone their own photography skills. Bend Photo Adventure Tours will be up and running by the fall of 2017, so be sure to check it out when you head up north.

Overall, the biggest lesson I’ve learned so far from photography, is that it’s a skill you never master. The industry and technology are constantly evolving, making the possibilities endless.

Happy Shooting!

Follow Toni on her adventures through Instagram @tonitstop or on her website tstopgallery.com and articles on travelstoked.co.

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INCLINE VILLAGE CRYSTAL BAY VISITORS BUREAU REPORT Text Annie Flanzraich

From Dawn to Dusk I North Lake Tahoe Makes the Most of July’s Long Days with Endless Activities

t's a good thing July brings the longest days of the year; those extra hours of daylight will come in handy to take advantage of the abundance of events and activities in North Lake Tahoe.

Red, White, and Tahoe Blue Allover It’s impossible to spend the Fourth of July weekend at North Lake Tahoe without seeing a single firework or wandering into a parade.

In Incline Village, check out Red, White and Tahoe Blue, which takes over the village from July 1–4 with a variety of free and fun family activities. The celebrations culminate with a firework show over the lake and a live performance by the Marine Band of San Diego.

In Kings Beach, celebrate the Fourth a day early with the 38th annual July 3rd Fireworks & Beach Party. The free party takes place from 4–10 p.m. July 3 and features food, beer and wine, watermelon eating and sandcastle building contests, live music and other familyfriendly activities.

The Tahoe City 4th of July Fireworks Show festivities on July 4 at Commons Beach include a family beach day, food, activities and a dazzling fireworks display.

For more information on all three celebrations, visit gotahoenorth.com The Lake Is Alive with The Sound of Music From classical to R&B to soul to folk, North Lake Tahoe offers a concert for every musical taste this summer. Immerse yourself in classical music performed by world-renowned artists at the sixth season of Classical Tahoe at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. From July 28 to Aug. 12, see 40 of the world's most renowned soloists and orchestral musicians perform 62 Reno Tahoe Tonight

under the direction of Joel Revzen. For more information visit classicaltahoe.org.

Catch a free concert on the beach Fridays at Music on The Beach at Kings Beach State Recreation Area or Sundays at Concerts at Commons Beach in Tahoe City. The music begins at 6:30 p.m. at Kings Beach or 3 p.m. in Tahoe City. For a full lineup of musicians and bands, visit gotahoenorth.com.

A Fine Time for A Festival There’s a festival practically every weekend of July in North Lake Tahoe, including: Pacific Fine Arts Festival: From July 1-4 and July 21-23 peruse photography, oil paintings, ceramic vessels, jewelry and more at Homewood Mountain Resort.

11th Annual Northstar California Beerfest & Bluegrass Festival: On July 1 enjoy live music, dozens of local and regional breweries and special activities for children.

Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival: From July 8 – Aug. 27 see performances of "Love’s Labour’s Lost” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles" at Sand Harbor.

Art Wine & Music Festival: From July 8–9 check out three performance stages, restaurants, shops, and walkways lined with fine art booths and exhibits at The Village at Squaw Valley.

Wanderlust Yoga & Music Festival: From July 20–23, experience an all-out celebration of mindful living at Squaw Valley Resort.

Lake Tahoe Dance Festival: From July 26–29, see world-class professional dancers at the Gatekeeper’s Museum in Tahoe City and the Truckee Amphitheater in Truckee.

For more details about all these festivals, visit gotahoenorth.com.

Get Outdoors and Explore Between catching a concert or festival show, explore North Lake Tahoe's beaches and history with the help of activitytickets.com.

There, you can buy a variety of explorations including tours of the historic Thunderbird Lodge, Sand Harbor kayaking trips and bike rentals and shuttles for the Flume and Tahoe Rim Trail. Find more details at activitytickets. com/organization/6.

Where to Find It All If you’re looking for some local insight on how to have your best Tahoe July ever, look no further than the Incline Village Visitor Information Center, located at 969 Tahoe Blvd Incline Village.

There you’ll find a helpful staff, tons of information and a charming gift shop for the perfect souvenir.

To get in touch, email Info@gotahoe.com, or call 775-832-1606 or 800-Go-Tahoe (468-2463).

With plenty of events and activities to pack your calendar, now all that’s left is to pack your bag. See you at the lake!

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Workin' It:

A Guide to Nails in the Workplace At SOAK we get lots of questions about what nails are appropriate to wear for various occasions. The one question we get a lot is what to wear for work. Many clients work in industries (medical for example) where nail polish is not allowed, but these clients still want to have beautiful nails. Other clients simply want to know what is and is not appropriate in the workplace. Let’s break this down…

Find out what the actual rules are at your job: Most professions that don’t allow nail polish on site are concerned about chipping nail polish. This makes perfect sense in the medical and dental field. However, the nail industry has made vast progress in nail polish technology (sounds so fancy;-). The new gel polishes paint on like polish, but are cured under a light and dry as hard as stone. Shellac by CND is one that is chip resistant for roughly two weeks. You might consider asking your boss about approving gel polish as opposed to outlawing nail polish all together.

Keep it classy: Unless you work in an industry where piercings, tattoos and letting your creative flag fly are encouraged, you probably want to keep your nail polish subtle. There are so many ways to do this and still have fun with nail art. Step one is to tell your nail artist/technician that you want something understated but classy.

Nudes are always great. Ask for a variation of a French Manicure (Fishnet, Ombre or the super-hot American Manicure).You could also add some subtle glitter to a nude polish. Pinterest is a great place to get inspired for your work nails. Bring a picture with you to your salon.

Go naked: If all else fails, just because you can’t have polish on your nails doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have fabulous natural nails. Go get that manicure! And ask for a high shine buff. Natural nails are beautiful when they are clean, cuticles are healthy and shaped just how you like them. Most salons will sell scented cuticle oil or a cuticle butter stick you can routinely apply when you feel that urge to pick (full disclosure, this is my bad habit) or gnaw.

Bottom line, there are so many ways to keep your nails looking great for work. Pick what fits you and your job. I can assure you, chipped nail polish screams lack of attention to detail. This is the last image you want to project in the workplace. Take care of beautiful you. SOAK love today and every day!

SOAK has two Reno locations, one at South Creek Center at 75 Foothill Rd Ste 2. Reno, NV 89511 and another downtown at 628 W 2nd St Reno, NV 89503. (775) 324-7399.

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t’s one of the questions authors that want their books to be read must ask. Do you want to have the next best seller? Or is it just because you like to write? If you want to sell your book and you’re writing for yourself, how many people are like you? If you’re writing for “everyone or anyone,” who are they? What do they do for a living? What restaurants do they frequent? How often do they go to a movie?

Are they stay-at-home moms or dads? Do they work 9-5 jobs or are they self-employed?

Do you write to educate your reader? To share your experiences?

Why does a reader choose a book? For the story? Because they like the author? Because they want to learn something?

you write? that author. You can develop a relationship just by sharing a little about yourself that gives the reader an insight into who you are.

Whether you are an author, blogger or columnist, you may not enjoy spending time marketing. Writers tend to be solitary. But if you want to be read, you will have to either get out of your bubble or hire someone to help you promote your work.

If it matters to you.

If it doesn’t matter, then I guess you can just write and write and write. And if no one reads your work, you won’t care.

Does it even matter?

Maybe. It matters if you want to increase the number of readers you have. If you want to generate sales for your book, it matters because you may have limited resources for distribution. Your budget may only allow you to reach a local or regional audience, so it will be important to know where your reader is so you can appropriately market to those places.

If it matters to you that your books be read, knowing your audience will help direct your marketing plan. Though a book can be successful today because of the internet, it can also fail miserably if you don’t understand how to make the most of the resources available and how to develop relationships both online and off. Relationships matter. If you are a fiction writer, you understand how important relationships are in the book you are writing.

In the real world, relationships matter because people are more inclined to take a chance on a new author if they know something about

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enoites and Tahoe locals, we’ve arrived at the golden season. Lingering summer days cascade into cool starry nights.

The region’s festival frenzy has kicked into high gear. Winter’s epic snow pack has yielded abundant flowing waters that beckon us to dive, swim, paddle, ski, float and gaze upon azure awesomeness. Blessed, we are, to live, work and play in a veritable paradise. Summer swoons us to revel in its easy embrace. Let’s not forget the days also get hot. And long. An indoor creative respite folds sweetly into the swelter.

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If you are in school, or are a teacher, or have kids, summer must seem like a true break for you. For the rest of us, we cling to the prepubescent memories summers of yesteryear gifted to us. First kisses, festival concerts, camps, first jobs. Summer gave us time to play, to create, to explore, to be inspired. Dammit, summer still can do that. I declare it does do that. The mind, my friends, is a blank canvas, and the Nevada Museum of Art, Donald W. Reynolds Center for the Visual Arts, E. L. Wiegand Gallery provides the paint you need to create a personal memory masterpiece.

Here’s what’s on tap this month, and what you can look forward to later this summer: Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art, works from the Bank of America Collection.

On view through July 16.

This exhibition has been on view for several months now, and closes this July with a true fiesta: the Barrio Block Party, Saturday, July 8.

During this free, family-friendly event, examine and celebrate work by artists on both sides of the Mexican-American border. The works in Miradas reveal a variety of cultural aspects as they emerged in the years after the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) to the present day.

This unique survey of over 100 works takes a close look at paintings, prints and photographs created over the past eighty years by well-known Mexican artists like Diego Rivera and Rufino Tamayo, as well as Mexican-American artists such as Judithe Hernández and Roberto Juarez.

Maynard Dixon: The Paltenghi Collections.

On view through July 16.

Giddyup, cowboy. Dixon defines the American West. His sketches seem familiar to those of us native to the void. Drawn from the collections of brothers Bruce C. Paltenghi and Dr. Richard Paltenghi, this exhibition features drawings and paintings by American artist Maynard Dixon. Inspired to begin collecting by their father, the Paltenghi brothers have amassed over seventy artworks that offer an intimate look at Dixon’s life in the American West. Included are many never-before-seen drawings with subjects ranging from mountain and desert landscapes, to portraits and nude figure studies.

City of Dust: The Evolution of Burning Man. On view July 1, 2017 through January 7, 2018.

For the first time ever, explore the remarkable story of how the legendary Nevada gathering known as Burning Man evolved through collaborative ritual from humble countercultural roots on San Francisco’s Baker Beach into the world-famous desert convergence it is today.

Never-before-seen photographs, artifacts, journals, sketches, and notebooks reveal how this temporary experimental desert city came to be— and how it continues to evolve. Organized by the

Nevada Museum of Art, many items included are drawn from the archive collections of the museum’s Center for Art + Environment.

Unsettled. On view August 26, 2017 through January 21, 2018 Unsettled focuses on work by artists living and/ or working in the Greater West, a super-region bounded from Alaska to Patagonia, and from Australia to the American West. Though ranging across thousands of miles, these comparative Wests share similar histories born of collision between indigenous and frontier cultures. They also share common concerns of land and water use, harvest and extraction, and the preservation of natural beauty and wide-open space.

Organized by Nevada Museum of Art Curatorial Director and Curator of Contemporary Art JoAnne Northrup with Collaborating Curator, iconic Los Angeles artist Ed Ruscha, Unsettled features more than 200 artworks by over 80 artists. This incredible exhibition will travel to both the Anchorage Museum and Palm Springs Art Museum, a testament to the show’s importance. Both of those formidable institutions are considered critical collaborators in this historic art endeavor.

Reno’s cultural gem boasts an international reputation for original scholarship like City of Dust and Unsettled. The Museum also serves up the chance for you to turn actual canvas into a painting through classes at the E.L. Cord Museum School (Check out the impressive roster of offerings at nevadaart.org). Whether you come to check out the Insta-worthy exhibitions, or to create some of art your own, make a day of it: eat at chez louie, dishing a delicious seasonal menu; take in a talk or film; shop at the store; skip on the Sky Plaza. This is your museum. Revel in it.

Amanda Horn is a Reno-based writer, yogini, and creative community enthusiast. A former circus performer, she has been pushing boundaries most of her life, constantly redefining her own and testing the radius of the world she inhabits.

She currently serves as Director of Communications for the Nevada Museum of Art. Follow her on Twitter @TeboHorn or email her at amandahorn@nevadaart.org.

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REAL ESTATE Text and photo courtesy of Shirley Larkins

ZILLOW If you ask almost anyone what their favorite property search website is, 99% of the time they have one. When you're a homeowner wondering what your house is worth, most people are turning online for their answers first. In fact, the new statistic says an average of 87% of people overall – and 90-91% for Millennials and Gen X buyers and sellers – use online searches for home valuations.

That is a staggering statistic if you are in my industry because not only is your online presence important but you also have to mitigate the pitfalls of working with clients who are receiving disinformation and re-educating on what is really going on and what homes are really worth right now.

One major resource that I know people use a lot is Zillow. Here’s the deal: I actually liked Zillow and some of the neighborhood information, the mapping, and they are doing a great job of integrating with local real estate boards to market listed properties – but now things are changing with Zillow. And these changes can have a major impact on our local real estate market.

Everyone knows that Zillow has offered their zestimate of property values for years and years.

I think most people know that the zestimate is usually not correct. If you own a home, I'm sure you

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have looked yours up and been mad at least once.

At first when Zillow was gaining momentum as a real estate search engine for consumers we as agents had to really educate and push out the information that this “zestimate” was using public records that were outdated and didn’t know specifics about your house etc and over the last 5 years I think most have realized this. But as any good company does, Zillow improved their system a bit, got more specific info by allowing people to log in and “claim” their property so they could add in upgrades and even photos if they wanted.

Then as time went on, they offered the “For Sale

By Owner” option, so people could market their own properties. Pretty cool stuff if you look past the fact that Zillow is not helping bolster values or the market with their zestimate showing up every time the home is searched; eating up room for negotiation and basically setting the bar for value before the buyer even walks through the home. Things you may not think about if you have never sold a property, or consulted with a real professional who is in the field.

Well now Zillow is taking their reach even further with their “Instant Offers” button. This is a program they are test marketing in Las Vegas, Nevada and Orlando, Florida. It works like this: People who want to sell their home can log on

and receive up to three all cash offers from a hand-selected group of 15 large private investors along with a comparative market analysis (CMA) from a local Zillow Premier Agent. They can then choose to accept or reject one of the offers. On the surface this might sound pretty cool to some sellers who are wanting a stress-free, no-hassle deal that is just wham bam thank you and goodbye. But what this program is really doing is allowing Zillow to sell real estate without a license or a frame of reference for the market or property values.

They are plugging in some mega investors who are undercutting your home value and trying to entice you with cash so they can make boatloads on the resale. Zillow could have a major holding over the marketplace if the program takes off. So they are literally able to set the prices for an area.

Homeowners will lose tons of money, real buyers who want to own a home may not ever be able to get one because they don’t even have a chance to see the properties that are for sale – and real estate agents will be without a job. This is major!

When the National Association of Realtors and local real estate boards partnered to allow syndication of local MLS feeds into Zillow, we saw it as a great partnership for marketing and reaching the consumers where they begin the search. Now Zillow is trying to take over the industry. If you care about your property value – and if you want to own a home and realize the benefits of investing in real estate – I have to ask you to sign the Stop Zillow Petition! This is a serious call to action, because if this test program gains momentum, then we are all at a disadvantage.

If you have specific questions or want to talk more in-depth, please reach out to me slarkins@chaseinternaitonal.com.

To sign the petition please visit stopzillow.com. *stats from Zillow Group Report on Consumer Housing Trends Oct 2016

Shirley Larkins is a real estate professional with Chase International and has been selling properties for over 12 years. She specializes in all types of sales from luxury to distressed, and also loves working with first-time buyers. She can be reached at slarkins@chaseinternational.com or 775-379-9617.

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REVIEW Grace Gatsby, Strange Attractors Text Oliver X Cover art sketch by Natalia Duda Photo by Shirley Larkins Graphic design by Grace Gatsby

Grace Gatsby's voice is a heavenly body that pulls you into her orbit. On Strange Attractors, Gatsby turns in one stellar vocal performance after another (and also plays piano and guitar on the record), on this DIY masterwork, recorded in Portland and written over the span of a decade. Strange Attractors sees Gatsby flexing her full powers as a vocalist.

She is sass, class, whisper and rasp; honeysuckle and smoke with a vocal style full of breath and substance.

The vocal range, clarity, tone and timbre of the sultry chanteuse, for me at least, recalls the best work of artists like Emmylou Harris (the way Gatsby's voice trails off at the end of a phrase), Karen Carpenter (tone and timbre), and Shirley Bassey (enunciation), on torch songs and power ballads to more uptempo ditties. Hers is a tone that is fresh, authentic and timeless.

The technical precision in the production brings out the nuance and vocal color, showcasing Gatsby's voice as the album's principal instrument, in one of the most balanced indie album mixes I've heard in ages. Credit that essential element and attention to detail to producer-musician Johann Wagner with whom Gatsby first recorded Strange Attractors at a converted barn called Super Giant Studios. The record was then remixed at Wagner's current Pinewave Studios.

My favorite tracks on Strange Attractors include the opening song, “100 Miles,” the title track “Strange Attractors,” track three “Undone,” and track eight “Blushing Bride,” a big track featuring the telling, full-throated refrain, “Shame on you, shame on you, shame on you for lovin' me.”

Gatsby assembled an all-star cast of cohorts that included viola player Kyleen King, whose credits include Band of Horses, Neko Case, the Decemberists, My Morning Jacket; the Blue

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Cranes' saxophone player Reed Wallsmith; vibraphonist Ian Krist of Blind Pilot and ubiquitous percussionist Papi Fimbres, who up until relatively recently, was a member of no less than 22 bands!

Grace Gatsby, vocals, piano, guitar Johann Wagner, producer, keyboard, piano, Moog Tai Woodville, background vocals Kate Cotter, background vocals Alan Singley, string and horn arrangements Scott Hayden, drums Papi Fimbres, percussion Leb Borgerson, guitar Stephen Larkins, guitar Paul Brainard, steel guitar Victor Nash, trumpet Reed Wallsmith, saxophone Ian Krist, vibraphone Kyleen King, viola Keith Brush, bass Courtney Sheedy, bass Don't miss Grace Gatsby and Kate Cotter's art and musical collaboration “Wild Life” – an official Artown event --Saturday, July 1, 2017 at 7pm at The Jungle, located at 246 W 1st St, Reno, NV 89501.

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oday, even where time is a constraint, the desires of your heart are stronger than ever to be the best version of you.

Remind yourself that if you're hoping to lose fat pounds, add muscle or simply maintain your health as you age, eating clean makes up a key component of a healthy lifestyle.

Loading up your daily menu with minimal processed foods and a lot more whole foods, such as non gmo options--veggies, fruits, nuts, legumes, fatty fish and lean meats--not only provides nutrients to support healthy cell function, but also helps fight chronic disease.

A healthy, balanced menu that properly nourishes your body helps you feel two very important things: energy and productivity.

Several nutrients, including the B-complex vitamins and iron, help your cells access fuel so that they can function properly. Eating clean also helps regulate your blood sugar, helping you avoid fatigue inducing blood sugar spikes, which can occur after you eat processed carbohydrates, such as sweets or refined grains. I personally recommend jump starting your energy levels, metabolism and day with a healthy and balanced breakfast such as these three examples below for summer!

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Ezekiel bread, avocado and egg whites Make your egg whites with light coconut oil. Use avocado as a paste all over a toasted piece of Ezekiel bread and enjoy!

Camille Lyman Owner of CCF Reno & CCF Downtown Professional Athlete NSL Beach Bikini Sponsored Athlete Tight & Tan Project C Founder Complex carb = Ezekiel bread Essential fat = Avocado Egg white = Lean Protein

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Egg whites, berries and sweet potato mash

Make your egg whites with light Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO). Pick organic strawberries, blueberries or blackberries! Mash up sweet potatoes with cinnamon and nutmeg garnished over the top. Eat up!

Complex carb = Sweet Potato and Berries Lean protein = Egg White

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Smoked salmon, spinach and hummus on a rice cake

Use a non gmo gluten free rice cake with a light spread of homemade low sodium hummus. Place a thin layer of raw spinach topped with your smoked salmon of choice. Indulge!

Complex carb = Rice cake, spinach & hummus Essential fat and lean protein Salmon

Have a beautiful Fourth of July.

Be safe, eat healthy and enjoy this life by making memories.

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UNITED WE STONED Text Mitchell Colbert Pistil & Stigma.

What 710 Is, What 710 Isn’t Happy 710 everyone! That’s international hash oil day, for those who didn’t know. Those with some knowledge of cannabis culture, will undoubtedly be familiar with 420, the ubiquitous stoner holiday that is half Christmas and half a Grateful Dead show. Those with a more intimate knowledge of the world of dabbing, shatters, and waxes, may have heard the term 710 floating around, and you may be wondering, like 420, where did 710 come from and why?

Origins of 710 The earliest posts one can find online about 710 are from 2011, with an ever-increasing number coming out with every year. Unlike with 420, where the creators were well-known features in the cannabis community, the creator(s) of 710 were relatively unknown until I connected the dots in a 2015 article for The Leaf Online. Since there was nothing online about who started 710, I began by asking all the long-time and/or heavy dabbers I knew and came back with a few solid leads all pointing to the same person.

First, I turned to cannabis activist and social media celebrity Coral Reefer to see if she had any ideas, “Some of the earliest references I heard were from Taskrok.” MortimerSays, an award-winning hash maker and co-founder of Dabbers Daily, added that “I read about it on Instagram sometime back when it happened. As I remember it, Taskrok and a few others were gathered around smoking and came up with it.” This sounded promising, but I still needed more information to be sure.

The first person who ever told me about 710 was Nick Bradley, former sales manager at Harborside Health Center, back when we were working together in the summer of 2011. Nick confirmed that it was Task from Highly Educated, and got me in touch with Daniel De Sailles, the owner of Top Shelf Extracts and a founder of The Secret Cup. When I asked Dan who came up with 710, he was clear that “Task came up with 710, period.” Dan and Nick also agreed that Chad from Healthstone and BeeHiveOil Clothing was a big part of the process.

With four reliable sources all pointing me in the same direction, all that was left for me to do was to talk to the man himself to confirm the rumors.

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Outside of founding Highly Educated, a company which makes high quality e-nails for dabbing, Task is a rapper whose songs are replete with dab references. If you were looking for a soundtrack for your 710, Task has that covered.

Grateful Dabs?

Taskrok was kind enough to tell me his story, for only the second time he has ever told it. “710 (at least the 710 buzz that has grown today) was started in TinyChat with me, Healthstone, and the Beehive guys. They suggested we make a new time to take dabs at as they didn’t really resonate with 420 anymore. I was the one who suggested 710 because it clicked in my head that it spelled oil upside down.” Task went on to make his views on the matter of ownership clear, “I don’t want to try to own it though. It belongs to the community now.”

Not everyone was thrilled by the idea of a new 420 and many in the cannabis community have reacted negatively to 710, but despite the haters, 710 is thriving. “Everything was becoming 710. There was a 710 Club, a 710 strain, a 710 cup, the 710 society, a Formula710 cleaner, it started becoming heavily commercialized,” which Task was not a fan of. Task does “have a sense of pride behind it” because “it’s not every day you start a new stoner holiday.” Like 420 before it, 710 is a concept that extends beyond its founders, across time and space, and serves to unite a counter-cultural movement.

What 710 Is Not When I was researching my first “Origins of 710” article for The Leaf Online, I came across many theories about why 710 became associated with dabbing, some with various bits of truth to them.

Much like with 420, many of the rumors are far more outlandish than the reality, and much like 420, none of these alternate theories have the evidence to support them that Taskrok does.

Big Oil, Big Dabs?

While Motul 710 2T Racing Premix is a synthetic racing oil, it does not have anything to do with hash oil, or with why dabbing became associated with July 10th. So relax, while the oil industry is using 710 to refer to non-cannabis oils, that does not mean that Big Oil is coming to take your dabs.

(Author’s Note: I would not recommend dabbing Motul 710.)

The Grateful Dead House at 710 Ashbury St, in San Francisco, CA. (Photo courtesy of Mitchell Colbert) While it is true that members of the Grateful Dead lived at 710 Ashbury St in the late 60s, and even made headlines for a 1967 drug bust, it is not clear beyond that coincidence if the band had any involvement with hash oil. Though hash oil is reported to have existed in the 1970’s, it was not reported to be part of that drug bust, and there is no evidence of any member of The Dead associating the number 710 with hash oil. But, since the Grateful Dead played a major part in the spread of 420 around the world, it isn’t too farfetched to believe they could have done the same with 710. For that reason, this rumor deserves further examination, but for now it is just a rumor.

“The league is miserably failing its players. Any environment where pain is a constant, and there is a prescription of painkillers that lead to addiction, access to healthier alternatives should be an option,” Monroe explains.

“We can implement cannabis into [the NFL’s] health care programs in a very responsible way.

And players would be much better off. There’s a want for it from them, though they aren’t willing to openly speak out about it now.”

Monroe is not alone. Plummer, like Monroe, advocates primarily for the use of Cannabidiol (CBD) to combat the physical toll left on their bodies from the violent sport. Active player Derrick Morgan, along with eight other former players and doctors, co-signed a letter to the NFL urging the league to change its policy. Former offensive lineman Eric Britton criticized Goodell for his uninformed comments on medical cannabis.

Britton said cannabis, which is a neuroprotectant and has been shown to be a viable, less deadly alternative to opioids, could easily help curb the main issues the league faces today, including prevalence of opioid addiction and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease caused by repetitive blows to the head, which is common with football players.

The high-risk for injury and the high-risk of punishment for cannabis use are oddly contradictory and indicative of the league’s misplaced priorities. Though drug use in the NFL is widely touted as a moral issue, justifying players’ banishment from the league after a few failed tests, prevailing accusations of domestic abuse and violent assaults seem to be much less of a moral concern for the league, often resulting in only a single-game suspension.

The contradiction in policies and seemingly moral justification is a tribute to the outdated, prohibitionist model of drug use that belongs in an entirely different decade.

Despite a clear reluctance from the commissioner and leadership in the league, times are changing.

Cannabis is now legal in some form in 29 states.

The NFL is falling behind. As 57% of fans now support players using cannabis and active and retired players and doctors continue to come out in support of cannabis use, it’s clear that there is overwhelming support for medical cannabis use for NFL players. The time has come for the NFL to wake up, remove cannabis from the league's banned substances list and allow players to use cannabis to treat the pain caused by the violence of the spectacle sport. The real question is: How much longer will the team owners and commissioner Goodell continue to hold this league captive by outdated and ineffective policies? Sources: goo.gl/CBwGlb 90 Reno Tahoe Tonight

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WANDERED OFF Text Natasha Bourlin Photo of Gaudi's Sagrada Familia by Natasha Bourlin

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arlier this year, Barcelona residents revolted against the city’s increasing tourism. According to National Public Radio (NPR), tourism makes up about 12% of the Mediterranean port city’s economy, but many locals have had enough influx of awe-struck, camera-wielding hometown invaders. This en masse pushback actually began in 2014, NPR reveals, when an Italian group rented a residential flat for a bachelor party, then proceeded to saunter around the ‘hood...naked.

Yet enticingly low airfares, $400 roundtrip when booked, and a strong dollar drove this Europhile to Barcelona this year, and I returned filled with inspirational experiences, newfound wisdom and a strong appreciation for the calm, impassioned people residing there.

While Spaniards are renowned for global exploration, Barcelona itself has woven myriad global eccentricities and residencies into a colorful tapestry of culture all its own.

African, Middle Eastern, European, Basque and gypsy influences are easily identified.

Tributes to Christopher Columbus dot the landscape. Economic and historic polarities abound, with ultra-modern structures next to Moor-influenced façades. Barbed wire surrounding barrio graffiti mere steps away from 15th century palaces.

It was the ubiquitous artistic influence that most moved me. Some of the most historically notable artists flocked to the ancient city over the centuries, where their talents—and often neuroses or addictions— thrived. Their creativity was catapulted by the diverse, culturally influenced environment.

This is clearly evidenced in the Picasso Museum, for instance, or in the multitude of intriguingly bizarre architecture.

Dali, Picasso, Hemingway and Gaudi all left their marks on Barcelona. Some of their visions are ongoing today, such as Gaudi’s

Barcelona:

An Artistic Eden sky-piercing Sagrada Familia, which was designed by the architectural legend knowing he’d never see its completion. Millions of euros annually are still poured into its interminable construction.

Today, flamboyant street art is as easily found. This is a deeply passionate society, seen in the two street protests while I was there; in the messages within the street art such as “Cultiva tu Ciudad” (cultivate your city) and “Graffity Sucks Like Deepthroat;” in the depth of emotion generated by the guttural voices, complex instrumentals and flouncing skirts of Flamenco.

At the same time, it exists at a reasonable pace, with breakfast often taking place at 10 a.m., siestas shutting down many businesses mid-afternoon, and dinner reservations taken until past some American’s bedtimes. Perhaps the pace is why artistic prowess flourishes here.

Perhaps that’s also why my companion and I felt no pushback while sauntering the streets—only welcoming residents.

There’s a laid-back air about the city.

Skateboarding culture is huge. Small, simple meals are enjoyed over hours.

One of the most dramatic culinary productions I’ll ever experience was at Spoonik, where charismatic owners served one mouthwateringly chaotic white course on a mirror, poking fun at the stigmas found amidst their Mexican and Colombian heritages.

Creative freedom here reigns as rightly as the monarchy. It should be shared with the world. We can only hope visitors can keep their clothes on so as not to spurn any more protests.

Natasha is a freelance writer and born nomad whose fervor for travel began in infancy and still flourishes every year.

She loves sharing tips and experiences to inspire other’s sojourns.

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