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Fourth Anniversary

FEATURE 34 Artist Allison Patterson

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rtown is celebrating 22 years of bringing art and culture to northern Nevada. Things have changed radically since the beginning.

Now you will find music, theater and visual arts available on a weekly basis throughout the year.

But there is still a dynamic energy during July that brings people from all over the world to perform in our backyard.

Beth Macmillan, Executive Director of Artown says, “When selecting global performers who bring their customs, history and culture through the arts, I am inspired by humanity and its richness to celebrate tradition and that which is true to its ancestry. We provide a platform for the sharing of social, political and historical value through the arts.”

Art Spot Reno is partnering with Artown for these incredible opportunities to interact with internationally renowned musicians and performers. All events are free and open to the public.

• Ranky Tanky - Gullah. I had no idea and I’d gamble a fiver you don’t either. The Gullah live in the Lowcountry, in particular South Carolina, speak their own language and are rich in African culture and influences. A panel discussion will broaden your understanding before their concert that evening. The Beckwith Gallery, July 11, 2 p.m.

• Sidewalk Chalk - This Chicago-based band is touring with their fourth album, An Orchid Is Born. Their website describes it as a speeding bullet ripe with heat and rhythm that speaks to mankind’s need to cheer in the darkest of moments and to choose love over inhumanity in all things. Meet the band before their free show for a discussion on how activism can be used to keep youth hopeful and positive during these

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challenging times. All Ages.

The Holland Project, July 15, 5:30 p.m.

• Tumbledown House - If you are a musician, in a band or want to be, this is for you. Spike McGuire is a singer/songwriter and founder of Loud As Folk, a monthly musical showcase and recording label/studio.. He’ll be leading a discussion with members from this prohibitionera band. Learn tips and tricks from these touring pros. Pignic Pub & Patio, July 16, noon.

• Ricardo Lemvo - Get ready for some booty shaking good times. This discussion on AfroCuban music will end with a latin dance experience to get you ready for his free concert that night at Wingfield Park. Sierra Arts Gallery, July 18, noon.

• Jake Shimabukuro - Bring your instrument and have a once-in-a-lifetime lesson with the Jimi Hendrix of ukulele. California Building, July 19, noon.

• Mariachi Acero de Las Vegas - This is for all ages but geared towards musical youth. Learn new techniques and polish up the old by members of the band. Sierra Arts Gallery, July 23, noon.

• Red Baraat - NPR’s party band of the year for 2017 is going to be one of the musical highlights of the year. Their new album just dropped and it is going to get wild. Meet the band and learn about how they write their multi-leveled songs and so much more. The Eddy, July 25, noon.

Eric Brooks weaves the tragic, natural and perverse into webs sometimes a little too recognizable. He is an artist, award-winning poet and is deeply entrenched in the local art scene as co-founder and of Art Spot Reno artspotreno.com.

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ARTOWN

Text Brianna Soloski Photos Courtesy of Artown

THE CREME DE LA CREME OF ARTOWN Highlighting Beth’s Picks for Artown 2018

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hile Reno is ripe with arts and culture all year long, the city really comes to life in July with Artown. Artown is an arts and culture festival with nearly 500 events all working in concert with each other to create one spectacular month. Each year, Artown grows 10 Reno Tahoe Tonight

to include more cities in the region: this year’s events will be taking place in Reno, Sparks, Incline Village, Virginia City, and Carson City.

Each year, Beth Macmillan, the director of Artown chooses some of the best events happening during

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the month to highlight. This year is no exception as there are some special events coming to town that will provide unique and interesting experiences for all who attend.

This year’s festivities will kick-off with BANDALOOP, a group of dancers who defy gravity with their performances. The dancers use intricate choreography and climbing technology to put on shows that leave you breathless with awe. Their Reno performance will involve rapelling down City Hall. Their film, SHIFT, will be shown at Mesa Rim Climbing and Fitness on June 28 at 8 p.m., with a question and answer period following.

The remainder of opening weekend is also not to be missed: there will be events for Artfest, a performance at Firefest by Controlled Burn, and much more. This year’s Artown really celebrates downtown Reno and its changes.

Something extra unique and special happening this year is Dragon Lights Illuminated, which is sponsored by The May Arboretum at Rancho San Rafael Park. These larger than life creatures are currently in production in the parking lot of the

Sands Hotel and Casino and will be moved just prior to the show’s opening. Chinese acrobats will be putting on nightly performances amid a visual light show. Dragon Lights Illuminated opens Saturday, June 30.

A can’t miss performance this year is the Fourth of July celebration in Wingfield Park.

Laura Jackson will be conducting the Reno Philharmonic in a free concert celebrating America and patriotism. Bring a picnic dinner and join the community for what is sure to be a wonderful evening under the stars.

The city is privileged to host Ranky Tanky, a musical group hailing from the Carolinas. Their unique renditions of slave music will immediately transport you back to that difficult time period in our country. The musicians will share a performance that is not only very inspiring, but also contains a lot of rhythm. Ranky Tanky will be part of the Wednesday Cultural Connections events and are performing at Wingfield Park, a beautiful setting right on the Truckee River.

Ranky Tanky will be doing a meet and greet with audiences at 2 p.m. on July 11 at The Beckwith Gallery.

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Artown Outreach is a series of free events designed to bring a more intimate art experience and conversation to the Reno community.

Approximately a dozen of this year’s performers will be offering free talks, music lessons, and other activities to help grow the community’s art understanding. These will take place throughout the month at various venues around town.

New to Artown this year is the unique “At the Illusionist’s Table.” These 24-person events will take place July 6-11 at Liberty Food and Wine.

For this special event, Artown is partnering with Chef Mark Estee to create a three course gourmet meal that interweaves with illusion, mentalism, and captivating storytelling. Tickets for this unique experience are $250 and is for guests 21 and older.

Mark your calendars for the annual Day of Visual Art on July 14. More than 30 venues around town will be offering workshops, art exhibits, and art for sale. There will also be docent tours at the Nevada Museum of Art, a Midtown Mural Tour, and much more. Plan to keep the whole day free for attending the various events around town.

On July 26, Deva Mahal (daughter of Taj Mahal) will bring her unique musical sounds to the city. Mahal got her start in blues and has since expanded her sound to include R&B, indie pop, soul, blues, and more. She recently released a fulllength album called Run Deep, which is a deeply personal album that takes her back to her roots.

These highlights are just a small sampling of all

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the exciting events planned for Artown 2018.

The Little Book is available now at a number of locations throughout Reno and Sparks, as well as online at renoisartown.com. Just about all of the events are family friendly, so bring the kids and expose them to the excellent arts and culture Reno has to offer. More than 70% of the events are free, making it easy to attend multiple events throughout the month. There are events all day and all over town, so you can create a schedule that works for you.

Brianna Soloski is a writer, editor and owner of The Write Society, a freelance writing and coaching business. When she’s not writing, Soloski can be found reading. Soloski has written for reno.com, thisisreno.com, Felicia Events, BLVDS LV, and David Magazine.

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BOOKS

Cover art designed by Charles Nemitz Text Oliver X

Mulligan's Wake

By Dave Mulligan Dave Mulligan/The Ishmael Tree 248 pp (paper)

Mulligan's Wake is the vivid and often-times hilarious chronicle of the adventures of writertelevision producer Dave Mulligan who, after the sudden death of his father (successful Hollywood television writer-producer Jim Mulligan “LaughIn,” “M*A*S*H”), sets off on an epic journey to the South Pacific to become a man. The memoir paints the younger Mulligan, a self-described Eddie Haskell caliber “asshole” (picture the fraternity brother whose pranks and antics get his fraternity house decertified), as a lovable fuckup and womanizing man-child who can't seem to shed his sophomoric tendencies to save his life.

Set in the fall of 1988, Chapter One finds the 25-year-old Mulligan and his “Dave Party” bros sneaking into SoCal's Marineland at 2:30am and, after dodging the security guards, they make their way to the whale tank, rouse the sleeping orcas and take a thrilling 30-minute ride aback their cooperative mammalian chariots; get arrested and subsequently make national news. Something's gotta give, and Mulligan decides he needs to seriously get his act together, mostly because he feels he's a disappointment to the memory of his gifted, overachieving father. But Mulligan has serious doubts that he can ever really live up to the potential he hopes his father saw in him.

The book is fast-paced and side-splitting in its introspective Californication-style self-talk. As a memoirist, Mulligan is at his best sharpening his formidable wit and wordplay against the numerous fanciful flights, asides and tangents he takes his readers on, from his “Black November” poem and airport encounters with the Robert Cray Band and the “Amazing Pig Boy;” raging road trains, scary cows and ubiquitous ant mounds in the Australian desert, to brushes with the law, rugby matches and bar babes in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Mulligan arrives in Australia in search of adventure – and kangaroos—and sets his sights on Surfer's Paradise Beach in Queensland and quickly gets immersed in the backpacker culture of the coastal community. There he meets the crudest man on earth, a belching, farting Tasmanian named Lorie. While at Surfer's Paradise, Mulligan buys a 1968 Holden HK station wagon with bad brakes for $150 and soon becomes best buddies with a refined, somewhat snobbish traveling young Scot named McInnes, who is equally thirsty for adventure. The two mates are bizarro twins and dub themselves the “Adventure Brothers” and become the “Knights of Chivalry” embarking on a continental trek in their hearty station wagon (nicknamed “Ol' Creampuff ”) in search of thrills and “damsels in distress.”

Released to excellent reviews in the late fall of 2017, Mulligan's Wake is a comedic travelogue that's well-worth a summer beach binge read for its romantic tenor and insights into the male psyche's evolution from immaturity to a semblance of self-awareness, and for the smirking, emotional wallop it delivers.

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Refreshingly, Mulligan avoids exercising a politically correct revisionism for these times in the telling. His naivete and unworldliness is unabashed and Mulligan comes off as a likable Lothario with an overactive libido – perfectly cast in the hedonistic late 80's which he depicts.

I ordered my hard copy (because I like to own, hold and read real books) at Sundance Books & Music, located at 121 California Ave, Reno, Nevada 89509. **** ½ stars

CANNABIS NEWS

Special to Reno Tahoe Tonight Photo courtesy of David Barbano

by Jeramie Lu Photography

orld W g n i n n The Ru bisa n n a C ew has a N thlete A d e r o s Spon KYND Cannabis Company announces that professional short-distance runner, David Barbano, has joined the company’s popular ambassador program.

In 2017, KYND Cannabis Company was the first marijuana distributor in northern Nevada with a professional athlete-turned-cannabis-ambassador – world-renowned professional cyclocross rider Teal Stetson-Lee. Less than a year later, the company has announced its second sponsorship with local short-distance runner David Barbano.

The South Lake Tahoe resident and cannabis activist has a wildly impressive record. David started racing in 2012 with zero training, debuting during a grueling seven miler with a 3000-foot vertical climb. Two weeks later, he won his first 5k, and in the six years since, David has entered back-to-back races nearly every month. In 2017, he had seven wins alone, and he hasn’t been off the podium in about a year.

Both KYND Cannabis Company and its newest athlete ambassador are excited to expand the conversation around cannabis by highlighting the benefits for athletes and outdoor recreation enthusiasts. While cannabis use in the professional athlete circuit is still not fully approved, medical professionals recognize the healing benefits of the medicine.

Between cannabis for race prep and recovery and David's arduous training at an altitude of more than 6,000 feet, the fifty-year-old athlete is establishing himself as someone worth watching.

Moreover, as an ardent supporter of the wonders of cannabis, he’s worth listening to, as well.

“Cannabis has many redeeming qualities that aid in anti-inflammatory and pain reduction measures for ailments across the board,” said Doctor Sean

Devlin, chief physician at the Washoe Wellness Center and co-owner of KYND. “This benefit can be used for chronic pain or sore muscles after an excruciating sports competition.”

“There are so many people who just need to understand what it can do,” said David. “I want to make that first step to help generations to come.

KYND offers products that have incredible value for improving people’s quality of life, which aligns with my personal values.”

The cannabis industry is rapidly changing, both medically and recreationally, on local and national levels. Having the right voices sharing the message of responsible use is an integral part of KYND’s mission.

About Kynd Cannabis Company Kynd Cannabis Company boasts a team of seasoned industry professionals with over 70 years combined cultivation and production experience.

Kynd cultivates flowers that champion the healing power of medical cannabis and has been tailoring high-potency strains for over a decade.

The company’s leading cannabis extraction-based product line has been specifically developed to meet the widest variety of patient and customer needs. Kynd grows both CBD and THCdominant strains and carefully crafts hash oil products driven by clean extraction methods using supercritical CO2.

For more information on Kynd Cannabis Company visit kynd.com, or email mail to: info@kynd.com.

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LEX Nightclub's Fourth Anniversary

with Marshmellow July 20 and The White Party July 21, 2018

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“People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting-in instead of standing out.�

- Warren Bennis

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tanding out is just what Grand Sierra Resort's LEX Nightclub has been doing since it opened the doors to northern Nevada's most spectacular megaclub four years ago.

With it's lavish décor, 26-28 foot ceilings, a 4,000 square foot front lounge with a visually stunning back bar, an Olympic-sized water feature, marble bar-tops, red leather upholstered puncture-proof VIP booths, a heartpounding Meyer sound system and the sexiest cocktail staff in northern Nevada, the 25,000 square foot LEX Nightclub looks like it was plucked straight out of Las Vegas, Dubai, or Macao. LEX quite simply takes your breath away.

newly opened mammoth resort pool, where touring acts and top-name entertainers play each week, luxurious cabanas line the pool deck and guests and visitors receive the kind of exceptional service found nowhere else in northern Nevada.

With the property committing upwards of twenty million dollars to create the finest nightclub entertainment experience with exceptional bar and bottle service, LEX has succeeded in making a statement in northern Nevada by setting the standard for nightlife creating a buzz that has sent ripples across the nation and beyond, attracting chart-topping DJs and hitmakers like G-Eazy, The Chainsmokers, Diplo, Marshmellow, Nelly and dozens more top-tier headliner talents.

It's one thing to attract a large crowd to the property, it's another thing to retain those guests and visitors. GSR is always evolving and innovating, creating new guest experiences that help to keep the property humming with energy. One of the coolest recently implemented strategies and differentiators, spearheaded by Jeff Henry, VP of Entertainment and Nightlife, is to offer Grand Theater concert goers free admission to LEX after their show lets out. “It's been working amazingly,” states Entertainment and Nightlife Marketing Manager Warren Phan.

“We make sure we book acts in the Grand Theater that complement acts inside LEX so that there's a synergy between both venues. Once you're done with your concert in the Grand Theater, guests simply show their ticket stub at the LEX entrance for free admission to the nightclub, and their evening continues.”

Reinvention has been the hallmark of GSR for the past half-decade, with the gorgeous remodel of the spectacular Grand Theater and the

Ensuring a remarkable guest experience for all visitors is paramount at LEX, where everyone is treated like a VIP. “From the moment you walk in, you're

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Grand Theatre greeted by friendly hosts; you see the bartender; you see the crowd gathering in the lounge,” says Alexandria Cannito, PR pro from Argentum.

“And then you walk into the venue and it's like the world has opened when you step through those doors into main part of the nightclub. You see pops of red; the chandeliers; the lights; the DJ's going; people are dancing; there's sparklers going off from the hosts and there's the go-go dancers...There's so much going on. So whether you're at a table or not, you get that VIP experience just by being here,” Cannito beams.

I interviewed the LEX team leader Edward Josimov, Director Operations, Entertainment & Nightlife to get his take on the success of LEX and the unique experiences if offers club-goers.

RTT: What was the inspiration behind bringing a venue like LEX to northern Nevada?

Edward Josimov: Grand Sierra Resort’s inspiration for LEX is to provide our guests with options of world class Nightlife experience without inflated prices people experience in other markets. Combining global talent, highest standards of guest experience in a beautiful and versatile venue. LEX is available to Grand Sierra Resort guests for Nightlife entertainment, 24 Reno Tahoe Tonight

corporate events, weddings and private parties in a setting that is unsurpassed.

Reno has seen amazing growth within the past five years and Grand Sierra Resort has undergone more than $200 million in renovations, additions and remodels and we felt that it was time to bring a nightlife venue that Northern Nevada has never seen and experienced before. The idea behind LEX was to provide a world-class experience without the exorbitant price points matched with our highest standards of guest service. We wanted LEX Nightclub to bring a brand new energy to the city by offering an approachable and unique nightlife experience, stimulate all senses, bring world-renowned DJs and artists to an intimate venue where you are an arm’s reach away and a place where you can let loose and have fun. This venue is great for out-of-towners and locals alike, and has a cool family vibe. We constantly strive to make everybody feel like a VIP through every touch point.

RTT: How has the nightlife venue evolved over the past four years?

Edward Josimov: LEX has grown into a worldrenowned nightlife experience with the reputation of affordable fun for adults that want to party

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in an elegant venue without breaking their budget. As the LEX team we are constantly striving to find innovate and improve our product whether it’s through guest service, the artists we bring in or the music choice for the venue. We want to make sure that guests feel that LEX is the place to be and be seen and think of us when planning milestones in their lives or just simply planning a night out.

We want to make sure LEX always exceeds every guest’s expectations. LEX thrives on our superior guest experience with the variety of entertainment we offer, from Throwback Thursdays to celebrity sightings, LEX is the only venue that consistently brings the hottest DJ’s to Reno.

RTT: What does it mean for the region to have artists like Diplo and Marshmello coming to perform in Reno?

Edward Josimov: LEX reformed Reno Nightlife when we started booking worldrenowned DJ’s. LEX changed the dull norm of lackluster table service Nightlife and offers a wide variety of celebrity talent that appeals to many different crowds. It’s unprecedented to have these caliber of artists to perform here in Reno and especially in LEX. We feel honored to have an ownership team and executive team so passionate and supportive reach this vision. It’s an exciting time for LEX and we are excited to be hosting these big name artists and to wow them with our venue, hospitality and service. The majority of the artists we bring in love the intimacy

of the venue and can feel the energy and excitement from the Reno crowd. Diplo can’t wait to come back and has stated that he loved the venue, the hospitality, the people who came out and the energy of the nightclub.

RTT: LEX is expanding their party this summer at the newly renovated pool on property. What parties and DJs can we expect to see out there this season?

Edward Josimov: Rounding out the guest experience, Grand Sierra Resort invested 20 million dollars in The Pool at GSR. This allows the Vegas experience without the Vegas prices. By programming the pool with special events, live performances, culinary entertainment and even movie nights, GSR has everything in one hotel so that guests can experience something different every day of the week without leaving the hotel. This pool season is promising a vibe that can cater to those that want to party and those that want to relax. We are excited to offer Reno a different pool experience and provide another reason for guests and locals to visit GSR. We keep guests and locals wanting more. We’re programming the pool with great events which range from culinary events to movie nights to live performances and DJs. The vibe of the pool will be something that guests have never seen before and we plan to kick off the pool season with a lot of great offerings and events for locals and guests.

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RTT: LEX and GSR are redefining the entertainment scene in northern Nevada, and it started with the Grand Theater remodel. Tell us about the changes.

Edward Josimov: Recently, The Grand Theatre underwent a $15 million dollar renovation, including 2,700 comfortable seats with extra leg room and not a bad seat in the venue. This new Theatre has even impressed the celebrity talent that has performed under our roof. We built this new Theatre as a venue that is adaptable to many different performances and includes state of the art sound, theatrical lighting and orchestra pit.

RTT: What acts have graced the stage, and who can we expect to see perform in the coming months?

Edward Josimov: The Grand Theatre has booked a wide variety of talent from Janet Jackson to Kiss, Country and comedians; we have a diverse mix of artists catering a show for everyone. You can see the list of upcoming Theatre events at www.grandsierraresort.com/entertainment-andnightlife/grand-theatre.

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RTT: When it comes to entertainment, what makes this property stand out above the rest?

Edward Josimov: Grand Sierra Resort is one of the largest hotels in the region and offers something for everyone. From Kid’s Quest and Bowling to world-famous restaurants, nightlife and shows. GSR has the largest convention spaces in Reno, expansive Casino floor and entertainment options for the whole family.

We make sure that we continue to provide our guests with the best guest service possible and to also provide a variety of different acts, artists and shows for our guests and locals. We also pride ourselves that we do not offer one bad seat in the house. Whether it’s in LEX Nightclub on the main dance floor when you’re a couple of feet away from the performer or inside Grand Theatre where you have an unobstructed 180 degree view.

RTT: Bringing it back to LEX, tell us about the Fourth Anniversary Weekend. What can guests expect to see?

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Edward Josimov: LEX is planning a big Four-Year Anniversary weekend. Kicking-off the weekend with a performance by Marshmello on Friday, July 20th. This will be his first appearance in northern Nevada and northern California...

And The White Party on Saturday, July 21st. As a 'Thank You!' to the northern Nevada community for their continued support, we will have some great surprises. We're also raffling a complimentary table with bottle service for a year! This is a 5,000.00 value.

nowhere else in the world. We’re focusing on bringing back the fun of going out and redefining the nightlife experience. We want to make sure we continue doing what we do best, which is offering great customer service, bringing in worldrenowned talent and giving you a place where you can have fun.

RTT: How is LEX putting itself on the map this year and further establishing its market leadership?

We recently launched a Throwback Thursdays Weekly Party which focuses on offering a day where there’s not much going on in town and a place for people to hang out and have fun. We have large format yard games, $3 and $4 drink specials, throwback music and no cover. We also brought on a new management team and we're excited to have these individuals bring their background in brand, sales, hospitality and operations to continue to make LEX the best that it can be. The energy that you feel from this new team is electric and I’m excited to see where they take LEX. We hope you’re in for the ride.

Edward Josimov: LEX is redefining Nightlife and entertainment by continuing to bring talent that has never performed in our market, offering guests a variety of high-class entertainment found

For tickets to Marshmellow and other upcoming events, or more information on booking a party or special event at LEX Nightclub, go to www.lexnightclub.com

Warren Phan: DJ Miles Medina will be spinning at The White Party, and we are curating some eye-popping experiential elements that will take the party to another level. It's not going to be your typical night out.

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LIGHTING 10 claypaky A.leda K20 10 Aryton magic blades 24 chauvet 560 1 Martin M6 lighting console F.O.H. SOUND Meyer sound systems 8 JM-1p Array loudspeakers 4 700hp dual 18" subs 2 upa-1p powered loudspeakers 12" 20 ump – 1p powered loudspeakers 5" 2 dual 10" sub (front bar) 2 upj -1p powered loudspeakers 10" 1 Behringer x32 sound console DJ MONITORS 2 upa-2p powered loudspeakers 12" 1 ump powered subs VIDEO 1 Planar video wall – 9×3 each at 27 Monitors.

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FEATURE Text and photos Tony Contini

Artist Allison Patterson – Part 2

In Part 2 of his feature on the multitalented momtrepreneur Allison Patterson, photojournalist Tony Contini explores the modern fairytale relationship between Allison and her husband Jave and their lifelong love affair.

Allison and Jave Patterson are tireless artists and workaholics. Allison has worked in many professions and creates beautiful painted portraits. Jave is a musician and has spent countless hours as an on-air personality and DJ. They push each other towards greatness personally and through their careers.

her, but did her best to be polite. She was also influenced by other factors.

"I love The Admiral David Robinson," Allison said in our interview at her home in Reno.

"I'm a huge San Antonio Spurs fan, so of course I went."

Allison arrived in a purple guest dress and was in awe while meeting the basketball stars.

After the event, her date proposed they continue at the Tesla concert. Allison loves Tesla too, so she complied.

When they arrived, she immediately saw Jave with two strippers under his arms. He was divorced and pulling double-shifts: the seven to midnight on-air followed immediately by a shift partying until the sun came out.

But before forging their families by making a home in Reno, and before their three children became parents themselves, Allison and Jave met in Texas when they were only five years old.

Allison walked right up to him and said, "You must be Jave."

When Allison's parents divorced, they moved into an apartment where she met her future husband, then nicknamed Kiko. She never once heard him called Jave as kids.

His boss had told him about Allison because of his crush.

They were childhood friends who played together throughout the summer. Kiko would chase her around on his bike and once mustered up the courage to ask her to play down by the drainage ditch.

"Let's go look for tadpoles," Kiko said.

Even at her young age, Allison knew something was fishy because the ditch was dry. When he leaned in and tried to kiss her, she kicked him in the shin and pushed him down the embankment.

Young love was born.

At seven, Allison's mother got engaged and they moved away. She and Jave didn't see each other again until they were 25. In true ROM-Com form, when they reunited, they didn't know they knew each other as children.

Jave and Allison did know they would have a future together from their first date. Allison was singing with a band called Acoustic Zoo and Jave was working as a radio DJ. His boss at the time invited Allison to a Spurs banquet in an attempt to try to date her. She knew he was too old for

"You must be Alli," he responded.

There was no realistic way they could continue the conversation with Jave's present company.

He had arrived in a limo with the two girls, so Allison was left with his boss. That's how it ended until three weeks later at a St. Mary's Hospital oyster bake.

A friend of Allison's was going through a bad breakup and decided to take ecstasy in the San Antonio heat. She split one with her before discovering her friend took multiple beforehand.

Her ride suddenly disappeared.

Allison found her behind a giant inflatable Budweiser bottle, eating grass on the ground with her eyes rolled back in her head. Allison freaked out and darted around the event to find an EMT. She saw Jave working the DJ booth and frantically asked if he remembered her. Of course he did.

Jave led her friend to the medical staff who took her away. Allison was still in shock and didn't know how to get home.

"Look, I'm going straight from here to the radio station," Jave said. "I've got to be on the air."

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FEATURE He offered her a ride, but said she had to wait until midnight when he finished his shift. She happily came to the radio station with him. On the ride home afterward, they talked in her driveway for three hours.

A week later, they found themselves conversing and laughing for another two hours in her driveway again. Then by "pure happenstance" Allison had a queen-sized bed in her apartment that needed moving.

"I could really use your help," she said. "I've got this bed that is sitting up against the wall. Can you help me with it?"

I assume he helped her move the bed. They've been together ever since.

"I just so happen to know a lot about beds," Jave said while laughing about the memory.

Before Allison, Jave went straight from high school to college to married with kids. His father was Senior Execute Vice President of USAA and he watched the sadness in him building due to his suit-and-tie lifestyle. It made Jave evaluate his career and life goals at a young age.

As soon as early retirement was a possibility, his father jumped, despite the money he could have earned after just five additional years. He could tell his father's choices didn't yield the outcomes he desired.

"I didn't want to live that way," Jave said. "I won't be a millionaire, but I will enjoy what I do every single day."

Jave considers himself lucky to have Allison. After eight months on the dating scene as a newly divorced DJ, he was fed up with the monotony.

"They all just wanted to party," Jave said. "None of these girls wanted to go to the zoo or museum or do arts and crafts with the kids. Then I met Allison."

Their courtship and first year of marriage were plagued by turbulence. Allison ran away from home the day before her 16th birthday with an abusive, now ex-husband, who's goal was to keep her pregnant and in the kitchen. After she left him, he would consistently try to intimidate every man she dated with his "connections" to the Mexican mafia.

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"When we got together he tried that shit with me," Jave said. "It was a Monday morning and he came banging on the door."

They barricaded it with a dresser and he told her not to worry – he's bluffing. Later that night, Jave put in a call to his legitimate Mexican mafia contacts he had accrued from his stature in Texas radio, and in a couple of hours, her ex was calling to apologize.

The trauma from Allison's previous relationship also affected her two children. On Fridays, Jave would watch her ex's family make weekend promises with the kids, then on Saturdays, he'd find them waiting, staring out the bay windows, week after week.

"I saw these kids being constantly lied to," Jave said. "I wanted to help change their programming and make sure they knew life was not about manipulation. When someone says they're going to do something, they follow through."

Allison became the bionic woman. She reports heightened senses of smell and vision postaccident. Jave could live with the fact she no longer enjoyed cigars (despite her previously managing a cigar club) because now they could share a carnivorous dinner.

"I felt like a basket-case," Allison said. "My favorite word was 'fuck.' I had poor short-term memory and didn't know my own kids. It made me realize how lucky I was to be alive."

The doctors said she wouldn't be able to run again unless she has knee surgery and bone grafting on her hips and wrist.

"Just tell me I can't do it, and I'll do it," Allison said.

She refused the surgery, lifted weights then started running.

"Watch me do it," she said.

After two years of dating, Jave got the chance to be the boss and program his own radio station.

He would gain more responsibility and control while sacrificing Texas' larger market.

For months, Allison was miserable, plagued by mood-swings and writhing in pain. The ordeal peaked her interest in many medical fields because of the attention the staff gave her.

"The move was from market 30 to market 230," Jave said with a laugh.

"I was so shocked by how these people took care of me," she said.

He wanted to make the jump and wanted Allison to come with him. Allison was taken aback. She said, "I'm not crossing the country with two kids and my boyfriend."

Working in hospitals combines her favorite things: adrenaline and making people happy.

Jave took this as the perfect opportunity for change. In between callers at the radio station, he proposed to her over the phone. They left for The Biggest Little City four weeks later.

While Jave's careers have centered around music, Allison's have focused on assisting others. A tragedy that ultimately led her to the medical field, shook their first year of marriage.

Allison and their three kids were in a horrible car crash where she was pronounced dead on the scene. She and her daughter needed to be resuscitated and the inflicted brain injuries caused major changes in Allison's life and career.

Before the accident, she was a vegetarian, never cursed and loved cigars. After, she wanted a god damn steak.

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The accident affected Jave too. This is the second marriage for both of them and he wanted to do it right. During his first wedding, he was scared shitless. This time, he was ready to take the vows and mean every word. Jave said the accident didn't change him much because of how committed he is to her.

"This is my family now," Jave said to himself after the ceremony. "It's my responsibility to keep an eye out for them. This is my purpose."

Their grand babies are now living in their childhood state of Texas. Allison loves to spoil them rotten then give them back to her daughter.

"It's great to find somebody who understood Friday night isn't the time to get blitzed," Jave said. "We have kids, responsibilities and fun."

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rtists in all media need little inspiration to be artful and creative. It's inside them and they are compelled to be makers and to create.

But what if you're a fulltime communications professional, corporate or commercial artist and your 9-5 ties you down to the daily grind, exhausting and depleting your creative juices each day? How does your personal art still remain relevant, fresh and representative of your true voice when you have very little time to serve it. And, importantly, how do you create an outlet for your original artwork away from your job?

Art Slaves Founder Frank Haxton had some of the same questions. Haxton is a commercial advertising photographer /videographer in Reno who travels across the nation and to assignments around the globe including Singapore, Brazil and Europe. Over 20 years ago, Haxton lead a small group of graphic designers, advertising and marketing professionals who wanted to have a co-op art show of their personal work. These individuals all had a passion for creating art with no restrictions. And the name Art Slaves was born.

Unlike in their daily work lives where some communications professionals are directed on what, where and why to create, illustrate or write, Art Slaves affords these unique artists the opportunity to create freely, as a welcome respite from their typical work activities.

After a few successful years as part of Artown, the group decided to make the show a fundraiser, and since then the Art Slaves Show and Sale has raised more than $15,000 dollars for the American Advertising Foundation that annually gives scholarships to University of Nevada and Truckee Meadows Community College communication students.

Here we look at five artists featured in this year's Art Slaves Show and Sale happening July 12 from 5:30pm-8pm at the gorgeous Renaissance Hotel in

downtown Reno. Below each artist responds to the question: How do you balance work life with your creative passion and artistic projects?

Fr an k H a x t o n : In my life as a working professional photographer, I feel blessed that nearly ever day I am given the opportunity to create. But in this career, my work is assignment based, which literally means someone is asking me to create visual art for their needs. I found many years ago that I am happier in my life when I can dream and create art for myself.

I have hundreds of images beautifully matted and many framed, sitting in archive boxes that I created just for me, and I am really happy about that. I am the original Reno Art Slave.

E v el yn Ve n t r c e k : I am fortunate in that my work life is creative and I have regular billable projects on a weekly basis. I spend about four days a week on the computer designing for social media and print i.e. a lot of newspaper and tabloid ads as well as for promotional displays and posters. And [I'm] double fortunate that I work from home, where my home office is only steps away from my art room (full of art supplies like oils, watercolors, brushes and pastels … and a large garage where I have a mitre saw, tools and saw horses… When I am not designing an ad or logo for a promotion, I am renovating my home – both weigh on problem solving skills… Keeping a creative mind keeps it all fun and engaging. My home is only blocks away from the gym keeping me actively engaged and around healthy active folks who tend to make good life choices. Balancing an Airbnb within my home keeps me socially engaged with peoples from all over the world and keeping the shared spaces inviting albeit a “chalk-board” coffee bar or umbrella tables in the back yard for conversations while visiting pets play in the grass. Balance, for me, is more like a circle that goes around and around, sometimes with more sometimes with less always, yet never changing...

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Evelyn Ventrcek bio: Evelyn Ventrcek of Reno, has always enjoyed the fast pace demanding job of being a graphic design artist. Since age six and living in Texas, Ventrcek imagined using her creative side and designing for a living. After getting her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Southwest Texas State University, she traveled to New York and attended the School of Visual Arts to pursue her dream.

Ventrcek is currently President and Senior Designer of Ventrcek Advertising Design celebrating 30 years in Reno, Nevada. Three years ago she moved into a home office and maintains business activities 20 to 30 hours a week. he works with clients to design ads, labels, logos and posters to spark their business as well as brokering Printing. She served as President of the International House of Printers Reno and was awarded 11th District President of the Year in 1993. Photoshop and illustrator are a big part of Ventrcek’s typical workday.

Ventrcek Advertising Design – from five designers down to a solo practice – has designed for casinos, anniversaries, events, campaigns, and companies.

Her favorite projects, are designing art and layouts to promote events. Off the computer she enjoys journaling, hand lettering, oil and pastel painting and mixed media. Outside of her office, Evelyn spends time landscaping, renovating, painting, taking photos and riding her bike to the gym for group cardio and pilates classes.

K ate O' Hara As an illustrator I'm lucky that my work life does revolve around art and being creative, but sometimes I still get burned out working on other people's projects. That's why I try to balance client projects with personal one's, so I can explore subjects that I'm passionate about too. Currently, my passion project is starting up an online store and creating small designs for items like pins, patches and stickers that I can sell to people.

Kate O’Hara bio: Kate O'Hara lives in Reno, Nevada and works as a freelance artist and illustrator. She earned a BFA in Illustration from the University of the Arts in 2014. Since then she has worked with many different illustration clients, while also showing her work in many galleries. She creates nature inspired art that draws people in through it's nostalgic mood and intricate detail. Her lyrical, flowing compositions juxtapose animal behavior with human introspection. When she's not illustrating she's usually outside exploring with her dog Ned.

Tuc k er M o n t i c e l l i I think it's important to always have a creative outlet, even if you work in a creative field and all you do is design during the day, there's still something special about creating your own vision and having something wholly yours to construct and manipulate. I try to force myself to take some time out of each month to create something for myself. It's difficult when you're naturally a procrastinator and already creatively drained from working professionally as an artist, but it can help rekindle inspiration for your clients and professional projects.

My current personal projects include Art Slaves, which I try to participate in every year. This year I was asked to help create the creative and push for other local artists to contribute. For the show, I created a mask as part of the creative branding for the show, as well as five portraits of my sister in the style inspired by Johannes Vermeer and classic chiaroscuro paintings. Additionally, I get to experiment with branding on my upcoming clothing brand Reno Rebellion, which I plan to launch at the beginning of this month. While creating a commercial brand might not seem like personal creative work, it's rare I get to experiment and create branding that I get to creatively control myself, it's very freeing.

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Tucker's Monticelli bio: Tucker Monticelli is an eighth generation Nevada native and a graduate of the Truckee Meadows Community College where he received an Associate of Applied Science degree in Graphic Communications. Monticelli is an award-winning graphic designer, and photographer who currently works as the lead designer for Design on Edge, a boutique-style agency focused on brand strategy, digital media, web design and advertising. Monticelli is an energetic creative who has contributed his talents and expertise through a wide range of mediums and has dedicated his time to providing creative materials and assistance to various local nonprofits in the northern Nevada area. Monticelli's skill set allows him to offer a unique perspective for a multitude of mediums, from print, video, photography and digital. In his free time, Monticelli enjoys photography, snowboarding, and music.

G ilbe rt Leiker I am fortunate that my robot overlords balance my work life / creative life for me. They’ve given me a great day job where I get to make artwork on a computer all day, and a studio at home where I must work (mostly traditionally) to tell their stories of time-travel and their imminent conquest of earth. The stories are downloaded directly to me in my studio and I must draw and paint them from 9pm until 3am.

My cat, who is an agent of the robots, follows me around the studio and notifies them if I am not working by meowing continuously. He also comes in and meows at me every hour for my break where I must leave the studio and give him his mandatory brushing. Typically around 3am, I am allowed to sleep before starting it all over again. The robots have also allowed me to have a girlfriend who takes me traveling to cool places around the world where I can get a lot of inspiration. Although, like my cat, she might just be an agent of the robots.

Gilbert Leiker bio: Gilbert Leiker was born in 1974 in the northwestern United States. He was almost immediately captured by robots and forced into a life of continuous illustration and time travel. During the day he works as a designer and animator for a large gaming (gambling) company.

Once the working day is over, he heads to SubBunker 15 and his drawing table at MOTHbot Central where, under the baleful gaze of the MOTHer O.N.E. Central Synaptic Processing Network, he must draw and draw and draw. In exchange, the robots keep Gilbert entertained with a steady flow of comic books and zombie movies.

His cat assistant, Armageddon helps him stay on task.

Gilbert Leiker artist statement: “I love information. I’ve spent my entire life soaking in news, trivia, history, cats, movies, dreams, music, robots, science, comic books, documentaries, poetry, zombies, art, design and pop culture and turning it into a personal encyclopedia of useless knowledge. I then take that encyclopedia, shred it and tape it all back together in a jumbled mess which spawns its own time traveling, chaos driven narrative."

“I avoid planning most of my drawings, but prefer to let them develop at random as they are being drawn.

Sometimes I’ll cover completed parts of the piece while I work so that I can forget what is already there. A majority of my work is simple pen on paper because it’s always around and I can work almost anywhere."

“My hope is that viewers who aren’t just overwhelmed will have some fun hunting down the recurring characters, symbols and plot lines. Eventually I hope to tell the entire story of the Universe from beginning to end and back again. But not necessarily in that order.”

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Literary Events During Artown?

Since 1996, Artown has been “inspiring community through the arts.” Nevada artists have the opportunity to participate in a month-long summer festival in July. Though you may not think of literary events when you think of Artown, it is fast becoming a very popular category for local writers, poets and fans of literature.

Sundance Books and Music will host Daniel de Vise who will read from his new book released June 5, 2018, The Comeback: Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France. The Comeback chronicles the life of one of America’s greatest athletes, from his roots in Nevada and California to the heights of his global fame at the Tour de France. What a great way to celebrate the day after the Fourth of July. The event will be held on July 5, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.

Like a little wine and cheese while you meet and greet with an author? The Nevada Historical Society will host an event on July 11, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. during their Writing Wednesday event.

An evening of Spoken Word begins on July 18, 2018 at Sierra Arts Gallery. Michelle Myers is a twice-Emmy nominated spoken word poet and has won multiple awards. She became known through her appearance on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam as an original cast member and as a founding member of the spoken word poetry group Yellow Rage.

Billed as a “sizzling summer literary cabaret,” LIT @ NITE: HOT A.F. EDITION (Rated

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R), is not dull poetry readings or academic in nature. “You'll be taken on a tantalizing tour of literary performers, from bookish burlesque babes to lusty lyricists to poetic paramours and more.” I couldn’t have said it better. It’s a night you won’t want to miss, I’m sure.

And I would be remiss if I didn’t share what LeRue’s events are for July. Do you judge a book by its cover? We do in the 4th Annual Amazing Book Cover Art Award. Authors submit their book covers for two separate awards. The “People’s Choice” award, voted by the general public online and at select locations in Reno and the “Judges Choice.” This year the Judges Choice will include an Artown representative as one of the judges.

Books are beautiful but come in many forms.

Stop by LeRue Press for some interesting book sculptures, folded books, and of course, in the traditional “ready to read” style.

For locations and all events during the month of July for Artown, just go to www.renoisartown. com or pick up a copy of “The Little Book” at locations throughout Reno.

MUSIC

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The Biggest Little Sound Variety’s getting pretty spicy around the music scene, with some great news to share for everyone from heavy rockers to raucous rappers. Let’s take a look around, shall we?

A weighty tour There are bands and musicians that go on regional tours, but there are few and far between that go all the way across the pond. That’s what’s happening in August to Weight of the Tide, a metal band from Reno that will play the popular Bloodstock UK festival, which also features heavy 58 Reno Tahoe Tonight

hitters like Gojira, Judas Priest and Cannibal Corpse. Weight also have club shows in London and Milton Keynes as part of this trek. It’s all fitting since the band’s been signed to UK label Undergroove Records for its latest work.

Congrats to these great guys and fierce rockers.

You can learn more about them and hear their music at weightofthetide.bandcamp.com.

Clearly, he’s no amateur On the hip-hop scene, one of the city’s most enduring rappers is back with some new music.

Face your phobia One of the most talked about bands on the punk scene of late is Heterophobia, the spectacularly button-pushing Reno band that brings queer-punk style to our burgh. They recently finished a Vegas-Colorado-Idaho tour and will be playing with traveling bands The Deadrones and Illicit Nature on July 18 at Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor. Hear them at heterophobia. bandcamp.com.

Don’t skip breakfast, dammit!

Finally, if you are a musician reading this, you should know about Balanced Breakfast. This is less about food and more about networking, as the national BB concept opened a chapter in Reno earlier this year. Balanced Breakfast is a monthly morning meet-up for musicians, bookers, writers or really anyone connected to the RenoTahoe music scene. It’s a great place to learn more about the town you play in. Find out more at their Facebook page: facebook. com/groups/bbrenonv ZP Ratik has a new EP called “No Amateur,” recently opened for national rappers Joyner Lucas in Reno and Dex Meets Dexter in Sacramento, and released videos for two songs on the EP. The new music is definitely up-to-date on styles, but with Ratik’s classically strong flow and even some forays into melodic hooks. Check his stuff out at soundcloud.com/zp-ratik or facebook.com/ZPRatikOfficial.

Let me have it

Bass to burn

Mark Earnest is a Reno musician, songwriter and journalist who is currently the singer for Kanawha and the guitarist/singer for Vague Choir. He has been singing since birth and has been in bands longer than some of you have been alive, and then some. Peter Pan or Bon Vivant? YOU DECIDE.

There’s another long-timer on the dance/electronic scene that’s having a party this month. Bass Camp has been shaking the foundations with sound in Reno for six years now, and they plan to celebrate with an anniversary show July 28 at Cargo, Whitney Peak Hotel. It features outta-towners GTA and Bluckgummy as well as locals Benthos, Adiidas and Crisp Rice.

Get details on getting shook at cargoreno.com.

I want to know more about what you are doing, musician!

Post your news to the Reno Tahoe Tonight Fan Page on Facebook and I’ll see it.

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REAL ESTATE Text Shirley Larkins

NEW IS NOT ALWAYS GOOD A hot real estate market like we are experiencing in northern Nevada, makes people excited. The gears start turning as they hear about their friends buying or selling; signs are popping up everywhere and maybe they start thinking about joining the real estate ranks and getting their license to sell. That is all well and good, especially if you have had a passion for real estate, however there are the other people entering the market for financial gain alone.

In the last year we have had well over 1000 new licensees join the Reno/Sparks Association of Realtors. I am sure that you know at least one person who either just got their license or working on it now. I think it is important to consider who you are working with when selling or buying a home as this is one of the most major transactions people have in their financial lives. Just because your cousin got their license or your best friend is getting in the business does not mean that working with them will be the best for you. You cannot let relationship pressures put you in a negative negotiation position. In a hot market like ours, the negotiation is stiff and we are seeing problems and issues that we haven’t had to deal with since 2006; having an experienced agent working for you can make all the difference in how the transaction goes.

No matter who you are choosing to work with there are a few questions you should ask when hiring an agent:

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FOR BUYERS:

FOR SELLERS:

1. How many Buyers are you currently working with? This will let you know their level of experience and the amount of time they will have to spend with you.

Sometimes too few or too many can impact your experience in a negative way.

Though the questions above can apply when selling a home too there are a couple of other things to consider when listing your home for sale.

1. What have you sold in my area? Though agents usually work in all areas of town, sometimes it takes an agent who really knows your neighborhood to present the home in the right way and get top dollar.

The more the agent knows about a neighborhood the more they can do with marketing and finding the right buyer.

2. Do you have a reference list of clients I could contact? See how it was for other people working with the same agent.

For at least 45 days you and your agent are going to get close and be talking on a daily basis. You want to align with someone you like, trust and will do what you need.

3. What makes you different? Why should I trust you to help me find the right home? Agents have their own selling style and also their own levels of professionalism. Some have special designations for working with Buyers, or have taking negotiation certification classes etc. This can make a difference when you are one of five offers on a property.

2. On Average, when your listings sell, how close is the selling price to the list price? This will let you know if the agent knows how to price a property correctly and also how their negotiation skills are.

3. What is your marketing plan for my home?

Though are market is hotter than ever it still takes marketing to get a property sold for top dollar. The more interest you have the higher you can push the bar. Just putting the house on the Multiple Listing Service and Zillow can get a property sold, but it’s all the other things you can do to generate interest that keeps the money in the seller’s pocket.

If you have any questions about real estate or anything related to buying or selling I am happy to help and just an email or phone call away. Protect yourself and your investment because it is in this kind of market – fast moving and ultra-competitive – that mistakes get made.

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“When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.”

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Discover Dickerson Road Nestled between the river and the rails is a hidden gem of an arts community on Dickerson Road.

Even though exploring this little-known neighborhood is fun anytime, on Saturday, July 21st our little collective of businesses and art galleries will be hosting Discover Dickerson, a block party with open houses, food trucks, pop ups, giveaways and more from 10am-6pm.

Start at the corner of Keystone and 2nd. There you will find my shop, The Nest, a diligently curated vintage furniture, clothing and decor store.

After you take a trip down Memory Lane inside the store, visit our pop ups: Vines of The West to grab a vintage-inspired custom chainstitch embroidered patch and Moondrop Earth for unique handmade jewelry. Then grab a Blackout Bingo card from our welcome booth. If you hit each business on the card, you will be entered into a drawing for tons of great prizes.

Next head west on 2nd Street until you see the stunning grounds of Reno’s newest event venue, The Elm Estate—formerly the Chism House.

This newly renovated historic building has gotten a major face lift while still keeping its vintage charm. They will be hosting xxx.

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and creative entrepreneurs. That quaint little white building on the left welcoming you onto Dickerson Road? That’s BGT Gallery. Rose makes amazing jewelry with a free-spirited boho feel. Ask her about her Viking knit if you want to be blown away with the painstaking detail and time that goes into her jewelry. But Rose’s jewelry isn’t the only draw for this space: it boasts an ever-changing selection of art of all mediums in the gallery with work from over 12 artists and counting. For Discover Dickerson, she will coax the creativity out of your kiddos with a jewelry making station.

Next, cross the street where you will find Sierra Water Gardens’ indoor location, a quaint little spinoff of their ever popular outdoor location—a mini oasis of greenery where Sam will give you tons of ideas on how to add some plant life to liven up any space. Love that peacock chair and the other wicker furniture? Those little gems came from The Nest! See, we’re a community not just because of proximity but because we strive to support each other whenever possible.

Once you’ve gotten your plant fix, you’ll be able to snag everyone’s favorite cheeky bathing suits at Strange Bikinis. Whether you’re a one-piecer or two, Ali has you covered—well, unless you like to bare it all, but in that case she has you covered too. Be sure to snag a pair of their collaborative

shades from Tahoe Timber. Sunglasses that float?

Yeah, I already have some. No sense in seeing your sunglasses quickly float out of reach to the deep, dark depths of Tahoe anymore.

Then pop your head into The Wedge Ceramics Studio, a place where clay, creativity & community meet. Become a member and play in clay whenever you want or check out their gallery for wonderfully creative yet functional pieces made from local artists who you just may be able to chat with right there in the studio.

On a normal day, to kill two birds with one stone, drop your car off at CoAuto for an oil change at the beginning of your Dickerson adventure.

Behold the cleanest, friendliest, artsiest auto repair shop you’ve ever seen! Get your car repaired while you wander the aforementioned shops and galleries. On the 21st, CoAuto will be hosting live portrait paintings by Chris Newhard from 124pm, an open art gallery with just shy of twenty local artists displayed and a booth by Rad Thief/ Eighty Eight Studios.

Getting hungry yet? Head west just a bit until you hit Oxbow Cafe & Bistro. Grab a table outside to get wafts of rosemary as you grub down on their delicious food. Affordably priced with large portions? Check and check.

Now for more art. Dickerson is home to two artist collectives: Studio 2035 and Reno Art Works.

Here you can see artists in action. They each rent out a space where their art comes to life. Watch them work or meander through their galleries to see their finished products. On this particular Saturday Studio 2035 will be hosting a workshop so you can channel your inner artist along with them. Can’t make it for Discover Dickerson? These working spaces are open to the public on the third Saturday of every month and for receptions.

All shopped out? No worries. Head even further west to where Dickerson dead ends into Oxbow Nature Study Area for an unexpected dose of nature in the midst of town. There’s a mile long trail that loops from a pond through cottonwoods, past grasslands and back along the river. There’s an amazing amount of wildlife spread out over the 22 acre study area.

What a day! Cap it off by turning your Blackout Bingo card back in at The Nest and crossing your fingers that you win a gift certificate or a one-of-a-kind piece of art from one of the places you visited. Now that you know where we are, don’t be a stranger.

The Nest is located at 201 Keystone Ave, Reno, NV 89503 (775) 284-8841

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TRAINING TIPS Text and photo courtesy of Camille Lyman

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t’s starting to feel a lot like summer here in the Reno-Tahoe area. Some of the unmistakable signs of summer include the weather heating up; everyone starts smelling like sunscreen and people are outdoors enjoying the sandy beaches, the river, pools and parks.

Knowing that Reno-Tahoe is very seasonal, it’s safe to say that everyone would like to wear lighter clothing to stay cool. Along with conquering the heat some are in an excited state to be the best version of themselves. One of the best ways to make sure that you have a great summer all around is to set goals and stay focused on the summer fun and summer goals.

Anyone who seeks out fitness in their life understands that there are a lot of avenues to workout other than just the body physically.

It's very easy to say that food can be a good determining route to take when looking for personal achievements. Goals do not always have to be how many miles we ran before we hit the beach. How about how many clean eating meals we ate during the week to get to the beach? Sounds completely backwards to how a lot of you grew up with learning or not learning about nutrition. Yet food is the winning ticket!

We are all different, as some require different food line-ups or combos, yet the simplicity

of nutrition can be easier through basic knowledge. And yes, this can be found right here in Reno-Tahoe! I really enjoy networking with various food companies in town to help promote a different angle of eating, as opposed to what the classic menu has to offer. The genuine networks are to share the style of clean eating and maybe convince someone to indulge in a nutritious meal that they haven't tried in quit some time to help their personal fitness goals.

Here's some great local restaurants and outlets to check out: Gym Rat Foods Roundabout Grille Liberty Food & Wine Super Burrito The Cup Cafe Too Soul Tea Squeeze In There are many more local eateries and restaurants that really have beautiful healthy menu choices to help you stay focused during the long summer months.

Camille Lyman Owner • Founder of CCF NSL Pro Beach Bikini Athlete Lululemon Ambassador Founder of CamUNITY

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UNITED WE STONED Text Shay Digenan of Pistil + Stigma

FROM

TO Marijuana as an Opioid Alternative The argument supporting the criminalization of marijuana has historically labeled it as a “gateway drug.” Despite the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reminding us that “the majority of people who use marijuana do not go on to use other 'harder' substances,” some states are waking up to the idea that marijuana use might be a gateway to something else: substance abuse recovery.

In a speech addressed to the National Association of Attorneys General in February, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions scoffed at a headline suggesting marijuana may be a solution to opiate abuse, saying that “maybe science will prove [he’s] wrong.” He’s since admitted there “may well be some benefits to medical marijuana,” but it turns out the science he so casually mentioned exists, and evidence that marijuana may be a means to reduce opioid abuse and addiction, is being taken more seriously by state legislators and officials as of late.

NIDA states that opioids are often prescribed because they “contain chemicals that relax the body and can relieve pain.” Sound familiar? It might seem like common sense that marijuana, a substance considered to have medical benefits by 29 states and that has never caused a recorded overdose, would be a good alternative to prescription opioids, which the CDC reports have killed 200,000 people in the U.S. in a matter of 17 years. A study published in JAMA International Medicine in 2014 confirmed this notion: researchers found that between

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1999 and 2010, states that had some form of a medical marijuana program reported 25% fewer opiate overdose deaths than states without one.

Additionally, a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that states that had medical marijuana dispensaries reported a 15 to 35 percent decrease in admission to substance abuse treatment centers, as well as decline in overdose deaths. Research that looked at opioid deaths in Colorado between 2000 and 2015 showed a “reversal” in opioid-related deaths, citing a 6% decrease in the two years following the state’s recreational legalization.

Connecticut, a state that is in the process of expanding its medical marijuana program by adding new dispensaries, could be headed in this direction soon – the state’s Board of Physicians tabled a vote in February on whether to add opiate use disorder and opiate withdrawal to the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana, and is expected to make a final decision by the end of June.

Two bills were introduced this spring in New York that would allow for cannabis products as an alternative to opioids for patients who’ve been prescribed the latter: A11011 and S8820.

Next door in New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy has made it a top priority of his to expand the state’s medical program. He’s announced several changes in recent months that include the ability of patients who suffer from anxiety, migraines, and chronic pain related to opioid use disorder to get a recommendation for medical marijuana. Murphy

also campaigned on recreational legalization within his first 100 days in office and included tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales in next year’s proposed budget, even though it hasn’t officially happened yet.

The Illinois legislature sent Senate Bill 0336, the “Alternative to Opioids Act of 2018,” to Governor Bruce Rauner on the last day of the legislative session, May 31st. The bill text includes an introduction that reminds the reader that “the recorded use of cannabis as a medicine goes back nearly 5,000 years” and cites the opioid epidemic as “the most significant public health and public safety crisis facing Illinois,” according to the Opioid Action Plan released by the state in September 2017. Depending on whether the Republican governor signs the bill, patients in the nation’s sixth most populous state could have the option of avoiding opioids as a method of pain management by the time this goes to print.

While it might take more than some bud to solve the U.S.’ serious opioid problem, allowing patients access to medical marijuana as a safer alternative has already been shown to save lives, and a trend towards offering marijuana as a medical alternative to prescribed opioids is likely to continue. pistilandstigma.com

In 2017, before the legal market was fully functional here in Nevada, Senators proposed a bill that would have allowed nurses, psychologists, and counselors to recommend medical marijuana for patients who were struggling with opioid addiction.

The bill never made it out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, but since Question 2 was passed by voters in November 2016, marijuana has become much easier to access for those who wish to use it as an alternative to opioids.

A shift away from the narrative of marijuana acting as a gateway drug seems to be gaining momentum quickly – in the overall snapshot of legislative activity, the consideration that marijuana might act as an alternative to opioid use is relatively new.

The Drug Policy Alliance has referred to the use of marijuana as a potential “exit drug” for those who have found themselves addicted to opioids.

Weedmaps, one of the most popular online outfits for finding nearby dispensaries, released Exit Drug, a documentary that investigates the possibility that cannabis could be a major factor in bringing the opioid crisis to an end and has dedicated pages on their website to “avoiding addiction, reducing overdose, alleviating withdrawal, and preventing relapse” related to opioid abuse.

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Text Natasha Bourlin Photo by Luc-Antoine Couturier courtesy of Quebec City Tourism

A Multi-Generational Visit to

Historic Quebec City

“Here’s our itinerary.”

A novel-sized sheath of papers exits my mother’s purse. Meanwhile, I’m searching for the digitized version that my email has captive. She wins on producing the info, time-wise. Thanks technology.

We are two generations seeking ancestors on our journey to historic Quebec City. It’s one of the first European settlements in North America, founded in 1608 by France’s Samuel de Champlain. Its riparian perch at the intersection of two major rivers has long offered residents a bounty of trade opportunities and resources.

It’s a region where the past continually meshes with modernity.

Many generations have settled in the area since, forming some of the French-Canadian blood that runs through my mother and I’s veins. This 92 Reno Tahoe Tonight

magnificent, pastoral, lake-laden region and the ancestral secrets it holds spurned our pilgrimage.

Quebec City is one of the last places on my mother’s global bucket list. A former flight attendant, she’s already seen much of the world.

So, as she ages, finding her roots has become priority over random travel. My priorities have also shifted; I want to see as much of the world as I can with the woman who gave me life.

“Do you know where we are?” Mom looks questionably at me. We’re lost amidst ancient streets with startling elevation changes.

Technology wins this round. My phone guides us back to our 1918 loft accommodations, where the structure’s original exposed brick now backdrops industrial-chic furnishings. Surrounding historic buildings house coffee roasteries, funky boutiques and breweries offering some of the best beers I’ve had in years.

Luc-Antoine Couturier Vue panoramique Panoramic view In Quebec City, French remains the primary language, adding to the feeling of wandering about France.

Seventeenth-century buildings are juxtaposed by modern, glass-enclosed structures. Graffiti murals dot the route to the old city. Cars careen down narrow cobblestone streets. Historic churches are now condominiums. Vibrant skirts swirl past antique cannons at the Festival d'été de Québec, the annual July music fest on the Plains of Abraham, where the French once fended off the British.

Forage-to-table would be an apropos dining descriptive for many restaurants that pay homage to longstanding regional culinary traditions, like Aux Anciens Canadiens. Menu items fond in the memories of my mother and I are found prevalently. Eateries exuding aromas of the Quebecoise staple dish, tourtière, that my

Grandfather DuCharme fixed annually invoke visions of holidays past.

At Laurie Raphaël, the history of Quebec is exquisitely shared through multiple courses of decadent, innovative cuisine paired with exceptional Canadian wines. There, we share tales old and new for hours, reveling in too rare togetherness. We haven’t found ancestral info yet, but in this North American vestige of European culture, we’ve gained treasured patience with and insights into each other.

And we took home a printed copy of the menu for posterity. Because paper, technology and even experiences may be ephemeral, but memories can last a lifetime.

Natasha is a freelance travel writer and walking cultural cornucopia.

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