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DANCE 28 An evening of Spanish Flamenco music and dance

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FASHION 42 Timeless Collective

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Beats and Community 60 Reno As Fuck 3rd Anniversary

HEALTH 66 Ayurveda

LIT 70 Do You Like Crawls?

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Arts Activist Geralda Miller Part 1

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've always wanted to meet everyone. We don't get to meet anyone from the past because they're dead. We can't meet anyone in the future 'cause we'll be dead. So, I always found it to be frustrating (and a real gyp!) that we never get to meet everyone in our own lifetime. Sure folks like The Pope or Obama get to be in the company of throngs—perhaps hundred of millions of people that they get to see and wave at. But in my calculations, if I simply counted for 8 hours a day and took 2.5 seconds to utter a nine-digit number, it would take 237 years just to count to the number one billion! And if I'd started at birth and used every second to count, and never slept, ate or drank, it would have only taken me about 79 years.

I'm not meeting everybody...

But, as a journalist, I am in the ideal occupation to actually meet a ton of interesting and talented people—and I love that.

One of the people that I love and admire in our community is Geralda Miller. She's a mighty fine, one-of-a-kind, no-holds-barred, straightshooting, spitfire, doer, mover and shaker in the arts community, who is in love with art and life.

The co-owner of Art Spot Reno, Miller has had a distinguished career in journalism and the arts at the Associated Press, Reno Gazette Journal and the Sierra Arts Foundation. Readers may know her from her art tours on the playa at Burning Man (where she is right now as I write this piece), or her work with coordinating the Reno Mural Fest or Art Walk, or perhaps from her work on the Reno Arts and Culture Commission. But I realized that I didn't know almost anything about her early life and career. To remedy that situation, over the next two issues we shall meet Geralda Miller and I think both friends and strangers alike will enjoy who she is, where she's been and how she got here.

Oliver X: How did you arrive at this place as, for lack of a better term, an arts activist?

Geralda Miller: When I think about my childhood and my life growing up as a military brat (my father was in the Air Force), we lived

in many different cities. I was always exposed to culture and to art, through our travels. We were exposed to quite a bit, probably, you know, more than many. I went to high school in Athens, Greece. I would ride by the Acropolis every morning and afternoon going to and coming from school. And to have that kind of cultural vista be a part of my life, just really enriched me and I developed a strong appreciation for art and beauty and culture. Living in and traveling to different countries in my many different careers, I always say that I am a reinvented woman.

I had the opportunity to work in retail for many years as a Fashion Buyer for department stores and specialty stores. So, a couple times a year I traveled to Europe on buying trips and then went to Asia and traveled to countries in Asia to develop products.

Oliver X: For which store?

Geralda Miller: Oh gosh...Foxmoor, which is out of business now. And Charming Shops was another one, which was out of Philadelphia, and JC Penny.

Oliver X: Were you in Juniors?

Geralda Miller: I was the Junior Bottoms Specialist [Laughter]...And Junior Bottoms Buyer. And then I became a Product Developer for JC Penny for their private label brands in the Women's Department.

Oliver X: At that time, what was your educational foundation that allowed you to do that?

Geralda Miller: None! This was me being in retail.

I started out as a cosmetics girl with The Broadway department store. I started with The Broadway in Tucson and then went to Los Angeles to their management training program. This was in the late 1970s...I remember my first trip to Paris. I was an Assistant Buyer when my Buyer took me to Paris with her and we went to all the different Paris fashion shows. So I was seeing this high fashion and I was attracted to color and design. Fashion is Reno Tahoe Tonight 9

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art. So I think I always had that kind of natural interest in art.

I also remember going to the museum for impressionist art. I went there and fell in love with the art. They eventually moved the impressionist art years later to the Musee D'orsay. Every time I went to Paris I always took a few hours to walk that museum. That's how much I loved the impressionists. Looking at Monet's “Water Lillies� and all the different artists and their paintings and sculpture, brought me a sense of awe and serenity 10 Reno Tahoe Tonight

that I just loved. So I did that a lot. I did enjoy seeing the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum.

But I never was a big fan of the Louvre.

Oliver X: You're an African American woman abroad. How was that for you culturally?

Geralda Miller: I learned early on how to maneuver in the main stream culture and felt that I benefited strongly from that.

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Oliver X: The definition of dual consciousness.

Geralda Miller: Absolutely. Yes. W.E.B. DuBois all the way. At the time you don't realize what you're doing. I didn't see the value of what that was, but it was my experience. And it wasn't until I think my twenties, when I was wearing my blonde Afro and my bell bottoms that I really and truly got in touch with the black power movement and appreciated that and appreciated what was happening in America. That I saw that I had a privilege that many didn't have, and an understanding having been in white culture.

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ART Oliver X: You were not segregated in Europe, so there was more access, at least somewhat...

Geralda Miller: In the late 1960s, we were living in Los Angeles. I was going to Ascension School on 111th and Figueroa. We lived on 105th and Hoover, ya know, in Los Angeles. Those were formative years. I remember the Watts Riots. My father's car was riddled with gunfire because he was in the military and his was a military car. So I remember that time clearly. Going from that to the 70s I had a strong appreciation for what was happening in America at the time.

When my father was stationed in Athens, he wanted to have his car shipped overseas. But he had to drive his vehicle across the country to do so. This was in the late 1960s. It was winter. He had to drive through the southern states. My mother refused to drive with him and go with him. She said, 'Oh, no I'm not going to the south.'

I said, 'I wanna go!” I wanted to see what was happening in the south. I was hoping to see a water fountain that said “Colored Only.” I wanted to experience what was happening in the south.

It was me, my father and my Chinese Pug Sammie Wong Tong. My sister and my brother and my mom flew from LA to New York. We went through the southern states and went up and dropped the car off in Delaware.

Oliver X: You really did drive the States.

I've done that trip many times.

Geralda Miller: Oh yes. But I gotta tell you every day my dad made me put on my nicest clothes when we were in the south.

Oliver X: Sunday best...

Geralda Miller: I had to get up every morning and put on my Sunday best and he put on his uniform. He drove in his military uniform and we never experienced any racism. I was so disappointed. [Laughter]...Because I wanted to see it. I think my father was pretty wise to make sure we were prepared and that we were dressed in a certain way going through those southern states.

Oliver X: Talk about school.

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Geralda Miller: I ended up going to school after JC Penny. I went to college after JC Penny and I asked myself what I wanted to do next in my life. I had my own consulting business at that time working with companies on how to target minority consumers. My biggest clients were The World Bank, USAID, Home Shopping Network...I worked with BET. I worked with Mr. John H. Johnson at that time and helped them align with the Home Shopping Network. I was living in Dallas, Texas and going to Ghana.

The World Bank hired me to go to Ghana and help them produce a product called Africa Can Compete Too. I worked with manufacturers as a textile expert with them and visited manufacturers in factories in Ghana and worked with them on exporting their product.

The next thing after that was Southern Methodist University. My parents were both born and raised in Texas. When I asked myself what I wanted to do next in my life, for some reason I decided that I wanted to be the next Cokie Roberts or Nina Totenberg. I decided I wanted to be like one of them on NPR. I was playing a lot of tennis at that time and I was playing with a woman who was the director at NPR in Dallas, Texas. So I said to her, 'Hey, I wanna go to school and become a journalist and I'd like to take some of your reporters out to lunch.' She arranged it I asked them 'What do I need to do to become one of you?' And they told me to get my degree and to definitely get some internships. I said, 'I can do that!'

So, I was going to SMU and when it came time to get my internship, I called my friend and said, 'OK, I'm ready for my internship now, how much do you pay?' And they said that they did not pay their interns. I said, 'Now wait a minute, I'm a grown woman with bills to pay, I've got to get paid.' At that time I just happened to have a chance meeting with the Bureau Chief at the Associated Press. I was seated next to him at a luncheon and I asked him, 'Do you need an intern and what do you pay?' He said 'Yes, we have an internship program and yes we pay. Come see me.'

[Laughter]. And that was it...

In Part 2 we move ahead in time and look at the many projects Geralda is undertaking that is helping to change the landscape of the Biggest Little City. artspotreno.com

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The Daily Grind of Life in Reno

I first discovered Mark Maynard in Kim Wyatt’s Tahoe Blues, a collection of musings on life at the lake. That was before I was fortunate enough to call him a friend and before he was awarded a Silver Pen from the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame at the University of Nevada, Reno. I liked what I read, so I was thrilled when my book club selected his book as one of our monthly reads.

Maynard’s first short story collection, Grind, takes a look at the grittier side of Reno life: the old casinos, the truck drivers who pass through town on their way to who knows where. As he writes in the prologue: “Reno is a permanent station on the always moving bicoastal commerce line whose 18-wheel diesel locomotives cannot be confined to iron rails.”

Reno is as much a character in this collection as any of its human characters. It’s not hard to imagine the city providing a home, temporary or permanent, for its people, a safe space to figure out who you are and what you’re supposed to be doing with your life.

The heart and soul of this collection lies in the language of the storytelling. The language is simple, but says a lot about Reno as a town. In Deadheading, a story about a man driving an empty big rig up and down the highway as an homage to his dead mother, we get a glimpse of downtown Reno at one point. “The bleached concrete of unlit casinos through the curtain of ashy flakes made the buildings look like a row of immense bones.”

If you’re studying the art of storytelling, especially the art of writing short stories, Grind is an excellent place to start. The human characters are relatable. They’re everyday people trying to survive life. In the first story, Jackpot, we meet a homeless man who saves all week to enjoy a buffet, but 16 Reno Tahoe Tonight

ends up winning a large jackpot. While that’s something you can’t imagine happening anywhere else, it’s reads like a typical Reno experience.

In Penned, the final story in the collection, we find ourselves following along as a group of prisoners work to corral a band of wild horses in the desert of the Great Basin. There is a clear struggle between the men and the horses, but by the end, they have found a common ground; prisoner and horse working together in harmony.

Writing short stories is a delicate balance of needing to have strong characters and the ability to tell an entire story in ten to twenty pages. You have to hook the reader immediately because it’s over almost as soon as it has begun. You don’t have 300 pages to entice them to stick around.

Maynard does a beautiful job of having strong human characters and placing them in a city that takes on human traits itself in each story. You won’t regret picking up this collection.

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COVER STORY Text Oliver X Cover illustration by Rob Williams Photo of Seedless 10 Den C by David Strelz Photo of Jelly Bread by Ashley Robinson Reno's rich history as one of the entertainment capitals of the world in the mid 20th Century is well-documented. Long before they helped put Las Vegas on the map, The Rat Pack used RenoTahoe as their playground and some of the giants of jazz and popular music played The Mapes and rooms like The Trocadero. In more recent years, artists like 7 Seconds and jazz man UNR alum Brian Landrus have broken through and gone on to fame, in wildly divergent music genres over sizable gaps in time.

But Reno's current musical scene faces some significant challenges:

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There's only a handful of professional music venues to perform in for a region of over 440,000 people.

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Bands play way too often locally, diluting their draw over time.

Most Reno-Tahoe musicians are clueless about publishing (the 401K of the music business), music libraries, song catalogs and know little about potentially lucrative song placements.

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Most bands are not media savvy and struggle to win radio, TV and print exposure for their gigs and new releases.

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Reno-Tahoe bands are ignorant about how to build a successful tour.

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Legendary recording engineer and University of Nevada Recording Instructor, Tom Gordon (Ozzy Osbourne, Dr. Dre, The Beach Boys) owner of Imirage Sound Lab, runs an exceptional recording arts program at his studio that is broken up into three cells over 16 weeks, where small class sizes give participants an intimate setting to learn the essentials of modern audio recording:

Cell 1:

5 weeks. Lecture covering: History of Recording Acoustics Foundations Analog vs. Digital Console design and signal flow Microphone design and application

Musicians seeking ways and means to advance their career goals and broaden their horizons have slim pickens in the Biggest Little City. Even more concerning is the fact that far too many local bands have sub par recorded material and remedial musical chops that desperately need sharpening before they can even lay down a professional recording, or pursue their national touring and record industry aspirations. Many bands find out the hard way that the real work has to be done in the rehearsal room and in pre-production, long before they book a professional recording session.

But there are resources out there, and plenty of bright spots that dot Reno's local musical

landscape. South Reno's JamPro Music Factory is one of the most exciting music entities for stage and light rental, new instruments, lessons and gear to arrive in Reno in ages. With state-of-the-art everything, they're a subject for an entire feature by themselves.

Cell 2:

5 weeks. Hands on tracking seminar with a guinea pig band. Covering: Setting up Micing Headphone mixes Tracking drums, bass, guitar and vocals.

Cell 3:

6 weeks. Hands on mixing seminar where we mix what we tracked in the last cell.

Covering: Editing Pitch correction Volume Panning Equalization Compression Noise gates Reverb and delays Band leader Rob Russo of the Asphalt Socialites finds value in industry mixers like Balanced Breakfast (locally hosted by Remi Jourdan of Tune Trax), which holds monthly gatherings in cities nation wide to help musicians, bar/venue operators,

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music promoters, talent buyers, producers, sound engineers, media, radio, record label and recording industry professionals connect and share information, opportunities and resources. Though Russo laments the fact that there are so few quality music venues in Reno, he says what he appreciated most about Balanced Breakfast were the contacts.

“Bands and solo artists becoming more aware of each other.” Russo also gained knowledge. “Some radio people like Willobee Carlan (NV89) and Steve Funk (Neon Agency) helped us all become aware of some internet tools to help with getting the most exposure when dropping an album...

Good stuff.”

When asked what Reno-Tahoe bands can do to improve their professional prospects, Jourdan says, “[Bands] must know how to better promote their shows online, but also on the street.” Jourdan also 22 Reno Tahoe Tonight

noted that bands need to “get proper epks for media outreach and booking purposes and stop playing three shows in a single month.”

Carlan, whose non-commercial station NV89, has committed to spinning one local Nevada artist each hour (and their catalog has swelled to over 235 Nevada bands!), says “I've seen a lot of apathy [with regards to show promotion, exploiting opportunities and follow through]...

So, step one, cure the apathy.”

These kinds of fundamental best practices have still not truly been internalized by local bands.

Enter The Music Mothership, an ambitious artist development organization created and spearheaded by founder-musician Grady Holdridge, lead singer of Reggae-Rock group Seedless 10Den C. Though still in development, the organization is kind of an amalgam of taxi.

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com meets bandcamp.com, but with a terrestrial component that includes a clearinghouse of resources and professionals offering everything from member discounts on music lessons, instruments and equipment, to club bookings and educationals.

In that sense, Holdridge is kind of like Reno's own Noah, gathering musical contacts two-by-two to build out a repository of professionals dedicated to helping Reno-Tahoe bands become better and improving the quality of the scene here.I speak to Holdridge, who has a considerable entrepreneurial background (and several undergraduate degrees in business) about the Music Mothership over a sensible pancake breakfast at PJ's on Wells Avenue in Reno.

Grady Holdridge: I think the best way to articulate what the Music Mothership is, is to say it's a subscription-based artist development

company, with many tentacles that spring forth from the word “music.” Another way to look at it is to use the metaphor of the old telephone operator switchboards that would connect callers from a central hub. The Music Mothership is designed as an over arching “conduit” tying musicians together with: • Retail discounts on instruments and supplies.

• Huge savings on streamlined web design, and graphic arts for show fliers.

• Video profile service and platform when musicians are looking for band to join or start.

• Booking service for live music.

• Local show calendar with real-rime updates.

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COVER STORY Oliver X: Why do you think the Music Mothership is important for Reno musicians and bands? What void do you think it will fill?

Grady Holdridge: There are three basic players involved in live music production: the musicians, the venues and the promoters. The consensus, in all of these arenas, is that there are very good players, venues and promoters, and there are others that need work. In short, the “scene� is a wild west show in each one of those components.

It's not organized. We're trying to organize the music community and improve functionality, uniformity, professionalism and consistency, so that there's a standard and a template to help elevate the music scene here.

Oliver X: Other scenes and other cities like LA, New York and San Francisco have unions. How is the Music Mothership different from a musician's union?

Grady Holdridge: This is basically a volunteer army. We want to have certain protections for the bands, for the venues and for the promoters. That revolves around establishing best practices and ensuring that everyone who has skin in the game is on the same page.

Oliver X: Are some of Reno-Tahoe's music scene issues self-inflicted? For example, bands here play bars with shitty sound systems, poor sight lines and no stage, no print promotion and no real amenities. Venues that open and operate without dialing in their sound systems and arrays to the acoustics in the room. The list is endless...Being a musician and being a great musician are two different things. How will Reno's scene improve at the fundamental level of musicianship?

Grady Holdridge: Self-inflicted? Absolutely.

There has to be some discipline in all three components: with the musicians, with the venues and with the promoters. One of the artist development aspects we will be doing is going to band rehearsals for bands we are considering bringing into the fold and giving notes; communicating with club owners about their profitability and working with promoters to ensure best practices are executed. Venues have to up their game for sure and that's a process.

Oliver X: Describe what membership means when people sign up for the Music Mothership?

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Grady Holdridge: Our subscribers will use the Mothership as a networking tool that saves musicians time and money. When it's fleshed out and fully realized, musicians will not have to search for vendors and resources to build their careers, they will enjoy a one-stop environment for vocal lessons, guitar lessons, band personnel, discounts on gear and equipment, graphic design services, printing and merchandise production services.

Oliver X: A one-stop shop connecting musicians to promotion, management, touring, booking, lessons, recording, under one umbrella...That is insanely ambitious. What does your dream scenario look like for this scene in the next three to five years? How do you see bands plugging into the service and discovering it?

Grady Holdridge: It starts with our Music Mothership launch event September 14, featuring Jelly Bread and Seedless 10Den C at Bartley Ranch, which will raise awareness and offer our initial memberships for free through December 31. It will cost nothing to join through the end of the year. Then starting January 1, 2019, the membership fee will be $9.95 per month. We'll be tapping competent teachers and instructors and industry professionals from all aspects of the entertainment business. People can then plug in and use the services.

Three to five years in I see our educational component fully realized for the development of young artists and musicians seeking to hone their crafts. At this stage we are using word-ofmouth, earned media, radio and print advertising and social media to spread the word. We are collaborating with local charities in order to give back along the way as we build. But the best advertisement for the Music Mothership is the success of the local scene. And we're committed to that developmental process and evolution.

Tickets for the launch of the Music Mothership, Friday, September 14, 2018 4pm-10pm, at Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater 6000 Bartley Ranch Road Reno, NV 89511, featuring musical guests Jelly Bread and Seedless 10Den C can be purchased through Event Brite at tinyurl.com/yao9dkla. A portion of the proceeds go to benefit Mom's On the Run and to launch the Music Mothership. Attendees can enjoy craft beer from OnTap and food from Espinoza's food truck. Plus, you can enter to win a $500 raffle prize!

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An evening of Spanish Flamenco music and dance

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Text Oliver X Photos courtesy of Savannah Fuentes

Reno Tahoe Tonight is delighted to welcome back to our region Spanish dance virtuoso Savannah Fuentes and her talented ensemble of accompanists (Jose Moreno and Pedro Cortes), for two engagements in Reno and Lake Tahoe respectively, on their 21-date tour which will take them to Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Nevada, and Colorado.

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Jose Moreno

Born into a family of famous flamenco artists Estrella Morena (dancer) and Pepe de Mรกlaga (singer), Jose began his flamenco career at an early age, His debut was at the famous Tablao Costa Vasca in Miami. Jose continued his studies with the Great Manolete, Farruquito, and Andres Marin and Cajon Percussion with Manuel Soler.

Jose has been invited to perform in various companies, and worked with distinguished artists such as: The Great Manolete, Joaquin Ruiz, Pastora Galvan, Jose Cortes Pansequito, Jose Luis

Rodriquez, Roberto Castellon, Pedro Cortes, Jose Valle Chuscales, Basilio Garcia, Paco Heredia, Elena Andujar, Jesus Montoya, Zorongo Flamenco Dance, La Tania, Miguel Vargas, Nelida Tirado, Antonio Hidalgo, Curro Cueto, Ruben de Maria, Gonzalo Grau, Edwin Aparicio, Amparo Heredia, Antonio Granjero and Omayra Amaya. In 2001, Jose choreographed and performed a collaborative work with his mother Estrella Morena, and with renowned flamenco singer Carmen Linares with the New World Symphony Orquestra at Lincoln Theater in Miami. In 2007, Jose performed with the internationally known Isabel Pantoja as a cajรณn percussionist, alongside flamenco guitarist Jose de Luna. Also in 2007 With David Bisbal in Premios lo Nuestro Also performed in 2010 in the 7th annual Panama Jazz Festival, and Carnegie Hall in New York City

Pedro Cortes

Pedro Cortes, Comes from a family of Spanish Gypsy guitarists and began his studies with his father and the esteemed Flamenco guitarist Sabicas. Having toured professionally since the age of 17, he is gaining international recognition as a soloist and composer. He has premiered his work En la oscuridad de las minas at the Teatro Albeniz in Madrid, he had works premiered by the Carlota Santana Spanish Dance Company at the Joyce Theater in New York. He has two books on Flamenco, El Dron del Faraon and Cruzando el Charco, published by the American Institute of Guitar. Mr. Cortes, was commissioned by the Cohen Brothers to compose music for the film Paris Je TAime. He also wrote music for a children's program on HBO called Fairy tale for Every Child. He has toured with Jose Greco and Maria Benitez, La Conja and has performed with such artists as Farrucita, La Tati, Merche Esmeralda, Manolete and the late Lola Flores.

He has been guest artist with the St. Louis Opera and the New York Grand Opera, and has been commissioned by and performed as Musical Director with the Guthrie Theater In Garcia Reno Tahoe Tonight 29

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Lorcas BODAS DE SANGRE. Mr. Cortes is artistic director of his own Flamenco group, and also Musical Director of Palo Seco. Cortes is a third generation Flamenco guitarists and uses the experience passed down to him by his family to maintain the purity of Flamenco while creating new compositions.

Savannah Fuentes

Savannah Fuentes, born in Seattle to parents of Puerto Rican and Irish ancestry, is one of the only touring artists in the Pacific Northwest region with strong links to Flamenco culture. She studies both baile (flamenco dance) and cante (flamenco singing) and has toured throughout the states 30 Reno Tahoe Tonight

of Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Montana, Idaho and Arizona. She has independently produced over 200 performances and workshops featuring internationally recognized Spanish Flamenco Artists such as Jose Anillo, Saray Munoz, Jesus Montoya, and Juanarito. She has studied with artists such as Guadiana, Joaquin Grilo, Eva Yerbabuena, El Farru, and Isabel Bayon. She attributes her formation as an artist to her most significant mentor, Maestra Sara de Luis. She continues to evolve as an innovator and performance artist. savannahf.com

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EVENTS Text Oliver X A Bowie Celebration Saturday, September 29, 2018 at the Silver Legacy - 8pm The David Bowie Alumni Tour features key musicians from late artist's bands Photos Steve Rose Photo of David Bowie Ron Frazier

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was 17 and throwing my first party in public in an empty store front across from my community college. I'd talked the owner into renting it to me for cash. My setup was janky: one turntable and a boom box. My first record spun: Bowie's “Ashes to Ashes,” a nod to one of my all-time musical heroes. I studied Bowie; bought all his records; read all his biographies and was inspired by his total commitment to artistic immersion in his creative process, in his image cultivation and in his expression of his musical intellect.

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Bowie, arguably one of the most underrated bandleaders of all time, worked with some of the greatest musicians on the planet for the majority of his career. It will be Christmas in September for me, as an all-star lineup of Bowie band alumni (the heavy hitters who toured and recorded with the artist for decades) comes to Reno on the 29th of this month for A Bowie Celebration at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino at 8pm.

Featuring stalwarts like Earl Slick, Gerry Leonard, Carmine Rojas and Mark Plati and anchored by longtime Bowie keyboard virtuoso and bandleader Mike Garson, the longest-standing member of Bowie’s bands who performed for both his first and last concerts in the United States, as well as 1,000 concerts around the globe, A Bowie Celebration will be an unforgettable evening of Bowie favorites from over 40 years of hits, memories and deep album cuts.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Mike Garson by phone in advance of the group's Reno tour stop.

Oliver X

: How did this tour celebration come about and what role did you have in making it happen?

bands over the years and what has happened is that the fans, based on surveying and being out there (and having done maybe 200 interviews in the last two years), the fans wanted the alumni.

Now a lot of the alumni have passed... But they came to want many of the ones who were with David in the last few years. So, there was me on piano, there was Gerry Leonard on guitar (he was the music director on the Reality Tour).

Occasionally there's Mark Plati (who will be with us through September, he's a guitarist who produced Earthling and toured with us during Heathen). There's Carmine Rojas who played on “Let's Dance,” “Modern Love” and did the Spider Tour with us, he's on bass. There's Earl Slick, who's been with me since 1974, he joined with David about two years after me – and his son's playing drums. So the band is very strong and over the years I'll just be bringing in different alumni as I find them and see them and if they're available. Like Gail Ann Dorsey is working with Lenny Kravitz so she couldn't do it with us. But if she's available she'll stop in on a show. That's how it came about. And it sounds like the bands who backed up David. So the band is very strong.

It's the closest you can have without David that we can get...I use two, three or four different singers and guest artists to sort of capture, from their viewpoint, these different songs.

Oliver X: Mike how did you and David meet?

Mike Garson: We met in 1972. There was a very

good avante guard singer who he knew and I had played on her album. Her name was Annette Peacock. David knew her and when David came over to the United States for his first American tour to do Ziggy Stardust, she recommended me since he didn't come with a piano player he just came with Mick Ronson and Trevor Bolder and “Woody” Woodmansey. So she recommended me; I was hired for eight weeks and he couldn't get rid of me.

Mike Garson

: So this group is now called “A Bowie Celebration.” There's been a lot of tribute

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Oliver X

: Obviously I gotta mention the “Aladdin Sane” solo you're so known for. To me I hear an influence from Cecil Taylor in your playing on that track.

Mike Garson: Yeah, good observation...

Oliver X: How did you arrive at that solo

which was so discordant, yet sparkling at the same time. Talk about how you work shopped that to get that sound.

Mike Garson

: Prior to my years with David, I have to admit, I didn't know who he was.

Oliver X

: [Laughter] Oh! You’re kidding.

So you were a jazz head back then.

Mike Garson

: Totally. Totally. McCoy Tyner.

Cecil Taylor. On and on-which is what you're hearing. That's what I was doing. Now, I come to the recording session and I hear this great song and he says 'Play a solo.' And my first solo was a Blues solo. And he says, 'No, that's too obvious.'

And my second solo was a Latin solo cause I had experience playing Latin piano music in New York. And he says 'No, that's too obvious.

Can't you do something avante guard? You told me you played on the avante guard scene in the 60s, can't you do something like that?' I said, 'That's why I'm not working Saturday night.'

He laughed and said, 'Leave that to me, I know how to place it in there and make it work.'

So, it was one take. And that's what came out.

I didn't play that way on jazz gigs, cause I played more Bebop and occasionally I played some of that, but mainly I was playing straight ahead jazz. That solo came out, don't ask me how.

Maybe I thought to myself, If David could play the piano as well as me, what would he play?

So maybe I played it through his eyes. You know what I'm saying'?

Oliver X

: Yes! I do, because that solo seemed to influence the sax lead and deeply impact the tone and feel of the entire arrangement.

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: Yeah, it was my luckiest day basically of my life. Because I've played on thousands of recordings, hundreds of my own, and nobody talks to me about anything except the “Aladdin Sane” solo.

Oliver X

: You toured with Bowie forever.

What's your favorite era and why?

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Mike Garson: That's a hard question because I

played with 13 different bands with David. I played over a thousand shows with him, which I had the biographer count. There were literally 976 concerts and there was probably 40 or 50 TV and radio appearances, so there was over a thousand. The next people closest to that number of shows would be Carlos Alomar; Earl Slick probably at six or seven hundred shows...And who would have known? Because I swear to you I was only hired for eight weeks! There was a long period of time I was playing jazz with Freddie Hubbard and Stanley Clarke, Stan Getz and other people. I was with him in that heyday between '72 and '74 and then again from '92 through the end of the last tour which would have been through the end of 2004. Then I played his last concert with me, him and Alicia Keys in a private AIDS benefit in 2006. It was a long career. In the first two years I played with five different bands, and he fired them all except me.

Oliver X: [Laughter]. Wow! Mike Garson: And the reason for that wasn't

friendship or personal...It was because he was changing styles at a rapid rate, from the Aladdin Sane to Diamond Dogs to Young Americans, for example in those three, I was able to play Gospel, I was able to play Pop, I was able to play avante guard. Because that's the music I was brought up with. I lived in that eclectic world from as early as 1960. At 14 I started playing professionally and I was hearing all that kind of music. So, unlike most jazz musicians, I didn't have any separation. To me it was all just music. Whatever I heard, I played. So David was so intuitive, he was able to pull out of me everything that I had ever thought about, practiced or created. In a funny sense – and I didn't know this at the time – history has shown this to me over time as you get older...He basically pulled the history of Jazz and Classical music out of me, the best that I knew it, and placed it on his music, which then elevated his model. Because he was a guy with a great Rock band and he's putting all of this wild stuff on top of it. And that led to him doing it, even on his last album with Donny McCaslin and those guys. Jazz was always there and I was one of those people who resonated with him from the beginning, because he played Jazz saxophone himself. He studied in England with a great sax player and while he didn't develop the skills like the people he hired (like when we had David Sanborn in the band), he still knew what it was and his basic spirit lied in the creative process.

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He knew who to hire when and at what period of his life and he made very few mistakes in terms of musicians throughout his career who he hired.

Every one of them is superb in his own way.

Oliver X

: He probably retained you because you had the most musical range and scope – plus the virtuoso chops. You might have played like he thought...

Mike Garson

: I really believe that. And when we connected in that creative process that you're talking about, it was just amazing that it occurred, because we were very different types of people who lived in different worlds. But that's the beauty of how he could pull in forces from all over the place and put 'em all together. He was a great producer and visionary aside from being an amazing songwriter.

Oliver X

: What do you feel that you learned from David that made you a better musician?

Mike Garson

: That's a really good question.

Many things actually. That when you played on stage or in the recording studio, you didn't diddle daddle. You took no prisoners, you went for it.

You didn't hold back at all any intention to get that music conveyed. That was the strongest thing I learned. And then I learned to be myself.

Oliver X: To be myself...

Mike Garson: To express my voice and to not

be a copy of all the great piano players that have existed—even though we all have influences. It was still my voice, done my way. He was very encouraging about that. And I'm still learning from him with his passing because he never made excuses with his art. He just did what he felt in his inner mind and he didn't let the outside world influence him. I'm still learning that.

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Band Bios

Mark Plati

Mark Plati has been involved with music since the age of 10, beginning with snare drum in the elementary school band. He played on his first recording session with Duke Ellington's jazz

ensemble at the age of 16, and was subsequently drawn to sound and the recording studio where after moving to New York City he began to work with such diverse artists as Quincy Jones, Janet Jackson, The Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, Lou Reed. Nina Hagen, The Cure, Duncan Sheik, Dave Navarro, and Al Green to name just a few.

In 1996 Mark co-produced David Bowie’s ‘Earthling’ album, which marked the beginning of a period where he produced, recorded, mixed, or performed on most of Bowie’s musical output until 2003. In 1999, Plati began a 3 year stint as Musical Director and guitarist/bassist with Bowie, performing with him in Europe and the U.S. at such shows as the Glastonbury Festival, NetAid, the Montreux Jazz Festival, VH-1 Storytellers, The Concert for New York, and the Area 2 Tour with Moby. He supervised the live execution of two complete Bowie albums - ‘Heathen,’ and the 1976 classic ‘Low.’ On A BOWIE CELEBRATION, Plati says “It's a pleasure to reunite with band mates to perform the music we played with David. The response from the audience is a nightly reminder of how much his music still touches people. For those of us who had the privilege of playing with David, it’s a joy to be able to share it with audiences and each other.”

Carmine Rojas Carmine Rojas toured the world with David Bowie, playing bass on several multi-platinum hits such as "Let’s Dance", "China Girl", "Modern Love" and "Blue Jean” on the Serious Moonlight and Glass Spider tours. He’s also recorded and toured with Julian Lennon and Rod Stewart as musical director and bassist. In addition, Carmine has recorded and toured with the likes of Tina Turner, Keith Richards, Stevie Wonder,, BB King, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and many more.

Rojas explains “It is really inspirational to witness how excited the audience gets with each song we play. It’s like people are reminded how prolific David’s music was and they can’t stop singing and dancing. Fans can’t believe they are actually hearing the music as it was originally recorded by original musicians of David’s bands. That’s what sets this apart from anything else. It’s truly a spiritual event. I can’t wait to continue the Celebration!”

Bernard Fowler Bernard Fowler’s talents as a singer, songwriter, producer and instrumentalist have resonated

throughout the span of his extraordinary career in the music industry. His dynamic vocals have appeared on hundreds of albums for bands as diverse as The Rolling Stones, Herbie Hancock, Ryuichi Sakamoto, John Mayer, Rod Stewart, Robert Plant, Duran Duran, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Michael Hutchence, Michael Buble, Philip Glass, Yoko Ono, Alice Cooper and Bootsy Collins, and many more.

Bernard is most widely known by millions of people around the world as the background singer and percussionist for The Rolling Stones, a position he has held for 30 years and counting. He has recorded and toured with “the world’s greatest rock n’ roll band” to nearly every continent, appearing on 14 Rolling Stones albums.

Gaby Moreno Since moving to Los Angeles from her native Guatemala, singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno has achieved remarkable success as a musician. She has been nominated for an Emmy and won a Latin Grammy for Best New Artist. She has released four albums, toured with singers Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, Punch Brothers, Hugh Laurie and Calexico, and has shared the international stage with pop music luminaries such as Bono, Andrea Boccelli and Van Dyke Parks.

In 2006, her song, “Escondidos,” took the top prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, the first contestant in the Latin category to win Song of the Year. Moreno’s career started moving quickly. She co-wrote the theme song of the television series “Parks and Recreation,” which was nominated for an Emmy in 2010. That same year, she recorded the classic song “Smile,” by Charlie Chaplin, for the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove.”

And she performed “Toast to Freedom,” a song commemorating the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International, first with Kris Kristofferson on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, then in Dublin where she shared the stage with Angelique Kidjo and Bono.

Moreno says “It's a dream to be a part of A BOWIE CELEBRATION, a celebration of David Bowie's monumental legacy. Each night I pinch myself when I look around the stage and witness the world class musicians who played with him. This show is a musical experience unlike any other!”

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Corey Glover

Joe Sumner

Even before forming the pioneering, Grammy winning, platinum selling rock band Living Colour, Corey's incredible talent as a personality and as an artist was brought to the attention of director Oliver Stone. The famed movie maker decided to cast Corey in his Vietnam epic, Platoon. Corey has also appeared in the films The Keeper, Reunion 81, and Loose Women.

Joe Sumner is a singer-songwriter and bassist for the rock band Fiction Plane. Sumner, a native of England, learned to play guitar and drums when he was a teenager, and was inspired to write songs when he heard Nirvana's album Nevermind.

An accomplished musician and singer, in 2017, Number toured with Sting on the massively successful 57th and 9th wold tour.

As a founding member of Living Colour, Corey helped prove that not only could black guys kick out the jams, but that they could be embraced by a vast expanse of fans. Living Colour earned numerous industry awards including back-toback Grammys for Best Hard Rock Performance of 1989 ('Cult of Personality') and 1990 (Time's Up) and emerged as one of the most influential rock acts of all time: regularly selling out arenas and selling millions of albums.

On A BOWIE CELEBRATION, Sumner says “This band of Bowie alumni is full of people that David himself trusted to bring his visions to life.

Now they’re the perfect stewards to keep his spirit alive and it’s such an honor to be part of it.”

Then, with the revival of Living Colour once again, Corey found himself once again singing to soldout audiences around the world mesmerizing them with his captivating vocal performances.

On joining A BOWIE CELEBRATION, Glover says “I am so looking forward to returning to the Bowie alum, jamming and sharing the music of Bowie with the world – the most brilliant thought provoking music ever conceived!”

Lee John Lee John is a multi-instrumentalist songwriter and producer based out of Los Angeles. In addition to writing and recording his own music, Lee is a member of the band SayReal and just so happens to be the son of Bowie alum Earl Slick.

On A BOWIE CELEBRATION, Lee John says “Having grown up watching Slick (aka Dad), Gerry, Mike and the whole Reality Tour band play with David, I never imagined I’d be on stage performing with them – and what honor it is! I’ve been deeply humbled by these shows, the intense love for Bowie we feel at them, and the opportunity we have for connection with the fans at each show we do in celebration.” *Not all performers on all dates

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The Novelists @ Hawkins Amphitheater at Bartley Ranch 7pm. Saturday, October 6, 2018

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he Novelists are a nationally touring pop/rock group with multiple lead singers. They’ve built their sound around storytelling and four-part harmonies. After a prolific year of writing and recording new music and filming a new music video, The Novelists are ready to pack the tour bus and hit the road again. Please join them for a proper tour send-off show at the spectacular Hawkins Amphitheater at Bartley Ranch Regional Park on Saturday, October 6th. To purchase limited and discounted advance tickets, please visit thenovelists.com.

“The past two years have been a whirlwind of creating new art and touring to bigger and bigger audiences across the country,” says Andersen, co-lead singer and keyboardist for The Novelists. “We’ve always been overwhelmed by the support of our Reno-Tahoe family and can’t wait to play for everyone again at Bartley.”

The Novelists consist of Reno’s own, Joel Ackerson, the aforementioned Andersen, UNR alum bassist Zack Teran, and the newest member of the group, Miguel Jimenez-Cruz.

“Our new drummer was playing with Zach in all kinds of jazz combos around town. So when we needed a new guy he was the first guy we called,” notes Andersen.

The Novelists released an EP in June called “Withdrawal” that has an intentional

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Country-Americana flavor to it, according to Andersen. “Our October show at Bartley is really more of a tour send-off event before we go on the road again, rather than a release party,” he emphasizes.

The group did a music video for “Above the Hiding” also in June of this year, that's just being released. The video was directed by Brian Evans and shot by he and Tyler Bournes. The video concept was created by Joel Ackerson.

New music is also on the horizon for the mates.

“We recently did some pre-production work here in Reno with noted producer Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Train),” Andersen states. “He's producing our next batch of recordings. We're going to be going down to LA in September to work on tracking at Matt's Studio Deluxe.”

Fans of The Novelists will want to jump on the limited advance tickets that can be purchased at a discount off the door price by visiting thenovelists.com.

For more information on The Novelists, visit their website or find them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Spotify.

Here's a link to the recently released video for “Above the Hiding,” enjoy! youtube.com/watch?v=-y3ibgfICJ8

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FEATURE Text Oliver X

Kenneth Allen and Amplified Entertainment Building Beats and Community Amplified Entertainment crew photo courtesy of J Savvy Photo of Kenneth Allen Artistic Stop Amplified Entertainment and its founder Kenneth “DJ Kentot” Allen have put down roots in the soil of our community that go much deeper than rockin nightclub dance floors. The ubiquitous promoter and his DJ/promotion crew truly put community first. Their reward? Massive success and brand recognition. And other accolades pour in, as Reno News & Review's Best of Northern Nevada Poll recently for named Amplified Entertainment “Best Promoter” for the umpteenth time in a row.

Popular gym owner and fitness expert Camie Cragg Lyman, raves about Allen's community commitment in his business. “Ken Allen has been an influential man in the Reno/Tahoe community while intermingling music which

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brings happiness and energy to each event that he works. Not only does Ken understand the beauty behind music and entertainment, we found that when he worked with us here at Camie Cragg Fitness that he understood how to connect people and personalities as well. Ken does a great job of radiating with passion and energy for his clients and community...CamUNITY will be forever grateful and appreciative of all that he has done!”

I caught up with Allen as he prepares for another jam-packed month of parties and community service.

Oliver X: What's Amplified's mission?

Kenneth Allen: Our mission is to unite our community through music! We strive very hard to be the 5 Star brand who so many people refer to and entrust in for all of their entertainment needs.

Oliver X: Who is Amplified's team and how did you build it?

Kenneth Allen: Our team consists of many passionate individuals who are considered family. Amplified is a very versatile brand with so many branches growing. It’s truly a blessing to have so much support within our community. In the past year, we’ve added our “Community First at Amplified” and “AmpliFit” brands to our arsenal.

We will continue to expand our brand and it’s resources to increase our overall reach throughout Northern Nevada.

Oliver X: What are the highlights of Amplified's show calendar for the rest of 2018?

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Kenneth Allen: • “Camel Races” 9.7, 9.8 & 9.9 at Virginia City Fairgrounds • “Club Sexy Movimiento” 9.15 at Millennium • “Hispanic Heritage Night” 9.15 at Greater Nevada Field (Post Reno 1868 FC Match) • “AmpliFit” 9.30 at Greater Nevada Field • “Outhouse Races” 10.6 & 10.7 at Virginia City Fairgrounds • “RedRun” (Zombie Run) 10.13 at Virginia City Mainstreet • Zombie Crawl / Slaughterhouse 10.20.18 at Greater Nevada Field • “Fright Fest” 10.26 at Greater Nevada Field • “Halloween 2K18” 10.27 at Millennium • “Freaker’s Ball” 10.27 at Millennium • “Reno High Husky Harvest” 11.3 at Silver Legacy • “Winter White Carnival Fundraiser” 11.10 at Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel • “Winter White Carnival Official Afterparty” 11.10 at Opal Nightclub (MontBleu Resort) • “NYE” 12.31 at (TBD)

Oliver X: Talk about the work Amplified does in the community and how you select your projects and campaigns.

Kenneth Allen: Throughout the last few years Amplified has AMP’d up it’s focus on our community because there are so many organizations and individuals in need. We realize that we are blessed to be in business for so many years and we owe it to our wonderful community to continue to give back! It’s fully reciprocated in so many ways and we’re just so fortunate to be in the position to be able to help so many people. We are NOTHING without our community!

Many of our current projects are now approved by our new Community First Coordinator “Hanilet Barroga” who reached out to us after seeing our heavy involvement in the community.

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Here are a few community campaigns Amplified is involved with below: • Monthly Visits to the Renown Children’s Hospital • Breast Cancer 2 Bikini • Suicide Prevention Walk • American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life • American Heart Association’s Cycle Nation • Northern Nevada RAVE Family Foundation • Special Olympics’ Polar Plunge • Build a Bear Workshop’s for Kids • Safe Kids of Washoe County • Washoe County Education Alliance’s Run 4 Education • Pinocchio’s Moms on the Run • Pinocchio’s Runway for Life • Justin Hope Foundation’s Spring Forward for Autism • Justin Hope Foundation’s Hugs for Heroes (First Responders) • Asher’s Miles for Miracles • Boys & Girls Club of Lyon County’s Night in the Country This list continues to grow more and more every day due to our willingness to lend a helping hand to our community!

Oliver X: What do you think is the future of local music in northern Nevada and what innovative ways are you seeing people promote shows now in the region?

Kenneth Allen: In our opinion the future of the northern Nevada local music scene is very bright with many added venues supporting live music throughout all types of genres.

And promotionally, social media is at an all time high so it’s very hard to innovate when it’s now right at the tip of your fingers. It’s hard to tell what is working for other promoters, but we at Amplified still heavily utilize guerrilla marketing that has always been our forte; but we also do not discredit the effectiveness of ALL platforms of social media.

Oliver X: Fallen heroes: Danny Utu. Offer our readers a remembrance shout out to this brutha...

Kenneth Allen: Where do I begin? Danny Utu was a mogul in our community and paved many ways for our youth! It was a very tragic loss to our community and whomever got the opportunity to know Danny knew that he was a rare breed and as genuine as they come. I was extremely fortunate to know Danny and his family and he will forever have a place in our hearts! His Legacy will surely live on through his beautiful children!

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FEATURE Photo of Mojo Green by Eugene Ghymn Polychromatic Studio Photo of Anthony Lee and Tyson Schroeder by Oliver X

RENO AS FUCK: 3rd Anniversary In the ten years I've called Reno home, change for the better has been a slow and steady constant. Reno managed to get through the recession, landing on its feet years ahead of schedule, but not soon enough for most people's taste. The brain drain is ebbing, as hipsters and the city's best and brightest – who used to flee the culturally desolate region as soon as they could—are instead staying in town and opening up hip shops, eateries, bars and ice creameries. The intrinsic Renoness of the city's neon-lit motels, its unique outsider art, maker and thriving Burner culture and Mt Rose's snow-capped peaks make Reno a pretty interesting place to feel both present and away at the same time.

With a now solidified higher educational footing to feed industry; an enlightened corporate recruitment apparatus in EDAWN; year-round outdoor amenities and scenic landscapes that are unrivaled, and a thriving theater community and an eclectic art scene, Reno (whose motto used to be Reno, So Close to Hell You can See Sparks) is primed to start rewiring its twisted circuitry of negative self-talk through local first-person narrators— rather than by out-of-state ad agencies and sloganeers who don't live, work or play here.

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attractive relocation destination. Yes, Reno is actually adding to its population!

But many locals are already experiencing the down side of growth. The rapid gentrification of Reno's Midtown corridor; the outlying suburban sprawl diminishing wild life habitat, and the skyrocketing commercial and residential rents are immediate challenges for which there are few ready solutions. Reno had the fourth largest residential rent increase in the nation last year and there seems to be no end in sight due to the paucity of housing options for recent transplants.

Last I checked Reno has a whopping three weeks of housing inventory.

Clearly there are more than a few shamelessly greedy landlords capitalizing on Reno's newfound shine and increasing status as a tech and startup mecca. But squeezing the locals and small business owners right out of entire neighborhoods has been the fallout from that greed. Businesses, couples and young families who do not want to move are being priced out. Entrepreneurs are folding up shop. In this climate, some people are quite zealous about their protection of what they see as the loss of a uniquely Reno way of life.

That's where Reno pridesters Anthony Lee and the recently engaged Tyson Schroeder (you lucky devil) come in. The mates had a simple idea of how to express their cult-like adoration for their beloved adopted Biggest Little City: They would

YOUR INVITED. September 8, 2018 at Revision Brewing Company in Sparks plaster the phrase “Reno As Fuck” everywhere they could, on stickers, on t-shirts and on all kinds of swag. And they would state this phrase with pride, unprompted, in idle conversation, and incessantly express their love for all things Reno; from Fourth Street hookers, Aces Tattoo and the Awful Awful, to The Little Waldorf, Shea's and the Wine Walk.

They're these guys aren't schticking (like the holy-frikin'-snopes-juniper creebus-you-gottabe-jokin-my-ass-Remo-Sriracha guy), these millenials are serious as a heart attack about their “movement.” And it's kinda catching on as a catch-phrase in Reno, and beyond— like when hella was on everyone's lips in the Bay Area.

Do not underestimate Lee and Schroeder.

On sheer chutzpah alone I expect to see every manner of chotskie imaginable, branded with the Reno As Fuck logo.

Case in point Reno As Fuck, the beer. Reno As Fuck is now a refreshing brew; an American Double / Imperial IPA style beer brewed by Revision Brewing Company in Sparks, Nevada.

Admittedly, such sophomoric, low-brow expressions of pride as “Reno As Fuck” (try using it in a sentence not sounding like “Dude, that's Reno As Fuck! Huh-huh-huh-huh.”) turn me off as too kitschy. But as cosmopolitan as Reno's future might someday be, Reno is low-brow; Reno can be kinda corny and Renoites do occasionally need a pep-talk. (Fun fact: Levi's blue jeans were invented here and um, that actress who played Mary Ann in Gilligan's Island who you said you'd fuck? She's from Reno. Feel better now?) And Reno does continue to be years behind the times in a

myriad of ways. Just try to get a decent Boulevardier in this town for chrissakes!

People feel passionately about Reno and are willing to cuss about it. That emotion is authentically expressed by Lee and Schroeder and the love they hold for their cause and their city. It's kinda refreshing—especially if you never rushed a fraternity in college. And I find myself rooting for the idea of Reno As Fuck as a mind state, and supporting the existence of the strident, yet tongue-in-cheek goofiness of the slogan and its unlimited potential as a positive, albeit ironic mantra. There's nothing pejorative about Reno As Fuck, unlike other slogan's like “Reno Famous.” The fact that people are starting to say “Reno As Fuck” on purpose is hilarious to me.

Hell, I committed to running an entire quarter of Reno As Fuck column features in RTT this year! And when I wear my Reno As Fuck t-shirt ($20 while supplies last), I get laughs, smiles, fist pumps and hell yeahs literally all day. It fits Reno and its irreverent subculture perfectly.

So I meet up with the earnest lads of RAF during happy hour to take pulls off my new Huni Badger intoxicator (because it's “Reno As Fuck” to dab in public from a 700-degree monster vape pen, while enjoying my favorite beer, the barrelaged “Return of the Highlander”) at The Depot.

You'll now join the Reno As Fuck interview already in progress...and in decline.

Tyson Schroeder:...I don't think we're at a point yet, where we can decide or judge how our success as a community can positively or negatively impact our own future. I hear a lot of rhetoric about how 'Reno is going to shit!' But ya know ten years ago I heard a lot of rhetoric about how shitty Reno was. To me it's a long game.

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Mojo Green

I'm not here for the next year, I'm here for the next 30 years, and everything that's coming into Reno now is valuable in some way. It's not It's infrastructure we can build on, and if Tesla leaves tomorrow we will all be just fine.

Anthony Lee: I think the city itself is what built the movement, but I think it's an ideology that we're pushing: Do whatever the fuck you want to do, because that's what Reno has done and it's working so far for the city.

Oliver X: Jammal Tarkington famously once said, “If you suck, Reno will suck. So don't suck and Reno won't suck.” Real shit!

Tyson Schroeder: And never listen to the detractors. Any time somebody has a good idea, there's a thousand people standing around waiting to tell them that it's a terrible idea. The only real way to find out is to execute the idea all the way through...There's more respect for trying and failing than for never trying.

Tyson Schroeder: People who love this city will always love this city and will continue to work to make it better and cooler and more edgy and more real.

Anthony Lee: I'm a Nevadan. I was born in Las Vegas and came up here for school and fell in love with the city and how unique it is compared to other cities in the U.S. I'm proud to be from this state and am proud to have been raised here, educated here and to have started a business here in this state.

Oliver X: What do you guys hope to inform people about with Reno As Fuck? What's your mission?

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Anthony Lee: And Reno As Fuck is a perfect example of that. Think of trying to start a company with the word “Fuck” in the title and trying to make it popular or cool or a thing. Two guys in the city who met randomly did that. And we're not even from Reno!

Tyson Schroeder: And we haven't been able to buy a single Facebook ad! [Laughter].

Anthony Lee: No advertising has been purchased; the only advertising we have is stickers and

FEATURE t-shirts with our logo on them...Now we have a beer can with our logo on it.

Anthony Lee: We really want to show people that you can do anything you want.

Oliver X: I was in Downieville, California a few weeks ago for the Downieville Classic bike race.

This is a town of like 240 people and Two Guys Pizza had Reno As Fuck IPA on tap and on the menu, clear as day!

Tyson Schroeder: It depends on how much hustle you have. Those are our favorite people; the ones with a ton of hustle, who get things done. Who break their own back and their own bank.

Anthony Lee: Revision Brewing Company has distributed that beer to over 30 or 40 cities now.

It's across the country right now. It's in Las Vegas. Ironically, my dad has worked at the Budweiser distributor Nevada Beverage for the past 27 years. Revision goes through them when they go to Las Vegas. Two seeks ago two crates of Reno As Fuck beer showed up at the warehouse and people went nuts!

Oliver X: I want a can of that!

Anthony Lee: Come to the party on September 8th. There'll be more than enough Reno As Fuck beer.

Tyson Schroeder: It's really so easy to drink and you drink it fast, but it's like 9% abv. So, two will get you fucked up and you're toast. It's kinda like a metaphor for Reno. Everybody comes here, soaks it all and then they get drunk and get weird for a little while. And hopefully they stick around long enough to sober up.

Anthony Lee:...To figure out who the hell they are...

Oliver X: Where do you see all this going?

Anthony Lee: The idea is to push the movement.

When we started this, the goal was never to make millions of dollars. We had this idea; we want other people to see this idea. How do we push that if we can't pay for advertising? Collaborations and licensing deals. Partnerships. We're exploring a bunch of different options in that realm now.

There could be a cannabis product here pretty soon; there could be a coffee product here pretty soon. The beer was a proof of concept and now we're ready to push out the brand. Even to other cities. Places that haven't heard of Reno before.

Tyson Schroeder: The key is working with people that we respect. Reaching too high or too low is always a pitfall of business...

Anthony Lee: People full of piss and vinegar and free high fives. [Laughter].

Tyson Shroeder: You're either in or you're out.

You're either going as hard as you can, or you're not.

Oliver X: Outside of “hipster,” what's the most authentic way to express Renoness? What is Reno youth known for? Drinking? Partying?

Grit? This is your generation...

Tyson Schroeder: See I think you're off-base. I think that Reno is known for starting from nothing and making something out of it.

Oliver X: So, “grit?”

Anthony Lee: I think “grit” is a great word to describe Reno. 'Cause grit is the person who's going to work a long-ass day and have a smile on their face while they're doing it.

Oliver X: Tell me about the party.

Tyson Schoeder: So, last year we did a really cool party that was a lot of fun. We had some great local bands. Since then our partnershio with Revision has been great for both of us so we decided to do this year at Revision Brewing Company.

Anthonly Lee: In their brewhouse.

Tyson Schroeder: They have been gracious enough to hook us up with stage, lighting and sound and all the necessary things. We teamed up with Steve Emmerich at Fresh Bakin'. He's bringing the Great Bingo Revival, which is the most epic version of bingo you could ever imagine. It's definitely an all senses version...If Reno was gonna do bingo, like, then this is how it should go. It's exciting; it's fun. It's not your grandma's bingo. It's irresponsible and ridiculous. We're lucky enough to have Mojo Green come on after that. They're co-headlining.

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HEALTH Text Oliver X Head shot and orange tank beach image Peter Spain Flyer images Bishop Bautista

Ayurveda BODY | MIND

Ayurveda brings your body back into balance emotionally and physically. I've noticed a better mood, more vitality, better energy, better sleep, and optimal digestion. - Marla Richardson Registered Ayurveda Practitioner “In Sanskrit ayur (life) and veda (knowledge), is translated to 'the science of life' and is the primary form of health care in India and one of the oldest forms of medicine in the world,” says yoga and Ayurveda practitioner Marla Richardson, who was introduced to the Ayurveda lifestyle during her yoga teacher training. “Ayurveda is the sister science of yoga,” says Richardson, who wanted to get all the education she could about the training, but found no programs in the state of Nevada. “I found one in California and so I commuted and did that for certification.”

Now a registered practitioner of Ayurveda (she received her certification in 2014), Richardson gives private nutritional consults and Ayurveda treatments (such as the shirodhara, which is the most popular oil treatment in India for the third eye and crown, it's a continuous flow of herbalized oil), relaxation treatments and reflexology.

“I also lead group cleanses twice a year, but you can do them every season, the way you'd change the oil in your car,” Richardson notes. “When the seasons shift, the dosha shift in your body-- Ayurveda is grounded in the doshas – the five elements, and vata, pitta, capha are the three doshas. They're all found within us and they're grounded in ether, air, fire, water and earth in different ratios. So, somebody could be more dominant in one and that would be their primary body type or emotional constitution and that would be their dosha.”

Richardson's clients come from all walks of life and from around the region. “I do Reno, Tahoe, Carson...I either go there or my my students come to me,” she emphasizes. “The practice fits well into the yoga and wellness communities here in town.”

Richardson's clients rave about her services: 'I started Ayurvedic yoga with Marla after I broke my ankle two and a half years ago. I thought it would be a good option to physical therapy and get me walking again. I had no idea she would change my life! I have learned a holistic approach to self care, full body strength, balance, stretching, and mindfulness. She glows with love and kindness, making our classes twice a week inspirational, peaceful, and fun.' - Current Ayurvedic yoga student Karla Peters-Van Havel, PhD and University Of Nevada, Reno Professor 'After working with Marla, I am eating better than I ever have before and feeling the difference. Between rock climbing, yoga, high intensity runs, and my legal practice, I've noticed a huge improvement in my digestion, energy, and mood. Knowing what foods and spices to eat and the profound yet simple Ayurvedic principles of eating have altered my life in the most positive ways. Plus her relaxation treatments are incredibly effective.' - Long-time client John Stephenson, Attorney I ask Richardson, who has completed four bi-annual group cleanses to date, what she has coming up this fall. “I'm holding a group cleanse in October. It typically takes four days. It's a plantbased, organic vegetarian eating plan. It's all very simple recipes that you can make at home. They're whole, cooked foods. The meal plan can be altered to accommodate a vegan diet as well. It's a very traditional Ayurveda cleanse; you eat a very simple, clean diet. There's certain herbs involved. It's a great segue for anyone who wants to try cleansing, because you don't have to fast and try to not consume anything.”

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AYURVEDIC FALL GROUP CLEANSE

With Registered Ayurvedic Practitioner Marla Richardson

5 day cleanse using a delicious whole cooked food, vegetarian (or vegan) eating plan with instructions to assist toxin elimination through diet, herbs, and holistic therapies.

Includes full cleansing protocols, recipes available in digital or printed format, and online support group.

Option to register for $10.00 catered meals RSVP @ MarlaRichardson2@gmail.com SEARCH 'AYURVEDIC FALL GROUP CLEANSE' TO REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE

Wine Walk

SEPTEMBER, 15

2-5pm - $20

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A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS BENEFIT DRESS FOR SUCCESS. 5:15PM RAFFLE AT THE JUNGLE MUST BE 21.

LIT Text and photo courtesy of Janice Hermsen

Do You Like Crawls?

If you live in Reno, Nevada or come here often to visit, you might be familiar with crawls. We have Beer Crawls, Santa Crawls, Zombie Crawls and in September, the Nevada Humanities Lit Crawl takes place from noon to 8 p.m. featuring keynote author Gabby Rivera, author of Juliet Takes a Breath and Marvel Comics’ America series.

If you think this is not for you, think again.

The Nevada Humanities provides a full program designed to entertain the entire family with readings, workshops, panel discussions, art, food, music, some dance events and even a scavenger hunt.

The event is creative, structured “like a book” and broken into Chapters. Plan ahead and don’t miss a chapter! Guidebooks will be available online and in print at Sundance Books and Music and at the venues during the event.

Some of the participating venues include Sundance Books and Music, Downtown Reno Library, The Loving Cup, Bibo Coffee and the Nevada Museum of Art. Program Manager, Stephanie Gibson, had no idea how this event would be embraced by the community and continues to produce an event that is educational and enjoyable for everyone. In 2017, there were 4 chapters and over 60 contributors.

The best way to attend the Lit Crawl, according to Nevada Humanities. is to plan ahead. Entry to all Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl sessions are free. They recommend you stop in and out of readings if you want to see as many authors 70 Reno Tahoe Tonight

as possible. Be respectful of readers and other participants as you come and go but treat it like an adventure. You can tweet to @nvhumanities and mark your tweets with #litcrawlnv. Follow them on Instagram at nevada_humanities for news and updates throughout the day too.

Writer and storyteller Gabby Rivera opens the event at the Nevada Museum of Art. Gabby’s critically acclaimed debut novel Juliet Takes a Breath was listed by Mic, a digital news company, reporting on the most important issues and diverse perspectives that challenge conventional thinking, as one of the 25 essential books to read for women’s history month (March).

You won’t want to miss the Epilogue After Party at Sundance Books and Music on California Avenue. There will be live music, food trucks and more. Enjoy your day and let me know what you thought at janice@lrpnv.com.

Saturday September 15, 2018 / 12 – 1:30 pm Nevada Humanities presents the Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl Keynote Event, featuring keynote speaker, Gabby Rivera, the author of Juliet Takes a Breath, and the writer of the new Marvel series America—featuring the first queer, Latinx teen-girl superhero. Gabby is the keynote speaker for the fifth annual Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl, which takes place on Saturday, September 15, throughout the California Avenue corridor. For more information about the Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl and for the full schedule of events, visit nevadahumanities.org Janice Hermsen is a columnist, publishing consultant, radio host and Media Director of the NSAEN International Film Festival.

In concert

DEBE FENNELL Love & Other Strangeness

Spend an intimate night of music with Debe Fennell and friends, as she shares her favorite songs and insider stories from the music business. This will be a rare 2-hour performance where you'll hear her sing all genres; from Ella to Adele, the Eagles to Kenny Loggins, Stevie Wonder to Boz Skaggs, Sam Smith to Justin Timberlake, and Bill Withers.

Accompaniment by John Shipley & Band Signature drinks and other libations served by Silver Peak Brewery.

Thurs., September 6, 2018 8:00pm – 10:00pm

National Automobile Museum 10 Lake Street | Reno, NV 89501

Ticket Price: $25 Purchase Tickets: http://bit.ly/2AQnZgE

RENO STREET PHOTOGRAPHY Photos Eric Marks ericmarksphotography.com

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TRAINING TIPS Text and photos courtesy of Camie Cragg Lyman

There is nothing better when getting involved with fitness and health to know more about what foods to incorporate to your daily life.

As we can turn to different internet sites or Pinterest for the latest and greatest, I like to share the old school recipes that are very simple yet tasty and super healthy!

These suggestions for your daily calorie, energy and fuel bank can give you the optimal energy and performance that you seek. If for any reason you become bloated, irritated or nauseated from these foods, that is your body's basic alarm system recognizing that one of the ingredients doesn’t jive with your internal being. Be aware and enjoy the recipes that are so simple yet so nutritious!

Apple Steel-Cut Meatloaf Whisk together uncooked 6 egg whites 3 cups of steel cut oats (let oats soak in water 3 hours prior to making) 1 full Fuji organic apple (grate) 1 scoop flaxseed 1 scoop vanilla protein mix 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup walnuts cinnamon nutmeg

Instructions

Preset oven to 350 Fill a loaf pan up half way Cook for 30 minutes or till light brown on top With 10 minutes left top both pans with cinnamon. Recipe cooks two loaf pans.

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Stuffed Bell Pepper with Quinoa Lean ground beef/bison Jalapeño Chopped onion Garlic Black pepper Sauté all in a pan with olive oil, sea salt and pepper, tomato paste.

Instructions

Mix it in after cooked, then stuff in half a bell pepper. Bake at 375 for 35 min (until the pepper is soft) Quinoa and of you don’t like Quinoa substitute with Brown rice with olive oil chives and a little lemon juice.

Banana-Nut Pancakes 2 bananas 2 heaping tablespoons chunky almond butter 4 eggs Dark chocolate chips, optional

Instructions

Mash bananas in a large mixing bowl.

Combine the bananas with 2 heaping scoops of chunky almond butter (any nut butter or use peanut butter if you prefer) and blend with eggs in the bowl. Mix well and scoop a quarter of a cup of the mixture on to a hot griddle or flat pan over medium heat. Wait for bubbles to appear then flip and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Top each pancake with a sprinkle of dark chocolate chips (the darker the better), if you prefer, and serve. Enjoy!

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UNITED WE STONED Text Shay Digenan Policy Analyst Pistil and Stigma Inc.

R E D + BLUE = GREEN

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of the most serious ills of the politically polarized climate currently gripping the United States is the notion that we can assess an entire region’s opinion on certain hot button topics. Overgeneralization of ideology based on location, undoubtedly a side effect of the electoral college, shows in the way we talk about “red” and “blue” states in nearly every conversation about modern elections.

Marijuana, both medical and recreational, has exposed what a weakness that method of prediction can be, however. Typically perceived as part of the liberal agenda, pro-marijuana stances have crossed party lines big-time at the state level in the past several years, most recently in Oklahoma.

A state that was 100% red in the 2016 Presidential, Senate, and House general elections became the 30th state to legalize medical marijuana in some form when Question 788, a ballot initiative, was approved by 57% on June 26th. The mere fact voters acknowledged the validity of medical cannabis is not itself too surprising; 17 states have legalized the medical use of cannabis in some form or another since 2008, including stereotypically conservative ones, like North Dakota, Louisiana, and Arkansas.

The shock instead comes from how expansive Oklahoma’s program is set up to be.

The program will allow patients and caregivers to possess up to 11 ounces of usable marijuana, as well as six mature marijuana plants, six seedling plants, one ounce of marijuana concentrate, and up to 72 ounces of edible marijuana product, effectively meaning someone could purchase all of this in one trip to the dispensary. For reference, the “blue” state of New Jersey (which is trying to expand their notoriously restrictive

medical program) is currently working to increase the legal amount patients can purchase from dispensaries from two to four ounces and only allows patients who are minors to use edibles.

New Jersey also currently does not allow patients to even grow one of their own plants.

Oklahoma’s program will also allow patients with medical cards from other states to purchase product at their dispensaries, something that only a handful of states (including Nevada) do.

Perhaps most surprising is that anyone can run a dispensary, so long as they are an Oklahoma resident, at least 25 years old, registered to do business in Oklahoma, have not committed a felony in the past 5 years, or are not currently incarcerated. That’s right: the Department of Health is required to award licenses to every entity that meets the criteria and pays the necessary fees, a far cry from the many competitive application processes that happen throughout the country. Many states only award a handful of marijuana business licenses (Two in Minnesota and eight in Hawaii, for example), which reserves the medical marijuana industry for a select – often very wealthy – few.

Ten years ago, it was hard to imagine a medical marijuana program this extensive anywhere, much less a state that hasn’t been considered “blue” in a presidential election since 1964. But, along with the recent endorsement of medical use, decriminalization, and federal rescheduling of marijuana by the Texas Republican Party, it’s safe to say the tides of the marijuana wave continue to turn, and faster than ever before.

Pistil and Stigma Inc. Reno, NV // Oakland, CA // San Diego, CA pistilandstigma.com

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FRESHBAKIN.COM

SUMMER 2018

UPCOMING SHOWS THE GREAT DEPRESSURIZATION SEPTEMBER 9/3 - 9/10 RENO, NV

9/1

MYSTIC BRAVES WITH CREATION FACTORY

THE LOVING CUP

9/3

GREAT DEPRESSURIZATION WELCOME PARTY

1UP

9/4

WORTHY B2B CHRISTIAN MARTIN

1UP

9/4

EMANCIPATOR

9/4

SOUNDPIECES TAKEOVER

THE BLUEBIRD

9/5

WORMHOLE / THE UNTZ TAKEOVER

THE BLUEBIRD

9/5

KMLN & FRNDS

9/4

CIRQUE DU FREAKZ

9/8

RENO AS FUCK 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

9/9

CLOZEE

WITH M.A.N.D.Y. AND FRIENDS

CARGO (21+)

1UP FACES NV

FT. FATHER BEAR, LANTZ LAZWELL

FEATURING MOJO GREEN & THE GREAT BINGO REVIVAL

REVISION BREWING CO. THE BLUEBIRD (18+)

9/10

FUTURE ISLANDS

9/15

AZTEK AND GREAZUS

CARGO (ALL AGES) THE BLUEBIRD (18+)

9/22

SAGE ARMSTRONG

1UP

9/28

DESTRUCTO

1UP

9/29

DESTRUCTO (CHICO, CA)

10/4-10/6 10/5 10/12

DIRTYBIRD CAMPOUT

THE BLUEBIRD (18+)

TOADFACE

THE BLUEBIRD (18+)

PUDDLES PITY PARTY

10/26

EPROM

ALL SHOWS 21+ UNLESS NOTED

11/23

MODESTO PARK RESEVOIR

MINNESOTA + CHARLESTHEFIRST

10/23

11/3

CHICO (18+)

SAMMY DAVIS SHOWROOM (18+) THE BLUEBIRD (18+)

SULLIVAN KING SHLUMP

1UP THE BLUEBIRD (18+)

THE GREAT DEPRESSURIZATION 9/3 - 9/10 • RENO, NV

WANDERED OFF Text and photos courtesy of Natasha Bourlin

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oad trips and train rides offer up many a sight to see, plane rides get you from one end of the earth to another easily, but cruises…they’re an entirely different experience.

Rabid cruising fans have many similarities to religious zealots. Boisterous packs embark the ship wearing the same t-shirts sporting quippy cruise-focused taglines and mercifully sparing onlookers from questions like, “I wonder if they like to cruise?” or “Gee, are they all traveling together?”

But, I’ve become a believer. Praise the floating behemoths and their all-you-can-drink/ eat temptations!

Virgins of the high seas, my best friend of 30 years and I decided to dabble in this new form of travel religion recently. This mission went beyond seeing pretty places and trying something new, it would force me to face a long-standing, deep-seated fear of the open ocean. It turned out to be an easy fear to overcome.

After weeks researching options, expert tips, destinations and prices, we decided on a seven-day journey into the western Caribbean on Norwegian Cruise Line. Our linechoice logic was based on our frugality, realistic sensibilities about not being 20 anymore and needing to party down for days, plus the fact that many cruise lines require showing up to meals at set times in swanky attire.

You unpack and settle in once. There are endless entertainment, dining and imbibing options.

You get a solitary card that is your pass to literally everything on board, including getting back on board and into your room, necessitating many to sport a fashionable plastic carrying pouch at all times. Dreamy views span for miles.

Most desirable is the chance to see multiple countries or places while happily leaving your things stored in your stateroom. You awake and delve into a new destination daily, then return to a bounty of free(ish) food and beverages.

You meet people from around the world, swap stories and tips, and end up with interesting new friends.

However, one of the most important things to pack on a cruise is your patience.

Imagine thousands of people trying to get on and off the boat at about the same time.

Note that not all humans have manners, especially the tiny ones whose frontal cortexes are still under construction, and, often, their parents that seem as if theirs unfortunately never fully developed. Pools are packed, lines can be long, deep breaths are often in order, and if you don’t take advantage of the unlimited food and beverage options, you could end up with an enormous bill at the end. But ultimately, the overall experience outweighs anything negative.

At least for us adventurous, tolerant travelers.

Benefits of cruising are many, entirely assuaging my initial fears. It’s a floating city, population 5,000, that rides like a Rolls Royce on the open ocean; we didn’t even need any motion sickness meds.

Natasha Bourlin is a freelance writer, globe-trotting gypsy and now evangelist of adventuring on the high seas.

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YOGA Text Morgan Dawn Photo Victor Crulich

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"Our truths may be different, and we might never know what the truth is. But I speak mine and believe in and respect yours."

I am loud. I talk fast. I talk a lot, and I gesticulate more than necessary. And even though I am a Type-A, first-born, Virgo with control issues, I am happy; high energy; try to always look-on-thebright-side, and typically fall very high on the positivity spectrum.

I believe in the power of manifesting what you want. I believe this comes from a lot of hard work; not expecting anything to be handed to you, and that everything is within your reach – but you must reach for it. I believe it’s OK to not know what you want, and to explore and stumble and experience and figure it out as you go. I believe that just because you fail at something, this does not make you a failure. This only adds to your growth and knowledge for future use.

I believe that everyone deserves to live the life of their dreams; your dream will be different than mine and different than theirs, and different from anyone else’s – and that’s okay! Because I believe that we are all in this life together and should all support and build each other up. Our truths may be different, and we might never know what the truth is. But I speak mine and believe in and respect yours.

My name is Morgan and I am a yoga teacher, yoga student, personal trainer, stand-up paddleboard racing enthusiast, wife/sister/daughter/friend, and now the newest journalist to join Reno Tahoe Tonight. I believe in empowering others to empower themselves. I realize that every single human has worth and value, is important, and deserves love. Unfortunately, though the media, life experiences, self-critical talk, etc., not everyone realizes or believe that about themselves. It is my goal through my yoga teaching, personal training, and now writing, to help people realize their own unique, confident, fierce, badass self and to live a life they are proud of.

So let’s get weird and wild together, shall we?

Morgan Dawn is a yoga and fitness badass whose classes are fun and inspire you to know your worth and strength. You can find her yoga class schedule at thestudioreno.com, and for questions about personal training, email her at rubenackermorgan@gmail. com. For awesome, daily inspiration, you can follow Morgan on Instagram at @_morgan_dawn

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L. MARTINA YOUNG An international conversation/collaboration with dynamic Players:

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