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What’s Your Leg Pain Trying to Tell You? According to the American Heart Association, about 7.1 million adults, including one in three over age 70, have peripheral artery disease (PAD). The association also says that people with PAD are four-to-ﬁve-times more at risk for heart disease and stroke and are likely to go undiagnosed. That’s because many people dismiss one of the primary symptoms — troublesome leg pain — as arthritis or part of the aging process and not as the very serious health concern that it is. Don’t ever ignore your health symptoms. Write them down and bring them to the attention of your doctor.

What Does PAD Feel Like? The symptoms include, but are not limited to, the following: • Pain or cramping in the legs or hips while walking that subsides after a few minutes of rest • Numbness or weakness in the leg or foot • Aching in the foot while at rest • A leg or foot that feels colder than the rest of the body • Foot sores that won’t heal If you experience these symptoms, do not ignore them. PAD is a serious medical condition that requires treatment. In most cases, PAD can be managed with lifestyle changes or drug therapy. In advanced cases, surgical procedures can help open or bypass blocked arteries.

Dr. Truong is board certiﬁed in internal medicine and cardiology and is board eligible in interventional cardiology. He obtained his undergraduate degree at the University of Nevada, Reno where he received the “Nevada Henry Albert Senior Public Service Award”. He studied medicine at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, Missouri. He completed his residency in internal medicine and pediatric medicine at University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he received the “Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation Award” for teaching excellence. Later, he studied general cardiology and was named “Fellow of the Year” at Oklahoma State University College of Medicine. He went on to complete fellowships in interventional cardiology and peripheral vascular medicine at Largo Medical Center in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Truong grew up in the Reno area and always knew that he would one day return and give back to this wonderful community that has given him so much. In his free time, he enjoys impressionist art, classical music, biking, camping and skiing.

Prevention is Great Medicine Some lifestyle changes can help prevent the condition: • Quit smoking. Smokers have a higher risk for PAD and a higher risk for heart disease and stroke if they already have PAD. • Maintain a healthy weight. Aim for a body mass index (BMI) of 24 or less to avoid developing PAD, diabetes, high blood pressure and other serious health conditions. • Get moving. Talk to your doctor about exercise programs that may help protect your heart and reduce PAD symptoms. • Control your blood pressure and cholesterol with your physician’s guidance.

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Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. I’m excited. I’m working all weekend to complete stuff before I hop on a plane for Philadelphia Tuesday morning (two days before you can possibly read this). I’m going to be disconnected from Nevada during the wrap-ups and analysis of this legislative session. I was amazed at what the governor pulled out of the most conservative Nevada Legislature in memory. A large percentage of Republican legislators showed themselves to be hypocrites, absolutely betraying the people who put them in office—the very people who voted down the margins tax in large numbers. I truly do not believe liberal types could have had a better session if Democrats had swept the offices back in November. And we owe it all to those dogmacrats who showed such shining examples of how not to govern. And since adding businesses to existing taxes will not be new taxes—thus getting around Jim Gibbons’ two-thirds idiocy— we’re potentially seeing a new dawn in Carson City. But I’m missing it for an awesome reason. I’m headed to the annual Investigative Reporters & Editors conference. I’ve only been to one before, and it was great. My trip is paid for by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism, in conjunction with my project EncuentrosMortales.org, which is a side project of FatalEncounters.org. Fatal Encounters is my project that tracks officerinvolved shootings nationwide. I intend to focus on coding and visualizations. I signed up to learn Tableau, a software primarily used by business and journalism to make complex statistics visually digestible. I’ve played with it a bit in the past, but I hope this will allow me to move from middle amateur to low pro. We’ll see. This is very geeky reporting stuff: “Finding Money Stories in Census Data”; “How reporters can use data to identify ‘positive deviants’ and add fresh angles to investigative stories”; and “Geolocation for investigations.” I’m sure if I took 30 more seconds I could find a half-dozen that would further horrify most reporters I know.

Re “People try to put us down” (Letters to the Editor, April 30): I saw Mike Arp’s letter complaining about my generation electing a guy named Hussein president within the same decade as the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers. Wow. Did he know the last name Arp is German? I’m part German, but did he know we were at war with Germany not too long ago? I guess America didn’t hold that against our families. It’s just a name, after all. Arp is derived from the Middle Low German meaning “dark brown.” He’s probably not happy about that either. Germans in WWII certainly wouldn’t have been happy with that last name. They, like him, were overly concerned with a person’s genealogical history as well as things like the color of someone’s skin or whether their name implied a possible connection to a religion. But I suppose that’s not entirely true. Many Germans were just bullied by their over-nationalistic countrymen into acting violently against their own beliefs and against their own fellow citizens and the world at large. It certainly must be nice to know that at least his generation has overcome such blatant racism, religious persecution, war mongering and lowbrow nationalistic hatred of anyone who doesn’t look or sound like him. I’m pretty sure most of us still know and talk about AIDS since it’s still a global pandemic, but I’ll leave my opinions on Reagan out of this letter in order to keep things civil. Felix Danger Reno

Keep telling your story Re “Life after Meth” (Feature story, April 16): I used to live in Reno and now work in a residential rehab facility for men attempting to transition out of drug addiction and criminality in Portland, Oregon. Methamphetamine is hard enough to get away from once it’s got its hooks in, and then there’s all the wreckage that comes along with it: criminality, damaged

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and destroyed relationships, ruined health, mental health issues—and the list goes on and on. Recovery is not easy, it is not a simple process (especially in the beginning), and I loved reading this story of survival and redemption. Keep telling your story, Echo Lee Menges! It will give a lot of lost people who want to be well some hope, and sometimes that’s enough to keep trudging forward into a prosocial way of living. Paris Hunt Portland, Oregon

Water, water everywhere I know of a local, highly rated apartment complex which is abusing its rights to the ridiculously understated need for water. Their watering days are set up for the “uneven address” days of the month, yet the lawn—and I use the term “lawn” loosely here—is watered every day, up to three times a day. It really burns my bushes to see this happening. It has gone on every year in the six years I have lived in this area, and every year they get called out on it. But no one really seems to care. Nancy Crenshaw Sparks

Ugly signage Re “Return of billboards?” (News, May 7): You drive down the Truckee River canyon from the west toward Reno, hit that straight stretch near Gold Ranch, there’s this beautiful valley ... and a huge set of garish, out-of-place and inappropriate billboards scattered along the highway, ruining an otherwise compellingly beautiful and inviting view. Same with the Robb Drive hill. Here’s the last rise of the eastern slope of the Sierra before dropping into Reno, and the whole hillside and view are ruined by a phalanx of billboards marching up and over the hill. Yes, somebody’s making money. But, is the overall impact on business in Reno, and the overall experience of people living in and visiting Reno

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Re “Mean to elderly women” (Letters to the Editor, May 14): I have to agree with Don Manning of Reno. Just because a woman or man is over the age of 70 doesn’t qualify them for the funny farm. I know many, many people who are way past the age of 70 who are active and productive citizens. I am approaching 70 at breakneck speed, and I don’t consider myself an “old lady,” and I’m nowhere near the vicinity of “Dementia Boulevard!” Merri Kirk Reno

Man of the people Re “Life in Congress” (15 Minutes, May 28): Regarding the Representative Amodei article: A few of the items Rep. Amodei has voted for this year cut food stamps, Medicare and Social Security disability funding. Cut funding to Amtrak, the day after eight people died. Voted for HR1735, a $611.8 billion dollar increase for the military budget. I can hardly wait to see the next great legislative bill Rep. Amodei is going to support. Linda Gillaspy Reno

Re “She’s the mayor” (Feature story, May 28): I just read Mayor Hillary Schieve’s interview with the Reno News & Review and noticed the mention of city staff suggesting that something should be done to spend the $10 million surplus. What part of spending the taxpayers’ money on necessities only don’t they understand? Just because there’s a

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positive? I think decidedly not. These billboards, at least, keep Reno screaming “cheap” and “tacky.” Is that what we want? Looking forward, I think not. Peter Millar Reno

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surplus doesn’t mean it needs to be spent. A rainy day fund should be the first consideration. After that fund is satisfied, a tax reduction should be considered. As a businesswoman, I would think that the following would be obvious. Lower taxes always result in greater growth and a subsequent increase in the tax base for an increased tax revenue flow. So far, Schieve’s election has certainly been a refreshing change, and I wish her well in her future at the helm of our city. I sincerely hope that she will continue keeping the taxpayer in mind as she develops her plans for the future of Reno. Fred Speckmann Reno

Censor disagreeable speech Re “The problem is systemic white authority” (Let Freedom Ring, May 21): When your columnist Brendan Trainor writes that there is some truth in Republican hero Cliven Bundy’s statement that black people might have been better off in slavery, it is time for Trainor to be sent to Bundy’s ranch or a White Supremacist camp to do their newsletters. Or the Reno News & Review should be renamed the Confederacy Star! Would Trainor make the case that those Jews with skills, who got “jobs” in concentration camps, were better off because during WWII, Jews in Germany could not get jobs? Or that the girls who were kidnapped in Nigeria by Boko Haram were better off because they have a “husband” now, raping them everyday, as was the case for black women in slavery who were raped regularly by the “white authority”? It is absolutely amazing that in the year 2015, a newspaper has columnists implying that Southern plantation owners were doing a favor for people kidnapped in Africa, chained in the hulls of ships, raped on the voyage, then “sold” in chains to cotton growers! Bob Mulholland Chico

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Did you follow the legislature this year? Asked at Michael’s Deli, 628 S. Virginia St. Joey Santos Account executive

Not so much, no. I haven’t heard much on the news or the news I’ve been watching. I’ve been watching more international or national news.

Trish Kirsch Mortgage lender

No. I just don’t stay up on current events. I have a bunch of friends who are lobbyists, and I hear so much from them. I just kind of stay out of it.

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Sore winners Michelle Fiore’s crybaby poor governance during this year’s session of the Nevada Legislature simply defied rational explanation. Just a few quotes from emails she sent in the final week of the session should give an idea of what kind of demagogue was representing Nevadans—or one Nevadan, anyway. “This session has had me questioning the integrity of some of my peers. Many of our elected officials are using their power to play political games instead of being focused on helping Nevadans. ... It is heartbreaking for me to see legislation that I have worked so hard to endorse killed because of someone’s personal vendetta.” (“Playing political games,” May 27.) “In light of this morning’s announcement by Senator Greg Brower that AB487 is dead, clearly Majority Leader [Paul] Anderson and the rest of the Not-So-Great Eight were lying to everyone when they claimed to have struck a deal with the Senate to bring campus carry to not only a vote in the Senate but also by implying the Governor would sign it.” (“Criminals keep their guns on campus; law abiding students and faculty prohibited,” May 30.) “I am very disappointed with my peers for caving to political pressure. Some of the biggest name lobbyists in Nevada have been twisting arms and making promises to pass this tax, and several of my peers fell for the act. In the hours leading up to the vote, these members could not be found, as they were whisked away so they could not be reminded of the promises they had made to voters.” (Fiore statement on Senate Bill 483, May 31.)

There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth after the Red Tsunami last November. Many liberal types thought this would be the end of a liveable Nevada with environmental protections being removed, abortion rights undermined, unions coming under fire, tax revenues redistributed to the wealthy, and in truth, much of this happened. But it could have been so much worse. And you know what happened? The moderates carried the day. In many cases, members of both the major political parties could look at empirical data and come to logical conclusions. For example, many experts in the field of bringing business to Nevada could show that our crappy K-12 education system was hurting the state’s ability to attract good business—without giving away the farm, as was done with Apple and Tesla. Even most “guns everywhere” proponents could look at the sheer numbers of university users standing in opposition to having more guns on campus and see that if they wanted to represent their constituents instead of their own biases, there was only one correct way to go. It would be the height of sanguinity to think that these moves to the middle will redefine politics in Nevada—after all, politics is a blood sport these days—but hopefully, people will be able to look back and see what bad manners, petulance and dogma did to legislators’ ability to achieve goals. Ω

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No, I didn’t. I’ve just been so busy. I have a lot of stuff going on. I listen to it a little bit on the radio, but that’s about it.

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What bill? I did to the minimum wage. State, not so much. More involved with the federal. For the state, I haven’t really paid attention to it, no.

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Legislative role reversal in Carson City abandoned the anti-tax group, they threatened to carry the battle into the Republican primaries next year, hoping to punish the wayward Republicans as Assm. Jason Geddes was in the 2004 elections. As the no-tax agenda of the Feckless Ten collapsed, the majority of the Legislature approved a record $7.3 billion general fund budget for the next biennium, supported by the first gross receipts tax in Nevada’s history, produced by a state government under complete Republican control for the first time since 1929. Wrap your head around that for a moment. At times during the 2015 session, a casual observer might have questioned who the Democrats were in the Legislature as Republicans and the governor adopted much of a traditional Democratic platform. Full-day kindergarten and funding for impoverished schools? Approved. A $1 per pack increase on cigarettes? Approved. A mechanism to begin taxing large out-of-state corporations

on their revenue? Approved. But there were plenty of other disappointing moments when it was clear the Republicans were in charge including the passage of one of the worst bills of this century—Senate Bill 302, allowing public tax money to be funneled to private schools, giving even more to the “already-haves” of Nevada and undermining the great American equalizer of public education. There were significant defeats for labor unions and working families as well, and record numbers of bills with harsh penalties for non-violent offenders, meaning more of our tax money will be funneled to prisons instead of schools. Democrats will surely articulate the differences between the parties on these issues to motivate their base in next year’s elections. As Sandoval flirts with national office, and the Republicans continue to fight among themselves, Democrats can overcome apathy and indifference and emerge stronger than ever in 2016. Ω

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questionable facts were relentlessly promoted. The Mean Fifteen featured radicals like pseudo-intellectual Ron Knecht, along with the ‘always vote no’ twins, Sharron Angle and Don Gustavson. But most of the Mean Fifteen were true believers in small government. Their objection to the budget was grounded in an ultra-conservative philosophy that in many cases accurately reflected that of the constituents they represented. In 2015, the leaders of the tax obstructionists were mostly just annoying and often self destructive. They and their antics were the laughingstock of the nation’s political shows. Their internal squabbles and their public pronouncements earned them scorn and ridicule from most quarters, leaving their natural allies unwilling to organize behind them. In contrast, the Mean Fifteen were actively supported by conservative groups who treated them as heroes. In the end, 10 votes were not nearly enough to block the tax package. As more serious legislators

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It turns out the Mean Fifteen they were not. More like the Feckless Ten that would have been twelve but two missed the tax vote due to personal and family emergencies. In 2003, the Mean Fifteen used their power as one-third of the state Assembly to stubbornly refuse to raise by taxes to fund Gov. Kenny Guinn’s Sheila Leslie budget, forcing the Legislature into two special sessions. Finally, in late July, as teachers could not be hired, public services were on hold, and the state’s bond rating was at risk, one of them, Assm. John Marvel, changed his position. The final revenue package did not feature the gross receipts tax advocated by Guinn to broaden the tax base but by that time an exhausted Legislature didn’t much care. The zealous anti-tax hold-outs of 2015 had neither the discipline nor the cohesiveness and ultimately lacked the numbers of the Mean Fifteen. And they certainly didn’t have the experience and depth of Republican Leader Lynn Hettrick, the 2003 caucus leader, or the media skills of former assemblymember Bob Beers, whose

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Better paid workers don’t create jobs The Los Angeles City Council has voted 14-1 to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. The Nevada Legislature has not raised our minimum wage (currently $8.25). We see a growing surge of cities joining Seattle and Los Angeles in discussing or legislating minimum by Brendan wage increases. Some conservaTrainor tives, often in the protectionist wing of the Republican Party, support this. We also have a real world laboratory experiment of democracy starting in our backyard. For the last several years, the left, which absolutely believes in the validity of a scientific consensus when it comes to global warming, has abandoned that principle of accepting the science when it comes to the effects of raising the minimum wage. There is near unanimity among economists that when you make something more expensive, including the cost of labor, you will get less of it. Study after study confirms that minimum wage hikes cost jobs. But the new left initiative

is to cherry pick a few new studies they claim overturns all this received wisdom. Essentially, they argue that workers paid higher wages will spend more, stimulating the economy and causing job creation. Enabling those workers fortunate enough to keep their jobs to spend more will reduce overstocked inventories, but there is no evidence that significantly more jobs will be created. Capitol and entrepreneurship are required to create more productive jobs. That comes from savings, not spending. What we have now is a showdown between two world views. One world view believes in the primacy of wages doctrine. Karl Marx believed this. This doctrine holds that wages are the payment for production, and profits are taken, or deducted from wages. Thus it follows that capitalists and businessmen are exploiting workers by taking money for themselves from the pool of wages earned by workers.

The other worldview is that the engine of production is fueled not by wages, but by profits. When production occurs to produce profits, workers are not exploited. The wages they earn are actually deductions from the profits that the capitalists and businesspeople who have organized and managed a division of labor-based, complex economic enterprise earn. Workers therefore owe their wages to the capitalists and businesspeople (assuming the businesspeople have correctly judged the desires of consumers whose purchases will determine their success). Since wages are deductions from profits, economists talk about the cost of labor. The workers who deserve the biggest wage increases are the businesspeople whose mental work designs the infrastructure that enables the complex long-tailed production whose products we enjoy today. The way to increase workers’ wages is to increase capitalist production, which will increase the demand for labor while

simultaneously lowering consumer prices. This works far better than mandating wage increases without increases in production. Worse, this mandate occurs today in a regime of onerous taxes and regulations that actively discourages new production. The sad fact is that the proponents of the minimum wage increase are cheap pikers. Up until now, they have tacitly conceded the job-loss issue by timidly legislating small increases that will affect fewer workers. Those workers who will be jobless are usually minority youth who most need the work, while Jimmy Middle Class is happy because his summer job is now earning him more for that new car he craves. By mandating double the market rate, based on this new left economics, the disruptions to the market will result in jobs fleeing Los Angeles for other jurisdictions even faster than they currently do. I predict the laws of supply and demand will prove stronger than even the Los Angeles City Council. Ω

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How Nevadans are represented by the candidates they elect could change, depending on how the U.S. Supreme Court comes out on a pending case.

Anti-gun sentiment unorganized Gun control advocates may have missed a rare chance to organize in Nevada. As reported in our cover story this week, the flurry of gun bills in the Nevada Legislature generated a lot of anti-gun activism in Washoe and Clark counties. But there seems to be little evidence that it will survive as an enduring movement or organization in the state. A relatively new Nevada group, Nevadans for Background Checks, failed to exploit unhappiness over the guns-on-campus issue to establish an infrastructure for the future. “All they have is a website, no phone number or address,” said one Las Vegan who tried to contact the group. It had no lobbyist at the Nevada Legislature. That was all the more surprising because the organization had legislation pending before the lawmakers. Last year, Nevadans for Background Checks collected 166,779 signatures to place a measure on the ballot to require background checks for all gun purchases, including online and gun shows. In Nevada, such petitions go first to the legislature, which can approve them, thus eliminating the need for a public vote. The background check measure was introduced as Initiative Petition 2. It was killed in a parliamentary maneuver on March 11 and so will appear on the 2016 ballot. The death of guns-on-campus measures in the legislature spared the Nevada Board of Regents a decision on whether to disallow guns on campus in spite of a new state law. Court case law has held that administering state campuses is within the authority of the regents, not the legislature (“Empty chambers?” RN&R, April 9).

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Rubio: Dump waste in Nevada Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio seems to have sided with South Carolina over Nevada on the issue of nuclear waste storage—at a time when there's increasing press attention on his need to win in Nevada. South Carolina and Nevada are the second in line in the 2016 presidential nominating contests. South Carolina has the second primary election, after New Hampshire, and Nevada is the second caucus state, after Iowa. Both are likely to get heavy candidate and press attention. South Carolina has been pushing for years for the opening of a nuclear waste dump at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain in Nye County, to give the Southern state a place to ditch 4,000 metric tons of radioactive waste from the state’s four commercial nuclear power plants and Savannah River Site. Rubio, whose state of Florida has nuclear power plant wastes at three sites, has been a supporter of building a Yucca Mountain dump. Since his announcement of candidacy, he has made no effort to walk back that stance. “Many Republican strategists see Rubio, a youthful Cuban-American who is among his party’s best communicators, as the candidate best positioned to reverse the tide in states like Nevada, where Democrats are looking to tighten their grip,” reported the Washington Post on May 28. Rubio lived in Nevada as a child and his parents worked in tourism facilities. But he reportedly wants to derail Jeb Bush in South Carolina, a state carried by both of the George Bushes. That makes the Palmetto State more important to him than the Silver State. However, the plot thickened this week when U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham entered the race against Bush and Rubio. Graham’s home state is South Carolina. That may require Rubio to rethink his strategy, since Graham would have a home field advantage. Graham has a long history of supporting a dump in Nevada. He said in 2004, “Outside experts and Congress have looked at this problem for years and we know Yucca Mountain, Nevada, is the appropriate location.” But in more recent years, he has shifted his attention more to pushing for refunding the money the federal government has collected from nuclear power plant corporations to pay for the dump. “Every utility involved in the process has put in billions of dollars into Yucca, so we should either use it or give the money back to the ratepayers,” Graham said in 2014.

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Court case could alter redistricting practices The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted a case that could have impact on Nevada— though many are uncertain what that by impact will be. Dennis Myers The case, Evenwel vs. Abbott, raises the question of whether voting districts should be apportioned according to their population or according to one portion of their population—eligible voters. Evenwel deals with local governing boards, but its outcome would likely eventually affect apportionment decisions for legislatures and Congress.

“The Constitution directly requires that the Census count include all ‘persons’.” Richard Pildes Election law expert

To read the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling being appealed to the Supreme court, visit www.tlc. state.tx.us/redist/ evenwelperry.pdf

The case was brought by the Project on Fair Representation, a conservative D.C.-based organization that has won court victories that have reduced minority voting strength and challenged affirmative action. Nevada’s founders required in the Nevada Constitution that both houses of the legislature be apportioned by population. In 1915, state lawmakers broke this law and created a system patterned after Congress that gave every county one senator (a “little federal” plan), thus malapportioning the Senate dramatically. In 1950,

voters approved an amendment to the state constitution that made this illegal arrangement legal. As Nevada constitutional scholar Eleanore Bushnell put it, “the legislature had explicitly defied the constitutional provision” for 35 years of state history. In 1960, the last census in which the little federal plan was used for legislative apportionment, the 84,743 residents of Washoe County were represented by one senator. The 568 residents of Storey County also got one senator. Malapportionment gave the 26 percent of Nevada’s residents who lived in 15 of the 17 counties 88 percent of the Senate (15). The 211,759 residents of Washoe and Clark counties had 12 percent of the senators (2). Since then, the small counties have steadily shrunk as a percentage of state population. If the same system were in place today, that 88 percent of the Senate would represent just 5.8 percent of the state population. It has become difficult to create small county districts, though the size of the Assembly and Senate have been enlarged to about the size their halls can accommodate. In its 1962 Baker vs. Carr and 1964 Reynolds vs. Sims rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court provided a remedy for this system that gave enormous power to regions with few residents. Baker found that legislative malapportionment was a proper subject for federal court review. Reynolds disallowed state senates patterned on the federal

plan and said that districts must contain as close to the same number of people as possible. However, in devising formulas for districting, the court did not spell out which people were to be counted. Virtually all subsequent lower court rulings have used the general population, a practice that seemed to be sanctioned by the U.S. Supreme Court until the court accepted the Evenwel case. “When the earlier court cases came to them, they may have thought of them as offbeat,” Nevada political analyst Fred Lokken said. “When they kept coming back, maybe they sensed there’s a trend here that they need to address. It’s no guarantee that they are going to rule for using eligible voters.” If the court decides to use eligible voters as the base number in calculating apportionment, its meaning is anyone’s guess. Lokken said it would have an “intense discriminatory” effect. “We count every man woman and child in formulating these matters,” he said. “Even if you’re not eligible to vote, that is your government.” He said basing districts on the adult population would be a form of voter suppression. Cases like this have come to the Supreme Court before, but it has passed them over. Lokken said its acceptance of this one does not necessarily mean it intends to rule against using the general population.

Elections vs. campaigns There is also speculation that a Supreme Court ruling in favor of using the adult population, more or less, as the basis for apportioning districts could shift influence from rural to urban areas—particularly in sunbelt states like Nevada. The New York Times quoted New York University constitutional law professor Richard Pildes that it “would be most significant in border states, like California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada, that have the largest proportions of noncitizens.” Scholars believe illegal immigrants tend to live in urban areas, though there have been reports from immigration officials of numerous illegal residents working on Western ranches. In an email exchange with the RN&R, Prof. Pildes said all humans are counted for the purpose of the census, numbers that are then used for congressional redistricting. Thus, non-voters nevertheless have an election impact because their numbers are reflected in districts—at least under the current practices. That could change if the court ruled against those practices.

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Democratic candidates who invested much time in them often regretted it (“No sale,” RN&R, Aug. 28 2008), and likely would continue their focus on the urban areas. Because the small counties are regarded as safe for Republicans, they are not a big factor is campaign strategies.

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“Non-citizens include legally resident aliens as well as resident aliens who lack legal authorization,” Pildes said. “None of these people vote or can vote, but they do get counted by the census. The Constitution directly requires that the census count include all ‘persons.’ Thus, the census count includes various categories of people who can’t vote, like those under 18. The Constitution also directly requires that the number of representatives in the U.S. House to which each state is entitled must be based on this census count. Thus, the number of representatives to which Nevada is entitled include all non-citizens who reside in the state—even though they do not have the right to vote. The best studies also conclude that a high percentage of even non-authorized alien residents do end up getting counted by the Census.” That’s the election impact. However, the campaign impact, at least in Nevada, would probably be negligible. That’s because Nevada has become so lopsidedly urban. The 15 small counties now account for less than 6 percent of the residents, and while that percentage can determine the outcome of a race—as in the Bush/Kerry election in 2004—the dynamics of campaign tactics and strategies would remain pretty much the same. The small counties tend to vote so rigidly conservative that

“ Even if you’re not eligible to vote, that is your government.” Fred Lokken Political analyst Candidates would still cultivate the Latino vote, because their numbers in the state are substantial—about a fifth of the state electorate. That’s without considering illegal aliens, who aren’t really a campaign factor because they rarely vote. They avoid voter registration in order to stay off the radar of officialdom. As Dan Burk, then Washoe County voter registrar, said in 2012, “Does it really seem like a person would do that to cast a single vote … at the risk of getting kicked out of the country?” To put it another way, illegal immigrants would be a factor in apportioning of districts but not in campaigns. Legal Latinos would be a factor in both—and a substantial one in Nevada. The court’s ruling is not expected until next year. Ω

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Rain gain Recent showers are a mixed bag A spate of recent rains made Reno feel like Little Seattle, with a bolstered Truckee River and glossy green lawns. During the last days of May, a data gathering station at Mount Rose showed almost double the area’s by Georgia Fisher average precipitation for the month. Could the drought be over, or at least on the mend? geo rg iaf@ Well, let’s start with the good news. May precipitation “was newsr eview.c om very helpful to irrigators,” wrote Jeff Anderson, a hydrologist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service snow survey program, “because it supplemented a very meager runoff and reservoir water supplies. This will hopefully help farmers get at least one cutting of alfalfa before surface water supplies run out.” Bill Hauck, senior hydrologist for the Truckee Meadows Water Authority, said that although gains are “not significant,” reservoirs feeding the Truckee River are higher. Lake Tahoe and Donner Lake each rose by about an inch, and Independence Lake by several. TMWA customers’ water demands are down, he added, “which has a benefit [of] resting our aquifer and leaving more water in the river for downstream fish and wildlife.” On the other hand, we’ve still got a wicked water deficit. And while showers have probably delayed the start of fire season, they could indirectly make it riskier. “It’s a double-edged sword,” said Chris Smallcomb with the National Weather Service. The moisture “will green things up, and that will delay the onset of our wildfire season maybe by a few weeks or a couple of weeks. But on the flip side, when all the grasses that have grown because of the rain finally dry out in a few weeks, that could perhaps make the fire season more severe if we have fires, because there’s more vegetation to burn.” Because we can’t win for losing, consider cheat grass, a wellknown invasive species that’s prolific at the moment. “Cheat grass is always a threat every year when it comes to wildland fire,” said Lisa Ross, spokeswoman for the Bureau of Land Management. “The grass is longer now than it was at the same time the last couple of years, but the last couple of years have been extremely dry, so it was probably more normal growth this year … especially at the higher elevations, where it’s still growing, and it hasn’t cured.” One way the NWS measures our area’s water (or lack hereof) is in years. Consider the last four years, for example, and we’re still lacking more than a healthy year’s worth of precipitation. “What we need to alleviate the long-term drought are a couple of average to above-average winters, in terms of snowfall and rainfall,” Smallcomb explained. Ω

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No one had to wait very late on Election Day 2014 to know which way the wind was blowing in Nevada. It was an historic sweep—both houses of the legislature and every state office elected statewide went Republican. The last time such a thing happened, Nevada was 26, and Benjamin Harrison was in the White House.

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It was what Nevada Republicans had wanted for decades, a sweep so conclusive that there would be no obstacle to their governing the way they wanted—no governor’s veto, no divided legislature. The GOP had it all and could push through its longstymied program. Or so their hopes ran. It’s unlikely anyone foresaw the stumbling, intramural battles and messes that lay ahead. On November 7, the new Assembly Republican majority dumped the leader, Pat Hickey, who had led them to victory, and made a surprise choice of fringe figure Ira Hansen to be their February nominee for speaker. On November 23, three days after the RN&R reported Hansen’s writings attacking women, gays, blacks and Israel, he declined the nomination, setting off weeks of maneuvering within the Republican caucus for various posts. One legislator, Michele Fiore, was elected to and then deposed from two different positions. The caucus was apparently untroubled by Hansen’s views, a majority of its members handing their votes over to him. Armed in caucus with their proxies, Hansen named John Hambrick the new speakerdesignate and made Michele Fiore—who had stood quite literally shoulder to shoulder with Cliven Bundy at Bunkerville—the Republican floor leader. In a dubious action, Hambrick promptly removed Fiore as floor leader. Hansen’s party credentials were in order. Though his family was well known as the backbone of George Wallace’s American Independent Party Nevada arm, this Hansen had always been a Republican, to the extent that it had caused a family breach. Some of the other caucus members were less reliable Republicans, however, seeing the party merely as a vehicle for dogma. Though they attacked other party members as RINOs (Republicans In Name Only), their own party loyalty was so uncertain that former Republican state chair Bob Cashell had called them RINOs, and they sometimes made his point, as when Fiore attacked her Republican colleagues. But the problems with Fiore and her fellow RINOs went beyond purity on issues. Unaccustomed to being in charge, they floundered, walked into walls, and acted up all session long. On March 3, GOP Assemblymembers John Moore and Paul Anderson got into a fist fight in a stairwell. Assemblymembers Ira Hansen and Victoria Seaman, both Republicans, engaged in a public row in mid-April. The two issued rival statements over Hansen’s refusal to hold a committee vote on one of Seaman’s pet initiatives plus comments made to Seaman after she read a disparaging letter denouncing Hansen during a caucus meeting.

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Fiore told colleague Chris Edwards “Sit your ass down and be quiet” during an April 21 Assembly session dealing with Bundy and a Fiore measure. Republican Party leaders around the state squirmed while reading about incidents like these. Voters see style and substance as synonymous, they felt, and when they see legislators whose “table manners are just as advertised” (as Nevada columnist Steve Sebelius put it), they are likely to question those legislators’ ability to govern. “I can almost feel the votes shedding away,” fretted a veteran Washoe GOP leader. It’s hard to make a case that there were any moderate Republicans in the Nevada Legislature this year, or even merely conservative Republicans. All were pretty rabid in their beliefs. But there was one difference among them. Some were pragmatic lawmakers who wanted to get legislation—right wing legislation—enacted. Others were zealots who felt the message was more important than watered-down legislation—and they were suspicious of those who did want to get laws passed because it meant they might be willing to compromise on issues. The pragmatists and the zealots clashed. But even that oversimplifies things. There were far more clashes among the zealots themselves.

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Shadow speaker Ira Hansen set off paranoia in the Democratic Party—and in his own GOP.

Guns vs. taxes “These kinds of things happen almost daily in the Assembly,” one lobbyist said. “I try not to miss Assembly sessions. I used to go in there when my bills were up, but now I am in there every day because it’s so entertaining.” She made those comments on May 22, the day after a dispute over guns in the Assembly. In fact, that dispute could well serve as a learning experience far more useful to government classes than those “How a Bill Becomes a Law” charts. At issue was Senate Bill 175, a measure so weighed down by pro-gun provisions that it was almost forgotten it was actually a domestic violence measure. It increased the validity of out-of-state gun permits, repealed Clark County’s gun registration ordinance (so goes conservative regard for local government), and said deadly force was allowable to protect a residence. When it arrived in the Assembly, some supporters worried that adding any more pro-gun provisions would make the whole thing collapse when it got back to the Senate for reconciliation, and they hoped to vote on it without more changes. Fiore tried to amend the measure to add an already-defeated proposal—guns on campus. When this legislative session began, eight pro-gun bills were quickly introduced. While Nevada has always been seen as pro-gun, it was usually by default. Rarely

Beleaguered Speaker John Hambrick’s adversaries were not just in the other party.

did anyone speak up for the other side so sentiment could be tested, and the relative influence of rural legislators kept it from being much of a statewide issue. Democratic Assembly Speaker Joe Dini once helped get a pro-gun amendment into the Nevada Constitution, and his party did not particularly object. But there were occasional signs of concern about guns. During the term of Republican U.S. Rep. David Towell in 1973-75, he sent out an issues questionnaire to Nevadans that came back, to his surprise, with majority support for gun control.

Legislators Michelle Fiore (left) and Pat Hickey (right) were in different Republican camps.

It is often pointed out that Nevada is one of the most urban states in the nation—the third most urban at 94.2 percent in the 2010 census, up from 80.1 percent when Towell held office. There is little understanding of what that means, but legislators in February got a strong taste of it when their eight bills hit the news. Suddenly gun opponents found their voice. Phone calls, visits to Carson City and emails poured in. Bills dealing with guns on campuses particularly rubbed local sensibilities the wrong way. Democrats were too cowed by the November election results to do anything

with this backlash—and most of them didn’t want a piece of the issue, anyway—but public sentiment still provided enough force to stop the campus measures. Now, late in the session, it was back. The initial vote on Fiore’s amendment was a voice vote. The “no” vote was plainly louder, but Speaker Hambrick for some reason did not announce it. Rather, he conferred with the Assembly staff chief clerk, then called for a “division of the house.” This means legislators rise to indicate their votes—but there is still no record by name of those votes. A division is almost always called for from the floor, not by the speaker, but he does have that power. When he called for the no votes, a majority stood. Fiore called for a third vote, an on-therecord roll call vote. That might force more Republicans to her side. Hambrick refused to call one. Fiore went down into the well of the hall to talk to Hambrick, then stalked out, slamming the door. The house barred her from the hall for the day, then let her back in after she apologized. Though no official record was made of the vote, reporters noted some of their votes. Associated Press reporter Riley Snyder wrote that at least eight Republicans (Paul Anderson, Derek Armstrong, Chris Edwards, James Oscarson, Stephen Silberkraus, Lynn Stewart, Melissa Woodbury, Jim Wheeler) voted against Fiore’s amendment. Fiore and Hansen were furious, but other legislators were puzzled why the two did not

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fellow Republicans and their “ploy.” (S.B. 175 was approved by the Senate and signed by the governor.) During all this, a business lobbyist was in a lather because gun and abortion bills were getting so much attention so late in the session. “The issue for conservatives right now is taxes,” he said. “I keep trying to get news coverage for it, and Fiore and Hansen are sucking it all up. Businesses around this state should be making more calls here to their legislators.”

understand the need to avoid jeopardizing three pro-gun provisions in order to add a fourth, particularly when gun lobbyists had signed off on the tactic. “I’m not going to kill 175 so someone can make a statement,” GOP Assemblymember Jim Wheeler said. (Wheeler is the right winger who got his 15 minutes of national fame after saying he would vote for slavery if his constituents wanted it.) The all-or-nothing stance of Fiore and Hansen, however, was not uncommon among the zealots. “It is heartbreaking for me to see legislation that I have worked so hard to endorse killed because of someone’s personal vendetta,” Fiore later said in a message to supporters. She was assigning a motive—not that her colleagues were trying to protect an already encumbered bill, but that they had a “vendetta.” (One Las Vegas reporter bought Fiore’s spin, writing that the eight “changed their stance.”) Fiore took the brawl a distasteful step further when she told reporters she would give metal testicles to each of the eight—and displayed a sample to be photographed. The next day, seven of the eight votes against Fiore introduced a new guns-oncampus measure, Assembly Bill 487. It was long past the deadline for new bills, so they introduced it as an emergency measure (apparently because their political fates were at stake) and it was accepted on that basis. Hansen grudgingly agreed to give the bill a hearing in his Judiciary Committee but took the occasion to make some cracks about his

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provide, so he slated it for a study, the results and recommendations to come back to the next legislature. Hansen and his judiciary committee colleagues then hijacked the bill, substituted Hansen’s name as sponsor, and the Assembly passed it on a party line 24-17 vote.

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Judiciary chair Hansen had another battle, this one with his fellow Republican and opposite number in the Senate, judiciary chair Greg Brower, who had not been holdWhen Hardy seemed indifferent to hearing hearings for some bills. So Hansen said ing it, he was hit with a postcard campaign he would stop holding hearings for Senate and agreed to a May 25 hearing. bills. Brower argued that, in the interests Abortion in Nevada has a long legislative of time with three weeks remaining in the history, which was finally circumvented by session, he was hearing bills that were voters in a 1990 referendum that approved a more likely to have a chance of passing Roe-style law with 71 percent of the vote, an because they came out of the Assembly with outcome that cannot be changed by lawmaklopsided votes. ers without another public vote. Abortion Once again, a pragmatist and a zealot opponents then switched to a strategy of were locking horns. Hansen had the same trying to block abortion with administrative problem with Senate Health and Human requirements like notices to spouses, waiting Services Committee chair Joe Hardy over periods and parental notification. Nevada the issue of abortion and A.B. 405. already has a parental notification measure The bill had originally been introduced on the books, but it has been enjoined by the in the Assembly by John Hambrick, who later decided it needed more scrutiny than a 120-day session of the Legislature could c H a o s t H e o r y continued on page 16

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courts since 1985. Hansen wanted to thread the needle of court concerns to get a law that will pass court muster. Hansen’s notion that every bill must get a hearing—he heard every bill that came to his committee—is a nice, good-government, civics book idea, but there were in excess of 990 bills at the Legislature this year—not including other measures, like resolutions. Anti-abortion advocates said that even if all bills do not get hearings, those of great public interest should. But they don’t do that themselves. For instance, Senate Joint Resolution 13, which would repeal the state ban on marriage equality, was approved by the lawmakers two years ago and had to be approved again this year in order to go on the ballot in 2016. Republicans this year basically ignored it to death, so it will have to start over again in 2017. Senate Bill 372, which fine tunes Nevada’s medical marijuana law, like S.J.R. 13, was sponsored by Democratic Sen. Tick Segerblom, and it has been ignored. Note that most disputes—Moore/ Anderson, Hansen/Seaman, Fiore/Edwards, Fiore and Hansen/eight Republicans, Hansen/Brower—were not between Republicans and Democrats. They were among Republicans. But some were also legislators, others polemicists or proselytizers first. However, the zealots obsession’ with hot button issues was a godsend for Gov. Brian Sandoval, keeping them from focusing on taxes and stopping his increases.

Oh, right—the DemOcrats While all this was going on, the Democrats were more or less observers. Chastened by the scale of the election results, they had difficulty deciding how to

Democrats embrace stood in real danger of being badly damaged. In the end, there was no unified party strategy. Individual Democrats made up their own minds what to do, issue by issue. The absence of Washoe Sen. Debbie Smith because of surgery was regarded as depriving Democrats of needed leadership on strategy.

the zealOts seemeD unable tO cOnceDe the gOOD intentiOns even Of their allies. react. The GOP in some cases went after some very popular programs (notably, there was virtually no anti-Affordable Care Act legislation from onetime Obamacare critics). In a state where a fifth of voters are Latino, the Democrats watched their opponents push polling place identification legislation at the same time that the Republican state attorney general pursued an anti-immigrant lawsuit. But they were also torn between letting the Republicans offend interest groups and trying to curb the GOP onslaught. Napoleon is reputed to have said, “Never interfere with an enemy while he’s in the process of destroying himself.” At the same time, many of the issues and programs

Senate Republicans, meanwhile, intently and relatively quietly went about reversing Democratic programs—such as prevailing wages on school construction—with fewer of the disagreements and none of the commotion of the Assembly. Democrats said they will switch all those changes back when they regain their majority. It will be interesting to see if they follow through. After all, if caving in were an Olympic event, today’s Democratic Party would likely medal every time. Some of the players were constant targets of hallway chatter. Fiore’s colleagues said there were times when she was very congenial and

persuasive—attributes that can make a very effective legislator. Had she been more concerned with legislating and less with dogma, she could have been a formidable presence. “She gains ground, then loses it,” said a colleague. “One step forward, one step back.” A lobbyist said that if Fiore and the zealots had learned the house parliamentary rules, they could have been very effective. Hansen kept using those proxies in ways that compromised a unified party message, and he tangled not with ideological enemies but with his allies—usually in battles over his own measures. A team player he was not. And Like Fiore, he seemed unable to concede the good intentions even of allies. Hambrick was regularly described as weak, but there was little recognition of the tightrope he had to walk between the pragmatists and the zealots. After Hansen made Hambrick speaker, he had no qualms about humiliating his creation. The speaker handled a lousy situation the best way he could. During the session, legislators honored several former lawmakers for their contributions—Alan Glover, Peggy Pierce, Dean Rhoads, Randolph Townsend, Terry Care. It’s unfortunate that, in addition to honoring them, legislators could not have been more like them. Ω

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Veteran artists Catherine Schmid-Maybach, Edw Martinez and Joan Arrizabalaga use clay as a diverse medium.

alking into a museum-like gallery inside oats Park art Center in Fallon, Program Director Kirk robertson mentions that he hadn’t specifically set out to put together an exhibit of veteran ceramicists. that’s just what it became. artists Joan arrizabalaga and edw Martinez have known each other since the 1960s, and have collaborated many times over the years. they both work mainly in ceramics and also in other sculptural media. so, from a curator’s perspective, they were a natural pairing.

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Robertson also wanted to show the work of Catherine SchmidMaybach, who moved to Reno from Southern California a few years ago. She uses clay for both its sculptural properties and as a surface for drawing and printing. These three artists are featured in two separate exhibits at Oats Park right now, and the distinction between one show and the other is hard to detect. The whole array comes off as a telling comparison, illustrating how artists can apply

different ideas about craft and concept to the same material. Last week, all three gathered in the shady seating area in front of the Wedge Ceramics Studio, which has in recent years become a hub for artists—one they all frequent to share some thoughts about their work.

Lucky lady: Joan Arrizabalaga Arrizabalaga studied sculpture in the 1970s, spent a while making what she calls “just plain useful ceramics,” then in 1986 got a job as a wardrobe mistress at Harrah’s Casino, where she worked full time for decades while also pursuing her sculpture career. “It was like growing up and joining the circus,” she said about working in the casino. She liked everything about it, especially the way things were back in the ’70s: the jingling sounds of the pre-digital-age slots, the air of excitement. “I think people believe in a lot of things that are unseen,” she noted. In particular, the idea of casino patrons’ belief in luck caught hold of her. She nurtured that fascination from backstage, taking all the gleam, glitz and dreams that she saw every day and translating them into her sculptures.

Arrizabalaga’s section of the exhibit includes dozens of wallmounted, ceramic slot machines. They’re all about the same shape and size, but their surface treatments and the pictures she’s put on them vary like wild cards. She plays up all the possibilities, cramming in a range of utopian dreams and stark disappointments. She takes Nevada clichés—everything from showgirls and money to barbed wire and petroglyphs—treats them with equal care, and imbues them all with equal appeal. One slot machine’s surface is embellished with shimmering gold accents, a crackled glaze finish that makes it look 100 years old, and the hopeful, old-school gambling imagery of lucky sevens and bright, red cherries. A few feet away, another one is completely unvarnished, intentionally chipped, and crawling with two-dimensional ants. The indented spots for the lucky sevens are empty, the cherries have faded to dark gray outlines, and there’s a foreboding, three-dimensional anthill where the coin slot should be. This machine dispenses only pennies and sand. Both pieces come off as celebratory and wry. Arrizabalaga treats the good luck and the bad luck as equally valuable subjects—and revels in describing them both from behind the curtain.

Stories from home: Catherine Schmid-Maybach Ceramicists often think in terms of making a vessel, even if it’s not one that’ll actually be eaten from, and Catherine Schmid-Maybach kept with tradition here, making dozens of platter-like wall plaques to use as canvases for lithographs and collages. She culled thousands of family photos and letters from California, Nevada and Germany, each of which tells a piece of her own personal history, lithographed them onto the clay in layers, sometimes firing each piece as many as five or six times to get the right layering effect. She said, “It’s like layering experiences regardless of time and place, just smushing them together because that’s how it is.” Some pieces have an added layer of dimension from geological-looking fault lines, cracks, or even punctures, some “repaired” by melting crushed glass into a crevice or inlaying it with a thin line of gold-leaf. SchmidMaybach also adds small objects to some compositions: scraps of old, rusty decorative metal; bullet casings, shards of old dishes. The assemblages come off as enticingly historic without being nostalgic, deeply personal yet readily accessible, and dense with imagery yet ruthlessly edited and never chaotic, adding up to a dynamic but immensely disciplined chronicle, a half-open diary of memories and places.

Creative process: Edw Martinez Martinez, sitting next to SchmidMaybach as she talked about her work, said to her, “You were very organized in editing. Rauschenberg has similar images, but his process was random.” He relates strongly to Robert Rauschenberg, who rose to fame in the 1950s using pieces of debris found on the street as collage materials, and also to Jasper Johns, who Martinez quotes in his artist’s statement: “Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it. Do something to it.” Which is to say that Martinez is more taken by process than by finished product, and that the process of creating isn’t always the same as the process of communicating a specific message. The majority of Martinez’ sculptures at the art center are ceramic shrouds, topped with clay baby-doll OPINION

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heads and embellished with wire, beads, and scraps of fabric or lace. Like Arrizabalaga’s slot machines, they’re variations on a narrow set of visual themes, but they leave much more open to interpretation. Depending on which cultural references a given viewer carries around, these works could come off as historic, ironic, solemn or creepy, just to list a few of many possible readings. For Martinez, translating his references into declarative statements is not the point. He uses each item because it fascinates him personally and provides fodder for him to mentally digest what he sees in the world. “I don’t want to be arrogant,” he said, “but I don’t care how people look at them.” He sounded more sincere than arrogant, explaining, “One thing leads to another. … You lock into certain themes, or ways to go.” Then he keeps noticing new directions he could take his materials in, pushing an idea or process along one step at a time. He’s been making these particular effigies for 11 years. Work like Martinez’s often speaks louder to viewers when they approach it already having heard a few stories. Here’s one to start with: While he was fishing on Sardine Lake a few years ago, he decided that when he dies, his ashes should go in the lake. He made a ceramic urn, using some of his signature burnt-looking colors, experimental textures, and stamped with a date so it’d also look like a grave marker. He stamped on his birth year, 1934, but realized he didn’t have a prediction about which end date to stamp on. Arrizabalaga pointed out, “Your dad lived to be 101, dammit, go for it,” so he stamped the first one “2014,” and began making urns for each subsequent year. He made a plan to smash each one in celebration as he passed each birthday in August. Presently, there are about a dozen urns, arranged in a small forest on the floor in the exhibit, one of them smashed. No need to report the broken one to the curator. That’s just part of his process. Ω

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Norris literally takes a page from Lorraine Hansberry’s Raisin in the Sun, a drama set in 1959 Chicago about the Youngers, a black family who buy a home in an all-white neighborhood amid fierce resistance. In Clybourne Park’s first act, we meet Russ (Bob Gabrielli) and Bev (LaRonda Etheridge), the home’s white owners who have, in their attempt to move quickly for personal reasons, unwittingly sold to a black family. As they and their black housekeeper, Francine (Andi Tyrell), pack for the move, they discover the facts from an angry neighbor, Karl Lindner (Keith Roberts), the Raisin in the Sun character desperate to “protect the integrity” of the neighborhood, who approaches Russ and Bev to beg them to reconsider. In Act Two, 50 years later, that same home is the site of further upheaval: the area’s gentrification after years of white flight and subsequent urban decay. Expecting parents Lindsay (Meghan Kirwin) and Steve (Christopher Willson) have purchased the home, hoping to

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Total disaster San Andreas If you love Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and you think California sucks balls from top to bottom, you’re going to love San Andreas. In this movie, you not only get two hours of The Rock’s admittedly winning smile, you get to see Los Angeles and San Francisco smacked down with a fury matched only by The Rock in the ring by during his fake wrestling heyday. Bob Grimm Seriously, if you hate the San Francisco Giants, the Hollywood sign and that white b g ri m m @ ne w s re v i e w . c o m triangle skyscraper thingy in San Francisco, this movie is total porn for you. The movie contains plenty of glorious visual mayhem involving earthquakes, tsunamis and Johnson’s totally out-of-control upper body art.

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Sadly, it also contains something even more devastating than an earthquake on the San Andreas Fault, that being dialogue so vapid and shitty it crushes you and the film like The Rock’s enormous meaty hand squishing a beer can. Johnson plays rescue pilot Ray, a gutsy and virtuous man on the job who, nevertheless, can’t keep things together on the home front. He gets divorce papers from wife Emma (Carla Gugino) on the day he’s supposed to take his daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario) on a trip. Before he can pout and dwell on things too long, the earth starts shaking. The first quake hits Hoover Dam, and director Brad Peyton has no sentimentality for treasured landmarks. The dam is history, and just happens to have world-renowned scientist Lawrence (Paul Giamatti) standing next to it when it goes. Lawrence heads back to his lab, where he sets out to warn the world of impending, bigger quakes via the worst dialogue of Giamatti’s career, and this guy was in Lady in the Water.

Turns out, these are the big ones, with catastrophic quakes starting in Los Angeles and leading up to San Francisco. Johnson commandeers a helicopter and sets out to rescue the wife in L.A. and then his daughter in the Bay Area because, you know, millions of people are dying, but he just has this little inkling that he can still work things out with the wife and kid. Now, let me get something straight. I don’t go to a movie like this expecting dialogue comparable to the latest Paul Thomas Anderson movie. I know films like this are meant to kill a few brain cells, and I’m willing to sacrifice a few to see Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson race a boat straight up a tsunami’s ass. It’s when the dialogue becomes so bad that it makes a Michael Bay film sound like dialogue from the latest Paul Thomas Anderson movie that I cry uncle. Or, I just cry in general. Lost film opportunities hurt me so. The special effects in San Andreas are good enough to keep you fighting through the movie, even when it devolves into the worst of soap operas. Personally, I was on the fence until the final scene, where Ray and his family are surveying a completely annihilated San Francisco. They are rather happy and smiley for people who have just witnessed the death of millions, but I suppose we can forgive that because, I have to admit, it had moments of sheer awesomeness. Then, a huge flag unfurls on the wreckage of the Golden Gate Bridge. Let me make this clear, given that the worst earthquake in recorded history had just ended mere minutes ago, procuring a flag of this magnitude, securing it on a very unstable structure, and getting it to unfurl just so would be virtually impossible. The Rock’s final line of dialogue did me in. It was just one too many lame lines of dialogue on the Jenga tower. As disaster movies go, San Andreas certainly provides plenty of visual carnage. Trouble is, one usually has to listen to a movie while watching it, and when the words sneak past your ears and up to the brain, bad faces and disgruntled throat sounds ensue. Ω

Furious 7

The latest Furious movie says goodbye to series mainstay Paul Walker while taking car chases to seriously outlandish and fantastical extremes. In some ways, the film has become more of a science fiction offering rather than a car chase movie, and that’s fine by me. I have to admit that part of me got uncomfortable watching Paul Walker racing around in cars a little over a year after he died in a fiery car crash. You can say Walker died doing something he loved, but I’m thinking irresponsible and reckless speeding dropped way down on his favorite things list during the final moments of his life. Like, to the way, way bottom of that list. That said, Furious 7 does spark some life into a very tired franchise by going totally bananas, and it’s pretty remarkable how Walker, who had allegedly only filmed half of his scenes before he died, is inserted into the movie posthumously. Director James Wan, primarily known for horror movies like Saw and The Conjuring, has delivered the franchise’s best offering since the first one. This movie gets my blessing for the sequence involving Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto and Walker’s Brian O’Conner jumping a car through not one but two skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi. Will there be an eighth film, even though Walker is no longer with us? Um, given that the movie made nearly $144 million in its opening weekend, I think it’s a foregone conclusion that Universal will find a way to keep the engines running on this sucker.

Good Kill

Ethan Hawke plays an alcoholic drone pilot in this intriguing drama from director Andrew Niccol. Major Thomas Egan (Hawke), a former pilot, now spends his days and nights remotely killing the enemy overseas. He commands drones with a joystick, taking orders from his commander (Bruce Greenwood) and never putting himself at actual risk. The situation leaves Egan bored, stressed out, and reliant on alcohol, creating problems at the workplace and home with his wife Molly (a strong January Jones). When the CIA step in and take over Egan’s operations, things get a little shady, and Egan is pushed over the edge. What makes this movie work is the performance of Hawke, who just gets better and better with every movie. His Egan is a believable combination of maximum guilt, and a newer form of battle fatigue. Jones matches Hawke with her performance, and Greenwood fortifies the cast. Niccol, who worked with Hawke before on Gattaca, makes up for his prior misfire with The Host (the Saoirse Ronan disaster, not the cool monster movie). It’s a different kind of war movie for a different kind of war. (Available for rent on iTunes, Amazon.com and On Demand during a limited theatrical release.)

Mad Max: Fury Road

George Miller is back in his post apocalyptic world of Mad Max, messing around with fast rigs on desert landscapes. He has a new Max, Tom Hardy replacing Mel Gibson, and Charlize Theron is along for the ride. The results are a blast, probably the best in the franchise when it comes to action. I’m going to have to give a few points to Gibson over Hardy for his Max portrayal. Hardy is good in the role, but Gibson is the original and best Max, even if Gibson is a total asshole. The film starts off with a shot reminiscent of The Road Warrior (a.k.a. Mad Max 2), and then it just goes berserk. Max gets himself captured by a really disgusting looking, villainous ruler named Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and finds himself hanging upside down and providing blood for a pale, bald Joe minion, Nux (Nicholas Hoult). A shaven-headed Theron shows up as Imperator Furiosa, a one-time loyalist of Immortan Joe, who tricks him and kidnaps his wives, intent on taking them to some sort of green promised land. When Joe figures out she’s making a run for it, his soldiers (who look a little like the cave creatures from The Descent) take off after her. This includes Nux, with Max strapped to the front of his car wearing a facemask reminiscent of his Bane getup in The Dark Knight Rises. The folks who put the look of this movie together, from it’s terrific cinematography, to its costuming to its incredible stunt work, all deserve praise and extra beers.

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Poltergeist

In the original Poltergeist, a dude eating a drumstick tears his face off while looking in a mirror, throwing chunks of bloody flesh in a sink. Somehow, that movie managed to get a PG rating. In this remake, Sam Rockwell cries, and somehow they get the PG-13 rating. I love Sam Rockwell, but it’s hard to watch him work up tears for this dreck. Actually, this movie is hard to watch from start to finish, even if you haven’t seen the original. Original director Tobe Hooper (teaming with writer-producer Steven Spielberg) managed a good, horrific treat spiked with humor back in 1982. This paltry remake from director Gil Kenan loses all of the spark of the original, and gives us a routine haunting movie with cheap scares involving clown dolls that don’t actually scare and kid actors who fail to register. I won’t single them out because they are kids, but they do suck. Rockwell and Rosemarie DeWitt squirm through the roles originated by Craig T. Nelson and Jobeth Williams. There was no good reason for this undertaking. The movie shouldn’t have been remade. If somebody dares to try and remake Jaws, I will be truly pissed off. Leave the Spielberg properties alone!

Slow West

Tomorrowland

Michael Fassbender just keeps on rolling with this one, a gritty, appropriately downbeat Western from writer-director John Maclean. Fassbender plays Silas, a cynical, grouchy rider on the American frontier in the 19th century who comes across Jay, a Scottish boy (Kodi-Smit McPhee) traveling alone in search of Rose (Caren Pistorious), a girl he loves. She and her father had to flee to America after an accident, and now they have a bounty on their heads. Silas knows of the bounty, but he doesn’t tell Jay. After coming across a group of bandits led by Payne (the ever reliable Ben Mendelsohn), Silas must decide on whose side he’s going to back, the boy or the bandits. It’s a great ride, with a vivid depiction of the Old West unlike any I’ve seen before. By the time the action reaches Rose’s farm, a single house out in the middle of nowhere, you get a sense of just how few people were inhabiting that part of the world at this time. McPhee is heartbreaking as a young man who just doesn’t get it, and Fassbender continues to prove he’s a cinematic treasure. They make for a great screen duo. (Available for rent on iTunes, Amazon.com and On Demand during limited theatrical release.)

The future is a little confusing and convoluted, but kind of cool anyway, in director-writer Brad Bird’s (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles) interesting enough ode to one of Disney’s most popular park attractions. Boy genius Frank Walker (Thomas Robinson) and his jetpack attend the 1964 World’s Fair in Queens, New York, during a wonderful sequence that recreates the legendary event. After sparring with the curator of an invention contest (Hugh Laurie), the despondent boy winds up on a bench sulking, only to be given a special pin by a mysterious young girl named Athena (the absolutely incredible Raffey Cassidy). The action cuts to years later, when that same girl gives a pin to teenager Casey (Britt Robertson). The pin, when touched, transports Casey to a seemingly future land where invention is encouraged. Casey eventually winds up with a grown Frank (George Clooney), and they travel back to Tomorrowland to save our world. The script was co-written by Lost and Prometheus scribe Damon Lindelof, so, naturally, all of the dots don’t seem to be connected. Lindelof can be a little ambiguous, even confusing at times, but he’s always interesting. If you like your movies tied up in a nice little bow, the works of Lindelof are not for you. As for me, I have a fun time trying to figure his stuff out, even if I don’t come up with all of the answers.

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WHO: Jordan Isaacson WHAT: Owner/Artist WHERE: Reno Tattoo Company Q: What brought you to tat tooing?: A: What brought me to tattooing is the ability to build a career based on art, which allows me to travel basically anywhere in the world. And it gives me the ability to offer a service that will bring someone a lot of happiness for a lifetime as well as inspiring others. Q: What makes your shop different than other shops in the area?: A: What makes us different than other shops is the quality of tattoos and piercings. And the ability to design the best custom tattoo that fits the clients’ needs and wants while maintaining the best customer service, sterilization practices, and professionalism in an inviting, comfortable atmosphere. Q: Do you do art work in other mediums?: A: Yes, all artists at Reno Tattoo Co. focus on a wide array of other art forms; anything from Oil painting, Watercolor, Graphite, Charcoal, Sumi, and even some digital artwork. We display and sell the majority of our artwork at Reno Tattoo Co. and also the occasional local coffee shop, art gallery or even local watering holes.

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Ink’d by: Josh Weeks Valor Tattoo Parlor • 141 Vesta Street (775) 324-0404 • www.valorparlor.com

Ink’d by: Jason McKillip Body Graphics Tattoo • 460 S. Wells Avenue (775) 322-8623 • www.renotattoo.com

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$49 first session, let us help you get the tattoo you deserve! Reno Tattoo Removal • 425 Marsh Ave (775) 200-0623 • www.renotattooremoval.com

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Fast times The Scattering Jim Williams, the vocalist of the band the Scattering, likes to talk between songs during the band’s sets. Williams is a by Brad Bynum sincere, earnest guy, and he says that talking between the songs is somebr a db@ thing he does deliberately. newsr eview.c om “Everything I learned about compassion and empathy and social justice, I learned from people in bands talking about that stuff onstage,” he said recently. “So, it’s an important history for me to carry on and pass on to the younger kids, who are just coming up through the scene now.” Photo/Brad Bynum

the Scattering, which also includes guitarists Jason Jo and Josh Ah Sam, and bassist John Benson. “Looking out and seeing people headbanging and stuff—it’s good to see what we’re doing being reciprocated by the people watching," said Benson. “That’s always rad.” All of the members of the band are over 30, so they’re a little older than the 20-somethings and teens that come to many of their all-ages shows. “We’re seeing a lot of these young kids that none of us know at all of our shows,” said Jo. “It does make us feel really old, but at the same time it’s really cool.” “Eyes Ahead,” one of four songs on the band’s self-titled EP, released last December and available from their website, is about depression and anger management. Williams wrote the lyrics while he himself was having a panic attack. “Most of the stuff I write is really personal,” he said. “I try to write about social issues, and depression comes up a lot because I struggle with depression, and it’s something that I wanted to start a dialogue about with kids that are listening to us. … I know, with my own personal struggles, that the only thing that helped me was talking to people who had been through it.” The group’s music is a little metal, and a little hardcore, but not really metalcore. The band members prefer describing it as “metallic hardcore” or “hardcore with metal tendencies.” The music is played at breakneck hardcore tempos, but the guitar riffs are metallic. “It’s fast, primarily,” said Boydstun. “As time has gone by, it’s definitely gotten more metal sounding, but at first it was just fast, and anything that it sounded like was secondary to just being fast.” “Our slow jam was like 180 beats per minute,” said Ah Sam. Boydstun describes the experience of creating music at those extremely fast tempos as like an adrenalinefueled endurance test. “It’s cheaper than therapy,” he said. “It’s just fun to see how long you can hold it together. … It’s fun because it’s challenging. For 25 minutes, or however long you’re playing, you’re either going to get it all there or you have to stop. When it all works right, you get what’s on the inside on the outside, and it’s great.” Ω

“He’ll ask people in the audience, ‘If anyone has any problems with depression, I’ll give you my phone number, we’ll talk—don’t do anything stupid,’” said drummer Brian Boydstun. “That’s a nice thing, because this type of music tends to draw different marginalized types of people. Stuff like that drew me to this type of music when I first started going to shows. It didn’t matter what you looked like or what you liked, you could go to a punk show and everybody would get along.” The frank discussions might seem surprising when contrasted with the band’s actual music, which is fast, heavy and might sometimes seem violent. It’s music that demands to be seen and heard in person, because of its immediacy and volume, and the interactions among the band members and the people in the audience in basements or other cramped spaces, often literally and figuratively underground. “It’s hot and there’s nowhere to go,” said Boydstun. “I think the first show we ever played, I looked out at one point and Jim had a kid in a headlock and was parading him around while screaming.” The manic energy of the audience at a hardcore show is an important part of the experience for a band like

Five guys by the men's room: The Scattering is Jim Williams, Jason Jo, Josh Ah Sam, John Benson and Brian Boydstun.

the Scattering plays twelve Gauge Facelift’s Cd release show at the Knitting Factory, 211 n. Virginia St., on June 18. the show, which also includes Jack Ketch and Walk away alpha, starts at 7 p.m. $6. all ages. For more information, visit thescattering.band camp.com.

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THURSDAY 6/4 THURSDAY 6/4

FRIDAY 6/5 FRIDAY 6/5

5 STAR SALOON 5132STAR SALOON West St., (775) 329-2878

Karaoke, 10pm, no cover Karaoke, 10pm, no cover

BAR OF AMERICA BAR OF AMERICA 10042 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee; (530) 587-2626

Dance party w/DJ DoublePlay, Dance party w/DJ DoublePlay, 10pm, no cover before 10pm, $5 after 10pm, no cover before 10pm, $5 after

Rustler’s Moon, 8pm, no cover Rustler’s Moon, 8pm, no cover

Bias & Dunn, 8pm, no cover Bias & Dunn, 8pm, no cover

3RD STREET 3RDW. STREET 125 Third St., (775) 323-5005

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

125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005 132 West St., (775) 329-2878

10042 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee; (530) 587-2626

Katdelic Katdelic June 6, 10 p.m.

SATURDAY 6/6 SATURDAY 6/6

Blue Haven, 9pm, no cover Blue Haven, 9pm, no cover

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

BRASSERIE ST. JAMES BRASSERIE 901 S. Center St.,ST. (775)JAMES 348-8888

June 6, 10 p.m. Crystal Bay Club Crystal Bay28 Club 14 Highway 14 Highway Crystal Bay28 Crystal 833-6333Bay 833-6333

901 S. Center St., (775) 348-8888

CARGO AT WHITNEY PEAK HOTEL CARGO AT WHITNEY PEAK HOTEL 255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400

Sammy J, Tenelle, Finn, Yung LB, Sammy Tenelle, Finn, Yung LB, Pieter T,J,8pm, $20-$25 Pieter T, 8pm, $20-$25

255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400

CEOL IRISH PUB CEOL IRISHSt.,PUB 538 S. Virginia (775) 329-5558

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

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

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

Comedy Comedy

COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711

3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: 3rd Comedy Street,Night 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: & Improv w/Patrick Shillito, Comedy & Improv w/Patrick Shillito, W, 9pm, Night no cover W, 9pm, no cover Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson Nugget, N. Carson Carson City,507 882-1626: JustinSt.,Rivera, F, Carson City, 882-1626: Justin Rivera, F, 7:30pm, $15-$18 7:30pm, $15-$18 Catch a Rising Star, Silver Legacy, 407 N. Catch a Rising SilverEddie Legacy, Virginia St.,Star, 329-4777: Clark,407 Th,N. Virginia St.,$15.95; 329-4777: Eddie10pm, Clark, Th, Su, 7:30pm, F, 7:30pm, Su, 7:30pm, $15.95; 10pm, F, 7:30pm, 10pm, $15.95; Sa, 7:30pm, $17.95; $15.95; Sa, 7:30pm, Mike Gaffney, Tu, W, 10pm, 7:30pm,$17.95; $15.95 Mike Gaffney, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $15.95 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys The Lake Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Lake Stateline, (800) Heath Tahoe, Hyche, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25;553-1022: Sa, 8pm, Heath Hyche, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 10pm, $30; Flip Schultz, David Gee, 8pm, 10pm, W, 9pm,$30; $25Flip Schultz, David Gee, W, 9pm, $25 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Reno-Tahoe Comedy Underground, 100atS.Pioneer Virginia St., Underground, 100Rivera, S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Justin Th, 7:30pm; 686-6600: Justin Rivera, 7:30pm; F, 9pm; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm,Th,$10-$14; F, 9pm; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $10-$14; Sa (all-ages show), 2pm, $10-$15 Sa (all-ages show), 2pm, $10-$15

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY 275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917

Lacy, LaBella and Richardson, Lacy, 6pm, LaBella no coverand Richardson, 6pm, no cover

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

EL CORTEZ LOUNGE EL W. CORTEZ LOUNGE 235 Second St., (775) 324-4255

SUNDAY 6/7 SUNDAY 6/7

Plastic Paddy, 9pm, no cover Plastic Paddy, 9pm, no cover

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Keith Shannon, 9pm, no cover Keith Shannon, 9pm, no cover

Songwriters in the Round, Songwriters in the Round, 6pm, no cover 6pm, no cover

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Traditional Irish Tune Session, Traditional Tune Session, 7pm, Tu, noIrish cover 7pm, Tu, no cover

Second Tuesday Jam, 7pm, Tu, no cover Second Tuesday Jam, 7pm, Tu, no cover

Dirk Spaldo & The Super Natural Dirk Spaldo & ThenoSuper Heroes, 9:30pm, coverNatural Heroes, 9:30pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, Tu, Open Mic/Ladies Night, 8:30pm, W,9pm, no cover Open Mic/Ladies Night, 8:30pm, W, no cover

VooDooDogz, 9pm, no cover VooDooDogz, 9pm, no cover

FUEGO FUEGO 170 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-1800

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

2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-9799 170 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-1800

THE GRID BAR & GRILL THE BARKings & GRILL 8545 N.GRID Lake Blvd., Beach; (530) 546-0300

The Mad Beaters, 9pm, no cover The Mad Beaters, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke Night, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover Karaoke Night, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover

Karaoke w/Andrew, 9pm, no cover Karaoke w/Andrew, 9pm, no cover

8545 N. Lake Blvd., Kings Beach; (530) 546-0300

HANGAR BAR HANGAR BAR Stead; (775) 677-7088 10603 Stead Blvd.,

Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover

10603 Stead Blvd., Stead; (775) 677-7088

HARRY’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL HARRY’S BAR & GRILL 1100 E. PlumbSPORTS Ln., (775) 828-7665

Bass Heavy, 9pm, W, $TBA Bass Heavy, 9pm, W, $TBA

Canyon White Open Mic Night, Canyon 8pm, noWhite coverOpen Mic Night, 8pm, no cover Open mic, 7pm, no cover Open mic, 7pm, no cover

1100 E. Plumb Ln., (775) 828-7665

HIMMEL HAUS HIMMEL HAUS 3819 Saddle Rd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 314-7665 3819 Saddle Rd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 314-7665

THE HOLLAND PROJECT THEVesta HOLLAND PROJECT 140 St., (775) 742-1858 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

Elephant Rifle, Teeph, Pissmixer, Elephant 8pm, $5 Rifle, Teeph, Pissmixer, 8pm, $5

Street Eaters, Plastic Caves, Street Plastic GuineaEaters, Stilts, 8pm, $5Caves, Guinea Stilts, 8pm, $5

Open Mic Night, 9pm, M, no cover Open Mic Night, no cover Trivia Night, 9pm,9pm, W, noM,cover Trivia Night, 9pm, W, no cover Esmé Patterson, Gina Waller Band, 8pm, Tu, Esmé Patterson, Waller Band, Tu, $5, Spoken ViewsGina Poetry Slam, 8pm,8pm, W, $TBA $5, Spoken Views Poetry Slam, 8pm, W, $TBA

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DaViDSonS DiStillERy 275 E. 4th St., REno, nV • Downtown 3 blocks east of Virginia st. RN&R RN&R

Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover

Chi McClean, 6pm, no cover Chi McClean, 6pm, no cover

ELBOW ROOM BAR ELBOW ROOM BAR (775) 356-9799 2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks;

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Mile High Jazz Band, 8pm, Tu, $5 Mile High Jazz Band, 8pm, Tu, $5

Street Vibrations

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Karaoke, 10pm, Tu, W, no cover Karaoke, 10pm, Tu, W, no cover

DJ Trivia, 9pm, no cover DJ Trivia, 9pm, no cover

235 W. Second St., (775) 324-4255

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/8-6/10 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/8-6/10

DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover DG Tu, no AfterKicks, Mic, 9pm, 11:30pm, W, cover no cover After Mic, 11:30pm, W, no cover

full line of leather Jackets, chaps, Vests, SiDEbagS, toolbagS PREciSion EnginE REbuilDing unlEaDED conVERSionS cylinDER hEaD & caSE REPaiRS PERfoRmancE Dyno tuning 1,000'S of nEw PaRtS & accESSoRiES nEw DynojEt on PREmiSES thE bESt EquiPPED REPaiR ShoP in n. nEVaDa foR youR haRlEy featuring custom motorcycle parts & accESSoRiES

the “bikers” bike shop 275 E. 4th St., REno, nV • Downtown 3 blocks east of Virginia st.

THURSDAY 6/4 THURSDAY 6/4

JUB JUB’S THIRST PARLOR JUB JUB’S PARLOR 71 S. Wells Ave., THIRST (775) 384-1652 71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652 THE JUNGLE THE 246 W.JUNGLE First St., (775) 329-4484 246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484

KNITTING FACTORY CONCERT HOUSE KNITTING CONCERT HOUSE 211 N. VirginiaFACTORY St., (775) 323-5648 211 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-5648

THE LOVING CUP THE LOVING 188 California Ave.,CUP (775) 322-2480

FRIDAY 6/5 FRIDAY 6/5

SATURDAY 6/6 SATURDAY 6/6

10 Years, Islander, Skytown Riot, Zeroclient, 7:30pm,Skytown $15-$30Riot, 10 Years, Islander, Zeroclient, 7:30pm, $15-$30

SUNDAY 6/7 SUNDAY 6/7

Punk vs. Metal: Infecto Skeletons vs. Dissidence, others, 6pm, $5 Punk vs. Metal: Infecto Skeletons vs. Dissidence, others, 6pm, $5

Vampirates, 9pm, $3 Vampirates, 9pm, $3

MC Magic, Amanda Perez, Lil Cuete, Brown Boy,Amanda Guilty One, 8pm, MC Magic, Perez, Lil $20-$35 Cuete, Brown Boy, Guilty One, 8pm, $20-$35

MoneyPenny, Behind the Fallen, Bionic Gorilla, Man the Tanks, Goat,Bionic 8pm, $10 MoneyPenny, Behind theOl’Fallen, Gorilla, Man the Tanks, Ol’ Goat, 8pm, $10

Robins Brothers Tribute Show: Sav L The Gator, Hunitz, Desperado, others, Robins Brothers Tribute Show: Sav7pm, L The$10 Gator, Hunitz, Desperado, others, 7pm, $10

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/8-6/10 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/8-6/10 Outspoken: Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, no Open coverMic Night, Outspoken: 7pm, M, no cover Neutral Milk Hotel, Robert Schneider, 8pm, Tu,Milk $30-$60 Neutral Hotel, Robert Schneider, 8pm, Tu, $30-$60 Whatitdo Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover Whatitdo Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover

188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

MOODY’S BISTRO BAR & BEATS MOODY’S BISTRO BEATS 10007 Bridge St., Truckee;BAR (530) & 587-8688 10007 Bridge St., Truckee; (530) 587-8688

O’SKIS PUB & GRILLE O’SKIS PUB GRILLE 840 Victorian Ave.,&Sparks; (775) 359-7547 840 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 359-7547

PADDY & IRENE’S IRISH PUB PADDY & IRENE’S IRISH 906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775)PUB 358-5484 906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-5484

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

Serina Williams, 8pm, no cover Lost Whiskey Engine, Serina Williams, 8pm, 8:30pm, no coverno cover Lost Whiskey Engine, 8:30pm, no cover

George Souza Trio, 8:30pm, no cover George Souza Trio, 8:30pm, no cover

Acoustic Wonderland Singer-Songwriter Showcase, 8pm, no cover Acoustic Wonderland Singer-Songwriter Showcase, 8pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Cyco Mike, 9pm, no cover Karaoke w/Cyco Mike, 9pm, no cover

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

PONDEROSA SALOON PONDEROSA SALOON 106 S. C St., Virginia City; (775) 847-7210 106 S. C St., Virginia City; (775) 847-7210

George Souza Trio, 8:30pm, no cover George Souza Trio, 8:30pm, no cover

June 9, 8Project p.m. Holland Holland Project 140 Vesta St. 140 Vesta St. 742-1858 742-1858

Shamrockit Open Mic Night, 6pm, no cover Shamrockit Open Mic Night, 6pm, no cover

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Steel Rockin’ Karaoke, 8pm, no cover Steel Rockin’ Karaoke, 8pm, no cover

Live music, 8:30pm, no cover Live music, 8:30pm, no cover

Esmé Patterson Esmé Patterson June 9, 8 p.m.

RED DOG SALOON RED SALOON 76 N. CDOG St., Virginia City; (775) 847-7474

Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, W, no cover Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, W, no cover

76 N. C St., Virginia City; (775) 847-7474

RUBEN’S CANTINA RUBEN’S 1483 E. FourthCANTINA St., (775) 622-9424

Reggae Night, 10pm, no cover Reggae Night, 10pm, no cover

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

SINGER SOCIAL CLUB SINGER SOCIAL 219 W. Second St., (775)CLUB 657-9466

Blues Jam Thursday, 7pm, no cover Karaoke, no7pm, coverno cover Blues Jam11:30pm, Thursday, Karaoke, 11:30pm, no cover

219 W. Second St., (775) 657-9466

SPARKS LOUNGE SPARKS 1237 Baring LOUNGE Blvd., Sparks; (775) 409-3340

Hip Hop Open Mic, 10pm, W, no cover Hip Hop Open Mic, 10pm, W, no cover

Whiskey Sirens Burlesque Show, 8pm, $5 Sirens Burlesque Show, Whiskey 8pm, $5

Neutral Milk Hotel Neutral Milk Hotel June 9, 8 p.m.

Thursday Showcase, 8pm, no cover Thursday Showcase, 8pm, no cover

1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 409-3340

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY ST. JAMESAve., INFIRMARY 445 California (775) 657-8484

Local Music Night w/local bands or local DJs, 9pm, cover Local MusicnoNight w/local bands or local DJs, 9pm, no cover The Sole Project: Solesurve Crew, Jym Bettencourt, Patrick Shillito,Crew, 9:30pm, The Sole Project: Solesurve Jym$10 Bettencourt, Patrick Shillito, 9:30pm, $10

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

STUDIO ON 4TH STUDIO ONSt.,4TH 432 E. Fourth (775) 737-9776 432 E. Fourth St., (775) 737-9776

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

Verbal Kint, 6pm, no cover Verbal Kint, 6pm, no cover

Milton Merlos, 6pm, no cover Milton Merlos, 6pm, no cover

WILDFLOWER VILLAGE WILDFLOWER VILLAGE 4275-4395 W. Fourth St., (775) 787-3769

1) The Writers’ Block Open Mic, cover Block Open Mic, 1)7pm, Theno Writers’

1) Reno Music Project Open Mic, noMusic coverProject Open Mic, 1)7pm, Reno 7pm, no cover

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

4275-4395 W. Fourth (775) 787-3769 1) Golden Rose Cafe 2)St., Green Fairy Pub 3) Cabaret 7pm, no cover 1) Golden Rose Cafe 2) Green Fairy Pub 3) Cabaret

Tuesday Night Trivia, 8pm, Tu, Reno Beer and Record Club DJs,Tu, 9pm, W, no cover Tuesday Nightw/guest Trivia, 8pm, Reno Beer and Record Club w/guest DJs, 9pm, W, no cover

Dance party, 9pm, no cover Dance party, 9pm, no cover Ritual (industrial, EDM, ’80s) w/DJs Rusty, David (industrial, Darkness, Jon Ritual EDM,Potter, ’80s) 9pm, w/DJs$3-$5 Rusty, David Darkness, Jon Potter, 9pm, $3-$5 Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover

Colin Ross, 2pm, no cover Erika Ross, Paul, 6pm, Colin 2pm, no no cover cover Erika Paul, 6pm, no cover

June 9, 8Factory p.m. Knitting Knitting Factory 211 N. Virginia St. 211 N. Virginia St. 323-5648 323-5648

Moon Gravy, 6pm, M, Eric Andersen, 6pm, Tu, Tany6pm, Jane,M,6pm, no cover Moon Gravy, Eric W, Andersen, 6pm, Tu, Tany Jane, 6pm, W, no cover 1) Comedy Power Hour Open Mic, Tu, noPower coverHour 3) Jamming with 1)8pm, Comedy Open Mic, Ray Saxon, cover with 8pm, Tu, no 7pm, coverW, 3)no Jamming Ray Saxon, 7pm, W, no cover

3) Jack Di Carlo, 5pm, no cover 3) Jack Di Carlo, 5pm, no cover

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ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA ATLANTIS 3800 S. VirginiaCASINO St., (775) RESORT 825-4700 SPA 3800 S. Virginia St.,Stage (775)2)825-4700 1) Grand Ballroom Cabaret 1) Grand Ballroom Stage 2) Cabaret

CARSON VALLEY INN CARSON VALLEY 1627 Hwy. 395, Minden; INN (775) 782-9711

THURSDAY 6/4 THURSDAY 6/4

FRIDAY 6/5 FRIDAY 6/5

SATURDAY 6/6 SATURDAY 6/6

SUNDAY 6/7 SUNDAY 6/7

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/8-6/10 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/8-6/10

2) Hindsight, 8pm, no cover 2) Hindsight, 8pm, no cover

2) Hindsight, 4pm, no cover 2) 4pm, no cover All Hindsight, In, 10pm, no cover All In, 10pm, no cover

2) All In, 8pm, no cover 2) All In, 8pm, no cover

2) The Palmore Remix, 2) TheM,Palmore Remix, 8pm, Tu, W, no cover 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

3) Gary Allen, 8pm, $49

2) John Dawson Band, 8pm, no cover 2) John Dawson Band, 8pm, no cover

2) Jonathan Barton, 6pm, no cover 2) Jonathan Barton, 6pm, no cover

2) Jonathan Barton, 2) Jonathan Barton, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Keyser Soze, 10pm, no cover 2) Keyser Soze, 10pm, no cover

2) Katdelic, 10pm, no cover 2) Katdelic, 10pm, no cover

1) Tap Factory, 7pm, $26.95 Factory , 7pm, $26.95 1) Tap 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Garage Johnny Young Band, 10pm, no cover 3) Johnny Young Band, 10pm, no cover 2) DJ Enfo, E20, DJ Rick Gee, DJ Louie 2) DJ Enfo,DJE20, DJ Rick4pm, Gee,$10 DJ Louie Giovanni, Elements, Giovanni, Elements, $10no cover 3) Boots &DJDaisy Dukes,4pm, 10pm, 3) Boots & Daisy Dukes, 10pm, no cover

1) Tap Factory, 7pm, 9:30pm, $26.95 1) Tap Factory , 7pm, 9:30pm, $26.95 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 3) Garage Johnny Young Band, 10pm, no cover 3) Johnny Young Band, 10pm, no cover 2) Reno’s Biggest ’80s Party, 2) Reno’s Biggest ’80s Party, 10pm, $TBA 3) County Social Saturdays, 10pm, $TBA 3) County Social Saturdays, no cover 10pm, no cover

1) Tap Factory, 7pm, $26.95 Factory , 7pm, $26.95 1) Tap 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover

1) Tap Factory, 7pm, Tu, W, $26.95 2) Live TapKaraoke, Factory, 10pm, 7pm, Tu, 2) Live 1) Band M, W, DJ$26.95 Chris English, Band 10pm, 10:30pm, M, DJ Chris 10pm,Karaoke, Tu, Audioboxx, W, English, no cover 10pm, Tu, Audioboxx, 10:30pm, W, no cover

1) Superlicious, 9pm, no cover 1) Superlicious, 9pm, no cover

1) Nothin’ Personal, 9pm, no cover 1) Nothin’ Personal, 9pm, no cover

1627 Hwy.Ballroom 395, Minden; (775)Lounge 782-9711 1) Valley 2) Cabaret 3) TJ’s Corral 3) Gary Allen, 8pm, $49 1) Valley Ballroom 2) Cabaret Lounge 3) TJ’s Corral

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB CRYSTAL BAY CLUB 14 Hwy. 28, Crystal Bay; (775) 833-6333

Elvin Bishop Elvin Bishop June 6, 7:30 p.m.

June 6, 7:30 p.m. Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Harrah’s Lake 15 Highway 50 Tahoe 15 Highway 50 Stateline Stateline 588-6611 588-6611

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

ELDORADO RESORT CASINO ELDORADO RESORT CASINO 345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700 345 N. Virginia2)St., (775) 786-5700 1) Showroom Brew Brothers 3) NoVi 1) Showroom 2) Brew Brothers 3) NoVi

GRAND SIERRA RESORT GRAND SIERRA RESORT 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000

2500 E. Second (775)3) 789-2000 1) Grand TheaterSt., 2)Lex Sports Book 1) Grand Theater 2)Lex 3) Sports Book

HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO HARD ROCK HOTEL CASINO 50 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (844)& 588-7625 50 Hwy.2)50,Outdoor Stateline; (844) 588-7625 1) Vinyl Arena 1) Vinyl 2) Outdoor Arena

Karaoke Karaoke

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE HARRAH’S LAKE(775) TAHOE 15 Hwy. 50, Stateline; 588-6611

Cobra Lounge at Asian Noodles, 1290 E. Cobra Lounge Noodles, E. Plumb Lane, at Ste.Asian 1, 828-7227: Cash1290 Karaoke Plumb Lane,Simard, Ste. 1, Sa, 828-7227: Karaoke w/Jacques 8pm, noCash cover w/Jacques Simard, Sa, 8pm, no cover Money Bar, 180 W. Peckham Lane, Ste. 1070, Money Bar, 180 W. Peckham Lane, Ste. 1070, 823-9977: Steve Starr Karaoke, F, 9pm, 823-9977: no cover Steve Starr Karaoke, F, 9pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Spiro’s & Grille, 1475 F-Sa, E. Prater Way, Sports Ste. 103,Bar Sparks, 356-6000: Way, 103, Sparks, 356-6000: F-Sa, 9pm, Ste. no cover 9pm, no cover West Second Street Bar, 118 W. Second St., West384-7976: SecondDaily, Street 118 W. Second St., 8pm,Bar, no cover 384-7976: Daily, 8pm, no cover

15 Hwy. Shore 50, Stateline; 1)South Room 2)(775) Peek588-6611 3) Center Stage 1)South Shore Room 2) Peek 3) Center Stage

HARRAH’S RENO HARRAH’S RENO 219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900

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

MONTBLEU RESORT MONTBLEU RESORT 55 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (800) 648-3353

1) Tap Factory, 7pm, $26.95 Factory , 7pm, $26.95 1) Tap 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Garage Boys, 10:30pm, no cover 2) Flirt Thursdays, 10pm, no cover 2) Thursdays, 10pm, no cover 3) Flirt Honky Tonk Thursdays w/DJ Jamie G, 3) Honky 10pm, no Tonk coverThursdays w/DJ Jamie G, 10pm, no cover 1) Rock on! Live Band Karaoke, 1) Rock Live Band Karaoke, 9pm, noon! cover 9pm, no cover

2) DJ JosBeatz, 10pm, $20 2) 3) DJ ArtyJosBeatz, the Party,10pm, 9pm,$20 no cover 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover 1) Nashville Unplugged, 8pm, $29.50Nashville Unplugged , 8pm,8pm, $29.50$40.50 3) Jackie Landrum, 1) Nashville Unplugged: The Story Behind 1) Unplugged: The Story Behind $40.50 Landrum, 8pm, 1) $29.50-$40.50 theNashville Song, 8pm, no cover3)4)Jackie Audioboxx, noon, Foreigner the Song, 8pm, $29.50-$40.50 no cover 4) Audioboxx, noon, Foreigner Unauthorized, 6pm, no cover Unauthorized, 6pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm,8pm, no cover Terry Sheets Band, no cover

1100 NuggetShowroom Ave., Sparks; (775)Ballroom 356-3300 1) Celebrity 2) Grand 3) Gilley’s Terry Sheets Band, 8pm, no cover 1) Celebrity Showroom 2) Grand Ballroom 3) Gilley’s

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO PEPPERMILL RESORT CASINO 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks; (775)SPA 356-3300 SANDS REGENCY CASINO HOTEL SANDS REGENCY CASINO 345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2200HOTEL SILVER LEGACY SILVER LEGACY 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401

407Grand N. Virginia St., Hall (775)2) 325-7401 1) Exposition Rum Island Bar 1) Grand Exposition Hall4)2)Silver Rum Island 3) Aura Ultra Lounge BaronBar Lounge 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge

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3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm,8pm, no cover Terry Sheets Band, no cover Terry Sheets Band, 8pm, no cover

3) Fixx Fridays, 7:30pm, $10 after 8pm 3) Fixx Fridays, 7:30pm, $10 after 8pm

1100 NuggetBallroom Ave., Sparks; (775)Lounge 356-3300 1) Tuscany 2) Terrace 3) Edge 1) Tuscany Ballroom 2) Terrace Lounge 3) Edge

345 Arlington Ave.,2)(775) 348-2200 1) 3rdN. Street Lounge Jester Theater 3) Pool 1) 3rd Street Lounge 2) Jester Theater 3) Pool

1) Elvin Bishop, 7:30pm, $37 1) Bishop, $37 2) Elvin DJ Rick Gee, 7:30pm, 10pm, $20 2) 3) DJ ArtyRick theGee, Party,10pm, 9pm,$20 no cover 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover 1) Nashville Unplugged: The Story Behind the 1) Nashville The Story Behind the 1) Nashville Unplugged: The Story Behind 1) Nashville Unplugged: The Story Behind , 8pm, Unplugged: $29.50-$40.50 Song , 8pm, $29.50-$40.50 1) Unplugged: The Story Behind 1) Unplugged: The Story Behind Song $29.50-$40.50 M, $29.50-$40.50 3) Jackie Landrum, 8pm, no cover theNashville Song, 8pm, theNashville Song, 8pm, 3) Landrum, no cover the Song, 8pm, M, $29.50-$40.50 4) Jackie Audioboxx, noon,8pm, Riff Raff, 6pm, no cover the Song, 8pm, $29.50-$40.50 4) Audioboxx, noon, Riff Raff, 6pm, no cover 1) Foreigner, 9pm, $55.50-$75.50 1) 9pm, ,$55.50-$75.50 The Male Room 8pm, $23 2) Foreigner, 2) The Male Room, 8pm, $23

55 Hwy. 50,2)Stateline; (800) 648-3353 1) Theatre Opal 3) Blu 4) Cafe del Soul 1) Theatre 2) Opal 3) Blu 4) Cafe del Soul

NUGGET CASINO RESORT NUGGET 1100 Nugget CASINO Ave., Sparks;RESORT (775) 356-3300

1) Westbound 50, 9pm, W, no cover 1) Westbound 50, 9pm, W, no cover

2) Banzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia, 2) Banzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia, 8pm, no cover 8pm, no coverof Aura, 3) University 3) University 9pm, no coverof Aura, 9pm, no cover

3) Wet & Wild Pool Party, 6pm, $5 3) Wet & Wild Pool Party, 6pm, $5

2) Utility Players Improv Show, 2) Utility 8pm, $15Players Improv Show, 8pm, $15

2) Big Bad Boogie Rock, 9pm, no cover 2) Big Bad Friday, Boogie 9pm, Rock,no9pm, no cover 3) Fashion cover 3) cover 4) Fashion RebekahFriday, Chase9pm, Band,no9pm, no cover 4) Rebekah Chase Band, 9pm, no cover

2) Big Bad Boogie Rock, 9pm, no cover 2) Big Bad Boogie Rock, 9pm, no 3) Seduction Saturdays, $5 cover 3) Saturdays, 4) Seduction Rebekah Chase Band,9pm, 9pm,$5 no cover 4) Rebekah Chase Band, 9pm, no cover

3) DJ/dancing lessons, 3) DJ/dancing 5pm, no coverlessons, 5pm, no cover

DJ/line-dancing lessons, DJ/line-dancing 6pm, W, no coverlessons, 6pm, W, no cover

2) Kyle Williams, 6pm, no cover 2) Kyle Williams, 6pm, no cover

2) Kyle Williams, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover 2) Kyle Williams, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover 3) Rick Hammond, 6pm, W, no cover 3) Rick Hammond, 6pm, W, no cover

2) Recovery Sundays, 10pm, no cover 2) Sundays, no cover 3) Recovery Industry Night, 9pm,10pm, no cover 3) Industry Night, 9pm, no cover

2) Trey Valentine’s Backstage Karaoke, 2) TreyTu,Valentine’s 8pm, no cover Backstage Karaoke, 8pm, Tu, no cover Country-Rock Bingo w/Jeff Gregg, Country-Rock Bingo w/Jeff Gregg, 9pm, W, no cover 9pm, W, no cover

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Carson City ghost Walking tours Explore Carson City’s haunted history during monthly Ghost Walking Tours through Oct. 2. The guided tour takes attendees to historic homes and businesses in downtown Carson City. Some of the outside stops include The Bliss Mansion, Ferris Mansion and Rinckel Mansion. The 90-minute tour leaves rain or shine. Arrive at least 10 minutes before the walk begins. This month’s tour departs at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, from 3rd and Carson streets next to the St. Charles Hotel, a.k.a. Firkin & Fox Pub. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Admission is free for kids age 3 and younger. Advance tickets are available online at www.brownpapertickets.com. Call 348-6279 or visit http://carsoncityghostwalk.com.

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The 17th annual event features plenty of European beer, food from Germany, Italy, Ireland and Spain, 40 craft fair vendors and live music. Celtic rock band The Young Dubliners will hit the stage at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, June 5-6. Brother will precede The Young Dubliners’ show with performances at 4 p.m. on Friday and 5 p.m. on Saturday. Polka Power California and Gruber Family Band will play several sets throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday. Gates are open from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 7, at the Sands Regency, 345 N. Arlington Ave. Admission is free. Call 348-2295 or visit www.sandsregency.com.

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Visit with wolves Monty and Reyna and other wild residents at the Animal Ark, then listen to a presentation about wolves. The event closes with a live wolf howl. There will be a contest for the best human howlers with prizes awarded for the champion child and adult howler. The event begins at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, at the Animal Ark, 1265 Deerlodge Road, about 25 miles north of Reno. Admission is $15 for adults, $13.50 for seniors age 62 and older, $12 children ages 3-12 and free for children age 2 and younger. Call (775) 970-3431 or visit www.animalark.org.

The inaugural event features screenings, special events and awards receptions at the Siena Hotel Spa Casino, 1 Lake St., and additional screening locations, including Galaxy Luxury + IMAX Theatres in Sparks and Century Riverside 12 in downtown Reno and the Tahoe City Art Haus in Tahoe City, Calif. The film festival runs from Friday, June 5, through Sunday, June 7. Tickets, which start at $20, range from individual screening passes to Indie Lover passes and VIP All Access passes. For screening times and other information, visit www.rtiff.org.

The seventh annual event features live entertainment, bike races, ride-in shows, poker runs, scavenger hunts, more than 80 vendors, VIP parties for participants and more. The rally is open to all bike models. Although most of the events will take place in downtown Reno, Chester’s Reno Harley-Davidson will host open houses and Virginia City will host a poker walk, live entertainment and more during the weekend. The motorcycle celebration begins on Friday, June 5, and runs through Sunday, June 7. Admission is free to most events. Call 329-7469 or visit http://roadshowsreno.com/sv_spring.php.

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MARROW DRIVE & FUNDRAISER FOR AMANDA: Stop by Squeeze In for an opportunity to join the marrow registry for Amanda Ratcliffe, who’s battling cancer. A cheek swab is all that is needed to determine if you could be a match. Raffle tickets and bracelets will be sold. All funds will be donated to Be The Match and help with Amanda’s medical costs. Su, 6/7, 10am2pm. Free, donation only. Squeeze In, 25 Foothill Blvd., Ste. 3, (602) 717-4917, www.bethematchfoundation.org.

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Events 2015 CARSON CITY SMACKDOWN: The event features bull-riding competitions, quad barrel racing, mutton busting, music, kids games and more. F, 6/5, 6-9pm. $12 each day or $20 for a two-day pass. Fuji Park, 601 Old Clear Creek Road, Carson City, (775) 687-7410, http://visitcarsoncity.com.

ART WALK RENO: The monthly art walk features works of local and regional artists on display at venues within the Arts District, between Liberty Street and Second Street and Virginia Street and Arlington Avenue. The walk officially begins at Liberty Fine Art Gallery, 100 W. Liberty St., where you can purchase a ticket for $10, which includes a glass, raffle ticket and program for the evening. Stops on the art walk include Sierra Arts Gallery, Noble Pie Parlor, Singer Social Club and Neapolitan Gallery inside the Monolith Bar. There will also be food and drink specials from participating businesses along the way. A portion of all proceeds from Art Walk Reno will be donated to non-profit groups focused on art, education and community. First Th of every month, 59pm. $10. Liberty Fine Art, 100 W. Liberty St., (775) 232-8079, http://artspotreno.com/art-walk-reno.

BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIMES: Staff members and guest readers tell stories to children. Sa, 10am. Free. Barnes & Noble, 5555 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-8882.

COOL CAR, TRUCK, AND MOTORCYCLE CRUISE: The weekly cruise is open to all cars, trucks and motorcycles and includes a drawing for gas money, prizes and more. The event will be cancelled in inclement weather. F, 8pm through 10/2. Heavenly Village, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe, (530) 541-7300, www.goodsamsaferide.com.

DELONGCHAMPS RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE: This walk takes you on a neighborhood tour of homes, large and small, designed by Reno’s notable architect Frederic Delongchamps. Hear about his life and what made him unique. Reservations required. Sa, 6/6, 910:30am. $10, free for Historic Reno Preservation Society members. Hardy House, 442 Flint St., (775) 747-4478, www.historicreno.org.

FEED THE CAMEL: The Hump Day food truck and arts bazaar under the Keystone Bridge features unique specialties, local beer and more from Battle Born Food, Electric Blue Elephant, The Codfather and Shanghai Express, among others. W, 5-8pm through 9/30. Free admission. McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-2417, https://twitter.com/FeedTheCamel.

FIRST THURSDAY: This month’s First Thursday event features beer and wine, access to Nevada Museum of Art’s galleries and live music by the Mark Sexton Band. Th, 6/4, 5-7pm. $1-$10. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

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Shop for unique plants, hard-to-find varieties and native plants selected to grow in our climate zone. Horticulturists and members of the Society will be on hand to offer growing tips. Through 6/5, 9:30am-2pm. Free admission. Ranch House at Wilbur D. May Arboretum, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-4153, www.mayarboretumsociety.org.

OPEN HOUSE & TELESCOPE CLINIC: Visitors can explore the observatory at their leisure, ask questions of observatory volunteers, learn how telescopes work and even learn how to image celestial objects. Guests are encouraged to bring their own telescopes and use the observation deck to view the evening sky. First Sa of every month, 7pm. Free. Jack C. Davis Observatory, 2699 Van Patten Drive, Carson City, (775) 4453240, www.wnc.edu/observatory.

PARSONS/MILLS ARCHITECTURE: Stroll through one of Reno’s most unique neighborhoods to view some designs of Reno architects Edward Parsons and Russell Mills, who sometimes collaborated. Hear about the families who first lived in these homes. Reservations required. Tu, 6/9, 6-7:30pm. $10, free for Historic Reno Preservation Society members. Newlands Neighborhood, corner of Marsh Avenue and La Rue Avenue, (775) 747-4478, www.historicreno.org.

RELAY FOR LIFE, RENO/SPARKS: Local teams will participate in the world’s largest fund-raising event to end cancer. Sa, 6/6, noon-midnight. Reno Aces Ballpark, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 828-2201, http://bestmedicinenews.org.

RENO STREET FOOD: PARTY IN THE PARK: The street food event features more than 25 gourmet food, craft desserts, beer, wine and mixed drinks vendors and live music weekly through Oct. 2. Relax in the park and bring your lawn chairs and a blanket. F, 5-9pm through 10/2. Free admission. Idlewild Park, 1900 Idlewild Drive, (805) 795-0539.

RESTOMODS IN RENO: The Reno Mustang Car Clubs annual Ford and Mustang car show features many new, fully restored, modified and other types of Ford vehicles. Trophies will be awarded in all categories. Auto parts and catalog vendors will be available to share information and answer questions. F,

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STORIES OF RESEARCH AT LAKE TAHOE: Limnologist Charles Goldman gives a presentation on the stories and history of five decades of research at Lake Tahoe and the challenges ahead. Refreshments and no-host bar at 5:30 pm, presentation begins at 6pm. Th, 6/4, 5:30-7pm. $5 suggested donation. Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, Sierra Nevada College Campus, 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, (775) 881-7560 ext. 7483, http://tahoe.ucdavis.edu/events.

A TOAST & TASTE OF SUMMER: Encore Beverage and Atlantis presents this wine and food expo benefiting the Nevada Diabetes Association. Taste gourmet foods from 20 top area restaurants, paired with fine wines and microbrews from 40 wineries and breweries. Th, 6/4, 6-9pm. $40-$50. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 856-3839, www.diabetesnv.org.

VALHALLA RENAISSANCE FAIR: The 23rd annual festival features jousting sessions and full armored combat between knights, craft demonstrations, music, theatrical, dance and comedy performances. Activities for the children include dancing, games, crafts, puppet shows and storytelling. F, 6/5, 10am-2pm; Sa, 6/6, 10am-6pm; Su, 6/7, 10am-5pm. $8-$18, free for children under age 6, $5 parking across from site. Camp Richardson, 1900 Jameson Beach Road, South Lake Tahoe, (415) 354-1773, www.valhallafaire.com.

Art A AN ART GALLERY: Reno ARTlaws. See the work of established and upcoming artists with a unique style of creativity and expression. The show runs the entire month of June. Private tours are available. M-Su, 12-4pm through 6/30. Free. 40 E. Fourth St., (775) 737-9399, www.aanart.com.

ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: Cowboy at the Co-op. The Artists Co-op salutes the Reno Rodeo with a western-themed art show. The work of guest artist Kaleigh Surber will also be on display. M-Su, 11am-4pm through 6/30. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896, www.artistsco-opgalleryreno.com.

SHEPPARD CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Tehching Hsieh: One Year Performance. This artwork nurtures the beginnings of meaningful conversations about spirituality, meaning, labor, daily life and the creative spirit. This is the second time this work will be seen in the United States after its previous installation at the Guggenheim in New York City. Through 6/21, 12-4pm. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.

STREMMEL GALLERY: My Montana. The show features works by Montana artists Jerry Iverson and Gordon McConnell. M-Sa through 6/30. Free. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558, www.stremmelgallery.com.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF NORTHERN NEVADA: Bryce Chisholm— Liberty for All. Chisholm’s work portrays themes of justice and peace. M-Su, 11am-1pm through 6/21. Free. 780 Del Monte Lane, (775) 851-7100, www.uufnn.org.

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Reflections on Pyramid Lake. This exhibit put on by the University of Nevada Reno’s Special Collections showcases historic, artistic, scientific, native and natural visions. MF through 9/15. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-1110, www.unr.edu.

ARTSPACE, WEST STREET MARKET: Flo Oy Wong. Influenced by contemporary artists, Flo Oy Wong makes art that speaks of personal, family, community, cultural and historical stories. In acknowledgement of her identity as an American of Chinese descent, she frequently uses Chinese and English text in her work. Through 6/27, 4-8pm. Free. 144 West St., (775) 784-6658.

HOLLAND PROJECT GALLERY: A Tender Spark. Local artist Lisa Kurt’s most recent paintings lead the viewer on mini narratives that explore human fascination with nature, particularly animals and animal-like creatures, while also conveying mythologies, dreams and childhood memories. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, June 11. Tu-F, 3-6pm through 6/26. Opens 6/9; Th, 6/11, 6:30-8pm. Free. 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858, www.hollandreno.org.

JOT TRAVIS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: I Am My Brother’s Keeper. Yad Vashem’s new exhibition pays tribute to the courageous deeds of the Righteous Among the Nations and to the resilience and determination of those who survived the Holocaust. The exhibition makes use of state-of-theart multimedia productions to bring the actual voices of both the rescuers and those who were rescued to the audience, reflecting upon their moral choices and engaging the audience to contemplate how spontaneous, intuitive decisions can make a difference and save lives. Through 8/15, 4-8pm. Free. 900 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6837.

MCKINLEY ARTS & CULTURE CENTER: Ethereal Luminescence: J. Michael Orr. Orr’s paintings combine the iridescent and striking nature of sunsets with spiritual influence. Using mixed media acrylics, the artist creates work that comes alive with glowing vibrant colors that shimmer with light. M-F, 8am-5pm through 6/26. Free. 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-2417.

METRO GALLERY AT RENO CITY HALL: Symbiosis: Anneliese Vobis. Installation artist Anneliese Vobis explores the interrelation of organisms in the ecosystem and natural environment using mixed media materials that include plastic, felt, fabric and recycled paper. This installation uses artificial materials to construct natural shapes that resist an environment of artificiality while exploring the deep and mysterious nature of life. M-F, Su, 9am5pm through 6/26. Free. 1 E. First St., (775) 334-2417.

Museums NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Tamara Kostianovsky: After Goya, W-Su through 7/26; Robert Adams: A Road Through Shore Pine, W-Su through 7/26; smudge studio: Look Only at the Movement, WSu through 7/26; Erika Harrsch: The Monarch Paradigm—Migration as Metaphor, W-Su through 7/26; Dave Eggers: Insufferable Throne of God, WSu through 7/26; Betsabeé Romero: En Tránsito, W-Su through 7/26; Larry Mitchell: The 1ºC Project, W-Su through 7/26; Andrea Zittel: Wallsprawl, W-Su through 8/16. $1-$10. 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

VIRGINIA CITY VISITORS CENTER: Flashback Friday Museum Days. All Virginia City museums have free admission on the first Friday of the month from May through October. Start your tour of the museums at the Virginia City Visitors Center to receive a map. The map has a recommended route and details about Virginia City. First F of every month through 10/2. Free. 86 S. C St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7500.

Film THE MISSING PICTURE (2013) CAMBODIA: This award-winning documentary is both a warning of the consequences of living under an absolutist government and a beautifully crafted depiction of a lost world. Director Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage and narration to recreate the atrocities of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979. In English and French with English subtitles. M, 6/8, 7pm; Tu, 6/9, 7pm. $7 general admission, $6 students, seniors, $5 members. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716, www.artemisiamovies.org.

Music TINTABULATIONS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE: The handbell ensemble plays classical, jazz and pop tunes, as well as original works for bells written by some of the nation’s foremost handbell composers. Sa, 6/6, 6pm. Nevada Governor’s Mansion, 606 Mountain St., Carson City; Su, 6/7, 2pm. Hope Lutheran Church of the Sierra, 930 Julie Lane, South Lake Tahoe; Su, 6/7, 6pm. Carson Valley Methodist Church, 1375 Centerville Lane, Gardnerville; M, 6/8, 7pm. Total Wine & More, 6671 S. Virginia St., (775) 677-8119, http://tintabulations.com.

Sports & Fitness ADVENTURE DAY: Adaptive rock climbing, hand cycling and kayaking will be available for children and adults with disabilities. Su, 6/7, 10am-2pm. Sparks Marina, 325 Harbor Cove Drive, Sparks, (775) 353-2376, www.cityofsparks.us.

CLASSIC INTERMEDIATE MAT PILATES: Students learn to build upon the basic mat routine. Modified intermediate to intermediate exercises will be added to the repertoire as students progress. Call to reserve your spot. Tu, 5:30-6:20pm through 6/23. $16 per class. Mind Body & Pilates, 615 Sierra Rose Drive, Ste. 2B, (775) 745-4151, www.pilatesreno.com.

FELDENKRAIS CLASSES: Guided Feldenkrais classes in pain-free movement will give you the tools you need to improve stability, balance and performance and increase your vitality and flexibility as you learn to do slow, non-habitual movements with focused attention. These carefully structured lessons activate neural pathways, relieve pain and stress, and improve the communication between you brain and body. Tu, 10-11:30am through 12/15. $12 drop-in. Midtown Fitness, 600 S. Center St., Ste. 300, (775) 240-7882, www.renofeldenkrais.blogspot.com.

GUIDED HIKE: Enjoy a guided hike through Galena Creek Park with a local specialist. Please bring appropriate clothing and plenty of water. The hike intensity varies, depending on the audience. Sa, 10am-noon. $5 suggested donation. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mt. Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948, www.thegreatbasininstitute.org.

RENO ACES: The minor league baseball team plays the Round Rock Express. Th, 6/4, 7:0pm; F, 6/5, 7:30pm. $7-$33. Reno Aces Ballpark, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7000, www.renoaces.com.

Onstage CLYBOURNE PARK: Reno Little Theater presents Bruce Norris’ award-winning drama. The play explodes in two acts set 50 years apart. Act One takes place in 1959, as white community leaders anxiously try to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act Two is set in the same house in the present day, as the now predominantly African-American neighborhood battles to hold its ground in the face of gentrification. Th, 6/4,

7:30pm; F, 6/5, 7:30pm; Sa, 6/6, 7:30pm; Su, 6/7, 2pm; Th, 6/11, 7:30pm; F, 6/12, 7:30pm; Sa, 6/13, 2 & 7:30pm; Su, 6/14, 2pm. $16 general admission, $13 students, seniors, military. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 813-8900, http://renolittletheater.org.

GOOD PEOPLE: Brüka Theatre presents this humor-filled drama from Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire about how twists of fate determine our path. Th, 6/4, 8pm; F, 6/5, 8pm; Sa, 6/6, 8pm. $20 general admission, $18 students, seniors, military, $25 for all tickets at the door. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.

SHINER: This drama by Christian Durso follows two 13-year-olds named Jake and Margot, who in 1994 form their own grunge-music fan club to celebrate all things Nirvana. Soon Jake and Margot become bound as much by their shared insecurities as by their music. The two teens make a pact to die happy. All they need to do is see Nirvana live in concert and then they will jump off the 101 overpass. But a first kiss, a restraining order and Kurt Cobain’s ailing health threaten their plans. F, 6/5, 7:30-9:30pm; Sa, 6/6, 7:30-9:30pm. $15 advance, $18 at the door. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716, www.goodluckmacbeth.org.

Rise and spine My fiance is good friends with his ex-girlfriend from college. (We’re all in our 30s.) She isn’t a romantic threat, but she’s become a source of stress. Long before I met my boyfriend, they began hanging out at a local bar together twice a week. They still do this, and I go along, but I’ve increasingly found these evenings a draining time-suck. When I don’t want to go, my fiance hangs at home with me. This prompts a tantrum from his exgirlfriend, complete with a barrage of angry texts. I’ve tried reasoning with her, but she claims that when he was single, he “dragged [her] out constantly,” so he still owes her. My boyfriend is a laid-back, nonconfrontational kind of guy and just says she needs to calm down. They’ve translated the Dead Sea Scrolls, and it turns out they’re actually a 900-page list of everything this “friend” has ever done for your fiance. OK, when he was single, maybe he “dragged [her] out constantly.” Unless he did this by unchaining her from the wall and yanking her to the bar on a choke collar, it was up to her to decline. Gotta love the notion that her companionship led to some unwritten indentured frienditude contract that he still owes big on. One person’s friendship is another’s mob extortion scheme. It’s your fiance’s job to be “reasoning” with his friend, not yours. You’re marrying the guy, not adopting him and trying to get him into a good preschool. You excuse his passivity by describing him as a “laid-back, nonconfrontational kind of guy.” Well, there’s laid-back, and there’s confusing onlookers as to whether you’re a person or a paperweight. The thing is, whether somebody gets to abuse you is usually up to you. In other words, your fiance needs to grow a pair—or at least crochet a pair and pop ’em in—and then get on the phone. Tell him that he needs to tell this woman—calmly and firmly—something like, “You know, lovey, I’ve got a fiancee now, and I can’t be as available as I used to be.” He needs to shut down the abusive text storm the same way, telling her, “Not acceptable. Cut it out,” and then block her number if she keeps up the telephone thuggery. Sure, it’s uncomfortable standing up to a person who’s been treating you badly—an uncomfortable and necessary part of adult life. It’s how you send the message “Nuh-uh … no more,” instead of “Forever your tool.” And here’s a tip: You don’t need to feel all cuddly and good about confronting somebody; you just need

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to do it, as opposed to cowering in fear as the Bing! Bing! Bings! of their texted multi-part tantrum come in on your phone. Start encouraging assertiveness in your fiance now, and keep letting him know how much you admire all the steps he takes. He could soon be a man who’s got your back when there’s trouble—and not just in the corner of his eye as he curls up in a fetal position and whimpers, “Donnnn’t hurrrrt meeee!”

To boldly no where no no has gone before I’ve started seeing this wonderful guy. There’s no official commitment yet, but I have no interest in anyone else, including the two guys I was casually seeing from time to time. When they text me to try to hook up, I won’t respond or I’ll say I’m busy, but they don’t seem to be getting the message. Admittedly, in the past, I’ve said “no more,” and then caved when I’ve gotten lonely or had a few glasses of wine. Also, how do you say “beat it” without being mean? There’s little that tempers a man’s enthusiasm for a late-night shag like responding to his “want 2 hook up?” by texting back, “YES! I’m ovulating & dying 2 have a baby!” But it shouldn’t have to come to this—that is, if you start by actually saying no instead of starting a game of “Guess why I’m not returning your texts!” An ambiguous no—not responding or saying,“I’m busy”—is not a no. This is especially true of your ambiguous no, which, in the past, has translated to, “I’m not drunk/lonely enough. Try me later.” Because of this, you may need to repeat even a firm “I’m no longer interested” a few times for these guys to get that you aren’t just confused about what you want or playing hard to get. But in general, the unevasive no eliminates the need to make your point repeatedly, in turn curbing the likelihood of your getting mean on the phone (or, worse, hiding under the bed when you hear the ladder being leaned against your upstairs window). Ω

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’ve wan-

dered into an awkward phase of your cycle. Missed connections have aroused confusion. Disjointed events have led to weirdness. I’ve got a suggestion for how you might be able to restore clarity and confidence: Make a foray into a borderland and risk imaginative acts of heroism. Does that sound too cryptic or spooky? How about if I say it like this: Go on an unpredictable quest that will free your trapped vitality, or try a mysterious experiment that will awaken your sleeping magic. P.S. For best results, ask for help every step of the way.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Gesamtkunstwerk

is a German word that can be translated as “total art work” or “all-embracing art form.” It refers to a creative masterpiece that makes use of several genres. The 19thcentury composer Richard Wagner had this in mind when he produced his opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung, which included orchestral music, singing, theater and literature. I’m invoking the spirit of Gesamtkunstwerk for your use, Leo. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to synthesize and coordinate all the things you do best, and express them with a flourish.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Defender was

a popular video game that young people played in video arcades during the 1980s. Fifteen-year-old Steve Juraszek was profiled in Time magazine after he racked up a record-breaking 16 million points while playing the game for 16 hours straight. But when his high school principal found out that Juraszek had skipped classes to be at the arcade, he was suspended. I’m wondering if there may soon be a similar development in your own life, Virgo. Will you have to pay a small price for your success? You should at least be prepared to risk an acceptable loss in order to accomplish an important goal.

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everyone else?” I told him the truth: “Being curious is just the way I was made. Maybe it’s because of my Mercury in Gemini, or my seventh-house sun or my three planets in Libra.” I suspect that you are due to go through a phase similar to the mode I’m so familiar with. If it doesn’t happen naturally, I suggest you coax it out. You need to be extra inquisitive. You’ll benefit from digging as deeply as you dare. The more information you uncover, the better your decisions will be.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I love to

watch an evolved Scorpio get his or her needs met by helping other people get their needs met. It’s thrilling to behold the paradoxical Scorpio assets in action: the combination of manipulativeness and generosity; the animal magnetism working in service to the greater good; the resourceful willpower that carries out hidden agendas and complex strategies designed to make the world a better place. I expect to see a lot of this idiosyncratic wisdom from you in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“Would that life were like the shadow cast by a wall or a tree,” says the Talmud. “But it is like the shadow of a bird in flight.” That’s a lyrical sentiment, but I don’t agree with it. I’ve come to prefer the shimmering dance over the static stance. The ever-shifting play of light and dark is more interesting to me than the illusion of stability. I feel more at home in the unpredictable flow than in the stagnant trance of certainty. What about you, Sagittarius? I suggest that in the immediate future you cultivate an appreciation for the joys and challenges of the shimmering dance.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The

core of your horoscope comes from the poem “A Color of the Sky” by Tony Hoagland. Imagine that you are the “I” who is saying the following: “What I thought was an end turned out to be a middle. / What I thought was a brick wall turned out to be a tunnel. / What I thought was an injustice turned out to be a color of the sky.” Please understand, Capricorn, that speaking these words might not make total sense to you yet. You may have to take them on faith until you gather further evidence. But I urge you to speak them anyway. Doing so will help generate the transformations you need in order to make them come true.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Lessons

in luck are coming your way. Will they help you attract more luck? Maybe. Will they show you how to make better use of your luck? Maybe. A lot depends on your ability to understand and love the paradox of luck. I’ve assembled a few enigmatic teachings to prepare you. (1) “Luck is believing you’re lucky,” Tennessee Williams, (2) “It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it,” Baltasar Gracián, (3) “Sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck,” Lorii Myers, (4) “The harder I work, the luckier I get,” Samuel Goldwyn, (5) “You’ve got to try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it,” Jimmy Dean, and (6) “Go and wake up your luck,” Persian proverb.

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“boudoir” means a woman’s bedroom. But hundreds of years ago, it had a more specific definition. It was a room where a wellbred girl was sent when she was pouting. “Boudoir” is derived from the French verb bouder, which means “to sulk.” If it were in my power, Pisces, I would send you to the sulking room right now. In fact, I would encourage you to sulk. In my opinion, a good, long sulk would be just the right prescription for you. It would trigger brainstorms about how to change the soggy, foggy conditions that warranted your sulking in the first place.

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Visionary Rachelle Lanning, owner of a yoga and massage studio, The Studio Reno, and The Seed Cafe, 1085 S. Virginia St., embodies the innovative thinking that has fueled the growth of the Midtown area of Reno. She’s a perennial winner in our Biggest Little Best of Northern Nevada reader poll and frequently can be spotted at cultural and wellness oriented events around town. For more information, check out thestudioreno.com.

So tell me, what made you want to be an entrepreneur? I think I’ve always had the entrepreneurial spirit. I think I’ve always done my own thing. I never really found a job or career that I really loved. I always kind of knew I wanted to be my own boss and be doing my own thing, and I think I’ll always be on my own path, just creating my own work situation, my own hours. I’ve never needed a manager or a motivator. I’m pretty motivated.

Tell me how The Studio came about. That takes money just to get started, right? It was a yoga studio before. They had done most of the work. They put in the really nice lighting and the nice flooring. The gentleman that opened it is from Truckee, he has a really successful studio up there. I think he spread himself a little too thin. The market then was at its peak. He was paying like $6,500 for rent. And that’s when things started to slow down, it was like ’08. He got himself upside-down. A good friend and I had been talking about

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It’s just not happening. It’s only been two years in August, and everybody says, “You just need to give it a little time.” But the truth is, we’ve never done any paid advertising, and I was always kind of waiting for us to have it really together. But it’s so much work, and so much prep, and every time I think I have a really awesome crew ... well, you can’t keep really good people around. ... Recently, I’ve been thinking it really needs to shift gears. I’ve had a couple different ideas about what that should look like. If I wanted to make money, I’d just make it yoga retail, but that’s not something I can get passionate about. I’m not like a retail kind of person. To me, it’s about creating ambiance and having that social kind of a scene. I thought about playing into that a little more, having more live music in the evenings, having it more an elixir tea kind of lounge in the evenings, maybe even hookah.

opening a place like that for a long time. We went back and forth between, like, opening a club or opening something. We wanted a place to be able to be, and to be able to have community. We teetered back and forth between the fun, social aspect of it and wanting to be a little more healthy because we both went that way naturally. We went into it together, but that didn’t work out. After like three months, we realized we couldn’t really work together, just because of a real difference in vision. He had a real amazing vision, but it wasn’t realistic. We’re still great friends, and we’ve been doing some things together, even at the Studio recently.

So you couldn’t get that kind of food anywhere else, right? That is the thing. The Seed isn’t working, and if it wasn’t organic and local food, it

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Fucking Rockwell. We can’t remind ourselves too often that our political system has been distorted, corrupted and perverted by the money demon Moloch and his first lieutenant Kaish to such a degree that it’s now difficult to imagine anyone ever getting the gumption, support or votes, to do anything corrective. It’s the kind of hideous entangled, entrenched mess that gets a guy to strap into his gyrocopter. And kudos to Hughes; he pulled it off flawlessly. As he said in a recent column explaining his actions, “No one was hurt, no property was damaged, and the message was delivered.” That message is simply—campaign finance reform. Now. Take that goddamned Citizens United decision and use it to start the coals at Bernie Sanders’ next big vegan weenie roast fundraiser. Give ’em hell, Bernie! Ω

can folk hero, and with good reason. I’m talking about Doug Hughes, the 61 year-old Florida mail carrier who flew his gyrocopter on to the lawn of Capitol Hill on April 15 (note the date). When the news of Hughes’ stunt first came down, I figured it was some kind of geek prank, maybe a guy who’s worried about net neutrality, or some pro-life zealot, or just a kook with some goofy message from Kook City. It turned out that Hughes flew his Kookopter into D.C. to literally do his job—deliver 535 letters, one for each representative and senator, letters that spoke of the urgent need for immediate campaign finance reform. Damn, that’s my kinda kook! It would be tough to find a more righteous issue in this pre-election year, as candidates fan across the country, attending the latest billionaire barbecue/hand kissings in hopes of finding that one crucial sugar daddy who can overwhelm and neutralize all the 100-dollar donations from schmoes like you and I as we cling to some image of American politics that’s straight out of Norman |

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The smell is all I would worry about, up through the Studio, but I’ve been shifting gears with it a little bit. So the building is sold. They’re going to put in a dispensary into the Spy Shop. It isn’t finalized yet. I haven’t gotten to talk to these guys yet, so I haven’t wanted to make any major decisions until I see what their vision is. Ω

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That’s what came to mind when you were talking.

Then you decided to do the Seed. Is this whole pursuit trying to make your worklife work with the way you want to live?

Political money fatigue There’s something distasteful and just plain wrong about the news these days frequently being dominated by people running for president 18 months before the election. It’s a solid indicator as to how far out of whack our national political process has become. I’m much like a Danish guy or a Belgian. I need maybe a month, at the most, to digest the candidate’s stances on the issues. This ain’t rocket surgery, people. We’ve got plenty of time to figure it out. We certainly don’t need a year and a freakin’ half. My current attitude is if a news show leads with campaign jive, then it’s a genuine Slow News Day, and that’s just fine. As they used to say, way back when, No News is Good News. And a slow news day leads to, among other things, instant guiltfree switchovers to NBA playoffs (Go Dubs!). Speaking of our now absurd presidential campaigns, which are horrific excesses in both time and money, I want to send a shout out to a man who has become a new Ameri-

would be working, and so everybody keeps saying, “Make it not.” But that was the vision. I don’t want to make it food I wouldn’t eat. I eat organic food. I don’t want to change. I’d rather close it and just do yoga retail or something. It’s been a struggle.

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