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Signs of spring Welcome to this week’s Reno News  & Review. Y’all remember D. Brian  Burghart? Long-time editor of  this newspaper? Wrote a bunch of  stories about police violence? Among  other things? Looks like Mr. Clean? When Brian was writing this  column, he used to  write about his  garden. He’d  write about  how his xeriscaping plans,  rant about the  neighbor dog who  peed on his tomatoes. Riveting stuff. I once asked him why he liked  writing about his garden. He said,  “I’ve noticed that the more my  personal life is in disarray, the more I  write about my garden.” Writing, like gardening, is a small  act of organization. We organize  words into sentences, sentences  into paragraphs, paragraphs into  stories. Sometimes, when life seems  chaotic, having something small to  organize can be helpful. That goes  for chaos in our personal lives as  well as chaos in the world at large. There are heartbreaking atrocities happening in Syria. There’s the  continued threat of climate change.  There’s the weekly litany of crimes  against humanity perpetrated  by the Trump administration. It’s  enough to drive a man to gardening. One thing I liked about Brian’s  gardening writing was that it was  so seasonal. I don’t garden, but  this time of year, there’s only one  thing on my mind—well, two things,  but we’ll talk about the wholesome  one—baseball. As a San Francisco Giants fan,  I was thrilled when pitching ace  Madison Bumgarner totally crushed  two home runs on opening day— becoming the first pitcher in MLB  history to hit multiple home runs on  opening day. After a couple of days  of play, MadBum leads the majors in  strikeouts as a pitcher, and also has  the best batting average, on-base  percentage, and slugging as a hitter.  Those stats won’t last, but it’s a fun  fluke of early April to see a pitcher  on top of the hitting statistics. The real bummer was that the  bullpen let him down, and the Giants  went on to lose that game to the  D-backs, 6-5. Still, anyone who follows baseball knows this country is  already great.

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Buckle up Re “Repeal mandatory seat belts” (editorial, March 30): I am a taxpayer. As a taxpayer, I get to pay for the health care of people who elect not to wear seat belts and carry the state’s minimum $5,000 medical insurance policy. I also get to pay for their long-term care in the event the hospital is able to save their life, but they can no longer work. Fortunately/unfortunately they are not all killed when they are thrown from the vehicle when it rolls. Since we as a society have decided we cannot/will not allow citizens to suffer from the consequences of their decisions—leave them dying by the side of the road unless they can pay for their health care and on-going care—I support the mandatory seat belt law. I want to pay as little taxes as possible. If the possibility of a fine has a driver put on their seat belt, I am all for it. Debbra King Reno Re “Repeal mandatory seat belts” (editorial, March 30): I’m a liberal and I believe government has a role in protecting our civil rights, saving the environment, and a wide swath of other functions. I also believe we need liberty and that we should be careful to lay out restrictions on government’s involvement in our lives, particularly in our personal space—our homes, bedrooms, cars. We can always find rationales for why something is good so government should be involved in spreading it. But that can eliminate the concept that there are limits to government’s power. Seat belts serve a very good purpose. But to me, then making the leap to say that government should force the wearing of them by adults is a step beyond where government should go. This commentary did not say that seat belts are a bad idea. It said that government enforcement is a bad idea. I agree. George Stanley Reno

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impetus for the eventual DDT ban—DDT residue was destroying the eggs of birds, most notably, our national symbol, the Bald Eagle. This in part popularized the term “food chain.” It is so typical of the insular, idiosyncratic style of RN&R to omit these very relevant facts. Sieve Klutter Sun Valley Editor’s note: As noted in paragraph five of our piece, Ms. Carson was a marine biologist. She worked at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but tended to regard herself as a writer first and left the FWS in 1952 to write full time

Which party is that? Why is one political party so determined to make every part of my life a salable commodity? I like the rule that kept internet companies I deal with from selling my information to third parties. The only conceivable reason for collecting my info would be national security, not to solicit me to buy a toaster. Keep my info private! We have a president who won’t share his tax returns, which may be quite relevant to national security considerations, but who is just fine with selling the privacy of the rest of us to commercial third parties. Paul Alan Lenart Reno

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Arcana Re “Identity theft” (cover story, March 23): Dennis Myers is not a science writer, as evidenced by the text of his article. Nonetheless, we get the gist of his argument, which still somehow seems arcane. I mean, Range magazine has been sniping around the perimeter of academic science and green sensibility for many years now. It’s ironic and bears pointing out that Myers fails to mention that Carson was a scientist, possibly an entomologist or aquatic biologist. Suffice to say, she was an ecologist. His biggest omission is of the

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What’s your favorite building in reno? asKed at the JunGle, 246 W. First st.

John Freeman Retiree

The Nevada Museum of Art. I wish I could think of something old and super funky, but the art museum is a great building.

Yasir hassan Business owner

At [the University of Nevada, Reno], the Knowledge Center. I spent a lot of time there. I like the basement.

michele chambers Brand ambassador

The unwitting unifier Say what one will about Donald Trump, he has fostered a remarkable change in politics in the United States. Not since the 1960s has there been such a level of citizen activism. Existing organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and various environmental groups find themselves with many new members. New organizations have been formed in reaction to various Trump actions or policy stances. Each time Trump says or tweets something dumb, individuals and organizations go into action. Much of this activism takes place in cities and towns across the country. Here’s an example. By the time Trump got around this week to signing the measure passed by Congress allowing businesses to sell private information about their customers—including browsing histories—an array of privacy organizations had filled news coverage with the case against the bill, which overrode Federal Communications Commission rules. In some states such as Nevada, advertising was online informing citizens how their members of Congress had voted. In Nevada’s case, American Bridge ads were telling Nevadans that Sen. Dean Heller had voted “to gut FCC privacy rules, putting consumers’ most private information at risk.” The Nevada Democratic Party pitched in with attacks on Heller. That kind of activism is seen on issue after issue. The languid, listless Democratic campaign of last year has given way to concerned activism. When Trump canceled many of the federal efforts to deal with climate change, parents who feel their children’s future threatened were seen in protests outside federal buildings around the nation.

One weak link in this chain is the national Democratic Party leadership. While local Democratic parties have been renewed and enlivened by the challenges presented by Trumpism, at the national level the party seems to have learned little since the election about how to animate the base. In February, the party elected a new chair of the Democratic National Committee. The two candidates— Tom Perez and Keith Ellison—stood pretty much the same on issues, but Ellison offered the hope of freeing the party from its corporate masters. Loathe to offend those masters, the national committee chose Perez, dampening the enthusiasm of locals. In Congress, Democrats are up to their old tricks of keep those corporations happy at the expense of workers. In January, the Senate was finally within striking distance of making the sale of Canadian prescription drugs legal in the United States when a dozen Republicans crossed over to vote for it. But the bill failed when a similar number of Democrats crossed over the other way. Democrats like Cory Booker argued they were protecting the public from tainted drugs, as though they were being imported from Burkina Faso or Mozambique, not Canada. These kinds of policy positions from Democrats come far too often and dampen local enthusiasm. Fortunately, Trump’s opposition outside the beltway is doing its job of informing the public and recruiting that public to block his foolish, meanspirited administration. And Trump is doing his part in keeping his opposition highly motivated. Ω

The Lake Mansion. It’s, you know, she’s just a tough old lady—dug up twice, put on the back of a truck and moved and still standing. It’s a great building. I got to go up on the widow’s walk one time and look out. It was really cool. It was awesome. Ke vin Got ti Farm manager

The El Cortez. I actually lived there for a year and a half. It has a chandelier that’s still there, when you enter. It looks like a spider, kind of. … It’s brass. It’s beautiful. You should see it while it’s still there. It’s converted to Siegel Suites.

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The Arlington Towers. I just like the architecture. It’s pretty. I think that’s probably one of the most beautiful buildings in town—off campus.

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by Sheila leSlie

The ultimate punishment As the Nevada Legislature debated the death penalty last week, I reflected on a painful tragedy in my own family 15 years ago, a story all too familiar in our violent, self-absorbed world. My two-year-old great niece was the victim of a horrific case of child abuse by a bad boyfriend. Her mother inexplicably stood by and allowed his harsh discipline to kill her daughter. My niece received a long prison sentence for her complicity in the crime, which was death penalty eligible. Her boyfriend who inflicted the fatal injuries received a life sentence with the possibility of parole after 20 years. Although our family would have preferred no possibility of parole, with the distance of time, the sentence makes sense. The murderer was a young man in his 20s, with no significant criminal history. His immature and violent behavior took the life of an innocent child, a crime surely deserving of decades of punishment, but killing him in return would have

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served no purpose. That’s what I thought 15 years ago, and I continue to believe it to be true. Today, 82 people reside on Nevada’s death row, awaiting execution by a state that has failed to carry out the death penalty for the last 11 years. Two lawyers, Assemblyman James Ohrenschall and Senator Tick Segerblom, are sponsoring Assembly Bill 237 to ban capital punishment in Nevada. If the bill is approved, the sentences of inmates currently on death row would be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Despite the lack of executions in more than a decade, Governor Sandoval and the 2015 Legislature approved $860,000 to remodel the state’s death chamber, knowing that executions can’t occur since the drugs needed to administer the lethal injection can no longer be purchased. During the debate last session, someone quipped that the new chamber would be the most expensive storage closet in Nevada’s history.

Nineteen states have already eliminated the death penalty, and four more have a moratorium in place. But violent crime has not risen dramatically in response to the abolishment of the death penalty in those states. In fact, in some of the states, violent crime has actually decreased. Deterrence is a poor argument for the death penalty since clearly most murderers don’t do a cost-benefit analysis before committing their crimes. Last week’s legislative hearing was contentious and emotional, with family members tearfully testifying on both sides of the issue. It was clear that many legislators already had their minds made up in support of the death penalty as they angrily disagreed with witnesses, presenting their own instant Google searches of studies to refute them. Some were offended by the argument that we should eliminate the death penalty because it is ineffective and costs too much, but they didn’t really want to talk about the moral arguments either.

For me, eliminating the death penalty is not about forgiveness and redemption. I’m doubtful I will ever forgive my great niece’s murderer for taking her life or my niece for her complicity. I can’t forgive the killer’s family for raising such a violent, immoral man or myself for not recognizing the depth of his depravity in time to save her. But I do think Washoe County’s District Attorney Chris Hicks was right when he told the Las Vegas ReviewJournal that “you cannot put a price on a victim’s life and a price on justice,” although I take a different meaning from his statement than he probably intended. We all know executing a murderer won’t bring a victim back to life. It won’t even provide closure for many families who may be unforgiving, but do not require eye-for-an-eye vengeance. Justice has no price, but it doesn’t demand death. Ω For information on 349 wrongful convictions overturned by DNA testing, go to www.InnocenceProject.org

by Brendan Trainor

The Great War April 6 marked the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into World War I. The Great War, as it was then known, was dramatically altered by America’s entry. If America had not intervened on the side of Britain, France and Russia against Germany and the Ottoman Empire (think of it as a much bigger Turkey), the countries probably would have sued for mutual peace. Instead, the victors treated defeated Germany harshly in the Treaty of Versailles. The Ottoman Empire imploded, much like the Soviet Union did 70 years later. World War I opened a Pandora’s box of death and destruction. The harsh demands of the victors led to resistance through the totalitarian ideologies of communism and fascism. Communism crushed fascism in World War II. Russia knocked Hitler out. The Western Allies merely applied the coup de grace. The fall of the Ottoman Empire resulted in European and eventually U.S. interventions in the Middle East. Britain’s Balfour Declaration led to the creation of Israel, and

expulsion of the Palestinians. France and Britain carved up the body of the Ottoman Empire into spheres of influence that often ignored ethnic and religious divisions. The nation state system we live with today was created in 1648 by the Treaty of Westphalia. Europe was wracked by the Thirty Years War, a killing field sown by the Protestant Reformation. Catholics and Protestants were slaughtering each other in Germany, France, Britain and other countries. Many fled these religious wars to colonize America. Europe at that time was made up of kingdoms, principalities, citystates and near anarchies. The nation state idea was to grant governments a monopoly of the use of legitimate force over a fixed geographical area. The deal was that this new nation state thing would grant citizenship to all equally in the geographical area The nation states did a pretty good job for a while, especially because the Enlightenment and the American Revolution introduced new concepts like government by the consent of the governed, separation

of powers and federalism. The 19th century was one of relative peace, with the U.S. Civil War one of the deadliest conflicts. World War I shattered this century of peace under classical liberal limited government. Well over 200 million people were killed by governments through wars, disease and starvation during the 20th century. Communism was eventually defeated by its own internal contradictions. The United States is now the world’s sole superpower, under the banner of liberal benevolent hegemony, i.e., empire. The nation states have simply failed to solve the problems caused by the “War to End All Wars.” The system set up to solve 30 years of religious and ethnic conflicts has instead been powerless to stop and has often caused 100 years of religious and ethnic conflicts. Nuclear weapons have made large-scale wars obsolete by threatening total planetary annihilation. Twenty-first century non-state actors are now the primary enemy of the nation state order. The international drug

cartels, Islamic terrorists and other non-state zealots are largely the result of interventions and suppressed self determination by the nation states themselves. Fewer are killed, but more are displaced. If you believe that wars are wasteful, destructive and useless, you can no longer look to the left for relief. The Democratic Party has made common cause with the Trotskyite Republican neocons to promote hysterical anti-Russian McCarthyism. The BernieBros ran the peace flag up the pole during the primaries but have been subdued since. The streets are empty of antiwar marches. It is frightening to think, but the best hope for peace now lies with President Donald J. Trump. He promised peace through strength. I am not holding my breath. Ω

The WWI antiwar movement had no chance after Woodrow Wilson betrayed it: www.theamericanconservative.com/ articles/the-odds-against-antiwar-warriors/

The University of Nevada, Reno Department of Theatre & Dance presents

Sarah Ruhl’s

Eurydice

Directed by Adriano Cabral

Redfield Studio Theatre Church Fine Arts Building

April 14-15, 19-22, 2017 · 7:30 pm April 23 · 1:30 pm Tickets: Lawlor Box Office 775-784-4444 Opt. 2 or www.mynevadatickets.com

Sarah Ruhl’s reimagined vision of the classic Orpheus myth. A strange, wonderful, and timeless story of love, loss, and the memories we carry —and those we leave behind. 04.06.17    |   RN&R   |   7

by Dennis Myers

Denialists target teachers

Nevada’s current law does not actually define when cars should stay out of the passing lane.

Science teachers in Nevada, kindergarten through high school, should start seeing some quirky matter showing up in their mail. The Heartland Institute is distributing climate change material across the nation in an effort to influence about 200,000 science teachers to not teach science. Copies of its booklet “Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming” and a DVD are being sent to teachers. The booklet has already been sent to many reporters. Scientists do not disagree on warming. There is a remarkable degree of consensus among climate scientists that warming is happening and that it is mostly caused by human activity. In 2016, a study by the Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society found that “only 4 of 69,406 authors of peer-reviewed articles on global warming ... or 1 in 17,352, rejected AGW” [Anthropogenic Global Warming]. The Heartland Institute holds events—including one in Las Vegas in 2014—that it calls International Conferences on Climate Change that are given trappings to make them look like scientific gatherings. The Institute does not disclose its current funding sources but in the past has received tobacco, oil and gas corporate money. Heartland also denies the link between tobacco and cancer.

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Bill Farr 1923-2017 Bill Farr of Sparks served the public at every level from city to national. He was in the military during World War II, including landing at Normandy on D-Day and marching into Paris. He can be seen in a photo in Life magazine taken by Lt. Bob Landry at the Arc de Triomphe. He was the Reno office manager for U.S. Sen. Chic Hecht. He was elected to the Nevada Senate, serving from 1966 to 1970. He was elected to the Washoe County Commission, serving from 1976 to 1983. He joined the Sparks fire department as a volunteer in 1946, rose to chief and served there until 1976. He also served in numerous other unpaid capacities. After the MGM Hotel fire in Las Vegas in 1980, he was appointed by Gov. Robert List as a member of a study commission chaired by Las Vegas businessperson Kenny Guinn to recommend policy and legal changes. In his last speech to the Nevada Legislature as a U.S. senator, Harry Reid recalled how he and fellow assemblymember Richard Bryan in 1969 introduced a piece of fire legislation, only to be told by Sen. Farr during a hearing, “In fact, this legislation is so good, we passed it last session.” Farr’s legislative accomplishments and legacy have been obscured because his records have been filed by legislative staffers under his first name Francis, which he did not use. One of Farr’s most notable acts was often attributed to others. In March 1960, Storey County District Attorney Robert Moore obtained a court order allowing him to destroy the Triangle Ranch Brothel as a nuisance. It was located just inside the Storey County line from Washoe County. Farr, the fire chief in Sparks, was called to the scene to burn the building down. He arrived with a fire engine and, after an interior inspection, set the building on fire. It was burned to the ground. “I had been trained to stop fires, not start them,” Farr later told author Michael Archer.

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Legislators eye making passing lanes mandatory Road hogs block highways “i came across nevada on 50,” Gabriel—he declined to give a last name—said at the Reno Arch, where he was getting his picture taken. “There was this one stretch, this side of Fallon, where I just couldn’t get through. There were people in every lane and traffic was backing up behind them.” He had reacted to being asked what he thought of passing lanes. He’s visiting from Kansas, and like many people who have taken drivers ed, has always considered it common courtesy to stay out of the left lane unless he is actually passing. What if there are more than two lanes?

“Three, four—the left lane is still the passing lane,” he said. “I stay out of it unless I am passing.” In fact, in his home state, according to the Lawrence Journal World, “On highways with three lanes of traffic—such as the Kansas Turnpike between Lawrence and Topeka—the law requires that motorists drive in the right or middle lanes and use only the left lane to pass.” There are three measures— Assembly Bills 208, 329 and 334—in the Nevada Legislature to make the law covering a passing lane more explicit and more workable. Nevada actually has such a law, but its wording is vague, and it

doesn’t clearly tell drivers to stay out of the passing lane. Nevada Revised Statute 484B.627 reads: “Duties of driver driving motor vehicle at speed so slow as to impede forward movement of traffic; prohibition against stopping vehicle on roadway so as to impede or block normal and reasonable movement of traffic; exception. 1. If any driver drives a motor vehicle at a speed so slow as to impede the forward movement of traffic proceeding immediately behind the driver, the driver shall: (a) If the highway has one lane for traveling in each direction and the width of the paved portion permits, drive to the extreme right side of the highway and, if applicable, comply with the provisions of NRS 484B.630 [which prescribes when slow vehicles must turn off the road]; (b) If the highway has two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic traveling in the direction in which the driver is traveling, drive in the extreme right-hand lane except when necessary to pass other slowly moving vehicles; or (c) If the highway is a controlled-access highway, use alternate routes whenever possible. 2. A person shall not bring a vehicle to a complete stop upon a roadway so as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic unless the stop is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.”

BaD signs On the strength of this law, Nevada once had signs alongside some highways reading, “Slower traffic keep right.” But that made it a judgment call for drivers to decide for themselves whether they were traveling slowly or not. The law is permissive instead of mandatory. It also means that a driver can never know what it takes to be stopped by police for improperly using the passing lane. And most of the signs have disappeared. In states with mandatory passing lane laws, the signs read, “Keep right except to pass.” That flat requirement tends to keep highways more clear. For many years, a number of states left it up to drivers to be

courteous and keep right. But that has not worked well, and some states like Maryland and Oregon have been looking at getting tougher. In Gabriel’s case, when he drove from Fallon to Fernley and found his way blocked, the problem may have been some amateur traffic cops. Some drivers are known to get into the passing lane and then drive at a speed that keeps them abreast of a vehicle in the right lane, thus holding all drivers down to lower speed. Of course, if someone in the backed-up traffic is trying to deal with an emergency, it can create very dangerous problems. Imagine if someone was rushing a passenger to a hospital. It was against that eventuality that Oregon recently passed a new passing lane law. It requires all drivers to stay in the right lane unless they are passing. “In other words: Self-anointed traffic monitors need to quit squatting in the passing lane on highways, deliberately creating a rolling traffic jam of impatient drivers

behind them,” editorialized the Eugene Register Guard. “Senate Bill 532 would strongly encourage this by making such behavior a Class D motor vehicle violation, with a maximum fine of $250.” Some drivers believe that if they are doing the speed limit, it’s OK for them to drive in the passing lane when not passing. But some states act to stop that practice. The Colorado State Patrol distributes material that says “it is the exclusive responsibility of law enforcement officers to initiate appropriate enforcement action. … By mitigating traffic flow conflicts caused by slower drivers, bouts of aggressive driving would likely be reduced. The Patrol believes the Left Lane Law achieves the appropriate balance between public safety and optimizing traffic flow on Colorado highways.” YouTube has a video titled “Why you shouldn’t drive slowly in the left lane” that is recommended by car insurance salespeople. Ω

An old law never really worked well.

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From inside the parking garage adjoining the Sparks downtown theaters building, a wall can be seen rising. It’s an apartment development called Silverwing, which, when finished, will have 192 apartments. Directly east of Silverwing, the former Silver Club Hotel has been converted to 100 apartments. West of Silverwing is another, mostly complete apartment complex called Fountainhouse. It has 236 units. Just getting underway at the Sparks Marina, meanwhile, is a five story apartment building called Waterfront at the Marina. It will have 209 units. PHOTO/DENNIS MYERS

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RENO JAZZ FESTIVAL April 27 - 29, 2017

Considered one of the best of its kind in the world, and lauded by the San Francisco Chronicle as “showcasing music’s future,” the Reno Jazz Festival has been hosting jazz superstars and the finest emerging young artists for over five decades.

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The festival hosts three days of concerts, clinics, competitions and superstars It’s nonstop jazz — and, it’s always … the best in jazz!

04.27 7:30 pm Two jazz “stars” — Saxophonist Joshua Redman and piano-bass-drums trio The Bad Plus, both known for pushing the boundaries — unite for a world tour of their explosive collaborative album, The Bad Plus Joshua Redman. April 28 @ 7:30PM The Bad Plus Joshua Redman took the stage … and proceeded to raise the roof … In a word, the music the quartet produces is sublime.” — Metroland

The Collective, known as one of the most creative and distinctive jazz ensembles in the northwestern United States — takes the stage with renowned multi-instrumentalist, Don Byron. April 27 @ 7:30PM Calling Don Byron a jazz musician is like calling the Pacific wet — it just doesn’t begin to describe it ... Byron has carpentered an extraordinary career precisely by obliterating the very idea of category.” — TIME Magazine

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The SITe Of RenO’S fORmeR ChInaTOwn haS nOT been memORIaLIzed Walk under the old Reno Arch, and cross the bridge on Lake Street. Hear the Truckee River flow below your feet as you head north. To your right, you’ll see an empty lot bordered by fences hung with shredded tarps, flapping in the wind. You might see the rain soak the earth, or drum atop a shipping container, or drip through a stack of unused chain link fence. But most likely, you won’t notice anything at all. If you stood here just over a century ago, you would’ve seen something worth noticing. You would’ve smelled roasting pork, seen a woman gather water from the

river to wash her daughter’s clothes, heard two elderly men discuss the afternoon sun through plumes of tobacco smoke. You would’ve brought your bedsheets there to be cleaned, exchanging no words, only a smile, with a woman who spoke no English. You would’ve seen Chinatown. An unnamed journalist from the Reno Evening Gazette described Chinatown in vivid detail during its New Year’s celebration in 1909. He walked down avenues fragrant with the scent of lilies. He heard the cracking of fireworks and the laughter of children. He stopped into a pharmacy

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to see a Chinese band, mystified by the strange and foreign music. “Wagner, in his wilder moments, may have produced some effects not wholly unlike what will be heard in Chinatown tonight,” he wrote. As afternoon gave way to evening, the aroma of the Sacred Chinese Lily intoxicated him, inspiring him to close with the legend of the flower’s origin. Maybe he heard the tale recounted that night by a storyteller in Chinatown, or maybe, consumed by curiosity about the flower, he committed himself to research. Regardless, he devotes a third of his article to spinning

this traditional yarn, which begins when an emperor dies and leaves two sons behind. “The foxy one managed to get away with all the rich lands left by his father, but he very charitably left his brother a plot of rocky ground utterly devoid of soil. Just rocks, nothing more.” When the brother discovered the con, he wept. The storyteller compares the ensuing flood of tears to “high water of the Truckee.” “But in the midst of his lamentations, the god of his Chinese fathers suddenly appeared, and sizing up the flood, bade the

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weeper weep no more. He promised to cause a new and beautiful species of lily to grow upon the soil-less rocks, a lily that would grow nowhere else.” In the context of the time it was published, it’s possible to read the fable of the two brothers as a metaphor for Chinatown itself, which in Reno, always sprung up in an area that was barren, undesirable, and at an arms length from the larger society. The writer was aware of the unease in the community. He sensed that the Chinese New Year was quieter than usual. When he asked why, the residents of Chinatown told him they felt their days there were numbered. The Chinese were trying to grow their community, their culture and an identity as dwellers of the American West. In the legend, the tearful brother grew very wealthy from his new sacred lily. In the story of Reno’s Chinatown, the garden was mowed down before its buds could flower. Today, the Lake Street plot is just as the folk tale described—rocky, empty, barren. But something new can grow there.

“They didn’t understand the symbolism of the game,” said Chung. “It was a Confucian poem written on the keno ticket. It wasn’t until much later that numbers were added, one through 80. Which made it even more popular.” Keno grew to become a staple of gambling throughout Nevada, which today brings millions of dollars through Reno annually. This city wouldn’t be what we see today if it weren’t for the contributions of Chinatown. Today, we can only imagine what could have been.

to dispose of their own Chinatowns. Hosley admits it’s not a subject a lot of Tacomans would like to address. “It’s amazing the number of people who don’t know the history of the expulsion, because it’s not something that’s talked about a lot,” he said. “It’s not an easy thing to sell to the general populace.” Yet, against the odds, Hosley, with his wife Theresa, brought the community together to plan and build a tribute to their lost Chinatown. By telling the story, they inspired the city of Tacoma to build a public park by the waterfront, called Chinese Reconciliation Park. The people of Tacoma believed the park had the potential

Yinshan The Chinese name for Nevada is Yinshan, meaning Silver Mountain. When the Manchu government fell into decline, many sought refuge on ships to America, which landed in San Francisco’s wharf. They came to Nevada following the brilliant glow of the Comstock Lode. They built the first Chinatown, at First and Virginia Streets, on land owned by the railroad company that employed them to build the Truckee and Virginia railways. These channels would eventually connect Reno to the rest of the United States via the first continental railroad. During its brief time here, Chinatown left a lasting impression on the city. One such legacy exists and thrives to this day in the game of keno. Sue Fawn Chung is the author of several books on Chinese-American history. She’s professor emeritus of Chinese and Japanese history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and co-founder of Preserve Nevada. She says keno’s auspicious origins came from an unlikely place. “One of the attractions in this area was Chinese laundries,” said Chung. “In Carson City, for example, some of the white patrons realized there was this game going on there, and they wanted to participate. One woman who brought her laundry there won 50 dollars. That was a lot of money in the 1870s. It hit the newspaper.” The story inspired people in Reno to visit the laundries of Chinatown, where they saw winning numbers posted on the walls. 12   |   RN&R   |   04.06.17

President Xi Jinping recently visited the park and brought 100 high school students from Tacoma to visit China for a week. Outside of Tacoma, several monuments to evicted Chinatowns dot the West. In Oroville, there’s a Chinese temple with a park, a koi pond and a museum, standing to honor the 10,000 Chinese who once lived there. Winnemucca’s former Chinatown is memorialized by a diorama detailing its buildings, garden and activities as remembered by one of its residents. In Carson City, there’s a plaque, and, in Reno, a pagoda located at Rancho San Rafael Park. In light of budgetary concerns, or the effort it takes to build a park, many people would opt to simply place a plaque at a historical site. This is an adversity that the Hosleys faced early on in their mission. “We felt that a plaque really doesn’t tell the story—it doesn’t impact people,” said Hosley. “There’s one site in Northern California called Chinamen’s Cove. There were 12 or 14 Chinese people who were thrown in the river and drowned. If you go there, there’s a plaque, that says ‘This many Chinese were killed here.’ So what do you do? You look at it, and on you go.”

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This photo shows Reno’s Chinatown near Front Street, circa 1900. Courtesy/Nevada historiCal soCiety

Park life Twenty-five years ago, Larry Hosley noticed something missing from his hometown of Tacoma, Washington. Of all the major port cities on the West Coast, Tacoma was the only one without a Chinatown. “The Chinese were thrown out of here,” said Hosley. “And once they were thrown out, and their homes and businesses burnt, there was nowhere for them to establish a place.” Tacoma’s Chinese population was driven out in 1885—its Chinatown burnt to the ground. It was done so quickly, with such savage efficiency, that it became known as “The Tacoma Method” by cities that aspired

to start the oft avoided conversation about immigrant and minority communities in America, the oppression they face, and how to create a more harmonious future. “We want to show people what happened,” said Hosley. “Not that anyone is looking for reparations. Just to say, ‘Hey, this is what happened in the past, we certainly don’t want it to happen in the future.’” In addition to its functionality, the park provides cultural education to the area. Students take field trips to the site. People from many minority groups, including Native Americans, Vietnamese and Koreans, use the space for social functions. Chinese

In 1878, the residents of Reno’s Chinatown feared for their safety. Word had reached Reno of several fires started in nearby Chinese settlements. One, known as the Blue Tent Ditch, had been attacked by an armed militia in Nevada City. Even white patrons of Chinese businesses were afraid. They stopped bringing their laundry there, for fear they would lose their cloth in the angry flames of a mob. Meetings were held throughout Reno and editorials were published in the newspapers—all regarding Chinatown: how to remove it, and what to replace it with. The Chinese population’s fears were not unfounded. Reno’s fire of 1878 was started the very same night an anti-Chinese mob rallied in Reno—bringing together the Workingmen’s Party and the Anti-Coolie Society. The former was a young labor union that objected to railroad companies hiring Chinese labor, and the latter consisted of people in a variety of fields, from doctors to businessmen, who wanted to develop on the land upon which Chinatown stood. No one knows who started the fires that swallowed Chinatown whole. That didn’t stop the local newspapers from promptly claiming the destruction came about by accident. Without a trial or investigation, this became the widely accepted narrative. Those same newspapers, mere paragraphs after declaring the mystery solved, made statements such as these, found in the Daily Nevada State Journal: “We hope some means may be

found to prevent the town from ever being built there again. A few nice residences or a Pavilion would add to the value of that land. It certainly seems as if some plan could be hit upon to banish Chinatown from that very desirable location.” The Workingmen’s Party, keen on creating such a means, issued a declaration that within 48 hours, all the Chinese were to leave Reno. “In the very beginning, it was cheap real estate,” explained Chung. “As the decades passed, and Reno became prosperous, it became very desirable land. There were different plans on how to drive the Chinese out, but burning the Chinatown was probably one of the most effective, quick ways of doing it.” But the cruel efficiency of the Tacoma Method had yet to be applied to Reno’s Chinese. They refused to leave, camping outside of town, sleeping at night while hugging their rifles. Before long, they rebuilt Chinatown farther east on the Truckee River, at the present day Lake Street site. Once again, as the city developed, Chinatown became prime real estate. AntiChinese sentiment had grown bolder and more pervasive in the days of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Thirty years after the first fire, there came another—this time with no doubt about how it was set. “The burning of the Chinatown in 1908 was because it was situated in the

heart of Reno, and the landowners wanted the land to build non-Chinese structures, so the movement was to burn down the Chinatown,” said Chung. “It was done in the winter, there’s a photo in the Reno Evening Gazette of all of these hundreds of Chinese who were left out. They’re standing there looking at the destruction of their homes in the snow.” Fears of disease were used to justify the second burning of Reno’s Chinatown. And at least some people bought it. The contempt present in the reporting of the time can be sensed in a newspaper account of the fire. “Chinese shacks in which scores of Chinese have existed for years in misery and poverty are now coming down under the direction of Dr. Robinson, backed up by the Washoe County Grand Jury Dr. Robinson [chairman of the city’s newly formed Board of Health] believes burning the safest way of getting rid of all danger of disease resulting in destruction of the hovels. These shacks resemble the lairs of wild beasts and are filthy to the extreme.” Chung explained that after the second fire, fewer Chinese opted to stay in a town where they were clearly not wanted. “They had to go to neighboring areas,” she said. “Other people, and other Chinatowns that would take them in.” The last Chinatown building, a joss home, was demolished in 1957. It had stood near the corner of First and Lake Streets.

From the ashes As we approach 150 years as a city, the people of Reno could make a park commemorating our Chinatown. Or the plot of land could resemble the dreams of the xenophobic land owners of the past. It could become nice homes or a business front—it will forget. The present-day landowner is Simon Equity Partners, owned by Herb Simon. Eric Edelstein, president of the Reno Aces, also owned by Simon Equity Partners, spoke recently about the plot: “It is a goal of the Simon family to find the right project to put on that land. We’ve had a number of conversations with local and regional developers. Nothing anywhere near an endpoint at this time, but we’re continuing to engage in those conversations, and we have every intention of finding the highest and best use of that property for the benefit of downtown Reno.” A public park across the street from the ballpark would add foot traffic, walkability, value and beauty to nearby businesses, hotels, and apartment buildings. There could be a wooded patch, alive with silver birch—a tree that grows in both China and North America—to further the motif of Yinshan, the silver mountain. Francesca Martinez, owner of Reno clothing boutique Bad Apple Vntg, says her Chinese heritage is an

underrepresented part of Reno’s history. “Having representation of the Asian community here in Reno would reflect our diversity that is often shorthanded,” she said. “I sure didn’t know there was once a Chinatown here, let alone the tragedy that destroyed the lives of many. A memorial park would not only show respect to those that suffered, but also to illuminate the history that was swept under the rug.” Larry Hosley encourages Reno to follow the lead of many Western cities in making a commemorative park. “Unfortunately today we’re hearing a lot of the same rhetoric about immigrants we were hearing in the mid-1850s,” said Hosley. “Even if you were to have half a city block, some type of a park with Chinese elements, then it wouldn’t be some thirty-second stop at a plaque, and then on to something else.” For Reno’s 150th anniversary, there could once again be something on Lake Street worth noticing, somewhere people could walk through a birch forest, listening to the peaceful swell of wind through trees and river flowing—sounds the people of Chinatown once heard, sounds that perhaps reminded them of home. Ω

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A homebuyer’s introduction to Reno’s historical houses did you know that spring is homebuying season? what about the fact that homes for sale are actually pretty scarce and fairly expensive these days? it’s what’s known as a seller’s market, and according to the reno/Sparks association of realtors’ monthly market report for March, it’s likely to stay that way. 14   |   RN&R   |   04.06.17

by Jeri Chadwell-Singley | j er i c @ n ews r evi ew. c o m The result is that many prospective homebuyers face looking at homes farther and farther away from the Truckee Meadows’ metropolitan center. Still, the coming months will likely see an increase in the number of existing homes going on the market. And if you’re thinking about buying, it’ll help to know what’s out there—especially if you think you may be interested in snapping up one of Reno’s centrally located older homes. Perhaps you’ve always found the idea of a Queen Anne house with a steeply pitched roof and ornamented gables appealing. Or maybe you’re drawn to the large picture windows and wide roof overhangs of a ranch. On the other hand, those architectural terms may mean absolutely nothing to you. But even if you think you know what you’re looking for, it can help to ask yourself some questions before beginning your search in earnest. Relax—these are simple questions, not riddles. Mostly, they deal with how you envision life in your new home, and many would apply regardless of said home’s age.

Consider things like whether you’ll want a big backyard, a prominent front porch, an attached garage or multiple stories. After narrowing in on these preferences, you’ll be ready to look at the types of old homes Reno has to offer and determine which might make the best fit for you.

What’s in an architectural name? Realtor and historic preservationist Barrie Lynn owns multiple copies of a thick volume called A Field Guide to American Houses. Laid out in chronological order, the book covers architectural styles ranging from preColumbian indigenous structures to millennial mansions. When discussing architecture in Reno, Lynn flips immediately to the back half of the book. “Reno’s architectural history begins in the late 1800s, so when you have a book like this you’re really only using the very back

half of it, because there’s a whole section of architecture in here that comes way before Reno existed,” she said. Early architectural styles found in Reno include Queen Anne homes and Craftsman bungalows. Born of the Victorian era, Queen Anne homes are generally ornate and multistory. They were being built for several decades before the Arts and Crafts movement made its way west to Reno, bringing with it what Lynn describes as a “rebellion against the era of mass production and industrialization.” With the Arts and Crafts movement came Craftsman homes, which feature roofs that are less steep set atop homes that place a greater focus on horizontal space and hand-built details. Their nature-influenced, rough-hewn exteriors can include things like river rock chimneys and exposed roof rafters. Here in Reno, though, Craftsman bungalows often have another signature feature—solid brick construction. The Reno Press Brick company was in operation by the early 20th century, Lynn

explained, “but because that was more of the Victorian era [brick] was considered too crude for most home building, and it was reserved for commercial buildings. … But then, in the ’20s, when the Craftsman era came [to Reno], brick suddenly became an awesome material.” In time, Queen Anne construction gave way to Craftsman. The two styles once seemed very different, but modern buyers are more likely to notice the things they have in common. Both often feature prominent front porches. Their interiors are not generally open concept, and neither are likely to have much of a backyard. That last makes sense when you consider that these homes were built in a time when cars were scarce and neighborhoods were designed to be walkable. “They faced the street,” Lynn said. “So when you sat on your porch, it was sort of a social interaction.” Slowly, beginning in the late ’20s, porches began losing ground to garages in Craftsman construction. Eventually, the Craftsman style gave way to Minimal Traditional architecture in the form of small, simple homes without porches or much in the way of added architectural details outside of a well-placed gable. And by the time cars became commonplace in the 1940s, Renoites had again moved on to a new style—the ranch—featuring a prominent garage and a broad, low-to-the ground layout perched close to the street to accommodate backyard life. These four architectural styles are, of course, not representative of the entirety of older construction in Reno. But they were popular in their times and—excepting Queen Annes, many of which were destroyed to make way for Interstate 80—they’re still prevalent in the valley today. You’ll find Queen Anne and Craftsman homes in Reno’s oldest neighborhoods, north and south of the river and surrounding the university. Minimal Traditional homes and ranches crop up in immediately adjacent neighborhoods. And some areas, like those surrounding Wells Avenue, present a vibrant patchwork of styles from different eras.

What’s really in store? There is another line of questioning you really should subject yourself to before deciding to purchase an old home. Will you love your new house as is, even if it’s dated and worn? If not, will you renovate it or restore it to period? The term “fixer upper” has never been so romanticized as it is today. A Google search quickly turns up more than 50 home renovation television shows, ranging from the Vanilla Ice Project to This Old House. The idea of owning and renovating an old home seems adventurous and charming. And it certainly has the potential to be all of that—in addition to risky and time consuming. This is something Renoite Nancy Gilbert knows firsthand. She and her husband have renovated 13 homes in Reno’s Old Southwest neighborhood since 2003. Her advice for prospective buyers is be prepared to address structural issues and updates to things like plumbing, HVAC and electrical before even considering aesthetic changes. The inspection on your new old home won’t be done until after the seller accepts your offer. And while you’re not locked into the deal if the inspection turns up serious problems, it would nonetheless be a lot of effort wasted if you found that your dream home’s design-related renovation plans would have to take a back seat to more mundane repairs. When it comes to issues of renovation versus period restoration, Gilbert doesn’t push an agenda. She and her husband have employed a mix of the tactics in their own projects. And yet, just to hear her talk about those projects—from refurbishing wrought iron fences to tracking down replacement vintage kitchen and roof tiles—seems a compelling case for restoration. “It’s just a research project,” she said. “It’s really fun. It’s the best part.” At the very least it would be another part in the research project that is old home buying. Ω

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Mahsan Ghazianzad uses paints like a poet uses words.

Poetic notions Mahsan Ghazianzad Mahsan Ghazianzad has some stories to tell—but she’s not really a narrative painter. Her approach is something like one that a poet might use. One of her favorite lines, by the ancient Greek poet Simonides, is, “Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech.” During an ideal studio session, which lasts all night, she dances, listens to music and paints with acrylics on large canvases rolled out on the floor. She’ll process fragments of her history, layering them into compositions that don’t convey specific people or things but definitely conjure a mood and a range of sensibilities. Once the works are in public view, the idea is for viewers to apply their own readings. The finished pieces are, for Ghazianzad, largely remnants of the process of having thought things though. Ghazianzad grew up in Tehran, Iran, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in art and painted views from rooftops. Surveillance by the government was a given when she was a teenager, she said, and free speech was not. Rooftoops were the only places she and her friends felt they could talk without being spied on. She emigrated to Vancuover “eight or nine years ago,” then to Toronto, then to Sacramento, where some members of her family already lived. A couple of years ago, she came to Reno to pursue a master’s degree in art from the University of Nevada, Reno. There, she began painting images of paper airplanes. “I was thinking about going through migration, going from one place to another place,” she said. She thought of the planes 16   |   RN&R   |   04.06.17

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as vehicles for carrying messages. Thinking back on what the messages might have said, she thought of her own story and quickly transitioned into the type of big-picture questions that anyone might ask. In Tehran, Ghazianzad said, she used to think, “Why should I leave because of those really closed-minded people? The life that they’re offering me is not the real one. I want to see the real one.” That thought, she said, transitioned into something more like, “What kind of truth are you looking for? If you’re talking about the value of our life, what kind of a value are we looking for?” The paper airplanes, she said, might contain “love letters never delivered.” Eventually she decided that even those planes were too specific of a referent and began painting large canvases with distinctly somber, concrete-colored hues. Some paintings contain paint drips, shreds of poetry in Farsi, palette-knife marks and rough surface textures. While these are the kinds of details that a painter might use to make a work look spontaneous, these pieces come off as carefully labored over and thoroughly aesthetically resolved. And while they look, at first, like non-representational abstractions, they are actually pictures of crumpled papers, a more generalized version of the paper planes. “The paper airplanes were originally based on physical movement,” she said. She wanted to convey a more expansive idea of movement, one that includes transitions the mind and the heart might make. Thinking through the big truth/ beauty/mind/heart questions even further, Ghazianzad said that she always reaches this thought—“Love each other. That’s the most important thing”—one that’s as conceptually expansive and as neatly distilled as her paintings. Ω

Mahsan Ghazianzad’s paintings, along with metal sculptures by Grant Miller, are on exhibit at Metro Gallery in City Hall, 1 E. First St., through April 21. A reception is scheduled for 5-7 p.m., April 6.

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No future Ghost in the Shell, a groundbreaking, subversive 1995 piece of Japanese anime, gets a live-action redo with Scarlett Johansson sporting a formfitting flesh suit and a bunch of plot enhancers aimed at making the story more humanistic and straightforward. The results are always good to look at, but the puffed-up plot and safe PG-13 rating keep the film far away from being an upgrade on the original. It’s a largely boring, misguided affair. Johansson can’t be faulted for the film’s failures. She could’ve been a solid choice to play Major, a human brain inside a synthetic cyborg’s body policing the streets of a futuristic dystopia that makes the Blade Runner landscapes look like Lincoln, Nebraska, in comparison. As she has proven in Lucy and playing Black Widow, Johansson is a capable action hero. She also fares well as somebody placed in an artificial body, as she did in Under the Skin. She does a good job of appearing slightly lost, but centered, a character who is in that body somewhere, but isn’t entirely whole. Most importantly, she can play a robot without seeming robotic. She gives Major some decent dimensions. Unfortunately, Major also has a new plotline that involves her past life, a mystery that overwhelms the action and turns the film into a bit of a melodramatic exercise. There are themes from the original anime and subsequent TV series that are expanded upon—perhaps too much—and it slows the film down. While the original had a hard-nosed, gritty crime noir edge to it, director Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsmen) goes for something softer and a little whiny. He also has a problem injecting anything resembling humor in the film. The movie is void of even the mildest of chuckles. As far as set designs go, Ghost in the Shell is a visual winner, although a derivative one. Instead of Blade Runner’s geisha billboards you get

gigantic geisha holograms acting as skyscraper-tall advertisements. There are action scenes that do the original anime justice, as well as pay homage to the likes of The Matrix. None of it feels altogether original, but it does look good. While the plot only mildly resembles the original, there are moments from the anime that are totally recreated in the redo. They include Major’s liquid birth scene and her diving off a skyscraper, the moment where Major tears herself apart while attacking a tank—although far less gory thanks to that PG-13 rating—and a scene where Major battles a bad guy in a lake. Fans of the original will take in these moments with either glee or unimpressed boredom. Michael Pitt shows up late in the film as Kuze, an altered version of a character from the TV series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. He essentially replaces the Puppet Master from the original movie, an entity able to hack into other cyborgs and intelligence systems. Pitt, always the eccentric actor, embraces the opportunity to look and act really weird, which he does nicely. He turns Kuze into an interesting, tortured being. He’s one of the stronger elements in the film. Legendary Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano plays Aramaki, a prominent character in the original given a new spin. Kitano has a scene where Aramaki dispatches enemy forces while using his briefcase as a shield, and it might be the best action moment in the movie. No doubt, this one was being set up as a franchise for future movies, but the continuation of the saga seems doubtful anytime soon. Ghost in the Shell cost a lot of money. It was supposed to be a domestic blockbuster, and it’s getting beat by a cartoon baby voiced by Alec Baldwin. The better bet would be to make further animated stories, and continue the saga of Major that way. No live actors required. Ω

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This live-action take on the classic Disney animated musical isn’t a  shot-for-shot remake of the original like, say,  Gus Van Sant’s time-wasting Psycho effort.  However, it does follow a lot of the same plot  points and incorporates enough of the musical  numbers to give you that sense of déja vu while  watching it. Thankfully, Emma Watson makes it  worthwhile. Hermione makes for a strong Belle.  Since director Bill Condon retains the music  from the original animated movie, Watson is  asked to sing, and it’s pretty evident that AutoTune is her friend. She has a Kanye West thing  going. As the Beast, Dan Stevens gives a decent  enough performance through motion-capture.  The original intent was to have Stevens wearing  prosthetics only, but he probably looked like  Mr. Snuffleupagus in dailies, so they called  upon the help of beloved computers. Like King  Kong, the CGI creation blends in nicely with his  totally human, organic cast member. The cast  and crew labor to make musical numbers like  “Gaston” and “Be Our Guest” pop with the creative energy of the animated version, but they  don’t quite reach those heights. They are nicely  rendered, for sure, but not on the masterpiece  level that was the 1991 film. As for the romance  between Belle and the Beast, it has a nice  emotional payoff. In a way, the movie is a sweet  tribute to the animated movie.

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Get Out

Writer-director Sean Byrne follows up  his very good horror debut, 2012’s The  Loved Ones, with this piece of heavy metal  nastiness. Jesse (an unrecognizable Ethan  Embry), a starving artist, and wife Astrid (Shiri  Appleby) are moving into a new house with  daughter Zooey (Kiara Glasco). Shortly before  buying that house for a dirt-cheap price, they  find out that the couple who lived there before  died in some sort of accident. After moving  in, a super creepy guy (Pruitt Taylor Vince)  and former inhabitant of the house shows  up on the doorstep looking to move back in.  Naturally, Jesse says no and, naturally, creepy  guy doesn’t stop. Byrne sets his story to heavy  metal music, with Jesse’s family being devout  followers of Metallica, and Vince’s creepy guy  needing to play metal at night on his guitar to  drown out the voice of the devil. If devil movies  give you the heebie jeebies (like, for instance,  last year’s The Witch), you will probably find  plenty to like in this one. Byrne is proving to be  quite capable of cinematic freak-outs, and he  has able partners in Embry and Vince. (Available for rent on iTunes, Amazon.com and On  Demand during limited theatrical release.)

Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a young AfricanAmerican man, is a little nervous. He’s  going to visit the parents of Rose Armitage  (Allison Williams), his white girlfriend. Rose is  relaxed about the trip, but Chris is anxious. His  anxiety proves justified shortly into the trip.  Upon arrival at her large estate, her parents  like Chris. They really, really like Chris. Actually,  parents Missy and Dean (Catherine Keener  and Bradley Whitford) like Chris at a level  that’s a bit unsettling. Chris shrugs it off at  first, as does Allison, but strange things start  happening. Writer-director Jordan Peele, the  comedic performer from TV’s Key & Peele, and  the adorable, funny cat movie Keanu, delivers a  huge cinematic surprise with Get Out, a twisted,  darkly satiric, nasty little horror film that pulls  no punches when it comes to race relations and  dating. Peele has cited Night of the Living Dead  and The Stepford Wives as inspiration for this  journey to the dark side of his creative soul.  Those films’ influences are detectable, and I’d  say you could throw in a pinch of Rosemary’s  Baby with a side of Being John Malkovich as  well. Two of the hardest things to accomplish  with a movie are to make people laugh and get  them legitimately scared. Get Out manages to  do both for its entire running time.

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Kong: Skull Island

The King Kong cinematic machine gets  cranking again with Kong: Skull Island,  an entertaining enough new take on the big  ape that delivers the gorilla action but lags a

bit when he isn’t on screen smashing things.  Among Kong incarnations, this one has the  most in common with the 1976 take on the classic story, basically because it’s set just a few  years earlier in ’73. While there is a beautiful  girl the big guy does get a small crush on (Brie  Larson as a photographer), the story eschews  the usual “beauty and the beast” Kong angle  for more straight-up monster vs. monster  action. Unlike the past American Kong films,  this one never makes it overseas to Manhattan, opting to stay on Kong’s island—thus, the  title of the film. Kong himself is portrayed by  motion-capture CGI, and he’s a badass. He’s  also tall enough to be a formidable foe for  Godzilla, a mash-up already announced for  2020. In the few scenes where he interacts with  humans, Kong plays like an organic creature  rather than a bunch of gigabytes. That’s right,  there hasn’t been much mention of those  human counterparts yet. That’s because, with  the exception of John C. Reilly as a fighter pilot  stranded on the island during World War II,  most of the humans are bland. Tom Hiddleston  might make a decent James Bond someday, and  he’s a lot of fun as Loki, but he just doesn’t play  here as a rugged tracker/action hero.

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Life

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Logan

This sci-fi/horror film starring Jake  Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds is an  inconsistent but overall sturdy genre pic that  looks great and ultimately delivers the goods  despite a few slow patches and a couple of  remarkably dumb moments. Credit director  Daniel Espinosa for setting a grim tone and  sticking with it through the very end. Life  isn’t afraid to go to the dark place and stick  around until the credits roll. Gyllenhaal and  Reynolds play astronauts pulling a long haul  on an international space station. Gyllenhaal’s  David Jordan is actually about to break the  record for consecutive days in space, and  generally prefers life in the stars to life back  on our miserable planet. The crew is awaiting a  space capsule containing samples from Mars,  and these samples will put forth an amazing  discovery: life beyond our planet. Ship scientist  Hugh Derry (Ariyon Bakare) discovers a cell,  wakes it up, and marvels at its ability to grow  at a rapid pace. He eventually finds himself  marveling at the little guy’s ability to grab on  to his glove and basically mulch the hand within  it. So, as the viewer quickly discovers, life on  Mars was probably a total shit show, because  this globular nasty—a distant cousin of Steve  McQueen’s The Blob—digs on killing everything  in its path. The expedition goes from a triumphant discovery to ultra protective mode in a  matter of seconds. If this thing gets to Earth,  the Blue Planet will look like the Orange Planet  virtually overnight. The movie hums along  nicely for a while as the organism picks off  crewmembers in grisly fashion.

Hugh Jackman—allegedly—says  goodbye to Wolverine with Logan, a total  shocker of a superhero movie that lays waste  to the X-Men and standalone Wolverine movies  that came before it. Director James Mangold,  who piloted the decent The Wolverine, revamps  the character’s mythos, and pulls along  Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) for the gritty,  bloody, nasty, awesome ride. It’s the future,  and the X-Men are gone. A mutant hasn’t been  born in a quarter of a century, and Logan isn’t  looking too hot. He’s driving a limo to make  ends meet, coughing up blood, and basically not  aging well. He’s doing a lot better than Xavier,  the mutant formally known as Professor X,  who’s prone to seizures and suffering from  some sort of degenerative brain disease. In  short, the days of X-Men glory are way, way  over, with Logan and Xavier having a shit time  in their autumn years. Just when it seems as if  the pair will waste away in their miserable existence, along comes Laura (a dynamite Dafne  Keen). She’s a genetically engineered mutant  equipped with the same retractable claws and  viciously bad temper as Logan. When her life  becomes endangered, Logan throws her and  Xavier in the back of his vehicle, and they are  off on one wild, dark road trip.

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Bun and done Burger Me recently opened a third location in the far south of Reno, replacing a vacated chain restaurant location. The offerings are upscale burger joint and include a fair selection of wines and draft beers in addition to more traditional milkshakes and such. Order at the counter and your made-to-order food is table-delivered with impressive speed. All burgers include a three-pound patty, sliced tomato, iceberg lettuce and housemade sauce—unless ordered otherwise. Although we ordered all but one or two of the burgers medium-rare, every patty was cooked medium to medium-well. My daughter went all-in with the Trainwreck ($9.95), a beef patty with onion ring, chili, cheddar cheese, a fried egg, a white bun and sliced jalapenos on the side. The better-than-average bun held up well under the assault, and—though the patty might have been a bit dry—the sandwich was a flavor explosion. She was pleased with her selection. The Italian Stallion ($10.95) sounded like an equal to my daughter’s meal, with a beef patty dressed with thick-sliced mortadella, salami, provolone cheese, hot Boston cherry peppers and a cabernet vinaigrette. The slightly dry burger was loaded with so many flavors, and I enjoyed it far more than expected. The one negative would be that it had way more lettuce than was necessary, making it tough to wrap my mouth around it. From the specials board, my friend ordered a Reuben burger ($9.95)—a beef patty topped with pastrami, sauerkraut, pickles and housemade Russian dressing on marbled rye. He chose to skip the ’kraut and substituted a white bun for the bread, rendering it a dressed-up pastrami burger. The deli meat was lean and nicely grilled, and the overall effect was pretty good.

To be fair, American bison is a tough meat to work with, because it’s considerably leaner than beef. We ordered Burger Me’s bison burger ($12.70) with bleu cheese, bacon, and all the regular stuff on a white bun. While the perfectly crispy bacon and pungent fromage did their best, the overcooked meat was so dry it was tough to swallow without a swig of water. For something different, another friend ordered the Fish Sando ($7.95), featuring Atlantic cod blackened or fried—she went with blackened—purple cabbage coleslaw and tartar sauce, all on a long roll. I couldn’t really detect any Cajun seasoning to speak of, but the coleslaw was really nice, and the fish was moist and plentiful. My wife ordered the Gyro burger ($9.95), a ground lamb patty combined with feta cheese, tzatziki sauce, lettuce, tomato and onion on a whole wheat bun. The spring mix lettuce was a nice touch, and the sauce was good, but the very dry patty and a sizeable serving of fresh mint made for a confounding and not wonderful meal, which she wasn’t able to finish. We also sampled sides, including battered onion rings, garlic fries and sweet potato fries ($2.50 each). The rings were excellent, a rich golden brown and very crispy. The garlic fries were very garlicky and tasted good but became more and more floppy as the meal wore on. Their sweet potato cousins were much crispier and— I’m told—were pretty good. I’m just not a big enough fan of sweet potato anything to be a reliable judge. Our experience wasn’t perfect, but there was enough good about it to lend hope they’ll improve as they settle in. If they served a medium-rare burger, that Italian beast would become a regular guilty pleasure. Ω

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Local Jeff Stelle drinks a Noisy cricket cocktail at the Atomic Bootlegger Lounge.

Nuclear option A few days before deciding where to drink this week, I dreamt vividly: I was going to the Atomic Bootlegger Lounge inside Sierra Sid’s casino/truck stop, and it was awful—like some kind of third-rate, run-down snack bar, with an alcohol selection so meager I ordered black coffee. By every measure, from the service to the atmosphere, there was nothing good I could have said about it. The rest of the night, in a half-awake fugue, my mind pored over the details, rehearsing what I could say about this wretched place that dared call itself a bar. The quirky name Atomic Bootlegger was the only reason I knew the place existed—it kind of sticks in my head when I see it driving past the otherwise unassuming Sierra Sid’s, a longtime fixture to locals and truckers passing through the Truckee Meadows. I don’t give much meaning to dreams, but I had to know. Just to be safe, I took a cursory look online before going and saw what looked like a cool spot. And, fortunately, reality turned out to be nothing like my dream. My wife and I parked and weren’t quite sure where to go. We entered through a central door into a sort of foyer—a newlooking Fuddruckers to one side and an opposing convenience store complementing the gas station out front. Straight ahead, the main casino, with signage to showers—which reminded me that this is a truck stop. Our destination awaited toward the back, visible through a mostly empty, small casino. The old familiar smell of heavy casino cigarette smoke punched me in the nose. I imagined a kind of space-agemeets-prohibition-era Nevada theme, but the displays of antique guns and reclaimed wood said more “Old West” than “Al Capone” to me. A couple of tables with comfy chairs looked nice, but the bar was mostly

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Bazooka Zoo front man Zac Haley also has a funkpsychedelic multimedia solo act called Chillwave Theater.

Flying solo Bazooka Zac Zac Haley, front man and founder of local psychedelic synth-rock band Bazooka Zoo, has been steeped in Reno’s music scene since he moved here from Las Vegas in 2010. Collaborating with a collection of local musicians informally called “No Labels Entertainment,” Haley—better known as Bazooka Zac—has toured with several different acts over the past five years. In the last year, he’s honed his psych-rock and electronic influences into a solo act dubbed the Chillwave Theater—and with a new album and list of tour dates, Bazooka Zac is a man with a plan. “Recently I was at a job that was kicking my ass,” Haley said. “All that shit was stressing me out so hard. I was like, ‘all I want to do is make music—I’m dying.’ This is like my parachute to freedom, to just be independent and creative.” After years of splitting his time between a demanding day job and an increasingly ambitious tour schedule, Haley decided to pursue a goal he’d had for a long time—to live as an independent musician. A year ago, he moved alone to Carson City to work on an album. “I’m planning on coming back to Reno, but I had to get out there to launch this project and become independent. It’s all part of my isolation chamber of, like, fucking truth.” Haley dedicated himself to learning how to operate electronic musical equipment and software in order to blend live instruments, pre-recorded and patterned beats, and audio-visual elements of his own design. “The Chillwave Theater is what this current project is called. And all that means is it’s an audio-visual, down-tempo, multi-instrumental performance,” Haley

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said. “You’re going to watch me play guitar, beat pad, effects, synthesizer. I might sing—and [be] working the visuals too. It’s a whole performance.” Chillwave Theater is driven by Haley’s funk and psychedelic instincts, with eclectic beats and shimmery, jazzy synth tones occasionally pierced by a howling guitar solo or drum breakdown. He has toured venues all over the West Coast for the past year with his debut album, Patterns in Nature, which features guest performances by almost a dozen local musicians. “It’s inspired by technicolor spider webs and morning dew and double rainbows— that’s the texture of the whole thing,” Haley said. “It’s kind of tying it all together, bringing humanity to electronic music. It’s kind of bringing nature to the civilized world and to the digital world, too.” With track titles like “Diamondback,” “Flowing Water on Mars,” and “Great White Pelican,” Haley found inspiration in his love of nature and his previous work as a desert biologist. He performs in front of lighting effects and coordinated psychedelic visuals projected onto a screen behind him. “That’s what’s so cool about the audiovisual thing, you can really take the imagination to its limit and create an experience that’s bigger than the artist,” Haley said. “It’s more about the whole room and experience.” Haley may have found independence in developing Chillwave Theater, but he said he also intends to continue collaboration with other local groups this summer—and for the forseeable future. “I think I’m just going to be loosely on tour for, like, the next 10 years,” Haley said. “I have no plans to stop.” Ω

Bazooka Zac plays at Casey’s, 212 Elk Road, Zephyr Cove, on April 6 and at Pignic, 235 Flint St., on April 14. Patterns in Nature is available on iTunes and Spotify.

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FRIDAY 4/07

SATURDAY 4/08

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THURSDAY 4/06

Candyland, 10pm, $15-$20

Justin Martin, 10pm, $16-$20

3rd Street Bar

Triage, 9:30pm, no cover

John Clifton Blues Band, 9pm, no cover

Dance Party, 10pm, $5

Dance Party, 10pm, $5

Big Blu Soul Revue, 9pm, no cover

Big Blu Soul Revue, 9pm, no cover

214 W. Commercial Row, (775) 329-9444 125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005

5 Star Saloon

132 West St., (775) 329-2878

Sound Tribe Sector 9 April 6-7, 8 p.m.  Harrah’s Lake Tahoe  15 Highway 50  Stateline  588-6611

Comedy 3rd Street Bar, 125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005: Open Mic Comedy Competition with host Pat Shillito, W, 9pm, no cover The Improv at Harveys, 18 Highway 50, Stateline, (775) 588-6611: Kivi Rogers, Ken Garr, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 9pm, $30 Laugh Factory at Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 335-7401: Sue Costello, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $20; F, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $20; Sa, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $25; Jeff Ricards, Bill Dawes, T-W, 7:30pm, $20 Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-5233: Kevin Farley, Th, 8pm, $10-$15; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $15-$20; Kelly Hilbert, Drew Shafer, F, 9pm, $10-$15

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

Bar of america

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

the BlueBird nightcluB 555 E. Fourth St., (775) 499-5549

Teddy P, Mr. Rooney, DJ Paul, 10pm, no cover

ceol iriSh puB

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

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

SUNDAY 4/09

DG Kicks Big Band Jazz Orchestra, 8pm, Tu, no cover Sunday Takeover, 8pm

Moonshine Mountain, 9pm, no cover

Lex The Bluegrass Man, 9pm, no cover

Traditional Irish Music, 7pm, Tu, no cover CW and Dr. Spitmore, 11:30am, Tu, no cover

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

cottonwood reStaurant & Bar

Paul Covarelli, 7pm, no cover

Daniel Kushnir, 7pm, no cover

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Hellbound Glory, 9pm, no cover

Fossils, 9pm, no cover

elBow room Bar

Jack Di Carlo, 7pm, no cover

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Writer’s Block Open Mic, 7pm, no cover

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

2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-6700 6300 Mae Anne Ave., (775) 787-6300

Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover Country Line Dancing with DJ Trey, 7pm, no cover

the holland project 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

juB juB’S thirSt parlor 71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652

The Kegels, Boss’ Daughter, Bucket Flush, 8pm, $TBA

Dead Letter Disciple , 8pm, no cover

Reno Rock Camp, 2pm, no cover Greg Austin, 8pm, no cover

Breeze, Swap Meat, Stirr Lightly, Fine Motor, 7pm, $5

Priscilla Ford, Elephant Rifle, Hate Recorder, Trese, 8pm, $6 The Shames, Year of The Fist, Machine Gun Vendetta, Uncle Angry, 10pm, $5

Adrian’s Open Mic Jam Slam, 8pm, Tu, no cover Open Mic with Lenny El Bajo, 7pm, Tu, no cover

Apothic, 7pm, no cover

10603 Stead Blvd., Stead, (775) 677-7088 3372 S. Mccarran Blvd., (775) 825-1988

Karaoke with Nightsong Productions, 9pm, Tu, no cover

Hot Rod Rebellion, 9pm, no cover Karaoke with C.J. Tirone, 7pm, no cover

hangar Bar

hellfire Saloon

Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

Yuri’s Night Reno 11: New Wave... In Space!, 9pm, $10

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10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711

MON-WED 4/10-4/12

Canyon Jam with Canyon White, 8pm, no cover

Characters, Slender Blossom, Vatican City Fight Club, 8pm, M, $5 Wilkinson’s Quartet, 9pm, $TBA

the jungle

Outspoken: Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, no cover

laughing planet cafe

Jazz Jam Session Wednesdays, 7:30pm, W, no cover

246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484 941 N. Virginia St., (775) 870-9633

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FRIDAY 4/07

SATURDAY 4/08

SUNDAY 4/09

MON-WED 4/10-4/12

The LofT TheaTre-Lounge-Dining

Magic Fusion, 7pm, $19-$27

Magic Fusion, 7pm, 9pm, $19-$27

Magic Fusion, 7pm, 9pm, $19-$27

Magic Fusion, 4:30pm, 7pm, $19-$27

Magic Fusion, Tu, W, 7pm, $19-$27

The LoVing CuP

Live jazz, 8pm, no cover

MiDTown winebar

DJ Trivia, 6:30pm, no cover

Jake’s Garage 5.0, 8:30pm, no cover

Jason King, 8:30pm, no cover

1021 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe; (530) 523-8024

188 California Ave, (775) 322-2480 1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 800-1960

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Los Morros Del Norte, Voces Del Rancho, Banda La Chacaloza, 10pm, $20

2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 772-6637

MooDy’s bisTro, bar & beaTs 10007 Bridge St., Truckee; (530) 587-8688

PaDDy & irene’s irish Pub

906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-5484

Everyday Outlaw, 8pm, no cover

Frankie Boots & The Country Line, 8:30pm, no cover

Frankie Boots & The Country Line, 8:30pm, no cover

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

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T-N-Keys, 9pm, no cover

1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864 761 S. Virginia St., (775) 221-7451

Major Powers & The Lo-Fi Symphony with The Run Up, 9pm, $5

shea’s TaVern

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

Tony G’s Blues Etc. Jam!, 8:30pm, no cover

sT. JaMes infirMary

College Night Disco, 9pm, no cover

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

Gemini, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke with Bobby Dee, 8pm, no cover

The Sextones Album Release Show with Hopeless Jack, 9pm, $12 - $15

Live blues, 8pm, W, no cover

At Both Ends, Reno We Have A Problem, Knot Sorry, Jukebox Rebels, 9pm, $6

715 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-4774

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The Head and The Heart

Open Spike Night, 7pm, Tu, no cover

235 Flint St., (775) 376-1948

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T-N-Keys, Tu, 4:30pm, no cover Liam Kyle Cahill, W, 7:30pm, no cover

sTuDio on 4Th

432 E. Fourth St., (775) 737-9776

First Fridays with DJ Alastair, 9pm, no cover

One Man Jam, 5:30pm, M, no cover Jazz Jam w/First Take, 7pm, Tu, no cover

Saturday Dance Party, 9pm, no cover

Music Industry Night, 9pm, W, no cover

George Walker, Normal Bean, The Merry Gardenss, 9pm, $5 Pranksters, 9pm, $7 Scott Pemberton Band, 9pm, $10

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Zion Roots, 9pm, no cover

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The Kegels, Boss’ Daughter & Bucket Flesh

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The Shames, Year of the Fist, Machine Gun Vendetta & Uncle Angry

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Chiefs, Dead Canyon, Flood Fire Death Drought, 9pm, Tu, $5

Big Heart Rocks The Sparks Lounge, 9pm, no cover

The TroCaDero

235 W. Second St., (775) 771-6792

Tavern Trivia Night, 9pm, no cover

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Lucas Biespiel, 9pm, W, $5

The London Souls April 9, 9 p.m.  Crystal Bay Club  14 Highway 28  Crystal Bay  833-6333

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THURSDAY 4/06

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SUNDAY 4/09

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2) The Vegas Road Show, 8pm, no cover

1) Luau In Paradise, 6pm, $85-$95 2) The Vegas Road Show, 4pm, no cover Hindsight, 10pm, no cover

1) Luau In Paradise, 6pm, $85-$95 2) The Vegas Road Show, 4pm, no cover Hindsight, 10pm, no cover

2) Hindsight, 8pm, no cover

2) American Made Band, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Risky Biscuits, 10pm, no cover

2) Soul Scratch, 10pm, no cover

2) The London Souls, People’s Blues of Richmond, 9pm, no cover

1) Carlos Rodriguez, 8:30pm, W, $15-$18

2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover

2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover

2) Left of Centre, 10:30pm, no cover

2) Live Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, no cover Garage Boys, W, 10:30pm, no cover

1) The Head and The Heart, 8pm, $36 2) Romeo Reyes, 11pm, $15 3) Grand Country Nights, 10pm, no cover

2) Ayla Simone, 10pm, $15 3) Grand Country Nights with DJ Colt Ainsworth, 10pm, no cover

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

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Victor & Penny April 8, 8 p.m.  Nugget Casino Resort  1100 Nugget Ave.  Sparks  356-3300

Karaoke O’Cleary’s Irish Pub, 1330 Scheels Drive, Ste. 250, Sparks, (775) 359-1209: Bobby Dee Karaoke/Dance Party, Th, 6pm, no cover The Point, 1601 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3001: Karaoke, Th-Sa, 7pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Sparks, (775) 3566000: Karaoke, F-Sa, 9pm, no cover West Second Street Bar, 118 W. Second St., (775) 348-7976: Karaoke, M-Su, 8pm, no cover

345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700 1) Theater 2) Brew Brothers 3) NoVi

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2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 10pm, $15 1) Grand Theater 2) Lex Nightclub 3) Sports Book

HARd RoCK Hotel & CAsino

1) B. Dolan, DJ Abilities, Cas One vs. Figure, Dope KNife, 8pm, Tu, $15

50 Highway 50, Stateline; (844) 588-7625 1) Vinyl

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15 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (775) 588-6611 1) South Shore Room 2) Peek Nightclub 3) Center Stage Lounge

HARRAH’s Reno

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

1) Sound Tribe Sector 9, 8pm, $36.23-$70.83

1) Sound Tribe Sector 9, 8pm, $36.23-70.83 3) Arty The Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone, 7:30pm, $44.95 3) Arty The Party, 9pm, no cover

1) The Rat Pack Is Back, 7:30pm, $27.06-$37.15

1) The Rat Pack Is Back, 7:30pm, $27.06-$37.15 3) Jackie Landrum, 9pm, no cover

1) The Rat Pack Is Back, 7:30pm, $27.06-$37.15 3) Jackie Landrum, 9pm, no cover

1) Ukulele All-Stars, 8pm, $28

1) Victor & Penny, Bob Malone, 8pm, $28

2) Kerry Pastine & The Crime Scene, 8pm, no cover 3) Latin Dance Social, 7:30pm, $10-$20

2) Kerry Pastine & The Crime Scene, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ Scene, 10pm, $20

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1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 1) Celebrity Showroom 2) Nugget Grand Ballroom

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2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121 1) Tuscany Ballroom 2) Terrace Lounge 3) Edge

2) Kerry Pastine & The Crime Scene, 7pm, no cover

sAnds ReGenCY CAsino Hotel 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401 1) Grand Exposition Hall 2) Rum Bullions Island Bar 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge

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5 Hwy. 28, Crystal Bay; (775) 831-0660 1) Breeze Nightclub 2) Casino Floor 3) Conrad’s

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345 N Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2200

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3) Buddy Emmer Band and guest, Tu, 8pm, no cover

1) Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, 7pm, $22-$28 4) DJ Punktematrix, 9pm, no cover

1) The Clairvoyants, 8pm, $35.50- $49.50 2) Superbad, DJ Kronik, 9pm, no cover 2) Superbad, DJ Kronik, 9pm, no cover 3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5 3) Fashion Fridays, 9pm, no cover 4) Atomika, 9pm, no cover 4) Atomika, 9pm, no cover 2) Chris Costa, 8pm, no cover

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FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 6, 2017 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com.

EVENTS

GOODNIGHT BROOKLYN: The documentary  film chronicles the origins, community,  influence and closure of one of  Brooklyn’s best DIY venues, ironically at  the hands of a former champion of its  efforts.   Thu 4/6, 7pm. $5. The Holland  Project, 140 Vesta St.. (775) 742-1858,  www.hollandreno.org.

2017 RENO UKULELE FESTIVAL: The ninth  annual Reno Ukulele Festival kicks off on  April 6 with early bird workshops, live  music, vendor previews in the ukulele  marketplace. On Friday and Saturday,  the festival marketplace is open and  the first of two full days of workshops  gets underway, as well as music and  instruction from the Day Stage and the  DaSilva Open Mic Stage. Friday evening  will feature the Ukulele All-Stars in the  Celebrity Showroom. The finalé on April  8 will feature Victor & Penny with the  Loose Change Orchestra in the Celebrity  Ballroom. On Sunday morning, there will  be an interactive send-off from 9:3011am.  Thu-Sun 4/6-4/9. Nugget Resort,  1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 220-0995,  http://ukulele.cafe.

THE PASSIONATE THIEF: Anna Magnani stars  as an insecure movie extra invited out  for a New Year’s celebration. She luckily  runs into an old acting pal and, along with  a local pickpocket, they manage to turn  what could have been a dreary, lonely  evening into a Roman night to remember.  In Italian with English subtitles.  Sun 4/9, 6pm. $5-$7. Artemisia MovieHouse at the  Goodluck Macbeth Theater, 713 S. Virginia  St., http://artemisiamovies.weebly.com.

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adults age 21 and older. Enjoy a childfree evening in Toytopia, an immersive  and hands-on exhibition that highlights  the past 100 years of classic toys, games  and dolls. This is a 1980s-themed evening  with music from that decade playing  while you explore the exhibit. Costumes  are encouraged. Admission includes  unlimited access to Toytopia, retro  snacks and refreshments, and one adult  beverage token.  Sat 4/8, 6pm. $25-$35.  Wilbur D. May Museum, 1595 N. Sierra St.,  (775) 785-5961.

GAELYNN LEA: Arts For The Schools presents

The Sextones Record Release

4/08:

A popular band in the local scene, the Reno-based funk-soul quartet will release its new album,  Moonlight Vision, on April 7. Formerly The Mark Sexton Band, the original trio featured vocalist/ guitarist Mark Sexton, bassist Alexander Korostinsky and drummer Daniel Weiss. In 2014, the group changed its name  to the Sextones and added keyboardist Ryan Taylor to the lineup. After paying their dues touring across the country  and sharing stages with artists such as Macy Gray, Ziggy Marley and Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, the band seems  poised to make a bigger splash in the music industry with the album, which was recorded at Prairie Sun Studios in  Sonoma, California, the birthplace of several famous Tom Waits albums. The Sextones will hold a record release party  with guest Hopeless Jack on Saturday, April 8, at The Saint, 761 S. Virginia St. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the  door. Call 221-7451 or visit www.thesaintreno.com.

FIRST THURSDAY: Grab a drink, listen to  live music by the UNR Jazz Band and  check out the Nevada Museum of Art’s  galleries at this month’s event.  Thu 4/6, 5pm. $10 general admission, free for NMA  members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W.  Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

SATURDAY NIGHT STAR PARTY: The Jack  C. Davis Observatory hosts free star  parties every Saturday night year round,  starting at sunset (except when there is  snow on the roads). The evening starts  with a lecture on one of numerous topics  and then concludes with guided star  viewing by one of the observatory’s  astronomers.  Sat 4/8, 6pm. Free. Jack C.  Davis Observatory, 2699 Van Patten Drive,  Carson City, (775) 857-3033, www.wnc.edu.

GREAT BASIN NATIVE ARTISTS: Featured  artists are Ben Aleck, Topaz Jones, Jack  Malotte, Melissa Melero-Moose and Topah  Spoonhunter.  Mon-Sat through 6/19. Free.  Carson City Visitors Bureau, 716 N.  Carson St., Carson City, (775) 687-7410.

HANDS ON! SECOND SATURDAY: The program  offers monthly free admission, hands-on  art activities, storytelling, a docentguided tour, live performances and  community collaborations. Themes  and programs change monthly and  rotate through cultural explorations,  exhibition connections and community  partnerships.  Sat 4/8, 10am-6pm. Free.  Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St.,  (775) 329-3333.

ART EVERY IMAGE HAS A STORY: Dotty  Molt’s work is largely focused on an  exploratory journey she underwent  starting early last year, traveling  across the country in her car and  solely focusing on her art. The set  of photographs being shown are  representative of immersing one’s self  in the world, surrounding oneself with  wilderness, and being tested to find  one’s true self.  10am Mon-Fri through 4/21. McKinley Arts & Culture Center,  925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-2417.

LUCK OF THE ARTIST: This event will be an art  show with original art and prints available  for purchase. There will be a book reading  by published authors Candice Liberty  and Cheri Lovedog, as well as wine, hors  d’oeuvres and raffle prizes.  Sat 4/8, 7pm. Free. Torn Arts Tattoo Studio, 1125 S.  Wells Ave., (775) 688-9334.

MOUNTAIN PICASSOS: The Folklife Program of

FROM THE GROUND UP: The Capital City Arts  Initiative (CCAI) presents artwork by Gil  Martin.  Mon-Fri through 5/24. Free. CCAI  Courthouse Gallery, 885 E. Musser St.,  Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

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the Nevada Arts Council has collaborated  with the Nevada Historical Society to  present a traveling exhibition of the  canvases of Basque tree carvings, or  arborglyphs.  Through Fri 4/7, 9am. Western  Nevada College, 2201 West College Parkway,  Carson City, (775) 445-3000.

NATURE IN BLACK & WHITE: Gallery  East in McKinley Arts Center hosts  monochromatic photographer Barbie  Crawford, a professional photographer  residing in the Lake Tahoe area who  creates detailed macro-photography  portraits of the natural world around  her.  Mon-Sat through 4/21. Free. McKinley  Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside  Drive, (775) 334-2417.

PAINT & METAL: Using its abstract imagery,  the works by Mahsan Ghazianzad and  Grant Miller deal with ideas of truth and  exploration of emotions.  Mon-Fri through 4/21. Free. Metro Gallery, Reno City Hall,  1 E. First St., (775) 334-4636.

TREE LINES: Valerie Cohen’s exhibition  features pen and ink line drawings  of pine trees growing at or near the  timberline in the Sierra Nevada and  White Mountain Ranges of Eastern  California. There will be an artist’s  reception on April 6, 6-8pm.  MonFri through 5/18. Free. Sheppard  Contemporary in the Church Fine Arts  Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335  N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

MUSEUMS SCIENCE UNDERGROUND: Located on  the museum’s lower level, Science  Underground features an eclectic,  subterranean collection of exhibits from  The Discovery’s first five years, including  big, blue building blocks, Electrosketch  Nano Science, an oversized Nevada  puzzle, the Tube-o-Phone and  a walking  piano.  Through Wed 4/12. $9-$10. Terry  Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, 490  S. Center St., (775) 786-1000.

FILM

the winner of the 2016 NPR Tiny Desk  Concert competition. Lea combines  popular folk and rock sounds with  traditional Celtic and American fiddle  to produce a sound all her own. As a  sufferer of brittle bones disease, Lea  uses her music and its success as a  platform to advocate for people with  disabilities and to promote positive social  change.  Fri 4/7, 7pm. $5-$30. Bar One at  Squaw Valley Olympic House, 1990 Squaw  Valley Road, Tahoe City, (530) 582-8278,  www.artsfortheschools.org.

PIPES ON THE RIVER: A free 30-minute  organ concert open to the public. Bring  a brown bag lunch.  Fri 4/7, noon. Free.  Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave.,  (775) 329-4279.

RICHARD JOHNSON: The Oregon singersongwriter sings with a guitar  background in classical and jazz,  intertwines complex guitar stylings with  Celtic and original melodies.  Sat 4/8, 7pm. $10-$20. Brewery Arts Center, 449  W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976.

SUNDAY JAZZ AT RENO LITTLE THEATER: For  the Love of Jazz, Reno Little Theater  and jazz station 89.5 KNCJ present this  monthly event featuring some of the  most prominent jazz musicians in the  local music scene. The Ed Corey Trio  performs at this month’s event.  Sun 4/9, 10:30am. Pay-what-you-can admission.  Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775)  813-8900, http://renolittletheater.org.

BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR:  Banff films bring the spirit of adventure  to life on the screen through a wide  variety of stories, including skiing and  snowboarding, mountain biking, rock  climbing, kayaking, mountaineering and  more. There will be a pre-show exhibit  event at 6pm outside the showroom.  Proceeds from the Banff Mountain  Film Festival support the Nevada Land  Trust.  Thu 4/6, 7pm. $22-$27. Silver Legacy  Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., (775)  329-4777, http://nevadalandtrust.org.

ONSTAGE BRAIN CANDY LIVE: Adam Savage, formerly  of Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters TV  show, has joined forces with Michael  Stevens, one of YouTube’s biggest  stars, for this interactive, hands-on,  minds-on theatrical experience, which  is described as “a two-hour play date  with Walt Disney, Willy Wonka and Albert  Einstein.”  Sun 4/9, 7pm. $40-$65. Pioneer  Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S.  Virginia St. (775) 686-6600.

HAND TO GOD: Good Luck Macbeth Theatre  Company presents Robert Askins’ play  which explores the fragile nature of faith,  morality and the ties that bind us.  Through Sat 4/8, 7:30pm. $15. Good Luck Macbeth  Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775)  322-3716, www.goodluckmacbeth.org.

PARALLEL LIVES: Mo Gaffney and Kathy  Najimy’s comedy that asks whether life  would be better if women were in charge  instead of men.  Through Sat 4/8, 7:30pm; Sun 4/9, 2pm. $12-$20. Restless Artists  Theatre Company, 295 20th St., Sparks,  (775) 525-3074, www.rattheatre.org

THE WORD BEGINS: Merry War Theatre Group  presents this play written by Steve Connell  and Sekou Andrews that follows the  journey of two men discovering the power  of words to define love, faith, race and  humanity in America. Mashing up spoken  word, comedy and hip hop, Richard McIver  and Lachlan McKinney deliver hyperkinetic performances in this satire that  examines the current American cultural  landscape as it appears to a young white  man and a young black man.  Through Fri 4/7, 7:30pm. $10-$14. The Potentialist Workshop,  836 E. Second St., www.merrywar.com.

SPORTS & FITNESS GUIDED HIKE: Enjoy a guided hike through  Galena Creek Park with a local specialist.  Please bring appropriate clothing and  plenty of water. If there’s enough snow,  this will be a snowshoe hike. There will  be a few pairs of snowshoes at the  visitor center available for rent. The  hike intensity varies, depending on  the audience.  Sat 4/8, 10am. Free, but  donations welcome. Galena Creek Visitor  Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, www. galenacreekvisitorcenter.org.

RENO ACES: The minor league baseball team  takes on the Albuquerque Isotopes.  Tue 4/11-Wed 4/12, 6:30pm. $9-$10 general

admission. Greater Nevada Field, 250  Evans Ave., (775) 334-7000.

CLASSES CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH PRACTICE: Practice  Spanish and improve language skills. Meet  other travelers and professionals who  are interested in Spanish language and  culture.  Sat 4/8, 11:30am. $10. Training  Connexion, 4600 Kietzke Lane, (775) 3849036, www.trainingconnexion.com.

C@PITAL CODERS: Learn how to code or  improve coding skills at Carson City  Library’s new club The C@pital Coders.  The club will practice coding through  activities using NC Lab, Makey Makey,  Scratch and more.  Tue 4/11, 4pm. Free.  Carson City Library, 900 N. Roop St.,  Carson City, (775) 887-2244.

PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF RENO: PSOR meets  every Wednesday. There is painting from  life models (no instruction). For more  information, email psor2016@gmail. com.  Wed 4/12, 9am. $10. Nevada Fine Arts,  1301 S. Virginia St., www.nvfinearts.com.

WATERCOLOR PAINTERS OPEN GROUP: This is a  group of watercolor painters who paint  together and learn from each other.  Fri 4/7, 9am. $5. Nevada Fine Arts, 1301 S.  Virginia St., (775) 786-1128

WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS: Multiple hourlong workshops and presentations on  various topics. Changes weekly. Topics  vary from consciousness to art, music,  social networking, theater, etc. Contact  ksweetsparlormint@gmail.com if you  are interested in facilitating a workshop  of your choice.  Wed 4/12, 6pm. Free. The  Potentialist Workshop, 836 E. Second St.,  www.potentialistworkshop.com.

COMMUNITY BLOOD DONATIONS: Give the gift of life. Donors  must be healthy, weigh at least 110 pounds  and be at least 17 years old. Call to make  an appointment.  Ongoing. United Blood  Services, 1125 Terminal Way. (775) 3246454, www.unitedbloodservices.org.

BLOOD DONATIONS: Give the gift of life. Donors  must be healthy, weigh at least 110 pounds  and be at least 17 years old. Call to make  an appointment.  Ongoing. United Blood  Services, 1125 Terminal Way. (775) 3246454, www.unitedbloodservices.org.

BREAST CANCER—ON WITH LIFE: Saint  Mary’s team of social workers and  educators, as well as other breast cancer  survivors, meet weekly to discuss cancer  survivorship. The group meets in the  Tumor Board Conference Room.  Tue 4/11, 4:30pm. Free. Saint Mary’s Center for  Health, 645 N. Arlington Ave., Suite 120,  (775) 722-1222, www.saintmarysreno.com.

DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP: Terry Lee Wells  Reno Family Support Group offers a  supportive environment for parents  and children to learn about diabetes  management. Meetings include guest  speakers, youth activities, special events  and parties. This event takes place on the  second Wednesday of the month.  Wed 4/12, 6:30pm. Free. Terry Lee Wells Discovery  Museum, 490 Center St., (775) 856-3839,  http://diabetesnv.org.

DOWN SYNDROME FAMILY SUPPORT GROUPS:  Down Syndrome Network of Northern  Nevada invites guest speakers to  discuss a wide variety of topics and  age-related issues from education,  health and wellness and recreation to  extracurricular activities and other  community resources that educate and  benefit the Down syndrome community  and their families.  Thu 4/6, 5:45pm. Free.  Vassar-Cordone Nonprofit Building, 1301  Cordone Ave., Ste. 190, (775) 828-5159,  http://dsnnn.org.

FRIDAY NIGHT BALLROOM DANCING: The Senior  Dance Club of Reno presents live music,  refreshments and three hours of dancing  every Friday evening from 8pm to 11pm.  Dancing is for all levels. Singles and  beginners are welcome.  Fri 4/7, 8pm. $7$10. Washoe County Senior Center,  Building E, 1155 E. Ninth St., (775) 343-8138.

NEW MOTHERS SUPPORT GROUP: This support  group is free and open to new mothers  and their infants. A new topic concerning  the postpartum mother and newborn  will be discussed each week, including  breastfeeding, sleep issues, normal  newborn behavior and more. A scale  is available for weight checks.  Thu 4/6, 10am. Free. Saint Mary’s Regional Medical  Center, 235 W. Sixth St., (775) 770-3429,  www.saintmarysreno.com.

by AMY ALKON

Rebooty and the beast I’m a woman in my 30s. I was married for five years, but now, thank god, I’m divorced and about two years into a wonderful new relationship. Disturbingly, I occasionally call my boyfriend by my awful ex-husband’s name. He laughs it off, but it really freaks me out. Should I see a neurologist? Is my memory going? Or—gulp—do I miss my ex on some subconscious level? It’s unsettling to have your ex’s name bobbing up when you love somebody new. Naturally, you suspect the worst—that you’re subconsciously pining for the ex. But—good news!—the likely reason for your name swapperoos is something you should find comfortingly boring. According to research by cognitive scientists Samantha Deffler and David C. Rubin, we’re prone to grab the wrong name out of memory when both names are in the same category—for example, men you’ve been seriously involved with or, in the pet domain, gerbils you’ve dressed in tiny sexy outfits. You might also keep in mind that your ex’s name was the default for “man in my life” for more than twice as long as the new guy’s. Other memory research suggests that especially when you’re tired, stressed, or multitasky, it’s easy to go a little, uh, cognitively imprecise. You send your mindslave off into your brain—back to the “My Guy” category— and the lazy little peasant just grabs the name he spent five years grabbing. So, you might think of this as a mental workforce issue. The Department of Emotions isn’t even involved. However, research by cognitive psychologist Robert Bjork suggests that you can train your memory to do better through “spaced retrieval”— correcting yourself just post-flub by asking and answering “Who is the man in my life?” and then letting a few minutes pass and doing it again. But considering that you have a partner who just laughs at your errors, your time would probably be better spent appreciating what you have—an easygoing sweetheart of a guy and no readily apparent need for a neurologist. Bottom line: Your calling the guy by the wrong name probably points to a need for a nap, not unwanted company—as in, a tumor named Fred squatting in the crawlspace behind your frontal lobe.

Insecurity blanket I’m extremely insecure about my looks, though objectively, I know I’m pretty. I constantly ask my boyfriend for reassurance. He gives it to me but feels bad that I feel this way. Now I’m worrying that I’m making such a good case for what’s wrong with me that he’ll start believing me. Possible? Research confirms what most of us recognize about the especially eye-pleasing among us: They get all sorts of benefits—everything from social perks to job opportunities to discounts when they act like dirtbags. As a woman, being babe-alicious is a pretty vital tool for landing and maintaining a relationship, because the features that men—across cultures— evolved to consider beautiful are actually health and fertility indicators. So, for example, full lips and an hourglass bod are basically evolution’s bumper sticker: “Your genes passed on here!” Not surprisingly, psychologist Tracy Vaillaincourt, who researches competition among women, explains that women attack other women “principally on appearance and sexual fidelity” because men prioritize these qualities in their partners. One way women chip away at rivals is by trash-talking another woman’s looks to a man— suggesting he really could do better. That’s what you’re doing—but to yourself. Beyond that, constantly begging a romantic partner for reassurance—while being kind of a black hole for it—can be toxic to a relationship. Also, the fact that your need for reassurance seems bottomless suggests it’s not your exterior but your interior that’s in need of work. Get cracking on that, and try to remember that your boyfriend is with you for a reason—and it probably isn’t that your mom and grandma are crouched behind your sofa, holding him at gunpoint. Ω

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave., No. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com).

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Now is an excellent

time to free your memories. What comes to mind when I suggest that? Here are my thoughts on the subject. To free your memories, you could change the way you talk and feel about your past. Re-examine your assumptions about your old stories, and dream up fresh interpretations to explain how and why they happened. Here’s another way to free your memories: If you’re holding on to an insult someone hurled at you once upon a time, let it go. In fact, declare a general amnesty for everyone who ever did you wrong. By the way, the coming weeks will also be a favorable phase to free yourself of memories that hold you back. Are there any tales you tell yourself about the past that undermine your dreams about the future? Stop telling yourself those tales.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): How big is your

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vocabulary? Twenty-thousand words? Thirtythousand? Whatever size it is, the coming weeks will be prime time to expand it. Life will be conspiring to enhance your creative use of language … to deepen your enjoyment of the verbal flow … to help you become more articulate in rendering the mysterious feelings and complex thoughts that rumble around inside you. If you pay attention to the signals coming from your unconscious mind, you will be shown how to speak and write more effectively. You may not turn into a silver-tongued persuader, but you could become a more eloquent spokesperson for your own interests.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): We all need more breaks

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from the routine—more holidays, more vacations, more days off from work. We should all play and dance and sing more, and guiltlessly practice the arts of leisure and relaxation, and celebrate freedom in regular boisterous rituals. And I’m nominating you to show us the way in the coming weeks, Leo. Be a cheerleader who exemplifies how it’s done. Be a ringleader who springs all of us inmates out of our mental prisons. Be the imaginative escape artist who demonstrates how to relieve tension and lose inhibitions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): People in your vicinity may be preoccupied with trivial questions. What’s more nutritious, corn chips or potato chips? Could Godzilla kick King Kong’s ass? Is it harder to hop forward on one foot or backward with both feet? I suspect you will also encounter folks who are embroiled in meaningless decisions and petty emotions. So how should you navigate your way through this energy-draining muddle? Here’s my advice: Identify the issues that are most worthy of your attention. Stay focused on them with disciplined devotion. Be selfish in your rapt determination to serve your clearest and noblest and holiest agendas.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I hope that by mid-May

you will be qualified to teach a workshop called “Sweet Secrets of Tender Intimacy” or “Dirty Secrets of Raw Intimacy” or maybe even “Sweet and Dirty Secrets of Raw and Tender Intimacy.” In other words, Libra, I suspect that you will be adding substantially to your understanding of the art of togetherness. Along the way, you may also have experiences that would enable you to write an essay entitled “How to Act Like You Have Nothing to Lose When You Have Everything to Gain.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you have a dream

of eating soup with a fork, it might mean that in your waking life you’re using the wrong approach to getting nourished. If you have a dream of entering through an exit, it might mean that in your waking life you’re trying to start at the end rather than the beginning. And if you dream of singing nursery rhymes at a karaoke bar with unlikable people from high school, it might mean that in your waking life you should seek more fulfilling ways to express your wild side and your creative energies. (P.S. You’ll be wise to do these things even if you don’t have the dreams I described.)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you’re a

Quixotic lover, you’re more in love with love itself than with any person. If you’re a Cryptic lover, the best way to stay in love with a particular partner is to keep him or her guessing. If you’re a Harlequin, your steady lover must provide as much variety as three lovers. If you’re a Buddy, your specialties are having friendly sex and having sex with friends. If you’re a Histrionic, you’re addicted to confounding, disorienting love. It’s also possible that you’re none of the above. I hope so, because now is an excellent time to have a beginner’s mind about what kind of love you really need and want to cultivate in the future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your new

vocabulary word is “adytum.” It refers to the most sacred place within a sacred place—the inner shrine at the heart of a sublime sanctuary. Is there such a spot in your world? A location that embodies all you hold precious about your journey on planet Earth? It might be in a church or temple or synagogue or mosque, or it could be a magic zone in nature or a corner of your bedroom. Here you feel an intimate connection with the divine, or a sense of awe and reverence for the privilege of being alive. If you don’t have a personal adytum, Capricorn, find or create one. You need the refreshment that comes from dwelling in the midst of the numinous.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You could defy

gravity a little, but not a lot. You can’t move a mountain, but you may be able to budge a hill. Luck won’t miraculously enable you to win a contest, but it might help you seize a hard-earned perk or privilege. A bit of voraciousness may be good for your soul, but a big blast of greed would be bad for both your soul and your ego. Being savvy and feisty will energize your collaborators and attract new allies; being a smart-ass showoff would alienate and repel people.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here are activities

that will be especially favorable for you to initiate in the near future: (1) Pay someone to perform a service for you that will ease your suffering. (2) Question one of your fixed opinions if that will lead to you receiving a fun invitation you wouldn’t get otherwise. (3) Dole out sincere praise or practical help to a person who could help you overcome one of your limitations. (4) Get clear about how one of your collaborations would need to change in order to serve both of you better. Then tell your collaborator about the proposed improvement with lighthearted compassion.

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business, but I spent a majority of my time on marketing. In my Adams Hub I spend a lot of time on marketing.

Peggy Borgman is a landscape  painter who studied art in Santa  Cruz and spent about 30 years  running a day spa and teaching  management skills to spa directors in the Silicon Valley area.  Recently, she moved to Genoa.  She’s hosting a four-session  workshop series, Artrepreneurs,  to teach business skills to artists,  beginning May 3. To register, visit  carson-artrepreneurs.  eventbrite.com.

That’s the Adams Hub in Carson City, right? Tell me more about that.

What kinds of artists should attend your workshop? It’s open to visual and performing artists—and literary artists too.

What are one or two of the points you’ll cover? There’s a pretty extensive curriculum. … We’ve got a lot of different subject matter experts who’ll be part of the faculty. The impetus for this is to focus on helping artists learn some marketing and business skills. … Artists typically aren’t people who are attracted to the business side of things. Some are, and some tend to be more successful. We want to help artists understand not just techniques and tactics, but to understand what the artist’s brand is, what makes them unique and different. To help them start formulating the words they use to make them interesting

and compelling to people. … Sales is intimidating to people. If it’s something that’s as personal as your own art, it’s 10 times harder. If someone says, “No, thank you,” it can be discouraging. Closing a sale is a very specific set of behaviors that you have to do. Some customers are super motivated, and they close themselves, but for the most part you’re in a situation where that customer is expecting you to extend that invitation to them. Unfortunately, a lot of the inculcation we get as artists is you should be creating art for art’s sake. There’s kind of a poverty motive, and that’s very silly. You should be well paid for what you’re good it.

How did you learn about sales and branding? I owned a business in the Bay Area for about 30 years. It was not an art-related

Adams Hub is a business incubator and co-working habitat in Carson City. It’s been open for about two years. Our work is funded by the Hop and Mae Adams Foundation. It’s a private foundation run by the people who used to own the Carson Nugget, to increase opportunities and employment. … I am the community curator, which is a nice, broad term. I do marketing and outreach, and I help with creating and running events.

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If someone can’t make it to your workshops but they want to improve their art business chops, what’s the first thing they should do? I thinks it’s always good to get other people’s feedback about what makes you different and special and better. Artists have a tendency to isolate themselves sometimes, and that can be difficult on your confidence. Bring together a small group of people you trust, and say, “What am I doing wrong?” Find out what your unique ability is, kind of like in a book called Now, Discover Your Strengths. The customer wants a sense of the story that goes along with what they are buying. Ω

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Roger the Pinhead Donald Trump. Mike Pence. Steve  Bannon. Steve Miller. Sean Spicer.  Kellyanne Conway. Michael Flynn.  Jared Kushner. Paul Manafort.  Roger Stone. Carter Page. Jeff  Sessions. Scott Pruitt. Betsy Devos.  Steve Mnuchin. Rick Perry. Paul  Ryan. Mitch McConnell. Jason Chaffetz. Devin Nunes. Ben Carson. Tom  Price. Rex Tillerson. There ya go. Those are the  people who (1) are calling the shots  and/or (2) were involved with  getting Team Twitler installed in  Washington. My question here is a  simple one and not rhetorical in the  slightest. Is there one person on  this list of names—just one—who is  not a flaming fucking asshole? Let’s focus for a minute on  Roger Stone. Here’s a slimeball of  extraordinary depth. What can  you say about a crazed old codger  who actually has the word NIXON  tattooed on his back? In the Annals of Twisted, that factoid is

worthy of an asterisk and special  mention. I mean, pity the poor  hooker who watches Rog take his  shirt off, sees the tat, and says to  herself, “Nixon? Jesus. I knew this  was gonna be a rough one.” Anyway, something’s been buggin’ me  about Stone for quite some time,  and the reason always eluded  me. Couldn’t quite put my finger  on it, until recently. The light bulb  went off. Zippy the Pinhead. Zippy the  Fucking Pinhead! Roger Stone  is Zippy’s long lost Rethuglican  brother! If you don’t remember  Zip, the king of the non sequitor delivered in a muumuu, well,  I can’t help you. Shit, he was  around forever. In fact, he’s still  around, doing his schtick on the  funny pages. If you Goog “Zippy  the Pinhead Roger Stone,” the  first article will be, ironically  enough, from none other than  Brietbart, an article that tackles

the Pinhead Proposition directly.  By all means, check it out. As the  author of the piece says, “It would  explain so much.” Trump recently warned that  Obamacare was about to explode,  and it will serve everybody right  when it does, and you can all  fuck off and burn in hell. Something along those lines. Well, just  remember that Trump is a proven  and unrepentant liar. Every time  he opens his mouth, you have to  remind yourself that he’s lying. HE  IS LITERALLY ONE OF THOSE GUYS  WHERE IF HIS LIPS ARE MOVING,  HE’S LYING. Therefore, why would  any sane American—estimates  are that number is now in the low  60s—believe him when he assures  us that Obamacare is about to  explode? The L.A. Times recently wrote  about Trump and his presidency— “Still, nothing prepared us for the  magnitude of this train wreck.”    Ω

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