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Real-life magic Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. I’m back from my little musical sojourn around the Northwest. Tour was great. I feel really fortunate that I get to experience that life—traveling with some of my best buds, visiting cool places, meeting people, and hearing great music. It’s a privilege to enjoy, and I’m thankful I get to do it— even if only for a week or two at a time a couple of times a year, plus the occasional weekend strike. For a long time, I thought that music was important because it mattered, but in recent years, I’ve come to the conclusion that music is important because it doesn’t matter. Music is an activity that we choose to do—however we choose to do it. It’s not something that we need to do to stay alive, or further the species. It has no real utility. But it’s so precious because it can be real-life magic—things that seem impossible happen every day. I recognize that a life devoted to the arts is a gift, and I do my best to savor that and to make it accessible to as many people as possible. That’s one of the many reasons I’m proud of the work we do here at the RN&R. Anyway. The first gig of the tour was in Salt Lake City, so we started off with a long drive across Nevada. And here’s the thing: it’s a lot greener and wetter than you might remember. Of course, it was late April, which is about as wet and green as it ever gets around here, but I was amazed at how much greenery I saw, nominal deserts that looked like marshes, and a Humboldt River that looked like it could be surfed. It’s not just here on the western border that things look wet and green. Central and eastern Nevada are altered landscapes as well. It’s hard not to think that climate change is the culprit. But nothing I saw looks quite as threatening as the Truckee has lately. That river is a loaded weapon.
—Brad Bynum bradb@ ne wsrev i ew . com
RSCVA and public property
The sex trade
About 200 people—not 100 as Channel 8 reported—and I stood in a long line the morning of April 17 outside the Reno Convention Center before word finally came that they were letting no one else in because Sen. Heller hadn’t booked a large enough room for the town hall. An impromptu town hall then took place outside the Center front door right in front of a temporary Reno Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority sign warning people that signs and free speech activities were not allowed on this Washoe County property. Dozens of speakers took their turn standing on a rock—a traffic barrier—to express their opinions. An RSCVA representative came out and handed out leaflets explaining that free speech was banned by the RSCVA on its leased property. However, there are no permanent signs on the building conveying this message, and they refused to enforce their own rules. There were at least a half dozen Reno police officers present. When I asked the police why they were not going to enforce the RSCVA regulation, they said they would do nothing until RSCVA filed a trespass complaint. Obviously the RSCVA rule is arbitrary/or only enforced against people with whom the RSCVA or their customers disagree. I was arrested five months ago at the Convention Center for trespassing after holding up an anti-Tump sign, but the RSCVA refused to come to the bench trial to testify. The RSCVA is funded in part by room taxes, and its meetings are subject to open meeting laws. They may be a quasi-private organization, but they have no right to arbitrarily restrict signs, flags, T-shirts, lapel pins or anything else that demonstrates free speech on public property. Could we have a short investigative piece on this action? Ronald Schoenherr Reno
Re “Getting some” (letters, April 13): Chris Rosamond writes, “most men don’t have to pay” [for sex]. Most people don’t need wheelchairs—perhaps Chris Rosamond feels superior to those that do. There are many reasons why one would want to engage nurturance for hire—being abused by one’s parents so one cannot engage others socially, being through the emotional wringer of multiple divorces, having a job like truck driving where one doesn’t have time for a relationship, being physically crippled and feeling undesirable, being a bisexual woman in a relationship with a man and needing one’s other desires fulfilled without any emotional strings attached. The vast majority of sex workers’ customers do, in fact, consider women to be human beings, which is why they are willing to pay. People who take and don’t pay are rapists. The whole trope of “bought like a piece of meat” is a lie from the prohibitionists. When one engages a plumber by-the-hour or by-the-job, nobody says anything about buying bodies. Why the hysteria about sex work? Because it serves the moral entrepreneurs behind the fake news and panic. N.b., before 1910, prostitution was legal in every state in America. How’d the alcohol prohibition thing from 1920 work out? How’s the drug prohibition thing working? So sex work prohibition will work, you think? Gary Owens Reno
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administration to Florida every weekend for the past few months so far this year will far and exceed any expenditure for personal travel in any previous administration! Stop it! Stay home, take care of business in a presidential manner, in our White House that we allow you to use at our expense. Your personal, weekend travel is annoying, irrelevant and is wasting federal tax dollars, not to speak of the Florida local government taxes that provide you and all with needless security. Go home and stay there! Press Clewe Reno
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By JERI CHADWELL-SINGLEY
Movie star you’d take on a date? Asked At the eddy, 16 s. sierrA st. Jesse Ahdunkeo Driver
Emmy Rossum. She’s just a fantastic actress. I love her show Shameless—phenomenal.
MAry hennessy Dental practice manager
Can I choose Sterling Archer? He’s a cartoon character, but he is my celebrity crush.
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Tinkering is not enough The Nevada Legislature may vote to remove the sales tax from feminine hygiene products. This has been getting considerable shallow and poorly informed news coverage. As a result, the measure is coasting to passage with little scrutiny. There’s nothing wrong with the measure. The big problem is that it’s too small and limited. But first, let’s start with some of the misconceptions about the bill. News outlets like the Sagebrush at the University of Nevada, Reno and KVVU in Las Vegas have repeated the claim, “Products considered necessities are exempt from sales tax in the state.” In fact, there is no such state policy. Quite the contrary—when the sales tax was first created one of its attractions to legislators was that it would tax broad product lines like groceries and very expensive lines like pharmaceuticals and cars. Further, journalists are using shorthand terms “pink tax” and “tax on tampons.” That misrepresents the situation and is pretty poor journalism in this period when the public is having to sort out alternative news, fake news and news. There is no tax on tampons—there is a sales tax that applies to a whole array of durable goods that happen to include tampons and other items—including, by the way, condoms. That leads us to claims of sexism. The Las Vegas Review Journal and other entities have reported things like this: “Jazz Sheffer and several other young women who testified from Las Vegas said the tax was ‘sexist’.” That’s not the case. In the 62-year history of the Nevada sales tax, there is not a single sheet of paper in the archival record suggesting that any member of the legislature
sought to single out women by applying the tax to feminine hygiene products. The tax may be unfair, but that is very different from suggesting sexist intent. Over the years, some Nevadans became impatient with taxing necessities and either went to the legislature or to ballot petitions and got the sales tax lifted from some necessities. Those were small rebellions against the state policy of taxing necessities, but the policy itself is unchanged. Some variants of the word necessary appear six times in the sales tax statutes. In none of the six is it used to propound a policy of opposition to taxing necessities. And those statutes still tax innumerable necessities in addition to feminine hygiene products and male birth control. In 1970, Nevadans voted to remove the sale tax on pharmaceutical drugs. In 1979, it was food, in 1986 prosthetic and other medical devices, and this past November voters removed the sales tax on still more medical devices. And they’ve barely scratched the surface. Necessities from clothing to soap are still taxed. When are state legislators going to learn that these piecemeal measures don’t solve the problem, that the sales tax can’t be reformed? The problem is the sales tax itself, not its various applications. It’s unfair, unpredictable, unreliable. In hard times, when a stable state tax is most needed, it collapses. A state government relying on it is sanity-challenged, and Nevada should know this better than most, given the repeated state budget crises it has caused the state over the decades. Tinkering with the sales tax is not the answer. Repeal is. Ω
Ryan Reynolds. Dead Pool. That’s all I need to say. I mean, when you can squeeze your ass into a sexy red costume like that, why not? … I’m not gay, but I’d stick a finger up his butt.
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Jason Momoa. [My friend and I] are both obsessed with him. He’s a very awake, well-rounded individual. He just did this ad for Carhartt. I don’t know if you’ve seen it. It’s almost like a mini-glimpse into his life. … You see him and his wife and their children, and they live surrounded in nature. r Aul cAMAcho Brewer
I’m going to go with living, and I would go with Jon Hamm. I just would like to pick his mind on his cool, calm demeanor. I absolutely love the guy. [Later emailed to say, “I couldn’t put my finger on a final answer. I knew it was a person not living, but I couldn’t quite remember whom—Paul Newman!”]
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by SHEILA LESLIE
Drugging the system with money When do well-meaning non-profits transform from community advocates to mercenary foot soldiers? When do corporate contributions to a non-profit organization cross the line from philanthropy to avarice? These questions are playing out in real-time through a bill in the Nevada Legislature that would track and regulate prices on diabetes medicine—Senate Bill 265, from Clark County Senator Yvanna Cancela. It’s not as if Nevadans aren’t used to this kind of behavior from the corporate sector, eager to change their foes into friends. The mining industry has long provided generous gifts to schools, the arts and universities to show what good citizens they are and to inoculate themselves from paying more in taxes for the privilege of taking our gold. Many of Nevada’s premier environmental groups have accepted financing from the very industry they are supposed to be watchdogging, leading to distasteful perceptions that a non-profit is for sale. Now we have a bill that is being touted as model legislation, taking the
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pharmaceutical industry to task for raising prices on diabetes medication almost 400 percent from 2006 to 2013. S.B. 265 offers direct financial relief to patients coping with soaring prices for the drugs their lives literally depend upon, including refunds when prices spike. Patients are increasingly battling their own insurance providers when they balk at paying exorbitant prices for specific types of insulin. While insurers and drug makers blame each other for the problem, patients are left to engage in desperate and dangerous searches for these drugs in the black market or take smaller doses than recommended, risking the consequences. S.B. 265 requires drug manufacturers to account for the actual costs associated with creating the drugs, including marketing expenses. The legislation requires that drug sales representatives become licensed in Nevada and asks non-profit patient advocacy groups to disclose contributions from manufacturers of prescription drugs, making it easier to evaluate who might really be pushing an agenda.
According to an article in Tonic, a New England Journal of Medicine study found 83 percent of 104 patient advocacy organizations that were reviewed received some of their funding from pharmaceutical companies, creating at least a perception of a conflict of interest. Since many of these public health organizations have submitted testimony against Cancela’s bill that is remarkably similar to the industry’s talking points, it is reasonable to assume that their fiscal interests are guiding their testimony against a bill that would save their constituents’ money and, in some cases, their very lives. It’s worth noting that pharmaceuticals are one of the most profitable industries in America with incredible political clout. They are no strangers to the technique of astro-turfing either, a tactic designed to showcase pseudo support by hiding behind well-known and respected organizations. Don’t forget the debacle they created in 2003 when they commandeered the AARP into lobbying for a specific clause
forbidding the Federal government from negotiating prices when Medicare Part D was implemented. Drug companies also have cozy relationships with many doctors, cultivating them through financial incentives such as the “gift” of becoming a paid lecturer at a seminar in a popular vacation destination. They know what they’re doing, and they have the money to keep doing it thanks to the ridiculously high prices Americans pay for drugs. The bill is still alive in the Nevada Legislature thanks to a waiver granted by the Democratic leadership. However, the pharmaceutical industry has upped its lobbyist corps dramatically with nearly 70 registered lobbyists now doing its bidding, including a number of former legislators. If you’re tired of paying more for prescription drugs than any other country in the world, let your legislator know you support S.B. 265. We can’t fix everything about health care, but S.B. 265 is an excellent place to start. Ω
by Brendan Trainor
The presidential monopoly On April 21, former presidential nominees Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein of the Green Party had a hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, appealing a dismissal at the district court level. They are suing the Commission of Presidential Debates (CPD), the Republican and Democratic Parties, and Barack Obama and Mitt Romney over their exclusion from the televised presidential debates in the 2012 election. Minor candidates have usually been excluded from televised presidential debates. Reform Party nominee Ross Perot was included, twice. Independent candidate John Anderson was included in 1980. Otherwise, they have been excluded. The CPD claims in its mission statement that it is non-partisan, but the plaintiffs contend it is actually bipartisan. Minor candidates must poll 15 percent or more in presidential polls to be in the televised debates. This has proven to be a difficult barrier. Participation in the debates is necessary for name recognition,
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so they are in a Catch-22. They can’t get to 15 percent without being known. They can’t get known because they’re not in the debates. The CPD is a private organization. The district court dismissed the case over lack of standing to sue a private organization. Johnson and Stein and their attorneys have devised a new legal theory to get around this jurisdictional problem. They contend that a presidential campaign is as much a business as a political activity. They are suing the defendants under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, contending that they have formed a monopoly that is depriving the plaintiffs of not only a political but a business opportunity in restraint of trade. They are trust-busting the Democrats and Republicans! One of their attorneys, Bruce Fein, said, “When you run for President you have commercial goals. … [T]he concerted actions of Mr. Obama, Mr. Romney and the CPD were intended to cripple or destroy competition in the multi-billion dollar
TOM SEGURA Saturday, June 10
business of campaigning for the presidency. The output or product produced by competitors in the business of campaigning for the presidency is information about themselves or other presidential candidates. ... The allegedly illegal concerted actions of Romney, Obama and the CPD constituted an output limitation agreement, i.e., an agreement to limit the output of presidential candidate information. … This was to be accomplished by limiting public information about credible presidential candidates through an exclusionary 15 percent national polling criterion for participation in presidential debates.” Johnson and Stein and the other participants could stand to gain triple damages under the Sherman Act, if they prevail. Right now, they are just asking the D.C. Circuit to overturn the dismissal and remand the case back to district court. They are asking that the sole criteria for minor party candidates entering the presidential debates be that they are on the ballot in enough states that they could
theoretically win the electoral college vote and be elected president. It’s actually easier for an independent candidate to get on the ballot in a presidential race than an organized political party. Each state runs its own elections, and the requirements for ballot access vary from state to state. The minor parties regularly spend about half of their campaign funds just to get on the ballot, mostly by funding mass petition drives. The Libertarian Party is generally on close to or all 50 state ballots. The Greens usually appear on about 40 ballots. Both parties regularly appear on enough ballots they could theoretically win a presidential election. The 2016 election with two flawed major party candidates caused increased media attention to the minor parties. They hope the D.C. Circuit will rule they have a fighting chance to improve their odds in 2020. Ω
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by Dennis Myers
InsulIn measure watched A measure in the Nevada Legislature is getting attention outside the state for its approach to prescription drug prices. Senate Bill 265, sponsored by Clark County Sen. Yvanna Cancela, would require diabetes drug makers to keep prices within the rate of inflation or give refunds, require the drug makers to disclose information to the state on how much they pay for research and manufacturing as well as information on profits and discounts provided to insurers and pharmacy benefit managers, require licensure of pharmaceutical drug salespeople, require drug salespeople to disclose the freebies given to physicians, and require nonprofit groups to disclose the contributions drug makers give to those groups. The measure is relatively nervy in this state. Because of its small size, Nevada often has difficulty enforcing its policies on big corporations. In the insurance field, for instance, legislators have usually been careful imposing mandates for particular types of coverage because some insurers have been known to leave the state’s market altogether rather than comply. In the case of getting disclosure of confidential information, Nevada legislators investigating allegations of a price conspiracy by ARCO Petroleum in 1987 subpoenaed information that ARCO claimed constituted “trade secrets.” The corporation refused to comply. The lawmakers were stymied until the documents that had been subpoenaed turned up in a public court filing in California, making them available to Nevada’s lawmakers without ARCO’s consent. Business and consumer lobbyists and trade publications are all watching the progress of the Nevada measure.
mInImum bIll In the U.S. Senate on April 26, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ measure providing for a $15-an-hour minimum wage was re-introduced. Twenty-two Democrats co-sponsored the measure this year, compared to five in the last Congress. Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto was not among the co-sponsors. A statement on Cortez Masto’s 2016 campaign website read, “While Nevada slowly recovers from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, many people who have been able to find work are still unable to live off the wages they earn. It is long past time for Congress to raise the minimum wage so working Americans can feed their families off the pay they earn.” However, it was not specific about amounts.
marrIage ban An effort to repeal a ban on marriage equality in the Nevada Constitution appears likely to be approved by state lawmakers. Repeal has been approved 27 to 14 in the Assembly and 19 to 2 in the Senate. Such a measure must pass the legislature twice, then be voted on by the public. The Nevada Legislature approved repeal in 2013 when there was a Democratic majority. In 2015, a Republican majority was elected, and it failed to act on the second passage of the measure. So it had to start over again this year. The measure is Assembly Joint Resolution 2. The ban went into the Nevada Constitution by initiative petition, which required two public votes. In the first round of voting in 2000, the measure passed by 69.62 percent. In second round voting in 2002, it passed by 67.2 percent. According to opinion surveys, support for the ban has continued dropping ever since. In 2013, a Public Opinion Strategies poll commissioned by the Retail Association of Nevada indicated majority of Nevadans voters would support repealing of the ban, 54 to 43 percent. The ban has been voided by the courts but remains in the Constitution.
–Dennis Myers
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Nevada’s Gold Butte has been a national monument for fewer than 130 days, and Donald Trump is considering overturning its status. PHOTO/BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Monumental study Fate of two Nevada sites at issue go to the national Park service’s list of national monuments at www.nps.gov/ archeology/sites/antiquities/monumentslist.htm and search for Nevada’s Basin and Range National Monument. It’s there, but if you click on it, it takes you to a page that reads “Page Not Found.” That is slightly more successful than looking for Nevada’s Gold Butte National Monument. It is not listed at all. Those signs of indifference from the NPS play right into the hands of Donald Trump, who argues that national monuments are illegitimate. On the other hand, going to the White House website after Trump issued an executive order on national monuments and searching for that order produced only one item—“Get Out and Enjoy National Park Week,” a page that urges citizens to visit national parks and monuments. “Today, we are putting the states back in charge. It’s a big thing,” Trump said in signing his order. Back in charge? He added that his order would “end these abuses and return control to the people, the people of all of the states, the people of the United States.” Return control?
In fact, the states have never controlled public lands, so they can hardly be “returned.” The original 13 colonies, when they went from being independent states to part of a nation, turned their land holdings over to the federal government. Thereafter, as the nation moved west, the federal government allocated 30 states some public lands to help them pay for their school costs. Those states still hold those lands, if they have managed them well. Nevada received 3,992,000 acres in school trust lands and has fewer than 3,000 remaining. But these were grants, not returns of land. The land involved had always previously been federal holdings, in Nevada’s case since the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, when the United States more or less took Nevada and other territory from Mexico at gunpoint. In 1929, President Hoover offered to turn public lands over to the states, only to have the states accuse him of trying to saddle them with the enormous costs that would come with the transfer. Trump is having similar luck. The Albuquerque Journal responded to Trump’s order by calling it a “land grab.”
“Although the act doesn’t give the president power to undo a designation, and no president has ever taken such a step, Trump isn’t like any president we’ve seen,” the newspaper editorialized. “And that begs the question of what Trump will do when he gets the results of his review? ... [Interior Secretary Ryan] Zinke’s review of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument could gum up the works of a deal designed to provide access to the currently land-locked, 16,030-acre Sabinoso Wilderness, a dramatic piece of the high plains east of Las Vegas[, New Mexico].” Salt Lake Tribune: “There is no argument to be made that monuments haven’t preserved land. ‘Free it up?’ What does that even mean? Free to overgraze and drive wherever we want? We’ve been there, and no one wants that.” Tacoma [Washington] News Tribune: “There’s no doubt federal management of public lands has at times frustrated citizens, businesses and communities, and that regulations have hindered some access to recreation and development. But there’s also no public will to give up on Teddy Roosevelt’s century-old vision of federal land preservation.” In a January opinion survey of Western states by the State of the Rockies Project, a sample of Nevadans that matched voter registration almost exactly with Nevada’s was asked this question: “And, do you think that existing national monument designations for some public lands protected over the last decade should be kept in place or should they be removed?” Eighty-one percent said monuments should be kept in place.
trumP swItch Like most of Trump’s executive orders that he has portrayed as representing action, this one does little except order a study of the topic. However, his harsh verbiage toward national monuments (“massive federal land grab”) suggests the study is pro forma. And the website at the Interior Department, which will conduct the study, similarly suggests the department already knows where it is going: “The designations of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in 1996 and the Bears Ears National Monument in 2016 are considered the book-ends of modern Antiquities Act overreach.” Outdoor apparel company Patagonia quickly stepped into a
leadership role in stopping Trump from taking any unfriendly actions toward monuments. A corporate statement said Patagonia, which has a Reno presence, is “preparing to take every step necessary, including legal action.” As with so many matters, the national monuments issue represents a sharp reversal of position for Trump from his campaign stance as his Republican Party has enforced its doctrine on its volatile leader. During his campaign, Trump’s posture on public lands was described this way by the New Republic: “Donald Trump’s argument for conservation of public lands is pretty liberal. Amid calls from Ted Cruz and the Bundys of his party to turn over federally owned lands to states to do what they wish, Trump has taken a controversial stand: He wants to protect public lands. ‘I don’t like the idea because I want to keep the lands great, and you don’t know what the state is going to do,’ Trump told Field & Stream. ... ‘I don’t think it’s something that should be sold.’ His most surprising statement, though, is his argument that the domestic boom in oil and gas drilling should be an extra incentive to slow down: ‘Right now... it’s more of an advantage in terms of your question because we don’t have to do the kind of drilling that we did. I am for energy exploration, as long as
we don’t do anything to damage the land. And right now we don’t need too much—there’s a lot of energy.’ This doesn’t just put Trump squarely to the left of his current opponents, but to Mitt Romney, who in 2012 wasn’t sure ‘what the purpose is’ of public lands and wanted to allow states to determine drilling rights. Trump on the other hand thinks we ‘have to be great stewards.’” Also in that Field & Stream interview, conducted in Las Vegas, Trump suggested he did not trust the states to keep public lands public: “I mean, are they going to sell if they get into a little bit of trouble?” Now, however, he leads the GOP, which supports opening vast swaths of land for mining, commercial development, timber harvesting and pipelines. Which national monuments Trump might be eyeing for change is uncertain. Twenty-four monuments in nine states and the Pacific Ocean are covered by his order calling for review of national monument designations in the past 21 years. That takes in the administrations of presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, and part of Bill Clinton’s tenure. Nevada’s Basin and Range National Monument was established by President Obama on July 10, 2015. Obama designated Gold Butte a national monument on Dec. 28. Ω
Kirk Robertson 1946-2017
In Fallon on the evening of April 29, Kirk Robertson (right) and Valerie Serpa chatted with University of Nevada, Reno art professor Howard Rosenberg (left) at a fundraising speaking engagement for the American Association of University Women which Rosenberg gives each year. Robertson died a few hours later. He was a prominent Nevada arts leader and a Nevada Writers Hall of Fame laureate who helped make Fallon a cultural mecca. Born in Los Angeles, he took on roles in Nevada as editor of the Nevada State Council on the Arts journal and publisher at Duck Down Press. He was a guiding force behind Oats Park Art Center, which gave Fallon a prominent role in Nevada arts affairs and was described in the Nevada Online Encyclopedia as having “a reputation that draws audiences from Reno, Carson City and Northern California.” Rosenberg said this week that people in arts circles are “walking around in a daze” after hearing the news of Robertson’s death. PHOTO/DENNIS MYERS
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we can use some good, escapist fare by now, right? The first few months of the year have been nothing short of a downer, mired in a political cesspool. On top of that, the weather has been rough in Reno, where things that shouldn’t be floating have been seriously, dangerously floating. Enough is enough. We need a palate cleansing. It needs to be fun time at the movies. It’s time to watch moving pictures with big, bright colors, much laughter and, yes, things that blow up real good. I say it every year, and I will say it again: The blockbuster season starts earlier every year. March was sort of an early summer blockbuster primer, with Logan and Kong:
Skull Island brightening up a month that used to be vacant of the big stuff stuff. The Fate of the Furious was released fairly early, too, but let’s all just forget about that one, shall we? We must block the Theron-Diesel spit-swapping from our heads if we are to go on as a nation without frequent vomiting. Last year’s blockbuster season was a bit of a bust. I still get occasional muscle spasms and fainting spells as a result of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. My physician says it’s a permanent condition that will be aggravated by further exposure to Henry Cavill as Superman, asbestos or Trump. Here’s a list of cinematic extravaganzas coming your way. It looks like it could be a lot of fun, with some decent brain fuel/indie offerings to boot.
Maybe May will be great for Movies (oK … i apologize for that) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May
5): It’s that place in movieland where we can all love Vin Diesel as the beloved Groot (and proceed to hate him everywhere else). The crew is back with Tango & Cash (Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell) in tow. Dave Bautista’s Drax has been killer funny in the trailers. (Check back for a full review next week.)
Snatched (May 12): How long has Goldie
Hawn stayed away from moviemaking? Her
last role was in The Banger Sisters … 15 years ago. Goldie has been in hiding for a decade and a half (a good indicator of how much The Banger Sisters sucked). Amy Schumer pulled her out of retirement for a story about a mom and daughter having a tough time out of the country. It looks pretty nasty, in a good way.
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (May
12): Guy Ritchie takes a crack at the legend of King Arthur, with Charlie Hunnan playing Arthur and Jude Law playing yet another bitchy British guy.
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“IN SUMMER...” continued from page 11 Alien: Covenant (May 19): Prometheus was
a very good movie despite the plot holes. (Man, there were more plot holes in that thing than the entire Star Wars franchise, the Rocky franchise, and every other movie ever made put together.) It did, however, lack in gory alien content. Ridley Scott looks to revisit his abilities to scare the shit out of you with this Alien prequel that features hardcore action and lots of blood. Also exciting: It’s a Pineapple Express reunion, with Danny McBride along for comic relief—or what passes for comic relief when there’s an alien injecting its seed into your face—and James Franco playing the ship’s captain.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (May 19): This is one of those films designed for the likes of me to not give a single damn about.
Wakefield (May 19): Bryan Cranston plays
a man who drops out of society without telling his family, retreating to an attic on his property and getting his food raccoon-style at night. The question is: Will he cook? Will he cook one last time?
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (May 26): Johnny Depp is a whore! A filthy, shameless whore!
Baywatch (May 26): Dwayne Johnson is in
something like 53 upcoming movies. This one, a cinematic R-rated reboot of the despicably horrible TV show, features the likes of Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario and Kelly Rohrbach running around in bathing suits. I’m sure the producers—Johnson being one of them—are sweating balls over the recent R-rated failings of CHIPs.
War Machine (May 26): Brad Pitt is the
He proceeded to snatch my grapes and run away. It was probably a homeless guy.
June (After the ffAiled MAy A Joke Above, Ay i’M going to plAy AAy it sAfe here) Wonder Woman (June 2): Before we get
another chapter of Zack Snyder’s DC Universe with Justice League, a prospect that has me planning to build a bomb shelter, Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) gets her own vehicle. It’s directed by Patty Jenkins, who led Charlize Theron to Oscar glory with Monster 14 years ago. That’s an interesting choice.
The Mummy (June 9): Tom Cruise does his
screaming, running-around thing for the latest Universal monster reboot. Cruise finds the title character, puts it on a plane ride with him, and basically brings Armageddon upon the Earth. I enjoy the sights and sounds of Cruise in a full sprint screaming his ass off. I like to pretend his fiercest Scientology critics are chasing him with pitchforks and sticks.
It Comes at Night (June 9): Director Trey
Edward Shults, who delivered the excellent Krisha last year—a film seen by no one— journeys into post-apocalyptic horror with the mighty reliable Joel Edgerton in his cast.
Cars 3 (June 16): Pixar has gone a little sequel heavy as of late, and the results are often less than stellar. Cars 2 was pretty bad. Heck, Cars wasn’t all that great to begin with, but the ride at Disneyland is awesome, and these movies will hopefully keep that ride relevant and hip. As a Disney junkie, this is very important to me.
All Eyez on Me (June 16): Demetrius Shipp, Jr., a man with an uncanny resemblance to Tupac Shakur, stars in this biopic about the late rap star.
latest star to lend his talents to that ever-growing entertainRough Night (June 16): Scarlett ment behemoth, Netflix. Johansson goes for laughs in Adam Sandler, Dave this raunchy bachelorette Chappelle, Louis party comedy. The homeless C.K., and now the guy who stole my grapes Pitt! Netflix is told me this is supposed to going to take over be pretty good. the world. I think some47 Meters Down (June body from Netflix 16): This summer’s shark was watching over movie, starring Mandy Moore me the other day as trapped in a shark cage. Thank I was buying grapes The Dark Tower you Sharknado franchise for at the supermarket. He bringing back the shark movie, and was standing in an aisle, giving the dude from Beverly Hills 90210 screaming “Scarlett Johansson something to do. is next! All ye who watch TV shall bow down before me!” and he was wearing a big red-and-white Netflix T-shirt and baseball The Book of Henry (June 16): Colin cap. Maybe that was just a homeless guy Trevorrow gives us a dramatic thriller starring (he kind of smelled), or maybe it was the Naomi Watts—hooray!—before he runs off Big Brother Netflix Man, spying on me and to make a little indie film called Star Wars: proudly declaring his next conquest. Episode IX.
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Transformers: The Last Knight (June
23): Well, Michael Bay had claimed the prior Transformers chapter would be his last. He’s made two decent films since then (Pain & Gain, 13 Hours), neither of which were a big success. So it’s back to the transforming robot car doodads for a big paycheck and a whole lot of slow motion and 360-degree shots.
The Big Sick (June 23): Director
Michael Showalter, one of my heroes, follows up the well-received Hello, My Name is Doris with this romantic comedy that is already getting extremely positive buzz (97 percent on the Tomatometer). Wonder Woman
The Beguiled (June 23): Director Sofia
Coppola tries to inject some sophistication into the summer with this Civil War period drama about a girl’s boarding school. Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning and Kirsten Dunst star in this remake of the 1971 film starring John Wayne. Do you think the musically adventurous Coppola will use Radiohead in this period piece drama? I wouldn’t put it past her.
Baby Driver (June 28): Edgar Wright (Scott
Pilgrim vs. the World, Shaun of the Dead) was supposed to direct Ant-Man. When that fell through, he took on this project about a getaway driver. I still want Wright’s Ant-Man! Do-over please!
Despicable Me 3 (June 30): In a summer that
looks to be surprisingly slight when it comes to animated movies, this third in the series brings back Steve Carell playing the repentant evil Gru and his twin brother. Please, anything to take the spotlight off the annoying Minions.
The House (June 30): Will Ferrell and Amy
Poehler start an illegal casino in their basement to pay their daughter’s college tuition. Ferrell comedy coming! Ferrell comedy coming!
Amityville: The Awakening (June 30): For the umpteenth time, this long shelved movie has a release date. I think they might want to keep this one on the shelf collecting webs. It looks like donkey spunk.
July About your Age A lot? (oh, it’s not getting Any better) Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 7): Tom
Holland was marvelous opposite Naomi Watts in The Impossible, and he appears to be a good choice for Peter Parker—he’s one heck of a gymnast—in this “reboot again” installment of Spidey. Michael Keaton plays the Vulture, a bad guy role originally slated for John Malkovich in Sam Raimi’s abandoned Spider-Man 4
project. Hey, Marisa Tomei plays Aunt May. That’s crazy stuff!
A Ghost Story (July 7): Casey Affleck, coming off his recent Oscar win, costars with Rooney Mara in what looks to be one of the summer’s more daring, more experimental ventures. Affleck spends a lot of the film under a white ghost sheet, and it’s not a comedy.
War for the Planet of the Apes (July 14):
Woody Harrelson goes up against Caesar (Andy Serkis) in the battle of humans versus motion-capture CGI apes. This franchise started in 1968, the year of my birth. It featured Charlton Heston in a loincloth and humans dressed in prosthetic makeup that was considered state of the art at the time. Fortynine years later, Charlton Heston is super dead, the apes are gigabytes, and coffee costs $4 a cup. Get off of my porch! (Bob reloads shotgun, takes a shot of Geritol and resumes whittling.)
Dunkirk (July 21): The latest from Christopher
Nolan, a World War II epic, looks freaking amazing. A large portion of it was previewed at an IMAX screening I attended recently, and it’s still the coolest thing I’ve seen on a screen this year. Early prediction: Major Oscar contender. Also, it makes me think of Dunkin’ Donuts every time I see the word Dunkirk. I love me some Dunkin’, especially those glazed blueberry doughnuts. Who needs blueberry muffins when you have that glazed blueberry doughnut? Couple it with a large iced coffee with just a smidge of cream and sugar, and you are in franchise coffeehouse heaven. The kicker: That large iced coffee cost less than $3, a bargain by today’s standards! Anyway, this movie looks pretty cool.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (July 21): From the director who
brought you The Fifth Element comes a movie that looks an awful lot like The Fifth Element!
Atomic Blonde (July 28): Charlize Theron’s bid to be an action star looks to be a fun one, with David Leitch, the man picked to direct Deadpool 2, at the helm. Remember her awesome fight scene with Teri Hatcher in 2 Days in the Valley? This looks like a whole movie of Charlize kicking butt … Theron style!
An Inconvenient Sequel (July 28): A
scary sequel to Al Gore’s documentary. Is anybody out there as weirded out as I am over Al Gore and Tipper Gore not being together anymore? I mean, that was a power couple for the ages, or so I thought. Remember that whole PMRC thing, when Tipper tried to get ratings on music albums? Remember how condescending and douche-like they sounded during that whole fiasco? Remember when they had congressional hearings, and Frank Zappa made them both look like a couple of blooming idiots? Oh, and don’t forget, the planet is dying.
August for the rest of us (oK, thAt AAt one’s A little cAtchy) A Atchy) The Dark Tower (August 4): This is my
brother Mike’s favorite Stephen King thing ever. He’s been trying to get me to read it for years, but I refuse to for some reason. In return, Mike refuses to watch Breaking Bad all the way through even though I beg him
to do so almost every time I speak with him. It seems we will never be able to share our views on these two entertainment entities. This leaves a dark, deep hole in my soul.
The Hitman’s Bodyguard (August 18):
Ryan Reynolds plays a bodyguard to Samuel L. Jackson’s hitman, and the marketing team is having a whole lot of fun with the Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston parallel.
Detroit (August 4): This return of director Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) focuses on civil unrest and riots in Detroit during the summer of ’67.
Annabelle: Creation
(August 11): This is a sequel about the possessed doll from The Conjuring that got its own spinoff/prequel in 2014. Next up in the series: a prequel/spinoff/sequel featuring one of the evil sweaters the little girl wore in The Conjuring 2. It’s a really evil sweater. It’s so evil that when you pull on one of its loose threads, it creates a hole—a virtual vortex of evil—in the middle of the sweater, and the garment becomes self-aware and finds a way to drain your bank account by purchasing home appliances at a shopping mall 2,000 miles away from your dwelling. Instead of possessing your soul, it possesses your financial identity. This requires a trip to the tailor, or basically just throwing the stupid evil, shamelessly spending sweater away. It’s the stuff of wardrobe nightmares. Unnecessary horror sequels chap my nads.
It
Logan Lucky (August 18):
This is director Steven Soderbergh’s first feature film since announcing his retirement from movies after directing Behind the Candelabra in 2013. Happy as heck to have him back, with the likes of Channing Tatum, Adam Driver and Hilary Swank in tow in this story about a NASCAR race heist.
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (August
18): Yes, we are all chomping at the bit for this animated sequel. Summer truly dies hard in August when it comes to quality of releases.
… And one september mention It (September 8): Yeah, it falls in September,
summer, and it sort of caps off the season for Stephen King. Confession: I was never a huge fan of the Tim Curry, John Boy/Jack Tripper, goofy-looking spider TV version of the novel. Actually, I wasn’t a big fan of the novel, either. Actually, screw this movie. Actually, I shouldn’t actually say that until I see the film, for it’s unprofessional. Actually, it’s my summer movie preview, and I can say whatever I want, so screw this movie. Actually, it does kind of look cool, so I am going to pull back that last comment and head toward it with a scent of optimism, and general fear of evil clowns.
yet to get A releAse dAte A Ate … pleAse let it be this summer The Disaster Artist (???): James Franco
directs and stars in this movie about the making of The Room, one of the worst movies ever made and also one of the greatest movies ever made. Franco plays the legendary Tommy Wisseau, who directed and starred in The Room. I am looking forward to this movie more than any other movie this year. It got a standing ovation at South by Southwest. Movie honcho people … get this movie out this summer! Ω
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Trout on the rise Postcard from Pyramid Lake STORY AND PHOTOS bY KelSeY FiTzgeRAlD
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n a recent Sunday morning, about half an hour before sunrise, a line of 22 anglers—some sitting on top of stepladders, others standing waistdeep in the water—extended north along the shoreline at Pyramid Lake’s Pelican Point beach. Out in the water, the Lahontan cutthroat trout were biting. As the sky to the east brightened from a pale blue to pink to yellow, the anglers cast their lines toward the sunrise, occasionally pulling in trout and releasing them back to the lake. Late arrivals rolled in, dragging ladders down the beach, while others out in the water chatted quietly with their neighbors. It was a scene of serenity, if not quite solitude. By 7 a.m., Jose Luna, a fly fisherman from Carson City, had caught two fish. He stood with his friend Eddy Willis at the boat launch. Willis, in for the weekend from Winnemucca, was about to head out in a kayak. “What a beautiful day. God, I can’t believe it,” Willis said. “I thought it was going to be freaking cold out here. This is perfect!” “We showed up at 4:30 am,” Luna said. “It was 33 degrees.” “I made a fly I called ’Merica, after I watched Donald Trump take care of the
At Pyramid Lake, according to many anglers, some of the best fishing occurs during the hour before sunrise.
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Syrian nerve gas guys,” Willis said, holding up a red, white and blue feathered fly. He finished prepping his boat—a sit-on-top kayak outfitted with a fish finder and a GoPro camera—and set off. “You get all walks of life that come out here,” Luna said, as Willis paddled away. “It’s pretty neat. You can have executives. You can have local fishing bums. Our friends here, they’re from Utah and California, and we’re locals. But the size of the fish that are coming out of here just attracts people from all over the world.”
TH e FAll AN D RiSe OF lO cAl TROuT In recent years, Pyramid Lake has gained attention from far and wide for the revival of its trout fishery. The story of the demise and recovery of the lake’s Lahontan cutthroat trout, a species of great cultural importance to the local Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, is an epic tale. The abridged version is this: Pyramid Lake’s original strain of Lahontan cutthroat trout was driven to extinction during the 1940s, in part due
to decades of heavy fishing pressure and a decline in the lake’s water level. When the U.S. Reclamation Service started the Newlands irrigation project in 1903 with the construction of Derby Dam to divert water into the desert, it completely dried up nearby Lake Winnemucca and reduced the depth of Pyramid Lake. It also blocked the upstream spawn. During the 1970s, the Tribe’s fisheries department began re-stocking the lake with a hatchery-raised strain of Lahontan cutthroat trout known as the Summit Lake strain. These fish originated from outside of the Pyramid Lake watershed and were able to survive in the lake’s saline waters, but have rarely been observed spawning here naturally, and have never grown to the legendary size of the lake’s original strain. In 2006, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began releasing a new strain of captive-bred Lahontan cutthroat trout into Pyramid Lake. These fish, known as the Pilot Peak strain, are believed to be descendants of Pyramid Lake’s original strain of cutthroats, which were planted in a far-off stream near the border of Utah during the early 1900s and forgotten about for many years. DNA evidence supports this hypothesis, and since being released
back into Pyramid Lake, Pilot Peak trout have thrived. In 2014, they were observed spawning in the Truckee River for the first time. Pyramid Lake Fisheries has since begun raising the Pilot Peak strain as well, and each year, the fish grow larger and larger. Luna, who has been fishing Pyramid Lake since 2001, said the difference is noticeable. He’s not complaining. “The fish that are coming out right now are just humongous—huge," Luna said. “Five years ago, you’d get an eight pounder and be like, ‘Oh my God, it’s an eight pounder.’ In the last few years, They’ve gone from eight to 10, to 15, to 20 pounds. I caught my first 20 pounder two years ago. Like, holy crap.” As the Pilot Peak trout grow larger, so too do the crowds of people fishing along Pyramid’s shoreline. According to Debra Harry, business officer for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, the tribe sold 40,211 fishing permits in 2016. The numbers aren’t in yet for 2017, but according to many who fish there, the beaches this year have been quite crowded—especially after damage from January storms resulted in the closure of many of Pyramid’s fishing areas.
“The fish that are coming out right now are just Fish in g cu lture
humongous. Huge. Five years ago, you’d get an
Rob Anderson, a local fishing guide, has been fishing at Pyramid Lake for 20 years and has noticed many changes in fishing culture during that time. First, there was the rise of ladder fishing, a technique that is fairly unique to Pyramid Lake, which Anderson said grew popular during the late 1990s. Step ladders, many of which are customized with seats, wheels and other accessories, keep the anglers out of the cold water and make casting easier. Over the years, Anderson has noticed an increase in the popularity of fly fishing at Pyramid Lake. He has seen catch-and-release fishing become more common, and derbies—in which fish are killed and brought to a checkpoint to be weighed and measured—have lost favor among many anglers who prefer to see the trout live. “I think that we, as human beings, have evolved into the attitude that there’s more of us than there are of [the fish],” Anderson said. “There’s a lot more of that catch-and-release mentality, or picking out a specific fish or animal to harvest and planning to do the right thing with it. When I was growing up, there was nothing like that.” Most of Anderson’s clients come from California, but he has also guided for visitors from all over the world, especially in the last few years as word of Pyramid Lake’s trout has spread. Nevertheless, he said that there is a tightknit community of fishermen out at the lake, and that’s one of his favorite things about spending time there. “It’s pretty cool, the camaraderie,” Anderson said. “It’s funny, you get up at four in the morning and run out there, you’re tired, you’ve had half a cup of coffee. Some guy moves his ladder in a little too close to you, and you want to cut his head off. Two hours later, you find out
eight pounder and be like, ‘Oh my God, it’s
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an eight pounder.’ In the last few years, They’ve gone from eight to 10, to 15, to 20 pounds.” Jose Luna, fly fisher you’ve known the guy for 10 years, you played golf with him a couple of weeks ago. It’s kind of a neat thing.” The world record for a hook-andline caught Lahontan cutthroat trout, a 41-pound fish, was set in 1925, before the demise of Pyramid Lake’s original population. Many hope that this record will someday be beat. The modern-day fishof-record, brought in on Jan. 19, 2014, was a 25.25 pounder, 35 inches long. Bob Wheeler, a retired timber faller from Susanville, fishes the lake three or four times per week. His personal best, he said, was 19 pounds, 34 inches long—and as he continues the hunt for the Big One, Pyramid Lake is not a bad place to hang out. “I love the scenery,” Wheeler said. “The sunrises in the morning are just phenomenal. The people, I know everybody out there. You go out there, and there’s no stress in the day. You leave everything at home. You fish all day long, and any cast can be that big bite. That lake’s just got you.” Ω
For information on Pyramid Lake fishing, visit the Pyramid Lake Fisheries website, run by the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, www.pyramidlakefisheries.org.
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The average adult in the United States spends between four and seven hours on social media each week. That’s according to the 2016 Nielsen Social Media Report. It can be easy to rack up the hours with visits to Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram and all of the other platforms we use to carefully curate and distill our lives into series of posts and snapshots and memes. People sometimes talk about our online lives displacing our lives in the real world. But that seems a bit hyperbolic, doesn’t it, at least so long as there are still spaces most of us recognize as inappropriate for cell phone use? The theater springs to mind. And if you go to the University of Nevada, Reno’s Spring Dance Concert, there’s a good chance you’ll be prompted to turn off your cell phone before the show begins. But don’t go thinking it’ll be a nice opportunity to “unplug” and stop thinking about social media. If anything, featured guest artist Teena Marie Custer wants us to think about it more—and more deeply. The street dance artist and hip-hop B-girl is presenting a solo work called “My Good Side.” And it’s intended, in part, to provoke questions about how we engage with media and the effects it has on us. “I think questions of personal identity with regard to race, class and
gender will definitely be at the forefront of the audience experience,” Custer said during a recent email interview. “But I think the overall theme of the work is about the struggle to stay true to your most authentic self as we are bombarded with images in the media.” It’s a theme Custer became interested in while she was still an up-andcomer in the hip-hop dance scene. “In the underground street dance world, you are expected to battle and pay your dues,” she said. “Before there was YouTube, and forums and online chats were a thing, your battles would be posted online for everyone to see and comment on. I basically got ripped apart for my dancing and performance, and, after that, became very private with how I interacted with social media.” Custer may have been burned, but it didn’t lead to her completely eschewing social media. You can find videos of her on YouTube, including a teaser for “My Good Side” and a performance with her all-female street dance crew, Venus Fly. And she’s on Facebook, though she doesn’t make a lot of public posts. Much of what you’ll find about Custer online actually comes from the universities and people with whom she’s worked. A 2016 blog post from a former student discusses how Custer’s class changed her “outlook on hip-hop, and consequently the greater art form of dance.” Myriad press releases from university dance departments chart the places she’s performed and the works she’s created for students. Custer has worked with dance departments at around 30 universities, to date. In March, she did a teaching residency at UNR—during which time she worked with 13 students who will perform one of her pieces, entitled “Quake,” during the spring dance concert. Custer described the piece as “a study in how various street dance styles can be used for connecting to spirituality and healing oneself” and “a feat of intricate rhythmic footwork and vocalization that you don’t want to miss!” Ω
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Big problems Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis gloriously upstage two kaiju monsters in Colossal, a science fiction monster mash that features many twists and a psychological/emotional river that runs mighty deep. Hathaway outdoes herself as Gloria, a New York writer who gets herself kicked out of her boyfriend’s (Dan Stevens) apartment for constant partying and being somewhat “unmanageable.” She winds up in her hometown sleeping on an inflatable mattress. She bumps into Oscar (Sudeikis), a friend from childhood. He’s, an overly sweet and generous guy at first glance, immediately seeks to help Gloria out, giving her a job at his bar and giving her furniture for her sparse home. This seems to be the setup for a strange romantic comedy between Gloria and Oscar with science fiction/horror as the background. Writer-director Nacho Vigalondo has something much different in mind. Gloria awakens one morning after much drinking to discover that a giant, lizard-like creature is attacking Seoul, Korea. After examining some YouTube and news programs, she realizes that the monster seems to be mimicking her mostly drunk body movements half a world away. Yes, the monster is the manifestation of her self-loathing, out-of-control, alcoholic ways, and it’s taking lives in Korea. She feels more than a little guilty about this. Things get weirder when an equally large monster robot shows up next to Gloria’s monster and appears to be the manifestation of Oscar’s anxieties. Oscar is far more into the notion of having a monster under his control and starts playfully taunting Gloria. The two monsters wrestle it out, and their battles become more intense as Oscar and Gloria begin to have bigger and bigger problems in their newly reborn friendship. While the movie has plenty of fun with giant monsters beating each other up, it has even more fun with the mystery that is Gloria and Oscar. It becomes an introspective and even scary look at messed
up relationships and, more prominently, severely messed up dudes and their manipulative ways. Sudeikis is on fire in this movie, delivering easily the best performance of his post-SNL career. Oscar is as clever and charming as, well, Jason Sudeikis. Many of his actions seem to be propelled by good-natured ribbing or tomfoolery. As the film goes on, Sudeikis and Vigalondo slyly reveal more and more about Oscar’s psyche and what makes him tick. It turns into one of the more interesting, intricate character studies in a movie this year. And then there is Hathaway, one of the more wonderful actresses to ever occupy the screen. There’s been a strange Hathaway backlash since her incredible, Oscar-winning turn in Les Miserables. (Some of that blame can go to her strained attempt to host the Oscars when her co-host James Franco mentally checked out mid-ceremony.) Colossal immediately reestablishes her as an actress to be reckoned with. She’s everything in this movie—hilarious, heartbreaking, sympathetic and sometimes full-blown crazy. Sure, the manifestation of her problems is killing helicopter pilots in Korea, but we can’t help but root for her in her struggle. Many of us probably have buddies like Gloria, minus the kaiju shadow, of course. Together, Hathaway and Sudeikis create fireworks that surely overshadow the monsters clashing. By the time it plays out, you’ve seen what will surely stand as one of the year’s more clever, adventurous, experimental films. You’ve also seen the next step in Sudeikis legitimizing himself as a true dramatic force in film. As for Hathaway, you’ve seen more of the same—an actress in full command of her every moment on screen. What a wonderful, weird, gonzo idea for a film. Colossal goes into a category of movies along the likes of Being John Malkovich, Barton Fink and Mulholland Drive. 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.
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This is a clueless movie based on the novel by Dave Eggers, a lame attempt at satire in regard to social networking and the invasion of privacy during the digital age. After slaving away at a temp job, Mae Holland (Emma Watson) lands a gig at The Circle thanks to her friend Annie (Karen Gillan), a top player at the company. The Circle is all of your basic modern day computer entities—Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc.—wrapped into one big digital corporate burrito. It’s run by a friendly-looking, coffee cup-toting, Steve Jobs-like entity named Bailey (Tom Hanks) and his sidekick Stenton (Patton Oswalt, a.k.a. TV’s Son of TV’s Frank on the new incarnation of Mystery Science Theater 3000). Mae progresses from a customer service rep to a big player in the company seemingly overnight, and let’s just say that ascension is a wee bit unconvincing. Watson’s portrayal of Holland’s supposed turmoil and opinion swings lacks any sort of dimension, wit or shock value. Yes, much of this can be blamed on the screenplay written in part by Eggers himself and director James Ponsoldt. It lacks the sort of insight and dark humor this sort of film craves. But, while often an enjoyable movie presence, Watson might lack the talent to pull a role like this, one that requires her to be unlikeable in many ways. The Circle is obnoxious, sloppy and full of aimless arguments. You know … like most of your Facebook and Twitter news feeds.
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Bullets whiz, whistle and rip with a darkly comic ferocity in Free Fire, the latest from little known but super talented English director Ben Wheatley. Wheatley has quietly been establishing himself as a solid indie director of action and horror with obscure gems like Sightseers, High-Rise and A Field in England, along with one of the better installments in the horror anthology The ABCs of Death. With Free Fire, Wheatley gets to employ his action-directing prowess along with sharp dialogue and snap acting. He’s working with his biggest cast yet, which includes Oscar winner Brie Larson, along with Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy and Sharlto Copley. The film is coproduced by Martin Scorsese, and the setup sounds like the sort of movie he should be making. Two groups come together in a deserted Boston warehouse sometime in 1978. Things go awry, and the whole movie becomes one elongated shootout where everybody is taking bullets, and the losers will easily outnumber the winners. The movie is a blast, thanks in large part to Wheatley’s staging of the event, and the actors, especially Hammer, taking it to great heights. There’s some mystery involved in the payoff, but it’s secondary to the action, which is appropriately disorienting at times. I couldn’t always tell who was shooting who, but this works for the movie in adding to the chaos of the situation. Throw in an extremely
well-placed John Denver song, and you have what amounts to a solid, eccentric step in the evolution of director Wheatley.
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With The Fate of the Furious, easily the most stupidly titled installment in the Furious franchise—yes, even more stupid than the name Tokyo Drift—you get to see the single most disgusting, stomach-churning, horrifying moment in cinema so far this year. That would be when Charlize Theron plants a big, sloppy kiss on Vin Diesel, the image of which is some kind of “Woman from Monster Meets the Pillsbury Dough Boy On Steroids” nightmare. Some five years ago, I made up a list of five things I never wanted to see, and that came in at number three, right under “Donald Trump as President” and “Spiders in My Scrambled Eggs Being Served to Me By a Man with Weeping Hand Sores.” Somewhere along the way, the Furious franchise went completely bonkers and became less about cars racing around and more about dudes who think hair on the top of their heads is total bullshit and also think upper arms should be the size of a bull’s torso. It also went off on some sort of international spy team tangent, something that worked to a hilarious degree in Furious 7. In The Fate of the Furious, the franchise trajectory becomes ridiculous without being much fun. It’s just dumb and plodding.
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This is a lousy remake of the “old guys rob a bank wearing rubber noses” bleak comedy from back in 1979 that starred George Burns and Art Carney. The original was directed by Martin Brest, the guy who would go on to direct Beverly Hills Cop, Midnight Run and, uh oh, Gigli. This take loses all of the charm of that fun and slightly dark Burns vehicle. It’s super heavy on schmaltz, and it asks a strong cast to embarrass themselves for more than 90 minutes. Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin replace Burns, Carney and Lee Strasberg in the updated story, and that setup probably looked pretty good on paper. Unfortunately, they handed the film to Zach Braff, the guy from Scrubs, to direct. Braff does so with all the subtlety and nuance of an M80 going off in a candlelight yoga class. The heist itself insists that it is clever while being rather rote and mundane. Caine replaces Burns as Joe, the brains of the group. Joe, during a visit to a bank to complain about his upcoming foreclosure, witnesses a bank robbery. So, naturally, when he and his pals’ pensions go away, he decides to rob a bank. Then, after some gentle persuading with Willie (Freeman) and Albert (Arkin), they rob a bank. The big twist here is that they rob a bank wearing Rat Pack masks instead of the rubber nose glasses they wore in the original.
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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. 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.
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a neighborhood joint, not fancy or hip, but not a dive either. The retro beer signs and assorted old junk and memorabilia decor sort of dictate this mid level of fanciness/ dive, I’ve decided. Without trying, I wandered in during happy hour, and it’s called that for a reason—$2.50 for a pint of local Brewer’s Cabinet imperial brown ale, called Dirty Wookie, definitely brought more joy to my afternoon. A dozen taps of decent craft beer options are available, but an ice-filled box of longneck macro lagers looks to be the more popular choice here. While I fiddled with my phone and sipped my beer, I noticed a Jack Daniel’s tap, though, so despite the mild crowd now, perhaps things get a little crazier later. At happy hour prices, my planned stop for one drink becomes two, and I could still afford to lose at video blackjack too. We had dinner plans later so I wasn’t eating, but if that wasn’t the case, I might have considered some bar food from the dubiously self-proclaimed “world famous” grill. In addition to eating, sports betting, pool tables and a few TVs round out the possible pastimes to engage in while you drink. And despite the smoking ban, there’s still a cigarette vending machine, situated conveniently next to the door so you can grab a pack on your way out to the sidewalk smoking area. Never one to let curiosity slide, I asked about the bar’s name. The bartender explained that the two former owners simply used their college nicknames to name their bar. I had hoped for a better story, but I guess it’s appropriate—not too fancy, not too run-down. Ω
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Dialed in NV89 radio On April 12, a new, non-commercial radio station, NV89, opened shop in Reno. Here’s a sampling of what’s been on the air so far. Friday after lunch—a jazz track, a call for songs by local musicians, a soul/hip-hop tune I liked but didn’t recognize. Friday mid-afternoon—Elle King, the White Stripes, Cold War Kids, indie singersongwriter Angel Olsen, Father John Misty and a singer from Las Vegas with a voice a bit like Sade’s and a pop veneer. Friday evening—the XX, Goldfrapp, something from Alabama Shakes’ Sound and Color. Saturday—Los Angeles band Chicano Batman, Reno indie band Bluff Caller, Vampire Weekend, more XX. Sunday morning—Reno new-waveflavored rockers Asphalt Socialites, one of the recently leaked Prince tracks. Willobee Carlan, program director operations manager and afternoon DJ, talked about the station’s aims. “Of course I have favorite music that I’ve grown up with,” he said. “I don’t think it’s my mission to turn people on to my favorite music. My mission is to turn people on to amazing new music that we’ve discovered, that’s being released.” Carlan and fellow DJs Gia DeSantis, Malayna Joy and Jake Wagner wade through new releases on Spotify and sift through the already hundreds of emails they’ve received from bands—and they plan to throw in the occasional song from what Carlan called his “deep library of gold music, older stuff.” The station also plays local music—and “local,” here means statewide, as the station is affiliated with Las Vegas-based Nevada Public Radio and heard on translators in rural parts of Nevada and nearby states. Carlan, who started in college radio and worked in commercial radio for decades,
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10042 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee; (530) 587-2626
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Valentine Rodeo 10 Bar Tour, 9pm, no cover
Hot Rod Rebellion, 9pm, no cover
Dance Party, 10pm, $5
Dance Party, 10pm, $5
Pure Winter, 9pm, no cover
Erik Matlock, 9pm, no cover
Lex White the Bluegrass Man, 9pm, no cover
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3rd Street Bar, 125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005: Open Mic Comedy Competition with host Pat Shillito, Wed, 9pm, no cover The Improv at Harveys Lake Tahoe, 18 Highway 50, Stateline, (775) 5886611: Charles Fleischer, Thu-Fri, 9pm; Sat, 9pm, $30; Sun, 9pm, $25; Cathy Ladman, Carrie Snow, Wed, 9pm, $25-$30 Laugh Factory at Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 3247401: Steve “Mudflap” McGrew, Thu, Sun, 7:30pm, $20; Fri, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $20; Sat, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $25; Gerry Bednob, TueWed, 7:30pm, $20 Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-5233: All-Ages Improv Show, Thu, 7pm; Sat, 2pm, $12-$15; Alex Elkin, Fri, 9pm, $12-$18; Sat, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $12-$18
312 S. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 883-2662
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David Beck, 6pm, no cover
Guitar Town, 6pm, no cover
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Cinco De Mayo Party, 5pm, no cover
2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-6700
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3372 S. McCarran Blvd., (775) 825-1988
Country Line Dancing with DJ Trey, 7pm, no cover
the holland project 71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652
Sunday Takeover, 8pm, no cover
Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover
Traditional Irish Session, 7pm, Tu, no cover
Plastic Paddy, 9pm, no cover
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John Dawson Band, 8pm, no cover
Eyes Set To Kill, 7:30pm, $12 Rock ’N’ Roll Suicides, 9pm, $3
Mile High Jazz Band, 7:30pm, Tu, $5
Karaoke with Nightsong Productions, 9pm, Tu, no cover Adrian’s Open Mic Jam Slam, 8pm, Tu, no cover Open Mic with Lenny El Bajo, 7pm, Tu, no cover
Lawdog Marks, 8pm, no cover Mt. Eddy, Destroy Boys, Lil Traffic, Tresed, 8pm, $5
140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858
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DG Kicks Big Band Jazz Orchestra, 8pm, Tu, no cover
Atomic Highway, 7pm, no cover
6300 Mae Anne Ave., (775) 787-6300
hellfire Saloon
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Joker, Jars, Subdocta, 9feetofsmoke, Zepra, 10pm, $10-$15
538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558
Comedy
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May The Shfourth Be with You with Minnesota, Ana Sia, 10pm, $15-$20
City Wolves, Peach Dream, Tea Haze, 8pm, $5
Difficult Children, Yr Parents, Common Mishap, Tonguestide, 8pm, M, $5
Heritage, Lizano, 9pm, $5
Karaoke with Jonathan Chapin, 10pm, W, no cover
the jungle
Outspoken: Monday Open Mic, 7pm, M, no cover
246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484
laughing planet cafe
941 N. Virginia St., (775) 870-9633
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SATURDAY 5/06
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Cinco de Mayo party w/Martina Dayton & Joe LaChew, 6pm, no cover
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Magic Fusion, 7:30pm, $19-$27
Magic Fusion, 7:30pm, $19-$27
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MON-WED 5/08-5/10 Canyon White, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover Live jazz jam, 7:30pm, W, no cover
Magic Fusion, 4:30pm, 7:30pm, $19-$27
Magic Fusion, 7:30pm, M, Tu, W, $19-$27
T-N-Keys, 4:30pm, Tu, 7:30pm, W, no cover
Roberto Tapia, 10pm, $35
2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 772-6637
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Bazooka Zoo, 8pm, no cover
George Souza Band, 8:30pm, no cover
May 5, 10 p.m.  The BlueBird  555 E. Fourth St.  499-5549
George Souza Band, 8:30pm, no cover
Acoustic Wonderland singer-songwriter showcase, 8pm, no cover
pIGNIC pUB & paTIO 235 Flint St., (775) 376-1948
I’d Hit That Cinco De Mayo Party, 5pm, no cover
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T-N-Keys, 9pm, no cover
Gemini, 9pm, no cover
Karaoke w/Bobby Dee, 8pm, Tu, no cover Brian Chapman, 7pm, W, no cover
Hellbound Glory, Huckleberry Road, 10pm, $10
Asphalt Socialites, The Electric, Vague Choir, 7:30pm, $5
Live blues, 8pm, W, no cover
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Blues Etc. Jam with Tony G & Friends, 8:30pm, no cover
Wunderlust Party, 9pm, no cover
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College Night Disco, 9pm, no cover
First Fridays with DJ Alastair, 9pm, no cover
Saturday Dance Party, 9pm, no cover
Star Wars Comedy w/Johnny Azzari, 8pm, $5-$10
Dusty Santamaria, 9pm, $5
Ritual (goth, industrial, EBM) w/DJs David Darkness, Rusty, Tigerbunny, 9pm, $3-$5
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2) Melissa Dru, 4pm, no cover Joey Carmon, 10pm, no cover
2) Joey Carmon, 8pm, no cover
2) Atomika, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover
2) Jason King, 6pm, no cover
2) Paul Covarelli, 5pm, no cover Rebekah Chase, 9pm, no cover
2) Paul Covarelli, 5pm, no cover Rebekah Chase, 9pm, no cover
2) Crush, 6pm, no cover
2) Tandymonium, 6pm, M, no cover Jamie Rollins, 6pm, Tu, no cover The Robeys, 6pm, W, no cover
2) Decoy, 8pm, no cover
2) Decoy, 8pm, no cover
2) Bill Wharton, 6pm, no cover
2) Bill Wharton, 6pm, M, no cover Denver Saunders, 6pm, Tu, W, no cover
2) Jelly Bread, 10pm, no cover
1) Sierra Hull, 9pm, $20
2) Ashley Red, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover
2) Ashley Red, 10:30pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni V, 9pm, no cover
2) Romeo Reyes, 11pm, $15 3) Grand Country Nights, 10pm, no cover
1) Howie Mandel, 8pm, $32-$69 2) Miles Medina, 11pm, $15 3) Grand Country Nights, 10pm, no cover
2) DJ /dancing, 10pm, $20 3) Arty The Party, 9pm, no cover
1) The Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular, 7:30pm, $23.85 2) DJ /dancing, 10pm, $20 3) Arty The Party, 9pm, no cover
1) The Rat Pack Is Back, 7:30pm, $27-$37 3) Reckless Envy, 9pm, no cover
1) The Rat Pack Is Back, 7:30pm, $27-$37 3) Reckless Envy, 9pm, no cover
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2) Decoy, 7pm, no cover 1627 Hwy. 395, Minden; (775) 782-9711 1) Valley Ballroom 2) Cabaret Lounge 3) TJ’s Corral
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Karaoke O’Cleary’s Irish Pub, 1330 Scheels Drive, Ste. 250, Sparks, (775) 359-1209: Bobby Dee Karaoke/Dance Party, Thu, 6pm, no cover The Point, 1601 S. Virginia St., (775) 3223001: Karaoke, Thu-Sat, 7pm, no cover 5 Star Saloon, 132 West St., (775) 3292878: Karaoke, Tue-Thurs, 9pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Ste.103, Sparks, (775) 356-6000: Karaoke, Fri-Sat, 9pm, no cover
2) Lex Nightclub Thursdays, 10pm, $15 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Grand Theater 2) Lex Nightclub 3) Sports Book
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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
1) The Rat Pack Is Back, 219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 7:30pm, $27-$37 1) Sammy’s Showroom 2) The Zone 3) Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Convention Center
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2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121 1) Tuscany Ballroom 2) Terrace Lounge 3) Edge
2) Joshua Cook & The Key of Now, 7pm, no cover
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2) Fat Tuesdays w/DJs Bird, Montague, Tu, 10:30pm, no cover Left of Centre, 10:30pm, W, no cover
2) Tuesday Night Blues with Buddy Emmer and guest, 8pm, Tu, no cover
2) Joshua Cook & The Key of Now, 8pm, no cover 2) Kyle Williams, 6pm, no cover 3) Four Color Zack, DJ Craze, 10pm, $20 The Utility Players Present: May The Fourth, 8pm, $15
345 N Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2200
407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401 1) Grand Exposition Hall 2) Rum Bullions Island Bar 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge
2) Ashley Red, 10:30pm, no cover
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Pinching new growth off the end of a branch will produce two new ends and more buds. For healthy early stage plants, try oxygenating the water and prudent pruning.
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transplanting When transferring a germinated seed to dirt, start with soil in a disposable plastic cup. A few weeks later, transplant the sprout into its final container. Some growers recommend transplanting twice before going to the final container. But it can risk shocking the plant with a botched transfer, which will slow growth until it recovers. Don’t transplant in direct sunlight. Cannabis roots hate that. Transplanting at dusk is less shocking and allows the plant to adjust before morning. Make sure the dirt is moist enough to hold the root ball together, and move the plant quickly from one container to another. Some leaves may start to droop, but they should look alert in a day or two. If the plant goes into shock, however, additives like Superthrive Vitamin Solution that can help it recover.
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Overwatering is the most common mistake growers make. Don’t water every day. Dig into the soil 2 inches. If it feels dry to the touch, then water. Moisture meters are available for about $15 and can better determine dampness 10 inches down.
Fabric grow containers allow for the best drainage. Otherwise, drill more holes into the bottom of all plastic, fiber or wood containers, and avoid ceramic pots with a single drain hole.
Overwatering is the most common mistake growers make. Don’t water every day. Some growers promote root growth by oxygenating their water overnight, a process that also dissolves H2O impurities. A small aquarium pump, available at pet or grow stores, can oxygenate 5 gallons of water. Aim the pump straight upward to create “flooming” — a bulge of rising water at the surface.
early tip-pinching To produce more buds later, pinch off new growth from the ends of each branch, a few at a time. It won’t shock the plant, and the pinched ends will split and produce two new ones. Finally, prune away scraggly, low-yield branches from the bottom. Redirect that energy up to the higher branches.
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FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 4, 2017 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com. BURNING INQUIRY—PLAYA ART IN THE BIGGEST LITTLE CITY: A panel of community members, burners, artists and art lovers discuss the role of public art, particularly Burning Man art, in the community. Panelists include Aric Shapiro of Reno Art Works, Carolyn White, associate professor in the anthropology department at the University of Nevada, Reno, Alexis Hill, arts, culture and events manager with the City of Reno, artist Mischell Phoenix Riley and Maria Loli Partridge, with the City of Reno Government Art and Culture Commission and Public Art Committee. RSVP online. Thu 5/4, 7pm. Free. Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, Wells Fargo Auditorium, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-1110, events.unr.edu.
CHILDREN’S DAY ON THE COMSTOCK: Enjoy a day of activities for all ages. There will be face painting, live music, games, safety demos and resources for parents. Pancake breakfast provided by Virginia City High School Musical Theatre from 8-10am. Free lunch for all. Sun 5/7, 11am. Free. Miner’s Park, 106 Carson St., Virginia City, (775) 720-2989, (775) 847-7500, www.visitvirginiacitynv.com.
Coppélia
5/06:
A.V.A. Ballet Theatre presents the classic ballet about a life-size dancing doll named Coppélia, created by a fanatical doll maker to be his companion. The doll attracts the attention of a young man named Franz, who becomes infatuated with Coppélia and ignores his true love, Swanhilda. But when the mad inventor Dr. Coppelius attempts to steal Franz’s spirit through a magic spell so he can transfer it to Coppélia, Swanhilda helps him escape the doll maker’s clutches. The Reno Philharmonic Orchestra will perform the score composed by Léo Delibes. Performances are 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 6, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 7, at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St. Call 686-6600 or visit www.pioneercenter.com.
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AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION MONTHLY LUNCHEON MEETING: The group holds its monthly luncheon featuring a guest speaker, raffle drawing and networking with businesswomen from different types of businesses. Thu, 5/4, 11:30am. $20-$25. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., www.abwa.org.
52ND ANNUAL JACKPOT OF GEMS SHOW: The Reno Gem & Mineral Society holds its annual gem fair. Sat, 5/6-Sun, 5/7, 10am. $4-$6. Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center, 1350 N. Wells Ave., (775) 356-8820, www.renorockhounds.com.
THE ALTAR AND THE VEIL—A LITURGICAL READING OF NOAH’S NUDITY: Vincent Debiais, a researcher at the Centre d’études supérieures de civilisation médiévale of the University of Poitiers, France, will describe and interpret two images of the Biblical figure Noah painted in the abbey church of Saint-Savinsur-Gartempe in France and explore the Christian liturgical perspectives made visible in the Old Testament scenes within the development of religious art in the Middle Ages. Mon 5/8, 6pm. Free. Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, Room 124, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-1110.
ANIMAL ARK PINATAS & PREDATORS: Animal Ark invites guests to celebrate the Cinco de Mayo weekend by watching its resident predators open their treatfilled pinatas. Sat 5/6, 10am. $12-$15. Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary, 1265 Deerlodge Road, (775) 970-3111.
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Performing Arts Association presents its annual fund-raising gala to support the performing arts in Northern Nevada and to provide scholarships to students pursuing higher education in the performing arts. The evening includes entertainment, a silent auction and dinner. Sat 5/6, 6pm. $85-$160. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., (949) 500-0753, www.snpaa.org.
CINCO DE MAYO ACLU FUNDRAISER: The event features comics and speakers, including touring comic Marc Yaffee and Air America radio host Christiane Brown, open bar with margaritas and a vast number of soft tacos. RSVP online. Fri 5/5, 7:30pm. $20 suggested donation. The Potentialist Workshop, 836 E. Second St., go.peoplepower.org/event/action/3463.
FIRST THURSDAY: Grab a drink, listen to live music by King Finger and check out the Nevada Museum of Art galleries. Thu 5/4, 5pm. $10 general, free for NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.
GET TO KNOW RENO—SEVEN HISTORICAL FORCES THAT SHAPED THE BIGGEST LITTLE CITY: In this talk, historian Alicia Barber takes a spatial approach to Reno, outlining in a highly visual presentation how some of these historical forces, including the river, the railroad and mining, helped shape the physical contours of the city we see today. Sat 5/6, 2pm. Free. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948.
GLENDI FESTIVAL: The festival features authentic Greek dancers and music, traditional food and drink, singing and dancing (instructions provided). Sat 5/6, 6:30pm. $10. Mourelatos Lakeshore Resort, 6834 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe Vista, (530) 546-9500, www.mlrtahoe.com.
LAKE MANSION GUIDED TOURS CELEBRATION: Lake Mansion celebrates Historic Preservation Month with free guided tours. Fri 5/5, noon. Free. Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100.
THE RISE OF CHICANO ART: Coming of age during the socio-political mobilizations known as the Chicano Movement, Judithe Hernández found inspiration in poetry, urban aesthetics, feminism, Mesoamerican cosmology and biblical narratives. She has had a profound influence on Chicano art and the contemporary visual aesthetics of Los Angeles. She will talk about the 20th century social-political art of Mexico with a focus on the artists of Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art, and their influence on the rise of Chicano Art as part of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement of the 1970s. Sat 5/6, 2pm. $8-$12. 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. 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 5/6, 6pm. Free. Jack C. Davis Observatory, 2699 Van Patten Drive, Carson City, (775) 857-3033, www.wnc.edu.
SWEET ADELINES COMPETITION & BOUTIQUE: Sweet Adelines International Region 12 will host a competition and boutique at the Nugget Casino Resort. More than 25 local vendors will sell handmade and specialty items in the foyer adjacent to the Rose Ballroom. The boutique is free to the public. Tickets for the quartet performance on May 5 and chorus performance on May 6 in the Rose Ballroom will be available at the door. Thu, 5/4, 5pm, Fri, 5/5, 9am, Sat, 5/6, 9am. Free. Nugget Casino Resort, 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 851-1250.
WINE WALK: On the first Saturday of every month, participants can stroll to over 35 locations pouring wine, providing entertainment and offering special deals for wine walkers. At the end of every wine walk, there is a raffle in Alatte Wine and Coffee Bar at the Carson Nugget with prizes donated by downtown Carson City businesses. Sat 5/6, 1pm. $10-$15. Downtown Carson City, 100 W. Telegraph St., Carson City, (775) 443-0655.
ART ART INDEED OPEN HOUSE: The gallery is open for First Thursday Art Night. Thu, 5/4, 4-8:30pm. Free. Art Indeed Abstract Art Gallery, 142 Bell St., (775) 846-8367.
ARTE ITALIA: Color Fusion The Art of Dick Marconi. A visual exhibit features a vibrant selection of abstract works by Italian-American artist Dick Marconi. The exhibition is on view through July 30. Thu, 5/4-Sun, 5/7, noon. Free. Arte Italia, 442 Flint St., (775) 333-0313.
ARTIST CO-OP GALLERY RENO: Myriad of Miniatures. Artist Co-op members and invited guests have created small gems in a variety of subjects for this show. The artist reception is May 7, noon-4pm. The show continues through May 31. Thu, 5/4-Wed, 5/10, 11am. Free. Artist Co-op Gallery Reno, 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896.
CCAI COURTHOUSE GALLERY: Gil Martin From the Ground Up. The Capital City Arts Initiative (CCAI) presents work by artist Gil Martin. The exhibit will be in the gallery through May 24. Thu, 5/4-Fri, 5/5; Mon, 5/8-Wed, 5/10, 8am. Free. CCAI Courthouse Gallery, 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.
CARSON CITY VISITORS BUREAU: Great Basin Native Artists. Featured artists are Ben Aleck, Topaz Jones, Jack Malotte, Melissa Melero-Moose and Topah Spoonhunter. The exhibition runs through June 19. Thu, 5/4-Fri, 5/5; Mon, 5/8-Wed, 5/10, 9am. Free. Carson City Visitors Bureau, 716 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 687-7410, visitcarsoncity.com.
MCKINLEY ARTS & CULTURE CENTER: Animalia: Jennifer Wildermuth Reyes. Interdisciplinary artist Jennifer Wildermuth Reyes’s work focuses primarily on animals and how they correspond to the development of human culture and thought processes. The exhibit places emphasis on temporarily pausing life and creating sacred spaces for these animals. There will be a reception for the artist on May 4, 5-7pm. The exhibition runs from through June 16. Thu, 5/4-Fri, 5/5; Mon 5/8-Wed 5/10, 8am. Free; Historic Fort Churchill Robert Rollins. Metro Gallery in City Hall hosts photographer Robert Rollins. Rollins seeks to tell stories with his iconic imagery of the American West—and in this case, the historic Fort Churchill, located on U.S. Highway 95-A, near Silver Springs, Nevada. There will be a reception for the artist on May 4, 5-7pm. The exhibition runs through June 16. Thu, 5/4-Fri, 5/5; Mon 5/8-Wed 5/10, 9am. Free.; My Nevada in Black & White Will Barber. Gallery East hosts photographer Will Barber. As an environmental scientist, Barber has a way of seeing the “ordered chaos” of our natural surroundings, and visually expresses this concept through focusing on single elements, letting the viewer focus on the multiple aspects of the photographs. There will be a reception for the artist on May 4, 5-7pm. The exhibition runs through June 16. Thu, 5/4-Fri, 5/5; Mon, 5/8-Wed, 5/10, 8am. Free. McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-6264, renoculture.com.
SHEPPARD CONTEMPORARY IN THE CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Additions Recent Permanent Collection Acquisitions. Over the past year, University Galleries has added three major collections of art in addition to several individual acquisitions to the Department of Art’s permanent collection. This show reviews the highlights of these exhibitions, including large-scale paintings by Richard Etts, works by contemporary artists Joel Meyerowitz, Paul Sepuya and Darryl Curran, ceramic sculpture by Mary Bowron, beaded baskets by Rebecca Eagle and Southwest ceramic pottery. Thu, 5/4-Fri, 5/5; Mon, 5/8-Wed, 5/10, noon. Free.; 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. Thu, 5/4-Fri, 5/5; Mon 5/8-Wed, 5/10, noon. Free. 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.
SILVER CITY SCHOOLHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: Larry Kotik Solo Exhibit. Silver City Arts presents Larry Kotik’s urban landscapes, which tell a story of the human condition. Sat, 5/6, 1pm. Free. Silver City Schoolhouse Community Center, 385 High St., Silver City, www. facebook.com/SilverCitySchoolHouse.
SPARKS MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER: Valeriy Kagounkin Retrospective. The Sparks Museum & Cultural Center presents the work of Russian-born artist Valeriy Kagounkin, on display through May 13. Kagounkin’s paintings concentrate on the indigenous natives of Russia and Siberia, as well as Native Americans and others who built the American West. Thu, 5/4-Sat, 5/6; Tue, 5/9-Wed, 5/10, 11am. Free. Sparks Museum & Cultural Center, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-1144.
ST. MARY’S ART CENTER: St. Mary’s Art Center Spring Exhibition. The show features artwork by Monika Piper Johnson, Ronnie Rector, Will Barber, Mimi Patrick, Casey Clark, Anthony Arevalo, Anna Smith, Grey Wolf Leather Works and Pura Vida Sierras Art. The exhibition runs through May 28. Fri, 5/5-Sun, 5/7, 11am. Free. St. Mary’s Art Center, 55 N. R St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7774, stmarysartcenter.org.
WILBUR D. MAY MUSEUM: Honoring Mother Nature Art Exhibition & Sale. This new art exhibition from the Sierra Watercolor Society will feature a variety of watercolor paintings that depict plants, nature, flowers and other spring themes. All art will be available for purchase, and visitors are invited to vote for their favorite painting to win the “People’s Choice Award.” The exhibition runs through June 4. Thu, 5/4-Sun, 5/7, 10am, Wed, 5/10, 10am. Free. Wilbur D. May Museum, 1595 N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961, www.facebook.com/WilburMayCenter.
MUSEUMS NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: A Place in the Country Aboriginal Australian Paintings. On view through May 21; The Altered Landscape Selections from the Carol Franc Buck Altered Landscape Photography Collection. On display through July 5; The John and Mary Lou Paxton Collection. On view through June 4; Kristin Posehn Architectures. On display through May 21; Maynard Dixon The Paltenghi Collections. On view through July 16; Miradas Ancient Roots in Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art. On display through July 16; Peter Stichbury Anatomy of a Phenomenon. On view through May 28; Spinifex—Aboriginal Paintings from the Robert Kaplan and Margaret Levi Collection. On display through May 28. Thu, 5/4-Sun, 5/7; Wed, 5/10, 10am. $1-$10. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.
TERRY LEE WELLS NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM (THE DISCOVERY): 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-oPhone and a walking piano. Thu, 5/4-Sat,
5/6, 10am; Sun, 5/7, noon; Tue 5/9-Wed 5/10, 10am. $10-$12. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, nvdm.org.
FILM SCORE FILM SCREENING: Ahead of its U.S. theatrical release in June, Reno filmmaker Kenny Holmes brings Score home to Reno for a special double-screening event. Featuring some of Hollywood’s biggest names, Score brings Hollywood’s premier composers together to give viewers a privileged look inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of the world’s most widely known music genre: the film score. The screenings will be followed by a panel discussion featuring producer Kenny Holmes, director Matt Schrader and moderator Joe Hart of KRNV News 4. Sat, 5/6, 3pm & 6pm. $15. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.
MUSIC CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER: Apex Concerts concludes its sixth season by welcoming to Reno one of the nation’s foremost classical music organizations— The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Yale University professor and clarinetist David Shifrin will be joined on stage by pianist Gloria Chien, violinists Bella Hristova and Danbi Um, violist Mark Holloway, and cellist Dmitri Atapine. The evening will feature the music of Bartok, Shostakovich and Mozart. Thu, 5/4, 9pm. $30 general admission. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.
COMPOSERS CONCERT: Premieres of new acoustic and electronic music by student composers. Sun, 5/7, 7:30pm. Free. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.
MUSIC INDUSTRY NIGHT: Open your ears to local albums, national releases and more. Make new friends and meet other creatives and/or fans. Drink local beer, plan upcoming projects and learn about some of the events going on in the area. Sometimes a band or two will drop in to perform. Wed, 5/10, 9pm. Free. St. James Infirmary, 445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484.
ONSTAGE A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE: In Martin McDonagh’s first American-set play, Carmichael has been searching for his missing left hand for almost half a century. Enter two bickering lovebirds with a hand to sell and a hotel clerk with an aversion to gunfire, and you’re set for a roller coaster of love, hate, desperation and hope. Fri, 5/5-Sat, 5/6, 7:30pm; Sun 5/7, 2pm. $12-$20. Restless Artists’ Theatre Company, 295 20th St., Sparks, (775) 525-3074.
A FAMILY-FRIENDLY, ALL-AGES IMPROV SHOW: KidScape Productions presents a one-hour improvisational performance featuring kids and teens creating skits and scenes based off of audience suggestions. Thu, 5/4, 7pm; Sat, 5/6, 3pm. $12-$15. Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-5233.
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT: Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company celebrates its 100th show by presenting this smash Broadway hit, featuring “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “Fascinating Rhythm,” “S’Wonderful,” “But Not For Me” and more. Fri, 5/5-Sat 5/6, 7:30pm; Sun, 5/7, 2pm. $12-$15. Bob Boldrick Theatre, Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St., Carson City, www.wnmtc.com.
TITUS ANDRONICUS: Titus Andronicus is locked in a violent cycle of revenge with Tamora that spins wildly out of control in Shakespeare’s violent and bloody drama. Good Luck Macbeth’s production will feature an all-female cast and will be set against the backdrop of a women’s prison in Nevada in the 1920s. Fri, 5/5-Sat, 5/6, 7:30pm; Sun, 5/7, 2pm; Wed 5/10, 7:30pm. $15$18. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 713 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3716.
THE WORLD GOES ’ROUND—THE MUSIC OF KANDER & EBB: This fast-paced evening of song and dance will be performed by a large cast of students at the Performing Arts Center. Fri, 5/5-Sat, 5/6, 7pm. $9$11. Damonte Ranch High School, 10500 Rio Wrangler Parkway, (775) 851-5656, drhspacprogram.weebly.com.
SPORTS & FITNESS COMSTOCK ARABIAN HORSE ASSOCIATION SPRING FIESTA: See the spirited competition of Regions 3 and 4 Championship Qualifiers that will feature Arabian, Half-Arabian and AngloArabian horses. Fri, 5/5, 8am; Sat 5/6, 8:30am, Sun, 5/7, 8am. Free. Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center, 1350 N. Wells Ave., (775) 688-5752, (775) 972-7241, comstockarabianassociation.com.
GUIDED HIKE: Enjoy a guided hike through Galena Creek Park with a local specialist. Please bring appropriate clothing and plenty of water. Sat 5/6, 10am. Free. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948.
THE MAIN EVENT LIVE BOXING: Live action boxing featuring U.S. Olympian Jose Ramirez and local favorite Oscar “Chapito” Vasquez. Fri, 5/5, 6pm. $35$100. Reno-Sparks Convention Center, 4590 S. Virginia St., (775) 825-4700.
RENO ACES: The minor league baseball team
plays the Salt Lake Bees. Thu, 5/4, 11:35am; Fri, 5/5, 6:30pm. $7-$32. Greater Nevada
Field, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7000.
CLASSES 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, 5/9, 4pm. Free. Carson City Library, 900 N. Roop St., Carson City, (775) 887-2244.
Reno’s Birthday Celebration at the Lake Mansion
5/09:
Arts for All Nevada celebrates Reno’s 149th birthday with cake served at noon, an unveiling of a portrait of Major General Jesse Lee Reno (Reno’s namesake) engraved by Robert Fontana and donated by the family of William and Louise McConnell, a free book for each child attending, impersonations of city founder Myron Lake and tours of the historic mansion, the one-time home of Myron Lake. Guided tours are at 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9, at the Lake Mansion, 250 Court St. Call 826-6100 or visit www.artsforallnevada.org.
OPEN ART DAY WORKSHOP: Pop in to Reno Art Works, check out the latest gallery show and then get creative for two hours. A project will be provided each session and some days will have guest teachers. All supplies are provided. All experience levels welcome. Instructor: Meredith Tanzer. Email: meredith_tanzer@yahoo. com. Fri 5/5, 11am. Free. Reno Art Works, 1995 Dickerson Road, (775) 391-0278, www.renoartworks.org.
PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF RENO: PSOR meets every Wednesday. There is painting from life models (no instruction). All artists are welcome. For more information, email psor2016@gmail.com. Wed, 5/10, 9am. $10. Nevada Fine Arts, 1301 S. Virginia St., www.nvfinearts.com.
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING (BEGINNERS) WITH RENO AERIAL CO-OP: Strength and core building through calisthenics and balance. Sign up at facebook.com/ renoaerialcoop. Thu, 5/4, 7pm. The Generator, 1240 Icehouse Ave., Sparks, www.therenogenerator.com.
markers, watercolor, colored pencils will be provided for you to color with as you listen to music from local bands. New jams every second Wednesday. You are welcome to bring your own drinks or snacks while you color. Wed. 5/10, 5pm. $5. Reno Art Works, 1995 Dickerson Road, www.renoartworks.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, 5/9, 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, 5/10, 6:30pm. Free. Terry Lee Wells Discovery Museum, 490 S. Center St., (775) 856-3839, diabetesnv.org.
DOWN SYNDROME FAMILY SUPPORT GROUPS:
WATERCOLOR PAINTERS OPEN GROUP: This is a group of watercolor painters who paint together and learn from each other. Fri, 5/5, 9am. $5. Nevada Fine Arts, 1301 S. Virginia St, (775) 786-1128.
WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS: Multiple hour-long HUMP DAY JAM & COLOR SESSIONS: Crayons,
COMMUNITY
workshops and presentations on various topics, including consciousness, art, music, social networking, theater, etc. Contact ksweetsparlormint@gmail. com if you are interested in facilitating a workshop. Wed, 5/10, 6pm. The Potentialist Workshop, 836 E. Second St., www.potentialistworkshop.com.
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, 5/4, 5:45pm. Free. Vassar-Cordone Nonprofit Building, 1301 Cordone Ave., Ste. 190, (775) 828-5159, dsnnn.org.
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Swarm fuzzies I got in an argument with my boyfriend about the reason not to have sex outside our relationship. He said he wouldn’t do it because he wouldn’t want to hurt me. I said he shouldn’t want to be with anybody else, but he said that’s just not realistic for guys. Are men really just these unfeeling sex machines? A man can really love a woman and still want to spend the afternoon wrecking the bed with her BFF, her well-preserved mom and her sister. As awful as that probably sounds, men’s evolved lust for sexual variety isn’t something you and other women should take personally. Evolutionary psychologists David Buss and David Schmitt explain that genetically speaking, it’s generally in a man’s interest to pursue a “short-term sexual strategy” with as many women as possible. This isn’t to say men evolved to be entirely without discernment. Because “beautiful” features—like pillowy lips and an hourglass bod— reflect health and fertility, if a man has a choice in casual sexmates, he’ll go for a hot woman, but if he doesn’t, he’ll go for a woman with a pulse. However, Buss and Schmitt explain that there are times when it’s to a man’s advantage to pursue a “long-term sexual strategy”— commitment to one woman. It’s a quality-over-quantity strategy— wanting a woman with “high mate value” (one who’s physically and psychologically desirable enough to hold out for a guy who’ll commit). Other factors include seeking the emotional, social and cooperative benefits of a partnership and wanting to retire from the time-, energyand resource-suck of working the ladies on Match.com. In light of this, think about what your boyfriend’s really telling you by opting for “Honey, where do I sign away my sexual freedom?” This isn’t dismaying, degrading or any of the other bummer D-words. In fact, it’s really romantic, considering that men evolved to be sexual foragers. But for your boyfriend’s desire to make a life with you, he could be wandering the planet and sharing his life and hopes and dreams—uh, for about six minutes and 23 seconds—with a wide variety of oiled-up naked strangers.
Crazy belittle thing called love My boyfriend of five years has gotten super moody. He picks fights with me and even gets a little verbally abusive and condescending. I know he’s a good guy, and I want to help him sort through his stuff, but I’m finding myself flirting with other guys and fantasizing about cheating on him. I wrote recently about a cocktail of personality traits that are associated with a susceptibility to infidelity in a person—basically those of a narcissistic, lazy con artist with all the empathy of a bent tack. That finding is from research by evolutionary psychologists Todd Shackelford and David Buss, who also studied the emotional circumstances in a relationship that might lead one of the partners to cheat or to want to. They found that there are two personality characteristics someone can have that make a relationship particularly miserable. One is emotional instability—marked by mood swings and a gloomy obsessiveness about things beyond one’s control. As Buss explains in The Dangerous Passion, when emotional instability is paired with quarrelsomeness, relationships become “cauldrons of conflict.” This, in turn, raises the odds that one’s partner will seek solace in the, um, back seat of another. Part of being in a relationship is taking out the trash when it starts to overflow. Talk compassionately with your boyfriend about the need for him to start figuring out and fixing whatever’s causing him to act out in toxic ways. Look for signs that he’s taking meaningful steps to dig out of his emotional winter. Give yourself some time markers. This should keep you from just blindly continuing along with a partner whose interests could be advertised as: Enjoys dive bars, French cinema, long screaming arguments on the beach, and staying up till dawn pondering the age-old question, “I know you are but what am I?” Ω
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sorry for sharks that yell for help. Beware of trusting coyotes that act like sheep and sheep that act like coyotes. Beware of nibbling food from jars whose contents are different from what their labels suggest. But wait! “Beware” is not my only message for you. I have these additional announcements: Welcome interlopers if they’re humble and look you in the eyes. Learn all you can from predators and pretenders without imitating them. Take advantage of any change that’s set in motion by agitators who shake up the status quo, even if you don’t like them.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When poet Wislawa
Szymborska delivered her speech for winning the Nobel Prize, she said that “whatever else we might think of this world—it is astonishing.” She added that for a poet, there really is no such thing as the “ordinary world,” “ordinary life” and “the ordinary course of events.” In fact, “nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone’s existence in this world.” I offer you her thoughts, Taurus, because I believe that in the next two weeks you will have an extraordinary potential to feel and act on these truths. You are hereby granted a license to be astonished on a regular basis.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Would you consider
enrolling in my Self-Pity Seminar? If so, you would learn that obsessing on self-pity is a means to an end, not a morass to get lost in. You would feel sorry for yourself for brief, intense periods so that you could feel proud and brave the rest of the time. For a given period—let’s say three days—you would indulge and indulge and indulge in self-pity until you entirely exhausted that emotion. Then you’d be free to engage in an orgy of self-healing, self-nurturing and self-celebration. Ready to get started? Ruminate about the ways that people don’t fully appreciate you.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): In a typical conversa-
tion, most of us utter too many “uhs,” “likes,” “I means” and “you knows.” I mean, I’m sure that … uh … you’ll agree that, like, what’s the purpose of, you know, all that pointless noise? But I have some good news to deliver about your personal use of language in the coming weeks, Cancerian. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’ll have the potential to dramatically lower your reliance on needless filler. But wait, there’s more: Clear thinking and precise speech just might be your superpowers. As a result, your powers of persuasion should intensify. Your ability to advocate for your favorite causes may zoom.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1668, England named
John Dryden its first poet laureate. His literary influence was so monumental that the era in which he published was known as the Age of Dryden. Twentieth-century poetry great T. S. Eliot said he was “the ancestor of nearly all that is best in the poetry of the 18th century.” Curiously, Dryden had a low opinion of Shakespeare. “Scarcely intelligible,” he called the Bard, adding, “His whole style is so pestered with figurative expressions that it is as affected as it is coarse.” I foresee a comparable clash of titans in your sphere, Leo. Two major influences may fight it out for supremacy. One embodiment of beauty may be in competition with another. One powerful and persuasive force could oppose another. What will your role be? Mediator? Judge? Neutral observer? Whatever it is, be cagey.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Just this once, and for
a limited time only, you have cosmic clearance to load up on sugary treats, leave an empty beer can in the woods, watch stupid TV shows and act uncool in front of the Beautiful People. Why? Because being totally well-behaved and perfectly composed and strictly pure would compromise your mental health more than being naughty. Besides, if you want to figure out what you are on the road to becoming, you will need to know more about what you’re not.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In addition to fashion tips, advice for the brokenhearted, midlifecrisis support, and career counseling, I
sometimes provide you with more mystical help. Like now. So if you need nuts-and-bolts guidance, I hope you’ll have the sense to read a more down-to-earth horoscope. What I want to tell you is that the metaphor of resurrection is your featured theme. You should assume that it’s somehow the answer to every question. Rejoice in the knowledge that although a part of you has died, it will be reborn in a fresh guise.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Are you ready for the
genie’s favors? Don’t rub the magic lamp unless you are.” That’s the message I saw on an Instagram meme. I immediately thought of you. The truth is that up until recently, you have not been fully prepared for the useful but demanding gifts the genie could offer you. You haven’t had the self-mastery necessary to use the gifts as they’re meant to be used, and therefore they were a bit dangerous to you. But that situation has changed. Although you may still not be fully primed, you’re as ready as you can be. That’s why I say: Rub the magic lamp!
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You may have
heard the exhortation “Follow your bliss!”, which was popularized by mythologist Joseph Campbell. After studying the archetypal stories of many cultures throughout history, he concluded that it was the most important principle driving the success of most heroes. Here’s another way to say it: Identify the job or activity that deeply excites you, and find a way to make it the center of your life. In his later years, Campbell worried that too many people had misinterpreted “Follow your bliss” to mean “Do what comes easily.” That’s all wrong, he said. Anything worth doing takes work and struggle. “Maybe I should have said, ‘Follow your blisters,’” he laughed. I bring this up, Sagittarius, because you are now in an intense “Follow your blisters” phase of following your bliss.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The versatile artist Melvin Van Peebles has enjoyed working as a filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, composer and novelist. One of his more recent efforts was a collaboration with the experimental band The Heliocentrics. Together they created a science-fiction-themed spoken-word poetry album titled The Last Transmission. Peebles told NPR, “I haven’t had so much fun with clothes on in years.” If I’m reading the planetary omens correctly Capricorn, you’re either experiencing that level of fun, or will soon be doing so.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In what ways do
you most resemble your mother? Now is a good time to take inventory. Once you identify any momlike qualities that tend to limit your freedom or lead you away from your dreams, devise a plan to transform them. You may never be able to defuse them entirely, but there’s a lot you can do to minimize the mischief they cause. Be calm but calculating in setting your intention, Aquarius! P.S. In the course of your inventory, you may also find there are ways you are like your mother that are of great value to you. Is there anything you could do to more fully develop their potential?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “We are what we
imagine,” writes Piscean author N. Scott Momaday. “Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. Our best destiny is to imagine who and what we are. The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined.” Let’s make this passage your inspirational keynote for the coming weeks. It’s a perfect time to realize how much power you have to create yourself through the intelligent and purposeful use of your vivid imagination. (P.S. Here’s a further tip, this time from Cher: “All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others.”)
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Filmmaker Kenny Holmes grew up in Reno, went to Wooster High and Truckee Meadows Community College, ran a news camera at Channel 4, then moved to Los Angeles, where he still works in television. He’s co-producer, editor and director of photography for Score, a feature-length documentary about Hollywood film score composers. The official release is in June, but first Holmes and collaborator Matt Schrader will host two screenings at the Nevada Museum of Art May 6, one at 3 p.m. followed by a Q+A with Channel 4’s Joe Hart and another at 6 p.m. followed by a Q+A with Vanessa Vancour from the University of Nevada, Reno. For tickets visit www.nevadaart.org/calendar.
You interviewed almost 60 composers. As an editor, how do you even begin to deal with that much footage? The project itself started off as—we don’t know what we’re going to get. … In the beginning we were like, hey, maybe we could get someone like Hans Zimmer. This is our first film. We had to build the trust of the industry. We didn’t anticipate getting this many interviews. One thing we knew was we didn’t want a narrator. We had to craft our questions based on holes we had in the film. In order to fill those holes, we got more interviews. [Composers
had to find myself, whereas in news we shoot it all, and it’s right there in my face, and we put it together. We tried to keep similar pacing to news. … A lot of people have commented on this on the festival circuit. They could sense that we had a background that just was different than a documentary film background.
How long did the whole process take?
said], “Maybe we’ll do it if so and so’s doing it.” … To concisely answer your question, there’s a ton of footage. We shot a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff. Whittling all of that down into 90 minutes was tough. The original cut was over two hours. … There are still film buffs who are like, “Show us the six-hour version.”
Was editing for film a lot different than for TV? I do really fast paced editing on a daily basis, because we don’t have a lot of time. I felt really at home. We’re laying the sections, pulling down the sound bites. The only difference was I had so much more time, which sometimes is a blessing and sometimes is a curse, because I’m a perfectionist. The difference with doing the documentary versus news is a lot of the content I
From starting to plan, to completion, was just about two years. We both have a background in news. We’re used to doing minute-and-a-half documentaries every day with a short deadline. … We raised the money through crowdfunding—Kickstarter, Indiegogo. We did this project in our free time, before or after work, or on our weekends. We didn’t really anticipate where it was going to go. We finished the movie last June and did the festival circuit to see if there was interest for distribution. We have North American distribution rights through Gravitas Ventures. They’re putting us in theaters in June in select cities and Canada. After that, out to digital, international as well. There’s no language barrier. People in Japan love John Williams music as much as Americans do. There are people around the world messaging us. We’re using Google Translate. I think everyone in the world is, whether they know it or not, a film score fan. Ω
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Bullet points Warning—this column has been rated NSFT: Not Safe For Trumplodytes. • Trump’s first 100? Easily summarized—Gross incompetence frosted with rank amateurism. A constant embarrassment for a once proud nation that’s quickly becoming a dangerous laughingstock because its president is a lying, thieving, ultra-maroon who brazenly flaunts his utter disdain for the emoluments clause of the Constitution on a daily basis. He does so only with the snivelling, simpering complicity of the now completely detestable Rethuglican Party. • Here’s a good quote from President Dum Dum, one that spewed out of his cakehole exactly 14 times on the campaign trail this past autumn—“Anyone being investigated by the FBI is not qualified to be the President of the United States.” Finally! A state-
ment from Trump that we can all agree with! • There have been further developments in The Big Story. The Guardian reports that the same notorious British intelligence dossier that dared to mention Twitler’s golden shower in Moscow also contains the following. “The December memo alleged that four Trump representatives travelled to Prague in August or September in 2016 for ‘secret discussions with Kremlin representatives and associated operators/hackers,’ about HOW TO PAY HACKERS SECRETLY for penetrating Democratic party computer systems and ‘contingency plans for covering up operations.’ “Between March and September 2016, the December memo alleges, the hackers used botnets and porn traffic to transmit viruses, plant bugs and steal data online from Democratic party leadership. The
hackers were paid by the Trump organization, but were under the control of Vladimir Putin’s administration.” You don’t say. We’re getting very, very close to The Jackpot. Again, don’t get sidetracked by the shiny objects that Dum Dum and his minions cast in front of the media as part of their Daily Distraction routine. The Big Story is still that the Rethuglican Party and Team Trump knowingly enlisted the aid of a Russian cyber-attack army to invade the soft, mushy minds of millions of malleable American voters in order to install a candidate in the White House who, due to various financial and scandalous entanglements, would be far friendlier towards Russian interests than his opponent. An ingenious, modern, cyber-coup that was, shockingly, far more successful than its creators had dared to hope. Ω
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