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Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. This week’s issue features our Join the Pack guide, an annual package of stories related to the University of Nevada, Reno and geared toward incoming freshman. This year’s guide features a lot of stories about the new—new programs, new majors, new classes, new research, new faculty, etc. But there’s something missing— both in our guide and from the university itself—the old. Most of us here in the RN&R newsroom have at least one degree from UNR. All of us have attended classes there. Most have also taught courses there. We all have a lot of affection for the university, friends who work there, and fond memories of the place. But, like a lot of local folks, we often feel like there’s a fundamental disconnect between the university and the rest of the community. Nowhere has this disconnect been more apparent than in the university’s recent development plans. We wrote an editorial last week about how UNR President Marc Johnson was deaf to widespread community opposition to the university’s “gateway” project, which would remove a dozen homes from the area to make way for campus sprawl. Over the weekend, the news came out that the university plans to demolish an additional eight homes a few blocks away on Evans Avenue to make way for yet more expansion. This destruction upsets the community, but the university leadership doesn’t care. So here’s some additional advice to incoming freshman: Welcome to UNR. But don’t try to live too close to campus, unless you want the university to buy your house so they can tear it down.

Re “Here you go” (letters, June 28): In reading the letter by Richard C. Simmonds attacking Secretary Clinton, I’m sure he would agree that Donald Trump has broken a lot of laws. Almost 20 women have accused Trump of groping them. (Trump, on tape, brags about groping women.) Over a dozen of his staff have been indicted, some of whom have admitted guilt. Ivanka is using the White House as political collateral to make business deals around the world (pulled in $82 million in 2017). Foreign governments are pouring millions into Trump hotels. And Trump is covering up evidence of his Russian connections that could lead to his being impeached. This is just a partial list of Trump breaking our country’s laws. No parent with young children can have the TV on if Trump is on. He is an embarrassment to all. Even Trump’s wife sleeps in another bedroom in the White House. Bob Mulholland Chico, Calif.

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WWBD? Ancient Greek playwrights (Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles spring readily from an internet search) used a group of actors, almost exclusively men, alas, called the Chorus, who stood to the side of the stage and provided a running narrative of the proceedings, keeping the audience attuned to plot developments and adding a welcome source of continuity and clarity to the sometimes convoluted twists and turns of the play. If said Chorus existed in contemporary political discourse, and were savage, profane, outspoken to a fault, and sometimes vulgar, they would epitomize what we are fortunate to have in our own Bruce Van Dyke. Mr. Van Dyke’s weekly observations, while clearly troubling to many on the right, express in blunt and unvarnished language the feelings of many

Leslie, Josie Glassberg, Eric Marks, Jessica Santina, Todd South, Luka Starmer, Bruce Van Dyke, Ashley Warren, Allison Young Our Mission: To publish great newspapers that are successful and enduring. To create a quality work environment that encourages employees to grow professionally while respecting personal welfare. To have a positive impact on our communities and make them better places to live. Editor Brad Bynum News Editor Dennis Myers Special Projects Editor Jeri Chadwell Arts Editor Kris Vagner Calendar Editor Kelley Lang Contributors Amy Alkon, Matt Bieker, Bob Grimm, Andrea Heerdt, Holly Hutchings, Shelia

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progressives—and truth be told, anyone with a brain—in regard to the leader of our current administration, and will doubtless be echoed in future assessments of the man by writers and historians unrestrained by the exigencies of contemporary discourse. Giv ’im what he deserves, Bruce! Steve Waclo Carson City

Lyon about brothels The histrionics of the Lyon County antilegal prostitution people are approaching absurdity. While they claim that regulated cathouses lower (their personal) property values, there is no consideration to the fact that little Johnny may get the clap or die of AIDS from that crack-smoking streetcorner prostitute. The fact that safe, legal and protected/ inspected houses of ill repute reduce abuse of women and the chance that little Johnny’s dick won’t fall off seem beyond their mentality. (Property values trump public safety always for them.) So sad that, to these twits, sex is a dirty thing not to be discussed in good society. Maybe it’s time for them to start an antisex league, including the evils of masturbation, too. It will make you go blind, for God’s sake. No more sex. No more sex. No more (safe) sex! Ewwwww. Craig Bergland Reno

Nye primary Re “Dump advocate defeated” (Upfront, July 12): The U.S. Department of Energy’s centralized repository for spent nuclear fuels under Yucca Mountain—frequently referred to both as a matter of convenience and in a disparaging manner as the “dump” in your publication—was not the issue in

Advertising Consultant Myranda Keeley, Paegan Magner Distribution Director Greg Erwin Distribution Manager Bob Christensen Distribution Drivers Alex Barskyy, Corey Sigafoos, Gary White, Joe Wilson, O.C. Gillham, Marty Troye, Timothy Fisher, Vicki Jewell, Olga Barska, Rosie Martinez President/CEO Jeff VonKaenel Director of Nuts & Bolts Deborah Redmond Project Coordinator Natasha VonKaenel Director of People & Culture David Stogner Director of Dollars & Sense Debbie Mantoan Nuts & Bolts Ninja Norma Huerta Payroll/AP Wizard Miranda Hansen

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either Nye County Commission districts 4 or 5—Dan Schinhofen’s district—in the June 12 primary. Water was the big issue and also Dan’s joining the establishment campaign to vilify Dennis Hof in an attempt to thwart his bid to unseat incumbent Assemblymember James Oscarson. I believe most residents of Nye County are grateful for Mr. Schinhofen’s advocacy to at least complete the studies for Yucca and so reach a point of determination as to whether it is safe to proceed with the project. Hopefully he can be kept on by the County in a consultant capacity. William Stremmel Pahrump

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Trump wrong on some things There’s a 1964 novel, Convention, by Charles Bailey and Fletcher Knebel, about a Republican presidential candidate who gets bad spin because the USSR agrees with his views on controlling arms. Two of the GOP heroes of the novel talk about how stupid it is to penalize leaders just because their views happen to overlap with those of communists, and one of them—a retired U.S. general—says, “They even praised me once. If we made policy by trying to take the reverse of the communist line, we’d wind up in knots.” It was a commentary on red baiting and the way McCarthyites smeared those who voted in ways that might happen to also support the coexistence policies of Russia. Sometimes adversaries have common ground. Now let’s leap forward about 15 years to comments Republican U.S. Sen. Paul Laxalt made to reporters at the Holiday Inn in Reno about how the CIA had no idea the Shah of Iran was in trouble until he was deposed in 1979. That came after U.S. intelligence failed to predict the 1973 Yom Kippur war but before it similarly missed the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, and the 1998 Indian nuclear test. Rep. Brad Schneider: “Why does President Trump continue to side with Vladimir Putin over our intelligence agencies?” Sen. Jeff Flake: “I couldn’t believe that a president would put as much faith, or more faith, in the words of a dictator ... over our own intelligence services.” That’s a false choice. Our intelligence services have bungled time and again, have cooked up “intelligence” on demand, have let themselves be politicized. Our intelligence services have been an embarrassment. When

the CIA engineered the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Iran, re-installing the deposed and despicable Reza Pahlavi, it sentenced Iranians to a generation of torture, misery and repression, earning the hatred of Iranians for the United States, encouraging the 1979 hostage-taking at our Tehran embassy. There’s no reason to fault Trump—or anyone else—for having little faith in U.S. intelligence. There are plenty of other grounds on which to fault this “president,” as John McCain showed in his statement denouncing Trump without praising U.S. intelligence. CNN: “Trump deals a shocking blow to US intelligence agencies.” The fact is, from Guatemala to the Bay of Pigs, and from Iran to Iraq, U.S. intelligence agencies have dealt shocking blows to the United States. Newsweek: “Former CIA director: U.S. intelligence agencies might want to withhold information from Trump.” That’s probably better than U.S. intelligence passing false information to officials like Colin Powell and George W. Bush, who then made it public, as Bush did on October 7, 2002: “We’ve learned that Iraq has trained al Qaeda members in bomb-making and poisons and deadly gases.” NPR: “In Helsinki, Trump Appeared To Side With Russia Over U.S. Intelligence Community.” So did antiwar activists and many Democrats in 2003 when George W. Bush was trying to launch an unnecessary, unprovoked war against Iraq, and Russia tried to negotiate a settlement between Bush and Iraq. We oppose Donald Trump. That doesn’t mean we think the use of any unprincipled method is acceptable in making the case against him. Ω

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Childish Trump fouls baby nutrition How much worse can it get? We already wake up each morning dreading the daytime nightmare of the Trump Administration. We’re beyond being embarrassed and shamed by our president and find ourselves cheering the 250,000 Britons who demonstrated against Trump, flying the Trump Baby, a perfect emblem for this childish, shallow and selfish man. Trump’s toddler tantrums at NATO were disgusting, as was his arrogant and unbelievably boorish behavior in Britain, insulting the prime minister and disrespecting the 92-year-old queen. His shameful comments supporting Putin over our intelligence agencies and our very democracy were deeply painful to watch. What must the world think of us? Back at home, Trump has been unable to reunite all the children snatched from their immigrant parents, despite a court order to do so. Then, he pardoned two convicted arsonists—ranchers Dwight and Steve Hammond—who, according to federal prosecutors, started fires on public lands

in Oregon to hide their poaching. This is a man our local U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, our U.S. Senator Dean Heller, and our attorney general and would-be governor Adam Laxalt support? Intentionally starting wildfires on public lands is such an obvious threat to firefighters and wildlife, it should be easy to condemn. Nevada’s junior U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto had no problem doing so, using strong language in a written release. “Trump’s pardon sends the message that there are no consequences for committing arson in our public lands. … The president is constitutionally obligated to uphold the rule of law, defend our court system and support members of law enforcement, not undermine them.” No public comments about the pardon were provided by Heller or Laxalt. Amodei’s spokesperson rationalized his silence to the Reno Gazette Journal by saying since it was a presidential pardon, “We’re going to sit this one out.” None of them want to risk criticizing Trump in any way for fear of

inspiring a Twitter attack from the vindictive commander-in-chief. Or perhaps they agree with the president’s decision. We don’t know because they won’t tell us. My personal rage reached new heights when I learned that Trump directed our representatives at the World Health Assembly summit in Geneva to oppose a May resolution intended to promote breastfeeding, choosing instead to side with the corporations that manufacture baby formula. As a Peace Corps volunteer at a Center for Malnourished Children in the Dominican Republic in the late ’70s, I saw babies die from malnutrition and its associated diseases while their mothers spent their meager funds on baby formula dumped in the country by Nestle and other manufacturers. Company representatives would travel to our remote village to deliver samples, claiming the formula would enable Dominican babies to grown up strong and healthy, like American babies. But when the expired formula was mixed or diluted with the dirty, parasitic river water, its nutritional value was

seriously compromised. Babies died. It’s not something you can forget, or forgive. Ecuador introduced the resolution to promote breastfeeding and limit the promotion of formula products in hospitals when women give birth. Every health professional in the U.S. knows the benefits of breastfeeding, but nevertheless, our country threatened Ecuador with trade sanctions and the withdrawal of some military aid if they didn’t drop the resolution. Ecuador acquiesced, and then we threatened other countries who wanted to take Ecuador’s place. Finally, Russia stood up to the U.S. bullying and introduced the resolution, which eventually passed but only after the U.S. doggedly lobbied to change the language to protect the economic interests of baby food and formula manufacturers. The Spanish word for shameful is much more powerful when hurled at someone face to face, but I use it here in its most literal and insulting sense. Sin Ω verguenza.

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Paula Coughlin at the 1995 Nevada Legislature during her second ordeal in the Silver State. PHOTO/DENNIS MYERS

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller may wish he had waited for  the Senate probe of Brent Kavanaugh before giving  the Trump supreme court nominee his support. On Monday evening, July 9, Heller attended Donald Trump’s announcement of Kavanaugh’s name  at the White House, then Heller sent out a news  release later that same evening. It read in part:  “Judge Kavanaugh has a record of adherence to the  Constitution and has demonstrated a commitment  to interpreting the law—not making it. I expect the  U.S. Senate to conduct a fair, thorough confirmation process, and I look forward to meeting with the  nominee.” He did not explain how he knew to characterize  Kavanaugh’s record as “adherence to the Constitution,” since he had not had time to research that  record yet. Note that in sentence one Heller endorses Kavanaugh, then in sentence two calls for a “thorough”  confirmation. It quickly became known that Kavanaugh, in In re  Aiken County (2013), had found that the president of  the United States must pursue approval of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump, even if  Congress has not approved money for that pursuit. During the Obama administration, President  Obama wrote budgets which did not include funding  for the congressionally-approved dump. And Congress failed to add the money back into the budget.  In his ruling, Kavanaugh wrote that “the President  may not decline to follow a statutory mandate or  prohibition simply because of policy objections.”  He did not address where the president should  obtain money for continuing the dump project that  Congress had not appropriated. Heller, a dump opponent who has sworn to keep  the dump out of Nevada, subsequently met with  Kavanaugh and could have taken the opportunity to  express reservations about the nominee. Instead,  he restated that he was “supporting Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation.” By contrast, Nevada’s other senator—Catherine Cortez Masto—responded to the Kavanaugh  nomination by issuing a statement listing what she  expects of a justice and then ended, “I plan to meet  with Judge Kavanaugh in the coming months and  will review his qualifications thoroughly.”

CauSe and effeCt In an interview with the New York Times, Nevada  Gov. Brian Sandoval—who is not seeking reelection—responded to Republican Adam Laxalt’s antiSandoval campaign for governor by saying he “won’t  support a candidate that is going to undo anything  that I put forward.” Laxalt opposes the Affordable Care Act, which  Sandoval has cooperated with and for which he set  up state administrative procedures instead of leaving Nevada’s applicants to a federal process. And  Laxalt also says he will try to repeal the increased  business taxes Sandoval used to fund increased  education spending in the state.

—Dennis Myers

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Hotel sues victims Concert tragedy called terrorism in a preemptive move, mGm resorts International—which owns Mandalay Bay—filed more than a thousand July 20 complaints in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against victims of the Las Vegas concert shooting. The filing claims the Mandalay Bay resort, where the Oct. 1, 2017 attack originated, did not incur liability as a result of the attack, and the corporation wants the court to tell the victims so and dismiss already-filed lawsuits. A gunman, Stephen Paddock, fired on the concert crowd of about 22,000 from a 32nd floor room in Mandalay Bay, killing 58 people and wounding hundreds of others, then killing himself. Fortune magazine’s report on the corporate legal action posted online opens with a photo of the MGM sign in Las Vegas bearing

the sentence, “Our prayers for the victims.” A boycott of the companies is underway. An MGM statement reads in part, “The Federal Court is an appropriate venue for these cases and provides those affected with the opportunity for a timely resolution. Years of drawn out litigation and hearings are not in the best interest of victims, the community and those still healing.” The rationale for the unusual legal action is a federal law enacted as a result of the September 11 tragedies, the “Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002,” or the Technologies Act. According to the trade website Business Insurance, “The federal law … limits liability for terrorist attacks when qualified anti-terrorism technologies have be deployed. Shortly after the shooting, an FBI spokesman

reportedly said at a news conference that there was no evidence indicating that the shooting was an act of terrorism.” The Technologies Act “precludes any finding of liability against plaintiffs for any claim for injuries arising out of or related to Paddock’s mass attack,” the hotel filing said. However, some sources say the Technologies Act protection is not available to just anyone. In order to be eligible for liability protection under the law, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security would have to have conducted “comprehensive” testing of services, designs or technology used on the night of the concert killings and determined they were safe for use as intended, and the secretary of Homeland Security—currently Kirstjen Nielsen, Elaine Duke on the night of the killings—must designate the incident an act of terrorism. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, the 2001 PATRIOT Act—Public law 107-52—defined “domestic terrorism” this way: “A person engages in domestic terrorism if they do an act ‘dangerous to human life’ that is a violation of the criminal laws of a state or the United States, if the act appears to be intended to: (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping.” The FBI has declined to call the act terrorism because no motive has been established. Business Insurance reported further that the Technologies Act— known as Public law 107-296—“was passed in response to reluctance by private sector security companies to deploy security technologies in civilian settings due to liability concerns. Among other things, the law limits the liability of the sellers of security services to the amount of insurance that DHS determines it should buy, bars claims against downstream users of the security technology and requires that disputes over damages be heard in federal court.” It is not known if MGM/Mandalay Bay was using new or innovative services or technology that had been

KR LT PR ES EN TS certified by DHS, but the corporation claims it hired a security service that is certified, though it has not identified it. The shooter was in the hotel for six days, adding a second suite four days into his stay, and bringing in a substantial arsenal—including 14 .223-caliber AR-15style rifles, seven .308-caliber AR-10-style rifles, a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson Model 342 revolver and a .308-caliber Ruger bolt-action rifle.

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depositions, then after that, maybe they’ll start making decisions.” After the 1991 Tailhook convention, where Navy and Marine flyers staged a hallway gauntlet in which their women colleagues were mauled and assaulted, Lt. Paula Coughlin—who was brushed off in official channels—went public with her complaints about her treatment at the event in the Las Vegas Hilton. The result was replacement of highly placed officials and changes in military procedures. Coughlin received an out-of-court settlement from the Tailhook organization and $5.3 million in damages from the Hilton after a jury trial, the jurors having concluded the hotel was negligent in not providing security. Subsequently, what one journalist called a murderer’s row of powerful lobbyists was deployed to win special treatment under Nevada laws for the casino industry at the 1995 Nevada Legislature. Legislators were receptive. Nevada law was already full of hundreds of liability waivers, from rental storage yards to physicians. Lawmakers hand them out like cookies, and, in this case, it was the casino industry that was seeking the measure, an industry that normally provides plenty of campaign “contributions.” The bill, as originally drafted, contained language that would have voided Coughlin’s award from the jury, but it was likely included in the bill to draw attention away from the rest of the measure, and it worked like a charm. Coughlin flew to Nevada to fight it, and her presence in the legislative halls kept the eyes of the press and public off the ball. The legislation was approved after the anti-Coughlin language was stripped from it, making it burdensome to sue casino properties for lax security, and the consequences quickly became apparent. In January 1997, just days after the sentencing of a suspect for an August 1996 rape, armed robbery and attempted murder at the Reno Hilton, the hotel sharply reduced its security, losing many of its most experienced guards. That same month, an 18 year-old-man followed a seven-year-old girl, Sherrice Iverson, into a women’s bathroom where he molested and murdered her. Such incidents were now shielded from legal consequences for hotels. Ω

The casino industry is aggressive in avoiding liability.

The corporation has argued that there was no way it could have foreseen the attack, no “numerous similar” previous incidents. But the Baltimore Post Examiner published a section of a plaintiff court document that reads: “Short of pulling the trigger, a nearly identical situation to the shooting happened at Mandalay Bay on November 29, 2014. On that day, a housekeeping attendant discovered that a guest on the 24th floor had brought multiple semi-automatic assault rifles—and a silencer—in his Mandalay Bay room. One of the high-powered rifles was equipped with a scope and ‘positioned … so that it was pointed out of his hotel room window at the Mandalay Bay and towards the Las Vegas Strip.’ The weapon’s owner appeared to be set up to shoot at a large mass of people on the Las Vegas Strip, and he was ultimately sentenced to 40 months in prison. The above information was gleaned from federal court filings. Plaintiffs have submitted [Freedom of Information Act] requests to several agencies involved with the incident, in hopes of obtaining additional information on their individual investigations. In response to these requests, Plaintiffs have learned of twenty-eight (28) other ‘suspicious situations’ that share a similar categorization as this incident, which plaintiffs must investigate.” The Nevada casino industry has long been aggressive in seeking to escape liability in ways other than defending against it—if possible, by keeping disputes from reaching the trial stage, often by employing its considerable political clout. Trial consultant Fred Del Marva has advised lawyers considering suing casinos that they will “fight you right to the ground. Make sure you can finance [your case], forget about arbitration and mediation and forget about sending out a letter of demand. It’s a waste of time. They’ll take you all the way up until experts’

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Catching fire The AlertWildfire program A system of remote mountaintop cameras helps protect Lake Tahoe by providing an early warning when wildfires first start smoking. The AlertWildfire program, initiated by the University of Nevada, Reno, is rapidly spreading across the West. The 17 cameras operated at Tahoe and parts of the Sierra are now joined by others set up in Southern California and Idaho. More will soon be operating in Northern California’s Sonoma County, a site of deadly wildfires last year. “The first of many” will soon be on the job in Oregon, said Graham Kent, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory. The goal, simply, “is try to make every fire smaller,” Kent said. Back in 2013, Kent and colleagues attached the first cameras to seismic sensors in the Lake Tahoe area with the idea of providing a bird’s eye view of wildfires in their early stages. There are now nine such cameras in the Tahoe Basin, with two more planned. Another eight are situated at highelevation vantage points in nearby parts of the Sierra and other mountaintop locations. The system is monitored by fire agencies during fire season, with operators able to manually rotate, tilt, pan and zoom the camera of their choice. While the system is credited with first detecting some wildland fires, its biggest value is giving fire

agencies the ability to quickly get a look at a fire once they know it’s burning, usually after the first 911 calls, Kent said. They can then determine, and quickly, what resources need to be assigned to the fire. “The thing that is generally missing is ‘what do I need to put on this fire right away?’” Kent said. “If you don’t have these cameras, it’s a guess situation.You can know exactly what the scale is right away. There’s no delay.” The WildfireAlert system showed its value last December in San Diego County at a time when Southern California was under fiery siege, Kent said. The Lilac Fire burned more than 4,000 acres and destroyed more than 150 structures, but because local fire officials could use the cameras to determine no other fires were burning at the same time in the immediate area, they could put maximum resources on the blaze and keep it from growing much larger, Kent said. “Stuff like that has made this a popular thing to do and the right thing to do,” he said. Had the cameras been functioning back in June 2007, there’s every chance the Angora Fire, which destroyed 254 homes outside South Lake Tahoe, might have been stopped early on, Kent said. The system is a bonus when it comes to protecting Tahoe, said Heidi Hill Drum, chief executive officer of the Tahoe Prosperity Center, which has raised thousands of dollars to fund camera installation. “A devastating fire to our region would hurt all of those things,” Drum said. “[The cameras] directly relate to our mission.” Earlier this month, lightning storms ignited three small wildfires near Drum’s home in Meyers, California, just outside South Lake Tahoe and near the site of the disastrous 2007 Angora Fire. Using one of UNR’s remote cameras situated at Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort to the west, firefighters were able to monitor the three lightning fires early on and assign firefighting resources accordingly. Drum said she is often told by Tahoe fire officials how much they value the AlertWildfire system. “It’s really been a resource for them,” she said. “It’s just one extra tool in the toolbox.” Ω to view Wildfirealert cameras, visit www.alertwildfire. org. right click on camera image for options.

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Washoe county’s schools superintendent discusses the district ahead of the new academic year

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groundbreaking, and we’re sitting in chairs going to be some exceptions just because of under tents and having the opportunity to location. If you look at Cold Springs, they’re actually walk the floor of the gym and the a fifth-sixth-seventh-eighth school. But cafeteria. … It’s really nice to see our commitglobally speaking, the move is to try to get ment to the public around the transparency of sixth through eighth. What happens is that what we promised—what we’d do with WC-1, you relieve the overcrowding in elementary that money. As you know, the district has schools. … I know parents are sometimes been in a situation where we could not pass skeptical about sending their sixth graders to a bond to build more schools. We had to do middle school, especially if that’s not what a historic campaign of what would happen if you’re accustomed to, right? It’s interesting we received the money or what would happen when you look at models across the country. if we did not receive the money. When you There are models that are K-8. There are look at the challenges around potential double models that are seventh and eighth. … From sessions, it was time for Washoe County to parents who have been somewhat skeptical build schools just because of the population this year about sending their kids to a middle growth. To see those schools come up—if school—all of them have come back and said, you think of our elementary school, Nick “Oh, my gosh. I’m glad you did that.” And the Poulakidas out in the south, just the work is other piece to it is—the only place where we being done. And the schools are, right now, don’t build long connections with kids … is on track. And I’ve gotten to meet with the in the middle schools. Typically, you get four new principals of the schools. So, there’s the years in high school. And you get five or six outside building, right? But then it’s also the years in elementary school. In middle school structure of, academically, what will take with the seventh-eighth model, I only get you place and be provided for those kids on the for two years. With the sixth-seventh-eighth inside of the building. We’re working with the model, we get to build a continuum of connecteams right now to start organizing that. You tions and build longer relationships. And we don’t just do that overnight. There’s a year of know how critical middle school is for kids. planning going into that. What’s nice is that Moving the sixth graders is supposed the principals get to go to the construction sites and be a part of that work, to make sure to help reduce the need for multi-track there’s a match from what I call the sessions at schools. Will it operational side meets the academic eliminate it? side and functionality of the schools. … I think we would be Definitely, that will help. remiss if we didn’t talk about where’s the That will help eliminate repairs also—because part of multi-track. Our goal is WC-1 was to repair existing that we shouldn’t have any going? schools. Every day the average schools on multi-track for age of our schools goes up. So any long term. There might I think the average age is near be some cases where schools 50 years old. That’s a long time are on multi-track because we’re when you think in school terms, if building another school. you think of owning a house that long and

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s many students across the district prepare to return to classrooms, the RN&R sat down with Washoe County School District Superintendent Traci Davis to talk about everything from new school construction to resources for English Language Learners.

That new expansion at Damonte Ranch high School opened in april. and that’s the first project the district has completed since getting its new capital funding source through the approval of the WC-1 ballot measure, right? Correct. And I was just at Damonte yesterday, and that extension is just beautiful. … Damonte has a lot of kids, and if you’ve ever been in Damonte when passing time happens, it is like going upstream with thousands of kids. But it’s so nice that they have the available space now. That will help reduce some of the overcrowding at Damonte. And then when you think of our two middle schools that we’re opening—Sky Ranch and Desert Skies—Sky Ranch is about 25 percent done. Desert Skies is a little bit less than that. It’s really nice to see, when we start

what types of things you’d have to maintain. A lot of our schools are lacking, so with WC-1, we’ve included that. And so we spend around 20 million dollars a year. Today, I was at Sarah Winnemucca, where we’re replacing the floors. I went to Clayton, where you can see that they’ve revamped all the stairs and put in brand new windows. It might seem like a little thing to say, but really it is a huge improvement to the actual buildings.

are those schools still slated to open in august of 2019? Yeah. It is 2019.

and when the new middle schools open, it’s my understanding sixth graders will be moved out of elementary schools across the district and into junior highs. is that the entire district? Basically—and part of this is around a larger vision of how we construct the district—our goal is to get most middle schools to a traditional sixth-seventh-eighth model. There’s

What’s going on with the Wildcreek School so many people were upset about? is legal action still underway on that? There are some things that are pending that I cannot address, but we are still moving forward with building a high school in Wildcreek—and still building a middle school in Arrowcreek. When you think about kids being on the bus for an hour or so getting down to Pine, it’s important that all of our communities have schools that they can go to and not spend tons of time on buses. We have some kids who are on the bus for an hour and half, but that’s because they live in remote spots. But there are opportunities where that doesn’t need to happen, and I think Arrowcreek is a great example of where that doesn’t need to happen.

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just Washoe that has an issue with balancing its budget. What I think is interesting is that, when you look at how much money school districts receive now and how much they received 10 years ago, school districts are doing amazing work with almost the same amount of money. I am very proud to say that as I work with legislators, I think everybody sees that there needs to be an improved funding mechanism per-pupil. … People like to say, “Oh, Nevada ranks last in education.” But the truth of the matter is we don’t rank last in education. If you look at where we rank in education, we’re in the 30s, which I’m not saying that’s great, but we’re not last. The problem is that the algorithm is based on per-pupil funding, language spoken at home, if the parents have a post-secondary degree, and student achievement. The one thing that school districts actually control, which is student achievement, we’re actually doing a good job at. We have to do a better job, but people reporting that data have to do a better job of explaining that—because across this state, we are graduating more kids.

Eventually, Nevada’s schools are supposed to start getting, I believe, a 15 percent wholesale tax on sales of recreational and medical marijuana. To my understanding, right now it’s being deposited in the state’s rainy day fund to later be put into the distributive school will account. Any idea when marijuana you’ll start fund receiving schools? those funds? Here’s the thing. I think it’s intricate, right? The funds will come to us. … The question is … if the funds end up being on top of what we actually would get, or if there’s a balance between our local funds, and then they balance it out. Those are some of the questions that have come up. It’s the belief of the voters—and we hear this all the time—“We believed that was going to be on top of what you would already receive.” When you look across the districts, most districts are running a deficit. It’s no secret. It’s not

People like to say, “oh, Nevada ranks last in education.” But the truth of the matter is we don’t rank last in education. We’re in the 30s, which I’m not saying that’s great,

but we’re not last. traci Davis Washoe county school District superintendent

A new expansion on Damonte Ranch High School opened in April of this year. courtesy/wcsd

Well, there’s that school funding study being conducted by Augenblick, Palaich and Associates on behalf of the state right now. It’s supposed to identify “the resources needed to serve our students in Nevada.” Having read it, I have to say it seems seriously vague, like the purpose is to see very generally how well people think the state’s various districts are doing. I think it’s going to give people the opportunity to weigh in on how well the state is doing and if we’re funding education appropriately. And I know they’ve done this study in previous years. And the goal is, I think, to get public input—simply get public input about funding. Do you think we’re funding at the correct level or not funding at the correct level? And I think it’s great that it’s an opportunity statewide, right? So we have encouraged our employees … our parents, our community, anyone that’s receiving this, to take it and give honest feedback. I think that honest feedback will help drive robust conversation around what revenues look like across our state and how school districts balance their budgets.

You’re on the school safety task force Gov. Sandoval formed back in March. And that task force wants more funding for school police officers, right?

Specifically, in Washoe County, the desire is to have them in middle schools. I realize we’ve had two school shootings in middle schools since 2006, but these events are still very rare. Do you think more police are necessary?

talking about is, how can we stop being reactive and be proactive? Because what we’ve learned from our students … is that when they see a police officer in the school in high school, they feel safer. The police officer, especially in the Washoe County School District, is about building relationships with the kids. So, kids can come share information firsthand if they hear something. It’s not always in the sense of “You need a police officer in case something goes down.” … Many of the things that have happened in our schools that we’ve gotten resolved quickly, it was because kids have relationships with school police.

I want to be clear that every superintendent across the state believes that there should be more. The rural counties use school resource officers. Clark County and we use school police. But we believe in middle schools across the state, there needs You’re also asking to be a designated for more resource/school police officer. behavioral what about Most of us do health that already specialists. in our high schools. We Yeah, and social don’t necessarworkers. There’s ily do that in our this proactive side, middle schools, and there’s a reactive and we know that side. As a result of sometimes those are these things happening, the years where, you know, what do we need? That’s where kids struggle with a variety of we get into school police. But what things. I mean, generally speaking, measures do we take into account if everyone would say middle school is you look at the needs of the individual like the transition years for students, creating the situation, right? There where they need more support. So, has to be something going on with yes, I am in agreement with my that individual—whether it be trauma, fellow superintendents that we need mental illness. What are those things to have some designated resources that we can proactively address? to put an officer in every middle school. Here’s the interesting thing. Most of the time people think when we talk about this, it’s preventative “Back to school” in the sense of put a school police continued on page 17 officer there. But really what we’re 07.26.18    |   RN&R   |   15

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Do you know how things are going with the grant money from Stacie Mathewson and Transforming Youth Recovery? I’m talking about that one million a year for 13 years to be put toward programs related to mental health, substance abuse and the like? So, that program has been put on hold. We’re still doing some things in our district to address that with our counselors.

important—our counseling department, our multi-tiered systems of support department. We have our own early warning index, and we look at those things to provide students assistance that’s preventative. And it’s not just about behavior. If we see trauma, if we see signs of suicide, what are the same things that grant would have done that we can do still as a district?

When you spoke with us back in 2016, you spoke about the 90 by ’20 initiative—to have 90 percent graduation rates are students by 2020. Is the receiving district still on mental health track for that?

resources?

So the district is no longer receiving a million a year? Yeah, that partnership hasn’t quite transformed in the way we wanted it to. But we’re still looking at some of things we all agree are

Yes, actually, I think we’ve done a good job. Last year we had a record 84 percent graduation rate. If I think about when I started this journey, we were at 63 percent. When you think about not just increasing the graduation rate but how we close achievement gaps—because we had huge

achievement gaps with a variety of kids—we look at all of our kids, whether they’re special ed kids, whether they’re our English Language Learners, whether they’re African American, Native American, whatever. We believe that we should not be having achievement gaps. We’re super excited, last year, for the first time, we closed achievement gaps in all subgroups. We’re very hopeful that will go up this year. I do believe we’re on track. And I know a lot of people talk about, “Oh, yeah, that was easy because they didn’t have to pass tests.” I always say to them, “If they didn’t have to pass tests, then why isn’t every district at a hundred percent, if it was that easy?” It’s not that easy. It is very hard. We have kids in summer school right now—because kids are faced with trauma; kids are credit deficient; kids are heads of household, where school is important and work is important. So we really have to champion and look at those risk indexes I talked to you about—because each kid might need something different.

That achievement gap can be quite wide for English Language

Learners. What does the school district do to accommodate them at different grade levels? I think that when you look at instruction, good instruction happens at every level. And a practice that might be effective in kindergarten is still a practice that could be effective in the 12th grade. And even though we differentiate, and maybe it’s scaled up based on the level of the student, some of those instructional strategies that are being used benefit our ELL students. And I’m going to say that they also benefit non-ELL students—like when we talk about high yielding strategies to read. English could be your first language, right? And I think that what we have to talk about is that kids faced with trauma are not always ELL kids. We have kids from America who are not reading at grade level because they don’t get the lap time, and they don’t have the necessary skills walking into kindergarten. Some of those same strategies we use—whether it’s early intervention around chunking or blending or letter sounds, it works for every kid. … We have some pull-out. We have some one-on-one. We have some group activities. We have an ELL department that does a lot of

training on effective strategies for, specifically, our English Language Learners. … People always think of ELL as Hispanic kids. The truth of the matter is, we have over a hundred languages spoken in the district—from Swahili to Italian to Russian to Spanish. … When we think about the success of our students who have been refugees, right?—they’re not necessarily speaking Spanish.

And the district announced that it just graduated its first refugee student in May—a student from Syria, right? We did. And I think that’s a testimony to resiliency, hard work, grit and what’s happening in our buildings every day. … When you come to a country, you may not speak the language or know all of those parts, but then you put your grit and your resiliency into it. She has a diploma. And that diploma means she met the requirements that every other kid had to meet to get that diploma. There is no special diploma for certain kids.

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I think people are sometimes under the impression that we do something different when we give diplomas out.

what supports do you need to be business. … There are FERPA laws successful? … When you walk around giving out information. … through the door, people make When you enroll your kids, there assumptions based on what are some requirements—shot they see, right? I could records and things like be undocumented. that. But if you walk Would you know through the doors, that? No! our job is to Because we educate you, have implicit not to figure how does the biases out where district help around your parents what people came from. look like, I ask and then we make these because notions. It’s I’ve read a funny because lot of recent if I was undocumented and I had studies about the white skin, would anyone unique stresses Dreamers be saying anything?

I get that not all English Language Learners are Hispanic or the children of undocumented immigrants. And the school undocumented district has no way of knowing students? who those students are. You don’t ask about people’s immigration status when they’re enrolling. But are there any resources specifically for kids who may be undocumented in and younger undocumented the school district— No, probably not. But I’m students face with trying to See, this is interesting. Are there speaking about resources in balance their studies even resources for kids who come to the terms of— as they’re worried by what district? Not, you come through the door and you’re undocumented they hear and see in the news. I don’t even need to know. It’s not or documented. When you come my job to know what your status They’ve got a lot on their minds. through the doors of our schools, you’re a student of Washoe County School District, right? Whether or not you’re undocumented, that’s not marked anywhere. Then

is. It is my job to educate you when you walk through the door—whatever your needs are. … My job is to educate kids. I don’t know how you got here. We don’t get into your

I think that’s true. That piece I do think is true. Once they are in our schools, if they feel a particular way—based on what we don’t

our job is to

educate you, not to figure out where your parents came from. know and what they decide to share with us—but I look at this, and I don’t mean to water it down, but it’s no different than a kid who comes in and says, “My mom’s an alcoholic. I don’t know where we’re going to live.” It is very personal to the child. And then based on what’s personal to the child, we provide whatever that intervention is. … We’re limited in what we can do, but our job is to make sure you feel safe, make sure you have the resources you need to be successful, make sure we get you or whoever in your family in contact to whatever it is

that is needed. But that would be no different than any other kid that would walk in with such trauma. I’m going to put that under the umbrella of trauma for students. Kids walk through the doors of our schools every day with trauma. Forty-seven percent of our kids are on free or reduced lunch. That’s half the district almost that’s on FRL. We have trauma. And trauma looks different for different children. And we have to figure out what those needs are. Ω

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The Department of Commerce has assessed preliminary newsprint tariffs, which range as high as 32%.

Under The Rose’s newish midtown location—with its wideopen garage door, small front patio, breezy, urban-rustic interior and neighboring bars and eateries—is the kind of place that’s just right as a stop on an afternoon summer bar crawl. The menu boasted a few fruit beers, including 8260 Grapefruit, a “grapefruit infused blonde ale;” Beauregard, a “pomegranate and blueberry infused porter;” and Pineapple Wit. I’m not opposed to fruit beers. I like them more often than I think I will, but Under the Rose’s flavor profiles sounded like they could possible lean over into being too complex for their own good. I stuck to my rule though, and asked the bartender to serve up whichever beer he deemed most quintessentially summery. He poured some Pineapple Wit into a stemmed pint glass and said,

“This beer has summer written all over it.” I’m glad I asked. This wellcrafted wit was the highlight of my tour. It’s infused with pineapple and Meyer lemon, which I might have passed up as sounding too showy. But the fruit flavors were so subdued that my drinking buddy—who’s really good at identifying flavors—couldn’t identify the Pineapple Wit’s flavors, other than pointing out that the beer strikes an amazingly well calibrated balancing act. The aroma has the kind of yeasty, Belgian waft that some love. I tend to shy away from it as an IPA-loving hop nerd—but in this beer, it’s almost undetectable on the tongue. The overall flavor is not too sweet, not too tart, and subtly fruity. It drinks like a toned-down sour—toned down enough to attract drinkers who don’t even favor sours. I awarded it the blue ribbon for “Best Local Beer to Sample if You Want to Sample Something Outside Your Comfort Zone and Love It.” Ω

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So far, the unofficial theme of this summer beer tour has turned out to be fruit. And while the list of local fruit sours, ales, ciders, porters and other styles is long, local brewers have not forgotten their roots—as I learned at The Depot. The top four national best-selling beers in the U.S. are Bud Light, Coors Light, Miller Lite and Budweiser. Since I usually opt for a craft beer, these four giants are barely on my radar. But every once in a while, a Bud lands in my hand, and each time, I think, “I almost like this.” And once in a great while, I come across a craft pilsner

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and think, “This is what I wish Budweiser tasted like.” The Burner from the Depot is one of those craft pilsners. Again, I’m glad I asked the bartender to recommend “the summer beer.” Otherwise, I might have defaulted to the Ranch Hand, a light golden American Ale and Depot standard that I’m fond of, and that practically shouts “summer session beer.” But I’ve added this malty Bohemian Pilsner to my list of local favorites. The Burner, though it tastes like something you might find in a Czech or German café, is named for folks who hold tickets to that nearby, week-long party out in the Black Rock.

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by Luka STarmer

Bay Area author Gregory Crouch’s new book follows the career of John Mackay from his days as an impoverished immigrant in New York through his time as a wealthy mining giant in Virginia City.

True tales Gregory Crouch In the 150th year of the city of Reno, it’s essential to take the time to honor John Mackay, our very own titan of industry from the Gilded Age of American history. His statue on the quad at the University of Nevada, Reno portrays a humble miner in the Gold Rush before he struck gold and silver in the Comstock Lode in Virginia City. He amassed riches likened to those of his contemporaries John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie, but he isn’t as well known. “That’s because he never lost his good name as a businessman and a mine owner,” said Gregory Crouch, author of the new biography The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle Over the Greatest Riches in the American West. “He never chiseled on his workers’ wages, and he did what he could do to improve working conditions. That is totally unlike the capitalists of that era that you know today.” Crouch’s book follows Mackay from his early years as an Irish immigrant and a ship builder’s apprentice living a poor life in New York City. Many men made it to the California Gold Rush of the 1850s before him, but he eventually found himself panning for gold in the foothills of the 22   |   RN&R   |   07.26.18

Sierra Nevada. The story goes that he walked on foot from Downieville, California, to Virginia City at the news of silver ore. He didn’t have a penny to his name. He worked for $4 a day, sometimes three mining jobs at a time. At age 34, Mackay finally dug into a very rich body of ore. He had been on the verge of defaulting on a loan from a San Francisco moneylender, but he was soon on his way to controlling the Comstock Lode and becoming one of the richest men in the world. Crouch’s enthusiasm about the era is contagious. He paints a vivid picture of our slice of the American West. Some of the originals of the book’s photos reside in the Special Collections and University Archives at UNR. He credits his factual reporting in part to the digitization of newspaper archives over the last decade. The process was much more laborious in the days of scouring through microfilm. “It turns out that 19th century newspapers had editorial biases just like 21st century newspapers do,” he said. “So when I looked at what other people had written [on a certain topic], it struck me that what newspaper they had smacked up there on the microfilm had been influencing their take on the story. But that’s not a problem today. With multiple browser windows, I can get the reporting from all of the newspapers about a certain topic at the same time.” He said that even eastern outlets like the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune had correspondents assigned to closely covering the news of the mining world, which makes sense, as plenty of that commerce was making its way by railroad into vaults and banks across the nation. According to Crouch, Virginia City was the Silicon Valley of the 1860s and 1870s. There were volatile booms and busts of mine stocks. In all, over $300 million of silver and gold was dug from an area of Nevada just two and a half miles long and a few hundred feet wide. “So, although Virginia City looks like this little tiny place today, kind of living off the whiskey-and-gun-smoke nostalgia of the Old West, it was just not that way back in the heyday,” said Crouch. “Everyone in the United States knew about Virginia City and the Comstock Lode.” Ω

Gregory Crouch is scheduled to read from The Bonanza king, his new biography of John mackay, at Sundance Books and music, 121 California ave., on aug. 1 at 6:30 p.m.

by BoB Grimm

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“Glory, malcom X, Philadelphia, and now i’m doing this?”

Go boom In a summer of endless sequels, Equalizer 2 has the distinction of being unoriginal and predictable. It stimulates that part of your brain that likes to see things go boom and bad guys get pummeled, while allowing the part of your brain that likes to solve things and seek intellectual depth go nappy time. It also has a little guy named Denzel Washington in it, supplying his every line with grace and punching up the quality of a rote script tenfold simply by being on screen. He and director Antoine Fuqua team up once again and make the sequel to a cinematic update of an OK TV show well worth your time. It’s fast food, but it’s good fast food. Washington returns as Robert McCall, former special ops guy with a taste for vigilantism and tea. He’s just sort of hanging out in Boston, working as a Lyft driver and painting over graffiti at his apartment complex, when word comes in that a good friend has bit the dust at the hands of mystery killers. Robert doesn’t like it when you kill his friends. Robert doesn’t like that much at all. In fact, it’s fair to say Robert will do bad things to your body for such acts. He goes on a search for the killer/killers, and you will probably figure out who the bad people are fairly quickly. Equalizer 2 isn’t worried about tricking you with any mysteries. It wants to set up some scenarios for McCall’s vicious showdowns with bad folks, and Fuqua does this multiple times with bloody action gusto. Sequences include a dust up on a train in Turkey, with McCall in full bearded costume, calmly drinking his tea before disposing of multiple attackers in the most improbable yet totally badass sort of way. (Does the teapot become a weapon? Why, yes, yes, it does!) There’s also a shootout in a hurricane, reminiscent of Harrison Ford’s showdown at the end of Patriot Games. Fuqua makes them all pop in a way that improves upon his work in the first film.

This time out, McCall comes off as a combination of Michael Myers of Halloween and Batman. He’s almost supernatural in his abilities to disarm and dispatch his victims. Doesn’t matter how many guns, hammers and blades are coming at him, he’s going to win. There’s a lot of knife play in this movie, so if you have a hard time with cinematic stabbings, this one is not for you. It sometimes plays like a slasher film. Balancing out the nasty violence, Washington plays the role with as much finesse as he does those in the Oscar-nominated efforts of his. He’s just so damned cool. There are other people in this movie, like Melissa Leo, Pedro Pascal and Ashton Sanders (Moonlight). They all do serviceable work but, let’s face it, they all need to shut up and get out of the way so the almighty Washington can orate and kick ass. Many of the people in this film are just around to have their noses broken, necks twisted and fingers pulled apart. There were a couple of plot threads that, quite honestly, could’ve been dropped, although McCall’s fatherly relationship to Sanders’ character is one of the better parts of the film. Sanders plays Miles, a wannabe art student who dabbles in gang activity. Washington and Sanders have some good screen time together. Back when the first Equalizer came out, I openly asked for it to become a franchise. With this, Washington’s first participation in a sequel of any kind, I got my wish. It’s everything that garbage remake of Death Wish wanted to be. The way this one finishes, it feels like it could be the last. No need to stop. Ω

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Ant Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp is a fun continuation of what returning director Peyton Reed started with Ant-Man three years ago. I whined a bit about the decent original, a movie that I wanted to be more subversive, having known that Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) was supposed to direct it. I’m over it. Reed kicks some Marvel ass, and his sequel is actually better than the first. After the well done but admittedly gloomy Avengers: Infinity War earlier this year, Ant-Man and the Wasp joins the likes of Thor: Ragnarok as a fun, slightly eccentric diversion from the serious Marvel shit. This one, for the most part, just wants to have a good time, and it succeeds. As the title implies, this is no longer a one-man show for the always entertaining Paul Rudd as Ant-Man. Evangeline Lilly returns as Hope Van Dyne and gets a bigger part of the limelight as the Wasp, who has decidedly better martial arts skills than professional burglar Scott Lang. The Wasp lets the kicks fly in an early scene with a crooked businessman (Walton Goggins), and she owns every moment she’s onscreen. It simply looks like a kick from The Wasp hurts more than one from Ant-Man. Well, that would make sense. She trained him. While the stakes aren’t quite as high as the usual Marvel fare—the entire universe isn’t at risk in this one—Reed and his crew make it more than compelling. They also make it very funny, thanks mostly to Rudd, ninja master of comic timing.

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

This is a big dummy dino joke of a movie. It’s nothing but a brainless, sloppy rehash of Steven Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park sequel, The Lost World, with a lame militaristic angle thrown in (again!). Yes, the dinosaurs look cool, and things get off to an awesome start. The prologue is scary, looks great, is well directed, and seems to be setting the tone for a film that recalls the grim tone of Michael Crichton’s original. Sadly, things degenerate badly after the title credits pop up. When a volcanic eruption on the isle of dinosaurs threatens their genetically engineered lives, Congress holds hearings on whether or not to save them. These hearings involve the return of the one and only Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm. Rather than having Goldblum around for his trademark psycho rambling and dark wit, his character just groans a couple of lines about how we shouldn’t have made the dinosaurs because it goes against nature and they have really big teeth and might bite you. Then he goes away. Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) return to the island to save Blue, the adorable velociraptor who wants you to pet him. Eventually, the action winds up in a large mansion in the states, where a nefarious businessman is keeping dinosaurs in the basement in order to auction them off in what amounts to a dinosaur fashion show for evil countries that want to weaponize them.

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Leave No Trace

Ben Foster, currently tied with Ethan Hawke as the world’s most improved once sucky actors, is phenomenal as Will, a homeless vet living in an Oregon park with his daughter, Tom (an incredible Thomasin McKenzie). Will trains his daughter to live off the land, and how not to be seen. When a jogger sees and reports them, the two wind up in the social services system, undergoing a barrage of tests and eventually being relocated to a work commune. While Will simply can’t adjust, Tom starts liking the indoors. No matter, because Will takes them back into the forest, where their two worlds start to truly separate. Directed and co-written by Debra Granik, the movie poses some serious questions on how PTSD should be handled, and what freedom really is in America. Foster is tragically sad as Will, a man we know very little about, and won’t know much about by film’s end, other than something has really messed him up. McKenzie will break your heart as the loving daughter who only knows the wilderness but wants to know more. One of the summer’s—and year’s—best films.

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Sorry to Bother You

First-time writer-director Boots Riley, leader of musical group the Coup, creates one of the craziest movies you will see this—or any—year with Sorry to Bother You, a hilarious, nasty and even scary showcase for the talents of Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson. Stated simply, there are tons of “what the fuck?” moments in this movie. Cassius Green (Stanfield) is living in his uncle’s (Terry Crews) garage, looking for a better life and a job. His performance-artist girlfriend, Detroit (Thompson), encourages him to pursue whatever but not to lose his sense of self. After procuring a job at a telemarketing agency, Cassius finds himself striking out call after call. It’s here that Riley employs an ingenious visual trick, with Cassius physically showing up in the lives of the people he interrupts with his telemarketing nonsense, dropping his desk into one situation after another (people having sex, people mourning, etc.). This does a solid job of conveying the intrusiveness of that particular sales tactic. Thanks to a seasoned coworker (Danny Glover), Cassius is advised to use his white man voice (supplied by the great, and very white, David Cross). This brings immediate success and catapults Cassius up the ladder to the hallowed upstairs office where the “power callers” reside. The road to success involves him becoming more of a douchebag and, ultimately, a revolutionary.

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Skyscraper

I’m all for giving Dwayne Johnson a chance to really act and emote. I think he can do more than just run around and raise that eyebrow. (I loved him in Pain & Gain.) But asking him to be solemn and humorless in a movie about a crazy skyscraper catching fire, Towering Inferno-style, is a massive mistake. This movie sucks the life out of Johnson as he plays Will, a high-dollar security man who lost a leg in his prior occupation. He takes a job in Hong Kong as head of security in the world’s tallest building. Shortly after getting the gig, an evil crime lord sets the building on fire, a building that is largely unoccupied save for its owner (Chin Haun), his entourage, some nasty European criminals, and Will’s wife (Neve Campbell) and children. Will, outside of the building, races to save his family’s life, which leads up to that already infamous, hilariously silly jump from a crane into the burning building. Why? Why take a serious approach to this subject matter? Why not have Johnson do his usual shtick and make this more fun? Director Rawson Marshall Thurber certainly knows how to get laughs. (He was the man behind Dodgeball and Central Intelligence.) Yes, having Johnson doing his usual shtick would’ve been predictable, but maybe not this boring.

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Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin show up for this nasty film plotted in such a way as to assure it would give the likes of Sean Hannity a monster boner. The timing of this movie is, shall we say, interesting. As real-life tensions build along the Mexican border, with families being separated and humanitarian water jugs being poured out, along comes a movie that shows ISIS terrorists crossing over the Mexican border and blowing up strip malls. Wait a minute, isn’t Sicario supposed to be about America’s beef with drug cartels? This ISIS stuff feels, well, tacked on. While the terrorism element introduced near the beginning of the movie looks to be the driving force of the plot early on, it all but falls away in favor of a kidnapping subplot intended to start a war between the Mexican and U.S. governments. Brolin returns as agent Matt Graver, a nasty guy who will blow up your brother as you watch on a laptop if you don’t tell him what he needs to hear. Del Toro is also back as Alejandro, an operative once again hired by the U.S., this time to stir up trouble with the cartels and eventually kidnap Isabel (Isabela Moner), a drug kingpin’s daughter. Moner is a big star in the making. She gives the kind of performance that breaks your heart because it is something so good in service of something so mediocre.

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Finbomb Sushi Burrito & Poke Bar offers oversized sushi hand rolls, raw fish rice bowls and ramen noodle soups. During our recent visit, my family dinner group of six was met with two very midtown issues: the hunt for a parking space and a shop with far more customers than seats to put them in. We ordered from a list of signature bowls and wraps, starting with a pair of sushi rice burritos ($11.95 each). The Hook Up included tempura shrimp, spicy tuna, surimi crab, cucumber, guacamole, crispy wonton strips, sweet chipotle mayo and unagi sauce. The rice-to-fillings ratio was a bit starch-heavy, but the crunchy bits provided a nice textural juxtaposition. While trying to order the F Bomb—ahi tuna, yellowtail, salmon, cucumber, red onion, cilantro, masago, wonton strips and unagi sauce—the boss of the line asked, “You like spicy crab?” Producing a half-completed burrito with rice paper, he said, “Extra ahi, and I’ll add nori.” He moved forward by repurposing something already started, so we just rolled with it. Biting through two wrap layers was tough, and the burrito came with very little salmon and no yellowtail. That’s what you get for rollin’ with it. We ordered three regular size poke bowls ($12.95 each), starting with a Caterpillar featuring freshwater eel, cucumber, avocado, surimi crab, tobiko, edamame, wonton strips and unagi sauce. The rice was so sticky it formed a brick in the bottom of the bowl. There was plenty of unagi and krab, but the chunks of long fish had a faint whiff of bread mold— not my favorite. Next was a Rainbowl with ahi, salmon, yellowtail, surimi, avocado, green onion, cucumber, seaweed salad, tobiko, wonton strips and unagi sauce. The tuna’s texture and scent were less than fresh and had a really unpleasant aftertaste. We ate the rest of the bowl and said a silent prayer. Oddly, my grandson’s

A ramen bowl features pork, shitake mushrooms, bean sprouts, green onion, seasoned egg and sweet corn. PHOTO/ALLISON YOUNG

Hawaiian bowl of ahi, green onion, cucumber, pineapple, seaweed salad, edamame, avocado, tobiko, fried onion and poke sauce seemed fresher, though he hit an unexpected spot of wasabi, which was bit much for the 3-year-old (and not listed on the menu). He moved on to helping with a bowl of ramen. Speaking of noodles, those in our two ramen bowls ($11.95 each) were definitely dried and reconstituted. In the midst of dinner rush we were told, “the water isn’t ready, but I can microwave it.” Both bowls included paitan “white” broth. The first also featured chashu pork loin, soboro—ground seasoned pork—shitake mushrooms, bean sprouts, green onion, seasoned egg, garlic oil, sweet corn and togarashi, a Japanese chili spice blend. The broth itself was flavorful, though not very warm. The veggies were good. The pork loin was nice, and the ground bits tasted a bit like breakfast sausage—in a good way. In general it worked, though the spice-sprinkled, boiled egg was a disappointment. Once you’ve had ramen with the jellied yolk of a Japanese seven-minute egg, nothing else compares. The other bowl came with a garlic lime shrimp mixture that included cocktail-sized crustaceans, sesame garlic oil, red ginger, bok choy, green onion, cilantro, sweet corn, seasoned egg, chili sauce and fresh lime on the side. Both ramen bowls were ordered “spicy,” but while the flavors were good, neither had any discernible heat. The noodles were just OK, though not overcooked. Despite the tepid broth, pedestrian noodles and boring eggs, the ramen was easily the best part of our meal. Ω

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by MATT BiEKER

To the members of Hot Rod Rebellion—Tom Ducey, Steve Ellison, Kevin Keating and Andy Hernandez— the best sound is a blend of retro and ragged.

Rebels with a cause Hot Rod Rebellion In the last two years, Reno rockabilly band Hot Rod Rebellion has played over 30 shows—including one at the legendary Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood. With the recent release of their debut album, the veteran musicians appear to have found their groove, and, like rockabilly itself, it all started with the King. “I’ve always been a huge Elvis fan,” said guitarist Steve Ellison. “I went to [vocalist] Kevin [Keating] with the idea, ‘Let’s do a band that plays just Elvis music—not a tribute band or anything— and that kind of evolved into rockabilly.” Ellison and Keating played hard rock in the style of Rush and Metallica for years. After their old band dissolved, they found themselves looking for a new direction. They put out a Craigslist ad looking for an upright bassist—“nonnegotiable” for the new band. Long-time rockabilly enthusiast Andy Hernandez soon answered it. Around the same time, punk-rocker and drummer Tom Ducey posted a competing Craigslist ad searching for new bandmates. The four met up for their first practice. “It kind of seemed like we had already been playing together for years to be honest with you,” Hernandez said. “When you’re playing with the same capability as you or higher, it just comes together so nicely.” Hot Rod Rebellion played covers of the likes of Elvis, Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins before developing their own originals. With both covers and originals, the bandmates lean heavily into their rougher musical backgrounds, emphasizing the “rock” in rockabilly.

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The new album, recorded at Dogwater Studios, features seven original tracks with a notable range of styles that complement the band’s swing-like rockabilly rhythms. “Outlaws” delivers an almost surf-like shimmer to the story of two lovers on the run, and “Atomic Shelter” adds a punk-esque vocal chorus on the post-apocalyptic party. “Even our originals, I don’t think you could really sit back and say any one of our originals is rockabilly,”said Keating. “They all have rockabilly flavor.” The music has an unmistakably retro feel to it, too, but local fans appreciate the band’s distinctly ragged rock edge. “One of the things that has worked in our favor is the relationship we developed with a group called the Battle Born Dollz,” said Keating. “They’re really into rockabilly, and they’re also into a lot of community benefits, so we kind of established this symbiotic relationship with them.” The Battle Born Dollz are a women’s community action group whose members often appear in vintage ’40s and ’50s era fashion and hold fundraising events throughout the year. Members of the Dollz attend Hot Rod Rebellion shows and have appeared in a music video for their song “Outlaws.” Future plans for the band include a three-night performance at this year’s Hot August Nights and the possibility of returning to the studio soon, as they already have new tracks in the works. “It’s a blast to play this music,” said Ducey. “You pay respect in a certain way, but at the same time you kind of lend your own artistic credibility towards it.” They all agree, though, that if this band wants to do one thing, it’s hit the road. “If I could have it my way, I’d tour for the rest of my life,” said Hernandez. Ω

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Post shows online by registerin g at www.newsrev iew.com/ren o. Deadline is th e Friday before public ation.

MON-WED 7/30-8/1

Bass Camp’s 6th Anniversary Party: GTA, Blackgummy, 1pm, $25-$35

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

cOTTONWOOd RESTAuRANT & BAR

SUNDAY 7/29

Adelitas Way, Dead Girls Academy, Zero Theorem, 6:30pm, $13 Open mic, 7pm, M, no cover

THURSDAY 7/26

FRIDAY 7/27

SATURDAY 7/28

SUNDAY 7/29

MON-WED 7/30-8/1

Laughing PLanet Cafe

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

Living the good Life nightCLub

Canyon Jam/Open Mic, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover

941 N. Virginia St., Reno, (775) 870-9633 1480 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 841-4663

the Loft tahoe

Magic Fusion, 7pm, 9pm, $21-$46

Magic Fusion, 7pm, $21-$46 Magic After Dark, 9pm, $31-$46

Midtown wine bar

DJ Trivia, 7pm, no cover

Musicole, 8pm, no cover

1021 Heavenly Village Way, S.L. Tahoe, (530) 523-8024 1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 800-1960

MiLLenniuM

2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 378-1643

MoodY’S biStro, bar & beatS 10007 Bridge St., Truckee, (530) 587-8688

PaddY & irene’S iriSh Pub

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

Apollo Bebop, 8pm, no cover

Ladies Night w/DJ Mario B, 11pm, no cover charge for women

Apollo Bebop, 8:30pm, no cover

Apollo Bebop, 8:30pm, no cover

DJ Bobby G, 8pm, no cover

red dog SaLoon

Dead Winter Carpenters, 7pm, $12-$17

the Saint

Kuinka, Kelly McFarling, 9pm, $10

76 N. C St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7474 761 S. Virginia St., (775) 221-7451 One Drop, 9pm, $8-$10

Country Blues & ’Ques: Huckleberry Road, Tanner Gomes, 7pm, no cover

Kaeli Earle Trio, 8pm, W, no cover

Live music, 8pm, no cover Red Dog Open Mic, 7pm, M, no cover Whiskey Preachers, 7pm, W, no cover sCHIZoPOLITANs, Darabello, 9pm, $5

Negative Approach, Gehenna, Out for War, Ozymandias, 9pm, $13-$15

Naked Aggression, Opposition Rising, Dissidence, Slutzville, 8pm, Tu, $7-$10

St. JaMeS infirMarY

Guest DJs, 9pm, no cover

Saturday Dance Party, 9pm, no cover

waShoe CaMP SaLoon

Brother Dan Palmer, 7pm, no cover

Erik Clark, 8pm, no cover

Open Mic Night, 6pm, Tu, no cover

Pacific Roots, 9pm, no cover

Open mic, 9pm, M, no cover

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484 3155 Eastlake Blvd., Washoe City, (775) 470-8128

whiSkeY diCkS

2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., S.L. Tahoe, (530) 544-3425

wiLd river griLLe

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

Moon Gravy, 6:30pm, no cover

Colin Ross, 6:30pm, no cover

July 27, 7 p.m.  Red Dog Saloon  76 N. B. St.  Virginia City  847-7474

Whiskey Preachers, 8pm, M, no cover Corky Bennett, 7pm, W, no cover

The Heidi Incident, 9pm, no cover Steel Rockin’ Karaoke, 8pm, no cover

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

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

Dead Winter Carpenters

Wednesday Night Jam, 8pm, W, no cover

PonderoSa SaLoon

Shea’S tavern

T-N-Keys, 4:30pm, Tu, no cover

Vaqueros Musical, Banda La Costeña, 11pm, $20

High & Tight, Friday Night, 9pm, no cover

235 Flint St., (775) 376-1948

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

Magic Fusion, 7pm, 9pm, M, Tu, W, $21-$46

Magic Fusion, 4:30pm, 7pm, $21-$46

Acoustic Wonderland Sessions, 8pm, no cover

PigniC Pub & Patio the PoLo Lounge

Magic Fusion, 7pm, 9pm, $21-$46

The Socks, 6:30pm, no cover

Tyler Stafford, 2pm, no cover Brother Dan Palmer, 6:30pm, no cover

Eric Andersen & Kate Cotter, 6:30pm, M, Milton Merlos, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover

Bass Camp Party   with GTA July 28, 1 p.m.  Cargo Concert Hall  255 N. Virginia St.  398-5400

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AtlAntis CAsino ResoRt spA 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 825-4700 1) Grand Ballroom 2) Cabaret

Boomtown CAsino

2100 Garson Rd., Verdi, (775) 345-6000 1) Convention Center 2) Guitar Bar

The Decemberists July 28, 7 p.m.  MontBleu Resort  55 Highway 50  Stateline  (775) 588-3515

Karaoke Ste. 1070, (775) 686-6737: Karaoke, Fri, 9pm, no cover The Point, 1601 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-3001: Karaoke, Thu-Sat, 8:30pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Ste.103, Sparks, (775) 356-6000: Karaoke, Fri-Sat, 9pm, no cover West 2nd Street Bar, 118 W. Second St., (775) 348-7976: Karaoke, Mon-Sun, 9pm, no cover

CARson VAlley inn

1627 Hwy. 395, Minden, (775) 782-9711

THURSDAY 7/26

FRIDAY 7/27

SATURDAY 7/28

SUNDAY 7/29

MON-WED 7/30-8/1

2) Just Us, 8pm, no cover

2) Just Us, 8pm, no cover Kick, 10pm, no cover

2) Just Us, 8pm, no cover Kick, 10pm, no cover

2) Kick, 8pm, no cover

2) Rebekah Chase Band, M, Tu, W, 8pm, no cover

2) Brother Dan Palmer, 6pm, no cover

2) The Starliters, 5pm, no cover

1) HUNKS, 7pm, 9pm, $30-$60 2) New Wave Crave, 9pm, no cover

2) Stephen Lord, 6pm, no cover

2) Tandymonium, 6pm, M, no cover Mark Miller, 6pm, Tu, no cover Stephen Lord, 6pm, W, no cover

2) Buddy Emmer Band, 7pm, no cover

2) Buddy Emmer Band, 8pm, no cover

2) Buddy Emmer Band, 8pm, no cover

2) Bill Wharton, 6pm, no cover

2) Bill Wharton, 6pm, M, no cover Denver Saunders, 6pm, Tu, W, no cover

2) Blue Whiting & DJJD, 10pm, no cover

1) Noise Pollution 10pm, no cover

1) Doyle Bramhall II, 8pm, $20-$23

1) Cirque Paris, 8:30pm, $19.95-$59.95 3) DJ Roni V, 10pm, no cover

1) Cirque Paris, 5pm, 8:30pm, $19.95-$59.95 3) DJ Roni V, 10pm, no cover

1) Cirque Paris, 2pm, 5pm, $19.95-$49.95

CRystAl BAy CAsino

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

eldoRAdo ResoRt CAsino

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

1) Cirque Paris, 7pm, $19.95-$49.95

GRAnd sieRRA ResoRt

1) George Thorogood and the Destroyers, 8pm, $25-$105

2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Grand Theatre 2) LEX 3) Crystal Lounge

HARd RoCk Hotel And CAsino 50 Hwy. 50, Stateline, (844) 588-7625 1) Vinyl 2) Center Bar

HARRAH’s Reno

219 N. Center St., (775) 786-3232 1) Showroom 2) Sapphire Lounge 3) Plaza

HARRAH’s lAke tAHoe

15 Highway 50, Stateline, (800) 427-7247

1) Volume Burlesque, 8:30pm, $30-$40 2) DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

1) Volume Burlesque, 8:30pm, $30-$40 2) DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

1) Hot Jersey Nights, 7:30pm, $27-$37

1) Hot Jersey Nights, 7:30pm, $27-$37

1) Hot Jersey Nights, 7:30pm, $27-$37 3) Little Joe Y La Familia, 7:30pm, $7-$27

1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, $24-$38

1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, $38.48

1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, $38.48

2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121 1) Terrace Lounge 2) EDGE Nightclub

1) Water Seed, 7pm, no cover

1) Water Seed, 8pm, no cover 2) Latin Dance Social, 7pm, $10-$20

1) Water Seed, 8pm, no cover 2) J. Espinosa, 10pm, $20

sAnds ReGenCy CAsino Hotel 345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2200

silVeR leGACy ResoRt CAsino

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

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2) Buddy Emmer and guest, 8pm, Tu, no cover

1) The Decemberists, Whitney, 7pm, $56-$61

55 Highway 50, Stateline, (775) 588-3515 1) Showroom 2) Blu 3) Opal Ultra Lounge

peppeRmill CAsino

1) Willie Nelson & Family, Alison Krauss, 8pm, $65-$250

1) Volume Burlesque, 8:30pm, $30-$40

montBleu ResoRt

1) Cirque Paris, 7pm, Tu, W, $19.95-$59.95

4) DJ Mo Funk, 9pm, no cover

2) Rock-N-Roll Experience, 9pm, no cover 4) Soundwave, 9pm, no cover

1) Nam Lay Tay Anh, 8pm, $35-$100 3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5 4) Soundwave, 9pm, no cover

2) The Moon and You, 6pm, no cover

2) The Moon and You, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

Sunday Jazz by the Pool, 8:30pm, no cover

Wednesday Night Blues Pool Party: Rick Metz, 6pm, W, no cover

4) DJ Mo Funk, 9pm, no cover

RECYLE RIGHT! Not everything can go in the trash or recycling, some items are hazardous or require special handling for disposal. Use this guide to find where you can take the special items so they can be recycled right!

CARTRIDGESPRINTER

ANTIFREEZE

CDs/DVDs/ VHS Players

Lockwood Landfill 342-0401 Reno Drain Oil Service 342-0351

New 2U Computers 329-1126 Office Max locations

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE H2O Environmental 351-2237

PAINT

Intelligent Lifecycle Solutions H2O Environmental 351-2237 391-1319 Gospel Mission PRESCRIPTION 323-7999 DRUGS

APPLIANCES

CELLPHONES

NV Recycling and Salvage 322-5788 Schnitzer Steel 331-2267

NV Recycling 888-9888 Best Buy locations

BATTERIES -RECHARGEABLE Staples locations Best Buy locations

CLOTHING

H&M locations Goodwill Industries

COMPUTERS Computer Corps 883-2323 Waste Management 326-2381

BIKES

Kiwanis Bike Program 337-1717 Reno Bike Project 323-4488

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL Rubbish Runners 376-6162 TrashCo 721-6753

BOOKS

Big Brothers Big Sisters 826-2122 Better World Books (800) 894-0242

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

CARPET

H2O Environmental 351-2237

Gone Green 525-1447 (unusable carpets for recycling) Teacher’s Warehouse 691-0216 (usable carpets for donation)

FURNITURE

A Towering Tragedy

Join Together Nevada 324-7557 Reno Police Dept. 334-2175 Sparks Police Dept. 353-2428

By William Shakespeare

SHARPS/MEDICAL WASTE

Off Broadway’s Groovy Retro-Hit Revue

Washoe County Health District 328-2434 Northern Nevada HOPES

Created by Larry Gallagher

STYROFOAM

UPS Store (S. McCarran Blvd) 829-2456 UPS Store (Keystone Ave.) 322-5105

TIRES

Les Schwab Locations Tires Plus Location 525-9381 KTMB’s recycling guide is generously funded by

Habitat for Humanity ReStore 323-5511 Salvation Army 688-4559

Through August 26 SAND HARBOR at Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park

Businesses may charged for recycling /disposal services. Some businesses will only take commercial customers. PLEASE CALL individual businesses for details.

(Showcase Series: Through September 8) MORE RECYCLING INFORMATION Want to be listed in KTMB’s Recycling Guide? Contact KTMB at 775-851-5185 Visit www.ktmb.org/recycle for full recycling guide

Washoe County Apartment Residents Drop off recyclabes (glass, cans, plastic bottles, newspaper, phone books, office paper, cardboard) at Waste Management Recycle America stations: - 1100 E. Commercial Row, Reno - 1455 E.Greg St., Sparks

LakeTahoeShakespeare.com 800.74.SHOWS

Illegal Dumping Report illegal dumping by calling (775)329-DUMP or download Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Mobile App

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Rollin’ On The River is part of the 22nd Artown Festival throughout July 2018. Established in 1996, Artown is a leader in the Northern Nevada arts and culture industry using the festival as a platform to present culturally diverse and thought provoking performances. Artown, a month-long summer arts festival, features about 500 events produced by more than 100 organizations and businesses in nearly 100 locations citywide.

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FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 26, 2018 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com. CARSON CITY FAIR: The county fair  features livestock exhibits, vendors,  live music and entertainment, food,  carnival rides and more.  Thu, 7/26-Sun, 7/29. $0-$45. Fuji Park, 601 Old Clear  Creek Road, Carson City, (775) 283-7469,  carsoncitynvfair.visitcarsoncity.com.

CARSON CITY GHOST WALK: Carson City’s  intriguing history is explored and  theatrically re-lived in these evening  walking tours led by Madame Curry,  a spirited and historically fictional  character named after the widow of one  of Carson City’s founders, Abe Curry.  This walking tour of the downtown  district’s west side historic homes  and businesses leaves rain or shine.  Please arrive at least 10 minutes before  the walk begins.  Sat, 7/28, 7pm. $15$20. McFadden Plaza, Third & Curry  streets, Carson City, (775) 348-6279,  carsoncityghostwalk.com.

JUL/28:

NORTHERN NEVADA PRIDE FESTIVAL

Celebrate with our area’s LGBTQ community at  the fifth annual event, which kicks off with the  CommUNITY Pride Parade down Virginia Street at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July  28. The parade starts at the corner of Fourth and Virginia streets and ends  at Wingfield Park, 2 S. Arlington Ave., where the festival gets underway at  11 a.m. The festivities include performances by the Gay Men’s Chorus, The  Grups, LatinVersity and Sacramento Cheer, among many other acts. There  will also be vendor booths, food and drinks. Admission to the festival is a  suggested $5 donation. Visit northernnevadapride.org.

EVENTS A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM: Ancient Roman slave Pseudolus  schemes to win his freedom by helping  his young master Hero win the beautiful  courtesan Philia, who is betrothed to  the egotistical soldier Miles Gloriosus, in  this musical farce with music and lyrics  by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt  Shevelove and Larry Geibart.  Thu, 7/26— Sat, 7/28, 7:30pm; Sun, 7/29, 2pm. $12-$25.  Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St.,  (775) 813-8900, renolittletheater.org.

AGENT 23 SKIDOO: Celebrated as the “King  of Kid-Hop,” Secret Agent 23 Skidoo is  a one-of-a-kind star in the indie family  music scene. There will be children’s  art activities at 6pm, followed by  the performance at 7pm.  Mon, 7/30, 6pm. Free. Wingfield Park, 2 S. Arlington  Ave., (775) 322-1538, artown.org.

AILEEN QUINN & THE LEAPIN’ LIZARDS: Best  known for playing the title role in the  1982 film Annie, Quinn now fronts The  Leapin’ Lizards, who perform music  from past eras, particularly 1940s and  1950s rockabilly and swing.  Sat, 7/28, 7pm. Free. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W.  King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976.

ALADDIN: Theatre Works of Northern  Nevada present its production based on  Disney’s 1992 Academy Award-winning  animated film.  Fri, 7/27, 7pm; Sat, 7/28, 2pm & 7pm; Sun, 7/29, 3pm. $10-$12. Destiny  Community Center, 255 Bell St., (775) 2840789, artown.org.

AN EVENING OF A CAPPELLA MUSIC: High  Desert Harmony presents an evening  of a cappella barbershop singing.  Mon, 7/30, 7pm. Free. Premier Residence,  3201 Plumas St., (775) 235-8193,  highdesertharmony.net.

BARRACUDA CHAMPIONSHIP: The 20th annual  golf championship is one of only 47 stops  on the PGA Tour and the only one offering  the Modified Stableford playing format.  Fans can watch some of the world’s best  golfers up close and personal as they  compete for a $3.4 million purse and 300  FedExCup points.  Mon, 7/30-Wed, 8/1. $0$92.65. Montreux Golf & Country Club,  18077 Bordeaux Drive, (775) 849-1090,  barracudachampionship.com.

BRDI PRESENTS LLISA DEMETRIOS: Best  known for their mid-century modern  furniture designs, Charles and Ray  Eames epitomized the modern era. Join  Llisa Demetrios for a showing of vintage  images and short film screenings from  the archives while sharing stories about  lessons learned from her grandparents  Charles and Ray Eames.  Thu, 7/26, 5pm. $5-$12. Nevada Museum of Art, 160  W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

BUD PERRY’S THE UNTAMED: The show  consists of 99 all-original short plays  that are fast-paced, unrated and  entirely written by the cast. Only 33  plays are performed each night but  in a random order determined by the  audience.  Thu, 7/26-Sat, 7/28, 8pm. $18$25. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St.,  (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.

CONSTELLATIONS: A love affair across  space and time and with a host of  wrong turns and what ifs. This romantic  journey begins with a simple encounter  between a man and a woman. But what  happens next defies the boundaries  of the world we think we know.  Fri,

7/27-Sat, 7/28, 7:30pm; Sun, 7/29, 2pm; Wed,

8/1, 7:30pm. $8-$20. Restless Artists  Theatre Company, 295 20th St., Sparks,  rattheatre.org.

DEVA MAHAL: The singer-songwriter  combines blues, modern R&B, indiepop, soul, rock and gospel.  Thu, 7/26, 7:30pm. $25-$35. Hawkins Amphitheater,  Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000  Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 322-1538,  artown.org.

DISCOVER ARTS FOR ALL NEVADA: Children  ages 6-12 can enjoy 40 minutes of  creative movement, visual art and acting  during this event sponsored by Artown.  An adult must accompany children.  Please arrive at 1:50pm. Enter the Lake  Mansion off Flint Street for check in.  There will be three separate groups  of 20 children each rotating through  the three artistic disciplines.  Thu, 7/26, 2-4pm. Free. Arts for All Nevada, 250  Court St., (775) 826-6100.

GREATER RENO STAMP & COVER SHOW: The  event features stamp exhibits and  dealers who sell, buy and appraise  collections.  Sat, 7/28-Sun, 7/29, 10am. Free. National Bowling Stadium,  300 N. Center St., (775) 232-4760,  renostamp.org.

JULY JAM WITH SUPERSUCKERS: The  country/rock band performs with special  guest Charlie Overbey.  Fri, 7/27, 8pm. $20.  Greater Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave.,  (775) 334-7000, greaternevadafield.com.

LAST FRIDAY IN DOWNTOWN SPARKS: The City  of Sparks and Sparks Heritage Museum  hosts this monthly event. Visit the  museum and tour the train and Glendale  Schoolhouse for free from 4-7pm. Stay  for a free movie for the family in the  amphitheater at 8pm. Stroll through art  booths and watch local bands perform  at the Great Basin Stage.  Fri, 7/27, 4-10pm. Free. Sparks Heritage Museum,  814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 353-2370,  sparksmuseum.org.

MADE IN NEVADA MARKETPLACE: The market  will feature vendors who manufacture,  produce, grow or provide a service in  the Silver State. The event will feature  live music, a beer garden and a food  truck.  Sun, 7/29, 10am. Free. California  Building, Idlewild Park, 75 Cowan Drive,  (775) 784-1717.

BIG BLUEGRASS AT SUGAR PINE POINT: Sierra

MARCIA BALL: The 2018 Texas State Musician  of the Year performs her rollicking Texas  boogies, swampy New Orleans ballads  and groove-laden Gulf Coast blues.  Mon, 7/30, 7:30pm. Free. Hawkins Amphitheater,  Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley  Ranch Road, artown.org.

NEW COINS AT THE NEVADA STATE MUSEUM:  The Reno Coin Club and Nevada State  Museum will run the old 1869 coin press  and have all the new U.S. coins. There  will also be a display of old and obsolete  U.S. coins.  Fri, 7/27, 10am. $8 adults, free  for children age 17 and younger. Nevada  State Museum, 600 N. Carson St., Carson  City, www.renocoinclub.org.

RAGING FYAH: The rock/reggae group from  Kingston, Jamaica, close out Artown  festivities.  Tue, 7/31, 7:30pm. Free.  Wingfield Park, 2 S. Arlington Ave.,  artown.org.

RENO 1868 FC: Reno’s professional soccer  250 Evans Ave., www.reno1868fc.com.

RENO ACES: Reno’s minor league baseball  team plays Colorado Springs Sky  Sox.  Wed, 8/1, 7:05pm. $9-$45. Greater  Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 3347000, www.milb.com/reno.

RENO PRIDE RAINBOW CRAWL: Crawl Reno  teams up with the Northern Nevada  Pride Parade for the inaugural  Reno Pride Celebration bar crawl.  Participating bars include 5 Star Saloon,  Faces NV, Harrah’s, Headquarters, Siri’s  Casino, The Jungle, The Library, The  Stick, Tonic Lounge and West Second  Street Bar.  Fri, 7/27, 8pm. $5 for crawl  cup and map. Headquarters Bar, 219 W.  Second St., crawlreno.com.

SMOOTH HOUND SMITH: The American roots  duo performs as part of Artown’s  Midtown Concert Series.  Sun, 7/29, 7:30pm. Free. Brasserie St. James, 901 S.  Center St., (775) 322-1538, artown.org.

& The Lore, in partnership with Reno  Rodeo, present a program of stories of  Western life and how the Reno Rodeo  has shaped the identity of our city. The  event will explore Western traditions,  notable characters from Reno’s past  and present and how the ranching  community came to be what it is  today.  Sat, 7/28, 6pm. $8-$12. Nevada  Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St.,  nevadaart.org.

State Parks Foundation hosts this  benefit concert featuring Lost Whiskey  Engine, Blithedale Canyon and One Grass,  Two Grass.  Fri, 7/27, 5pm. $10-$25. Sugar  Pine Point State Park, 7360 West, Tahoma,   sierrastateparks.org.

JOE LOUIS WALKER: The electric blues  guitarist performs as part of the 10th  annual Bluesdays concert series at  the Village at Squaw Valley.  Tue, 7/31, 6pm. Free. Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows,  1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley,  squawalpine.com.

LAKE TAHOE DANCE FESTIVAL: The sixth  annual festival includes a variety of  dance works by choreographers Marco  Pelle, Lauren Lovette, Robert Moses,  Constantine Baecher and Lester Horton.  Dancers include Ashley Bouder of New  York City Ballet, Traci Finch of Suzanne  Farrell Ballet and Stephen Hanna, who  performed in Broadway productions of  Billy Elliott, On The Town, An American in  Paris and Hello Dolly.  Thu, 7/26-Fri, 7/27, 6pm. $20-$25. Gatekeeper’s Museum, 130  W. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, (800) 747-4697,  www.laketahoedancecollective.org.

LAKE TAHOE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: The

club plays Saint Louis FC.  Sat, 7/28, 7:25pm. $15-$28. Greater Nevada Field,

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Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s 46th  season is headlined by productions  of William Shakespeare’s tragedy  Macbeth, and the off Broadway, retrohit revue Beehive: The 60s Musical.  The productions will be performed in  rotating repertory Tuesdays through  Sundays through Aug. 26. The Showcase  Series will augment the festival’s  2018 mainstage productions and  feature a diverse array of live music  and entertainment from a variety of  genres. Performances are on Mondays  through Aug. 20 with additional events  on Sept. 1 and Sept. 8.  Thu, 7/26-Wed, 8/1, 7:30pm. $15-$188. Sand Harbor State  Park, 2005 Highway 28, Incline Village,  laketahoeshakespeare.com.

MOONALICE: The psychedelic, roots-rock  band performs as part of the Music at  the Park series.  Wed, 8/1, 6:30pm. Free.  Salty Gebhardt Amphitheater, Truckee  River Regional Park, 10600 Brockway  Road, Truckee, www.tdrpd.org.

MUSIC ON THE BEACH—ZANZIBAR: Named  after the island located off the coast  of Tanzania, Zanzibar blends elements  of Afro-funk, Afro-Cuban and Latin  influences into their music.  Fri, 7/27, 6pm. Free. Kings Beach State Recreation  Area, 8318 N. Lake Blvd., Kings Beach,  northtahoebusiness.org.

NEW ORLEANS, A NIGHT IN THE BIG EASY:  The Reno Jazz Orchestra presents a  musical tour of the Big Easy. Expect  brass bands, big bands and bold-rooted  blues improvised with a healthy dose  of funk to highlight the quintessential  heart and soul of New Orleans.  Mon, 7/30, 7:30pm. $29-$49. Sand Harbor State  Park, 2005 Highway 28, Incline Village,  laketahoeshakespeare.com.

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bedroom again—and not just when your husband pulls on the oven mitts and holds the cat down so you can clip her toenails without losing an eye.

In the mood for shrug I’m a 35-year-old guy. My fiancée broke up with me a year ago. I haven’t been on one date since our breakup, and I reminisce about her constantly. My guy friends are like, “Move on, dude. Get a life!” What is the best way to get over an ex besides time? Your buddies surely mean well in taking the “just say the magic words!” approach—“Get over it! Lotta fish in the sea, man!”—but you’re trying to recover from a breakup, not summon a genie. Lingering feelings of love for your fiancée are the problem. As for a solution, research by cognitive psychologist Sandra J.E. Langeslag suggests you can decrease those feelings through “negative reappraisal” of your ex-partner—looking back and trying to see all the “bad” in her. For example, focus on her annoying habits and rude and stupid things she said and did. When Langeslag’s research participants mentally trashed their ex-partner, it did diminish the love they felt for their ex. However, there was a side effect: All of this negative thinking made participants feel pretty bummed out. But helpfully, Langeslag came around with a second strategy that helped them block out the feelbad: distraction— answering questions “about positive things unrelated to the breakup or the partner (e.g., What is your favorite food? Why?).” Probably an even better source of distraction is turning to what Langeslag calls a “secondary task” (like playing a video game). Keep up the negativity and the distracting secondary tasks and before long, you should find yourself ready for a level-three distraction: losing yourself in a forest of Tinder hussies. Ω

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For the week oF July 26, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be extra polite and

deferential. Cultivate an exaggerated respect for the status quo. Spend an inordinate amount of time watching dumb TV shows while eating junk food. Make sure you’re exposed to as little natural light and fresh air as possible. JUST KIDDING! I lied! Ignore everything I just said! Here’s my real advice: Dare yourself to feel strong positive emotions. Tell secrets to animals and trees. Swim and dance and meditate naked. Remember in detail the three best experiences you’ve ever had. Experiment with the way you kiss. Create a blessing that surprises you and everyone else. Sing new love songs. Change something about yourself you don’t like. Ask yourself unexpected questions, then answer them with unruly truths that have medicinal effects.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your past is not quite

what it seems. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to find out why—and make the necessary adjustments. A good way to begin would be to burrow back into your old stories and unearth the half-truths buried there. It’s possible that your younger self wasn’t sufficiently wise to understand what was really happening all those months and years ago, and as a result distorted the meaning of the events. I suspect, too, that some of your memories aren’t actually your own, but rather other people’s versions of your history. You may not have time to write a new memoir right now, but it might be healing to spend a couple of hours drawing up a revised outline of your important turning points.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One of the most

famously obtuse book-length poems in the English language is Robert Browning’s Sordello, published in 1840. After studying it at length, Alfred Tennyson, who was Great Britain’s poet laureate from 1850 to 1892, confessed, “There were only two lines in it that I understood.” Personally, I did better than Tennyson, managing to decipher 18 lines. But I bet that if you read this dense, multi-layered text in the coming weeks, you would do better than me and Tennyson. That’s because you’ll be at the height of your cognitive acumen. Please note: I suggest you use your extra intelligence for more practical purposes than decoding obtuse texts.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ready for your financial therapy session? For your first assignment, make a list of the valuable qualities you have to offer the world, and write a short essay about why the world should abundantly reward you for them. Assignment #2: Visualize what it feels like when your valuable qualities are appreciated by people who matter to you. #3: Say this: “I am a rich resource that ethical, reliable allies want to enjoy.” #4: Say this: “My scruples can’t be bought for any amount of money. I may rent my soul, but I’ll never sell it outright.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As you wobble and

stumble into the New World, you shouldn’t pretend you understand more than you actually do. In fact, I advise you to play up your innocence and freshness. Gleefully acknowledge you’ve got a lot to learn. Enjoy the liberating sensation of having nothing to prove. That’s not just the most humble way to proceed; it’ll be your smartest and most effective strategy. Even people who have been a bit skeptical of you before will be softened by your vulnerability. Opportunities will arise because of your willingness to be empty and open and raw.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Since 1358, the city of

Paris has used the Latin motto Fluctuat nec mergitur, which can be translated as “She is tossed by the waves but does not sink.” I propose that we install those stirring words as your rallying cry for the next few weeks. My analysis of the astrological omens gives me confidence that even though you may encounter unruly weather, you will sail on unscathed. What might be the metaphorical equivalent of taking seasick pills?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Spanish word

dellcadeza can have several meanings in English, including “delicacy” and “finesse.” The Portuguese word dellcadeza has those meanings, as well as others, including “tenderness,” “fineness,” “suavity,” “respect,” and “urbanity.” In accordance with current

astrological omens, I’m making it your word of power for the next three weeks. You’re in a phase when you will thrive by expressing an abundance of these qualities. It might be fun to temporarily give yourself the nickname Delicadeza.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Uninformed scientists scorn my oracles. Reductionist journalists say I’m just another delusional fortuneteller. Materialist cynics accuse me of pandering to people’s superstition. But I reject those naive perspectives. I define myself as a psychologically astute poet who works playfully to liberate my readers’ imaginations with inventive language, frisky stories, and unpredictable ideas. Take a cue from me, Scorpio, especially in the next four weeks. Don’t allow others to circumscribe what you do or who you are. Claim the power to characterize yourself. Refuse to be squeezed into any categories, niches, or images—except those that squeeze you the way you like to be squeezed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. My attachments are always excessively strong.” So said Sagittarian novelist Jane Austen. I don’t have any judgment about whether her attitude was right or wrong, wise or ill-advised. How about you? Whatever your philosophical position might be, I suggest that for the next four weeks you activate your inner Jane Austen and let that part of you shine—not just in relation to whom and what you love but also with everything that rouses your passionate interest. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re due for some big, beautiful, radiant zeal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “There are

truths I haven’t even told God,” confessed Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector. “And not even myself. I am a secret under the lock of seven keys.” Are you harboring any riddles or codes or revelations that fit that description, Capricorn? Are there any sparks or seeds or gems that are so deeply concealed they’re almost lost? If so, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to bring them up out their dark hiding places. If you’re not quite ready to show them to God, you should at least unveil them to yourself. Their emergence could spawn a near-miracle or two.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What are your goals

for your top two alliances or friendships? By that I mean, what would you like to accomplish together? How do you want to influence and inspire each other? What effects do you want your relationships to have on the world? Now maybe you’ve never even considered the possibility of thinking this way. Maybe you simply want to enjoy your bonds and see how they evolve rather than harnessing them for greater goals. That’s fine. No pressure. But if you are interested in shaping your connections with a more focused sense of purpose, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to do so.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In Janet Fitch’s novel

WhiteOleander, a character makes a list of “twenty-seven names for tears,” including “Heartdew. Griefhoney. Sadwater. Die Tranen. Eau de douleur. Los rios del corazon.” (The last three can be translated as “The Tears,” “Water of Pain,” and “The Rivers of the Heart.”) I invite you to emulate this playfully extravagant approach to the art of crying. The coming weeks will be en excellent time to celebrate and honor your sadness, as well as all the other rich emotions that provoke tears. You’ll be wise to feel profound gratitude for your capacity to feel so deeply. For best results, go in search of experiences and insights that will unleash the full cathartic power of weeping. Act as if empathy is a superpower.

You can call Rob Brezsny for your Expanded Weekly Horoscope: (900) 950-7700. $1.99 per minute. Must be 18+. Touchtone phone required. Customer service (612) 373-9785. And don’t forget to check out Rob’s website at www.realastrology.com.

by JERi ChADwEll

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At the end of the two hours you’re meeting at 10 Torr? Then what?

Tell me how a type walk works. It’s a scavenger hunt. The idea is to capture “A” through “Z” with any example of unique, fun, cool, interesting looking typography—so neon signs, letters on the road, anything you can find.

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Shaun Schinault is senior graphic  designer for the Peppermill and  communications director for the  local chapter of the American  Institute for Graphic Artists.  The group has been hosting an  annual type walk event since 2011  in which participants take photos  of the letters of the alphabet  found on signs, graffiti and other  places. To learn more or purchase tickets  for the Aug. 2 event, visit https://bit. ly/2LxTxME.

So you take pictures of the letters, “A” through “Z.” Are people doing this with cell phones or, like, their Nikons or Canons? Both—you get cell phones. You get cameras. You get everything.

How would a person progress through the type walk?

Is there a place you’re focusing on this year specifically?

We do a little map. We kind of give a little zone to stick within. Every year we have an area or a theme. Last year we did midtown. … We’ve done Virginia City. We’ve done downtown. We’ve done downtown Truckee. The idea is to actually try to keep it in order. That’s the challenge. You’re supposed to go “A,” “B,” “C” as you do it. It’s kind of a fun event because it makes it open to anybody. It’s not just designers or artists or photographers. It could be anyone who wants to walk around.

We’re starting over right by the Basement, with the idea of trying to capture a little bit of the neon that’s still downtown before it all disappears.

That’s definitely something we face. A lot of it is disappearing. Exactly—and quickly, too. And we have cool examples that are very unique to Reno. And, you know, those are disappearing quickly.

How long do people have? About two hours—so it’s quick.

We’re going to share. The idea is while you walk and do it, you’ve got your cell phone connected. So share it on Instagram. And we always do a poster. The first year was a “T” made out of letters, “Y” and “P,” out of the letters. So this year will be the “K.” We’ll actually spell out “type walk” with this year’s poster. And then we’ll have a poster pick up party in September.

A poster pick up? Your mission is a poster. So if you collect them all, you can spell “type walk.”

When you put the poster together it’s comprised of, what, the photos of letters you like best? Right. We go through and pick our favorites, “A” through “Z” and make the letter out of the 26 letters of the alphabet.

How many people are into typography? What kind of crowd does this event draw? That’s kind of the cool thing about it. I mean, it’s obviously graphic designers. But it’s also fun for photographers, artists. And, again, because it’s kind of a fun just go out and search, it’s easy to bring a friend. … It’s accessible to anyone. It’s kind of like the old license plate game when you’re a kid in the car.

And tickets? Twelve dollars. That includes your poster, the poster pick up party and there will be a little typography lecture, too, at the pick up party. Ω

by BRUCE VAN DYKE

Slow roast I will give Dum Dum credit. He does  indeed have one great talent, one  he uses and oozes on a nearly  daily basis. That’s the ability to  piss me off, and piss me off good.  I mean, the man is a stone cold  savant in bringin’ on the apoplexy!  I have a wild hunch you might know  exactly where I’m coming from.  If, for example, you yell at the TV  every freakin’ day something along  the lines of “Bleep you, you bleeping  bleephole!” then we are together in  Twitler-twisted solidarity. (Maybe  you’re more colorfully creative  with your curses—“May the  tapeworms of Satan find comfort  in your colon, hellish oaf man! May  the eggs of a thousand earwigs  hatch in your earhole, jive turkey  president!”) Don’t fear your hate. Don’t hate  your hate. Don’t be ashamed of  it. Your loathing of Don Don and  the execrable GOP is pure. It’s  powerful. It’s strong. Embrace the

hate. Be liberated by it. Be inspired  by it. Our hatred is righteous. Our  hatred is beautiful. Indeed, our  hatred identifies us as real patriots  who honestly give a flaming fig  about America. Our hatred will,  awesomely enough, SAVE THE GODDAMN COUNTRY. Well, it will if we get off our  asses and vote every one of these  villainous Repub lickspittles out  of office. That, of course, means  Heller and Amodei, two of the  numerous enablers who don’t  dare ruffle the scruff of Putin’s  prized puppy. The Election of The  Ages is in about 100 days. Just  remember that if we Democrats  take back the House of Representatives, we can hound, hassle and  harangue Dum Dum into a total  foam, reducing him to a raving, drooling, tweeting frenzy of  frustration. We can Benghazi his  ass so relentlessly that we won’t  want to impeach him. Seriously!

It’ll be way too entertaining to  slow roast him on a rotisserie  fueled with all kinds of juicy investigations involving (1) collusion, (2)  obstruction, (3) emoluments, (4)  porn star payoffs, (5) campaign  financial crimes, and—the biggest  daddy of them all—(6) mindblowing felonies of the realm  of oligarch money laundering.  (Trump doesn’t give a shit about  the pee pee tape. Nope, it’s the  billions in money laundering that’s  the really good action.) Remember the good ole days,  when pissy Republicans would  call us “commie pinkos?” So now  who are their precious pals and  partners, whom they line up to  protect, coddle and butt-smooch?  Commie mutherfuckin’ pinkos! As  Sly Stone once said, “Life. It melts in  your mind.” And quietly, without fanfare, Mr.  Mueller and his team prepare their  august surprises.   Ω

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