Inside Northern Nevada Magazine Dec. 2014

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, 2014Santas

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Rural Communities

Sparkle up the Season

with Parades of Lights

Reno Philharmonic gets kicky with Christmas concert series

Austin hosts annual live nativity display

Stremmel Gallery features work of western plein air artists

Art,Entertainment

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Light Parades sparkle up the season You can count on December to bring cold, crisp nights to north-ern Nevada. You can also count on rural towns going all out for their annual Parades of Lights.

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Whos a has-been? The Guess Who are making music into their sixth decade.

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Plein air artists focus of display at Renos Stremmel Art Gallery

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Catch the Canadian classic rockers on stage in Wendover supporting their live album.


The annual Elko Regional Interfaith Christmas Crche Exhibit will be marking its 10th year by featuring handmade nativities.

All items on display are

donated by the community and until the nativities start arriving the day before the exhibit opens, it unknown what will be displayed each year.

Since handmade is a broad term, the featured nativities, as well as the more com-mercial nativities, could be anything from a craft to fine art. The call went out earlier for individuals and groups to make items to display at this

years event.While the organizers hope

that many will have taken the opportunity to create or make something new, many handmade nativities have

been on display previously, and will again be displayed this year.

The Interfaith Crche Exhibit is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday,

December 4 through Sunday, December 7 in Elko at the Elko Nevada West Stake Cen-ter of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3001 North 5th Street.

Along with the exhibit and display of hundreds of nativities, there will be a live re-enactment of the Christ-mas nativity story, Thursday and Friday evenings from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Musical performances are also scheduled throughout the event. There is no charge to attend any part of the exhibit.

More information and the schedule of performances can be found at www.elkocreche.org or www.facebook.com/elkocreche. F

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For a complete listing ofWinnemucca area events visit

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Dec. 6 and 7 Winnemucca Crafters Show at the Convention Center

Dec. 12 - 13 Cody Louk Invitational Wresting Tournament

Jan. 10Chukar Foundation Dinner and Auction

Feb. 25 - March 1Winnemucca Ranch Hand

Rodeo Weekend

By Joyce Sheen, INN

The approximate-ly 25-member Winnemucca Civic Chorus is putting together the list for their Christmas Choir Fest, and inviting others who enjoy music and performing groups or individuals to be involved with their Christ-mas Choir Fest.

Well be hosting our annual Christmas Choir Fest Dec. 5, at 7 pm and Dec. 6 at 2 pm at the First Baptist Church on Fifth and Garri-son, said choir director Joan Munk.

Its fun to bring different musical groups and individu-als together for one concert,

she said. We can enjoy lis-tening to each other as well as entertaining our friends, family, and community.

In the past weve had participation from Lovelock and weve invited perform-ers from Elko too, she said, adding she doesnt know who may answer the groups invitation this year.

Each musical group or individual performs one to three pieces and weve had 10-12 different performanc-es, including solo numbers and instrumental groups, and including some very talented young people. said Munk. The Winnemucca Civic Chorus wraps up with several numbers.

Munk said she enjoys directing the chorus, which

performs a number of pro-grams during the year.

Even the practices are a lot of fun, she said. We like to call it our Thursday night therapy.

The Christmas Choir Fest will feature Christmas num-bers many traditional but some audiences will enjoy hearing for the first time.

Weve sent out invitation letters to those whove been involved before, but if there is anyone else out there inter-ested wed love to hear from you, Munk said, personal-izing the invitation. Anyone interested in performing at the Choir Fest December 5 and 6 can contact Leann Barta at 623-0767 or email [email protected]. F

Annual Elko Crche Exhibit Celebrates its 10th YearHandmade nativities are highlight of this years display

ELKO

Gwen Thacker shows her mothers hand-knitted Nativity.

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We know the safety and health of your employees is your top priority.

But that doesnt mean maintaining on-the-job wellness has to be complicated.

We are very excited to announce

Humboldt General Hospitals

Occupational Health Services

department to north-central Nevada.

We are committed to caring for each

individual personally while helping

companies maintain their entire

workforces safety and health. Our goal

is to help ensure optimum productivity.

Welcome to this next chapter in the

partnership between local industry and

Humboldt General Hospital!

Louis Mendiola, Coordinator

Occupational Health Services

Humboldt General Hospital

Humboldt General Hospital is proud to introduce its new Occupational

Health Services departmentjust one more help for our neighbors in

industry as you try to maintain your most safe and healthy workforce.

Our program has been certified through the National Institute of

Occupational Safety and Health. Monday through Friday, our

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Whether your industry is mining, construction or drilling, or whether

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The Guess Who bring their own particular blend of Canadian classic rock to Wendover for a Dec. 19 show. Tick-ets are $10 to $30.

While the Guess Who did have several hits in Ameri-ca, they were superstars in their home country of Canada during the 1960s and early 70s.

The band grew out of

vocalist/guitarist Chad Allan (born Allan Kobel) and guitar-ist Randy Bachmans Winni-peg-based group Chad Allan and the Expressions, originally known as first the Silvertones and then the Reflections.

When the Expressions recorded an entire album of the same name, its record company, Quality, listed their name as Guess Who? on the jacket, hoping to fool record buyers into thinking

that the British Invasion-in-fluenced music was actually by a more famous group in disguise. The surprise name stuck, and history was born.

In 1969, the group returned to the American charts with a Top Ten hit These Eyes.

The album that song appears on, Canned Wheat Packed by the Guess Who produced three Top 40 sin-gles later that year. In 1970,

the Guess Who released the cuttingly sarcastic riff-rocker American Woman, which, given its anti-American put-downs, ironically became their only U.S. chart-topper. The album of the same name became their first U.S. Top Ten and first gold album.

Guitarist Bachman left the group in the early 1970s (later forming Bachman-Turner Overdrive) and was replaced by Kurt Winter and Greg Leskiw.

After taking a hiatus from 1975 - 1983, the group is now touring in support of a live album - featuring the best of these well-seasoned musicians on stages large and small around Canada and the United States.

For tickets or more infor-mation about concerts at the Wendover Concert Hall, visit www.wendoverfun.com, or call the Resorts at Wendover toll free at (800) 217-0049. F

The Guess Who bring dynamic stage show to Wendover WENDOVER


Looking for that perfect Christmas present? Visit the St. John Bosco Catholic Church Christmas Bazaar and browse the booths fea-turing handmade items created by imaginative vendors from across northern Nevada. Can-dles, quilts, soaps, jewelry, wood crafts, rustic furniture, crocheted and knitted items are just some of the artisanal goods available.

The Altar Society of St. John Bosco Catholic Church is hosting the bazaar, which will be held Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. in the church hall located at 384 Reese Street in Battle Mountain.

This church tradition of more than 30 years will also feature baked goods and a raffle. Raffle prizes include a Nativity set, a giant toy-filled stocking, gas cards and other fun prizes. Raffle tickets are $1 each or six for $5, and are available at the bazaar or from any Altar Soci-ety member. Delicious homemade soups, chili and cornbread will be also be for sale.

St. John Bosco Church welcomes shoppers to Christmas Bazaar

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The monies raised by the Altar Society help fund scholarships and fill food baskets for families in need. F

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The crowd at last years St. John Bosco Christmas Bazaar found a wealth of gift ideas from artists and crafters from around the Lander County area.


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Craft show and sale brings holiday treats to Winnemucca For 39 years, the Winnemucca Crafters have filled the huge West Hall of the Winnemucca Con-vention Center with an annual craft fair and this year is no different! Dec. 6 and 7, doors are open 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. each day. Admission is free. This craft show focuses on exclusively handmade items, so its the perfect opportunity to pick up that one-of-a-kind gift for anyone on your Christmas list.

Three events Dec. 5 bring Christmas spirit to Fallon. First, the Sagebrush Sis-

ters cooperative also hosts a fine art and craft show at the Old Post Office, 90 N. Maine St., on Friday, Dec. 5 from 3 - 8 pm and Saturday, Dec. 6 from 9-5 p.m.

From 4 - 5:45 p.m. on Dec. 5 the City of Fallon hosts an open house at the Douglass House (the Victorian home in downtown Fallon) and at Fallon City Hall.

Refreshments and good tidings hosted by Mayor Ken Tedford and the Fallon City Council: Bob Erickson, Kelly Frost and James Richardson.

Finally, Fallon lights up the night with a grand tree light-ing ceremony at 6 p.m. on Maine Street.

This Christmas tradition is a joyous event in Fallon when the community turns out for carolers, cookies and hot choc-olate, the first glimpse of Santa, and to watch the Christ-mas tree light up downtown. A distinguished member of the community is chosen each year to push the plunger which lights up the tree! F

Eye Need Nevada gallery show in Fallon

Jack Fulton: Eye Need Nevada exhibit is on display Dec. 5 - March 22 at the Oats Park Art Center in Fallon.

Fulton is a Bay Area pho-tographer that has likewise been working in Nevada for many yearsever since he got a job his last summer of high school in the mid-1950s for the then Bureau of Public Roads laying out a stretch from Elko to Wells. Fulton is fond of saying that

Fallon hosts Hometown Christmas celebration

FALLON

Douglass House

FALLONhe uses one camera, one lens and that [I] guess you could say I write with it. His work is a curiously compelling hybrid of text and image that become verbal-visual poems.

Fultons works hang in the E.L. Wiegand Gallery at the Oats Park Art Cen-ter

Artists Talk and Recep-tion for the artist will be held Jan. 24, 2015 at the Gallery.

Presented by the Chur-chill Arts Council, tickets are $17 for CAC members

and $20 for the general public. For more information or advance tickets call (776) 423-1440, or visit www.churchillarts.org. F


By Peggy Jones, INN

Pershing County Library hosts the annual Christmas Craft Fair at the Community Center Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. 3 p.m.

Booths will feature goods by both local and out-of-town crafters. Organizations such as the Lovelock Senior Citizen Center, the Methodist Church, and Friends of the Library will sell handmade items to raise funds to augment their budgets.

Pershing County Safety Coor-dinator and Library Assistant Pam Munk will offer colorful scarves and hats for sale. Senior Center Director Jordan Pontius plans on displaying a variety of items includ-ing Redneck Wineglasses made from canning jars and glass candle-sticks. No two are alike. Im very crafty, she smiles.

Munk states the reasonable pric-es of the items creates a convenient venue for children to buy gifts for their parents or each other. Adults

also appreciate the chance to get a jump on their shopping.

The Craft Fair precedes the Electric Parade which will begin that same day at 5:30 p.m. Stay around after the parade for the tree lighting at 6 p.m., and check out the Gingerbread House contest and the Boy Scouts Hot Cocoa booth.

The Community Center (located at 820 6th Street across from Pershing General Hospital) can be reached at (775) 273-7144. F

The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and the citizens of Austin are eagerly planning for their annual Christmas events, the Live Nativity will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 16 in downtown Austin. This is always a great evening for everyone to attend.

Austin holds live nativity display Craft fair launches Lovelocks holiday season LOVELOCK

The Lusby Family booth from the 2013 Craft Bazaar


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Stremmel Gallery pres-ents Painting the West, a landscapes exhibition featuring five Nevada artists.

The show features the works of painters Ron Arthaud, Jean LeGassick, Craig Mitchell, Charles Muench, and Jeff Nicholson

The plein-air painters will

Stremmel Gallery gathers western painters Painting the West on display through Dec. 20

exhibit works depicting the varied and unique landscapes that distinguish our region, including the Great Basin, Sierra and other awe-inspiring areas of Nevada.

The show will continues through Dec. 20. . The Stremmel Gallery is located at 1400 S. Virginia St., Reno. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. 5:30 p.m., weekdays and 10 a.m. 3 p.m., Saturdays. Gallery admis-sion is free. For more information visit them online at www.stremmelgallery.com, or call (775) 786-0558. F

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At left is Lair of the Mar-mot by Jean Legassick.

Below, the artist Legassick at work in the Nevada outback.


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tests, and respiratory fit tests. device and a digital spirometer for pulmonary

Humboldt General Hospital already has an function testing.

agreement in place with one of the area's largest Mendiola said based on needs, other services

mines to provide the three tests to its employees. in the future might include biometric screenings

Mendiola said HGH is expecting to see a and occupational laboratory services.

minimum of 400 employees regularly from that Twelve months ago, when we were first

single partnership. approached regarding these services, we didn't

But we are looking to grow the program even have any trained personnel or any equipment,

more, he said, noting the new department is said Mendiola.

looking for the opportunity to bundle the But this hospital decided this was a worthy

screenings with other services that would be of investment for our community, to help provide

benefit to local business and industry. support for our local business and industry.

We have a lot of flexibility to meet needs, he Mendiola added, We are excited to offer

said. We'd love to open some dialogue and these occupational health services and hope that

understand more of what those local needs are. we can continue to be a viable partner to our

Mendiola is joined in the Occupational Health community.

Services department by co-workers from HGH EMS The Occupational Health Services department

Rescue including Ken Whittaker and Debbie is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. by

Whittaker, both paramedics, and Emily Goldman, appointment only.

an emergency medical technician. For more information or to schedule

All four staff are certified through the National employees for the hearing screening, occupational

Institute of Occupational Safety and Health to pulmonary function test, or the respiratory fit test,

provide the data collection, which is then reviewed please contact Coordinator Louis Mendiola at

by a medical review officer. (775) 623-5222, ext. 1740.

The hospital has also invested in an all-new Mendiola is also available to discuss how

and state-of-the-art audiometer and calibrated services can be tailored to meet the individual

sound booth, a quantitative respirator fit test needs of business and industry.

umboldt General

Hdoesn't make for good business.Hospital has formed a

Mendiola said some brief, init ial new hospital department designed to

conversations with industry leaders provided help maintain the safety and health of

enough impetus for the hospital to see what it local workforces.

could do to help remedy the issue. The hospital debuted its Occupational Health

We wanted to fill that gap, said Mendiola, Services department on October 1 in what

to provide a service that is obviously missing in Coordinator Louis Mendiola calls a direct

our community.response to local industry needs.

Plus, added Mendiola, We want to help These are necessary screenings and

our industry leaders stay at peak production services, said Mendiola, and our local industry

levels. That's good for everyone in our has been providing these services internally, or

community.sending employees off-site for the day to get

The new Occupational Health Services screenings in Elko or Reno.

Department offers three tests that are required The problem, said Mendiola, is the process

by the Occupational Safety and Health severely interrupts workflow. These operations

Administration (OSHA). These include hearing see a decrease in their productivity because of

screenings, occupational pulmonary function these necessary screenings, he said, and that

Humboldt General offering

occupational health services

Occupational Health Services Coordinator Louis Mendiola (right) and EMT Emily Goldman (left) test out the

new audiometer and calibrated sound booth at Humboldt General Hospital with the help of HGH End User

Support Analyst Rick McComb.

Occupational health aims to

help companies protect their

employees health and well-

being. Through practical

occupational health

management of employees

health and care issues, early

intervention and clinical

assistance has widespread

business benefits, including:

Conforming to health and

safety legislation

Improved staff motivation

and performance ultimately

increases profitability

Informed recruitment and

deployment results in a

reduction in staff turnover,

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retention and an increased

public image of the company

making it more attractive as

an employer

Prevention of disabling

illness/disease

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litigation

Identification of reasons for

non-attendance, trends and

patterns within

departments, allowing the

opportunity to take

preventative and corrective

action

Increased profit and

productivity

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) says that the "involvement of occupational

health professionals is rated the most effective approach for managing long-term absence by all main

employer sectors. Humboldt General Hospital debuted its Occupational Health Services department on

October 1, 2014. The new service offers hearing screenings, occupational pulmonary function tests, and

respiratory fit tests.


Parades of Lights glitter up the season

Battle Mountain makes merry on Saturday, Dec. 6

Elko Snowflake Festival is Dec. 13

By Peggy Jones, INN

The Lovelock Electric Parade is set for Sat-urday, Dec. 6. The parade begins at 5:30 p.m., traveling from the basketball court, proceeding down Dart-mouth Street towards the Post Office, turning right and finishing by the Train Depot where the floats will be parked.

The tree will be lit around 6 p.m. right after the parade. Susan Fox will oversee a gingerbread house contest while the Boy Scouts sell hot chocolate. For updated information on the Electric Parade, Wendy Nelson can be reached at (775) 273-7144.

Lovelock Electric Parade is Dec. 6. Newly re-christened event is part of Hometown Christmas celebration

LOVELOCK

Wendy Ricketts and her dog Dog took part in the 2013 Lovelock Parade of Lights.

Photo by Debra Reid, INN

The Winnemucca Parade of Lights will take place on Saturday, Dec. 6 beginning at 5:30 p.m. This years theme is A Vintage Christmas: Celebrating 150 Years of Nevada. The parade will begin at Spare Time Bowl and travel down historic Bridge Street. Stay later for a special pre-sentation on Nixon Lawn.

Santa is a busy guy this time of year, but he always manages to attend the Parades

of Lights in northern Nevada. Here, hes found in Winnemucca aboard the

Chamber of Commerce float.

Head to Battle Moun-tain on Saturday, Dec. 6 for a full day of Christmas fun!

The Second Annual Cook-ie Walk starts at the Chamber office, where you purchase your cookie box and receive a map of participating business. Travel to those businesses and collect your cookies!

The annual light parade

will begin at 6 p.m., and this years theme is: Christmas in Nevada: Celebrating Nevada Turning 150. F

BATTLE MOUNTAIN

The Elko Downtown Business Association invites everyone to put on their party hat and come to Elko for a great day of Christmas joy and holiday bargains.

The Rock and Roll Christ-mas festivities get under-way at 1 p.m., with treats at

local businesses, special sales events and refreshments. From 1 - 4 p.m., kids can come to Santas Workshop at the Western Folklife Cen-ter, while the adults shop. At 5:30 p.m., downtown lights up with one of the most beautiful Parades of Lights in Nevada. Dont miss it! F

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905 Burns Street Just off Interstate 80 exit 231Open by Appointment only in December & January

Historic 25 Ranch Cookhouse

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a book on Battle Mountainsfirst 100 years, on sale now

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To purchase the book, call the museum or go online to order.

The Reno Philhar-monic Orchestra and conductor Dr. Jason Altieri welcome special guests to kick off the Christmas season with a variety-style combination of singers, dancers, per-formers, students, Santa Tappers, Santa Claus and more!

Three performances will be held at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Reno. A matinee kicks the series off at 2 p.m. Dec. 6; the group also per-forms at 8 p.m. that same evening. The series concludes

with a 2 p.m. curtain on Sun-day, Dec. 7.

Look for many of your favorite local talents at this concert. Spirit of the Sea-son is certain to overpower anyones inner Grinch. Enjoy orchestral arrangements, jazzy numbers, traditional holiday tunes and joy-Phil-ed carols wrapped in fantasy and fun for the whole family.

Tickets are $14-$69. Transaction fees may apply. Purchase online at www.renophil.com

The Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts is located at 100 South Virginia St, Reno. For more information visit pioneercenter.com. F

The annual Tuba Christmas concert will be performed at the Wilbur D. May Muse-um at Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno on Saturday Dec. 6.

Registration for musicians begins at 12:30 p.m. fol-lowed by rehearsal at 1 p.m., and the free concert at 3:00 p.m.

Created by Harvey Phil-lips, Tuba Christmas concerts are performed in over 180 cities throughout the United

States, and in several foreign countries.

The concerts consist of Christmas carols arranged in four part harmony to be played by tubas, baritones, and euphoniums. The warm organ-like sound wins the ears and hearts of every audi-ence. It is no wonder that Tuba Christmas is an estab-lished Christmas tradition in cities throughout the world.

For more information, please contact Todd DeVito at 775-847-9207 or e-mail [email protected]. F

Reno Philharmonic performs Spirit of the Season concert

RENO

Tuba Christmas concert Dec. 6RENO


Lita Albuquerques Stellar Axis installa-tion is the first large-scale artwork created in Antarctica.

This milestone of con-temporary land art, widely acknowledged to be both a stunning and ecologically sensitive intervention on the continent, has received inter-national acclaim. Originally funded by the National Science Founda-tion, Albuquer-ques Stellar Axis was installed on the Ross Ice Shelf on December 22, 2006con-current with the summer Solstice in the South-ern Hemisphere. This exhibition features origi-nal objects and archive materials from the 2006 project. In con-junction with the exhibition, SKIRA Rizzoli, New York will publish the first major pub-lication on Lita Albuquerque.

This artwork is on display at the Nevada Museum of Art

through Jan. 4. The Nevada Museum of

Art is the only accredited art museum in the state of Nevada. Located at 160 West Liberty Street in downtown Reno, the gallery and store are open Wednesday Sun-day from 10 a.m. 5 p.m.; Thursdays from 10 a.m. 8 p.m. Closed Mondays, Tues-days and national holidays. Admission is $10 general admission; $1 for children up to 12 years. For more infor-mation visit nevadaart.org or call (775) 329-3333. F

The Jack C. Davis Observatory is open to the public and provides a research-level facility for WNC students and the commu-nity. The observatory is located at 2699 Van Patten Avenue on the northern end of the Carson City Campus.

This observatory is a premier place in northern Nevada to get up close and per-sonal with the moon, stars and planets.

With both interior and exterior telescopes, and perched on the eastern edge of the Sier-ra Nevada mountains, the Davis Observatory is the place to be for astronomical hap-

penings, planetary walks, and informative classes that keep students, scientists and the community on the edge of the latest techno-logical advances.

The Jack C Davis Observatory hosts free star parties every Saturday night year round, starting at sunset (except when there is snow on the roads). The evening starts with a lec-ture on one of numerous topics (see below) and then concludes with guided star viewing by one of the faculty astronomers.

For more information, please contact Mike Thomas at (775) 857-3033. F

By Rob Merrill, AP

Remember when Stephen King announced that he was retiring?

That was more than a decade and at least six books ago, and hes done nothing but crank out best-sellers ever since.

The latest novel is appro-priately titled Revival, for it marks a return to true horror for the modern mas-ter of the genre.

There are no soul-suck-ing vampires as in Doc-tor Sleep, or speculative historical fiction about the assassination of John F. Kennedy as in 11/22/63.

Revival spans half a cen-tury, but at its heart are a young boy Jamie Morton

and a New England pas-tor named the Rev. Charles Jacobs who captivates him from the moment they meet in 1962.

The plot is set in motion when the good reverend starts to heal the sick using something he calls an Elec-trical Nerve Stimulator.

Over the years, as he ducks in and out of narrator Jamies life, he learns how to harness electricity to a greater and greater degree until hes literally ready to revive the dead.

Its no fun spoiling all the scares, but heres a phrase spoken by Jacobs to Jamie early in the novel that neatly sums it up: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And lit

with electric lights.King fans wont find

anything to complain about here. At just over 400 pages its one of his quicker reads and any hint of the super-natural is blended with ten-der moments that ground the characters.

Home is the place where they want you to stay longer, narrates Jamie as he returns to the Maine town where his doomed relationship with Jacobs began.

If this is your first King novel, its not a bad choice. You dont need to know anything about his oeuvre coming in, and if you like the writing style, there are dozens of other King books youll probably enjoy. F

Stellar Axis on display at NMA through Jan. 4 International acclaim for large-scale artwork

RENO

Western Nevada College Observatory offers star parties each Saturday night

CARSON CITY

The weekly star par-ties at the Jack C. Davis Observatory on the campus of West-ern Nevada Collage fea-ture telescope viewing and informal astronomy education opportunities.

Author Stephen King returns to true horror with Revival novel


Before the Big Bonanza: Dan De Quilles Early Comstock Accounts

By Donnelyn Curtis and Lawrence I. Berkove

The discovery and mining of the Com-stock Lode in Nevada forever changed the min-ing culture of the Ameri-can West.

Using the pen name Dan De Quille, in 1876 William Wright published The Big

Bonanza, the best-known contemporary account of

the Comstock Lode mines.

Previously, howev-er, in nearly 50 news-paper accounts from 1860 to 1863, De Quille had document-ed the development of the early Comstock with a frankness, abundance of detail, sense of immedia-cy, and excitement. Donnelyn Curtis and Lawrence I. Berkove have gathered those accounts for the first time in Before The Big Bonanza.

Available Dec. 16 in hardcover with a suggested retail price

of $46.75. F

Area 51 By Dwight Zimmerman and

Photographer Greg Scott

The actual history of the United States worst-kept military secret revealed in graphic format.

Though nearly everyone has heard of it, almost no one has known anything about it ...until now. Located in the remote Nevada desert near the dry bed of Groom Lake, Area 51 is the most famous military installation in the world that doesnt officially exist. In Area 51, author Dwight Zimmerman and artist Greg Scott unravel

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Make merry with comedy hotshots battle ensues between a lawyer (Kevin Costner) who wants sole custody and a real-estate agent

(Octavia Spencer) who wants shared custody of their biracial granddaughter. Not yet rated.

Dec. 4

Pioneer The ultimate adventure becomes a nightmare when a diver obsessed with reaching the bottom of the sea takes on the worlds most dangerous mission. Rated R.

Tell Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worst when he discovers that stealing the money was the easy part and he now must keep his partner, his wife, his parole officer, and two corrupt detec-tives from stealing it from him. Rated R.

Dec. 5

Wild After years of reck-less behavior, a her-oin addiction and the destruction of her marriage, Cheryl Strayed (Reese With-erspoon) makes a rash decision. Haunt-ed by memories of her mother Bobbi (Laura Dern) and with absolutely no experience, she sets

out to hike more than a thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail all on her own. Rated R.

Barefoot Artist Artist Lily Yeh reveals the personal reasons behind her international quest to create com-munity-based art projects in some of the worlds most troubled areas.

Comet Justin Long and Emmy Rossum are star-crossed lovers whose relationship blooms and unravels over the course of six years in this mysterious, dazzlingly original romance. When a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell (Long) and the quick-witted Kimberly (Rossum), the stage is set for a tempestuous love affair that unfolds like a puzzle. As the film zigzags back and forth in time-from a meteor shower in LA, to an encounter in a Paris hotel room, to a fateful phone call-an unforgettable portrait of a relationship emerges. Sumptuously shot and boasting incredible chemistry between the leads, Comet is a one-of-a-kind cosmic love story. Not yet rated.

By the GunNick Tortano (Ben Barnes), an ambi-tious criminal from the streets of Bos-ton, finally proves himself to the boss (Harvey Keitel) after years of idolizing Italian gangsters. Once he becomes a made man, Nicks loyalty is test-ed when he must

choose between his family, his girl (Leighton Meester), and the Mafia he was so desperate to join. Not yet rated.

Dying of the Light Evan Lake (Nicolas Cage), a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protg (Anton Yelchin) uncovers evidence that Lakes nemesis, the terrorist Banir (Alexander Karim), has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy. Rated R

The Letters A drama that explores the life of Mother Teresa through letters she wrote to her longtime friend and spiritual advisor, Father Celeste van Exem over a nearly 50-year period. Rated PG.

Concerning Violence This film is both an archive-driven documentary covering the most daring moments in the strug-gle for liberation in the Third World, as well as an exploration into the mechanisms of decolo-nization through text from Frantz Fanons The Wretched of the Earth. Fanons landmark book, written over 50 years ago, is still a major tool for understanding and illuminating the neocolonial-ism happening today, as well as the violence and reactions against it.

Murder of a Cat Clinton Moisey is an iconoclastic, artisan action-figure designer who still lives in his moms basement, and is, by the standards of the world, a full-blown loser. But Clinton doesnt have time to care about what others think of him; hes too busy running a yard sale where he promotes his hardboiled detective toy line with his pet cat and best friend, Mouser. When Clinton wakes up one morning to find Mouser impaled by a crossbow arrow, he is devastated. Realizing that the local sheriff is only interested in flirting with his mom, Clinton sets off on his own to find out who killed Mouser and why. As Clinton delves deeper into the case, he encounters a free-spirit-ed weed dealer and part-time hair stylist to the elderly, a squeaky-clean Korean store clerk with

Dec. 3

Zero Motivation At a remote Israeli desert outpost, Zohar (Dana Ivgy) and Daffi (Nelly Tagar), best friends and pencil-push-ers in the Human Resources Office, spend their time playing video games, singing pop songs, joust-ing with stationery and dreaming of Tel Aviv. The indolent twosome are watched over by their aspiring senior officer, Rama (Shani Klein), who dreams of a higher position and a significant military career, but with a platoon of unskilled, idle, female soldiers without any drive under her charge, her ambitions for promotion are constantly thwart-ed. With shifts of tone that go from slapstick to satiric to horrifying with fluid ease, and with a superb supporting cast of characters, Zero Motivation is destined to be one of the most talked about films of the year. Not yet rated.

Black and White Cast: Kevin Costner , Octavia Spen-cer, Anthony Mackie, Andre Hol-land, Bill Burr, Mpho Koaho, Gillian Jacobs, Jillian Estell. A bitter custody

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in Comet

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies features lengthy battle sequences

Having reclaimed their homeland from the Drag-on Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world.

Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town.

Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bil-

bos frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hob-bit towards a desperate and dangerous choice. But there are even greater dangers ahead.

Unseen by any but the Wizard Gandalf, the great enemy Sauron has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Moun-tain. As darkness converges on their escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life

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Hobbit rages into theaters Dec. 17

and the lives of his friends in the epic Battle of the Five Armies, as the future of Middle-earth hangs in the balance. Opens Dec. 17 worldwide.

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Chris Rock and a cast of comedy giants bring hilarious, touching Top 5 to screen

Dec. 1One Direction: Where We Are

Live from San Siro Stadium

Dec. 22014 World Series Collectors

EditionAs Above, So Below

Broad City: Season OneThe Congress

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Exodus: The Real Story Gutshot Straight

The Hero of Color City The Hundred-Foot Journey Into the Woods (Original

Broadway Production) Jingle All the Way 2

Justified: Fifth Season Kite

Sand Wars The Simpsons:

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Dec. 9Avenging Force

Buffalo Bill and the Indians Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead

Dolphin Tale 2Extant: The First Season Guardians of the Galaxy

Hart to Hart: Third SeasonI Origins

The Jeffersons: The Complete Series The Deee-luxe Edition

The Missouri BreaksMork & Mindy: The Complete

SeriesMork & Mindy: Season 4 Napoleon Dynamite: The Complete Animated Series

The Night Porter (Criterion Collection)

Safe (Criterion Collection) The Strange Color of Your

Bodys Tears Time Bandits

(Criterion Collection) Under the Dome: Season 2 When the Game Stands Tall

Dec. 16Altina

The Americans: Season Two Dont Look in the Basement Eclipse Series 41: Kinoshita

and World War II (Criterion Collection)

How Murray Saved Christmas

Magic in the Moonlight The Maze RunnerRed Hollywood

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles This is Where I Leave You

Dec. 237 Assassins

After Dark Originals: Sanatorium

Continuum: Season Three Dominion: Season One

Pride Traffickers

The Trip to Italy

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Elsa and Fred The

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a dark side, and a local celebrity on the verge of a nervous breakdown, ultimately uncovering a town-wide conspiracy far greater than he ever imagined. The comedic film is a modern-day film noir set in the mundane world of the suburbs. Not yet rated.

The Pyramid A team of U.S. archaeologists unearths an ancient pyramid buried deep beneath the Egyptian des-ert. As they search the pyramids depths, they become hopelessly lost in its dark and endless cata-combs. Searching for a way out, they become desperate to seek daylight again. They come to realize they arent just trapped, they are being hunted. Rated R.

Still Alice Alice Howland (Julianne Moore), a successful Columbia University lin-guistics professor happily married with three grown children, strug-gles to maintain her mind after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers. Rated PG-13.

Dec. 10

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

A look at the remark-able genius of Orson Welles on the eve of his cente-nary - the enigma of his career as a Holly-wood star,

a Hollywood director (for some a Hollywood failure), and a crucially important independent filmmaker. Rated PG-13.

Dec. 12

Exodus: Gods and Kings Starring: Ben Kingsley, Ben Men-delsohn, Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver. From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Prometheus) comes the epic adventure Exodus: Gods and Kings, the story of one mans dar-ing courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state of the art visual effects and 3D immersion, Scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader Moses (Chris-

tian Bale) as he rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton), setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. Rated PG-13.

Demonic When a hot-looking group of teen-agers (led by Nicole Petty and Daniel Maclagen) loses their way in a mys-terious forest, they unearth a bevy of wood nymphs who are as deadly as they are beautiful. Horror mas-ter Tom Savini makes a memorable cameo as a hermit who lives in the wild and does his best to survive the she-devils who inhabit it. Rated R.

Inherent ViceWhen private eye Doc Sportellos ex-old lady suddenly shows up with a story about her current billionaire boyfriend and a plot by his wife to kidnap him and throw him in a loony bin...well, easy for her to say. Its the tail end of the psychedelic `60s and paranoia is running the day and Doc knows that love is another of those words going around at the moment thats being way too over-usedexcept this one usually leads to trouble. Rated R. F

Pulsing with the rhythm of his greatest stand-up, Chris Rocks Top Five takes things to the next level, rev-eling in the high and the low, and blending a star-studded comedic romp with an irre-sistible romance.

Top Five digs under the surface of show busi-ness, politics, rap, and the exigencies of being black and famous today-holding it all up to the light in the way only Chris Rock can.

Mingling echoes of Woody Allen and Dick Gregory with the energy of Kanye West and Jay Z, this is an origi-nal and radically new kind of American movie, which

tells the story of New York City comedian-turned-film star Andre Allen, whose unexpected encounter with a journalist (Rosario Dawson) forces him to confront the comedy career-and the past-that hes left behind.

Starring Chris Rock, Rosa-rio Dawson, Kevin Hart, Tracy Morgan, Cedric The Enter-tainer, Anders Holm, Romany Malco, Leslie Jones, Michael Che, and Jay Pharoah.

Rated R; opens Dec. 17.

Chris Rock in Top Five


young, happy foster kid whos also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014, was left by her parents as a baby with the promise that theyd be back for her someday. Its been a hard knock life ever since with her

mean foster mom Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz). But everythings about to change when hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral can-didate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) advised by his brilliant VP, Grace (Rose Byrne) and his shrewd cam-

paign advisor, Guy (Bobby Canna-vale) makes a thinly-veiled cam-paign move and takes her in. Stacks believes hes her guardian angel, but Annies self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomor-row outlook on life just might mean its the other way around. Rated PG.

The GamblerJim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) is a risk taker. Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster (Michael Kenneth Wil-liams) and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead,

Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring (Alvin Ing) and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy moth-er (Jessica Lange) in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing him-self in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank (John Goodman), a loan shark with a paternal interest in Bennetts future. As his relationship with a student (Brie Larson) deepens, Ben-nett must take the ultimate risk for a second chance.Rated R.

Mr. TurnerMr. Turner explores the last quarter century of the life of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner. Turner (Timothy Spall) lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper (Dorothy Atkinson) bears an unrequited love for him. Rated R.

Dec. 24

Two Days, One NightStarring: Alain Eloy, Batiste Sornin, Catherine Sale, Fabrizio Rongione, Marion Cotillard, Pili Groyne, Simon Caudry. Sandra (Marion Cotillard) has just returned to work after recovering from a serious bout with

After the Fall After losing his job, an insurance adjuster (Wes Bentley) throws morality to the wind and turns to a life of crime to support his family.R100An ordinary man with an ordinary life joins a mysterious club. The membership lasts for one year only and there is one rule: no cancella-tion under any circumstance. The man enters into a whole new excit-ing world he never before experi-enced where crazy love goes wilder and crazier. Is it an illusion or is it real? Welcome to the world no one has dared to explore until now! Not yet rated

Dec. 19

Annie Annie (Quvenzhan Wallis), a

Into the Woods is a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales.

Intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the conse-quences of the characters wishes and quests, this humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), Jack

and the Beanstalk (Daniel Huttlestone), and Rapunzel (MacKenzie Mauzy)all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife (James Corden & Emily Blunt), their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the witch (Meryl Streep) who has put a curse on them.

Starring: Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Emily Blunt, Frances De La Tour, James Corden, Johnny Depp, Lilla Crawford, Lucy Punch, Meryl Streep.

Rated PG; opens Christ-mas day nationwide.

Dave Skylark (James Fran-co) and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen) run the popular celebrity tabloid TV show Skylark Tonight.

When they discover that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is a fan of the show, they land an interview with him in an attempt to legit-imize themselves as jour-nalists.

As Dave and Aaron pre-pare to travel to Pyongyang, their plans change when the CIA recruits them, perhaps the two least-qualified men imaginable, to assassinate Kim Jong-un.

Starring: Diana Bang, James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Randall Park, Seth Rogen. Not yet rated. Opens Dec. 25.

Rogen, Franco reteam with K-crazy slapstick in The Interview

All-star cast of character actors assembles for Grimm Fairy Tales retelling Into the Woods

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Meryl Streep gets witchy in this musical comedy


ed bonuses so she can keep her job. With each encounter, Sandra is brought into a different world with unexpected results. Rated PG-13.

Dec. 25

UnbrokenStarring: Domhnall Gleeson, Jack OConnell, Jai Courtney, Luke Tread-away. A chronicle of the life of

Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japa-nese forces during World War II. Rated PG-13.

LeviathanKolia lives in a small town near the Barents Sea in North Russia. He has his own auto-repair shop. His shop stands right next to the house where he lives with his young wife Lilya

and his son from a previous mar-riage. Vadim Shelevyat, the Mayor of the town, wants to take away his business, his house and his land. First he tries buying off Kolia, but Kolia cannot stand losing everything he has, not only the land, but also all the beauty that has surrounded him from the day of his birth. So Vadim Shelevyat starts being more aggressive. Not yet rated.

SelmaStarring: Carmen Ejogo, David Oyelowo, Tim Roth, Tom Wilkinson. In 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) leads a dan-gerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The march from Selma

to Montgomery culminates in Presi-dent Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) sign-ing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Not yet rated.

Dec. 31

The CutAfter surviving the horrors of the Armenian genocide, Nazareth Manoogian (Tahar Rahim) hears that his two daughters are also still alive. He becomes obsessed with finding them and sets off to track them down. His search takes him from the Mesopotamian deserts and Havana to the prairies of North Dakota. Not yet rated. F

depression. Realizing that the com-pany can operate with one fewer employee, management tells San-dra she is to be let go. After learning that her co-workers will vote to decide her fate on Monday morn-ing, Sandra races against time over the course of the weekend, often with the help of her husband, to convince each of her fellow employ-ees to sacrifice their much-need-

Big Eyes is based on the true story of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), who was one of the most successful painters of the 1950s and early 1960s. The artist earned stagger-ing notoriety by revolu-tionizing the commercial-ization and accessibility of popular art with his enig-matic paintings of waifs with big eyes.

The truth would eventually be discovered

though: Keanes art was actually not created by him at all, but by his wife, Margaret (Amy Adams).

Big Eyes centers on Margarets awakening as an artist, the phenome-nal success of her paint-ings, and her tumultuous relationship with her hus-band, who was catapult-ed to international fame while taking credit for her work. Rated PG-13. Opens Dec. 25.

Life Partners At 29, the most long-term relationship Sasha (Leighton Meester) and Paige (Gillian Jacobs) have ever been in is with each other, using their co-dependent friendship as an excuse not to venture out into the dating world alone. But when Paige meets nerdy Tim (Adam Brody) and starts to get serious for the first time, the nature of their friendship begins to shift. Fearing shes being cast aside, Sasha tries to keep their rela-tionship the same, but does growing up also mean growing apart? Not yet rated; opens Dec. 5

Tim Burton breaks mold with Big Eyes, take on 60s artist

American SniperU.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his broth-ers-in-arms. His pinpoint accu-racy saves countless lives on the battlefield and, as stories of his courageous exploits spread, he earns the nickname Legend. However, his repu-tation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good hus-band and father from halfway around the world. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrow-ing tours of duty in Iraq, per-sonifying the SEAL creed to leave no man behind. But upon returning to his wife, Taya Renae Kyle (Sienna Mill-er), and kids, Chris finds that it is the war he cant leave behind. Rate R.


Australias Penfolds home of prestigious wines

Its hard to determine where Peter Gago draws his energy. October was a whis-tle-stop tour of Washington, D.C., New York City and Los Angeles.

Previously, the chief winemaker for Penfolds was leading recorking clinics around the world and spending time in Beijing, Singapore, London and Hamburg.

Then there was the little business of making some of Australias most prestigious wines. A ridiculous pace like this is challenging for a cheetah, but just another day for the infatiguable Australian icon.

When he caught up with him during an over-night stay in Washington, Gago was on his game, waxing enthusiasm for Adelaides most venerable labels and helping wine writers understand the seemingly endless chess game played by his coun-trys merging wine moguls.

Penfolds, like most of the Australian wine indus-try, has undergone so many management changes in the last decade that you need a special app to keep track of them. It was renamed Southcorp in 1994 and soon merged with the unimpressive Rosemount Estate a year later. Fosters bought Southcorp in 2005 and renamed a growing con-

Wine strives for consistency, despite management tossups

glomerate of labels Treasury Wine Estates. In a short time, Treasury even acquired iconic U.S. brands, includ-ing Beringer, Chateau St. Jean and Stags Leap Wine Cellars. It is hard to imagine how anything of quality could survive such upheaval.

After TWE went public in 2011, we feared the great wines being produced by Penfolds would become products of a board of directors more focused on prof-its than wine. Worse, would the genius of Peter Gago survive?

Were happy to report that the wines and Peter have emerged from this upheaval intact and pros-pering in an even more competitive environment.

The wines we tasted during our meeting were from a special collection that showcases the producers best efforts. Not unlike the wines made in Champagne, these products seek a consistent style from year to year. They are spared the fads and manipulations that are popular-ly adopted by emerging winemakers seeking attention. Even the labels have changed little. Putting quality over quantity is a course not easy to take when stock holders seek a stronger return on their investment.

The most famous of these brands is Grange, indis-putably the worlds most renown shiraz first created in 1951 against managements wishes. The house style of this wine hasnt changed from the day it was born: fully ripe grapes, depth and complexity, texture and balance. Such greatness doesnt come without a price the 2010 release will cost you $850 for one bottle. Forget about buying a case, because youre not likely to find one in this country.

Fortunately, there are prestigious bottles in the Penfolds collection that are less expensive but still a stretch for most consumers.

The 2012 Penfolds Bin 407 Cab-ernet Sauvignon ($69) is an extraor-dinary wine with dark fruit, meaty char-acter, gritty tannins and notes of black olives and oak. For the same price you can get a some shiraz blended with your cabernet sauvignon in an alluring 2012 Penfolds Bin 389.

If you like your shiraz complex but less expensive than Grange, consider the Penfolds RWT Shiraz ($150) or the St. Henri Shiraz ($99). St. Henri has a popular following in Australia, but for us it doesnt hold up to the more viscous and rich RWT.

Penfolds doesnt make just presti-gious red wine. We really enjoyed an ageworthy 2012 Yattarna chardon-nay ($130) that uses a good dose of grapes from Tasmania. Its complexity and restrained oak with layered peach and pear fruit gave us much to think about as the wine hovered endless-ly over our tongues. It is in an elite chardonnay category equal to great Burgundy.

Perhaps these wines are out of reach for many of you, but their quality represent what you can expect from Penfolds and suggest that even its low-er-priced wines deliver similar quality.

For instance, the 2012 Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz ($30) is a great value. Its medium body exudes elegance and fresh fruit character with classic dark berry and chocolate notes.

If you like riesling, the 2014 Pen-folds Bin 51 Eden Valley Riesling ($40) is very aromatic and a sumptu-ous match to elegant fish dishes. F


Wine by the Numbers Consumers are often preoccupied with numbers. How many glasses of wine a day is healthy? What is the average?

Does my cellar exceed the number of wines stored by the average American? Even consumption by country has become a talking point -- especially among producers who sop up consumer trends like a sponge.

Wine consumption on the upswing

Wine consumption is increasing in the United States and depending on your views, this trend is either encouraging or embarrassing.

The United States now drinks more wine than any other nation.

Consumption is up 1 per-cent over 2012 and 18 per-cent over 2005. Part of the reason is that the younger generations in the U.S. are embracing wine while the same generations in other countries notably France and Italy are not.

Even though the U.S. is at the top of the heap in total volume of wine purchased 329 million cases in 2013 per capita consumption is not the highest in the world. The 836 residents of Vatican City hold that record 19 gallons a person. We suspect sacramental wine has much to do with that.

Per capita wine consump-tion in the U.S. is up near-ly 16 percent since 2009. Thats a lot better than in France the epicenter of wine where consumption is down 7 percent.

Americans consumed about 2.8 gallons per capita in 2013, according to the Wine Institute, and thats up

from 1.3 gallons in 1970. We hope you are pulling your share. Although Frances con-sumption is steadily dropping, in 2012 the per-capita con-sumption was still 11 gallons.

Italy once held title to the most wine consumed per per-son, but in 2012 the per-cap-ita consumption was only 9 gallons. They obviously are not holding up their end of the stick.

Imports hold their own in the market The United States is still a

big market for international wine producers it accounts for 13 percent of the global wine market.

Which state is sucking up the most wine? All of those politicians and lobbyists in Washington, D.C. contribute significantly to the incredible 26 gallons per resident. Of course, they probably arent the ones doing the drinking its the visiting windbags.

The cold winters of the Northeast surely helps New Hampshire (5 gallons per capita) and Vermont (4 gal-lons per capita) to earn the top second and third states respectively. Maryland is about 2 gallons a person.

Kansas, Utah and Missis-sippi are at the bottom.

There are a lot of numbers here and most of them are meaningless to wine enthu-siasts who prefer to focus on their own consumption habits. On that issue, you be the judge.

Here are some wines to help you along:

E. Guigal Gigondas 2010 ($30). This is a beauti-ful, vibrant blend of grenache (70 percent), mouvedre and syrah. From one of the most reputable and consistent pro-ducers in the Rhone Valley, the gigondas offers up bright raspberry and dark berry fruit with earthy and licorice notes. Youd be hard pressed to find a better full-bodied Rhone wine at this price.

Ponzi Vineyards Reserve Pinot Noir 2012 ($60). Dark plum flavors with dashes of chocolate and expresso dominate this lux-urious and full-bodied pinot noir from the Willamette Val-ley. Winemaker Luisa Ponzi has scored another hit in her vast array of top-drawer pinot noirs.

Benziger Family Win-ery Sauvignon Blanc 2012 ($15). Its never wrong to drink a sauvignon blanc in the fall. Often associated with spring, the crisp and often tart sauvignon blanc reminds one of freshly mowed lawn or the clean smells of dew-covered flowers. Grapefruit and lime dominate the palate.

Layer Cake Sea of Stones Red Wine 2012 ($15). This special blend of malbec, cab-ernet sauvignon, syrah and petit verdot will make your head spin in a pleasant sort of way. The motley collection of grapes produce layers of dense fruit that reminds us of blueberry pie.

Alamos Red Blend 2013 ($13). This Argentine pro-ducer makes reliable wines across the board. This deli-cious blend of malbac, bonar-da, tempranillo and syrah is always a hit in a crowd. Lots of fruit, including cherries, plums and strawberries. F

Folonari Chianti is a ripe and juicy choice for poultry dishes

The Folonari Chianti is a Tuscan treasure and 100 percent Italian. The beautiful dark red wine is made using Sangiovese grapes sourced from Italys most well-known wine producing area, the Chianti region. With juicy flavors and fragrant aro-mas, this wine is fresh, fruity, full and harmonious, with blackberry and raspberry notes and toasted almond notes on the finish.

Pair with veal, pork, pizza, pasta with meat sauce or your favorite poultry dish.

The history of Folonari dates from 1825, when Francesco Folonari founded the firm in Valcamonica in the Veneto. He and his sons estab-lished one of Italys first winemaking facilities. They pioneered the produc-tion and distribution of wine in bottle, thus making it possible for consumers to drink wines of good and constant quality on an everyday basis.


Your horoscope for December

Something out of the ordinary is about to take place. Enjoy it! Wonders dont occur every day. A situation at the office calls for drastic measures.

Something fishy is going on at home. Put on your detective hat and start snooping. You may be surprised by what you uncover.

Dont shy away from criticism this week. What others have to say could prove beneficial. A dilemma at home requires a creative solution.

Family pushes you to the edge. Take some time to yourself to recoup. A project at work is completed. Celebrate with an eve-ning out.

Persistent thoughts turn into money. A friend is in troubledont be the hero. Instead, step aside and let them figure out the problem on their own.

Nagging health concerns plague an old friend. Be supportive and help them find ways to cope. A letter makes you smile.

Plans to get away for the weekend fall through. Try not to get too upset. A better opportunity will soon arise.

Avoid whats going on at work this month. Too many people are involved as it is. You will only make things worse.

Friends admire your craftiness and ask you to do something for them. It will be a challenge, but you have the talent and know-how, so say yes.

Coworkers make a fuss over your proposal. Accept their praise. Who knows when you will again hear so many compliments.

Youve been putting in more than your fair share of time at the office. Make sure your boss knows it. A friend needs a favor.

The Puzzler Youve had enough of the spotlight. If possi-ble, plan a quiet weekend at home. A special date deserves recognition.

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nation39 Ancient40 Windshield

problem41 More difficult to

find42 Secret agent43 Captain or

general44 Mother ___

(Nobel Peace Prize winner)

45 Casper, for one47 Afflicts48 Comes in low,

like a bird of prey50 German

automaker51 Just fine and

dandy54 Breakfast-all-day

chain

55 Split evenly58 Used a train or

plane59 At any point60 Oregon ___61 States out loud62 Like a meadow in

the morning63 Get the idea

Down1 "For Pete's ___!"2 Red sushi fish3 Stench4 Open ___ Night5 Jabbed with a

stick6 Music groups7 God of love8 ___ center (place

for kids to play)

9 Find room in your schedule

10 Detection system11 "It'll all be fine!"12 Oklahoma city13 Lots and lots18 Shoelace hassle23 Apple's center24 Desktop image25 Inventory26 Bathrooms, in

Spanish27 "May ___ you?"28 Teacher's pet29 Between-meals

food31 Cables32 Honda car34 President Ulysses

S. ___37 Like some cattle

38 Golf course scores

40 Corn or wheat41 Raises a second

time44 Neat46 Desires for the

future47 Singing cowboy

Gene ___48 Gentlemen49 "Stop right there!"50 Not many51 Not ___ of (not

liking)52 Singer Redding53 "South Park" kid56 "___ got an idea!"57 Wrath


December classes at the Nevada Museum of Art RENO, Nev. The E.L.

Cord Museum School of the Nevada Museum of Art is accepting enrollment for the below classes. Classes are lim-ited in size, therefore early registration is recommended. Scholarships are available for all ages. Please call the Museum for details at (775) 329-3333 ex 260.

Art High: Exploring The Grayscale Tuesdays, Dec. 2 16 / 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.Teens ages 13 - 18 learn to add dimension to their art-work by learning how to make and use the grayscale and valuescale in both graphite and acrylic paint. Instructor: Jerry Stinson. Ages: 13 - 18 / all levels; Cost: $58 Museum members, $64 non-members

Creating Image TransfersTuesday Dec. 2 / 6 - 9 p.m.Create a variety of image transfers in this class where various methods will be taught. Using black and white as well as color photocopies, create image transfers on to paper, canvas, wood, and more using gel transfer and packing tape transfer methods. Instructor: Lisa Kurt; Ages: 15 and up / All levels; Cost: $40 Museum members, $43 non-members .

Kids Corner: Drawing And CollageWednesdays, Dec. 3 17 / 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.Young artists will enjoy exploring drawing and collage to create unique layered works of art. Students will enjoy a visit to the Museums exhibitions to drawing inspiration for their own cre-ations. All materials and a snack are included with registration. Instructor: Merry Mathers; Ages: 7 - 12 / All Levels; Cost: $58 Museum members, $64 non-members.

Life Drawing: Open StudioWednesdays, Dec. 3 17 / 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.Improve your life drawing skills and explore a variety of media while working freely from a nude model in this popular open studio class. The instructor will be present to coordinate class and offer instruction upon request. Both male and female models will be posed and drawn. Instructor: Jerry Stinson; Ages: 18 and up / All levels; Cost: $72 Museum members, $81 non-members.

Girls Night Out: Holiday Gift Tag & Card MakingWednesday Dec. 3 / 6 - 9 p.m.Ladies are invited to get crafty with this fun and social workshop. Get ready for the holidays this year and create your own handmade tags and cards for friends and family. Using various paper materials, stamps, washi tape, and more, the class will explore different methods for mak-ing unique gift tags and cards to add a customized and personal touch to your holiday giving. Bring old friends, meet new ones and have a great night over a glass (or two!) of wine and a fun project designed for all skill levels. Instructor: Lisa Kurt; Ages: 21 and Up / All Levels; Cost: $35 Museum members, $38 non-members.

Gingerbread Workshop Thursday, Dec. 4 (Two sessions: 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.) Decorate a festive gingerbread house to take home and enjoy for the holidays. Kids will have fun frosting their houses and

embellishing them with an assortment of candies to create that perfect winter scene. Dress for a mess! Ages: All Ages (parent must accompany children under 10); Cost: $30 Muse-um members, $35 non-members.

Beginning Drawing: Per-spectiveThursdays, Dec. 4 18 / 6 - 9 p.m.Whether you are a beginner or a intermediate level artist this class is designed to help your improve your drawing techniques by understanding the language of per-spective. Learn the how and why of perspective drawing from simple converging lines to multiple boxes with vanishing points. Students will go from table top observations to more advanced integration of foreshortening and integrating people and nature into perspective drawings. Weekly demon-strations and example sheets will be given out to students. Instructor: David McCamant; Ages: 15 and up / All levels; Cost: $72 Museum members, $81 non-members.

Wire Sculpted Jewelry And AccessoriesSaturday Dec. 6 / 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.The nature of this one-day workshop allows students to create and explore in a relaxed studio setting. The class will consider the elements and principles of design as they relate to the wearer of art. A trip to a local bead shop as a class allows stu-dents to explore the myriad of options available to jewelry art-ists all while having the instructor on hand to answer questions about materials, design, and process. A learn-as-you-go studio setting will allow students the chance to learn techniques spe-cific to their design choices in a curious and supported envi-ronment. Students will create finished pieces of their choos-ing while exploring and experimenting with the materials. Instructor: Lisa Kornze; Ages: 15 and up / All levels; Cost: $56 Museum members, $63 non-members.

Explorations In Pen & InkSundays, Dec. 7 14 / 1 - 4 p.m.Work from favorite photographs to create realistic inter-pretive drawing using just pen and ink. Instructor will introduce students to the various techniques in pen and ink including stippling, cross hatching and washes. Instructor: Erik Holland; Ages: 15 and up / All levels; Cost: $48 Museum members, $54 non-members.

Holiday Cards in WatercolorSunday Dec. 7 / 1 - 4 p.m.Using ink and watercolor, learn how to make your own cards for the holidays. Create several original cards ready for mailing and learn how to reproduce your favorites. No art experience necessary! Bring a friend, enjoy some cookies and go

home with some fun holiday cards. All materials included. Instructor: Carroll Charlet; Ages: 15 and up / All levels; Cost: $36 Museum members, $39 non-members.

Mandalas: Meditative DrawingThursday Dec. 11 / 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.Students will explore the origins of the mandala (radiant) and the significance of these designs to various cultures. Students will explore techniques to still their minds and bodies in order to relax and allow mandalas to flow onto paper. Students will experience the joy of learning the con-struction techniques that allow the inner self to manifest in a physical design filled with color and intricacy. All necessary materials will be provided, but, if you have a journal or your own pens and colored pencils that you enjoy using, please bring them. Instructor will also discuss journaling with man-dalas to draw even deeper benefits from the techniques. Instructor: Kaleigh Surber; Ages: 15 and up / All levels; Cost: $42 Museum members, $46 non-members.

Book Arts: Handmade Journal for 2015Friday Dec. 12 / 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Create a beautiful handmade journal with exposed stitching on the spine and personal embellishments on the pages and covers. This book structure includes a wraparound closure and tabbed dividers, making it perfect for use as a personal calendar, day book or journal for 2015. A great way start recording New Year! Instructor: Katherine Case; Ages: 15 and up / All levels; Cost: $70 Museum members, $76 non-members.

Girls Night Out: Luxe LetteringWednesday Dec. 17 / 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Ladies are invited to get crafty with this fun and social work-shop. Create personalized Thank You notes using a super-luxe hand-lettering style! All materials including metallic and colored inks, nibs, pen-holders and cards are included with registration. Bring old friends, meet new ones and have a great night over a glass (or two!) of wine and a fun project designed for all skill levels. This Girls Night Out is taught by the Museums graphic designer Amanda Tennant and owner of the design + let-terpress studio, Forever Heyday. Instructor: Amanda Tennant; Ages: 21 and Up / All Levels; Cost: $34 Museum members, $38 non-members.

The Nevada Museum of Art is the only accred-ited art museum in the state of Nevada. Located at 160 West Liberty Street in downtown Reno, the gallery and store are open Wednesday Sunday from 10 a.m. 5 p.m.; Thursdays from 10 a.m. 8 p.m. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and national hol-idays. Admission is $10 general admission; $1 for children up to 12 years. For more information visit nevadaart.org or call (775) 329-3333. F

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