Issue: November 23, 2017

Welcome to this week's Reno News & Review!
Holiday shopping season officially starts in a few days. If you like buying from local artists and businesspeople, check out this week's feature story. We've highlighted a few who are ready to sell their wares and host events in studios and boutiques throughout December.
Also in this issue, contributor Holly Hutchings introduces us to artist Blaire Zika, for whom art played a central role in dealing with the death of a loved one. Marc Tiar visits Press Start, the new video game bar, and painter Greg Allen steps in as guest columnist to discuss gun violence.
Check out the rest of the RN&R for more news, entertainment and comics—and when you're done reading, our full-color newsprint is not half bad for making origami tree ornaments. (Seriously, I tried it. This stuff holds a crease pretty nicely.)
I hope you all have a safe and happy Thanksgiving—and, whether you like to spend the season shopping, crafting, or just hiding under the covers until January—may the 2017 holiday ramp-up season bring you more joy than hassle.
Kris Vagner
Arts Editor
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Handmade for the holidays
Gifts from the mall? Not on our watch.
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I need this
Do Christmas lights signal a determination to be present in the world, to shine a literal light in the darkness?
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Holiday art sales
Here’s a sampling of holiday sales at galleries, home studios, boutiques—and a wine shop.
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The way of the dinosaur
Adults crowded around Sue the T. rex during this year’s Chemistry of the Cocktail event at the Discovery Museum on Nov. 17.
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UNR targets historic homes, again
The administration of Marc Johnson at the University of Nevada, Reno is quietly seeking a vote by the Nevada Board of Regents to “pre-approve” the removal of some of Reno’s oldest residences.
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Unknown pleasures
Community radio is a way of discovering music that I might not find through my own musical quests.
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Give thanks for local heroes
In thanks and remembrance of those we lost this year.
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Give thanks for capitalism
The pilgrims were a bunch of lazy thieves!
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A drive for fashion
There are food trucks—why not a fashion truck?
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Man of steel
Shawn Tamborini is releasing his pedal steel guitar EP, To Eat, on Nov. 25.
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By the board
With its tropical decor and naming scheme, Longboards Beach Fired Pizza is bringing “gourmet” pizza to a part of town that could use some fresh dining options.
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