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Beatles for Bucks >> pg 18

Fall DanceFestival >> pg 26

BartenderQ&A >> pg 10

Love &Light >> pg 20

Giving From The Ground Up

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November, to me, is a time to be thankful for what we have in our lives. The best way to show thanks is by giving to others - giving our time, giving our money, or giving our shoes. To learn more about the latter, read the cover story about Think Kindness, and be sure to join us in our Give One campaign. Thanks for giving!

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Brian Williiams.Portrait by David Calvert.

Writers: Steve Barkett, Baldo Bobadilla, Juliana Bledsoe, Isabelle LaBranch, Julie M. Malkin.Photography: David Calvert, Isabelle LaBranch

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Contestants participate in the 13th annual Corrigan’s fish races, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010 at Corrigan’s Bit O’ Ireland on Wells Avenue. Competitors are given a goldfish and a straw. After placing the fish in its lane, the competitors “encourage” the fish to the finish line by blowing into the straw. Inset, Robert Corrigan, the official “O-fishiator” of this annual competition, overseas a preliminary race.

Pace’s Pizza Balls looks like any other family pizza

place - TV’s play baseball, sports memorabilia cover the walls and families play board games together. What sets Pace’s apart from other pizza places is that they are mak-ing something different: they are making pizza balls. I was greeted on a Friday at the counter with a big smile. An employee explained ex-actly what a pizza ball is: a reverse pizza, similar to a calzone, with traditional pizza ingredients – sauce, cheese, toppings – surrounded by a sweet golden crust. Regulars, the size of a baseball, run for $3.95, and a large, the size of a soft-ball, cost $6.95. I chose the Wolf Pack - a pizza ball stuffed with cheese, pepperoni, sausage, salami, onion, mushrooms, bell peppers and tomato. The crust is a crispy honey dough with a sweet finish. It is the selling point of the pizza ball. I suggest choosing a cheesier ball with fewer ingredients because the cheese and the dough are a delectable team.

Other unique pizza ball combinations include the Beach Ball (Hawaiian pizza), Fire ball (hot Italian sausages, green bell peppers, jalape-nos) and Buffalo Chicken Ball (Chicken, tomatoes, onions in buffalo sauce with a dash of ranch). All pizza balls are made fresh to order. Each ball comes with smaller, do-nut-hole-like balls that are sprinkled with sugar. Dessert balls are also avail-able, which can be stuffed with apples, cherries or chocolate. Pace’s serves

beer and wine, and has a solid happy hour from 4pm-8pm with two for one draft beers or house wines. The restaurant was bustling with families because many were taking advantage of the movie deal. Because it’s located next to the Century Theatres at the Sierra Summit Mall, Pace’s sells a movie ticket, a pizza ball and a drink for only $12.50. Text by Izzy LaBranchPhotos by David Calvert

PACE’S PIZZA BALLS13967 S. Virginia St. | 775.853.3760

www.pizzaballs.net | Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-9pm; Sun 11am-7pm

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The building that houses the Old Granite

Street Eatery on South Si-erra St. may have been around a while, but owners Ryan Gold and Justin Owen are definitely bringing something new to the table. Old fashioned but mod-ern, Old Granite Street Eat-ery is serving up classic familiar food with a pro-gressive consciousness of making a solid effort to use quality local, organic and sustainable products. The restaurant’s menu is eclectic, offering a variety of snacks like shishito peppers and fresh deviled eggs to entrees like fettuc-cine with sun dried toma-toes and a wood-grilled pork chop with vegetables and aged sherry. There is probably no such thing as a bad cheeseburger, but at Old Gran-ite Street Eatery, this American staple is done exceptionally well with white cheddar and grass-fed beef that they get locally from Wolf

Pack Meats. Dessert op-tions include a classic berry crisp and pots de crème served with laven-der cookies. “All of our menu items are pretty recognizable,” said Gold. “We just make them really well and add some different twists.” Another thing the eatery does really well is brunch. On Sundays, one can find things like challah french toast and lemon ricotta buckwheat pancakes. For drinks, check out a house-made spicy Bloody Mary, a mimosa with freshly squeezed orange juice or fresh fruit sangria at only $5 each. The simple structure that is now home to the eatery was originally a restaurant

built in 1940 on what was then Granite Street. For years afterward, enamored cou-ples flocked here to say their “I dos” during its stint as the Heart of Reno Chapel. Today, folks just come because they are hungry.

OLD GRANITE STREET EATERY243 S. Sierra St. | 775.622.3222 | www.oldgranitestreeteatery.com

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Inside the eatery, the at-mosphere is trendy yet

country, with deep booths made from re-

claimed wood and a large “community” table that seats 16 just in front of the antique bar. The daily specials and rotating cheese, wine and craft beer menus are written on an enormous chalkboard that rests above a shelf of jarred decorative vegetables. The vibe of the place makes you feel like you are in a quaint restaurant in Sonoma in-stead of on Sierra Street in downtown Reno. It’s a place where you can get a nice meal for a reasonable price in a casual and comfortable atmosphere. Old Granite Street Eatery is the fourth business ven-ture that Gold and Owen have embarked upon since moving to Reno from Illi-nois a little over five years ago. They also own Impe-rial Bar and Lounge, Cal-vin’s Sausages and the Lincoln Lounge. “This is our first real res-taurant and is definitely

food focused,” Gold said. “Our menu is very thought out, and I want people to see that we are very pas-sionate about this place.” Conveniently located south of Court St., Old Granite Street Eatery is walking distance from the art museum, Pioneer The-ater, the river and the movie theater. They serve their entire menu until mid-night with late-night spe-cials at a reduced price starting at 9:30pm.

For detailed brunch, lunch, dinner and cocktail menus, visit them online at www.oldgranitestreeteatery. Text by Bridget VeltriPhotos by David Calvert

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Behind the bar at the Waterfall lies cocktail-

making gem Brandon Lenner. At first sight, Bran-don looks like any other grungy hipster - covered in tattoos, wearing a flannel button-up with a messenger hat and ridiculous facial hair. What most patrons don’t know is that Mr. Lenner mixes some of the best cocktails this side of the Truckee. In June of this year, he won first place for “Best Mojito” with his organic pear and white peach mojito at The World Rum Tasting Championship at Silver Peak. He also does standup com-edy at the Third Street Bar on Wednesday nights. A funny guy who makes a mean mo-jito sounds like a dream.

What is most important to you as a bartender? To make people happy. To be attentive, entertaining and social. Some people

come into a bar alone; they want to talk or don’t want to talk. It’s important I know the difference so either way I am there for them.

What do you enjoy about being a bartender in Reno? People here genuinely enjoy going out and drinking. It’s a good atmosphere.

What do you dislike most about being a bartender?

People talk about you like you’re just a story, he did this or that, not like you’re an ordinary person. You become part of gossip you never thought possible.

What makes you unique as a bartender? My mixology skills. I want to make everyone happy, so tell me what you want and I’ll do my best to make it.

Have any tips to make the perfect mojito? Use more mint and be very precise. 7up does not re-place simple syrup. It’s an easy drink to f*** up.Text and Photos by Izzy LaBranch

RP Tip: You can find Brandon at The Waterfall Monday through Saturday nights.

BARTENDER Q & A: Brandon LennerThe Waterfall | 134 W. 2nd St. | Reno

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W hen Brian Williams started Think Kindness,

a local nonprofit he created to incorporate giving in people’s lives, he had one simple idea: to encourage people to com-mit random acts of kindness. As a martial arts student, he has been taught not only how to fight but how to be kind.“If you are nice to ev-eryone, you should never have to defend yourself,” said Tom Cal-los, the martial arts instructor who challenged Williams to document at least one million acts of kindness.Williams challenges every person he meets to invest his or her life in something that will outlive it.“People think that in order to give, you have to have a lot of money or a lot of time,” said Williams. “But we want to

make giving as easy for ev-eryone as possible.”After thinking some time about what nearly everyone could donate, his answer was below him, looking up at him from two feet: shoes.

In the last three years since he founded the organiza-tion, Williams has been to Kenya two times as part of Soles4Souls, a shoe charity that donates shoes to adults and children in need. In Kenya, Think Kindness has partnered with Hope Runs, a U.S. nonprofit that uses running to empower AIDS

orphans in Kenya with the tools of personal health, so-cial entrepreneurship and education. For their trips to Kenya, Think Kindness challenged the local community to donate as many shoes as possible.

“We took 1,830 pairs for the first year and around 980 pairs the second year,” sa id Wi l l i ams.

“However, we have collected over 65,000

for Soles4Souls.”In Kenya, students without shoes do not get to go to school. What moved him the most was how some children would place one shoe on ei-ther side of their heads before going to bed.“They wanted to wake up and see their education on either side of them,” said Williams.

Think Kindness and the GiveOne Campaign

“What’s easier than shoes?”

asked Williams. “Everyone has a pair of shoes.”

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W hen I first met Wil-liams at an event in

June of 2010, he was bare-foot and wearing a white T-shirt with words in his own handwriting that read, “I need $1,500 to get my shoes back” and had “Ask” written on his right foot and “Why” written on his left. Ever the curious and ac-commodating one, I took the bait and asked what it was all about. We talked for a while, and I was immediately impressed by his ability to motivate others into giving. It’s no surprise as he has been a youth motivational speaker, challenging thousands of youth across the nation to incorporate kindness into their daily lives and future careers. Since then, I have been moved to make a dif-ference too.Together, Brian and I have decided to start a campaign to challenge everyone to give. GiveOne is a posi-tivity challenge to our local community to see how much we can raise for Think Kindness.To officially accept the chal-lenge, RSVP to the Face-book event and invite everyone you know. Then,

on Thanksgiving, ask every-one you see to GiveOne dollar for the cause.

Here’s my plan. At Thanksgiving dinner, when everyone is sitting around the table and giving thanks for all we have in our lives, I will say the following:

“I am happy to be with you and am thankful for everything I have, especially my shoes. Please commit an act of kindness today by donating $1 to help assist with collecting and donating shoes to people in need.”

To you and yours for giving hope around the world to the thousands who need it, thanks for giving.

For more information on how to donate, visit http://www.ThinkKindness.org/giveone and please “like” the GiveOne Facebook page at http://face-book.com/GiveOne.

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Attention Beatles fans! This is a

must attend event for you! 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of local radio station100.1 FM, The X! And to celebrate the occasion, they are inviting you to their an-nual benefit show called ‘Beatles for Bucks’. The event will take place on November 13th at the John Ascuaga’s Nug-get’s Celebrity Show-room; this year, they invited 20 of the best local bands and musi-cians to perform. You will get your chance to hear your favorite local bands, such us Drinking With Clowns, Kate Cot-ter, Jelly Bread, Train Wrecks and many more, do a rendition of their favorite Beatles song. All bands are provided with the same equipment and no luxury of sound check. This has never seemed to face the artists. In the past we have

seen some memorable performances of songs by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and Rolling Stones, now it’s time for our amazing local talent to represent The Beatles! Surely this will be an evening of great music and by attending you will be helping various local organizations in-cluding the Washoe County School District’s Music and Fine arts Dept. Tickets are $20, doors open at 6PM and show starts at 7PM. For more information, call 775.356.3300 or visit www.janugget.com.Text by Baldo BobadillaImages provided by artists.

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The electronic music scene is thriving with progression and creativity, and the

local presence is no excep-tion. Local music producers Love and Light, consisting of Matt Ma-donna (a.k.a. 4centers) and Ryan Anderson (a.k.a. Probiotik), are a big name in this move-ment. Their sound is spreading and gaining no-toriety far beyond just the local field of interest. “I guess you could describe our sound as omnitempoism,” said Anderson. “It doesn’t really fit into a genre. It has elements of glitch-hop, dubstep, and a lot of wabble.” Wabble refers to a bass line modulated with an LFO filter. This sound has undeniable popularity and has become increasingly prevalent in new electronic music. Anderson said their love for music originated from trance and trance-house at a young age and evolved after they became more involved in the festival crowd at events such as Burning Man, Symbiosis and Lightning in a Bottle. “The music is more intricate and detailed,” Anderson said. “It’s more of a workout for your brain.” Madonna said that after experiencing the music at festivals, he knew they had to pursue this new sound and get good at it. “I feel like we’re finally getting the respect we deserve, and we do have to earn it,” Madonna said. “I

feel like we finally have. It’s a dream come true.” Love and Light is receiving at-tention from other big names such as An-ten-nae, MartyP-arty, David Starfire, and NiT

GriT. They have been able to work with these artists to create hot new tracks and are featured on An-ten-nae’s Acid Krunk EP-7 compilation album released Oct. 25. Their most recent re-lease with NiT GriT’s label, Simplify Recordings, came out Nov. 1, and more music is on the way. Madonna and Anderson work consistently in cre-ating the music, and the culmination of their ef-forts is when they get to play it live. “We spend so much time making the music at home, but getting to play it loud for people on a big system and seeing them getting down is what it’s all about,” Madonna said. “Hearing it loud on a massive system is the best.”Anderson said he is excited that Reno is de-veloping a music scene, and he’s happy to be a part of it. “There’s so many other artists involved, and I’m excited that we’re getting big and bringing more people into it,” he said. “We’re all going to help each other.”Text by Juliana BledsoePhoto by Raynie Vratari

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Nestled on Cheney Street next to Holland Project’s headquarters and The Hub, Never Ender is a boutique that sells clothing and acces-sories made by mostly local up-and-coming artists and designers. Owner Amber Gutry started the boutique six years ago on West Liberty Street (before moving to West Sec-ond Street) in an effort to give local artists a chance to show their art and other mer-chandise in a profes-sional setting. “Back then,” said Gutry, “there weren’t a lot of places to show art in a pro-fessional setting.” Partnering with her mother, Melanie Crane, Gutry’s focus this time around – or Round Two as indicated on a custom sketch by Ron Rash for

their return – is less on art and more on clothing, jew-elry, and accessories. Never Ender has some-thing for everyone, from baby clothing to one-of-a-kind accessories, from men’s ties to women’s dresses. All items in the shop are from emerging artists who are trying to break out in the industry.

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NEVER ENDER26 Cheney St. | 775.846.1029

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Doors at 6pm, Show at 7pmWhere:

John Ascuaga’s Nugget- Celebrity Show Room

20 BandsCovering One Beatles Song Each

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For Buck$

All proceeds benefit local non-profit organizations

Tickets $20

Items from local artists in-clude jewelry by Ali Prater

and The Vintage Empire (Adrienne Mineiro). There are also home

décor items, such as vinyl art by Cici Designs (Cyndi Jackus). Gutry and Crane like helping these artists promote their art and sell some pieces. Although not all items are local, the vendors still have the up-and-coming grass-roots feel that Gutry and Crane look for. For men, Never Ender carries tees from Threadless Tees and American Apparel. The ma-jority of women’s clothing includes items from Gentle Fawn (out of Vancouver and Los Angeles) and from Santa Clara’s Effie’s Heart. Although she likes selling clothing, jewelry, and ac-cessories, Gutry hopes that people’s interest in buying art will pick up. “Unfortunately, the interest in art has decreased over time, and people aren’t buy-ing like they used to,” said Gutry. “When an artist sells a piece, it motivates them to keep moving forward.” Because there aren’t a lot of people buying art right now,

Gutry has decided to not focus on having gallery just yet. “It’s hard to dedicate space to something that doesn’t help pay the bills,” said Gutry. “We are in hard times right now, and art is not a necessity. People are buying useful things like clothes and accessories.” If you find a local artist you like at Never Ender but want a piece more tailored to your liking, some custom orders may be allowed. Gutry and Crane are more than willing to talk to you about what it is you like to see if a custom-made piece could be a possibility. Be sure to stop by their locationnext to The Hub coffee house, or you can check out items on their website. For info on sales and upcoming shows, be sure to find them on Face-book and to follow them on Twitter (@myNeverEnder).Text by Michelle MontoyaPhotos by David Calvert

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Shanghaied is a ro-mantic fairytale based

on the paintings created by UNR art student Jane Kenoyer (pictured below). Her paintings, which convey a saga of love, betrayal and forgiveness, will be brought to life and transformed into a dance work featuring original choreography by Barbara Land; into music by Jean-Paul Perrotte; into costumes by Gini Vogel; and into stage ef-

fects by Michael Fernbach and Maryan Tooker. Shang-haied is part of the Univer-sity’s Fall Dance Festival, which will be held Nov. 18-19 starting at 8pm in Nightingale Concert Hall. $15 for general admision; $12 for senior citizens, stu-dents and children.

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