Week of Nov. 22, 2023
From the editor’s desk
This month, we bid farewell to longtime columnist Sheila Leslie. She’s departing Reno with fond memories of its people and geography, but not-so-fond memories of the city’s development choices.
Narcan—the harmless, easy-to-access antidote to opioid overdoses—should be in everyone’s first aid kit, says Darcy Patterson, a Reno registered nurse and administrator of Wake Up Nevada. She explains why in our latest guest editorial.
Calling all slasher-flick fans: After 16 years in the making, Eli Roth’s full-length version of one of the fake trailers from Grindhouse has finally hit the screens. Bob Grimm reports that Thanksgiving—while it doesn’t reinvent any wheels or redefine the genre—brings “a lot of gory fun for those of us who like our holiday-themed splatter-fests.”
The Saturday Night Live comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy has a full-length movie that’s now streaming, Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, starring Martin Herlihy, John Higgins and Ben Marshall as retail employees who embark a wilderness trek—and Conan O’Brien, who slays as Ben’s angry dad. Bob says the plot meanders more than it needs to, but the film successfully hits the funny bone.
Road trip, anyone? When you drive down U.S. Highway 395, some marvels, like the snow-capped peaks and rushing creeks, are easy to spot. Others, like ghost towns and tranquil lakes, are more hidden. Author and photographer’s Stephen H. Provost’s guidebook, Sierra Highway: U.S. 395 and El Camino Sierra in California and Nevada, can help you find them all.
Take care, and happy Thanksgiving!
—Kris Vagner, managing editor
From the RN&R
Narcan should be in every first aid kit
By Darcy Patterson
November 22, 2023
Narcan is cheap (or free) and widely available. Here’s why everyone should have some handy, non-opioid users included.
A gory holiday: Eli Roth turns his ‘Grindhouse’ trailer into bloody ‘Thanksgiving’ mayhem
By Bob Grimm
November 20, 2023
Thanksgiving’s killer dresses up as a pilgrim and hunts people responsible for a Black Friday catastrophe that resulted in deaths in the sleepy town of Plymouth, Mass.
Nonsensical laughs: SNL’s Please Don’t Destroy troupe heads to ‘Foggy Mountain’ on Peacock
By Bob Grimm
November 20, 2023
The Please Don’t Destroy guys revel in nonsense, and it’s hard to watch them for any length of time without giggling.
Adventures in our own backyard: ‘Sierra Highway: U.S. 395 and El Camino Sierra in California and Nevada’
By Staff
November 20, 2023
A new guidebook highlights the marvels along U.S. Highway 395 in California and Nevada, from tranquil lakes to healing hot springs.
So long, Reno: I’ll miss the community but not the development trajectory
By Sheila Leslie
November 18, 2023
This month we bid farewell to longtime columnist Sheila Leslie. She’s departing Reno with fond memories of its people and geography, but not-so-fond memories of the city’s development choices.
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