Week of Oct. 4, 2023
From the editor’s desk
Lake Tahoe is changing faster than it has in decades. In our October print-edition cover story, reporter Zoe Dixon gets you up to speed on what scientists are finding—and what it all means.
Adele’s, the beloved Carson City restaurant, closed in 2019, but it still holds a place in locals’ hearts. “It is said that more deals happened in Adele’s than at the legislature,” wrote one customer. John Barrette brings us some fond memories—plus the latest on owner Charlie Abowd’s memoir/recipe book.
Calling all Gen Xers—and everyone else who loved the local pop-punk scene: Remember Zoinks!, the ’90s band that opened for NOFX and Rancid? The members are coming back together for a series of 30th anniversary shows in Carson City, Reno and Los Angeles this month. Learn more in Matt Bieker’s backstory/preview.
On Saturday, Oct. 14, we’ll be able to see an annular solar eclipse from Reno. Astronomy writer Robert Victor has the goods on exactly when to look up—plus more celestial night sky news.
Given that we’ll see one more partial eclipse in 2024, then we’ll have to wait another 22 years, the Oct. 14 one is pretty big news. Frank Mullen dug up a wealth of advice on how to view it, including a special event at the University of Nevada, Reno, Fleischmann Planetarium and some choice out-of-town locales.
Movie guy Bob Grimm was never very impressed with the Saw franchise. While Saw X is the best of the films so far, it’s still frustratingly implausible, he says.
Brigdon Markward has had a Taylor Swift song stuck in his head for at least a week. Learn more about the vocalist/guitarist’s inner thoughts in Matt King’s Lucky 13 column. Markward’s band, Bug Bath—whose style leans alt punk and emo but does not ignore pop—is playing at the Holland Project on Oct. 20.
The Perenn Bakery team is opening a new specialty grocery. Smiling With Hope pizza has extended hours. And there’s more up-to-the-minute food news from Maude Ballinger in Taste of the Town.
Take care,
—Kris Vagner, managing editor
From the RN&R
Annularity in action: Catch the ‘ring of fire’ in Nevada’s skies on Oct. 14—or wait 22 years
By Frank X. Mullen
October 4, 2023
“See it while you have the chance; it’s a rare event for us, and there will be a long wait for the next one,” said Paul McFarlane, director of the University of Nevada’s Fleischmann Planetarium, about the Oct. 14 eclipse. “It’s one of the most dramatic events in astronomy.”
The Lucky 13: Brigdon Markward, vocalist/guitarist of Bug Bath, performing at the Holland Project Oct. 20
By Matt King
October 4, 2023
Get to better know Brigdon Markward, lead vocalist/guitarist of local band Bug Bath, playing at the Holland Project on Friday, Oct. 20.
Jinkies! Reno pop-punk legends Zoinks! return for a 30th anniversary reunion show
By Matt Bieker
October 3, 2023
Reno pop-punk band Zoinks! pressed three full albums, toured America and Europe, and played with both local and international legends like Green Day before officially breaking up in 1998. Now Zoinks! is reuniting for a slate of 30th anniversary shows this month.
Contraption contradiction: ‘Saw X’ is the franchise’s best film so far—but it’s so implausible
By Bob Grimm
October 2, 2023
Yes, Saw X is horror-fantasy, but come on. Jigsaw has something like five hours to put together many, very complicated machines, and not one of them fails?!
October astronomy: Saturday, Oct. 14, is solar eclipse day—but make sure you observe safely
By Robert Victor
October 1, 2023
A preview of the October skies.
Taste of the Town: Perenn Grocery is coming soon; introducing Tahoe Natural Cafe; and more!
By Maude Ballinger
September 30, 2023
Kuma Sushi is now at the Shops at Bartley Ranch; a “Cult Wine Dinner” at Liberty Food and Wine Exchange; and a whole lot more, in Taste of the Town!
Lake Tahoe’s 2023 report card: The threatened ecosystem is changing faster than it has in decades
By Zoe Dixon
September 29, 2023
The researchers with the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center monitor a complex web of life that is constantly under threat from environmental pressures, natural and man-made.
Remembering Adele’s: The shuttered Carson City eatery is still dear to locals’ hearts
By John Barrette
September 28, 2023
Earlier this year, Charlie Abowd published a book, Recipes and Rambles That Made Adele’s a Nevada Hot Spot: Forty Years of Cuisine and History as Told by Chef Charlie Abowd.
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