Week of April 26, 2023

From the editor’s desk

Nevada’s Democrats have proposed three gun-reform measures this session, and all of them have moved on to a floor vote, including one that would prohibit firearms at election sites. GOP lawmakers rejected all three measures before they were even heard, columnist Shelia Leslie notes, but even if they pass, the bills could fall victim to Gov. Joe Lombardo’s veto pen.

Movie reviewer Bob Grimm writes that Evil Dead Rise, a gloomy, gory addition to the Evil Dead franchise “does just enough to be decent movie.” The flick harkens back to the brutal original film, he says, and “it’s intermittently scary, (with) enough franchise Easter eggs to get the vibe right—the darker side of the vibe, that is.”

Matt Bieker talks to the masterminds behind Makers Paradise, a combination art gallery, studio collective and workshop space devoted to serving Reno’s artists and the public alike, located at Reno Public Market. With more than 8,000 square feet, the space may very well become a haven for local artists.

Good Luck Macbeth’s production of Men on Boats will open this weekend. The play tells the story of John Wesley Powell’s 1869 Grand Canyon expedition, with one major tweak: None of the 10 characters in the play identifies as a cisgender male. Jessica Santina talked to the director and others involved in the play about the unique challenges the production has presented.

Guest editorial writer Blair Stacy, who is fighting cancer, points out the folly of federal law that still equates cannabis with heroin, LSD and other drugs with no medical use, even though Nevada and many other states allow its use both medically and recreationally.

In our latest letters’ column, readers sound off about the sudden closure of Saint Mary’s Fitness Center, the proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine, the Nevada Museum of Art’s Ghost Army exhibit, and more.

The RN&R’s Western Lit feature profiles Look for Something Good, a new novel about changes, journeys and discovery, by Carson City-based author Robert Drews.

Our May print edition has been sent to press, and will start hitting newsstands this weekend; keep your eyes open for it!

I’ll see you in the funny papers.

Take care,

—Frank X. Mullen, Editor