From left to right, Carla Gugino, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig and Dwayne Johnson in "Race to Witch Mountain."
This week’s notable DVDs include two science fiction films for families and an intimate drama starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx.
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“With great power comes great responsibility.”
— Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man
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“Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?”
— Frank Scully
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The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.
— Chuck Palahniuk
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“The end of labor is to gain leisure.”
— Aristotle
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When the Reno Philharmonic played its first concert on Aug. 3, 1969, then-music-director Gregory Stone rolled out a lush program populated solely by George Gershwin tunes.
This weekend, in celebration of the philharmonic’s 40th anniversary, new music director and conductor Laura Jackson is taking the orchestra back to its roots. Her first program as artistic leader of the orchestra is an all-Gershwin affair featuring guest vocalist Anita Johnson and Reno pianist Jim Winn.
Click here for full story: http://rgj.com/article/20090731/ENT02/907310314/1056/ENT/Philharmonic-marks-40-years-as-new-conductor-makes-debut
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“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.”
— G.K. Chesterton
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Justin Chatwin portrays Goku, a young man who must undertake a dangerous mission, in the fantasy film "Dragonball: Evolution."
This week’s key DVD releases include two animated treats, a forgettable sex comedy and Vin Diesel’s return to the “Fast and the Furious” franchise.
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‘Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.’
— Henry David Thoreau
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Eddie Willis, left, and Bob Babbitt, original Motown Funk Brothers, will perform Aug. 1 for Artown.
Don’t expect Bob Babbitt to hang up his bass any time soon. The veteran musician, best known for playing on Motown hits during the late 1960s and early 1970s, says his instrument is a “fountain of youth.”
“My sister once said to me, ‘Bob, are you ever gonna retire?’ And you know what I said to her? ‘What makes you think I work?’ I don’t care what you do, if you honestly and truly love it, it’s not work.”
So, Babbitt keeps playing, and Aug. 1 he’ll be in Reno to close the 2009 Artown festival with a free performance by his band, the Funk Brothers.
Click here for full story: http://rgj.com/article/20090726/ENT/907260302/1056/Funk-Brothers-carry-Motown-tradition-to-close-of-Artown
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