Setting the stage for the season: Your guide to holiday performing arts
As I write this, my house is decorated with pumpkins slot and spiderwebs—and we’ll bundled up in coats and hearing jingle bells in a matter […]
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Survival in postapocalyptic Las Vegas: Jarret Keene’s ‘Hammer of the Dogs’ explores a fierce new world
Set in the wasteland of post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, Hammer of the Dogs is a literary dystopian adventure filled with high-octane fun starring 21-year-old Lash. With her high-tech […]
Prepare for a scare: A sneak peek into Dark Corner Haunted House
RN&R Photo Editor David Robert went behind the scenes of Dark Corner Haunted House and found a team of local actors and artists with opulently […]
Your move: Rogue Worx’s ‘The Game’ brings a bit of philosophy and a lavish amount of fun
“This is the real secret of life,” said the English writer, speaker and philosopher Alan Watts, “to be completely engaged with what you are doing […]
The costs of growing old: RLT’s ‘A Facility for Living’ confronts realities of aging in America
My friends and I joke a lot about aging. We commiserate about the back spasms caused by merely loading the dishwasher and the stray gray […]
Q+A with April Bey: Touched by colonialism and dystopia, the Bahamian artist creates portals of escape
“Let me write my music not for earth alone, but for the worlds” ―Sun Ra We are living in dystopian times; that much is clear. […]
‘Monumental Lies’: Historian Ronald M. James explores the evolution of early Silver State folklore
Monumental Lies: Early Nevada Folklore of the Wild West opens the door to understanding how legends and traditions emerged during the first decades following the “Rush […]
Celebrating Latinidad: Latino Arte provides theatrical and cultural experiences for oft-forgotten audiences
If you want something done well, do it yourself. That was what Annamaria Cavallone and Mario DelaRosa decided 21 years ago, after becoming frustrated by […]
Capital city creations: Carson City’s first mural festival brings international, regional artists to town Sept. 28-30
The Brewery Arts Center’s Murals and Music Festival will feature local, national and international mural artists’ work on more than 20 walls in and around […]
Curating a creative movement: The Reno Tahoe International Art Show is doubling in size and adding new features in its second year
As we are reminded every July, Reno is an art town. But ironically, it has historically lacked venues where artists can show their work en […]