Events
A request for input…Famous Women Quotes, Past & Present
The project entails the compilation of inspiring quotes to be presented in a 20-minute video. To host two public presentations and to offer a free Calligraphy lettering session to those individuals that, live or work in the Reno, Tahoe area. We all have those words that we have stuck in our heads that keeps […]
Goldilocks Zone offers authors/artists $500 plus publication
onlineSunspot Lit is looking for the perfect combination of craft and appeal in stories, CNF, novel or novella excerpts, artwork, graphic novels, poems, scripts/screenplays. Literary and genre accepted. Closes April 30. […]
The Dysfunction of Food: On Food That Isn’t Beautiful or Comforting or Delicious with Kim Foster
UNLV 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154Kim Foster, James Beard Award-winning Author of the forthcoming The Meth Lunches: The Care and Feeding of a Drug Addict, St. Martin’s Press. In this lecture, Kim Foster will examine the ways food can signify and complicate dysfunction in Las Vegas, for both individuals and communities – those with empty tables, and those with full plates. […]
Jazz Lab 2
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno 1335 N Virginia St, Reno, NV, United StatesJazz Lab II performance featuring our large jazz ensemble. Free parking in the Whalen Garage
Marty O’Reilly Live at The Virgil
The Virgil 301 Vassar St., Reno, NV, United StatesExplaining Marty O’Reilly’s music is like describing a dream. It feels familiar, but at the same time unchartered. His songs sound bluesy but not blues, folk but not folk, soulful but not soul. Marty’s voice is beautiful and unique, his lyrics stark yet lush over gritty electrified guitar, melding beautifully into genre-defying music within the […]
Nevada Wind Ensemble & Choir 150th Celebration
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno 1335 N Virginia St, Reno, NV, United StatesThe evening will feature choral and wind ensemble works which celebrate the University of Nevada, Reno, culminating in the premiere of a new work in its honor: And the Cities Rise Like Dreams by Steve Danyew. Rochester, New York based Danyew is an internationally recognized composer whose music has been hailed as “startlingly beautiful… undeniably […]
Sierra Nevada Ballet’s Brew Brats and Ballet
Sierra Nevada Ballet presents a program of new choreography by 8 different choreographers at the Brewery Arts Center (April 20) and the Reno Little Theater (May 3-5), SNB partners with Steinway Piano Gallery to produce an exciting eclectic program that has become a signature SNB annual tradition offering audiences a chance to sample some local […]
When We Were Young – Spring Choral Area Concert
Hall Recital Hall, University Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV, United StatesSpring Choral Area Concert featuring the University of Nevada, Reno School of Music Concert Choir, Chamber Chorale, and guest choirs from McQueen High School. Free parking at the Whalen Parking Garage
Apex Concerts: Spark of Genius
Hall Recital Hall, University Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV, United StatesApex Concerts presents its Grand Season Finale with “Spark of Genius,” a program with an all-star cast featuring violinists Stella Chen and Sean Lee, violists Matthew Lipman and Milena Pájaro-van de Stadt, as well as Apex co-Directors Dmitri Atapine and Hyeyeon Park. Works explored are all centered on the idea of what exactly is the […]
Shakespeare’s MacBeth
Heritage Park Senior Center 350 S. Racetrack Rd., Henderson, NevadaAll performances are free to attend; no pre-registration needed MacBeth is one of Shakespeare's most beloved plays and this adaptation by the Nevada Shakespeare Festival will include plenty of surprises for new fans as well as those familiar with the dramatic themes of the story. All performances are suitable for all ages, and free. Guests […]
Reno Jazz Festival: Terell Stafford + Manzanita Quintet
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno 1335 N Virginia St, Reno, NV, United StatesAcclaimed trumpeter Terell Stafford takes the stage alongside the University's faculty jazz ensemble, the Manzanita Quintet, as they kick-off the 2024 Reno Jazz Festival. Based in New York, Terell Stafford has been hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player” by piano legend McCoy Tyner. Stafford is recognized as […]
2024 Reno Jazz Festival
University of Nevada Reno 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV, United StatesThe 2024 Reno Jazz Festival celebrates 62 years with an incredible lineup of jazz artists and artist educators-and, offering a richer, deeper and more diverse educational and artistic experience for participants-devoted to educating and inspiring the next generation of jazz musicians. This year's Festival features headliner performances by GEORGE, Terell Stafford and the Mazanita Quintet, […]