If you’ve had more sappy sweetness than you can swallow from the standard entertainment on offer this time of year, Brüka Theatre’s got you. Its latest production, Christmas With the Crawfords, running…
Swifties united: Taylor Swift’s unstoppable fandom is going strong in Reno—and everywhere else
Loud bass music rattled the glitter on the floor. Sparkly high heels jumped up and down. Women of various ages (but few men) chanted lyrics in unison. The Taylor Party is a…
Taste of the town: Pete’s Meat BBQ food truck, Shanty Dolan’s Nog Off, and more!
Happenings The Nog Off returns to Shanty Dolan’s at 211 Keystone Ave., in Reno, at 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2. Guests can enjoy music, raffles, food from the Silver Rush Grill food…
An album of classic acts: Fall brought some major rockers to town
It’s been a great season for classic rock fans. Major acts like Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick and Sting played Reno, packing the Grand Sierra Resort’s Grand Theatre with longtime diehards and younger…
Toast the season: Wine suggestions for every December holiday
Happy holidays! I find it odd that some people get offended by the phrase “happy holidays”; after all, it allows people to convey their best wishes when we are not sure which,…
Half of a good movie: Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ has some fine moments—but it feels over-edited and incomplete
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, the director’s take on the military career and love life of the legend, feels like half of a movie—but that half of a movie is pretty good, thankfully. Joaquin…
Make the yuletide gay: The Nevada Gay Men’s Chorus is a multi-demographic fan favorite
When Steven Meyer left the soon-to-be-defunct Nevada Opera in 2011, he found himself without a creative outlet. Meyer had been singing with the Nevada Opera since he was 16 and had even…
A gory holiday: Eli Roth turns his ‘Grindhouse’ trailer into bloody ‘Thanksgiving’ mayhem
Back in 2007, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez released their cult-classic double-feature, Grindhouse, and the project featured some glorious, disgusting fake trailers. Two of those trailers, Machete and Hobo With a Shotgun,…
Nonsensical laughs: SNL’s Please Don’t Destroy troupe heads to ‘Foggy Mountain’ on Peacock
Please Don’t Destroy, the comedy troupe consisting of Martin Herlihy, John Higgins and Ben Marshall—routinely the best thing about Saturday Night Live thanks to the troupe’s brilliant short films—gets its first feature-length…
Adventures in our own backyard: ‘Sierra Highway: U.S. 395 and El Camino Sierra in California and Nevada’
Author and photographer Stephen H. Provost’s Sierra Highway: U.S. 395 and El Camino Sierra in California and Nevada is the fourth volume in his growing Highways of the West series, historical travel guides to…