In her music, her business and her community involvement, Jenes Carter is all about making people feel good. She owns her own nail salon in Midtown, serves as the vice president of…
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Weird is good: Voidsinger offers a glimpse into Reno’s goth scene
For decades, musician Rob Pelikan has been a progenitor of the goth scene in Reno—from his days as a DJ on one of Reno’s first alternative-music radio shows on KUNR, to his…
Reno’s remarkable rise: Joyce Cox’s book documents how the Chamber of Commerce promoted a cow town into a national destination
Reno author Joyce Cox was a human version of Google decades before the internet existed. While working as a research librarian in California in the 1990s, Cox fielded phone calls from people…
Updating one’s compass: New Year’s advice from some of Reno’s finest barkeeps
At the start of every year, I like to look back at the previous year and take inventory of the person I was—and the relationship that person has with the person I…
Signs of the times: Anna Newman’s handmade versions of Reno’s motel neon
Anna Newman has her finger on the pulse of a changing Reno. Her latest sculpture series consists of handmade tributes to the beloved old neon signs from demolished, downtown-adjacent motels that have…