Some assorted thoughts on this, our annual Best of Northern Nevada issue … • Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote in our annual readers’ poll. I realize that facing…
Tag: Years
A small company’s big summer: Carson Valley Community Theatre opens summer show and celebrates 20 years
Thanks to Artown and a slew of new arts organizations, events and venues that have launched in recent years, the Reno area is enjoying something of a cultural renaissance. But in some…
The sun sets on Sundance: The owner and patrons are sad to say goodbye, but celebrate 39 years of good times
In 1989, Leslie Burke brought her eldest son, then in the second grade, to Sundance Books & Music to redeem a gift certificate he won in school. “Sundance became a fixture in…
Making tracks: Friends since high school, Charity Kiss is now eight years in—and climbing the ladder
Per their Spotify biography, Reno’s Charity Kiss promises “scrappy desert rock with just an iddy biddy bit of twang.” Given the genre-defying state of modern music, it’s about as apt of a…
Ten years of lagers: Pigeon Head Brewery celebrates a milestone with a new beer garden
These days, the bar business is rough. People have less money to spend on going out, and there has never been more competition for the drinking crowd’s dollars. But now and again,…
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…