Naloxone, more widely known under its brand name, Narcan, is all the rage in harm reduction these days. It’s been around since the 1960s and is used in medical settings […]
Read MoreThe authenticity of it: The 37th annual Bowers Bluegrass Festival puts a spotlight on the traditional music community
The 37th annual Bowers Bluegrass Festival is returning in late August to the historic Bowers Mansion Regional Park for four days of pickin’ and grinnin’. While bluegrass music is commonly […]
Read MoreA 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 […]
Read MoreNonsensical 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 […]
Read MoreAdventures 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 […]
Read MoreSo long, Reno: I’ll miss the community but not the development trajectory
After 46 years I’m leaving Reno, the city where I’ve spent two-thirds of my life. I’m moving primarily to live closer to my grandchildren, but I’ve also grown frustrated over […]
Read MoreThanksgiving wines: What to buy, how to serve—and when to break with tradition
In October 1621, the 53 survivors of the Mayflower, along with 90 Wampanoag people, celebrated the Mayflower passengers’ first harvest in the New World with a three-day feast—what’s often called […]
Read MoreWife’s POV: Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’ is an engrossing take on Elvis and his bride
Priscilla is another triumph for director Sofia Coppola. It’s a film that stands among her best, and offers perhaps the most earthbound, heartbreaking depiction of what Priscilla Presley (Cailee Spaeny) […]
Read MoreCold-blooded: Michael Fassbender is perfect as a soulless murderer in David Fincher’s ‘The Killer’
David Fincher’s The Killer, starring Michael Fassbender as the title character, plays as if Fassbender’s cold and emotionless android persona from the Alien movies has found its way to Earth […]
Read MoreStreetalk: What is your favorite Thanksgiving food? Your least favorite?
Posted inStreetalk Asked at Reno Public Market, 299 E. Plumb Lane, Reno Elizabeth Swanson Student Mashed potatoes. I’m a potato person. You can put a lot of flavors into them. […]
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