Set in the wasteland of post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, Hammer of the Dogs is a literary dystopian adventure filled with high-octane fun starring 21-year-old Lash. With her high-tech skill set and warrior mentality, […]
Read MorePrepare for a scare: A sneak peek into Dark Corner Haunted House
RN&R Photo Editor David Robert went behind the scenes of Dark Corner Haunted House and found a team of local actors and artists with opulently detailed makeup, props and costumes, […]
Read MoreYour move: Rogue Worx’s ‘The Game’ brings a bit of philosophy and a lavish amount of fun
“This is the real secret of life,” said the English writer, speaker and philosopher Alan Watts, “to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. […]
Read MoreThe costs of growing old: RLT’s ‘A Facility for Living’ confronts realities of aging in America
My friends and I joke a lot about aging. We commiserate about the back spasms caused by merely loading the dishwasher and the stray gray hairs that crop up in […]
Read MoreQ+A with April Bey: Touched by colonialism and dystopia, the Bahamian artist creates portals of escape
“Let me write my music not for earth alone, but for the worlds” ―Sun Ra We are living in dystopian times; that much is clear. Through the miasma of wildfires, […]
Read More‘Monumental Lies’: Historian Ronald M. James explores the evolution of early Silver State folklore
Monumental Lies: Early Nevada Folklore of the Wild West opens the door to understanding how legends and traditions emerged during the first decades following the “Rush to Washoe,” which transformed the […]
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 MoreYour local tour guide: Mikalee Byerman’s updated Reno guidebook is full of advice for locals and visitors
Author Mikalee Byerman leaves no bucket list unturned in the second edition of her guidebook, 100 Things to Do in Reno Before You Die, published in September. It’s a fun, […]
Read MoreStory of continuance: The Great Basin Native Artists’ latest exhibit helps ensure that Native art isn’t relegated to a historical footnote
The exhibition It Started With Willows, now showing at the Bristlecone Gallery at Western Nevada College in Carson City, is a fiercely eclectic show, encompassing sculpture, drawings, prints, collage and […]
Read MoreHandmade for the holidays: Buy your gifts from local artists
Reno potter Tom Drakulich makes mugs in four sizes—classic, all-day, latte and espresso. They’re priced between $28 and $32. When he sells them on a large marketplace site like Etsy, […]
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