This Week

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Minor league baseball returns to Reno with the Reno Aces taking on the El Paso Chihuahuas at the season opener at 6:35 p.m. on Thursday, April 3. Opening day festivities include guest appearances by Claire Champlin of the CBS reality television series The Amazing Race and Benjamin “Coach” Wade of the network’s other hit reality TV series Survivor. Reno Mayor Bob Cashell and Sparks Mayor Geno Martini will also be in attendance. All four will deliver ceremonial first pitches prior to the national anthem, which will be performed by the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of choral director Jennifer Tibben. While the weather this time of year is quite unpredictable, Reno Aces Manager Phil Nevin has pledged to buy each fan in attendance a ticket to a future Aces game if the temperature at first pitch is not 60 degrees or above. The fun takes place at the Reno Aces Ballpark, 250 Evans Ave. For ticket info, call 334-7000 or visit www.renoaces.com.

—Kelley Lang

Banff InternatIonal MountaIn fIlM festIval

Nevada Land Trust’s largest annual fundraiser brings the internationally touring film festival to John Ascuaga’s Nugget on Thursday, April 3. The festival showcases award-winning outdoor adventure films that have been filmed in various locations around the world. There will be a pre-show exhibit starting at 5:30 p.m., followed by the screening at 7 p.m. inside the Nugget’s Rose Ballroom, 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks. Advance tickets are $20 for general admission and $25 at the door. A $55 VIP ticket includes a special reception from 5:30-6:30 p.m. with a drink and hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction of works from distinguished regional artists. Call 356-3300 or visit www.nevadalandtrust.org.

nevada ChaMBer opera: a nIght of aMerICa

Nevada Chamber Opera presents an evening of American opera featuring works by Mark Adamo, Samuel Barber, Carlisle Floyd and Gian Carlo Menotti. The evening will culminate in a full production of Menotti’s one-act opera, The Medium. Jason Altieri will lead the cast and the University Symphony Orchestra in this effort. The opera will be preceded by selections from Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, Samuel Barber’s Vanessa, Mark Adamo’s Little Women and Menotti’s Old Maid and the Thief, and The Consul. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. on April 4 and 5, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 6, at the Nightingale Concert Hall in the Church Fine Arts Building, 1335 N. Virginia St., at the University of Nevada, Reno. General admission is $15 and $5 for students with ID. Call (775) 784-4278 or visit www.unr.edu/arts.

reno phIlharMonIC: ClassIx sIx

The Reno Philharmonic Orchestra and music director Laura Jackson close out the 2013-2014 Classix season with a performance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 in D major “London.” The Reno Philharmonic Chorus will join the orchestra for Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 1 “A Sea Symphony.” This major choral work will feature guest vocaists Sinead Mulhern and Edward Nelson. The concert begins at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 6, and 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St. Tickets are $26-$77. Call 323-6393 or visit www.renophil.com.

BodyMaps: erIka harrsCh

This multimedia performance is a collaboration of visual artist Erika Harrsch, composer Paola Prestini and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler. Bodymaps is a personal portrait exploring the plurality of certain human experiences, showing the body as the dwelling place for consciousness, that transforms through its vital process. The event also will include selected cello pieces performed by Zeigler (a former member of the Kronos Quartet) and a presentation and dialogue surrounding a new work, “Room 35,” a collaboration of Harrsch and Prestini. General admission is $10 and $5 for students with ID. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, at the Nightingale Concert Hall in the Church Fine Arts Building, 1335 N. Virginia St., at the University of Nevada, Reno. Call (775) 784-3555 or visit or visit www.unr.edu/arts.