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Nevada media over the last century and a half
By Brad Bynum, Georgia Fisher, Sage Leehey and Dennis Myers
Nevada’s first known newspaper, Johnstown’s Gold Canyon Switch of 1854, was handwritten, one of several handwritten mining camp papers over the years.
2. The Misfits
The Misfits is a 1961 drama featuring Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe and is set mostly in Reno. Monroe’s character is recently divorced and even throws her ring into the Truckee River.
3. “Little Motel” by Modest Mouse music video
This unconventional music video shot by Reno native Justin Francis with all local actors in 2007 was filmed entirely in Reno. It shows a young boy dying and his mom taking him from the hospital to die in a little motel, but the visuals are played in reverse.
4. “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash
The most famous pop cultural reference to the city of Reno is in Johnny Cash’s lyric, “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die” in “Folsom Prison Blues,” from his album Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison. The song, appropriately enough, opens up this live album actually recorded in the prison in 1968.
5. First libraries
A Carnegie Free Public Library was established in Reno in 1904, the area’s first. A Sparks library opened in 1932, Stead in 1973, Incline Village in 1978.
6. Eric Whitacre
Popular composer and conductor Eric Whitacre was born in Reno in 1970 and studied music at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas prior to attending Julliard School of Music in New York.
7. California Split
Right in the middle of his hot streak that included hits like MASH and Nashville, Robert Altman made this 1974 prototypical buddy comedy about a couple of dudes (George Segal and Elliot Gould, in his handsome, charming prime) who come to Reno for a poker game. Many of the casino scenes were shot at the Mapes, the classic casino that some jackasses tore down more than a decade ago to make room for a fucking ice rink.
8. KOJ radio
On May 1, 1922, Nevada State University in Reno was issued a federal license for the state’s first radio station, with call letters KOJ. It was later revoked without going live.
9. The Loom of the Desert
Long ago, travelers “worked their way back from the Western sea,” Idah Meacham Strobridge wrote in 1907 in the story collection The Loom of the Desert, “to stop at those Nevada cañons where there was silver to be had for the delving.”
10. The Crew
If you ask somebody from Dubuque or Baltimore or Toronto or wherever to name a band from Reno, Nevada, chances are they won’t be able to, unless they’re into punk rock and hardcore, in which case, they’ll say, without hesitation, “7 Seconds. Duh.” The band’s first full-length LP came out in 1984.
11. Television in Tonopah and Ely
In 1955 television came to Tonopah and in 1956 to Ely.
12. Atomic test site art
In the 1950s, atomic test sites were such an attraction that they inspired art and posters. http://bit.ly/1nOYg6l.
This fall, Nevada has its 150th birthday—its sesquicentennial. And soon enough the weather will cool down and we’ll all be more prone to staying indoors and reading a book, watching a movie, catching up on our TV shows on Netflix or listening to music. In that spirit, we’ve brought you 150 Nevada-themed media items to get you prepped and ready for the season.
13. Jena Malone
Actress Jena Malone was born in Sparks in 1984. She recently played Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
14. Fitzsimmons/Corbett fight
Nevada’s first known movie was shot on St. Patrick’s Day 1897 in Carson City—the Bob Fitzsimmons/Jim Corbett prizefight, attended by thousands. Fitzsimmons won.
15. Tremors
Perfection, Nevada, the setting of the horror movie, Tremors (1990), about giant killer earthworms, isn’t a real town, and the movie was actually shot around Lone Pine, California, which is on the Eastern edge of the Sierras, so at least it really looks Nevada. “150 tHINGS”
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16. Virginia City
The Olivia de Havilland western Virginia City had star-studded premieres at theatres in Virginia City and Reno on March 16, 1940.
If you look closely, you might notice that the 1986 “Take Me Home Tonight” by Eddie Money music video was shot in the University of Nevada, Reno’s own Lawlor Events Center.
18. “Loser” by Beck
“Baby’s in Reno with the Vitamin D/Got a couple of couches/Sleep on the loveseat”: What do these lyrics from Beck’s 1993 song mean? Who knows? Who cares?
19. Shanghai Noon
This 2000 Western/Kung Fu mishmash with Jackie Chan, was shot elsewhere, but it’s set in Carson City.
20. One Sound State
In 1936, the Nevada State Journal and the First National Bank of Nevada sent out this magazine-format booklet to 10,000 millionaires around the nation.
21. Pink Cadillac
The 1989 Clint Eastwood film, Pink Cadillac, is about a woman running from a bounty hunter and a group of white supremacists in her husband’s pink Cadillac. There are several Northern Nevada locations in this film, and she’s finally found in Reno.
22. Reno 911!
About a decade ago, if you were a Renoite traveling anywhere outside the state and you happened to mention where you lived, people would almost always ask, “So, what do people in Reno think about that show Reno 911!?” (The show aired from 2003 to 2009.) The answer, of course, is that it’s a funny show that has basically nothing to do with the real Reno. On May 29, 1922, Broili’s Nevada Machinery & Electric was issued a radio station license and call letters KDZK and went on the air July 21 —the state’s first on-air radio station.
24. Original Amateur Hour
In September 1954, Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour, which ran on four television networks during its 12 year run, was held in the University of Nevada gymnasium.
25. Home Improvement episode
In a 1993 episode of Home Improvement—“A Sew Sew Evening”—we learn that Al was stationed at a Navy base in Fallon for a time.
26. Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women by Dr. Alexa Albert
There may be more books about Nevada’s brothels than there are actual working girls. This 2002 title is of good repute.
27. The Godfather Part II
Spoiler alert for a 1974 movie that you really should have seen by now, damn it! So, is Fredo Corleone’s body still in Lake Tahoe?
28. Top Gun
Top Gun (1986) is about a Naval pilot (Tom Cruise) training at the Navy’s Top Gun Fighter school in San Diego. Many of the aerial scenes were shot in Fallon.
29. Bonanza
Long-running—1950 to 1973—and wildly popular, Bonanza starred an iconic Virginia
City ranching family.
You may not know the
Cartwrights, but we all know the Ponderosa.
30. Miss Nevada on Bonanza
Two Nevadan pop culture symbols intersected: Former Miss Nevada Dawn Wells made the first of two appearances on Bonanza in “The Way Station,” Oct. 29, 1962.
31. Leaving Las Vegas
Remember the big sex scene in this 1995 Oscar-winning flick? With Nicolas Cage pouring booze all over Elizabeth Shue’s breasts? It’s a super depressing movie, but for some reason we remember that scene fondly. In 1986 John Wayne played his last role in The Shootist, about an old gunfighter with terminal cancer who goes to Carson City for his final days.
33. The Jean Ford Collection
Campaign papers and more dating between 1958 and 1990 from Nevada activist, preservationist and legislator Jean Ford are safely stored at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
34. Sister Act
Released in 1992, Sister Act is about a lounge singer in Reno who is put into the witness protection program and has to pretend to be a nun in San Francisco to hide from a mob boss.
35. Television and child care
In 1947 University of Nevada electrical engineering professor Irving Sandorf told the Reno Kiwanis Club that television could be used for child care.
36. Stained Class by Judas Priest
This 1978 Judas Priest album has long been a Northern Nevada favorite. Be sure to crank it up during “Better by You, Better by Me” so that you don’t miss any of the subliminal messages.
37. “Reno” by Bruce Springsteen
This song from Bruce Springsteen’s 2005 album Devils & Dust contains the lyrics, “‘200 dollars straight in/250 up the ass,’ she smiled and said/She unbuckled my belt, pulled back her hair/And sat in front of me on the bed.” Yep.
38. The Green Felt Jungle
The Green Felt Jungle, a 1963 national best seller on mobbed-up Nevada, hit way too close to home for Nevada’s promoters, politicians— and mobsters.
39. “New Year’s Eve in Reno” by Hal Swift
40. The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Walter Van Tilburg Clark’s first novel, The Ox Bow Incident, was published in 1940, the first of the Nevadan’s three novels, now considered a classic. A movie version was made three years later, and it was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
41. Friday Night
This 2011 remake of an ’80s vampire flick is largely unnecessary, but it sinks its teeth in the old idea that the suburbs of Las Vegas are the perfect place for the soulless living dead. 42. Twins
The “Which twin has the Toni?” advertising campaign for home permanent kits began in 1950 with Nevada’s Eleanor and Jeanne Fulstone as the first set of twins.
43. “Reno, Nevada” by Fairport Convention
Folkie Richard Farina, best known for being married to Joan Baez’s sister, wrote this song, but the definitive version from 1968 is by the great English folk-rock band Fairport Convention, feauturing some amazing, virtuosic but tasteful guitar playing by Richard Thompson.
44. Microwave stations
In Aug. 1951 a string of nine microwave stations across Nevada began carrying telephone calls, and started carrying television signals in September.
45. The Hangover
After all the sequels and rip-offs, it’s easy to forget what a comedic revelation this movie was in 2009. And great fucking branding and promotion or whatever for the state’s biggest tourist trap.
46. The Professionals
The Professionals (1966) is one of a dozen movies made in Nevada’s Valley of Fire, and the one that makes the best use of the scenery.
Dawn Wells on Bonanza and Lee Marvin in The Professionals.
Madchen Amick on Twin Peaks, the One Sound State magazine, Ted Mack's Amateur Hour TV show, The Hangover, and John Cazale in The Godfather II.
47. Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James
This book by Will James—a real Washoe Valley cowboy—has stayed in print since 1926 and been made into several movies.
48. Television for the Olympics
Verdi residents voted for a tax to pay for a translator to bring television signals into town in time for the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics.
49. Olympics coverage
Mapes Hotel publicist Harry Spencer established a press room on the hotel’s top floor for the international press covering the Olympics.
50. The Wizard
This stupid 1988 movie about video games is best remembered for introducing American audiences to the video game Super Mario Bros. 3. But nobody has ever been as excited to visit Reno as Fred Savage is in this movie.
51. Arthur Raycraft
In 1909-1911, Tonopah’s Arthur Raycraft was experimenting with wireless (radio) stations, leading to a long radio career in Nevada.
52. “All the Way to Reno (You’re Gonna Be a Star)” by R.E.M.
Fuck you, R.E.M.
53. “Caricatures by Hickman”
Reno Gazette-Journal cartoonist Jeff Hickman has catalogued the area’s conflicts and characters for more than a decade. Behold: http://bit. ly/1xPxDYO. 54. “Friend of the Devil” by The Grateful Dead
This 1970 Grateful Dead tune is one of the many songs that characterize Reno as a destination for sketchy, drugged-out, crazy people. Not sure what that’s about.
55. Winnemucca, A Small Town Fairytale by Laura A.H. Elliott
A road trip fosters a coming-of-age story in Laura A.H. Elliott’s 2011 novel.
56. The Ignoble Conspiracy
The Ignoble Conspiracy (1986) by Sally Springmeyer Zanjani and Guy Louis Rocha won posthumous pardons for labor radicals wrongly convicted of murder in 1907 Goldfield.
57. “Wrong Side of the Road” by Tom Waits
Tom Waits, the great, iconoclastic songwriter, has several songs that mention Reno—including this one from his 1978 album Blue Valentines, which mentions “Spendin’ someone else’s dough/And we’ll drive all the way to Reno/On the wrong side of the road.”
58. Rebel Nation by Shaunta Grimes
The second book in the young adult, dystopian series starting with Viral Nation came out in July. Grimes is a Renoite.
59. Charley Varrick
This 1973 crime thriller is a great one for catching glimpses of what Reno—not to mention every little town in the Carson Valley—looked like in the 1970s. Walter Matthau stars.
60. “Reno” by Doug Supernaw
“Reno,” a 1993 ditty, thoroughly covers gambling, whiskey, romantic despair and other country staples.
61. Willis Pressel
In 1915, Willis Pressel became the state’s first federally licensed radio amateur, with a station atop Reno City Hall and a call of 6VI.
62. Kingpin
The final bowling game between Bill Murray and Woody Harrelson’s characters in the 1996 movie Kingpin was shot and takes place in the National Bowling Stadium here in Reno.
63. The Ballad of Cable Hogue
This surprising 1970 Sam Peckinpah film was shot in the Valley of Fire, and the lyrical Western still has a wide fan base.
64. Supercar
If anyone remembers this Gerry Anderson puppet television series, it’s probably the baby boomers. The 39-episode series (1960-1961) was set in Black Rock, Nevada.
65. “From the Interior: Calaveras” in the Sacramento Union
When a massive network of fugitives camped in Carson Valley in 1853, government officials called on rangers for help. http://bit.ly/ X2NH8K.
66. Nevada by Steve Gerber
A Vegas stripper’s pet ostrich is also her dancing partner in this trippy 1996 novel by Steve Gerber. 67. Nevada Weekly begins
On November 17, 1993, Nevada Weekly, forerunner of the RN&R, began publication with an investigative cover story on Judge Jerry Whitehead.
68. Pontiac by the Atomiks
David Calkins at the Discology music store has been talking about pressing the Atomiks’ 1995 debut album to vinyl. Somebody go over there and give him some money so he can do it.
69. Clear and Present Danger
The Naval Air Station in Fallon was used again in this 1994 film starring Harrison Ford. It’s about a CIA analyst who is brought into a war against a Colombian drug cartel.
70. Nevada
When a single woman wanders into Silver City, she creates a sensation. Or so it goes in this 1997 flick.
71. Uniquely Nevada by Dennis Myers and Rebecca O’Connor
Of course, there is also the fine children’s book, Uniquely Nevada (2004), as an introduction to Nevada history.
72. Paiute Princess: The Story of Sarah Winnemucca by Deborah Kogan Ray
This 2012 children’s book is packed with archives and illustrations.
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73. The Go-Getter
This 2007 independent film is set and filmed in Reno and Fallon at various points. It’s about a young boy who steals a car and goes on a road trip to find his estranged brother.
74. “Bye Bye Video Diary”
This episode of the Disney Channel series Good Luck Charlie features the library and rec center at the University of Nevada, Reno.
75. First television stations
Nevada’s first television station, KLAS in Las Vegas, went on the air July 22, 1953. KZTV in Reno followed on Sept. 27, 1953.
76. Burning Man: Art of Fire
This book arrived in hardcover last month from a collective of writers, artists and photographers. Founder Larry Harvey even wrote the intro.
77. “Letter From Reese River”
Meticulous descriptions of Central Nevada spring to life in the 1865 “Letter From Reese River.” http://bit.ly/1qHZKE1.
78. Damaged Goods by Hellbound Glory
Country music troubadour Leroy Virgil’s shitkicking band Hellbound Glory has been repping Reno far and wide in recent years, and have put out a lot of great music, but this tears-in-your-beer record from a 2011 might be their best. The Circus Circus Hotel and other views of Reno can be seen when Dr. Evil and Mini-Me dance in jail in the 2002 film, Austin Powers in Goldmember.
80. Reno by Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.
Local promoters were furious with tax resident Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.’s 1929 novel of the divorce colony, Reno (it became a 1930 movie).
81. “High Hopes”
This episode of the Steven Spielberg sci-fi TV series Taken was set at Groom Lake in Nevada.
82. “Carson Valley” in the Sacramento Union
Carson Valley horse thieves spurred this 1858 article. http://bit.ly/1tNWmKv.
83. Howard Hughes News Conference
Perhaps Nevada’s most unusual record album,—an LP of the reclusive billionaire’s 1972 news conference where he was heard, not seen.
84. Carrie Fisher’s debut
On June 23, 1971 actor Carrie Fisher made her show business debut at the Sparks Nugget, appearing in the show starring her mother (Debbie Reynolds).
85. Ghosts of America
Like the heebie jeebies? The Ghosts of America website has photos of supposed Virginia City hauntings.
86. Roughing It by Mark Twain
Nevada’s first bestseller, on Twain’s Nevada years, was published as a prequel to The
Innocents Abroad.
87.
This Woody Guthrie tune, sometimes subtitled “(Reno Blues)” opens with the lyrics, “Way out in Reno, Nevada, where romance blooms and fades ...”
88. Night Time in Nevada
Roy Rogers and Trigger steal the show in this 1948 western.
89. Ducks Ducks by Theodocia Swecker
For your next gift for a toddler, get Ducks
Ducks (1998) by Winnemucca author/artist Theodocia Swecker. It tells of winter in Nevada mountains—for ducks.
90. Spark: A Burning Man Story
This 2013 film goes behind the scenes to document some of the temporary city’s triumphs and challenges.
91. “Nevada Day”
In this 2006 Studio 60 episode, a Hollywood figure got extradited from the Sunset Strip to Pahrump to face a failure-to-appear warrant from a speeding ticket, but it’s Nevada Day so nobody is available to hear the case and they let the star go.
92. RN&R begins
On Washington’s birthday, 1995, the RN&R began publication with an investigative cover piece about a Nevada Supreme Court case.
93. Affair in Reno
94. Desperation by Stephen King
The 1996 Stephen King novel is about people travelling down Highway 50 in Nevada and being abducted by the deputy of the fictional town named Desperation.
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17TH ANNUAL FALLFEST CRAFT FAIR 2014: The festival features more than 50 local and visiting vendors selling jewelry, beadwork, baskets, blankets, paintings, seasonal items, baked goods and more, as well as food and fun. F, 10/3, 10am7pm; Sa, 10/4, 10am-7pm. Free admission. Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Gym, 34 Reservation Road, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, (775) 842-1385. CARSON CITY GHOST WALK: Hear about lingering spirits of the past and visit some of the city’s historic buildings including The Bliss Mansion, The Ferris Mansion and the Rinckel Mansion. Sa, 9/20, 6:30pm; Sa, 10/18, 10am-2:30pm. $15 in advance, $20 day of the event. Corner of Third and Curry streets behind Firkin & Fox/ St. Charles Hotel, Carson City, (775) 348-6279, http://carsoncityghostwalk.com. ELDORADO GREAT ITALIAN FESTIVAL: The Eldorado’s 33rd annual celebration of Italian culture and traditions includes a grape stomp, sauce cookers competition, free live entertainment on two outdoor stages, an Italian farmers’ market, bocce ball, kids’ gelato-eating contest, a wine walk, Italian food street-side and an Italian buffet inside the Eldorado. Sa, 10/11, 10am-4pm; Su, 10/12, 10am-4pm. Free admission. Eldorado Resort Casino, 345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700, www.eldoradoreno.com. GENOA CANDY DANCE ARTS & CRAFTS FAIRE: The 94th annual fundraiser for the town of Genoa features more than 300 vendors offering arts and crafts, homemade candy, food and more. The Candy Dance and Dinner takes place Saturday evening. Sa, 9/27, 9am-5pm; Su, 9/28, 9am-5pm. Free admission to faire; $20$28 for dance and dinner. Main St., Genoa, (775) 782-8696, www. genoanevada.org. NV150 WESTERN HERITAGE FESTIVAL: This event celebrates Nevada’s 150th birthday and traditional Nevada arts and culture. Demonstrations in basket making, spinning and weaving, quilting, saddle making, etc. are planned. Additional activities will include children’s dummy roping, stick horse barrel racing, antique engine displays and square dancing. Throughout the afternoon stage performances highlight cowboy poets, musicians and dancers. Sa, 10/4, 11am-6pm. Free. Victorian Square, Victorian Ave. 14th Street to Pyramid Way in Sparks, (775) 722-0109, www. WesternHeritageFestival.org. RENO CELTIC CELEBRATION: The annual festival features pipe bands, Scottish and Irish dancers, Celtic musicians, Highland games, Celtic critters at the animal village, kids games, food and drink and Celtic merchandise. Sa, 10/4, 10am-5pm; Su, 10/5, 10am-5pm. $15 one-day pass, $25 for a two day-pass, free admission for kids age 12 and younger with paid attendee. Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 378-0931, www.renoceltic. org. RENO COMIC CON: Wizard World
hosts the comic convention featuring William Shatner and Jon Bernthal and Norman Reedus of The Walking Dead, Boondock Saints stars Sean Patrick Flanery and David Della Rocco, among other celebrities, as well as comic artists and creators Neal Adams, Tom Cook, Michael Golden, Bob Hall, Greg Horn, Kevin Maguire, Pop Mhan, Phil Ortiz, Arthur Suydam, B. Alex Thompson and Renee Witterstaetter. F, 11/21, 3-8pm; Sa, 11/22, 10am-7pm; Su, 11/23, 11am-5pm. $35-$199. Reno-Sparks Convention Center, 4590 S. Virginia St., www.wizardworld.com/homereno.html. RENO ZOMBIE CRAWL: The zombiethemed bar craw features more than 50 different bars all within walking distance and drawing about 20,000 attendees and spectators. Participants dress in zombie or zombie-related attire and purchase commemorative cups and maps that entitle them to drink specials, no cover and entrance into costume contests. Sa, 10/25, 8pm. $5. Reno Zombie Craw, Downtown, (775) 342-9565, http://renozombiecrawl.com. SNAFU CON: The fifth annual anime convention features artists, panels, events contests and more. Th, 10/23; F, 10/24; Sa, 10/25. $20-$40. Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000, http://snafucon.com. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OUTHOUSE RACES: This Comstock tradition pits teams of costumed outhouse racers against each other. One person rides and the remaining team members push, pull or drag the decorated outhouses down the racetrack. The Parade of Outhouses will begin at noon on Saturday, Oct. 4 with races to follow at 1 p.m. The races will begin again on Sunday at noon. Sa, 10/4, noon; Su, 10/5, noon. Free. Downtown Virginia City, C St. in Virginia City, (775) 851-4444, http://visitvirginiacitynv.com.
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ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful Benefit, this month’s Artists Co-op of Reno Gallery show will feature the beauty of the area with art and crafts from the co-op members and invited guest artists. The show benefits Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful. Through 9/30, 11am-4pm. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896, www. artistsco-opgalleryreno.com. ARTSPACE, WEST STREET MARKET: Nate Clark: Four by Fives, University of Nevada, Reno alumnus Nate Clark’s new work focuses on his exploration of his notion of simplicity. His paintings highlight a simple repetitive and orderly process where minimal gestures are employed to produce meditative images. Th-Sa, 4-8pm through 11/15. Free. 144 West St., www. nathanandrewclark.com. BREWERY ARTS CENTER: Nevada Artists Association Annual Photography Show, Local and regional photographers exhibit their best shots. NAA member artists exhibit paintings in the Late Summer show. M-Sa, 10am-4pm through 10/4. Free. 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976, www.breweryarts.org. JOT TRAVIS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: University of Nevada, Reno master of fine arts candidates Bahareh Shabrabi Farahani and Mahsan
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Music
ARGENTA CONCERT SERIES: The second of nine performances of the Argenta Concert Series Season will feature the flutist Tara Helen O’Connor. She is joined by violinist and violist Daniel Phillips, as well as several University of Nevada, Reno faculty members for a program featuring the music of Haydn, Mozart, Martinu, Janacek and Durufle. F, 10/17, 7:30pm. $25; $5 for students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr. edu/cla/music/acs. ARGENTA CONCERT SERIES: Cho-Liang Lin on violin will be joined by William VerMeulen on horn, who alongside several University of Nevada, Reno faculty members, will present rustic, folky and nature-inspired works by Brahms, Ravel and Schumann, among others. F, 11/7, 7:30pm.
$25, $5 for students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278. JAZZ ENSEMBLE I WITH MATT HARRIS: Guest artist Matt Harris, nationally known composer and pianist, will be featured with Jazz Ensemble I on both piano and melodica. Th, 10/23, 7:30pm. $5, free for students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278. NEVADA CHAMBER OPERA: The Nevada Chamber Opera performs scenes from The Magic Flute, Der Rosenkavalier, Die Fledermaus, Lakme, La Traviata and more. F, 11/14, 7:30pm; Su, 11/16, 2pm. $15; $5 for students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278. PERFORMING ARTS SERIES: VAUD & THE VILLAINS: The group delivers a rollicking, hip orchestraand-cabaret stage show full of vintage-costumed musicians, dancers and singers. Th, 10/9, 7:30pm. $24 for adults; $20 for seniors, UNR faculty and staff; $12 youths and students; $5 for UNR students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 7844278, www.unr.edu/pas. PERFORMING ARTS SERIES: WINDSYNC: The Houston-based woodwind quintet performs. Th, 11/6, 7:30pm. $24 for adults; $20 for seniors, UNR faculty and staff; $12 youths and students; $5 for UNR students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr. edu/pas. POSTCARDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD: University of Nevada, Reno violin and viola professor Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio, San Francisco pianist Jeffrey Sykes and UNR faculty horn professor DeAunn Davis will perform works by American composers Paul Schoenfield and Ken Benshoof, British composer Bernard Shore, Italian virtuoso Alessandro Rolla and Turkish composer Fazil Say. The concert will also feature Johannes Brahms’ Horn Trio in E-flat. W, 10/22, 7:30pm. Free. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278. RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT WITH COREY CEROVSEK: Violinist Corey Cerovsek performs works for violin and orchestra by Samuel Barber and Antonín Dvorák. The progam includes Mozart’s “Linz” Symphony and Richard Wagner’s “Siegfried Idyll.” Sa, 10/25, 7:30pm; Su, 10/26, 2pm. $22 - $45; $5 for fulltime students. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-9413, www.renochamberorchestra.org. RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WITH WILLIAM BARTON: The RCO opens its 40th season with Australian didgeridoo player William Barton. The concert program will include Music for Didgeridoo and Orchestra by Peter Sculthorpe and William Barton, Telemann’s Water Music and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 “Scottish.” Sa, 9/20, 7:30pm; Su, 9/21, 2pm. $22-$45; $5 for full-time students. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-9413, www.renochamberorchestra.org. RENO PHILHARMONIC: CLASSIX THREE: Twenty-year-old cellist and 2012 Davidson Institute of Talent Development Fellow Nathan Chan joins the Reno Philharmonic for Classix Three, sharing his interpretation of Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85. The evening’s concert begins with Wagner’s Die Meistersinger Overture and concludes with Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 43. Su, 11/16, 4pm; Tu, 11/18, 7:30pm. $27-$82. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 323-6393, www.renophil.com/ performances/classix-series. RENO PHILHARMONIC: CLASSIX TWO: This Nevada 150th Signature Event features a performance of a full orchestral and choral arrangement of the state song, “Home Means Nevada,” commissioned and recorded by the Reno Philharmonic. The concert will also feature Sean Shepherd’s “Desert Garden,” Michael Daugherty’s “Lost Vegas” and University of Nevada, Reno piano professor and long-time Reno Phil pianist James Winn performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, op. 44. Sa, 10/11, 7:30pm; Su, 10/12, 4pm; Tu, 10/14, 7:30pm. $27-$82. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 323-6393, www.renophil.com/performances/classix-series. Ω
DICE 2014 Craft
Local professionals in the design and creative community are invited to attend DICE 2014, a multi-disciplinary design conference in northern Nevada demonstrating that great design empowers individuals, inspires the masses, and enriches entire communities. This year, DICE 2014 will dive into the intricacies of the idea of “craft”: its history, misconceptions and future in the world of design. The event takes place September 18th, from 2-7pm at The Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W Liberty St, Reno, NV 89501. Our honored guest speakers include Tom Kundig, Charles Stone, and Jim Stickley.
TODAY’S SPECIAL EVENT!!
Tom Kundig, FAIA
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
2:00pm Registration 2:30pm Jim Stickley, ASLA Wallace Roberts & Todd 3:30pm DICE 2014: CRAFT Design Competion Presentations & Inaugural DICE Award 4:30pm Break 5:00pm Charles Stone, FIALD Fisher Marantz Stone 6:00pm Tom Kundig, FAIA Olson Kundig Architects 7:00pm DICE 2014: CRAFT Reception
This year, DICE challenges designers to answer the question: How could you use your craft to make Reno a better place?
Entries can be in the form of a video or a slide presentation and are due one week prior to the event on Sept 11, 2014. The winner will be the nucleus of a kickstarter campaign where DICE will help raise funds to make your idea a reality.
Buy tickets online @ www.designconferencenv.com $60 - General | $25 - Student | $45 - Professional Members
Charles Stone, FIALD
Jim Stickley, ASLA
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95. “Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel” by Timothy O’Sullivan
This may sound as dull as toast, but the accompanying landscapes from famed photographer Timothy O’Sullivan are breathtaking (1867; on view now at the Nevada Museum of Art).
96. Strangers by Dean Koontz
The characters in this 2002 horror novel are all brought to the Tranquility Motel in the Nevada desert outside of Elko to figure out what was done to them and why.
97. Winnemucca by Willy Vlautin
Before he was known as a movie-inspiring novelist, native son Willy Vlautin was known as the leader of the Uncle Tupelo-influenced alt-country band Richmond Fontaine. The group has released 10 studio albums, all littered with Nevada references, but this 2002 record has the most undeniably Nevadan title.
98. “The Sorry State of Nevada”
The March 18, 1955, issue of Collier’s magazine inquired into “The Sorry State of Nevada,” describing many problems which remain unchanged today.
99. Fallout: New Vegas
Few places seem to invite being recast as a radioactive post-apocalyptic wasteland quite as readily as Las Vegas. There aren’t quite as many mutants in the 2010 video game as actually live there now.
100. Sagebrushed: Coming of Age and Working in Nevada edited by Alan Deutschman
This book is a collection of 12 personal essays by students of the University of Nevada, Reno’s Reynolds School of Journalism about growing up in the Silver State.
101. Magnolia
This 1999 film takes place mainly in the San Fernando Valley, but the opening casino scene was shot in Reno. It revolves around interrelated characters and their quest for love and meaning.
102. The Cooler
This 2003 romantic drama is set in a fictional Las Vegas casino called the Shangri-La, but the film was actually shot in the Golden Phoenix Reno—now the Montage—and used employees from the casino in the movie.
103. West of Carson City
Boomtown lawlessness sets the tone in this 1940 Western starring Johnny Mack Brown.
104. Girlchild by Tupelo Hassman
Tupelo Hassman’s first novel, published in 2013, is about a young girl who comes from a line of “biblically fertile” women living in the Calle—a trailer park in Reno—and is determined to break the chain. A group of MIT students and one professor take on Las Vegas casinos via card counting. Moral of the story: card counting is awesome. But I’m pretty sure it’s a little harder than it looks here.
106. “Adventures of a Middle-Aged College Student” by Paul George
UNR alumnus Paul George wrote this short story about his journey through university life, and it was published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: From Lemons to Lemonade in 2013.
107. Lightnin’
In 1918 Lightnin’, a play about a divorce hotel straddling the Nevada/California line at Lake Tahoe, began playing on Broadway, lasting three seasons and 1,291 performances.
108. 5 Against the House
Five college kids decided to rob a downtown Reno casino. What a great idea! What could possibly go wrong? Today’s university students could learn a thing or two from this 1955 movie.
109. “Las Vegas” by Gram Parson
Gram Parson’s 1974 ode to the dangers of the sin city is one of the best songs on his classic country album Grievous Angel.
110. Crime Story
This Las Vegas television series (1986-1988) had a legendary season-ending cliffhanger in its first season, then was canceled in its second.
111. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The 15th season on this Vegas-set police procedural show starts on Sept. 28. And yet some of us have still never seen an episode.
112. The Flamer by Ben Rogers
Reno is the backdrop for arson and selfdiscovery in the 2012 debut novel from local engineer Ben Rogers.
113. “Nevada” by Deer Tick
War Elephant, Deer Tick’s 2007 debut album, is a solid slab of alt-rock country, and a song that references our state in the title is one of the best on the album. But the band’s live show, as evidenced by their appearance at the Knitting Factory a few weeks ago, sure is a mess.
114. Push, Nevada
You’re doing well if you remember this 2002 115. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
This 1971 novel is a quick, ubiquitous read that’ll pull you into a rabbit hole of vicarious drug use.
116. You Came Back by Christopher Coake
Coake, a UNR associate professor, wrote this 2013 fiction novel about a man dealing with his son’s death and his own subsequent divorce when a woman living in his old home tells him his son is haunting the house.
117. Casino
1995. Martin Scorsese. Robert de Niro. Joe Pesci. Sharon Stone. What else do you need? Don Rickles? You got it.
118. “Drive Slow” by Kanye West featuring
Paul Wall and
GLC music video
Hype Williams directed West’s video for this song, and it was shot mostly in the downtown areas of both
Las Vegas and
Reno in 2006.
119.
Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
Marc Reisner’s 1986 book dealt with water in the west and helped bring an end to the damaging era of dam building.
120. Twin Peaks
This classic TV show (1990-91) is set in Washington state and has nothing to do with Nevada, but Madchen Amick, who played a perennial damsel-in-distress, is from Sparks.
121. The Seven Brothers of Elko, a book series by Raeann Blake
This romance series is an ongoing trilogy that began in 2012. The latest: Michael.
122. Love Ranch
Love Ranch is a 2010 drama based on the lives of a married couple—Joe and Sally Conforte—who opened the Mustang Ranch, a legal brothel in Storey County.
123. Into the Wild
The 2007 Sean Penn-written and directed film was based on the book of the same name by Jon Krakauer about Christopher McCandless’s travels across North America and into the Alaskan wilderness. There are a variety of Nevada locations shown in this film.
124. Bad Move Space Cadet by Zoinks!
The 1995 record from the long defunct Reno band Zoinks! is probably the best-ever pop punk album to prominently feature the words “Ryland Street.” It’s wild that it’s almost 20 years old.
125. “Reno” by B. Raffetto
“This is the place, and ‘X’ marks the spot, where lawyers untangle the marital knot.” Thus begins a romantic, undated poem written for a Reno postcard.
126. The Aviator
A storied 1920s airmail route between Elko and Pasco was remembered in the 1985 Rosanna Arquette/Christopher Reeve movie The Aviator.
127. Trafficked No More documentary
This is an emotional documentary about sex trafficking in Nevada that originally aired on every television station in the state on Jan. 22.
128. Network changes
Because of programming and time disputes, CBS in 1972 jerked its affiliation from KOLO in Reno and gave it to KTVN (KOLO took ABC, then the lowest rated network).
129. “The Colorful Truckee River” by Hal Swift
This playful poem by Hal Swift stars Reno folk who try to dye the water on St. Patrick’s Day.
130. The Muppets
In the 2011 movie The Muppets, Fozzie Bear is found performing at the Bonanza casino with a group called “The Moopets”.
131. Live in Las Vegas
Besides Memphis, Tennessee, and Tupelo, Mississippi, no city can claim more ownership of Elvis Presley than Las Vegas. This 2001 CD box set documents live performances in Vegas from throughout Elvis’ career, 1956 to 1975.
The 2003 song “Send the Pain Below” by Chevelle revolves around a snowboarder and his struggles. It features shots of Reno including the famous arch.
133. Godzilla
In the 2014 Godzilla film, there are three big, scary monster things. One is Godzilla, and the other two are called MUTOs—mutant unidentified terrestrial organisms. One of the MUTOs emerges from a Nevada nuclear waste facility and then goes on to destroy the Vegas Strip before a showdown with the other MUTO against Godzilla in San Francisco.
134. To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
The ninth book (2003) in Janet Evanovich’s crime novel series revolving around bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is one of the few where Plum leaves New Jersey. She ends up in Nevada.
135. “The Reno Poem” by Bigott (Borja Laudo)
It’s hard to know if this mellow, catchy 2013 song from this Spanish musician is really about us. But it ought to be.
136. Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins
The short story collection by Claire Vaye Watkins (2012) is set in Nevada, and the physical setting is a major feature within these stories.
137. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
This 2008 Indy film takes place when Jones gets kidnapped by the Soviets and is forced to locate one of the crystal skulls in “Warehouse 51” in the Nevada desert.
138. Reno Tracks app
This app was made to track biking information for local agencies and for bikers to share. The app has tracked over 11,000 miles, and it was released on Jan. 24.
139. “Road, Nevada Desert” by Ansel Adams
This 1960 Ansel Adams photograph is steeped in quiet emptiness.
140. “Viva Las Vegas” by The Dead Kennedys
This song is shitty. At least the Dead Kennedys had the good sense to layer their 1980 version with the scathing satire that this crap song—and the terrible place it represents—so richly deserve.
141. The King of Casinos: Willie Martello and the El Rey Club by Andy Martello
This book is new this year from Vegas author/entertainer Martello, and it’s about Searchlight’s El Rey Club and how it affected the subsequent history of Las Vegas.
142. Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Crank—published in 2004—and the accompanying series are fiction novels written in verse loosely based on the author’s Northern Nevada experiences with her meth-addicted daughter. 143. Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
This pretty obvious sequel (1992) to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids happens after the family has relocated from California to Nevada and was shot mostly in Las Vegas.
144. Battle Born by The Killers
Somehow, mediocre Vegas wuss rock band The Killers has become the biggest rock band to ever come out of Nevada. The group’s 2012 album title references the state motto, and it sucks.
145. Tourism commercial with The Killers
Just last year, the Killers covered Cole Porter and Robert Fletcher’s “Don’t Fence Me In” for a state tourism commercial.
146. State Trooper
Nevada’s first television series, State Trooper (1956-1959) starring Rod Cameron, is now available on DVD (“Based on true cases from the files of Nevada State Police”).
147. Honeymoon in Vegas
Say what you will about him going to Carson City and lobbying for filmmaker tax breaks, Nicolas Cage really likes making movies in Nevada, like this 1992 comedy.
148. Cathouse: The Series
“Hey 1960, this is the future calling. Just wanted to give you a head’s up that over here in my time, we have a show set in a Nevada brothel. The prostitutes play themselves. No, no, no—not with themselves. They actually act onscreen as themselves. Crazy, right? It’s been on HBO since 2005, part of something called ‘reality TV.’ I knew you wouldn’t believe it.”
149. Hard Eight
Before he made critically acclaimed hits like Boogie Nights and There Will be Blood, director Paul Thomas Anderson made this 1996 underrated neo noir gem. The cast includes marquee names like Samuel L. Jackson and Gwyneth Paltrow, but the real star is Reno, which here appears gritty and trashy, sexy and scary—a perfect place for making bad decisions.
150. “Dame Nevada” by Waddie Mitchell
Penned for the sesquicentennial, this poem is Waddie Mitchell’s nod to his home state—one “where hidden hints of Eden are revealed to those who seek.” Ω
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