As Reno begins the long, slow glide into Autumn, let’s find some stuff to do
artumn, or don’t leaf your brushes at home
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very season in the Truckee Meadows has something to recommend it. Winter? Sports. Spring? Gardening. Summer? Outdoor drinking, day trips and the lakes. For some reason, though, the RN&R always chooses fall— arguably the most beautiful of all of our outdoor seasons—to suggest indoor things to do. We don’t quite understand why we make this argument every year, and yet, like your grandparents, we somehow just keep doing it.
Wipe off that dust and keep hugging strangers
Seriously, Burners never stop. As soon as they’re done hauling everything they own out into the desert and partying to exhaustion, they come back to town, do their laundry, and haul everything they own over to Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor. For a glimpse of all the fire-spewing artwork and loud EDM you can handle without the pesky dust storms and the inconvenience of pitching a tent, head to the Reno’s Burniest bar Oct. 17. Who to follow: Reno Burners, Reno Decompression better than fair
More art for your buck
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You know how art fairs on shady lawns can be boring and predictable? This one isn’t. For real. This juried, city-run event is on its fourth year. A gallery show begins at McKinley Arts & Culture Center Aug. 24, but the real highlight is the outdoor art fair Sept. 11-12. Visitors can cast their vote for the “People’s Choice” award, and the
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winning artwork will be purchased by the City of Reno. Admission is free. A Friday reception involves live music, food, and more importantly, wine. Who to follow: Reno Visual Art Blast, ArtBLAST Exhibition, 2015 ArtBLAST Artist Reception get behind the Wheel; get behind the scenes
You can cover a lot of ground and get to know a lot of artists in an open studio tour. Reno’s is Oct. 2-4. Just print the map, then take the selfguided tour to 35 homes and studios. We make no guarantees, but there’s a good chance one of them hands you a glass of wine. Who to follow: Reno Open Studios speaking of art ...
If you live in, say, San Francisco or Oakland, you have our blessing to go ahead and be as provincial as you want and never cross the city limits to get your art fix. If you try to pull that off here you’re seriously missing out. Two small-town orgs that comb the entire nation for good art and bring it home to Nevada are Capital City Arts Initiative in Carson City and Oats Park Art Center in Fallon. What, you’re thinking, drive to Fallon or Carson for art? Yes, we say, get in the car and do it. Trust us. Two good bets this season are a talk by Wyoming artist Tawni Shuler at Oats Park Sept. 12 (See Art of the State, page 18) and a talk in Carson Sept. 16 by Nicole |
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Used to be you could just open the paper, any paper, and pull out an arts calendar any given weekend. As topdown sources of entertainment news have been replaced with overlapping networks of social media buddies, it’s getting easier for the best events to get lost in the shuffle, and it’s getting way too easy to be that person who finds out about all the cool stuff the next day. The RN&R has your back. We found a sampling of fall arts events you probably weren’t going to hear about elsewhere—and a couple of new ways to learn to brush up your own skills. Major venues such as the Nevada Museum of Art, University of Nevada Reno’s Sheppard Gallery and Sierra Arts Foundation still keep organized, useable calendars online (and even send them by snail mail if you ask nicely!) so go directly to their sites for their fall events. For everything else you need to know, read on. Then go follow everyone we mentioned on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram—or you’ll never have a clue what’s happening this winter.
Holland Project’s second annual “All In” fundraiser exhibit Oct. 9, but here’s what we know so far: 1) All paintings are $100 or less. 2) All proceeds will be donated to this longthriving youth arts venue. 3) Based on Holland’s track record of high-energy, high-quality everything, we’re confident it will be awesome. Who to follow: The Holland Project.
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