Food & Drink
Top 5 foods from the dollar store
I am not a food snob. That will surprise many who assume that because I write about food for a living, I must perforce practice excessive gourmandism. But food snobbery is really the province of […]
Year: 2021
Food & Drink
BJ’s BBQ doubles down on giving back
It’s been a year of firsts in 2021 for BJ’s Nevada Barbecue Company of Sparks. (All hail ribs, brisket, kick ass fries!) Yes, there has been the novel experience of emerging from the pandemic into […]
Taste of the Town
Pigeon Head beer to star at Pioneer
Think of it as a head for culture. Pigeon Head Brewery of Reno and the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts are encouraging folks to choose their favorite Pigeon Head beer to be served at […]
News
Reno’s homeless fire engines
Eight classic fire department vehicles and other antique firefighting artifacts are without a home after the Reno City Council sold the building out from under the collection. At the time, council members were unaware that […]
The arts
Great short takes at Cordillera Film Fest
Two years after Thomas Edison invented motion pictures, Nevada produced the nation’s first blockbuster movie. The film of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons prizefight, produced in Carson City in 1897, which also is considered the first movie documentary, […]
Reviews
“Joe Bell”: a compelling journey
Days after seeing “Joe Bell,” I am still pondering this amazing film. It’s a movie with such intense, thoughtful acting, such compelling yet tragic characters and such a thought-provoking story that I just cannot shake […]
The arts
Bringing art to a sin city
The latest exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art, which celebrates its 90th birthday this year, takes a look back at the birth of the city’s longest-existing art institution. The exhibit, “The Latimer School: Lorenzo […]
COVID-19
A perennial pandemic?
UPDATE, JULY 28: A renewal of Nevada’s mask mandate goes into effect on Friday, July 30. The CDC lists Washoe County in the “High Transmission” range on its COVID-19 Data Tracker. As of July 28, […]
Taste of the Town
Sticky fingers: Wing Day deals at Noble Pie
To celebrate National Chicken Wing Day on July 29, both Noble Pie Parlor locations are offering Wing-A-Ding Dinners: a half-pound of wings, small salad and selected draft ($17.99) or a half-pound of wings, small plate […]
Guest opinion
Joe Biden is no radical, but …
President Joe Biden is not a socialist revolutionary. His two major economic policy initiatives, the American Rescue Plan (passed earlier this year) and his proposed American Jobs Plan, are far more similar to Republican President […]
City life
Cool cars; hot nights
When Hot August Nights was born 34 years ago, nearly all the participants who brought their classic rides to Reno actually remembered the 50s, 60s and 70s – the decades when those cars were new. […]
COVID-19
Pandemic Chronicles: COVID cases triple in Washoe
UPDATE, JULY 28: A renewal of Nevada’s mask mandate goes into effect on Friday, July 30. The CDC lists Washoe County in the “High Transmission” range on its COVID-19 Data Tracker. As of July 28, […]