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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. […]
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PRIDE marches again on July 24
After switching to an online format last year, the Northern Nevada PRIDE parade and festival is back in-person in downtown Reno and at Wingfield Park on Saturday, July 24. “After a year inside, it’s time […]
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Balloons bound for Rancho
The Great Reno Balloon Race is floating back to Reno in September, just in time for its 40th Anniversary. “Forty years of flying free,” said Pete Copeland, balloon race director, as several balloons took flight […]
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Walking on sunshine
The drab slab covering the downtown Reno train trench looks like a prison exercise yard, but muralist Brad Carney saw a colorful story hidden beneath the concrete. “I always say the mural has to be […]
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Let ‘em roll
Earlier this month, hundreds of children on bicycles, riding together like cavalry regiments on wheels, pedaled to schools across the Truckee Meadows. They were the vanguards of Bike Month, celebrated annually in May, an observance […]
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In-person events back on track
Northern Nevada special event organizers are betting that by summer, vaccinations and fewer safety mandates will put most folks’ COVID-19 fears in the rear-view mirror. Many in-person events that were cancelled or forced to switch […]
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Earth Day Events
For the second year in a row, there will be no Earth Day festival in Reno’s Idlewild Park, but other related activities and celebrations are on the calendar this month. Whether you prefer in-person activities […]
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The Helpers: Getting involved
Throughout Northern Nevada, volunteers are pitching in to help their neighbors weather the difficulties of the pandemic and poverty. Here’s a look at some local nonprofits that do that work and are always looking for […]
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People count more than numbers
Natalie Handler, a Reno community activist who has been assisting homeless people over the last year, has some advice for public officials who want to do the same thing: Listen. “That’s what the work is, […]
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Cancelling cancel culture
A former Reno resident lost her job as a fictional bounty hunter in a galaxy far, far away after a remark she made on social media intensified an ongoing campaign to “cancel” her — and […]
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The Helpers: Printer makes an impression
When the Pinehaven Fire roared across 500 acres in southwest Reno Nov. 17, destroying five homes and forcing the evacuation of 1,200 other residences, Kurt Hoge watched the conflagration on television. “That was the neighborhood […]
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Pandemic of LOVE arrives in Reno
Compassion is contagious; kindness is catching. Love is a multiplier of both. In March, a woman in Florida began a grassroots effort to encourage people who are in a relatively good financial position during the […]