VIDEO: Two Tales from the Playa
Every year there is an interesting migration through Reno. Burning Man brings thousands of travelers, adventure seekers, the curious, and burners. Now that the man has burned for the 30th time we see a...
View ArticleMore Burning Man Art Coming to Reno
Art from the playa will soon take up residence downtown in a newly vacated lot on Virginia Street. Two motels were recently demolished at that location, and the Reno City Council today approved a...
View ArticleVIDEO: Bicentennial Sculpture Park Opening and The Playa Art Park Preview
The City of Reno dedicated last week the Bicentennial Sculpture Park with a substantial crowd in attendance. This was a combined effort with the City of Reno and the First Reno Rotary. The park...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Opening of Reno’s Playa Park
Where once there was old worn out motels there now is a park to showcase Burning Man art as well as a mural by Joe C. Rock. There are six pieces of art from Burning Man: Electric Renaissance, Electric...
View ArticleVIDEO: A Look at Reno’s Arts and Culture with Alexis Hill
By Kylie Rowe With 283 special events held year-round and 191 pieces of public art, The City of Reno is committed to cultural life in Reno. Alexis Hill, City of Reno’s Cultural Affairs Manager,...
View ArticleFrom Playa to Plaza: More Burning Man Art Approved for Downtown (Updated)
UPDATE (April 12, 2017) : The city approved the lease of this art today for a period of one year. The city is once again contemplating more art be installed downtown, this time at City [...] The post...
View ArticleVIDEO: Two Tales from the Playa
Every year there is an interesting migration through Reno. Burning Man brings thousands of travelers, adventure seekers, the curious, and burners. Now that the man has burned for the 30th time we see a...
View ArticleMore Burning Man Art Coming to Reno
Art from the playa will soon take up residence downtown in a newly vacated lot on Virginia Street. Two motels were recently demolished at that location, and the Reno City Council today approved a...
View ArticleVIDEO: Bicentennial Sculpture Park Opening and The Playa Art Park Preview
The City of Reno dedicated last week the Bicentennial Sculpture Park with a substantial crowd in attendance. This was a combined effort with the City of Reno and the First Reno Rotary. The park...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Opening of Reno’s Playa Park
Where once there was old worn out motels there now is a park to showcase Burning Man art as well as a mural by Joe C. Rock. There are six pieces of art from Burning [...] The post VIDEO: The Opening of...
View ArticleVIDEO: A Look at Reno’s Arts and Culture with Alexis Hill
By Kylie Rowe With 283 special events held year-round and 191 pieces of public art, The City of Reno is committed to cultural life in Reno. Alexis Hill, City of Reno’s Cultural Affairs Manager,...
View ArticleFrom Playa to Plaza: More Burning Man Art Approved for Downtown (Updated)
UPDATE (April 12, 2017) : The city approved the lease of this art today for a period of one year. The city is once again contemplating more art be installed downtown, this time at City [...] The post...
View ArticleBurning Man Prompts Adjustment To Gerlach School Calendar
By Carla O’Day Gerlach, the gateway town into the Burning Man counterculture arts festival almost two hours north of Reno, will see its school getting a calendar adjustment to coincide with the annual...
View ArticleCounty Gets $75,000 NEA Grant To Highlight Burning Man, Cultural Landmarks on...
A 200-mile trail from Reno to Gerlach is being proposed to highlight Washoe County’s cultural, historic, and artistic elements. With $75,000 in grant funds from the the National Endowment for the Arts,...
View ArticleVIDEO: Space Whale Rises Downtown
The Space Whale in downtown Reno is starting to come together today as a crane lifts the sections into place. We also get a sneak-peek at the making of the whale. This portion of the [...] The post...
View ArticleVIDEO: Space Whale Comes Alive
Reno’s latest piece of Burning Man art was officially dedicated last night at City Plaza downtown. The Space Whale was lit from within with an excited crowd eagerly watching. Watch the video below. The...
View ArticleArtists Wanted for Burning Man Trail Art
Burning Man and Washoe County are seeking artists and nonprofits to help highlight cultural and historic landmarks along a 200-mile route through Reno to Gerlach. An 18-month process to develop the...
View ArticleBy Order of the Feds: Burners Getting Pulled Over by Law Enforcement Through...
Driving through Nixon, Nev. has allegedly slowed as tribal police are searching vehicles heading to Burning Man that may have drugs on board. [...]
View ArticleNew Sculptures Added to Reno Playa Art Project Downtown
New outdoor art is coming to downtown New art pieces will be added to the Playa Art Project including “Tonglen” a towering head sculpture by Ryan Mathern; and “Methuselah,” a scale model of the oldest...
View ArticleFinding Her Inner Sun
Heather Lee Dixon has had an extremely traumatic year. She lost her husband, dog, business, and home. The former owner of Midtown’s toy store, Happy Happy Joy Joy, left town after her husband died last...
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