PBS Reno ARTS

The Levitt AMP Carson City Music Series is underway, so we revisit our May conversation with Brewery Arts Center Executive Director Spike McGuire to remember who’s coming and when.  Spike also fills us in on all the other good stuff happening at BAC.  

See the concert list at breweryarts.org.

Gabrielle Enfield, Washoe ArTrail.  Washoe County seeks an artist to create a lasting work to mark the Gerlach end of the Washoe ArTrail.  Community Reinvestment Manager Gabrielle Enfield explains the history and purpose of the ArTrail and encourages artists from anywhere to submit their ideas.

Molly Carr is a world-class violist with the Juilliard String Quartet and half of the acclaimed Carr/Petrova Duo (with Anna Petrova), but with all that, her greatest passion is Project: Music Heals Us, an initiative that is making a significant difference in the lives of many who desperately need it.  

Summer is almost here and that means the Levitt AMP Carson City Music Series.  Brewery Arts Center Executive Director Spike McGuire tells us who’s coming and when, and fills us in on all the other good stuff happening at BAC.  

See the concert list at breweryarts.org.

Could you put a camera in someone’s face during their biggest disappointment?  Documentarians Nadia & Dominic Gill have experienced that type of challenge often over the years while producing compelling films like Feeding The Rat, Marcus & Me and The [Conserv]atives.  Recorded live at the 2nd annual Lake Tahoe Documentary Film Festival. 

Since the year 2000 Ageless Repertory Theatre has been performing in Reno, providing entertaining productions while offering performers a way to get on stage without the time commitment required for other actors.  Longtime PBS Reno friend and colleague Ron Smith, joined by his wife Pat, explain and demonstrate the experience of an A.R.T. show.    

Learn more at https://www.renolittletheater.org/art-at-rlt

Now that his film Mimics is available for streaming, we revisit February's conversation with hometown boy turned Hollywood actor Kristoffer Polaha, who was in Reno premiering Mimics and dropped by for a conversation about his career and the role Reno played in shaping it.   Mimics is now available through Amazon Prime Video, YouTube TV, Apple TV and other streaming services.

Hometown boy turned Hollywood actor, Kristoffer Polaha was in town premiering his new movie Mimics, and dropped by for a conversation about his career and the role Reno played in shaping it.  

How do you create characters and mysteries from just your imagination?  In the second of two parts (begun on Wild Nevadacast, Jack Kelly discusses his freshly published novellas, Cahill’s Journal, which came out in mid 2025, and The Pallbearer, just released.  

Jack's books are available at https://books.by/jack-kelly

Celebrating the best of PBS Reno Arts with this re-posting from February 2025.   2024 Silver Pen Award winner Laura Newman had a new book releasing in March 2025.  She treated us to readings from a story in The Darling of the Black Rock Desert and discussed her work, which is partially informed by her insatiable desire to travel and experience the world.  

Director Stacey Spain and Actor Bradford Ka'ai'ai are about to open Lonely Planet, presented by Brüka Theatre.  This examination of grief, fear, and how they affect our behaviors should be a fascinating show to experience.  Spain and Ka'ai'ai explain in depth the work that goes into putting together a theatrical performance, considering all facets.  

Celebrating the best of PBS Reno Arts with this re-posting from April 2025.   Jessica Santina has been writing theater reviews for the Reno News & Review for years, and in a smaller city like Reno that can be sensitive work.  It can also be difficult working with your spouse, and since Jessica is married to this podcast’s host it might make for an unusual episode.   

Chuck Reider is a regular contributor to ART VIEWS and a longtime member of the Reno Jazz Orchestra. He talks about the art of writing about music and promotes Home for the Holidays, the upcoming December 7 RJO performance.