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PBS Reno ARTS brings listeners up close with the creators, performers and cultural enrichment opportunities in our region. Meet the people who are the arts in our region, learn what stokes their passions and preview what’s coming up in theater, music and more.
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Reposting a favorite from October 2025 - With the recent opening of the Charles and Stacie Mathewson Education + Research Center, the Nevada Museum of Art has expanded in a way that allows greater impact on the community in many ways. The museum’s Charles N. Mathewson Senior V.P. of Education and Research, Colin Robertson, tells us all about the positive changes and new opportunities afforded by this growth.
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.
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.
Celebrating the best of PBS Reno Arts with this re-posting from November 2024. It’s the 50th anniversary of Dr. Donald Johanson’s discovery of the Australopithecus afarensis Lucy in Ethiopia. We learn how Dr. Johanson continues to emphasize the importance of science communication at the Institute of Human Origins at ASU, which he founded. His continuing mission is to advance our understanding of human history.
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.
ARTEFFECTS Season 11 has begun and Producer Rebecca Cronon tells us of the stories that launched the season and the exciting upcoming projects that we'll be able to see in December and beyond.
Dave Mencarelli was a well-loved comic who we featured in an ARTEFFECTS story about standup comedy. Dave passed away in September 2025, leaving a legacy of laughter, kindness and generosity. Two of his friends, host Dave Santina and new PBS Reno Development Officer Connie Wray, share their memories. Watch the story on ARTEFFECTS here: https://www.pbs.org/video/episode-515-vhnuav/Watch Dave's reaction to the story winning an award here: https://www.pbs.org/video/episode-629-9ea7y0/
This month sees the start of the 2025/26 season for Brüka, and Producing Artistic Director Mary Bennett is here to introduce us to the incredible variety of performance that is about to unfold this year, beginning with the wildly creative musical Club Inferno.
With the recent opening of the Charles and Stacie Mathewson Education + Research Center, the Nevada Museum of Art has expanded in a way that allows greater impact on the community in many ways. The museum’s Charles N. Mathewson Senior V.P. of Education and Research, Colin Robertson, tells us all about the positive changes and new opportunities afforded by this growth.
We're approaching Halloween, where everyone is entitled to a good scare. Holly Spahr & Guinivere Clark aim to give it to us. They explain how this year's Dark Corner Haunt has expanded to the old Nevada State Prison, turning an historic abandoned facility into the scariest place in town.
Briana Dolan & Kevin O’Keefe, Reno Tahoe International Art Show. The fourth annual RTIA is only days away, and the show’s founders update us on what’s new this year, including a Burning Man sculpture walk, a bespoke furniture section, and a combination of new artists and old favorites.
Sierra Arts Executive Director Tracey Oliver has been everything over her eleven years there, starting as a volunteer and growing over time into her current position. She marks the 25 years of Sierra Arts in the Riverside Artist Lofts by telling us about the many programs Sierra Arts offers and the way they support local artists and encourage the growth and sustainability of the arts in this region.
Already an established force in dance and choreography, Martina Young began the Reno-based portion of her career in 1988 and later became the first resident of the Riverside Artist Lofts. Now, in celebration of 25 years of the Lofts, she, accompanied by Julie Smyres Machado has created “Arabesque,” an unique performance happening in her loft October 11.
A wide-ranging conversation with Kate Mulligan, who has had a fascinating acting career between stage and screen, most recently in the touring Broadway show A Beautiful Noise, where she has spent nearly a year on the road. Mulligan explains how that lifestyle can provide not only the wonderful moments on stage you’d expect, but also an unexpected loneliness and meaningful personal reflection.
Ian Sorensen and Chris Daniels are two of the eight-person writing team that created Bottom Gun, Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company’s newest offering, and they are also reuniting as improv performers with Crocodile Nixon, a troupe performing monthly at Reno Little Theater. Sorensen and Daniels talk about the collaborative process and challenges that came along with both projects.
One year after her first visit, Beth Macmillan returns to preview the 2025 Artown Festival. This year features a new venue necessitated by the downtown bridge repairs, one notable reunion and many exhibits, activities and performances to appeal to everyone.
Marla Paulina is an impresario, keeping cabaret style dance performances alive in the Reno area. Her latest effort is Velvet Moon, opening later this month. Marla details how a show like this, with multiple dancers, aerial acrobatics and vocalists, comes to life.
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