Week of May 29, 2025
The June RN&R drops this weekend! It’s a big issue—and not the kind of “big issue” that means “a problem;” I mean our soon-to-be-distributed paper edition is a thick one. That’s because it contains 13 pages jam-packed with things you need to know to have an awesome summer in Northern Nevada.
If you’re new in town, and you’re still looking for ways to get your bearings and figure out our local entertainment and culture offerings, summer is the time, and this guide is your ticket.
If you’ve been in town (or been an RN&R reader) more than a week, you already know that the percentage of our advice that comes from algorithms, “collabs” with PR professionals, or pre-written articles from travel bureaus, is—all together now—zero!
For our Summer Guide, expert event-curation maven Kelley Lang compiled the details for the next three months with festivals, concerts and other goings-on in our region.
If you remember longtime movie guy Bob Grimm’s summer movie preview from 2024—in which he detailed a tepid season of blasé non-blockbusters—you might be concerned about this year’s summer offerings. Well, here’s your go-ahead: Bob is positively psyched about this summer’s movie lineup. Yes folks, Bob Grimm used the word “optimistic”—multiple times!
Kelley’s events guide and Bob’s movie guide are live on our website now. There’s more expert summer advice coming your way over the next few days, both online and in the paper edition, which will make its way all over the region within a few days. As always, it’s exuberant and fun, with a little dose of sibling rivalry.
Take care,
—Kris Vagner, managing editor
From the RN&R
The summer movie preview: Our cantankerous reviewer is actually … optimistic about the season of blockbusters?!
By Bob Grimm
May 29, 2025
Bob Grimm on Hollywood’s current and near-future offerings: “This might actually be a well-balanced, fun summer movie season. I realize this counts as crazy optimism for me, but when I’m hopeful, I’m hopeful!”
Summer event guide
By Kelley Lang
May 29, 2025
It’s festival season in Northern Nevada! The summer fun kicks off this weekend with the Reno River Fest and runs through early September, when Burning Man wraps up. The RN&R’s giant summer events guide has the scoop on dozens more festivals, concerts and other events.
Keeping churches and schools safe for all: Nevada’s ACLU director talks about AJR 9, which opposes ICE actions in education and religious facilities
By Kris Vagner
May 29, 2025
Nevada is the now first state urging Congress to protect places of worship and schools from immigration-enforcement actions.
11 Days a Week: May 29-June 8, 2025
By Kelley Lang
May 28, 2025
Coming up in the next 11 days: a free summer concert series at Rancharrah; a May Day Festival at Sky Tavern; and more!
Northern Nevada HOPES to launch maternal health program for pregnant women who use substances
By Jason Sarna
May 28, 2025
Prenatal care program coordinator Teresita Espana said the program will function as a “medical home,” eliminating the need for patients to travel to multiple locations for services such as prenatal care, postpartum support, behavioral health services and pediatric care.
Cruise-ing along: The final (?) ‘Mission: Impossible’ film is perhaps the worst—but it’s still worth seeing
By Bob Grimm
May 26, 2025
It’s long; it’s a little on the somber side; and it may be a little too self-important. But by the time Cruise is dangling from a biplane, you’ll probably forgive all the nonsense and mostly enjoy the final ride.
Awesome at awkward: ‘Friendship’ is a perfect vehicle for Tim Robinson’s unusual comedy style
By Bob Grimm
May 26, 2025
For his fans, what Tim Robinson does is miraculously relatable. For those unfamiliar or generally opposed to his efforts, the film will be pure torture.
Snapshot: High schoolers observe AI as a blessing and a curse
By Kris Vagner
May 24, 2025
At a forum at UNR, experts spoke with high schoolers about AI and misinformation.
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