Week of Sept. 12, 2024
From the editor’s desk
Each year (except for a few years of pandemic madness and post-pandemic readjustments) the RN&R contracts a local artist to create the illustrations for the Best of Northern Nevada issue.
We pay the artist for the drawings, and after we publish them, the artist retains the copyrights and is free to do with them whatever they please. We encourage artists to ride any momentum they may get from having their work around town in 25,000 copies of the paper. Usually, that means they schedule an exhibition, a sale or a run of prints while the Best Of issue is still on the stands.
The first chance to get an in-person glimpse of Nathaniel Benjamin’s 2024 Best Of art—hilarious, macabre sendups of some of our favorite Reno icons—is coming up this weekend.
Nathaniel is having a pop-up show this Saturday evening only from 6 to 8 p.m. at Pitch Black Printing Co., 700 E. Fourth St., in Reno. He’ll be showing giclee prints of his Best Of illustrations, taking orders for a future print run, and selling a limited run of postcards with one of the images that made us chuckle the most—a beefy, pink hotrod being attacked by a giant turquoise scorpion under the Reno Arch.
Take care,
—Kris Vagner, managing editor
Best of Northern Nevada winners’ spotlight
From the RN&R
Pulling back the curtain: Your guide to this fall’s local theater happenings
By Jessica Santina
September 11, 2024
“I’ve written this local theater guide many times through the years, and the lineup has never been as heavily influenced by an election as it is this fall,” wrote RN&R theater critic Jessica Santina.
11 Days a Week: Sept. 12-22, 2024
By Kelley Lang
September 11, 2024
Coming up in the next 11 days: the Biggest Little Latin Festival; Reno Pagan Pride; and more!
Sentimental sludge: Weight of the Tide is heading to Cypress Reno to celebrate the release of their new album, ‘What Pale Victory’
By Matt King
September 10, 2024
“Sad,” “resigned” and “morose” are some of the words Mark Moots uses to describe the sound of his band, Weight of the Tide. “But there is this spirit of hope that permeates through it,” he added.
Guest comment: Reform the special-events process to eliminate backroom deals, misinformation, debt and garbage
By Ky Plaskon
September 12, 2024
The city of Reno’s special-events application policies are unnecessarily producing tons of garbage, astronomical public safety costs and unapproved events—ultimately hurting our community’s ability to connect.
Sloppy sequel: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ has fun moments, but it’s a frantic, cluttered mess
By Bob Grimm
September 9, 2024
Michael Keaton’s return as the title character offers an initial rush, but Beetlejuice Beetlejuice tries to do too much and unravels with an unpleasantly frantic and sloppy pace.
Editor’s note: Dems’ messaging on school meals is more incendiary than informative
By Kris Vagner
September 9, 2024
Nevada’s mandate for free school meals expires today. If you’d like to cut through the mudslinging that quickly ensued on this topic and get right to the facts, I recommend the recent column by Nevada Current editor April Corbin Girnus.
Queer through the years: A timeline of LGBTQ+ history in Northern Nevada
By Matt Bieker
September 7, 2024
We’re celebrating some queer history milestones—with the help of a scholar, an activist, a publisher and a volunteer.
Letters to the editor: Readers sound off on open primaries, abortion access and more
By RN&R Staff
September 5, 2024
RN&R readers sound off on open primaries, abortion access and more on this month’s letters page.
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