arts & entertainment
Courtesy Photo - Jo Dee Messina takes the Nugget stage Friday. Messina to take the Sparks stage
Jo Dee Messina has been busy recently. In the past year and a half she has married, had a child, written and released a new CD and started a national tour. Friday, she will be performing in Spar...
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Courtesy Photo - The three-man band Pepper from Hawaii performs today at the Knitting Factory in Reno. Pepper aims to spice up Reno
After coming over from Hawaii, the three-man band’s hard work is paying off
Jul 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tribune/Nathan Orme - Fused glass artist Shelley McDonald will teach a series of classes on the medium at Truckee Meadows Community College. Glass done with class
Fused glass artist Shelley McDonald is teaching her art while building a business
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Arts in Brief
Week of July 22-28
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Tribune/Nathan Orme - Sparks resident Mary English, far right, acts and directs the Ageless Repertory Theatre s production of "The Octet Bridge Club," one of four readings the company is putting on in July. The troupe practiced on June 30 for the performances. ART knows no age
Ageless Repertory Theatre gives local seniors a place to perform as well as be entertained
Jul 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tribune/Cortney Maddock - CB, played by Kyle Johnson, and his sister, played by Jamie Plunkett share a moment of reflection on top of the dog house in "Dog Sees God" at the Brüka Theatre in Reno. Brüka ends its season on a high note
The Brüka Theatre’s performance of “Dog Sees God,” written by Bert V. Royal and directed by the theater’s Androo Allen, was anything but depressing. In fact, the moments of...
Jul 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tribune/Nathan Orme - Polonius (bottom, played by Phil Harriman) tells Queen Gertrude (right, played Debi Braat) and King Claudius (middle, played by Michael Peters) about Hamlet s love for Ophelia during Good Luck MacBeth s production of "Hamlet." Fate steps aside with theater company’s mastery of 'Hamlet'
There was a method to actress Dalia Gerdel’s madness as she prepared for her role as Ophelia in Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Co.’s production of “Hamlet.”
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Good Luck Macbeth takes a stab at ‘Hamlet’
The serpent that stung King Hamlet’s life does wear his crown but Prince Hamlet will do what he needs to in order to remove whatever is rotting in the state of Denmark. In the tumultuous William S...
Jun 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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