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.  

Tim Young is just beginning his time as the Executive Director of Arts For All Nevada. As he settles into the job at the historic Lake Mansion, he introduces us to the many services the organization provides and invites us all to participate in the exploration of arts and culture.  

A few years ago, Kris Vagner saw that arts journalism was dwindling, so she decided to do something about it.  She founded Double Scoop, a statewide online arts news source that is in its seventh year providing information that may otherwise not be reported.  

When music lover Ford Goodman learned from professional musicians how the business of music works, with many great performers laboring with limited opportunities, he was motivated to find a better way, and the result is For The Song.  Goodman explains how this throwback model takes a retro approach to funding artists and brings more great performances to the Reno area. 

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.  

Emily Skyle-Golden founded and nurtured the Cordillera Film Festival in Reno into one of the coolest film festivals in the world, with year-round events including the upcoming Future Filmmakers Foundation Film Day coming up on April 19th.  Emily tells us about the event and why it’s such an important part of Cordillera’s mission 

Karen Terrey is the newly-appointed Poet Laureate of Nevada County and is just now beginning her term.  She describes her vision of “bridging the county” to unite the two distinct arts districts on either side of the Sierra and gives a reading of two of her powerful poems. 

Founding Artistic Director of Sierra Nevada Ballet and the SNB Academy in Reno Rosine Bena is also a contributor to Art Views at pbsreno.org/artviews and her latest column introduces this year’s Brew, Brats & Ballet event, which celebrates her 51 year career in dance.  

Laura Newman, Author, The Darling of the Black Rock Desert.  2024 Silver Pen Award winner Laura Newman has a new book releasing in March.  She treats us to readings from a story in The Darling of the Black Rock Desert and discusses her work, which is partially informed by her insatiable desire to travel and experience the world. 

The John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art is a relatively new museum, open since 2019 on the campus of the University of Nevada.  Director Stephanie Gibson introduces us to the museum, its exhibits, philosophy and desire to be a cultural touchstone for the entire community.   

Dana Nollsch is a familiar face to Reno area theater groups.  He talks about his transition from theater photographer to theater reviewer at renoarts.news, and now his new identity as a podcaster with Creatives Talk.