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Local Artist Creates New Mural
Written By: Farah Vitale Local muralist, Joe C. Rock, has been creating art all around Reno and everyone loves it. He painted about 30 murals so far. Most are along the business walls around Midtown Reno and Wells Avenue. His latest mural is a beautiful scene of Mount Rose on the north wall of the DeLuxe apartments…
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Salvation Army Recieves a Special Surprise
Written by: Farah Vitale The Salvation Army might call this a Christmas miracle. Someone tossed a gold 1979 Krugerrand coin into one of their kettles for the Red Kettle Campaign. The kettle was outside of the BumbleBee Blooms Flower Boutique on Sierra Street. Last year something similar happened. Two rare coins were each wrapped in $100…
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Fire Department Donates Gift Baskets to Families
Written By: Farah Vitale The Reno Fire Dept. keeps up it’s tradition of giving gift baskets to families in need. The “Sam Saibini Christmas Food Basket Program” began 80 years ago. Current and retired firefighters drop off more than 200 gift baskets to families in need in Reno in fire engines. Members of the Reno Fire…
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Reno Opens CREATE: A Space for Arts & Crafts
Written By: Farah Vitale CREATE: A Space for Arts & Crafts is a place for all ages to to learn various crafting projects hands on. They offer a variety of crafting workshops each week. You can learn string art, jewelry making, and scrap booking. There’s also hand-painting wine glasses, pallet wood sign art, wind chimes and…
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Reno Agrees to Professional Minor Hockey League
Written By: Farah Vitale Hockey comes to Reno! Reno will have it’s own professional minor hockey league starting in 2018.The Reno City Council approved a 10 year agreement with the Reno Puck Club to create the league. The agreement allows the Reno Puck Club up to 5.7 million dollars in expenses through public-private partnerships. This includes…
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Midtown Tacos Opens in Reno
Written By: Farah Vitale Midtown Tacos has officially opened in Reno in the old location of Midtown Eats. The owners, Sadie Bonnette and Ivan Fontana, leading Midtown entrepreneurs, own both Midtown eateries along with Death & Taxes. They decorated the taco joint with colorful Day of the Dead decor. The tacos are 2 for $6…
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The Nugget Has 2nd Tallest Tree in the U.S.
Written By: Farah Vitale The Nugget in Sparks just put up a 105 foot Christmas tree this year, as a new holiday tradition. This is currently the second tallest tree in the United States, only beat by Los Angeles’ 115 feet White Fir tree at the Citadel Outlets mall. The Nugget’s tree is a wild…
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Help the Atlantis Donate to the Food Bank
Written by: Farah Vitale The Atlantis Casino will hold a Food Drive for the Food Bank of Northern Nevada the entire month of December. The resort and casino will be accepting donations in exchange for special offers and discounts. The offers include restaurants, the casino, Spa, the Fun Center and the gift shop. Barrels will be…
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Campo Wants You to be Their Food Critic
Written By: Farah Vitale Here’s your chance to be a food critic for a night! On Dec. 7 at 6 p.m., Campo is hosting “You Be the Food Critic” at their downtown location. Everyone participating tries 5 different family style dishes and votes for their favorite. The winning dish will be added to their winter menu.…
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Enjoy Baseball at the Sierra Arts Gallery
Written by: Farah Vitale David Calvert, the Reno Aces official photographer, is featuring his artwork at the Sierra Arts Gallery through Nov. 23. The are between 15 and 20 Reno Aces pictures showcased. The oldest photos date back to 2009, when the Reno Aces first started. Calvert selected photos based on more than just great…
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