RESCHEDULED: The Art of Stillness: A Guided Meditation
NOTE: This event has been rescheduled for Friday, June 24 at noon. Please click here to register for the new date. For questions, please email us.
Join us in an exploration of “stillness” with published author and meditation expert, Stephen Jacobs. Used as a technique to improve inner balance, focus and reflection, meditation can help support a healthy, happy, productive life. Stephen Jacobs will lead a discussion introducing the benefits of meditation and will conclude with an interactive guided meditation.
Program support and free program registration for students from the Core Humanities Program at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Loud as Folk Eleven Year Anniversary Showcase
Loud As Folk celebrates their eleven years history highlighting songwriters in Reno with live performances by internationally acclaimed cellist Third Seven, Eric Andersen, Grace Hayes and Whitney Myer. Hosted by Spike McGuire.
Doors open at 6 pm with cash bar.
Presented as part of “UPSTAGE: A Literary and Performing Art Series” supported by the Nightingale Family Foundation and the Williams Foundation.
Spoken Views Collective and Wolf Speaks Present Javon Johnson
Spoken Views Collective and Wolf Speaks presents an evening of spoken word poetry with three-time national slam champion poet and author Javon Johnson.
Dr. Javon Johnson is a creative scholar who has mounted exhibitions at the California African American Museum where he managed the History Department. A renowned spoken word poet, he is a three-time national poetry slam champion, a four-time national finalist, and has appeared on appeared on HBO’sDef Poetry Jam, BET’s Lyric Café, TVOnes Verses & Flow, The Steve Harvey Show, The Arsenio Hall Show, United Shades of America with Kamau Bell on CNN, and co-wrote a documentary titled Crossover, which aired on Showtime, in collaboration with the NBA and Nike.
Dr. Johnson’s first book, Killing Poetry: Blackness and the Making of Slam and Spoken Word Communities (Rutgers University Press 2017), unpacks some of the complicated issues that comprise performance poetry spaces and argues that the truly radical potential in slam and spoken word communities lies not just in proving literary worth, speaking back to power, or even in altering power structures, but instead in imagining and working towards altogether different social relationships.
Javon Johnson is an Assistant Professor and Director of African American & African Diaspora studies and holds an appointment in Gender & Sexuality Studies in the Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Presented as part of “UPSTAGE: A Literary and Performing Art Series” supported by the Nightingale Family Foundation and the Williams Foundation.
First Thursday with Musical Guest Mike Clark
First Thursday returns loud and proud with live music presented in partnership with Loud As Folk, a regional singer-songwriter showcase. Featuring musical guests Mike Clark, Rachael McElhiney and host Spike McGuire. Meet up with friends for this long-standing monthly tradition of live music, beer and plenty of fun.
First Thursday with Musical Guest John Courage
First Thursday returns loud and proud with live music presented in partnership with Loud As Folk, a regional singer-songwriter showcase. Featuring musical guests John Courage, Greg Gilmore, and host Spike McGuire. Meet up with friends for this long-standing monthly tradition of live music, beer and plenty of fun.
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Additional support by Great Basin Brewing Company
First Thursday – Returning May 5, 2022
On Thursday May 5, 2022 First Thursday returns loud and proud with live music presented by Loud As Folk, a regional singer-songwriter showcase. See the calendar for information. Plan to meet up with friends for this long-standing monthly tradition of live music, beer and plenty of fun.
First Thursday
The Museum is committed to bringing this event back into the schedule as soon as possible and will continue to monitor health and safety guidelines for our region. Please continue to check back for updates.
The Longest Fight – Film Screening and Panel Discussion
In 1906, Goldfield was Nevada’s largest and most prosperous city and the epicenter of America’s last great gold rush. On September 3rd of that year, Baltimore’s Joe Gans, the first African American champion, defended his lightweight crown against Oscar “Battling” Nelson, a white brawler, in a fight that had no scheduled duration. It was a fight to the finish.
In this film, documentary filmmaker Ted Faye introduces the story by exploring Goldfield at its boom, the impact, and importance of the fight, and the way in which residents have memorialized its history.
Film is approximately 30 minutes in length. A panel discussion will follow the screening and includes Kenny Dalton, President, Our Story, Inc., Dr. Elisabeth Raymond, Professor of History, Emerita, UNR, Mike Martino, Nevada Boxing Consultant, and filmmaker, Ted Faye.
Produced in association with Our Story, Inc. with support from Nevada Humanities.
A Closer Look Guided Tour: Picasso’s Animals
A Museum volunteer docent will lead you through Picasso in Clay: Selections from the Robert Felton and Lindsay Wallis Collection to explore it more closely.
A Closer Look is offered every Friday at 1 pm. Reservations are recommended.
FREE with admission
A Closer Look Guided Tour: The Art of Jean LaMarr
A Museum volunteer docent will lead you through The Art of Jean LaMarr to explore it more closely.
A Closer Look is offered every Friday at 1 pm. Reservations are recommended.
FREE with Admission