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Tribune/Cortney Maddock - Jill, played by Meredyth Martin, ponders whether or not to take the nice and shiny apple from Mrs. Baker, played by Debi Braat, who is trying to convince Jill to stay way from her son. ‘Butterflies’ teach gentle lessons of understanding
Walking through the doors of the humble Laxalt Auditorium in Reno is like traveling back in time. Janice Joplin serenades through large speakers directed at the red velvet curtains as the actors f...
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Courtesy Photo - Local artist Whitney Myer will perform with her band at the Great Basin Brewing Co. on Saturday. Whitney Myer Band to perform at Great Basin Brewing Co.
Musician Whitney Myer has released a CD and performed at local venues for more than nine years — and she’s only in her early 20s.
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Courtesy Photo - Midwest turned West Coast rockers 311 will perform Monday at the Knitting Factory. Learning to count to 311



At its biennial March 11 show, rock/punk/hip hop/reggae band 311 is known to play sets of 60-plus songs that last for five or six hours. The group’s current tour, which includes a stop at th...
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Tribune/Cortney Maddock - Don Baker, played by Greg Lintz, listens to Jill, played by Meredyth Martin, talk about being married for six days at the age of 16 in "Butterflies Are Free." With luck and wit, theater company entertains
The stage is like a time machine: A tie-dye painting decorates the wall and a velvet brown couch, reminiscent of something found in a modern-day vintage clothing store, is pushed into the right co...
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Singer Raul Malo performs at the Nugget
by Tribune Staff
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As the frontman for the Mavericks and a member of Los Super Seven, Raul Malo has applied his Roy Orbison-like delivery to an eclectic array of material. Malo brings his uniquely entertaining act to...
March is Youth Art Month at Nevada Museum of Art
by Tribune Staff
Mar 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
March is Youth Art Month and the Nevada Museum of Art is celebrating in true style with an exhibition of the winning works of the Scholastic Art Awards of 2010 – featuring artwork by middle and hig...
Band rolls into town at the speed of blur
by Cortney Maddock
Feb 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Robert Levon Been describes his music career with the band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club as moments in time all blurred together. Been says the memories of more than 800 shows played on tour, five s...
Fundraiser asks people to dress up for Down syndrome
by Matt Menicucci - For the Tribune
Feb 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada (DSNNN) will hold its first Dressing Up for Down Syndrome runway show Saturday at the Grand Sierra Resort. Shannon Peterson, one of the show's organiz...
The Wailers brings famous reggae music to Grand Sierra Resort
by AnnElise Hatjakes
Feb 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
After more than four decades of recording and performing, selling 250 million albums in the process, The Wailers are synonymous with raggae music.  Best known as the music behind front man Bob Mar...
It all happens on 'An American Sunday Night'
by Sarah Cooper
Feb 17, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
What is the all-American success story? You know, the man or woman who pulled themselves up by their bootstraps with homespun values and a little bit of God-given luck.

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