Join us for an evening of words and film as Kevin Seconds of the internationally-renowned band 7 Seconds reminisces about the early days of Reno’s vibrant and ultra-independent punk and hardcore scene of the early ’80s and his band’s role in it.

Sure to be both funny and passionate, the night will be rounded out with a screening of 1981’s “7Seconds Goes to San Francisco,” a long-lost underground film by Gary Elam and Jim Deiderichsen. This evening is part of “Skeeno in Black & White & Words: Roots of Punk in Reno 1979-1985,” a Reno punk retrospective exhibition featuring photos, fanzine, flyers and letters at The Holland Project from August 11-September 4, 2015.

Photos: 7Seconds, 1985, Reno. Photos by Tara Norton.

This forum will convene members of the arts community to generate meaningful discussion surrounding the state of the region’s cultural anchors, and to identify areas of opportunity. Panel discussion from 1:30 – 5 pm, followed by a reception from 5 – 6:30 pm.

Sponsored and co-presented by the Community Foundation of Western Nevada.

From the creative mind of Jessi LeMay comes the storytelling and narrative filmmaking project The Folk & the Lore. This multimedia project aims to collect, archive, and tell stories from Reno and throughout the region through photography, short films, and live storytelling events that will be held regularly at the Nevada Museum of Art. Together, we believe that when you know your neighbor’s story, not only do you feel more connected to your community, but those stories become part of your own.

Join this premiere event for an evening of storytelling and films based on the creative process: “Something from Nothing”. Doors open at 5pm for social hour and chez louie cash bar. Stories begin at 6pm.

Mexican artist Betsabee Romero discusses themes of delight, history, food, and literature that inform the installations in her exhibition En Transíto in a dialogue with Director of Contemporary Art Inititatives, JoAnne Norhrup. Learn about the themes of magical realism that inform her artwork commemorating the life and work of Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and the themes of Latin American life and art informing her installations.

Efforts to connect creative communities through art, design, and transit are blossoming across the country, and Reno-Sparks is doing similar work right in line with these nationwide efforts. RTC Executive Director Lee Gibson talks about the creative threads informing the Virginia Street Corridor transit project to improve community access to the creative districts near Midtown and Downtown Reno.

Before Erika Harrsch’s exhibition The Butterfly Paradigm closes, join UNR lepidopterists (butterfly scientists) for a discussion of the ecology, habitat, behaviors, and challenges facing Monarch butterflies as a species, a key element of her artistic practice.

The Nature Conservancy collaborated with Downtown Project, Iowa State University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas designers to build a 120-square-foot parklet in Las Vegas. The parklet—a tiny intervention called “The Waiting Game” in the downtown district—is a public place for relaxation and enjoyment that transforms a parking space at 180 South 6th Street, near Carson Avenue, into a slice of public urban space where people can come into contact with nature through the parklet’s plantings, have a picnic, play a game, and learn about nearby natural areas and wildlife through concrete engravings. Learn about this project, and join a conversation about how to do more of this kind of innovative place-based creative expression in Reno.

Reno artist Leilani Schweitzer makes extraordinary installations using deceptively simple materials: last season’s paint chips from paint manufacturers. Come hear about the inspiration for her work, and the evolution of her thinking about color. You might learn how to see better.

Australian artist Larry Mitchell talks about his large-scale paintings, sketchbooks, and ephemera in 1?Centigrade, an exhibition documenting the South Pacific island communities he’s spent his career depicting in his art.

Join artist Tamara Kostianovsky for a presentation about her installation, After Goya, inspired by a still life painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya, and the history and culture of Jewish Argentina.