First Thursday with Musical Guest Paige & The Overtones

Meet up with friends for this long-standing monthly tradition of live music, beer, and plenty of fun. Live music hosted by Spike McGuire and presented in partnership with Loud as Folk, a regional singer-songwriter showcase.

Hosting partners: IMBIB Custom Brews, Bibo Coffee Co. Sponsored by: Bighorn Olive Oil Company, Northern Nevada Health Systems, Renewal by Andersen, Simple Power Solar

Turning Pages Book Club: Choose Your Own Adventure

Join Museum volunteer docents for a book discussion making connections to current expansion of the Museum and artists featured at the Museum. For this meeting, participants are invited to choose one of two books that focus on the essence of art and its importance in our lives. In Get the Picture, Bianca Bosker, an award-winning journalist, provides an irreverent, insightful, and often hilarious deep dive into the art world. Museum guard Patrick Bringley, in All the Beauty in the World, provides an intimate and inspiring portrait of the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Following the discussion, participants will have the opportunity to preview the Charles and Stacie Mathewson Education + Research Center with Museum staff.

Register online for guiding questions that will be discussed at the book club. Arrive early to place a lunch order with the Café! Space is limited, advanced reservations are recommended.

Canceled – Prehistoric Pajama Party

Journey through deep time–after hours in your coziest pajamas! Children ages 7-11 are invited to discover a prehistoric world, tour the galleries, enjoy hands-on art projects, handle real fossils and more!

While the kids are exploring Deep Time, Parents are invited to enjoy a special “Parents Only Zone” featuring food and drinks! Register here.

Note: Check-in begins at 5pm with an orientation at 6pm. Snack will be provided from 5-5:45pm. Parents must accompany their children until orientation begins at 6pm and must remain on Museum property for the duration of the event.

Early Closure: Private Event

The Museum will close at 4 pm today for a private event.

Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl: Keynote – Author Anthony Doerr

Join Nevada Humanities and celebrate the written word in all of its forms in this signature, annual festival kicking off at 11 am with a keynote by author Anthony Doerr and continuing with readings, book signings, and family-friendly activities across the California Avenue corridor.

All events are free. Reservations required for selected events. For more information and to view the full schedule of programs, please visit Nevada Humanities.

Mountainfilm on Tour

Held annually in Telluride, CO, Mountainfilm is a festival featuring a collection of culturally rich, adventure-packed and enlightening documentary short films. Join us for a screening of a curated selection of powerful films from the festival. Mountainfilm on Tour is presented in partnership with the Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association.

*Doors open at 5pm with a cash bar*

Resisting Colonial Constructions of Indigeneity and Land

Join Dr. Debra Harry, Associate Professor in Indigenous Studies for the Department of Gender, Race and Identity at the University of Nevada, Reno, as she explores the inherent relationships between Indigenous Peoples and their lands, and how these relationships have transcended colonial efforts to erase these connections and the peoples themselves.

Dr. Debra Harry is Numu/Kooyooe Tukadu from Pyramid Lake, Nevada. Dr. Harry serves as an Associate Professor in Indigenous Studies for the Department of Gender, Race, and Identity at the University of Nevada, Reno. Dr. Debra Harry’s research analyzes the linkages between biotechnology, intellectual property and globalization in relation to Indigenous Peoples’ rights. Dr. Harry has authored numerous articles related to the protection of Indigenous Peoples’ biodiversity and traditional knowledge including “Biocolonialism and Indigenous Knowledge in United Nations Discourse,” (2011) 20 Griffith Law Review, “Indigenous Peoples and Gene Disputes” 84 Chicago-Kent Law Review (2009). She also contributed a chapter titled, “Acts of Self-Determination and Self-Defense: Indigenous Peoples Responses to Biocolonialism,” as a contribution to a book entitled “Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age,” (edited by Sheldon Krimsky and Peter Shorett) 2005. In 1994, Dr. Harry received a three-year national Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellowship and studied the field of human genetic research and its implications for Indigenous peoples. Dr. Harry earned her Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland under the supervision of renowned Maori scholar, Dr. Linda Tuhiwai Smith.

Hands ON! Second Saturday – Jump into the New Year

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances, and community collaborations. “Art Expeditions” provides children the opportunity to engage with Museum staff and take a closer look at current work on view. New exhibitions, community collaborations, guest performances and monthly themes rotate in this engaging series of monthly programs.

SCHEDULE

Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturday – Color Me in Love

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances, and community collaborations. “Art Investigators” provides children the opportunity to engage with Museum staff and take a closer look at current work on view. New exhibitions, community collaborations, guest performances and monthly themes rotate in this engaging series of monthly programs.

SCHEDULE

Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.

Hands ON! Second Saturday

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances, and community collaborations. “Art Investigators” provides children the opportunity to engage with Museum staff and take a closer look at current work on view. New exhibitions, community collaborations, guest performances and monthly themes rotate in this engaging series of monthly programs.

SCHEDULE

Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.