April 27 to July 30, 2017. Thursday - Sunday 12:00 - 5:00 p.m. Closed Monday - Wednesday. 442 Flint Street, Reno, NV 89501. Admission: Free About the artist: Dick Marconi (b. 1934) is an American artist whose fascination with color began at the age of twelve when an accident left him blind and partially deaf in one ear. Dick gradually regained vis...
READ MOREThe Senate Committee on Government Affairs approved a bill Wednesday authorizing the governor to proclaim the second Monday in October as Indigenous People Day, replacing the traditional Columbus Day. Senate Bill 105, sponsored by State Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, follows other state and local governments around the country to shun the Columb...
READ MOREThrough the generosity of visionary art collector Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl, arte italia is delighted to present Italian Baroque: Selections from the Haukohl Family Collection. Headlining this historic exhibition are six extraordinary sculptures selected from the largest private collection of Florentine Baroque art in the United States. An in...
READ MORETHE PLACE: Zozo's Ristorante is a family-run Italian restaurant owned by Sid and Judy Ashton, who moved to Reno from the Bay Area in 1986. Their son, Kevin, a graduate of the Western Culinary Academy, is the chef. Zozo's, in the Moana West center, is open weekdays for lunch and nightly for dinner. THE LOOK: As soon as you walk through the...
READ MOREarte italia is pleased to announce the return of Michelin Star Chef Massimo Camia from Barolo! Massimo will guest-host culinary exhibition classes April 19 - 21, 2015. Please read about visiting Chef Massimo Camia and enter your name in the Randomized Selection Registration explained below. You may register anytime from February...
READ MOREby Johnathan L. Wright The annual splatter free-for-all — aka the grape stomp — is a mainstay (stain-stay?) of the Eldorado Great Italian Festival. Back in the day, the stomp was held on South Virginia Street, and the Eldorado had to pay to clean any storefronts splashed with the inky (and incredibly staining) juice and flesh of Alicante Bous...
READ MORELocated in the Summit Mall, Skipolini's Italian now gives Italian food lovers a place to go in south Reno. Best known for its pizza, the location is Nevada's first, and the seventh for the company that began in 1972 in Clayton, California. "The owner of the company is the only one who knows the recipe for the dough," said General Mana...
READ MOREA tour of the silver screen from early Hollywood to modern blockbusters! Italian American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas is an original documentary exhibit curated by the Museo Italo Americano in San Francisco and written by film scholar and San Francisco State University Cinema Professor Joseph McBride. This exhibit - featuring written an...
READ MORETwo familiar faces were at the 10th annual Italian Fest and recognition dinner Saturday night. News 4's Joe Hart and Brandon Wholey attended the charity event for Bristlecone Family Resources. The non-profit offers addiction and mental wellness treatment and prevent services in Northern Nevada. "You will be surprised at how many people ar...
READ MORETHE PLACE: The name Toni Rigatonis, a new Italian-American restaurant in northwest Reno, reflects a very personal mash-up for owner Chris Schiavone. Toni honors his father, Antonio, and rigatoni was his favorite childhood pasta. The restaurant occupies a storefront space on the south side of the Raley's center at Robb Drive and Mae Anne Av...
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