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Bike culture and community: Veer to screen in Reno Tuesday June 23rd

Bike culture and community: Veer to screen in Reno Tuesday June 23rd

By David LaPlante • on June 21, 2009

On the heels of National Bike Month, the Tour De Nez and the Reno Film Festival, Reno’s cycling culture gets a special pre-release screening of Veer.

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A Skier Idiot. RIP Shane McConkey, Skiing’s Greatest Nut 1969-2009

A Skier Idiot. RIP Shane McConkey, Skiing’s Greatest Nut 1969-2009

By David LaPlante • on April 2, 2009

It’s the call we’ve anticipated, yet somehow we never expected to get. A ski BASE jump gone bad and the friend-turned-living-legend lives no more.

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Sleepy Time Projects, Thursday @7pm April 2, 2009

Sleepy Time Projects, Thursday @7pm April 2, 2009

By David LaPlante • on March 31, 2009

Thursday, April 2, 20097:00 pmto10:00 pmThere’s an art event Thursday night benefiting a few of the Holland

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An Ode to Helmet Hair and the Vanity of the Fools. Don’t be a dumbass, wear a helmet.

An Ode to Helmet Hair and the Vanity of the Fools. Don’t be a dumbass, wear a helmet.

By David LaPlante • on March 19, 2009

Despite only being a family of four, as of last count we own 24 helmets. Maybe more. There’s probably a ‘couple old ‘dain-duckets hanging

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Reno-Tahoe AIGA’s Emu Awards to go off April 1, 2009

Reno-Tahoe AIGA’s Emu Awards to go off April 1, 2009

By David LaPlante • on March 18, 2009

Wednesday, April 1, 20096:00 pmto9:00 pmWhat was once lost will not be forgotten. The Reno-Tahoe AIGA crew cooked up a cool awards party for all the stuff

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Twenty years ago…

Twenty years ago…

By David LaPlante • on September 24, 2008

Twenty  years ago (1988) today, September 24 we

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Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson to Keynote 2008 City of Reno Green Summit; props to Jason Geddes!

Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson to Keynote 2008 City of Reno Green Summit; props to Jason Geddes!

By David LaPlante • on August 6, 2008

The City of Reno 2008 Green

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Nevada Wild Horses + Helvetica = two great events Thursday Night June 12 in Reno!

Pull the hall pass for Thursday night because there’s two great events: First up is a Deanne Stillman book-signing at Sundance

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