Renoites- The Podcast about Reno Nevada

This episode was recorded live at Reno Little Theater in Reno, Nevada on July 7, 2023.
Reno Little Theater is one of the longest-running community theater companies in the United States and are just finishing their 88th season here in Northern Nevada. Their most recent show, running through the end of July, is Seussical the Musical, a fun family-friendly musical featuring characters and stories from the works of Dr. Seuss.
On this episode, recorded live after the July 7 performance of Seussical, host Conor McQuivey spoke with the director of the show, Shea King, and technical director Chad Sweet. Topics included the process of casting for a musical, the process of turning flat cartoon images into sets for the stage, the importance of the live audience experience, and much more!
Thank you to those who attended and thanks for listening! The next Renoites LIVE event will be Thursday, July 27 at Black Rabbit Mead.
Learn more about Reno Little Theater at their website, http://www.renolittletheater.org
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Mike Van Houten has been documenting the changes in downtown Reno for over a decade, with a focus on tracking what's happening and where on his blog, Downtown Makeover. He appeared on Renoites about 2 years ago, and a lot has certainly happened since then!
This week's episode is a recap of various development projects in Downtown Reno and and surrounding neighborhoods. Topics included the current status of the (failed?) City Center Harrah's renovation, the impacts of Reno Public Market and RED, rising rents in Midtown driving out long time businesses like Recycled Records, the debate over whether road medians should stay or go, how far behind demand we are at building what is likely needed as we grow, and more!
Follow Downtown Makeover on Instagram and Twitter @downtownmakeover and visit the blog at http://downtownmakeover.com
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Join Renoites and Reno Little Theater LIVE on July 7 for an exclusive "Seussical: the Musical" post-show event featuring additional performances, interviews and audience Q&A!
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Reno Little Theater is one of the longest-running community theater companies in the United States, currently in their 88th season! Reno has been focused on growing it's reputation as a city that cares about the arts, and theater is a big part of that identity, including as it intersects with music, design, writing, and much more.
On this week's episode of Renoites, host Conor McQuivey is joined by the executive director of Reno Little Theater, Melissa Taylor, to discuss Reno Little Theater's past, present and future as a part of Reno's artistic community.
Some of the topics include the importance of live theater in creating a sense of community, the inherent inclusion and belongingness that comes from the craft of acting, education programs for young people to create participation in the arts, the challenges of operating as a nonprofit theater through the covid pandemic, and much more!
If you have suggestions for future guests on Renoites, please email us at conor@renoites.com
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When we think of local government, often the people that come to mind are the mayor and city council, but we shouldn't forget that the city of Reno is but a part of the much larger Washoe County, whose jurisdiction overlaps and intersects with Reno, and extends as far north as the very top of the state.
On this week's episode of Renoites, host Conor McQuivey speaks with Washoe County's Manager, Eric Brown. Manger Brown was appointed to the position by the Washoe County Commission in 2019. Conor and Manager Brown discuss the role of the county government broadly and the county manager specifically, the process of creating the CARES campus and working with Reno and Sparks to address the needs of homeless populations in the area, ideas for addressing housing affordability in the region, efforts to include the voices of rural communities, Manager Brown's background working in the telecommunications and consumer goods industries before coming to public service, how his experiences as a student athlete shape his way of working, and much much more!
Learn more about the Washoe County Leadership Academy and apply here until July 14: https://www.washoecounty.gov/WCLA/
If you have suggestions for episodes or topics, please let us know! Email conor@renoites.com and be sure to follow on Instagram at http://instagram.com/renoites as well!
Renoites is a community focused and listener-funded project. Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. You can learn more at http://patreon.com/renoites
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The Nevada Museum of Art is currently showing an exhibition created by the World War 2 Museum in New Orleans called "Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of World War 2." The exhibit tells of the special unit in the war that was tasked with deception. Using inflatable fake tanks, pre-recorded radio chatter, and other illusions, they misled the German army about where troops were stationed. Several members of the unit went on to careers in art, including the painter Ellsworth Kelly and the fashion designer Bill Blass.
To tell us about the exhibit and other current works at the Nevada Museum of Art, we welcomed NMA's Marketing and Communication Director Rebecca Eckland to the show.
This episode of Renoites is the first in a series of shorter episodes, designed so that you can listen and learn without having to dedicate a full hour to the topic. Most "Renoites Shorts" episodes will only be 10-20 minutes long.
If you have suggestions for episodes or topics, please let us know! Email conor@renoites.com and be sure to follow on Instagram at http://instagram.com/renoites as well!
Renoites is a community focused and listener-funded project. Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. You can learn more at http://patreon.com/renoites
Thanks for listening!

A few years ago, Nevada's state element was declared to be neon, to reflect the importance of neon lights in the identity of our cities both big and small. The effort to make this happen was spearheaded by local neon preservationist and director of the Nevada Neon Project, Will Durham.
Will has been saving neon signs from destruction throughout the state for many years, and has amassed a collection he hopes to turn into a world-class museum here in Reno. 
On this episode of Renoites, Conor and Will discuss the importance of neon to Nevada's identity and history, the technical craft of creating neon art and advertising, the process of lobbying the Nevada legislature to designate neon as the state element (which passed unanimously in both houses), the opportunities he has had to display pieces from the collection, and his vision for a neon museum in Northern Nevada.
You can learn more and see photos on the Nevada Neon Project Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/nevadaneonproject/
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Come visit and buy some Renoites merch at the Riverside Farmers Market
Attend a live taping of Renoites at Black Rabbit Mead! The next LIVE episode will feature Sierra Regional Roller Derby on Thursday, July 27.
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30 years ago, Reno teenager Pete Menchetti started a company called The Sticker Guy. Being actively involved in Reno's local music scene, Pete went from studying computer science to creating the first online sticker store in the very early days of Internet commerce.
Since then, Sticker Guy has been based in Reno and providing stickers for 30 years, while Pete has moved on to also creating a record label, Slovenly Recordings, and operating multiple music festivals around the world under the name We're Loud Fest (with events in Greece, Italy, Vietnam, Mexico, and plans for Kenya)
Next weekend, June 16-18, will be a celebration of Sticker Guy's 30th anniversary, with the Reno-based music festival DEBAUCH-A-ReNO at Wingfield Park and Cypress in midtown. Tickets and information can be found at http://sloven.ly/reno
The next LIVE episode of Renoites will be recorded at Black Rabbit Mead on Thursday, July 29 with Sierra Regional Roller Derby, so mark your calendars and come out to learn about the sport and the culture that surrounds it.
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One of the great joy of hosting an interview podcast is having the opportunity to learn about a wide variety of guests and share their stories with listeners, but sometimes there isn't as much opportunity as hosts would like to share more about themselves.
On this week's episode of Renoites, we turn the microphone around for host Conor McQuivey to take the guest seat. And to lead the conversation as a special surprise guest host, Mayor Hillary Schieve returned to the show! Her previous episode of Renoites from May of last year was one of the most popular and can be heard at this link: https://pod.fo/e/125721
We talked about the creation of the Renoites podcast, the importance of local media, choosing to engage in political discourse in a less heated way, the instinctive but sometimes damaging need to be liked by others, the problems with the 2-party system, what Conor would do if he was mayor for the day and had a magic wand, how you can help local media be financially sustainable, and much more!
If you have guest suggestions or feedback, email conor@renoites.com or stop by the Renoites booth at Riverside Farmer's Market at Idlewild Park on Sundays from 8-1. You can also learn more about patreon and how YOU can help the podcast grow by visiting http://patreon.com/renoites