By Mackenzie Campbell for ThisisReno.com.
Nothing sets our “Biggest Little City” apart from all the rest like food, beer and story telling. Come celebrate a weekend full of these great Reno traditions hosted by Urban Roots, the Nevada Museum of Art and The Folk & The Lore. Oral story telling is a powerful medium for the transfer of history and cultural knowledge. Through storytelling becomes a since of belongingness that motivates us to promote and preserve our heritage. Where home always means Nev-AD-a not Ne-VAH-da. This April, let’s welcome the old, the new and the transplants into the fold as we listen as neighbors to reveal the “Nevadan way.”
First: Friday, April 17th @ the Nevada Museum of Art The Folk & the Lore presents “Geeky Reno,” an evening of live storytelling and short film on the theme of the hobbies, obsessions and pastimes that “Keep Reno Awkward.”
5 PM Cocktails served by chez louie
6 PM Stories begin in the Wayne and Miriam Prim Theater.
Buy Tickets: $5 students| $8 museum members| $12 general
Second: Saturday, April 18th @ the Urban Roots Farm. The Urban Roots’ Folk Art Series presents “The Art of Storytelling,” with instructor Jessi LeMay.
1:30-2:30 PM Jessi advises participants on successful methods for structuring and delivering their personal narrative, from setup to climax to resolution.
2:30-3:30 PM Jessi introduces different multimedia platforms for digital storytelling, including how to best utilize the tools and programs participants may already have.
Pay at the door $8 UR members| $10 general
