RENO — Brüka Theatre announces the third installment in The Original Play Reading Series of the 2009/2010 season: “Raisin’ Jason.”
These plays consist of original works from the Brüka ensemble and local playwrights. The intent of the readings is to give authors a chance to hear their work read by actors in front of an audience. Brüka Theatre does not alter the plays in any way, in an attempt to give the author, audience and artists a deeper understanding of the process of play development by workshopping ideas and new works. This is the second of four plays that will be read this season. For a full schedule, visit www.bruka.org.
Tickets are $5 in advance and at the door. Audiences will enjoy a staged play reading and a discussion immediately following with the author to provide feedback and an open forum about the process.
Tickets can be reserved in advance by calling the Brüka Box Office at 323-3221 or purchased at the door on the day of the reading. The theater is located at 99 N. Virginia St. and will validate parking at the Parking Gallery on First and Sierra streets.
“Raisin’ Jason,” aka “The Caravan of Delights,” is a fast-paced, funny, off-kilter and barely sane look at America’s institutions and how they impact real people — in this case, a single parent and his child. Though it is not really a musical in the traditional sense, it is a play with music.
Brüka Theatre for Children presents ‘Rapunzel’
RENO — “Rapunzel,” a delightful, funny old fairy tale filled with imagination, colorful characters and adventure adapted by Brüka Theatre, will have public performances today, Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m. Doors for the performance open at 9:30 a.m. at the McKinley Arts and Culture Center located at 925 Riverside Drive.
Brüka Theatre proudly presents Rapunzel. Brüka Theatre for Children is a live theater performance incorporating physical theatrics, improvisation and audience interaction.
This classic adaptation of tales by the Brothers Grimm updates the stories for today’s audiences, while investigating and adapting the original story of “Rapunzel,” how it was handed down by word of mouth from generation to generation until the Grimm brothers captured it in book form in the late 1800s and how it could be applied today.
These performances for children and families are geared toward grades kindergarten through fifth, although Brüka’s Theatre for Children has found a large following of all ages. For more information, visit www.bruka.org.
Tickets cost $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and children under age 12 and $4 each for groups of 10 or more people with reservations made in advance.
For reservations and more information, call 323-3221. Box office hours are 12 to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Reservations are also available at the Melting Pot Emporium at its new location at 1047 S. Virginia St.
The theater will validate parking at the Parking Gallery on First and Sierra streets.
Reading, book signing for ‘The Light in Them is Permanent’
RENO — Celebrate National Poetry Month with the Nevada Museum of Art and Black Rock Press by welcoming poet Steven Nightingale for a reading today at 5:30 p.m. and discussion of his newest collection of poetry, followed by a reception and book signing.
The signing event will be held at the Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase in the museum store. Free tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis at www.nevadaart.org/tickets and at the admissions desk.
Kid Sister performs at EDGE
RENO — Noted as Kanye West’s protégé, Kid Sister will perform tonight at EDGE nightclub at the Peppermill Resort Casino. The performance starts at 10 p.m. The cover charge is $10 for women and $15 for men. For more information, visit www.edgeofreno.com.
Pat Metheny part of Artown’s 2010 encore series
RENO — Artown brings world-renowned jazz guitarist and composer Pat Metheny to Reno Friday with his Orchestrion Tour at the Grand Sierra Resort. Metheny’s appearance wraps Artown’s inaugural encore season designed to bring people to Artown during the festival’s traditional off-season.
Metheny has won an astounding 19 Grammy Awards and has been nominated 33 times in 12 different categories, more than any other performer in Grammy history. Aside from all of the critic’s awards and fan accolades, Metheny’s focus remains continually on the breaking down of barriers and the exploration of new musical ideas.
This tour is no exception as Metheny moves from brilliant solo guitar improvisations to the unveiling of a totally new technology for the presentation of an acoustically driven “solo ensemble” music he is dubbing Orchestronics.
The performance will feature music from the forthcoming CD of all new original compositions, as well as some older tunes from the Metheny songbook.
Metheny performs Friday at 8 p.m. at the Grand Sierra Resort’s Grand Theatre with tickets priced at $35 and $45.
Friends of Artown sponsors receive 10 percent off ticket prices. Tickets are available in person at the Grand Sierra Resort box office with no service fees, by phone at (800) 648-3568 or online. For more information visit renoisartown.com or call the office at 322-1538.
Sublime with Rome performs Saturday at Knitting Factory
RENO — After 14 years, original Sublime members drummer Bud Gaugh and bass player Eric Wilson announced plans to officially take to the stage once again with a new front man, singer/guitarist Rome.
The band, officially dubbed Sublime with Rome, will reintroduce themselves and Sublime’s music to fans across the country with an exclusive 10-city, 12-date intimate spring theatre tour. Sublime with Rome will perform Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Knitting Factory in Reno.
One of the most notable and successful ska-punk bands of all time, Sublime has sold over 17 million albums worldwide with the group’s music remaining in constant radio rotation across the country. Influential Los Angeles rock radio station KROQ has listed Sublime as the No. 3 act in their annual “biggest bands” list for the last six years in a row with the single “Date Rape” ranking as the all-time most requested song at the station. Formed in Long Beach, Calif. in 1988, Sublime’s final performance was in the spring of 1996.
Tickets are $26 to $90 and can be purchased at http://re.knittingfactory.com.
Vision Gala to support diabetes
RENO — “Laughter is the Best Medicine!” is the theme to this year’s Vision Gala hosted by the Northern Nevada Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). The Vision Gala is on Saturday in the Downtown Reno Ballroom. The gala features comedy from Sinbad, ranked as one of Comedy Central's top 100 comedians of all time. In addition, JDRF will honor government relations and advertising executive Pete Ernaut and his wife, Wendy, a longtime and dedicated board member of the northern Nevada branch of JDRF.
The JDRF Vision Gala features a semi-formal, candlelit gourmet dinner plus an exclusive auction with sporting event tickets, dinner packages, autographed memorabilia, travel packages, jewelry and more.
Sponsorship levels for the 2010 Laughter JDRF Vision Gala range from $2,000 for a table of eight to presenting sponsorship at $25,000. Individual tickets are available for $250 per person. To reserve a table to this year’s gala or for sponsorship or silent auction contributions, call 786-1881 or visit www.JDRF.org/northernnevada.
Reno Phil’s season finale with iconic Beethoven 9
RENO — As a bookend to the season that began with a “joyous celebration,” the 41st season of Master Classics will end on the same theme with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The concerts held on Sunday and Tuesday will feature a full orchestra and the massive Reno Philharmonic chorus, filling the stage with more than 200 performers. Mahler’s “Rückert Lieder” will also be performed.
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 has been recognized as one of Beethoven’s all-time greatest achievements and considered a favorite with audiences worldwide.
Sunday’s performance begins at 4 p.m. and Tuesday’s begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the Reno Phil Box Office at the McKinley Center, 925 Riverside Drive in Reno, or by calling 323-6393. Tickets are also available at the Pioneer Center Box Office at 100 S. Virginia St. in Reno or by calling 686-6600 or online at www.renophil.com
All performances take place in the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts. Single ticket prices start at $28, with discounts available to seniors. Students can come for “rush” seating for $8 a ticket, one hour before performance, and must bring valid student ID.
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