» Great Nevada Picture Hunt 2013 Photo Contest Rules
May/June 2013
Nevada Magazine’s 36th annual Great Nevada Picture Hunt photo contest is now open for submissions. Unlike previous years, there are no categories this year. An overall Grand Prize, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, and 4th Place winner will be named, as well as a TBD number of Honorable Mentions.
» Feature Gravel in Our Travel
May/June 2013
Editor Matthew B. Brown and I have covered more miles crisscrossing the Silver State in search of stories and photographs than either of us can rightly recall. While many of those miles are necessarily spent on highways, interstates, and other paved roads, we relish nothing more than the opportunity to leave the pavement and take a back road—luckily, Nevada has an abundance.
» City Limits Wet ‘n’ Wild Las Vegas
May/June 2013
Las Vegas is traditionally known as an adult destination. But when Las Vegan Ted Stringer heard about the new waterpark, Wet ‘n’ Wild, opening in late May in southwest Las Vegas, he knew it would fit right in. Stringer received the most votes for his contribution of “Red Rock Bay” in Wet ‘n’ Wild Las Vegas’ Wave Pool Naming Contest.
» Wide Open Two Wheels and the Open Road
May/June 2013
The joy of road biking comes from finding a relatively lightly traveled, but well-maintained strip of asphalt that keeps you spinning through an array of beautiful scenery. In Nevada, the best rides are found where the mountains meet the desert or gentle rangelands abut snow-capped peaks.
» Cravings A Taste of Tuscany
May/June 2013
Housed in the historic Joseph Giraud/Hardy House at 442 Flint Street in Reno’s downtown-adjacent “Cal Ave” district, arte italia is operated by the philanthropic E. L. Wiegand Foundation and is among the nation’s premier Italian cultural centers.
» Nature Rocky Mountain Goats
May/June 2013
Mountain goats are known for their exceptional agility. They can climb almost 1,500 vertical feet in 20 minutes. Their hooves are soft and curved, acting like suction cups on steep rocky terrain.
» History Tonopah: Then & Now
May/June 2013
Tonopah photographer Jim Galli has earned quite the reputation for connecting the past to the present via his black-and-white images. But these aren’t digital pictures converted with modern computer software—these are the real deal, taken with a circa 1910 Kodak Cirkut panoramic camera.
» Events Spotlight Lincoln Highway Celebration
May/June 2013
In 1913, the Lincoln Highway became America’s first coast-to-coast road, paralleling many sections of the 1860 Pony Express mail route. Today’s Lincoln Highway, if you will, in Nevada is U.S. Highway 50 running through the heart of the state and known around the world as “The Loneliest Road in America.”
» Shows Spotlight Michael Jackson One
May/June 2013
On May 23, “Michael Jackson ONE” will make its highly anticipated debut in Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay theater, formerly home to the smash hit Disney’s “The Lion King.“
» Know Your Nevada 150 Reasons to Celebrate in Nevada
May/June 2013
Starting with this year’s Nevada Day (observed October 25), Nevadans will be celebrating a major milestone as we begin the yearlong celebration of our sesquicentennial, our 150th anniversary of statehood. If you haven’t heard the “s-word” before, by year’s end the multisyllabic word will roll right off your tongue.
» Web Extras VolunTourism in Ely
May/June 2013
There are those who travel to take a trip. And then there are those who travel and immerse themselves into their surroundings. The Nevada Northern Railway National Historic Landmark is a destination for tourists who want to do more than just take a trip.
» Web Extras Sirens of Chrome
May/June 2013
It can be hard to tolerate the salesperson selling you the car, but who doesn’t like the beautiful woman that tells you all about it at the shows? The National Automobile Museum, in Reno, has a new exhibit all about these gorgeous gearheads.
» Web Extras Reno Bike Project
May/June 2013
Amid the weekly rental motels, boarded-up buildings, and sometimes illicit activities that East 4th Street in Reno is known for, you can’t miss the hot pink building with a beautifully drawn bike displaying words such as “Patience” and “Peace.” This is where the nonprofit group Reno Bike Project resides.
» Feature The Lincoln Highway in Nevada
March/April 2013
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Highway, but I fear the grand old road is fading from our collective memories. I want to remedy that. I urge you to get off the pavement for a while and experience a little of what traveling was like 100 years ago. Our Nevada adventure starts at Fernley and ventures east.
» Feature Nevada Sports
March/April 2013
Whether you’re root-root-rooting for the home team at a Las Vegas 51s or Reno Aces Triple-A baseball game, hitting the hardwood with the Reno Bighorns basketball team, or annoying everyone in earshot with your vuvuzela at a Las Vegas Legends soccer match, Nevada’s array of professional and collegiate sporting events will keep you entertained without breaking the bank. Play ball!
» City Limits All Seasons—1,000 Reasons
March/April 2013
The Biggest Little City in the World, America’s Adventure Place, A Little West of Center, Far From Expected…Reno has seen its fair share of nicknames and slogans—especially so in the last decade—and few of them have stuck. As the years-long game of musical mottos shows, the region was facing a bit of an identity crisis when President and CEO Chris Baum took the helm of the Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority at the start of 2012.
» Wide Open Thunder Mountain
March/April 2013
If you’ve ever traveled east from Reno, Fernley, or Lovelock to Winnemucca, you’ve driven by it. You might not have thought twice to look, and if you didn’t, you could easily have missed it even though it abuts Interstate 80. “It” is Thunder Mountain Indian Monument, nominally a monument but also an enigmatic roadside curiosity.
» Nature Sage Grouse
March/April 2013
During the breeding or strutting ritual, male sage grouse puff out their bright yellow throat sacs—which are bordered with white feathers—flare their sharply pointed tail feathers, and strut in an impressive display around the lekking ground in an attempt to attract females. The breeding season typically begins in mid-March and lasts through mid-May.
» Cravings License to Distill
March/April 2013
Like many Nevadans, George Racz came to the Silver State in pursuit of the American Dream. The Hungarian-born immigrant saw opportunity in the Las Vegas Valley, though it wasn’t gold or a huge jackpot he was after; it was a good cocktail. A fine drink wasn’t hard to come by in Sin City, but one made with locally distilled spirits was.
» History Pioneer Saloon
March/April 2013
In Goodsprings, the action is at the Pioneer Saloon, the last saloon standing—and continuously operating—from the burg’s glory days of the early 1900s. “At its peak in 1916 Goodsprings had 800 residents. Stores, restaurants, churches, a theater, and nine saloons lined Main Street. The Hotel Fayle, advertised as the ‘finest in the West,’ opened with great fanfare.”
