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The Downtown SLAM! Live Wrestling Event
2026-04-15 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Las Vegas Civic Center Carolyn G. Goodman Plaza, 525 S. Main St., Las Vegas, NV, 89101, United States
A night of all out-action packed professional wrestling entertainment that rocks and rumbles the Vegas Valley.

Big Valley Wrestling puts the SLAM in Downtown SLAM Wednesday, April 15, for a night of all-out, action-packed professional wrestling entertainment that rocks and rumbles the Vegas Valley. In this FREE, ALL-AGES event in the heart of Las Vegas, championships will be on the line, scores will be settled, and jaws will be dropped in this can’t-miss event featuring the best and brightest of Big Valley Wrestling. In the city of lights, the competition heats up! Get loud and get excited as the city of Las Vegas and Big Valley Wrestling present THE DOWNTOWN SLAM!

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Painting Basics 101 with Terri Thompson
2026-04-15 13:00 - 15:00 | City Lights Art Gallery, 3 East Army Street, Henderson, NV, 89015, United States
Painting Basics 101 with Terri Thompson
Join award-winning artist and City Lights Art Gallery member Terri Thompson for Painting Basics 101 — a four-session introductory course designed to help you learn the fundamentals of painting.
Dates: April 8, 15, 22, 29
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Location: City Lights Art Gallery
Tuition: $100 for all four sessions
Learn essential skills including color mixing, composition, values, and more in a supportive, hands-on environment.
Perfect for beginners or anyone looking to refresh their skills!
Contact Terri directly to register.

Yari Ostovany – Paintings | Savage Mystic Gallery, Reno | April 2–25, 2026
2026-04-15 12:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-14 12:00 - 18:00 | Savage Mystic Gallery, 836 E. Second St., Reno, NV, 89502, United States
Savage Mystic Gallery in Reno, Nevada, is pleased to present “Yari Ostovany: Paintings,” a solo exhibition of works by abstract painter Yari Ostovany, on view April 2 through April 25, 2026.
Ostovany’s paintings explore the expressive possibilities of abstraction through layered color, gestural mark-making, and luminous surfaces. Drawing on influences ranging from the spiritual traditions of Persian art and poetry to the legacy of Western abstraction, his work creates contemplative visual spaces where intuition, memory, and presence converge.
Working primarily in oil on canvas, Ostovany builds his paintings through successive layers of color and texture. Forms emerge, dissolve, and reappear across the surface, suggesting shifting fields of energy, atmosphere, and light.
Ostovany studied art as an undergraduate at the University of Nevada, Reno, and received his Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1995. His work has been exhibited widely in the United States and internationally, including exhibitions in Paris, London, Cologne, New York, Los Angeles, and Tehran.
The exhibition will conclude with an artist reception on April 25 from 6–9 p.m. Visitors will have an opportunity to meet the artist and view the exhibition on its final day.
Exhibition Details:
Yari Ostovany: Paintings
Savage Mystic Gallery
836 E Second Street
Reno, NV 89502
April 2 through April 25, 2026
Artist Reception: April 25, 6–9 p.m.
savagemysticart.com
775-444-4605

Abstractly Thinking
2026-04-15 12:00 - 16:00, 2026-04-14 12:00 - 16:00 | Artist Co-op Gallery of Reno, 627 Mill St., Reno, NV, 89505, United States
Join us at the Artists Co-op for “Abstractly Thinking”

April 1-30, 2026

Guest Artist: Trina Craig

Artist of the Month: Michaele Tristram

Consignment Artist of the Month: Sharon Randall

Reception: Sunday, April 12, from noon-4 p.m.

Find out what our abstract artists are thinking and doing. There will be images you have never seen before by our talented community of creative artists. Come enjoy the art, the company, the food, and the wine.

This Just In: Recent Additions to the Lilley Museum of Art Collection
2026-04-15 12:00 - 16:00, 2026-04-14 12:00 - 16:00 | John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, University Arts Building - 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV, 89557, United States
An exhibition of new acquisitions to the Lilley Museum of Art
Image: Carol Cole Levin, Fortress, 1992, Clay, concrete, wire, and wood picture frame, Collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 2025.

Homeland Security: Images from the Epicenter of the Cuban Missile Crisis
2026-04-15 12:00 - 16:00, 2026-04-14 12:00 - 16:00 | John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, University Arts Building - 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV, 89557, United States
In October 1962, Cuba was at the center of a crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Today’s history books and classes are filled with stories of John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev locked in a battle of wills, but we know much less about how Cubans themselves responded to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Featuring photographs from Prensa Latina, Cuba’s revolutionary news agency, this exhibit offers a unique, intimate view of Cuban life during the crisis.
Image: Roberto Salas, A young man uses a rangefinder to watch for incoming aircraft, photograph, October 1962, courtesy of Prensa Latina.

Home Truth: Image-making in Absence, Photography by Steven Seidenberg
2026-04-15 12:00 - 16:00, 2026-04-14 12:00 - 16:00 | John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, University Arts Building - 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV, 89557, United States
The photographic practice of Steven Seidenberg explores a material world of the unnoticed, fixing attention on structures, environments, and landscapes often hidden in plain sight. Three photographic series are combined in this exhibition; each focuses on past and present living conditions in a different area of the world (Puglia and Rome, Italy; Kanazawa, Japan). Seidenberg’s richly detailed images capture current and former living spaces—houses, tents, outbuildings, and empty lots— providing the viewer with ideas about the lived environment, how space is used, and how humans travel through and live within the spaces they occupy under wide-ranging material conditions.
Image: Steven Seidenberg from the series, The Architecture of Silence: Abandoned Lives of the Italian South, photograph, courtesy of the artist

Three Generations of Polarized Light Art
2026-04-15 10:00 - 20:00, 2026-04-14 10:00 - 20:00 | Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada, 89117
In the 1960s, a time of cross-pollination in art and science, Austine’s engagement with light and optics was shaped by her discovery of the phenomena of polarized light from her first husband, astronomer and physicist H. John Wood. In 1967, Austine developed a new light-based medium that she called Polage. By collaging clear cellophane between cross-polarizing filters, she began producing full color artworks without using any pigments or dyes.
Selecting for specific wavelengths from the prismatic spectrum of color in natural light produces her color palette. Colors plucked from light are vibrantly alive and will shift and change as the filters rotate or as the viewer moves about, making the perception of the art an active component of the work.
In 1976, Austine and her husband, David Comarow moved to the Las Vegas area. They worked together to establish a long-lasting studio practice and refined her Polage medium and methods of display, leading to many innovations and commissions over the following decades. Their first studio gallery opened in Boulder City, Nevada, in 1985.
That same year, Austine’s eldest daughter, Cara Wood Ginder, began working for Austine Studios as an art assistant, fabricator, and studio manager. This began a longtime artistic partnership with her mother, which grew into full design collaboration in later years.
In 1998, Austine’s younger daughter, Erika Wood, became part of the studio, later focusing on designing hybrid production methods that enabled Polage artworks to be created in carefully controlled multiples, comparable to traditional printmaking.
At that time, Austine Studios entered a long-term relationship with Maui Jim sunglasses, bringing the medium into dialogue with applied optics and polarized-lens technology as they secured an exclusive on Austine Studios artwork in optical boutiques worldwide.
In 2018, Cara accepted the position of full-time lead artist and studio director of Austine Studios. Her daughter, Charlotte Ginder, joined the studio in 2019; the third generation to work in the family business of Polage.
After Austine’s sudden passing in 2020, Cara, Erika, and Charlotte kept up the family legacy as the artists of Austine Studios until it closed in 2025.
Austine’s art is on view in the permanent collections of the Museum of Science, Boston; the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science; and Swarthmore College, among others, appearing in museums, hospitals, public spaces, and private collections around the world.
The nearby Spring Mountains Visitor’s Center, just outside Las Vegas on Mt. Charleston, features a 75-foot-long Polage art mural celebrating the flora and fauna of the desert that inspired so much of her work.
Today Cara and Erika have launched a new collaboration, Lightread Studios, where they continue their work together creating polarized light artworks and commissions.
On exhibit at Sahara West Library, 9600 W Sahara Ave. Las Vegas, Nevada, through May 2, 2026.

Always back to Nevada: Craig Sheppard and art at the University of Nevada, Reno
2026-04-15 09:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-14 09:00 - 17:00 | Northeastern Nevada Museum, 1515 Idaho St., Elko, NV, 89801, United States
The John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art at the University of Nevada, Reno proudly announces its exhibition, “Always back to Nevada” Craig Sheppard and art at the University of Nevada, Reno”, a curatorial project opening Dec. 9, 2025, through April 26, 2026 at the Northeastern Nevada Museum. Curated by executive director and chief curator Stephanie Gibson, “Always back to Nevada” showcases the constant oscillation of styles and experimental Nevada-centric works of the university’s Sheppard Gallery founding collector, Craig Sheppard.
Image: Craig Sheppard, The Couriers, oil on canvas, n.d., collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art

Annual “Senior Art Show” 2026 City of Reno McKinley Galleries
2026-04-15 09:00 - 16:00, 2026-04-14 09:00 - 16:00 | McKinley Arts and Cultural Center, 925 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV, 89503, United States
McKinley Arts & Culture Center
Gallery East/West
April 13 – May 21, 2026
Artist Reception: Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 5-7 p.m.
Reno, Nevada – Gallery East & West in the McKinley Arts & Culture Center is proud to host the “Senior Artists Exhibit & Show,” organized by the City of Reno Senior Citizens Advisory Committee. The exhibition will run from April 13 – May 21, 2026 at the McKinley Arts and Culture Center, Gallery East and West. The public is invited to attend the artists’ reception on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, from 5–7 p.m.
In honor of Older Americans Month this May, the exhibit celebrates seniors’ creativity. This is the fourth annual senior artist exhibit that showcases work by Reno residents aged 60 or older. The show includes a variety of mediums including painting, photography, macramé, needlepoint, crochet, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, glass art, and more.
The McKinley Gallery is one of three galleries operated by the City of Reno and open to the public, free of charge, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. To learn more, please visit: McKinley Gallery East and West | City of Reno Metro Gallery

All That You Ever Wanted/Todo Lo Que Siempre Quisistes: A College of Southern Nevada traveling exhibition featuring the work of Orlando Montenegro – Henderson
2026-04-15 07:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-14 07:00 - 17:00 | CSN Henderson Campus Art Galleries, 700 College Drive, Henderson, 89002, United States
The College of Southern Nevada, School of Arts & Letters, and Department of Fine Arts will host a traveling exhibition of mixed media artworks by Central American-born, Nevada-based artist and College of Southern Nevada adjunct faculty, Orlando Montenegro. All That You Ever Wanted/Todo Lo Que Siempre Quisistes: A College of Southern Nevada traveling exhibition featuring the work of Orlando Montenegro, will open on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, and will travel throughout the Las Vegas Valley with showings on the CSN Charleston campus (July 1, 2025 – Oct. 31, 2025), the North Las Vegas campus (Nov. 1, 2025 – Feb. 28, 2026), and the Henderson campus (March 1, 2026 – June 30, 2026). A special Gallery Talk and Artist Reception with light refreshments will take place on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, at 6 p.m. in the North Las Vegas Campus Tyrone Thompson Student Union Art Gallery. The CSN Student Union Art Galleries are free, family-friendly, and open to the public.
Speaking of his life, Montenegro says, “I was born in Central America in the early 1980s. My father was a lawyer, and he got into some trouble, and my mother was an accountant, and she did not like the government at the time. They immigrated to the United States sometime in the late 80s because it seemed better economically, and they ended up working in casinos. I have two younger siblings who are nurses, and they are also married to nurses. I once almost passed out giving blood and looking at a documentary where there was blood, and I was not good at math in school, but I liked to draw. My Spanish vocabulary is not that good, but I can speak and read some of it at a basic level. I prefer to talk in English if I have to. It’s impressive how people can interpret words and images differently when they see things from their own point of view, and how their upbringing, education, and beliefs affect that point of view.”
Regarding his work, Montenegro continues, “We live in the richest country in the world, but it’s a pyramid scheme. I had surgery with insurance and paid an inflated amount, only to get another bill in the mail. I wish we had decent public transportation because gas is expensive, and people drive irresponsibly. I wanted to rent, but my mortgage is cheaper because I moved into a house before the pandemic. Home insurance and car insurance are also a scam, but I need them just in case. I don’t buy juice anymore, or cereal, or Mexican Coca-Cola. The price went up, and my Doctor said I should eat fruit and I should just drink water, because I need to worry about diabetes. He said juice is a scam.
I started using things like newspapers and food packaging because they relate to consumption and the economy. Food packaging is discardable, and it can be aesthetically pleasing depending on how it is designed. Advertisements can be beautiful or seductive, but the food flyers that I get in the mail are not considered beautiful. I am not saying they are either. I see some graffiti around town while driving, and I like the bold colors and line work. Some of it does not make sense and feels abstract or nonrepresentational. I don’t really remember what I thought when I first saw Andy Warhol’s soup can art in Professor Rico’s Art History class some twenty years ago. I am sure that at the time, I thought the book and his lectures were all gobbledygook because “art is supposed to be beautiful”.
The CSN Student Union Art Galleries are free, family-friendly, and open to the public. Gallery hours vary by campus and semester. Please visit https://www.csn.edu/student-unions for current hours of operation.
For more information, please call 702-651-4146 or visit https://www.csn.edu/artgallery.

Prairie Princess/Desert Dandy A College of Southern Nevada traveling exhibition featuring the work of Lauren Myers Reese – Charleston
2026-04-15 07:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-14 07:00 - 17:00 | CSN Charleston Campus Student Union Art Gallery, Student Union Building, 6375 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV, 89146, United States
The College of Southern Nevada, School of Arts & Letters, and Department of Fine Arts is now hosting a traveling exhibition of text-based paintings by Nevada-based artist and College of Southern Nevada adjunct faculty, Lauren Myers Reese. Prairie Princess / Desert Dandy: A College of Southern Nevada traveling exhibition featuring the work of Lauren Myers Reese, opened on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, and will travel throughout the Las Vegas Valley with showings on the CSN North Las Vegas Campus (July 1, 2025 – Oct. 31, 2025), the Henderson campus (Nov. 1, 2025 – Feb. 28, 2026), and the Charleston campus (March 1, 2026 – June 30, 2026). A special Gallery Talk and Artist Reception with light refreshments will take place on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, at 6 p.m. in the Henderson Campus Student Union Art Gallery. The CSN Student Union Art Galleries are free, family-friendly, and open to the public.
Lauren Myers Reese is an artist, educator, and arts administrator, and currently serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Art & Art History Program at the College of Southern Nevada. Reese received his Master of Fine Arts in visual art from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2022 and his Bachelor in Fine Arts in Studio Art from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, in 2012. Reese is a co-founder of the Vegas Institute for Contemporary Engagement, a research lab for art and experimentation. Before attending UNLV, Reese worked in a variety of roles, including independent curator, arts writer, nonprofit administrator, factory worker, educator, and art gallery director. Reese’s visual work has been shown across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Scotland, Estonia, and Colombia. His writings are found in the Jewish Studies Journal, Art Focus Oklahoma, Southwest Contemporary, and Settlers and Nomads.
Speaking of his work, Reese states, “This body of work layers texts from a variety of sources on the history of Nevada. These books focus on early and pre-Statehood Nevada, as well as contemporary issues like gendered work, sexuality, labor rights, and equality as it relates to the recent history of Las Vegas and Nevada. Combining historical nonfiction and accounts of the Las Vegas and Nevada area pre- and post-statehood, the work layers text to create alternative narratives, and puts a highlight on the missing parts of the narratives from traditional histories of the West. By layering texts from both historical first-hand accounts, primary sources, and contemporary artists living in Las Vegas, the words combine and layer to create a miasma of time. Time collapses as texts from a variety of writers and eras are layered on top of each other. It is a reimagined story and historical fiction told through the spaces between the words.”
The CSN Student Union Art Galleries are free, family-friendly, and open to the public. Gallery hours vary by campus and semester. Please visit https://www.csn.edu/student-unions for current hours of operation.
For more information, please call 702-651-4146 or visit https://www.csn.edu/artgallery.

Flux1: A College of Southern Nevada traveling exhibition featuring the work of Sherry Watkins – North Las Vegas
2026-04-15 07:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-14 07:00 - 17:00 | CSN North Las Vegas Art Galleries, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas, NV, 89030, United States
The College of Southern Nevada, School of Arts & Letters, and Department of Fine Arts will host a traveling exhibition of acrylic paintings by Nevada-based artist and College of Southern Nevada Performing Arts Center box office supervisor, Sherry Watkins. Flux1: A College of Southern Nevada traveling exhibition featuring the work of Sherry Watkins, will open on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, and will travel throughout the Las Vegas Valley with showings on the CSN Henderson Campus (July 1, 2025 – Oct. 31, 2025), the Charleston Campus (Nov. 1, 2025 – Feb. 28, 2026), and the North Las Vegas Campus (March 1, 2026 – June 30, 2026). A special Gallery Talk and Artist Reception with light refreshments will take place on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 6 p.m. in the North Las Vegas Campus, Tyrone Thompson Student Union Art Gallery. The CSN Student Union Art Galleries are free, family-friendly, and open to the public.
Originally from Illinois, Sherry Watkins has lived in Las Vegas for nearly 50 years. She attended Clark High School, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the College of Southern Nevada. Watkins has been painting for over a decade, working primarily in abstract styles. Her work explores various techniques, including fluid pouring and original design methods. Watkins uses a wide range of tools and materials to achieve distinctive effects and embraces experimentation and creative risk in her process. While she occasionally paints traditional subjects—such as characters, still lifes, and landscapes—Watkins is most drawn to the expressive freedom of abstraction.
Speaking of her work, Watkins states, “Most of my work comes from trial and error, a willingness to explore new methods, opening my boundaries to include what I might not at first be comfortable with, and sometimes just pure luck. I enjoy the freedom of abstract art. I like the power of creating something that did not previously exist. I have AD/HD. When I was doing more “traditional” painting, such as still life and landscapes, I ended up with a lot of unfinished paintings. I would be on to the next idea before finishing what I was working on. With abstract art, only the artist knows when it is truly finished. Abstract art gave me the freedom to be able to paint without the anxiety of not completing my work and leaving paintings half done.”
The CSN Student Union Art Galleries are free, family-friendly, and open to the public. Gallery hours vary by campus and semester. Please visit https://www.csn.edu/student-unions for current hours of operation.
For more information, please call 702-651-4146 or visit https://www.csn.edu/artgallery

Spring Break Las Vegas Club Crawl
2026-04-14 21:30 - 2026-04-15 04:00 | Las Vegas Strip (check our website for starting location), Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, NV, 89109, United States
Party at the best clubs in Vegas for Spring Break 2026!

Las Vegas Club Crawl with Party Bus
2026-04-14 21:30 - 2026-04-15 01:00 | LA Epic Club Crawls, Please check our website for starting location, Las Vegas, NV, 89109, United States
Party like a VIP at the best clubs in Vegas: Free entry, and a party bus with free drinks!

Michael Grimm Live
2026-04-14 19:00 - 22:30 | Piazza Lounge, 255 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV, 89169, United States
Free entry! Soulful singer Michael Grimm — AGT Season 5 winner — live in Piazza Lounge, 7PM–10:30PM. Don’t miss this Vegas night!

🎤 Michael Grimm Live in Piazza Lounge!Experience an unforgettable evening of soulful blues, R&B, and Americana with Michael Grimm — winner of Season 5 of America’s Got Talent — live at Piazza Lounge!
🗓 Date & Time:7:00 PM – 10:30 PM (Doors open earlier — come early for best seating!)📍 Location: Piazza Lounge
🎟 Free Entry — No Cover Charge!Bring friends, bring dates — just show up for great music and good vibes!
🌟 About Michael Grimm
• Nationally acclaimed singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his powerful, soulful voice.• Winner of America’s Got Talent (Season 5) — voted champion by millions and awarded a $1 million prize.• Signed a major record deal following his AGT win, releasing his debut album Michael Grimm which charted on the Billboard Top 200.• Headlined tours and residencies, and shared stages with major artists while bringing his blend of blues, soul, and R&B to fans across the U.S.
🍸 Good vibes. Great music. Free entry.Whether you’re a longtime fan or new to his music, this is a can’t-miss live show right here in Piazza Lounge!

OTAKU TUESDAYS! Anime Night!
2026-04-14 17:00 - 2026-04-15 01:00 | Millennium FANDOM BAR, 900 South Las Vegas Boulevard, #140, Las Vegas, NV, 89101, United States
Get ready to geek out and chill with fellow anime lovers at our OTAKU TUESDAYS! Happy hour, pizza and anime lovers connect!

Vegas Bootstrappers Breakfast Roundtable
2026-04-14 09:00 - 10:30 | The Coffee Press, 280 South Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, NV, 89012, United States
Come join entrepreneurs who eat problems for breakfast. At Bootstrappers Breakfast we have serious conversations about growing your business

Come join entrepreneurs who eat problems for breakfast®.At a Bootstrappers Breakfast® we have serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cashflow and organic profit.
This group offers a combination of brainstorming, education, peer accountability and support in a group setting to sharpen your business and personal skills.
The other attendees will all be in startups. It will be a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers.
• Compare Notes
• Exchange Ideas
• Learn from Others’ Mistakes
• Brainstorm with Peers
• Find Partners
• Small Group Atmosphere
• Serious Conversation
Our focus is on issues for growing a business, not on fundraising.
NOTE: We start with round-the-table introductions, be on-time so you don’t miss that!

Meet inside The Coffee Press at 9am (when the Paseo Verde Library opens.)
The Coffee Press will offer 20% off drinks and snacks for meetup attendees from 5pm. Let them know you’re here for the Meetup when you order at the counter.
Plenty of free parking available outside Paseo Verde library.
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7PM: Drinks & Dragons
2026-04-14 00:00 - 23:59 | NV
A bi-weekly D&D one-shot with booze.Written and produced by @desertionclubExclusively at @reddwarf_lv
