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High Noon – December program, The Law of the Miner: The Arizona Experience Book (Virtual Zoom)
High Noon
December 17, 2026
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Title: The Law of the Miner: The Arizona Experience Book, from the University of Nevada Press, will be released on September 15, 2026
Speaker: John C. Lacy, author and historian
Talk Summary:
The first adventurers into the New World faced a fundamental legal challenge: how to secure rights to any mineral […]
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO! – The Game Changer: How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight (Off-site, KOP)
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture
Speaker: Jon Ralston, author, reporter
Book Title: The Game Changer: How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight
Summary of Talk: The book is a biography of […]
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
There is no program scheduled this month due to the Veterans’ Day holiday. Looking forward to seeing you next […]
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
There is no program scheduled this month. Look forward to seeing you next month!
Make sure to check out our Artown – On The GO! series!
We have two fascinating lectures scheduled every Saturday in July from 1-2 pm and 2:30 – 3:30 pm at Nevada Sunset […]
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO! – Horse Girl: Wild Horse Annie Book (Off-site, KOP)
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, December 9, 2026
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture
Speaker: Terri Farley, author
Book Title: Horse Girl: How Velma Bronn Johnston Became Wild Horse Annie and Outsmarted the Mustang Killers of the West
Summary of Talk: The American mustang—wild, wind-tossed, and thundering across the open West—might have […]
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture
Speaker: Stanley Paher, author and historian
Book Title: new book
Summary of Talk:
Stan Paher, historianSpeaker Bio: Native Nevadan Stanley Paher is the author of 19 books on Nevada, Arizona, and Death Valley. As author-publisher, […]
NHS On the Go! Program Schedule 2026
NHS is closed from January 2025 to December 2026 for our building renovations and retrofit. Make sure to check out our free, engaging off-site programming!
We want to thank our partners, the Washoe County Library System and Sierra View Library (SVL), for hosting our NHS Nevada History – On The GO! and the Knights of […]
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO! – In the Shadow of the Sierra and In the Glow of the Sierra Ghost Town Books (Off-site, KOP)
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture
Speaker: Tami Force, Photographer, Writer, and Traveler
Book Titles: In the Shadow of the Eastern Sierra: Ghost Towns and Historical Sites in the Eastern Sierra-Northern Region and In the Glow of the Sierra: Ghost Towns and […]
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO! – Bowers Mansion: The Legacy of a Comstock Family (Off-site, KOP)
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture
Speaker: Tammy Buzick, author
Book Title: Bowers Mansion: The Legacy of a Comstock Family, published by the University of Nevada Press.
Bower’s Mansion, 1870s. NHS PhotoSummary of Talk: Few estates born from the […]
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO! – Mark Curtis, One of a Kind, Vol. 2 Book (Off-site, KOP)
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture
Speaker: Mark Curtis, author
Book Title: One of a Kind: The People and Places that make Reno the Biggest Litty City in the World, Volume 2
Summary of Book:
Personal stories from northern Nevadans past and present, including […]
