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High Noon
February 18, 2027
Noon

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Title: Breaking the Barnyard Barrier: A Woman Veterinarian Paves the Way

Speaker: Dr. Linda Rhodes, retired veterinarian

Talk Summary: In the late 1970s, the golden valley between Utah’s Wasatch Mountains was home to some of the best dairies in the country. That was also where Linda Rhodes, a newly minted large […]

High Noon
January 21, 2027
Noon

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Title: Nevada’s Place Names

Speaker: Dr. Christine Johnson, historian

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Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, February 10, 2027
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture

Speaker: Kayla Anderson, author

Book Title: Best of California State Parks: Top 50 Parks in the Golden State

Summary of Talk:

From rocky coastal coves and sandy beaches to verdant forests and quiet desert camps, experience […]

Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, April 14, 2027
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture

Speaker: Carolyn Grattan Eichen, historian and author

Book Title: The Infamous Theaters of Virginia City, Nevada

Summary of Talk:

From Scantily Clad Women to Impassioned Suffragist Speeches

Virginia City boomed in the nineteenth century, with thousands coming to try their […]

Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, October 14 , 2026
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture

Speaker: Robin Flinchum, author

Book Title: The Redemption of Julia Bulette: Murder, Myth & the hunt for a Serial Killer in early Virginia City

Summary of Talk:

One chill January night in 1867, a Virginia City prostitute […]

Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, March 10, 2027
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture

Speaker: Karen Dustman, historian and author

Book Title: Healing Plants of Nevada: Medicinal Uses by Indian Tribes of Nevada (Revised Edition)

Summary of Talk: For generations, Native American communities in the Great Basin relied upon the plants of […]

High Noon
December 17, 2026
Noon

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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!
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 […]