High Noon

High Noon
March 19, 2026
Noon

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Title: Nevada Women’s History Project presents: Nine Notable Nevada Women

Speaker: Sue Davis, President of the Nevada Women’s History Project

Talk Summary: A brief presentation about NWHP and then detailed biographies of Nine Notable Nevada Women Who Broke Barriers, who […]

High Noon
February 19, 2026
Noon

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Title: Hair, Makeup, and Me

Speaker: Jan Loverin, Curator of Clothing and Textiles, Nevada State Museum, Carson City.

Talk Summary: Putting on your face, or applying makeup, is an activity most women and some men do daily. Curator, Jan […]

High Noon
January 15, 2026
Noon

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Title: Rhyolite: The Life and Death of a Boom Town

Speaker: Howard Goldbaum, Emeritus, UNR Reynolds Journalism

Talk Summary: In 1903, there were no buildings, no roads, and no people in what was to become Rhyolite. Only five years later, some […]

High Noon
December 18, 2025
Noon
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Title: Our Nevada Stories: Oral History Project for America250 – Nevada

Speaker: Bradford McMullen, Folklife Specialist, Nevada Arts Council, Las Vegas, and State of Nevada Folklorist

Talk Summary: Every Nevadan has a story, and Brad McMullen is interested in hearing as many of […]

Life Backstage…what could possibly go wrong?

Saturday, November 1, 2025, from 1 to 2:30 pm, Nevada History – On The GO!

Join speaker Christina Schlosser as she shares all the situations backstage at Harrah’s that the audience is unaware of, or they would be fleeing from the Cabaret to safety. Instances include missed cues, loose animals, […]

High Noon
November 20, 2025
Noon
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Title: Special Collections & University Archives: Who We Are, What We Do, and Why You Should Care

Speaker: Laura Rocke, Community and University Archivist, UNR

Talk Summary: Laura Rocke will talk about UNR’s Special Collections and University Archives — what it is, […]

High Noon 
A Nevada Day Program
October 16, 2025
Noon

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Title:  Monumental Lies – Early Nevada Folklore of the Wild West

Speaker: Ron James, historian, author, and folklorist

Talk Summary: Folklore is embedded into the mystique of the Wild West. The region’s stories of its early founders, accounts […]

High Noon
September 18, 2025
Noon

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Title: Lost City Museum: A Hidden Gem on Southern Nevada’s Arrowhead Trail

Speaker: Virginia ‘Ginny’ L. Lucas, Curator and Archaeologist, Lost City Museum

Talk Summary: Virginia ‘Ginny’ L. Lucas, curator and archaeologist, tells us about the Lost City Museum. Completed in 1935, the Boulder […]

High Noon
Thursday, June 19, 2025

Due to the Juneteenth federal holiday, no High Noon program is scheduled for June 2025.

Make sure to check out July’s program, Death Valley’s Improbable Gold Rush with guest speaker, Ted Faye, historian, author and film […]

August 21, 2025
Noon
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Title: Surviving Railroad Depots of Nevada

Speaker: Jean-Guy Tanner Dubé

Talk Summary: Nevada’s railroad history is long, rich, and varied, dating back to 1868 when the Central Pacific Railroad reached the state, building east from Sacramento, California. In a century and a half since, the Battle Born state has been […]