We’ll be moving our feet down the street to our new digs at 100 N Arlington Suite 100, a.k.a Arlington Towers, a.k.a. “the Fishbowl” at the end of the month, with all our space powers focused on a June 3rd opening. Our members are rallying, the furniture and toys are piling up, excitement is building. We’re going to make a splash in our bowl by the river downtown if we have our way.

Curiosity piqued? We’ve got new membership plans posted and parking arranged at the parking gallery next to Silver Peak brewery. If you want to know more contact us and stay tuned!

As long as I’ve been at the Collective these lockers have stood inaccessible and useless, combinations long lost, and we’ve had no place for members to lock up their goodies when they step out for lunch. This situation was intolerable to Ann, who began a multipronged campaign to restore access to the innards of the steel monolith. One of her actions took the form of a challenge to Reno Bridgewire to help us gain entry by any means in their possession. Dan and his posse rose to the occasion, first using a flexible camera to read the serial numbers from the backs of the lockers. Unfortunately that information got us nowhere with the Masterlock bureaucracy, so Dan returned to have another go. He soon found a “key” and quickly opened all the lockers so we could disable the combinations and ...]]>

As long as I’ve been at the Collective these lockers have stood inaccessible and useless, combinations long lost, and we’ve had no place for members to lock up their goodies when they step out for lunch. This situation was intolerable to Ann, who began a multipronged campaign to restore access to the innards of the steel monolith. One of her actions took the form of a challenge to Reno Bridgewire to help us gain entry by any means in their possession. Dan and his posse rose to the occasion, first using a flexible camera to read the serial numbers from the backs of the lockers. Unfortunately that information got us nowhere with the Masterlock bureaucracy, so Dan returned to have another go. He soon found a “key” and quickly opened all the lockers so we could disable the combinations and let people use their own locks. What was the key you ask? Luckily I took a photo.

I’ll know I’ve really made my way when there are lots of boys who want to see me naked.

What?

I’m just goofing on Rigorous Proof’s single, “Carolina,” but all silliness aside – the boys have some chops. Heavy on the reverb and peppered with distortion, it’ll be interesting to see the group’s acoustic adaptation for CDC9 this Friday at 5 p.m. at Reno Collective.

Come on down. We can have some Beer:30 action at 4:30 p.m. then listen and watch these Reno locals put on a groovtacular show for us.

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I’m not sure exactly what Foltronica is, but I know it’ll be at The Reno Collective for CDC8.

If you’re as curious as I am to put a sound to the title, come on down to 522 Lander St. and check out Memory Motel. Beer:30 starts at 4:30 p.m. and the show’s at 5 p.m. so come have a visit, hang out with your bangs out, and stay for the folktronic wonderments.

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Got scurvy? Well, The Deadly Gallows just might have it too.

Whether or not you’re getting the right amount of citrus in your diet, come down to The Collective for Beer:30 and CDC #7 – with one of Reno’s own land-lubbin’ pirate bands.

Sure we’re not at sea, and yeah, they’ll be unplugged, but close your eyes and imagine you’re hoisting the mizzenmast. That’s a thing, right? The mizzenmast?

The Deadly Gallows have been rocking Reno since 2008 – like true pirates, they’re born out of recession. The quartet are forever in search of booty to plunder, so leave your treasures at home.

Argh.

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If I hear “community building” one more time…

Oh…

Well it sounds smooth and buttery when Don Morrison says it.

Don spoke as a featured guest for the the Reynolds School of Journalism’s #Jour4Jobs forum via Google Hangout.

One of the benefits he spoke about at the Collective?

“Confidence.”

With community and shared work comes confidence in an idea. Ideas can lead to great things, like Cloudsnap, or Don’s haircut, or even The Reno Collective.

Keep spawning ideas, and don’t be afraid to share those ideas with a friend. The process might take you somewhere.

In a punk-rock river run dry, The Kanes just keep swimming. The Reno band boasts a home-grown punk feel with some psychedelic overtones. Come see them at the Collective Friday, April 27 at 5 p.m.–as per usual–for CDC #6 and yes, just like The Kanes, Collective Desk Concerts keep on keeping on.

If you like music, bring your ears. If you like punk rock, gel up that safety hawk and squeeze into those tight pants (Don). If you like psychedelic overtones, well, that’s just, your opinion, man.

Come down and celebrate CDC’s melodious mission to bring local bands up close and in your face. Have a beer at Beer:30 (every Friday at 4:30 p.m.) and hang out with the collective crew and the guys from The Kanes.

Afterparty TBA.

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Andrew says, “For me, I’ve always learned from experience that the eyes of a person can tell you everything you probably need to know about them. Eyes have the power to reveal, to inspire, to envy, to confide in, to withdraw, or the power to conceal – making it that much harder to trust the people around us. Have you ever met somebody that seemed great on ...]]> We are very proud and excited to have some new art hanging in the space. UNR’s Andrew Chang will be showing “In The Eyes of a Stranger” from April 25th – May 9th. This photographic exhibition is an editorialized exaggeration of the duality of man and how we never truly know a person – whether they be family members, friends or significant others – until we take a closer look into their eyes.

Andrew says, “For me, I’ve always learned from experience that the eyes of a person can tell you everything you probably need to know about them. Eyes have the power to reveal, to inspire, to envy, to confide in, to withdraw, or the power to conceal – making it that much harder to trust the people around us. Have you ever met somebody that seemed great on the surface, but as time went by their true identity revealed itself as being otherwise? I think all of us can relate to this concept on some level.”

“I’ve had many examples in my life where that has happened to me and during those encounters I managed to look into their eyes and I saw a completely different person from the one I knew before. It’s amazing how such a small organ of the body has the ability to yield such power for discernment. Which begs the question, how do we truly know which eyes to trust especially if our eyes hold such power to go either way for good or for evil? Every day, we make these moral judgments about the eyes of the ‘strangers’ around us and in return we have to decide – at some point – for ourselves whether to stay in contact with that person or to run away from them. My project is an exploration of that social phenomenon about the ‘strangers’ in our lives and how the eyes truly are the windows to the soul.”

Heady stuff, eh? Andrew came in over the weekend and now we have thirteen pairs of eyes peering out from the South and East upstairs walls. The show opening is tonight from 8PM to 10PM and you can enjoy his artwork anytime you come by the Collective until May 9th.