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Visit the ONE, a multimedia resource produced by Nevada Humanities that explores the landscape, people, and events that have shaped the Silver State’s history, heritage, and culture.

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Nevada Humanities

Nevada Humanities creates public programs and supports public projects statewide that define the Nevada experience and facilitate the exploration of issues that matter to Nevadans and their communities. With offices in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada Humanities is one of 56 state and territorial humanities councils affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities.

 

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Nevada Humanities Chautauqua tickets are on sale now! Chautauqua will take place from June 25-28, with the theme of "Saints and Sinners."

TICKETING HAS CHANGED THIS YEAR.

YOU HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN SEAT OR LAWN TICKETS.

Seat tickets entitle you to a fixed seat in the amphitheater.  All seats
are open seating, general admission - NO seat number assignment or
reserved area.

Lawn tickets entitle you to open seating on the amphitheater lawn.  We
recommend that you bring a blanket or low-rise chair.

Seat tickets: $25 per night or $60 per three-day pass
Lawn tickets:  $10 per night

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Great Basin Young Chautauqua

Great Basin Young Chautauqua 

The 20th anniversary season of Nevada Humanities’ Great Basin Young Chautauqua program begins February 9 at the University of Nevada, Reno. Young Chautauquans meet approximately every other week for workshops, which run through June. Registration in the Young Chautauqua workshops is ongoing until February 9. The program will be held in the UNR Extended Studies Building, Room 107, 1041 N. Virginia Street, Reno, from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. For more information contact Nevada Humanities at 775-784-6587 or visit the Great Basin Young Chautauqua page.


Nevada Day History

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The Carson City Band performing during the first official Admission Day Pageant in Carson City, Nevada, 1938. Photograph courtesy of Special Collections, University of Nevada-Reno Library.

Did you celebrate Admission Day this year? Nevada Day—or Admission Day, as it was first known—was only periodically recognized for the first seventy-five years of the state's history. Now it's a permanent official state holiday. Look back over the years of celebrations with a new exhibit gallery on the ONE.

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The Donner Party

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Photograph courtesy of Frank X. Mullen

The Online Nevada Encyclopedia is proud to present a new series of articles, newspaper articles, and multimedia on the famous Donner Party. This unique collection, created by local Donner Party scholar Frank X. Mullen, includes three articles and three audio slideshows on the pioneers’ trying journey, their fatal decision, and the tragic circumstances that followed. Text, visual, and aural material are combined in this collection to truly bring this harrowing story to life.