2016 Brews & Boos Beer Fest – Brewery List

Saturday is the 2^nd Annual Nugget Brews & Boos Beer Fest. The event will be held in the Nugget Ballroom. Tickets are $30 per person in advance for the all-you-can-responsibly-drink experience and concert. Ticket prices go up to $40 the day of the event. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday and the concert starts at 8:00 p.m. when Boogie Knights world-famous disco revival band takes the stage. The band will perform everyone’s favorite ‘70s tunes while completely dressed in costume including ’70s style leisure suits and bell bottoms. It is a show you won’t want to miss!

Photo Courtesy of Boogie Knights

There are 41 breweries participating in Brews & Boos Beer Fest.  Each brewery pours 1-3 types of beer depending on what they want to bring to the contest. There are different varieties of brew and all the breweries are hoping to win the People’s Choice award. Check out the list below to see if your favorite brewery will be featured at this year’s Brews & Boos Beer Fest.

• 10 Barrel
• 21 Amendment
• Alaskan Brewing Co.
• Anderson Valley Brewing Co.
• Big Sky
• Blue Moon
• Brewer’s Cabinet
• Brooklyn Brewing Co.
• Common Cider Company
• Constellation Brand Beer (Corona and Modelo)
• Coronado Brewing Company
• Deschutes Brewery
• Drake’s Brewing Company
• Epic Brewing Company
• Firestone Walker Brewing Company
• Founder’s
• Golden Road
• Great Basin Brewery
• Hangar24 Craft Brewery
• High Sierra Brewing
• Kona
• Lagunitas Brewing Company
• Leinenkugel Brewing Company
• Lost Coast Brewery
• Mammoth Brewing Company
• Moylan’s
• North American Breweries
• Nowhere in Particular
• O’Hara’s
• Paulaner / Hacker Pschorr
• Pizza Port Brewing Company
• Rekorderlig Cider
• Rubicon Brewing Co.
• Ruby Mountain Brewing Company
• Saint Archer Brewing Company
• Sam Adams
• Sierra Nevada
• Killian’s
• Stone Brewing
• Tap It Brewing Co
• Virginia City Brewery & Taphouse
• Warsteiner

 

Purchase your tickets today at NuggetCasinoResort.com and get fired up for a new Halloween experience at Brews & Boos Beer Fest!

Things to know if you go…

Nugget Brews & Boos Beer Festival
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Nugget Ballroom
General Admission: $30
Doors Open: 7:00 p.m. 
Take the Elevator Home Package Available for $59
Book a room by calling reservations at 775-356-3300
Buy tickets at NuggetCasinoResort.com

 

Reno Sculpture Fest 2016

Reno Sculpture Fest 2016

The 2^nd annual Reno Sculpture Fest was held on May 6 – 8 in downtown Reno, Nevada. The event featured 30 art installations including larger-than-life sculptures, art cars, sound stages for live performances, interactive activities, and after parties. I was really excited after the inaugural event last year. I feel like Sculpture Fest has a lot of potential and I look forward to seeing what it grows into over the next few years.

The top two factors that make this a great event:

• Larger-than-life sculptures – There is something so humbling about seeing an enormous piece of artwork. It gets your imagination working and inspires you. I am awestruck by the artists and their sculptures. The sculptures at this event do not disappoint!
• Location! Location! Location! – Having the event right under the Reno Arch is perfect! This makes it easy to get to the event because there are several nearby parking options. The location also enables event attendees to take fabulous pictures with the world-famous Reno arch in the background. Every picture is like a post card promoting Reno. Great photo ops for locals and tourists alike!

Tips if you go next year:

• Go early in the day. The early morning hours are best. We went in the late afternoon and the event was awkwardly crowded. We couldn’t read about the art on the small signs and it just felt like we were in the way when trying to look at the sculptures and take pictures. We also saw more than our fair share of burners, street performers and panhandlers that afternoon. My friends that went in the morning had a much better experience. They had time to enjoy the art and the event was much less crowded. They were also able to take some really great photos with the morning lighting.

• Bring your camera! My camera stopped working after our first twenty minutes at the event. It was operator error, but still a bummer. Thank goodness for cell phones! Don’t just bring a camera, bring a backup camera.

I look forward to seeing what Reno Sculpture Fest has in store for fans in 2017. I like Burning Man, but I hope Sculpture Fest starts moving away from a Burning Man theme and there is more focus on sculptures of all sizes. The sculptures make this event truly unique, hopefully more artists are drawn to the event next year and it continues to grow.

This is a great opportunity for artists to show their work and to rally for art sculptures and culture. Potential art donors and sponsors should be drawn to this event. There is a great opportunity to build an artisan marketplace for sculptures and specialty artwork. I could see this eventually becoming a major event for people looking to purchase artwork.

 

Did you go to Sculpture Fest? Comment below about your favorite piece of artwork. Got pictures? Please share them!   

 

Brews & Boos Beer Fest – Brewery List

Craft beer is incredibly popular right now, and so are tribute bands. So we decided in honor of Halloween this year we would put them together and give Reno an unforgettable experience at Nugget Brews & Boos Beer Fest.

The event will be held on Friday, October 30^th in the Nugget Ballroom. The rock show starts at 8:00 p.m. when Snake Oil Sinners band takes the stage. The band will perform everyone’s favorite big hair rock, melodic rock, metal and classic rock songs. This is no regular band, and you won’t want to miss a minute of their show when they perform hits from Def Leppard, Queen, Ozzy, Aerosmith, Guns & Roses, Journey and more.

There are 45 breweries participating in Brews & Boos Beer Fest as of right now. The number is subject to change up until the day of the event. There are different varieties of brew and a lot of brewers submitted fall and winter ales in hopes of winning the People’s Choice award. This time of year the Ciders are also a big fan favorite.  Check out the event promo video and the list below to see if your favorite brewery will be featured at this year’s inaugural Brews & Boos Beer Fest.

Kudos to Nugget Special Event Coordinator Adam Varahachaikol for creating the promo video.

• 21 Amendment
• Alaskan Brewing Co.
• American River Brewing Company
• Anchor Brewing
• Anderson Valley Brewing Co.
• Boulder Beer
• Brewer’s Cabinet
• Brooklyn Brewing Co.
• Carlsberg Breweries
• Common Cider Company
• Coronado Brewing Company
• Corona and Modelo (Constellation Brand Beer)
• Deschutes Brewery
• Drake’s Brewing Company
• Grand Teton Brewing Company
• Great Basin Brewery
• Guinness
• Hangar24 Craft Brewery
• High Sierra Brewing
• Kronenbourg Brewery
• Lagunitas Brewing Company
• Lake Tahoe Brewing Co
• Leinenkugel Brewing Company
• Lost Coast Brewery
• Mammoth Brewing Company
• Left Hand Brewing – Milk Stout Nitro
• Ninkasi Brewing
• North American Breweries
• Paulaner / Hacker Pschorr
• Pizza Port Brewing Company
• Rekorderlig Cider
• Rogue Ales
• Rubicon Brewing Co.
• Ruby Mountain Brewing Company
• Sam Adams
• Schilling Cider
• Sierra Nevada
• Stoneyhead Brewing
• Tieton Cider Works · American Craft Cider
• Track 7 Brewing Co.
• Two Bald Guys Beverage Company
• Under the Rose Brewing Co.
• Vermont Hard Cider Co.
• Warsteiner
• Wasatch Brewery

Purchase your tickets today at NuggetCasinoResort.com and get fired up for a new Halloween experience at Brews & Boos Beer Fest!

Things to know if you go…

Nugget Brews & Boos Beer Festival
Friday, October 30, 2015
Nugget Ballroom
VIP: $65 (allows guests to enter the event an hour early to have more time networking with brewers)
General Admission: $50
Doors Open: 7pm for VIP, 8pm for General Admission
Book a room by calling reservations at 775-356-3300
Buy tickets at NuggetCasinoResort.com

Brews & Boos Beer Festival – New Nugget Event!

Nugget Brews & Boos Beer Fest

Now that the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off is over I’m focused on all of the upcoming Nugget events between now and the end of the year. The newest event that I’m the most excited about is Nugget Brews & Boos Beer Festival and Costume Party being held in the Nugget Ballroom on Friday, October 30.

The event is geared toward the beer enthusiast who wants to dress up and have a great time celebrating Halloween while sampling fall and winter brews. Each guest will be able to sample all the beer they can responsibly drink and take home a hauntingly cool commemorative cup.

We are expecting between 50 and 100 breweries to participate. The brewers will get into the Halloween spirit with costumes and Halloween-themed booths. This event is going to be a lot of fun because it will feel like trick or treating for beer when attendees go booth to booth sampling all the different brews. Finally trick-or-treating geared towards adults!

There will be a costume contest where guests will compete for best-dressed. There is a prize for attendees and a prize for brewers, so expect to see some over-the-top Halloween costumes at Brews & Boos.

The fun doesn’t stop with the beer tasting. The event will feature the ultimate rock show when the Snake Oil Sinners take the stage performing everyone’s favorite big hair rock, melodic rock, metal and classic rock songs. The band will perform the best rock songs from the ‘70s to the ‘90s. The artists honor the history of rock by wearing extravagant costumes while singing the smash hits from each rock genre. This is no regular band, and you won’t want to miss a minute of their show when they perform hits from Def Leppard, Queen, Ozzy, Aerosmith, Guns & Roses, Journey and more.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for the VIP ticket holders and 8:00 p.m. for general admission ticket holders. The Nugget doesn’t want anyone to drink and drive so there is a special $59 Take the Elevator Home room rate. We encourage everyone who attends Brews & Boos to get home safely or just stay the night at the Nugget.

Things to know if you go…

Nugget Brews & Boos Beer Festival
Friday, October 30, 2015
Nugget Ballroom
VIP: $65 (allows guests to enter the event an hour early to have more time networking with brewers)
General Admission: $50
Doors Open: 7pm for VIP, 8pm for General Admission
Book a room by calling reservations at 775-356-3300
Buy tickets at NuggetCasinoResort.com

Craft beer is incredibly popular right now, the growth is explosive. This is a new event that we hope is a big success. We believe that local beer enthusiasts and tourists alike will enjoy this event and make it a reason to come to Reno for Halloween every year. Please help us make this event a big success by purchasing your tickets today at NuggetCasinoResort.com.

The Joy of Being a Mentor

Image Credit: Antoinette Oglethorpe Blog

I firmly believe that you get what you give. If you put positive energy out to the universe you get it back. I also believe that each person you meet in your life is a blessing and has a lesson to teach. At a young age I discovered that you can learn from other people’s mistakes and their success stories. I also learned how important mentors are to your development as a person and as a professional.

Throughout my life I’ve had many mentors. I’ve found mentors that are family friends, people in my industry, coworkers, bosses, business acquaintances, and friends I’ve made in Rotary. If you take the time to get to know people and learn about their life experiences you can pick up some very good lessons along the way. These people have made a big difference in my life, saved me from making a lot of bad decisions, and made me a better person. Now it is my turn to be a mentor.

Over the last few years I’ve been able to hire summer interns. It has been a rewarding experience for me and my first chance to act as an official mentor. It is very rewarding to share with them some lessons I’ve learned along the way. It has been a humbling experience being a mentor. There is so much knowledge and experience I want to give them, but there is so little time.

The internship is only during the summer event season, which is the most challenging part of the year for my job. They see me at my best and at my worst, all within a few short months. They work in the event trenches with me and they share the pain of working hard and being sleep deprived. They understand the big bags under your eyes and the different phases of tired because we all work so closely together. I’ve been blessed to have four bright and intelligent interns that I’ve enjoyed working with, I swear they teach me as much as I teach them.

The summer internship is a great opportunity for students to decide if they really want to pursue a career in special events and public relations. Within a few months they gain more experience than most event planners because of the diversity of events we produce. These experiences, and learning so much in such a short time frame can feel like drinking out of a fire hydrant. It is a tough summer with lots of hours, but it is well worth it in the end.

The interns gain the most from our life stories, not just the experiences working at special events. We often tell them little stories and then give them the moral of the story. Sometimes we even tell them to “write that down” in our best Van Wilder impersonation. The smart interns take notes, whether they are written in ink or just burned into their memory makes no difference. Life lessons are life lessons.

Alli Williams was one of my great interns. She is a University of Nevada School of Journalism graduate and worked with us over the 2013 special event season. Alli was quiet, quick witted, talented, and extremely creative. She had brilliant graphic design skills and was very dependable. Her portfolio that she developed in school is fantastic! There was one advertisement in particular that she designed for Geico that sticks in my memory years later. I swear she could have received a national award for the advertisement concept. Alli took a lot of my little life lessons to heart and she even wrote a blog post about them. At the end of the summer I just hope I’ve made a difference in their lives and based on Alli’s blog I think she picked up a lot of good life lessons during her summer with us at the Nugget.

Please read Alli’s blog post about being an intern at The Business Casual Life.  If you ever get the chance to mentor someone, do it! Being a mentor is a great experience!

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