The “Be The Cause” event on October 3 features Open Mic from 2-3 p.m., followed by a Poetry Slam from 3-5 p.m.

You can also check out an art show by Heather McMillin at this unique event.

The West Street Market received a new art component on Sept. 13 that enhances the market’s courtyard while promoting the importance of recycling.

City of Reno Councilman David Aiazzi joined Waste Management, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB), local artist Paolo Cividino from Tutto Ferro, merchants from the West Street Market, and local art enthusiasts to celebrate the new art piece.

The new art component is a steel art structure with water-jet cut messages. The piece encloses two recycling receptacles and highlights sustainability. The functional piece promotes waste reduction and helps to alleviate any litter from escaping.

“The art piece was completed funded by a grant so it did not cost the City of Reno anything,” said Councilman Aiazzi.

Waste Management nominated the City of Reno for a Keep America Beautiful (KAB) Target City Award. The award is granted to cities who engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community environments through waste reduction, litter prevention, and beautification. The grant check of $5,000 from KAB was presented to the City of Reno from KAB’s local affiliate KTMB.

(exerpt from City of Reno news release)

Summer is ending, but there’s still plenty going on at the West Street Market. Check out the special events for the month of October: http://www.renoweststreetmarket.com/events/. New events added to the September calendar as well!

Live improv comedy at the West Street Market! Empire Improv’s house team, Hostel Greetings, will perform live improv comedy every Thursday Night at West St. Market at 8:00pm. After over a year of performing in Reno, Hostel Greetings has a weekly show.

Based on a single audience suggestion (a location, phrase, song lyric, or any word at all) the brave souls that make up Hostel Greetings create full-length, completely improvised plays right before your eyes. No rehearsals, no preparations, and no second chances; the performers play with characters, situations, and themes that combine to produce a unique theatrical experience for both audience and performers.

Hostel Greetings features Ben Craig, Tim Dufrisne, Michael Lewis, and Doug Long. Directed by Michael Lewis.

When: Every Thursday Night Starting September 3, 2009
Show starts at 8 PM

Where: West St. Market., 148 West St., Reno NV, 89501

Tickets: Available at door. $8 for General Admission, $5 for Students with ID.

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Media Contact: Michael Lewis
Phone: 530-414-0050
Email: michael@empireimprov.com
www.empireimprov.com

Saturday yoga classes will now start at 9:30 a.m. at the West Street Market. Bring your own yoga mat and water. Free validated parking in the Parking Gallery. Suggested Donation: $5.00.

Location: West Street Market Courtyard on West Street between First and Second Streets
Information: Sally 775-787-1448 • samcgrew@charter.net

Do you have any trees in your backyard? Local experts are going to show you how to care for them on August 29!

The Truckee Meadows Community Forestry Coalition (Community Forestry Coalition) is hosting its inaugural Backyard Tree Care Workshop on Saturday, Aug. 29, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at West Street Market in Downtown Reno.

A “Community Forest” is a collection of trees growing in and around public and private land. While municipal government entities manage trees growing in parks and other public spaces, residents are responsible for caring for their own private trees. The workshop will consist of five half-hour seminars led by local experts, focusing on the various aspects of new and existing tree care important to all private tree owners in the Truckee Meadows.

At this free workshop, attendees will learn about new tree selection and planting, watering, Xeriscaping with trees, as well as general tree care practices, such as pruning and how to deal with pests. The last session, Ask an Arborist, will provide an opportunity for attendees to get answers to all their tree care questions, and the Coalition and its partners will give away coupons for consultations and services.

Representatives from Truckee Meadows Water Authority, the Cities of Reno and Sparks, Washoe County, NV Energy, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, the Nevada Landscape Association, as well as local arborists, garden shops and tree care specialists will be present to answer questions and distribute informational materials.

There will be a Historic Tree Walking Tour before the workshop led by Rod Haulenbeek of the City of Reno Urban Forestry Commission, at 8 a.m.

For more information about the workshop and the Community Forestry Coalition, log on to www.communityforestry.org or call Lora Richards at (775) 834-8060.

Title: Green Your Burn Workshops – August 8
Description: Favorable Solutions for the Burning Man Experience
10 a – Survival on the Playa workshop
11a – Clean, Green, Burning Man Machines
1 p – Voyage to Another Land – Ecology of the Black Rock Desert
2p – 10 Easy Tips to Green Your Burn
Start Time: 10:00 a.m.

Opportunity to hear the Reno Jazz Orchestra and help Food Bank of Northern Nevada. The free August concerts benefit the non-profit that feeds hungry residents of our community.

Title: Holland Project
Description: Circus Radicus

- Pan de Sal (Vegas pop-dance, http://www.myspace.com/pandesalband) – 7:40p

- Kid Meets Cougar (Vegas dance-pop, http://www.myspace.com/kidmeetscougar) – 6:45p

- Amber Sallabery (puppet show, http://www.myspace.com/pennyandherlowercasekindred) – 8:40p

- Allison Daines (belly dancer)

Start Time: 5 p.m.
Date: 2009-07-31
End Time: 9 p.m.

We just added details to the Holland Friday Nights events in August. Check out the Event calendar to see what’s going on!