Hi everybody!
I'm Phillip Goodman from the Druesedow
Real Estate Group at Keller Williams Group One
Inc in Reno Nevada and this is Living in
Reno where I get to go outside and
explore all the awesome things that Reno
has to offer. Today I am at the Fred W
Smith Penthouse on the top floor of the
Nevada Museum of Art for the
longest-running party in all of Reno.
It's time for First Thursday. Take it
away, Dave Chapman! Please welcome back
everybody THE SEXTONES!
First Thursday at the Nevada Art Museum
was such a fun, exciting but also loud
event, that when Dave Chapman and I were
outside talking about the event it was
too windy and it cut out our mics so
Dave thanks for having me in the studio
so we could talk more about First
Thursday. That's Northern Nevada, Phillip,
there's always wind. Always wind. Especially
on the rooftop. Right? So tell us first
about your history with 100.1 The X. Well
you know lucky enough to be there the
very first day of the station went on
air November 1st of 1990. Our former boss
jock and creator of the X, Bruce Van Dyke,
brought in a box of albums and said
hey if you love The Kinks, Frank Zappa,
Frank Sinatra, the Grateful Dead,
I got a station for you. And I did. I love
that station been there for 28 years.
28 years. And then from 100.1 The X, how
did first Thursday come about? Well we
always knew we wanted to support the
local art scene be it local musicians or
local artists. It's a great way
for us to tie into the Nevada Museum
of Art, help them raise more members,
get exposure for the museum, and create a
great monthly event for The X and our
listeners. So since 1990 first Thursday
has been the longest running monthly
party in Northern Nevada.
We call it the coolest party in town and
in fact just a couple weeks ago Reno
News Review came up with their readers
poll and First Thursday with the X is
the Best Event to attend each month.
Excellent. Well how many people were at
the most recent first Thursday the one
that that we just shot? Sure. I gather
about 600 people. We average 400 to 800
people each month for two hours from
5:00 to 7:00. That is that is quite a
party.
Do you have sponsors just clamoring to
get into the event? Well the longtime
sponsor I'll let you know it now has
always been Great Basin nd Brewing
Company. Tom and Vonda Young since the
first day they wanted onboard. They
provide free beer for everybody and
they've become a great sponsor. And they
provide great beer. They provide great
beer. And every first Thursday event,
Phillip, we always feature our great local
bands. Great funk and reggae band the
Sextones and each month we mix it up and we
bring the best in local music to The
Museum. and The El Dorado Hotel Casino
often times they'll bring their showcase
acts to the event and do a ten to
fifteen minute performance like Cirque Paris
which we will have next month on
September 6th. What bands are coming up
September October November and maybe
even in the next year? So September 6 we
have a great band called Mental Floss
doing really fun cover tunes for your
dining and dancing pleasure at first
Thursday. October we have the Reno Swing Set
which is a really cool
avant-garde jazz band on the swing side
November we have Grace Gatsby and
Friends. Grace Gatsby one of our great
local singer-songwriters. And we're gonna
wrap it up in December with Guitar Woody
and the boilers do some great classic
rock for everybody.
Dave what can folks in Reno do to get
involved in first Thursday beyond
showing up to the event. Well we do offer
sponsorship packages for for-profit
businesses and a lot of times I use it
for my advertisers, people that advertise
on the X I can offer it up as a bonus
for them to get out there and do some
outreach at the Museum.
I also encourage nonprofits to contact
me because each month I will feature one
nonprofit each month at each First Thursday event.
They get a booth so they can display
their wares and disseminate information,
correct? Exactly. They can contact me at
the radio station. And the proceeds from
those sponsorships go to support The
Museum?
Exactly. Excellent. Well let's go back to
the party at first Thursday and take a
look at exactly how much fun you can
have, First Thursday at the Nevada Museum
of Art was more than just a party it was
an experience.
People were dancing and laughing and
just enjoying themselves all over. Great
Basin Brewing Company had their
signature brews on tap.
Steve bender from KRNV MyNews 4 was
scooping out Bibo gelato and by the end
of the night that gelato was gone. A
museum membership includes your ticket
to every first Thursday or you can pay
only $10 to get into each event. This
also gives you a chance to explore The
Museum's stunning exhibits. When all that
gallery browsing makes you hungry head
down to Chez Louie the museum's Cafe
inspired by Reno Chef Mark Estee who
currently owns and operates Liberty Food
& Wine Exchange. If you haven't been to
the Nevada Museum of Art you definitely
need to put this on your to-do list. From
the Druesedow Real Estate Group at
Keller Williams Group One Inc in Reno
Nevada, I'm
Goodman for Living in Reno. I hope to see
you every month at the Nevada Museum of Art
for every First Thursday.