The Guide

This monthly program is presented by the Nevada Department of Wildlife, with a different focus each time. This month, learn how to co-exist with coyotes, found more and more frequently hanging around neighborhoods. Learn about coyote biology, what to do when you come across a coyote visitor in your neighborhood, how to discourage them from getting too cozy in your yard, and more.

Free, but more info at "Get Tickets."

Lee Canyon continues its summer concert series with another round of Music on the Mountain, a free, all-ages event. This time, performing will be Red Eye Gin, a Las Vegas-based band known for its electrifying blend of Americana, country, and soulful blues. The concert will be on their outdoor stage in the base area from 1 to 5.

Take chairs and blankets to enjoy the high-elevation escape, but leave the pop-up tents at home. Small shade umbrellas okay.

The music is free, but there are also a range of outdoor activities which aren't: round-trip rides on the Bristlecone Skyway, disc golf and downhill mountain biking, and the always popular beer garden. You can purchase tickets online at "Get Tickets."

Trainer Fest is the museum's Science Saturday celebration of Pokémon and the real-life animals that inspired them! Explore interactive tables throughout the museum to discover fascinating connections between creatures from the wild and your favorite Pokémon.

Complete a scavenger hunt to unlock special prizes, catch museum-exclusive characters, spot familiar faces, and dive into hands-on activities for all ages. Enjoy themed games, watch a live shark feeding, and try your luck in a prize raffle.

Expect an unforgettable evening of culinary creativity, interactive activities, live entertainment, and a vibe you won’t find anywhere else. All proceeds from Picnic in the Alley 2025 will benefit the Women’s Hospitality Initiative, advancing and empowering women in the hospitality industry.

Picnic in the Alley started in 2019 as Las Vegas’ only fully women-curated epicurean event—bringing together industry pioneers to celebrate and champion women leaders and organizations in our community. The tradition continues as an annual event.

This entire event — from the food cooked for the attendees, to the drinks poured, to the music performed, to the art made and so on -- is entirely women-produced. This is the fourth edition of this event, which began in 2019. And it benefits the Women’s Hosptality Initiative, which promotes and centers women in one of our biggest industries. There will also be art, discussion, and retail components — again, all brought to you by women — and entertainment will be provided by singer Savannah Smith and DJ 88.

Experience the thunderous Japanese art form known as taiko and help Korabo Taiko celebrate their 15th anniversary! They will perform a mix of mix of traditional and modern pieces on traditional drums.

Free, but more info at "Get Tickets."

At TEDxReno you will experience a diverse array of inspiring talks, stirring performances, captivating artistic displays, and more (they say). It's a time to explore new ideas, foster important conversations, deepen connections, and celebrate our shared humanity. The theme this year is "Unity."

Join us at the Springs Preserve for our annual Haunted Harvest. Guaranteed to be a spooktacular good time, little ghosts and goblins will scream with delight at our trick-or-treat stations and live entertainment. Test your bravery in the "Bootanical" Garden, where ghostly characters are lurking about.

Through the exhibit, visitors will be able to virtually traverse Nevada’s mountain ranges and see 20 fossils excavated between 1868 and 2022 before encountering a life-sized, virtually animated ichthyosaur that responds to movement. They can also see the 6.5-foot(!) skull of University of Bonn professor Martin Sander’s discovery, Cymbospondylus youngorum, from Nevada’s Augusta Mountains.

Fun fact: Cymbospondylus youngorum was the first giant animal to inhabit the globe and is named after Tom and Bonda Young, inventors of Icky (for “ichthyosaur”) IPA beer at their Great Basin Brewing Company in Reno and Sparks. The species is named after the Youngs in recognition both of fundraisers they held at the brewery to support Sander’s expedition and their transporting the whole skeleton encased in plaster from the Augustas to Los Angeles County’s Natural History Museum in the company’s beer truck.

Also at the exhibition, two new ichthyosaur species will make their debut. There will be exhibits dedicated to fossil hunters Mary Anning and Annie Alexander, in conjunction with a children’s book about Alexander and her discoveries. Children will also be able to enjoy the collection of vintage toy dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, as well as depictions of extinct marine creatures created by artists in collaboration with scientists.

Through the exhibit, visitors will be able to virtually traverse Nevada’s mountain ranges and see 20 fossils excavated between 1868 and 2022 before encountering a life-sized, virtually animated ichthyosaur that responds to movement. They can also see the 6.5-foot(!) skull of University of Bonn professor Martin Sander’s discovery, Cymbospondylus youngorum, from Nevada’s Augusta Mountains.

Fun fact: Cymbospondylus youngorum was the first giant animal to inhabit the globe and is named after Tom and Bonda Young, inventors of Icky (for “ichthyosaur”) IPA beer at their Great Basin Brewing Company in Reno and Sparks. The species is named after the Youngs in recognition both of fundraisers they held at the brewery to support Sander’s expedition and their transporting the whole skeleton encased in plaster from the Augustas to Los Angeles County’s Natural History Museum in the company’s beer truck.

Also at the exhibition, two new ichthyosaur species will make their debut. There will be exhibits dedicated to fossil hunters Mary Anning and Annie Alexander, in conjunction with a children’s book about Alexander and her discoveries. Children will also be able to enjoy the collection of vintage toy dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, as well as depictions of extinct marine creatures created by artists in collaboration with scientists.