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Fresh art and music at RNO Airport

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The Note-Ables at RNO Airport

The Artown festival is underway in Reno, Nevada, this month with more than 500 events across the region, including a batch of performances at Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO).

Next up at the RNO Airport is The Note-Ables, a group of professional musicians who do a great job of shattering the stereotype that people with disabilities have limited talents and abilities. They’ll be performing on July 17 from noon to 12:45 pm near the airport’s ski statue, located pre-security in the main terminal.

Here’s a preview:

While you’re at RNO Airport, take a moment to visit the depARTures Gallery, currently hosting the airport’s 17th Annual Employee Art Show, with more than 100 works by airport staff and their families.

Reno Airport celebrates rodeo+SEA embraces Bridgerton

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The 105th annual Reno Rodeo is underway in Reno, Nevada and Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is joining with Southwest Airlines to welcome rodeo enthusiasts to town.

On Friday morning (June 21), from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., Southwest passengers traveling to and from Denver Airport will be treated to a class in country dancing. If you’re passing through, mosey on over and join in.

SEA airport says “pay attention, gentle readers”

Have you been watching Bridgerton? Evidently the social media team at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) has. Their feed is currently full of Bridgerton-themed travel tips. And they’re very charming.

Reno-Tahoe Int’l Airport loves the Burners

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Mini Man at Reno-Tahoe Int’l Airport

 

The 2013 Burning Man Festival has wrapped up and by now most of the 61,000 “Burners” are on their way home from Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.

At least 15,000 of the revelers passed through Reno-Tahoe International Airport, which is more than happy to have them: according to airport officials, Burning Man is the single largest annual event to pass through the airport, bringing with it an estimated economic impact of $11 million from airline ticket sales, car rentals and money spent in the restaurants and retail shops.

To make the Burners feel welcome, the airport had a eight foot tall Mini-Man in the terminal and, in the airport gallery, an exhibit of art from the Black Rock Arts Foundation.

And the airport was well-prepared after the event:

Because Burners must take out everything they brought into the Black Rock Desert, many of them bring their trash to the airport and dump it there. “We place extra large trash repositories on the curb for this purpose,” said airport spokeswoman Heidi Jared.

And because everyone’s stuff is covered in dust and sand from the desert, airlines wrap all checked bags in plastic or place them in a tub. “If luggage were not treated this way, the sand would clog up the airline bag belt system,” said Jared.