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Elvis, Marilyn, and the Space Aliens

NWHP · October 31, 2025 ·

Movie Poster: Elvis, Marilyn, and the Space Aliens

NOVEMBER 15, 2025 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Sparks Heritage Museum
Members – $20 | Non-Members – $25

Join us for a fascinating talk with Film Historian Robin Holabird as she shares her experiences with filmmakers and films made in Nevada.

Three Nevada Women

NWHP · October 31, 2025 ·

DECEMBER 6, 2025 from 1:00 – 3:00 PM
at the Sparks Heritage Museum. Join us for this Chautauqua presentation of three remarkable women who helped shape Nevada History.

A Conversation with Wild Horse Annie

NWHP · October 6, 2025 ·

Wild horse Annie looking assured on a wild-eyed black mustang

OCTOBER 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM Join NWHP and Kim Harris as she portrays Wild Horse Annie in this Chautauqua performance, ‘Conversation with Wild Horse Annie’.

Helmi’s Shadow – A Book Talk

NWHP · September 17, 2025 ·

Book Talk: Helmi’s Shadow – A journey of survival from Russia to East Asia to the American West.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Join David Horgan, son of Helmi and author of the compelling book “Helmi’s Shadow,” as he shares the remarkable true story of two Russian Jewish refugees—a mother and her daughter (Helmi)—who endured decades of adversity in war-torn Asia (China and Japan) before crossing the Pacific at the end of WWII to make their home in Reno, Nevada.

Marcia Bernard Cuccaro – 2025

NWHP · September 10, 2025 ·

Marcia Cuccaro

A twenty-year member of the Nevada Women’s History Project, Marcia Cuccaro, was honored at the Nevada Women’s Fund Salute to Women of Achievement on May 22, 2025.

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