# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Before Reno: Langston Hughes Blends Politics and Art
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Before moving to Reno, Langston Hughes became deeply involved in the arts and politics of San Francisco and Carmel-by-the-Sea. He supported the Scottsboro Boys trial by organizing a celebrity auction in San Francisco and participated in the 1933 California strikes. His activism led to an unproduced play and threats that forced him to leave Carmel. Seeking safety, he went to Reno in September 1934, as described in his unpublished essay “The Vigilantes Knocked at My Door.”

In Reno, Hughes developed a new artistic perspective shaped by his experiences in the American West, contrasting the region’s promise with the severe poverty he encountered. Traveling through the South and California, and experiencing homelessness firsthand, he created two of his most powerful stories, “Slice ‘Em Down” and “On the Road.” Join Alex Albright as he retraces Hughes’s steps through the Biggest Little City and beyond. 

Photo by Jan Wunsch
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/reno/before-reno-langston-hughes-blends-politics-and-art/200029096486107
- **Event Categories**: art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 23

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.nevadaart.org/event/before-reno-langston-hughes-blends-politics-and-art/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=reno-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Reno
- **state**: NV
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 160 W Liberty St, Reno, NV, United States, Nevada 89501
- **lat**: 39.52088
- **long**: -119.81326
- **full address**: 160 W Liberty St, Reno, NV, United States, Nevada 89501

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Nevada Museum of Art (https://allevents.in/org/nevada-museum-of-art/25970229)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/0ead7af14ae25a74cdf291d4401d2adcd89f998db4ce1816db371a70c69c6e71-rimg-w1200-h675-dcbbc4d9-gmir?v=1762242146
- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/3efcdb7b91020077338364f8ebbf0c85c086ca7b45e07a8e7740550853b8e220-rimg-w300-h300-dc4878ab-gmir?v=1762242147

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 160 W Liberty St, Reno, NV, United States, Nevada 89501
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Nevada Museum of Art
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Before Reno: Langston Hughes Blends Politics and Art ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

## Structured Data (JSON-LD)

```json
[
    {
        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@type": "Event",
        "name": "Before Reno: Langston Hughes Blends Politics and Art",
        "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/0ead7af14ae25a74cdf291d4401d2adcd89f998db4ce1816db371a70c69c6e71-rimg-w1200-h675-dcbbc4d9-gmir?v=1762242146",
        "startDate": "2025-11-20",
        "endDate": "2025-11-20",
        "url": "https://allevents.in/reno/before-reno-langston-hughes-blends-politics-and-art/200029096486107",
        "location": {
            "@type": "Place",
            "name": "160 W Liberty St, Reno, NV, United States, Nevada 89501",
            "address": {
                "@type": "PostalAddress",
                "streetAddress": "160 W Liberty St, Reno, NV 89501-1916, United States",
                "addressLocality": "Reno",
                "addressRegion": "NV",
                "addressCountry": "US"
            },
            "geo": {
                "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
                "latitude": "39.52088",
                "longitude": "-119.81326"
            }
        },
        "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode",
        "description": "Before moving to Reno, Langston Hughes became deeply involved in the arts and politics of San Francisco and Carmel-by-the-Sea. He supported the Scottsboro Boys trial by organizing a celebrity auction in San Francisco and participated in the 1933 California strikes. His activism led to an unproduced",
        "organizer": [
            {
                "@type": "Organization",
                "name": "Nevada Museum of Art",
                "url": "https://allevents.in/org/nevada-museum-of-art/25970229"
            }
        ]
    }
]
```