Although “The Golden Compass” has the same attention to accuracy and detail that “Lord of the Rings” did, the newest fantasy trilogy from New Line Cinemas fails to ensnare audiences as effectively.

For Nintendo Wii players, video gaming isn’t sitting around and mashing buttons. It’s a full-fledged sport.

It takes more than putting on the season’s fashions to stay warm – you need to know how to wear them. Physics professor Pat Arnott, said the answer lies in layers.

Assistant art professor Eunkang Koh takes her work out of the classroom and will display it in the Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, with an opening reception Thursday.

With Thanksgiving break coming, students might find they have a lot of extra time on their hands but not a lot of new TV to fill it with.

This week, two dance programs open with University of Nevada, Reno students tapping, jazzing and dancing pointe in them.

Arts and Entertainment editor Emily Katseanes interview John Gourley of the indie alt-rock band Portugal. The Man. The trio will play Saturday inside the grand ballroom.

To celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the Church Fine Arts Building, the art department invited the public to take a deeper look at the works inside.

The stress of finals and college life has finally given way to the stress of family gathering time. When you can’t stand your grandpa giving you crap about your tattoo, think about hiding in the dark of a movie theater.

Tomorrow Stoney’s hosts pop-punk group The Starting Line, who were touring when most kids their age were begging their parents for car keys. The Pennsylvania band formed in 1999 when its members were 14. Since then, they’ve released three albums, two EPs and been a regular fixture at summer music festival, The Van’s Warped Tour. Lead singer, Kenny Vasoli talked to The Nevada Sagebrush about playing in Reno, starting to play music so early and being on the road with the band Paramore, who’s sitting the Reno date out.

On Tuesday, the theater department at University of Nevada, Reno will honor the 20-year anniversary of its three buildings, Nightingale Concert Hall, Nell J. Redfield Building and The Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery by opening the backstage work to the public.

AE editor Emily Katseanes interviews Starting Line front man Kenny Vasoli. Starting Line plays at Stoney’s on Wednesday.

Whereas George A. Romero’s other zombie flicks manage to analyze human interaction, his latest release, “Land of the Dead,” manages to leave out the believable characters and situations that made the other films great.

“Day of the Dead” is the third installment of George A. Romero’s zombie apocalypse, this time shifting the focus to a group of researchers and antagonistic military guards in an underground bunker.

Romero beautifully blends the stress of surviving the masses of undead outside with surviving the other humans inside.

Unlike other bike shops, the Reno Bike Project sells only recycled frames — every one of the Reno Bike Project’s 200 or so bikes was donated. They’ve sold bikes for as much as $200, but they’ve also traded a fixed bike for a broken bike so a homeless man had a way to get around town.