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Golden Encore is the new performance outreach program from the Pioneer Center designed specifically for senior citizens, combining exceptional entertainment with lifelong learning opportunities. Golden Encore brings professional performing artists directly to our community’s seniors where they already live, congregate, or receive care. This includes senior centers, assisted living facilities, residential community centers, memory care facilities, public libraries, and more.

The March 2022 “Seniors Quality of Life Survey” report from HELLO Project, Truckee Meadows Tomorrow, and UNR found that 76.5% of seniors feel isolated, 77.1% feel left out, 76.5% have barriers to community participation, and the rate of suicide among seniors in Washoe County is double the national average. This study, and the knowledge of the health benefits the arts can provide, inspired the staff of the Pioneer Center to create Golden Encore to improve the quality of life for our region’s seniors.

Artists selected for the Golden Encore roster provide programs filled with music, movement, history, and a trip down memory lane. Through research study and group training, each Golden Encore program includes expert-endorsed components known to have a positive effect on the mental and physical health of seniors.

Golden Encore is made possible through an award from the Washoe County Community Reinvestment Grant Program.



Upcoming Golden Encore Performances:

Erika Paul & David Aller Duo presents “The Great American Songbook and It’s Prolific and Timeless Composers”

-Thursday, February 13, 2025,Sierra Manor Apartments, 2:00pm
-Sunday, March 2, 2025, Downtown Reno Library , 10:30am

Kantu Inka

-Thursday, March 27, 2025, Sierra Manor Apartments, 2:00pm -Thursday, June 24, 2025, Sierra Manor Apartments, 2:00pm

Karen Burns presents “Hello Hollywood, Hello!: When Hollywood Came to Reno”

-Wednesday, March 26, 2025, Incline Village Library, 3:30pm
-Wednesday, April 30, 2025, Sierra Manor Apartments, 2:00pm

Heather Boni Lemmons presents “Choreography Café

-Tuesday, April 29, 2025, South Valleys Library, 4:00pm
-Wednesday, June 11, 2025,
 Incline Village Library, 3:30pm

Retro Radio Dolls present “Songs We Love To Sing

-Saturday, May 17, 2025, Sierra Manor Apartments, 2:00pm

 

 


 

Golden Encore receives generous support from
                         

 



To learn more about Golden Encore artists and how your senior-serving venue can book programming, please view the brochure above or email goldenencore@pioneercenter.com


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