What's happening around Carson City on Sunday, Dec. 9

The Christmas spirit is very present around Carson City these days with just over two weeks remaining before the big day.

Santa Claus is in town at the Carson Mall and aboard the Santa Train at the Nevada Railroad Museum, so be sure to give him your wish list before he makes his way back to the North Pole to fulfill wishes by Christmas Eve.

Take in the true meaning of Christmas Sunday evening at the First United Methodist Church in downtown Carson City with its annual life-sized, drive-through Living Nativity production, "Road to Bethlehem."

Sunday is also the final performance of the Wild Horse Children's Theater production of "Mary Poppins, Jr." If you haven't seen these youths in action on stage, then you are in for a treat.

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Here is what's happening around Carson City on Sunday, Dec. 9:

— Muscle Powered Weekly Bike Ride. Meet at Fremont Elementary School, 1511 Firebox Road in Carson City, in the south parking lot next to the Linear Ditch Trail.
Ride will normally consist of two loops which are 10-15 miles long each. The ride pace will vary depending on rider level, but will usually be about a 12-16 mph pace. This is a "no drop" ride so no one is left behind.
All riders must have a bicycle in safe working condition, a helmet, and closed toed shoes.
Contact Michael Bish at mrbish11@att.net or 775-291-2068, if you have questions.

— 34th annual Santa Train at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, 2180 S. Carson Street in Carson City. The train runs Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for three weekends: Dec. 8-9, Dec. 15-16 and Dec. 22-23. The Santa Train leaves Wabuska Station every 30 minutes. Tickets are $5 for all riders. Children 2 and younger who sit in an adult’s lap are free. Advance tickets are available online at https://bit.ly/2Oj5dQs

— Holiday Craft Fair at the Carson Mall. The Carson Mall Craft Fair includes local crafts, toys, clothes, Santa and more! The Fair will run until Christmas Eve from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Santa and his elves will be joining the fair inside the Carson Mall for meet and greets and pictures on Saturdays and Sundays through December 23.

— Christmas Toy Drive at Red's Old 395 Grill, 1055 S. Carson Street, on Sunday, Dec. 9 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Project Bear Hugs is gathering new, unwrapped toys for children of the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA. We need toys for children ages 6 months to teens, and wrapping paper and supplies. There will be hot chocolate provided by Red's Old 395 for any volunteers. Receive one drink or appetizer voucher from Red's Old 395 for every toy donation (exclusions apply).

— Tintabulations Handbell Ensemble presents "Oh Wait! It's Christmas!!" concert, Dec. 9. First performance at 11 a.m. at the Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Way in Sparks. Second performance at 3 p.m. at the Washoe County Library, 301 S. Center Street in downtown Reno.

— Wild Horse Children's Theater presents the Northern Nevada premiere of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's "Mary Poppins, Jr." With unforgettable songs, breathtaking dance numbers and an irresistible story, this magical family-musical is “practically perfect” for the start of the holiday season. "Mary Poppins, Jr." runs two weekends only at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 W. King Street in Carson City, with two casts of incredibly talented local youth ages 5-18. Showtime is Sunday, Dec. 9 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, $5 for children under age 12 and children ages 3 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased by calling our box office at 775-440-1170 or on line at our website: www.wildhorsetheater.com.

— The Carson City Symphony and Chorus presents the 35th Holiday Treat Concert, 4 p.m., inside the Bob Boldrick Theater at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William Street in Carson City. Tickets are $15 general admission; $12 for seniors, students, and Symphony Association members; and free age 18 and under. Tickets are available in advance at the Nevada Day Store, 716 N. Carson Street; online at CCSymphony.com; and at the door.

— Sierra Music Society is pleased to announce that the always popular “P’Opera!” is bringing many reasons to gather as they present an elegant evening of Holiday Music with “CELEBRATE” at the highly enjoyable Napa Sonoma Grocery Company South, located at 7671 S. Virginia Street, in Reno on Sunday, Dec. 9.
Two shows to choose from: 5 or 7:30 p.m. for $35 per person. Order your food and beverages separately from a delectable selection of items at Napa-Sonoma South to complete the dinner/theatre experience.
For reservations go to www.poperanv.org or call the office at 775-233-5105.

— Road to Bethlehem: A Carson City Drive Through Living Nativity on Sunday, Dec. 9, 6:30-8 p.m. Drive-through or walk the path, enter at Division and King Streets. Donations of non-perishable food items will be accepted to help citizens in our community. For more information go to www.carson1umc.org or call the church at 775-882-1436.

— Santa Pet Photos, Center Court by Starbucks, inside the Meadowood Mall in Reno, 7-8 p.m. Photo packages are available for purchase. Event Link: https://www.simon.com/mall/meadowood-mall/stores/santa-photo-experience/

— Proscenium Player’s 'A Christmas Chaos' at the Brewery Arts Center, Sunday at 2 p.m. The Brewery Arts Center, Carson City’s premiere epicenter for the arts since 1976, continues its 40-year partnership with Proscenium Players, Inc. as they present "A Christmas Chaos." In this comedy, the Royal Shakespeare Company hasn’t arrived as promised to perform their rendition of "A Christmas Carol." So the intrepid band of hapless actors and technicians must put together their own production in only a few hours! They’re not quite up to the task, even though they give it their all. Directed by Jeff Basa and Cris Travieso, advanced tickets are $13 for PPI and BAC members, $15 for Seniors and Students and $25 for general admission. Tickets are available for purchase at Breweryarts.org or in the Administration Office at 411 West King Street. For more info call the Brewery Arts Center office at 775-883-1976. Shows: Dec. 14-15 at 7 p.m., and Dec. 9 and 16 at 2 p.m. inside the MHJ Black Box Theater.

ONGOING:

— Tiffani and Bailee's 6th Sealed Toy Drive underway now through Dec. 9, drop off boxes throughout Carson City. Tiffani Barber was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer on Dec. 8, 2012. For those of you who didn't know Tiffani, all she ever wanted to do was help people. So it was no surprise to those closest to her that when the social worker assigned to her case asked her what she needed, Tiffani replied with, "How can I help?" There are multiple locations throughout the Carson City, Carson Valley and Reno area.

— From Carson City to Dayton: Be a Santa to a Senior. Now through Dec. 11, 2018 Home Instead Senior Care and Center for Healthy Aging have set up their trees, and placed the tags for our seniors. These are seniors, who are in homes, and have no one to celebrate the holidays with. Our community from Carson City to Dayton and in between have been absolutely wonderful by getting a tag, and filling the wishes for our Seniors here. There are trees set up at Dayton Smith's, Paradise Salon, Les Schwab and United Federal Credit Union (off of Topsy), and AAA. For more information you can go to www.beasantatoasenior.com Thank you so much for your time, your love and giving heart.

— Scoup's Ice Cream and Soup Bar 12 Days of Christmas, now through Dec. 21. Scoup's Ice Cream and Soup Bar has purchased 12 gifts from some of our local businesses, each one to be gifted to 12 lucky individuals. Items to be gifted come from Rocking And Rolling, Artsy Fartsy Art Gallery, The Purple Avocado, Gather, The Bike Smith, Touched by an Angel, Carson City Culture and Tourism Authority, Carson Jewelry and Loan, Rustically Divine, and Kaleidoscope. Drawing tickets will be given to our customers with each purchase. The drawing will continue as long as we have tickets (7,654 tickets) or until Dec. 21, at closing, one day prior to the last drawing. Anytime you purchase a menu item from Scoup's Ice Cream and Soup Bar, you will receive a drawing ticket! Drawings will begin on Dec. 11. Come by the shop and view the amazing gifts from local businesses. As an added bonus, on Dec. 1, anyone who takes part of and is wearing a wine walk wrist band will receive a single drawing ticket. Those who take part in the Holiday Crawl and are wearing the wrist band will receive two tickets.

— Toys for Tots Carson City and surrounding counties offers hotline for toys. Toys for Tots will be offering gifts to families in Carson City, Douglas, Storey and Lyon counties for Christmas. The hotline is available today and runs through Dec. 21, 2018. Call in times are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call Ron Wood Family Resource Center: 884-2269. ENGLISH Speaking families call - (775) 800-3123. SPANISH speaking families call - (775) 800-3583.

— Christmas tree permits available on Carson, Bridgeport ranger districts. Permits to cut Christmas trees on the Carson and Bridgeport Ranger Districts of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest will be available for purchase now through Dec. 25. The U.S. Forest Service Christmas Tree Program is designed for families, businesses, and institutions wishing to cut their own trees for decorating. Christmas tree permits must be purchased in person and are issued on a first-come, first-serve basis for $10 each, with a limit of two trees per household. Permits are nonrefundable and nontransferable, and only valid through Dec. 25, 2018. The Ranger Districts have a limited amount of Christmas tree permits available, and once those allotted permits are sold, no more will be available.

— Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space is currently seeking individuals and pairs interested in leading interpretive programs in one of our many parks and open spaces. Interested individuals and pairs are encouraged to apply. If interested, go here.

— The Capital City Arts Initiative presents its exhibition, Americana with Cadmium Orange, by artist Gig Depio at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Depio is an artist and an advocate for public art in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was awarded the 2016 Fellowship Grant in Painting by the Nevada Arts Council (NAC). He has worked on various exhibitions and projects with the Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada Arts Council’s OXS Gallery, and UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum, among others. Depio graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. He lives in Las Vegas with his family. Carson City Courthouse Gallery, 885 E. Musser Street in Carson City.

— Meals on Wheels Carson City will be participating in the 2018 Subaru Share the Love Event as a member of Meals on Wheels America, one of four national Share the Love charitable partners supported through the promotion. From Nov. 15 through Jan. 2, 2019, Subaru of America will donate $250 for every new Subaru vehicle sold or leased to the customer's choice of participating charities.
For more information on Meals on Wheels Carson City, email Courtney Warner at CWarner@carson.org, or call the Center at (775) 883-0703. The Carson City Senior Center is located at 911 Beverly Drive in Carson City. Visit www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/sharethelove for more information on Subaru Share the Love event.

This calendar is updated throughout the day as information becomes available.