Arts and Entertainment

CARSON CITY — "The Latin Queen of Comedy" Lisa Alvarado (think Tina Fey meets Sophia Vergara) brings the funny with clever wit and a sassy fun attitude using her own life as the punchline to ladies' night for two shows Saturday, April 22, at 6 and 8 p.m. at the Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson Street in the casino's newly remodeled Grand Showroom.

LTI Educational Commonwealth is pleased to announce our production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The cast is comprised of youth ages 10 and up who have been studying Shakespeare's plays and influence in their class this year.

Liquid Blue Events is thrilled to announce it will produce the Reno Chalk Art & Music Festival in 2023 on behalf of the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. Now in its 7th year, the three-day event features live art installations, live music, food and drink experiences, artist and craft shops, and a Kids Zone.

Join us this Thursday for our Take2 Series. We are now offering a second movie each month. This one on the third Thursday of the month. This movie will be this Thursday, April 20 in the Black Box Theatre in the Brewery Arts Center at 449 West King Street.

This Sunday, April 23 at 1 p.m., Sorensen’s Resort Hope Valley continues its Eastern Sierra history series with a new slide show program, The Bing Bang, which explores the 1980 casino bombing at Stateline, Lake Tahoe.

Senior Citizens are invited to participate in a free "Oral History Theater Workshop" at Dayton Library. The performance workshop will be based on Senior Citizen's personal stories from their lives. Seniors will share memorable stories from their past and we will transform a selected group of these stories into a theatrical performance.

Sunday, April 16 at 1 p.m., Sorensen’s Resort in Hope Valley continues its local history series with a 50-minute slide show, “Going for the Gold: Lake Tahoe and the Olympics.”

Alex Cushing and the State of California brought the 1960 Winter Olympics to the Lake Tahoe area. Walt Disney brought the Olympics to the World.

DEBAUCH-a-ReNO returns with a two-part festival in Reno, NV, from June 16th - June 18th, and in Virginia City, NV, at Piper's Opera House on July 14th with performances by The Mummies, Wild Billy Childish, The Kids, The Zeros, and many more.

The Foo Fighters are heading to Lake Tahoe when they make a tour stop at the outdoor concert series at Harveys Tahoe on August 10 at 7 p.m. The multiple award-winning band just added stops on their 2023 tour with the South Shore benefitting from the addition as the band heads to the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco.

VIRGINIA CITY/RENO, NV – St. Mary's Art Center is proud to present the opening reception of Meaning: The Search For, a large-scale solo exhibition by Las Vegas artist, Nancy Good, on Sunday, May 14, 2023, 1-4pm. The exhibition explores the range and evolution of Good’s contemporary work and features paintings, sculptural canvas, and murals. The exhibition is on view now through August 13, 2023.

After two very successful plays, and sold out audiences, CVCT is bringing you Rhythm and Rhyme, a night of the Music of Burt Bacharach! This musical will take place in an intimate setting, where you can feel the talent of the musicians as they make their performance “sing."

Line dance with Kaytlain, have the time of your life. Second gate entrance is always open. 15 dollars per person, includes a drink ticket. Two-three lessons and open dance. We will have a guest instructor this well from Olivia Pearl Line dance.

A mural of Mark Twain was unveiled Thursday at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City in time for the upcoming Mark Twain Days Festival.

In this Class Carol Foldvary-Anderson will show you how to create unique art, looking like watercolors, and even silk paintings, depending on the colors you choose to work with. The Oil Pastel Smudge technique is thinking in the basic shapes and designing your own templates.

Thirty-six students from Carson, Dayton, Douglas, and Pioneer high schools have their work in "Spring Forward 2023" art exhibition at the Brick. This delightful exhibit presents an array of imaginative projects based on students’ years of classroom study and their amazing craftsmanship.

In conjunction with Mark Twain Days, join the Carson City Classic Cinema Club on Friday, April 21 as we view "The Adventures of Mark Twain" (1944).

Maria Muldaur is best known worldwide for her 1974 mega-hit “Midnight at the Oasis,” which received several Grammy nominations, and enshrined her forever in the hearts of Baby Boomers everywhere.

Carson Tahoe Hospital Auxiliary is hosting the annual V&T Wine Train Trip on Saturday, May 6, 2023. The ticket cost is $75 per person and incudes a trip on the V&T Railroad from Carson City to Virginia City with wine, crackers, cheese, soda and water served.

Great live music this week at Bank Saloon on the corner of Carson and Fifth streets in Carson City.

On Sunday April 9 at 1 p.m., Sorenson’s Resort (formerly Wylder Hotel) in Hope Valley, continues its Eastern Sierra History series with a Chautauqua performance “There It Is, Take It!”

Douglas County’s Corley Ranch is a working ranch and farm that has often been the destination for fall festival fun, including everything from pumpkin patches to corn mazes, goat feeding to pig races, and everything in between.

Now, however, a new event will be coming to the ranch in early summer with the Back Country Music Festival on June 2-4.

The last concert in CVAC’s 2022-2023 Concert Series will feature music from Don Gato’s Latin Band on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 7:00 pm at the CVIC Hall in Minden.

If you are on the search for something to get you out on the town, look no further. Bella Vita is the place to be. They offer a scrumptious menu, always friendly service with a smile, and some of the best specialty drinks in town. All this, combined with some of the best entertainment this valley has to offer, you are sure to walk away with a satisfied dining experience.

In March of 2023, Youth Theatre Carson City’s Showstoppers show choir traveled to Southern California to compete in the Musical Theatre Competitions of America 2023, a national competition against 36 teams representing 19 states and 3 countries and learning from some of Broadway’s biggest and brightest stars.

Experience the magic of musical theater this summer with Wild Horse Children’s Theater’s Summer on Broadway 2023! We are excited to offer a 2-week performing arts summer camp, featuring the classic Disney story of “The Jungle Book, Kids.”

In conjunction with the Inaugural Mark Twain Days festival taking place April 21 - 23, Visit Carson City partnered with the Nevada State Museum to commission a Mark Twain Mural that is being installed on the Robinsons Street exterior wall of the museum.

GENOA, Nev. – Nevada’s oldest town commemorates its Western heritage on April 28-30 with a three-day celebration packed with music, history, art, food and fun.

On Sunday April 2 at 1 p.m., Sorenson’s Resort (formerly Wylder Resort Hope Valley) continues its history series with a 50-minute presentation, “Into the Jaws of Hell.”

Local historian David Woodruff recounts the dramatic and heroic tale of how forlorn and desperate argonauts found demise in the desert while searching for a shortcut to the California goldfields, and christened the chilling name upon their fatal location, Death Valley.

Enjoy a specially selected pairing of wine and cheese guided by Sommelier David Gruenloh. Pairing sheets will be available on the table to follow along. One lucky attendee will take home a platter of cheese. This is an event that will be sure to have you laughing, learning, and enjoying tasty treats.

The Capital City Community Band awarded its Richard Doede Capital City Community Band scholarships to Jonah Toral at its Salute To Young Musicians Concert on Sunday.