Monday, April 3: Things to do in Carson City

March Madness spills into April with the NCAA Championship Game final showdown. Watch the Gonzaga Bulldogs take on the UNC Tar Heels tonight at 6 p.m. If you find yourself at the Fox Brewpub you may be one of the two lucky people with a chance at free beer for a year. Find out what the city has planned as they walk you through the upcoming budget offered at two public open house presentations. It’s a firefighter kind of day. Not only will they be honored at today’s Legislative Session, Firehouse Subs is hosting a fundraiser for the Fritch Elementary School’s PTA.

MONDAY:

• Lyon County School District Spring Break
• Latino Lobby Days AND Professional Firefighters of Nevada Day at the Nevada State Legislature
• High School Pic[ks] 2, group show of art by students from Carson, Dayton, Douglas, and Pioneer High Schools in the Community Development building [formerly the BRIC]: 108 E Proctor St (8am-12pm and 1pm-4pm)
• “High Desert Alchemy” Exhibit featuring mixed media by artists Gail Rappa and Elaine Parks in the OXS Gallery at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
• Legislative eXhibition Series: ‘At War With Ourselves’ mixed-media by Jen Graham of Reno in the LXS Gallery on the first floor of the Nevada State Legislature (8am-5pm)
• ’Mountain Picassos: Basque Arborglyphs of the Great Basin’ in the Western Nevada College Main Gallery in the Bristlecone Building (8am-9pm; part of the Nevada Touring Initiative’s Traveling Exhibition Program)
• ‘From the Ground Up’, solo exhibition by Gil Martin at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)
• CCAI Exhibit: Smaller Works, solo exhibition by Gil Martin in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center (open during public meetings and Fridays 12pm-5pm)
• Great Basin Native Artists Exhibit at the Carson Visitor Center (9am-6pm; featuring art by Ben Aleck, Topaz Jones, Jack Malotte, Melissa Melero-Moose, Topah Spoonhunter)
• Family Day: $1 Bowling and Shoe Rental Specials at Carson Lanes (9am-10pm)
• Mimosa Monday all day at Ed’s Doghouse
• Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Open House – Session One at the Carson City Community Center (12pm-1:30pm; session begins in the Sierra Room with an overview of the budget process and a summary of the proposed budget. Afterward, the public is invited to meet with individual City Departments at stations set up in the Lobby)
• Carson City Host Lions Club weekly lunch meeting at Grandma Hattie’s (12pm; for more information, call Tim at 775-885-7033)
• Martini Monday at Red’s Old 395 (3pm-6pm; half priced martinis)
• NCAA Championship Finals and Buffet at Mallard’s Restaurant at Empire Ranch Golf Course (bar opens 4pm; tip-off 6pm, buffet $13; drink specials and drawings)
• Family Eat Out Night at Firehouse Subs (5pm-8pm; a portion of sales will be donated to the Fritch Elementary School PTA)
• Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Open House – Session Two at the Carson City Community Center (5:30pm-7pm; session begins in the Sierra Room with an overview of the budget process and a summary of the proposed budget. Afterward, the public is invited to meet with individual City Departments at stations set up in the Lobby)
• Dharma Zephyr Sangah Sitting Group in the Methodist Church’s Youth Group Building at the corner of Proctor and Minnesota (Beginners 5:30pm-6:30pm; Sitting quietly in meditation 7pm-8:30pm)
• March Madness Championships: North Carolina vs. Gonzaga at the (Firkin and) Fox Brewpub (6pm; Free Beer for a Year giveaway; prizes, food and drink specials; samples and swag from the Jack Daniels Girls)
• Square Dancing with the Capitol Cut-ups at the Carson Senior Center: 911 Beverly Drive (6pm-9pm; for info contact Marge at 775-885-7986 or 775-220-2942)
• High Sierra Swing Dance Club’s Night Out at El Charro Avita (Drop-in Intermediate Swing lesson 6pm, $8; Free open dance 7pm-9pm)
• Live Music with Steve Lord in the Carson Valley Inn Cabaret, Minden (6pm-10pm)
• Game Night at Carson Cigar Co. AKA the Cigar Bar (7pm-9pm; drink specials for players, prize for winner; games rotate weekly)
• Karaoke with J and M Productions at the Fox Brewpub (8pm all ages, 10pm-close ‘karaoke after dark’; drink specials)