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Friday, Oct. 16: Things to do in Carson City

Submitted by Danielle Cook on Fri, 10/16/2015 - 12:24am
Event Date: 
October 16, 2015 (All day)
I Love Carson City

The RAM Clinic begins today. It’s first come first served, so you’ll be in line a while if you’d like to be seen; bring something to snack on and entertain yourself with. Downtown will be the place to be tonight. Notch 8 will be making their first appearance in several months with a show at Westside Pour House. Carson Cigar is still celebrating its 20th birthday, so enjoy live music with Bread and Butter tonight. Comma Coffee will be filled with fun and laughter. The annual Tickled Pink World Dance Open Floor is including a lip sync contest for the first time, so it should be a good time had by all.

FRIDAY:

  • Remote Area Medical Clinic: Free Vision and Medical Services at Carson High School: 1111 N. Saliman Road (6am-4pm; Line-up starts at Midnight, numbers given out at 3am, doors open at 6am; Medical services are provided on a first come, first served basis; no ID or patient registration required)
  • Nevada Day Treasure Hunt (www.NVDayTreasureHunt.com)
  • ’Divergence’ by artist Katie Lewis at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)
  • Artists Walter McNamara and Lynda Yuroff featured in the OXS Gallery at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
  • NAA Art Exhibit by Mark Kyle and Photography by Chas. H. McDonnell, III at the Carson Visitor Center (8am-5pm)
  • Literacy for Life Golf Tournament Benefitting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada at Thunder Canyon Country Club (9:30am shotgun start; $100 includes lunch)
  • ’Lines and Fields: Abstract Narrative Paintings’ by Liz Penniman at the Western Nevada College Main Gallery in the Bristlecone Building
  • Carson City Pumpkin Patch at Red Horse Ranch: 4849 Cochise St (10am-6pm; free admission)
  • Late Summer Regular Show at the Nevada Artists Association Gallery in the Brewery Arts Center (10am-4pm)
  • 15th Annual ‘A Touch of Class’ Craft Show in the Shannon Ballrooms at Carson Valley Inn, Minden (10am-8pm; free admission and door prizes)
  • ’Fresh Fridays’ Farmers' Market at Carson Tahoe Regional Center, Parking lot 4 (11am-1pm; weather permitting)
  • Pumpkin Patch Harvest Festival with Hay Slide, Kiddie Land Straw Maze, Farm Animals and more at Corley Ranch: 859 Highway 395 South, Gardnerville (11am-4pm; free admission on weekdays)
  • CCAI's Industrial Art exhibition at the Carson City Library (11am-6:30pm)
  • ICS World's Championship Chili Cook-off at the Grand Sierra Resort, Reno (12pm-6pm; free)
  • Magic, the Gathering at Nerdvana: 385 Hot Springs Road, Suite 1 (5:30pm-6pm sign up; 6pm start)
  • Live Music at San Marcos Grill
  • Haunted Weekend Minden Ghost Walk led by Kim Copel (6pm-8pm, flashlight suggested; $10 Pick-up Tickets at the Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 1477 Hwy 395 N)
  • Live Music with Russell Ketenjian at Bella Fiore Wine (6pm-9pm)
  • Carson City BMX: Friday Night Lights at the Livermore (Edmonds) Sports Complex (Signups 6:30pm-7:30pm; $5)
  • Live Music with Terri Campillo and Craig Fletcher at Glen Eagles Restaurant (6:30pm-10:30pm)
  • Carson High Varsity Football vs. Galena High School at Carson High School (7pm)
  • West Coast Swing Dance Night at Yaple’s Ballroom: 315 N. Carson St. (7pm drop-in lesson; 8pm Social Dance; $10 for the whole evening)
  • Singer Songwriter Open Mic at A to Zen: 1803 N. Carson St. (7pm)
  • Live Music with the Michael Furlong Band at Casino Fandango (7pm-12am)
  • Painting Class at Van Gogh and Vino (7pm-9:30pm; $30 per painter)
  • PPI Presents: Arsenic and Old Lace in the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall (7pm; $18)
  • Tickled Pink: World Dance Open Floor and Lip Sync Contest in Comma Coffee Courtyard (sign-up 7:30pm, dancing at 8pm; free, open to all dance styles; dancing for donations for Carson Tahoe Health Cancer Patient Support)
  • 20th Anniversary Celebration: Live Music with Bread and Butter at Carson Cigar Company aka ‘The Cigar Bar’ (8pm)
  • Live Music with Notch 8 at Westside Pour House
  • Live Music with Trippin' King Snakes at Flight: 2244 Meridian, off Airport in Minden (8pm)
  • Live Music with Double Shot at the Eleventh Frame Winners Lounge, Carson Lanes (8pm; must be 21+)
  • Live Music with Mimic at Max Casino: formerly the Carson Station (8pm-12am)
  • Karaoke at Barb’s Y-Not: 152 E. Long St. (8pm)
  • Live Music with Mo’z Motley Blues Band at Living the Good Life: 1480 N. Carson St. (8:30pm)
  • Karaoke with J and M Productions at Whiskey Tavern (9pm)
  • DJ and Dancing at Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar (10pm)

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