Events and happenings around Carson City for Wednesday, Nov. 21

Hello Carson City and welcome to the day before Thanksgiving. Today is Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018. If your travel plans include going over the Sierra, the National Weather Service advises to head out before the afternoon. Otherwise, you may hit the first of two winter storms to land tonight and into Friday. Be safe out there.

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Here's what's happening today:

— Carson High School senior, Vitalant team up to encourage blood donations. Holidays are a great time for gift-giving and family get-togethers. Another meaningful activity, that could be wonderful for so many people, is donating blood. Vitalant and Carson High School Senior Nik Hylan are asking you to help by donating blood this holiday season. Vitalant sees a decline in donations during holidays as well in times of bad weather and illness. Now is a great time to encourage friends, family, and peers to donate. You are gifting life. People who donate today, Wednesday, Nov. 21, will receive a Bleed Silver and Blue T-shirt in support of the Nevada Wolf Pack as they take on UNLV. Vitalant in Carson City is located at 256 E Winnie Lane. For more information visit us at vitalant.org, or schedule a donation by calling (775) 887-9111, and mention your support for Carson High senior Nik Hylan’s call to action.

— OverDrive Clinic at Carson City Library. 3 p.m. Need help with ebooks? Bring your phone, tablet, or e-reader in and get some help with OverDrive, the library's downloadable service for eBooks, eAudiobooks and streaming video. Learn about setting up an account, searching for titles, downloading, using apps and more. If you have a mobile device, bring it to class. Registration is required on our website's calendar to reserve your seat: https://carsoncitylibrary.libcal.com/event/4559235

— Sign-ups for the Carson City Turkey Trot. While the early registration deadlines have passed, it is still not too late to sign up for the annual Turkey Trot, an event the entire family will enjoy. Hosted by St. Teresa Catholic School, the Turkey Trot offers an 8K (5-mile) run, 5K (3.1 miles) run/walk, and the Gobble Wobble Kids Fun Run. If you sign up today, the cost is $35. Signups on Thanksgiving morning are $40. Organizers ask participants this year to donate a ziplock bag of small personal hygiene items for the Homeless Christmas Stocking Project. Items needed can be found on the registration website or the Facebook page www.facebook.com/STTSTurkeyTrot/
The event begins at 8:30 a.m., and 8:45 a.m. for the Gobble Wobble. Over 600 runners participated last year! Don’t miss out on what has quickly become a local tradition. To register online you can find the link on stts.org or go to http://carsoncityturkeytrot.itsyourrace.com. For questions, email Carmen Mellow at cdelatorre@stts.org; or call 775-882-2079 or 775-291-3648.

— Basic Pottery Skills, 1 to 4 p.m. Ogres-Holm Pottery. Studio manager, Lucas Lamont, introduces you to clay, in this 6-week open start class, designed to get you started with clay. The syllabus includes pinch pots, coil pots, sculpture, and an introduction to wheel throwing. $175 for 6 week class including open studio times or $45 for drop in classes. See website: https://www.ogresholmpottery.com. 1215 S. Carson St. Carson City.

— Wine and Dine Watercolor Classes. 5 to 7 p.m. Black Bear Diner, 900 S. Carson St., Carson City. Students get a reminder text each week. Drop in basis - no monthly commitment necessary. On rare occasions we meet elsewhere, students will be notified. To sign up, get a supply list or ask questions email Dana at tfa.create@gmail.com

— Ripped Fitness Classes, Western Nevada College. 5:30 p.m. Ripped is designed to help everybody meet their ultimate fitness goals in a super-fun group exercise environment. This 1-hour class combines Resistance, Interval, Power, Plyometrics, Endurance, core and offers a very important Diet program on the Rippedplanet website. RIPPED is for every-body and every fitness level. Cardio, Weights, Fun and Done! Students should plan to eat a snack or small meal about 45 minute before class, bring a water bottle, towel and wear exercise clothes and shoes.

— Salsa Dance Lessons and Social Dancing Downtown. 7 p.m. Salsa Dance Lesson and Salsa Social Dance in Downtown Carson City!! Every Wednesday at 6pm come take a dance lesson for just $10 and then head across the street to Battle Born Social at 7pm. Come learn, have fun and get some great exercise. For more information contact Tiffany at Yaple's Ballroom at 775-400-2952 or visit www.YBallroomDance.com.

ONGOING:

— Signups underway for Dec. 1 Carson City's Holiday with a Hero Holiday Crawl. Carson City's Holiday with a Hero announced Wednesday that its annual Holiday Crawl through downtown Carson City will be held on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 5 to 10 p.m.

The Holiday with a Hero committee hosts the Holiday Crawl, a festive pub crawl through downtown bars, to raise money for the annual shopping spree for children who classify as homeless in Carson City. The Holiday Crawl draws hundreds annually who walk through downtown Carson City, taking in entertainment from talented local bands and artists, including Bootleg, Eross, Jimmy V Music (Jimmy VanDeuson II), Athena McIntyre, and Gary Wheeler, as well as enjoying food and beverages offered at local bars.

In past years, Holiday with a Hero donations annually have benefited approximately 300 children living in cars, campgrounds, motels or shared spaces, and are part of the Carson City School District McKinney-Vento Students in Transition program.

All proceeds go to Holiday with a Hero, the annual drive by local law enforcement, firefighters, military service members and others to provide a Christmas shopping trip for underprivileged schoolchildren (kindergarten through eighth grade). Each child receives a $100 Walmart gift card to shop with their leader. The Carson City Fire Department, Carson City Sheriff’s Office, Nevada Department of Corrections and several other local organizations provide volunteers for the event. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, also donations are welcome. Check-in is 4 p.m. in Downtown Carson City at the Studio 177 W Proctor St.

More information can be found at www.HolidayWithAHero.com or follow them on Facebook and Instagram. Must be 21-year-old to participate. To sign up for the Holiday Crawl, purchase your tickets using the following link: http://bit.ly/HolidayCrawlCarson

— 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.

— Winter Conditioning Program at Well Being Fitness. 9 a.m. 1851 S Roop St, Unit 145, Carson City. Winter sports and activities are on the horizon! Join us at Well Being (Massage and Functional Fitness) and prepare your body for success. We focus on strength, dynamic balance and stability, and muscular endurance (yes, that means cardio!) as they relate to winter sports and activities like snow-mobile excursions, snow shoeing, skiing and snowboarding, and all the Nordic and back country activities on your list.

— Patricia Ann Probst: An Artist of the Movement. 11 to 6 p.m. The Charlie B Gallery is proud to announce the coming of a ceramic celebration art show and sale: “Patricia Ann Probst: An Artist of the Movement.” The gallery will offer many works created by Patricia Ann Probst (1941-2016). A sale will continue through December 2, 2018. 114 West Telegraph.

— 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.

— The Nevada Artists Association (NAA) presents the annual Nevada Day Art Show, now through Nov. 30. Entries in all categories are judged with cash prizes awarded to winners. The NAA Gallery is located at 449 W. King Street in Carson City and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday.

— 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.

— Carson City Art Gallery features Show by Erik Holland. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Celebrate the artwork of Erik Holland. He has worked as an artist his entire adult life. He started painting murals in Fairbanks, Alaska in the 1990's. He then moved to Reno, Nevada, achieving his dream of living in the high desert. He has had a one man show in Reno every year since 2001. The show was born on a desire to depict the many sides of America. Amerika is spelled with a K to denote concern with our troubled times. The images come from the life of artist Erik Holland, starting in 1980, when he painted "Spirit of the Eighties" The show is in fact a retrospective of the artist's life from 1980 to the present. Carson City Art Gallery is located at 110 S Curry St, corner of 2nd, in downtown Carson City. For details, please contact Carson City Art Gallery, 775-313-8628 or carsoncityart@yahoo.com.

— 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.

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