Advocates to End Domestic Violence

The Carson High Holiday Craft Fair will be held at the Carson High School Friday November 22nd from 5-8pm and Saturday November 23rd from 9-4pm. Admission on Friday is $2.00 and Saturday is $1.50 or $1.00 with a canned food item. All canned food items will be donated to Advocates to End Domestic Violence.

The 2019 Silver State Art Festival is the third annual gathering in Carson City of award-winning gourd artists, painters, photographers, wood, glass and metal artists and from all over the Southwest. The festival runs Sept. 13-15 at Fuji Exhibit Hall, Park & Pavilion in Carson City.

Heading into Tuesday Aug. 6, which means the safest family celebration of the year at the 17th annual Carson City National Night Out. This is an event like no other, where agencies who work in areas of public health and safety gather at Mills Park to meet with Carson City residents. This event features 3 hours of information booths, games, demonstrations, food and fun. Also happening Tuesday is a free robotics mini-camp for kids in nearby Silver City, Reciprocity Inc. will host a fundraiser at Rustically Divine, there's the Culinary Traveler’s Club's Polynesian Paradise featured at Bleu Café; the Carson City Classic Cinema Club will feature a Sci-Fi favorite at the BAC, plus fitness outings and more. Hug your children. Enjoy.

National Night Out, one of Carson City’s largest summer celebrations, is returning Tuesday, Aug. 6 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Mills Park for its 17th year. And by all indications, it will be the biggest yet.

National Night Out is a way for residents to meet those who serve and protect our community as well as agencies that provide services, especially in areas of public health and safety. Agencies such as Search and Rescue, Health and Human Services, Care Flight, Advocates to End Domestic Violence, Carson City Sheriff’s Office, Carson City Fire Department, Nevada Highway Patrol, Department of Wildlife, agency advocates and dozens more.

Good morning Carson City and happy Saturday! We’ve got a full list of events happening today and tomorrow, including Taste of Downtown, concerts throughout the city, and more!

Take a look below to see what we’ve got going through the rest of the weekend.

As we head into the final stretch of the week, events around the Carson City region are lined up for the next three days, including museum activities, outdoor concerts, a car cruise Friday at Carson Mall, athletic events, a Carson High School class of 1979 reunion, the Taste of Downtown on Saturday and much more.

Advocates to End Domestic Violence will host the 26th annual Taste of Downtown event in Carson City on Saturday July 20, 2019 in historic downtown Carson City.

Good times, sunny skies, activities and more are planned around the Carson City area as we head into Thursday, July 11. Hikes, bike rides, art, food trucks at Mills Park, a Carson City CASA information night, a sentimental journey along Highway 395 presentation and more are lined up for the day. Enjoy

Carson City Natives and Newcomers meets this Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Red's Old 395 Grill, 1055 S Carson St, at 11:30 a.m. Our club members meet and we order our own lunch. Enjoying fellowship with each other. Following our lunch we open our meeting. This month we will have a guest speaker Tracy from Advocates to End Domestic Violence.

On Saturday evening July 20, Carson Street in Carson City will transform into a huge block party attracting thousands of partiers and foodies who want to sample new foods, enjoy locally produced brews, be entertained, and meet up with old friends.

With some help from the Ghost of Mark Twain, Carson City Chamber of Commerce celebrated its accomplishments for the year at their annual meeting Thursday evening at The Martin Hotel Restaurant.

It has been a busy and productive year for Carson City Chamber Chairman of the Board Bob Fredlund. He’s a full-time top selling realtor for Coldwell Banker Select in Carson City and a builder of homes at Santa Maria Ranch in Dayton. His construction company also remodels homes, right now most notably the home of Carson City founder Abe Curry.

Numbers speak volumes: 5,443 survivors, 178,393 nights of safe shelter, 3,640 support groups, 21,840 support group attendees.

These are the ways Advocates to End Domestic Violence has been helping Carson City over the last four decades. This year, Advocates is celebrating its 40th year anniversary, and our community is better because of it.

Carson City Soroptimist will present grant awards to two women, and honor the achievements of local high school seniors, on Wednesday, May 22, noon to 1 p.m. at Glen Eagles. The meeting is open to the public, with prior reservations required.

Advocates to End Domestic Violence and Volunteer Attorneys for Rural Nevadans in Carson City, the Family Support Council in Douglas County, and Community Chest and Community Services Agency in Lyon County are among local agencies awarded fiscal year grants to serve victims of crime, the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services announced Monday.

You may ask yourself, seriously, is it almost May already? Seriously. It is. Time keeps ticking away and the temperature gauge keeps heading North. Going into Friday, April 26, 2019 there's a bevy of entertainment, presentations, a dramatic reading, live music, comedy and more as a jump start to your weekend. Read on and enjoy.

Along with Sexual Assault Awareness & Child Abuse Prevention Month recognized through April, Wednesday, April 24 is the 20th anniversary of Denim Day.

For 20 years, the organization Peace Over Violence has organized Denim Day, a rape prevention education campaign, during which community members, elected officials, businesses, and students are encouraged to make a social statement with their fashion choices on this day by wearing jeans as a visible means of protest against misconceptions that surround sexual assault.

The Brewery Arts Center, Carson City’s premiere epicenter for the arts since 1975, is hosting the Proscenium Players, Inc’s dramatic reading of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize winning drama, "Doubt: A Parable" by John Patrick Shanley.

According to Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong, the Sheriff’s Office is applying for a grant in order to fund a victim’s advocate position, a position that used to be under the umbrella of Advocates to End Domestic Violence.

The Carson City Board of Supervisor’s approved the application during their Thursday meeting.

Tickets for Carson City’s 2019 “Taste of Downtown,” a night of music, fun, and food provided by more than 40 local restaurants, are now available.

Every year Carson City Republican Women offer a $2000 scholarship to a graduating senior from the greater Carson City, Moundhouse and Dayton areas.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Carson City has gone blue with the Pinwheels for Prevention Campaign, a national event hosted by Carson City’s Advocates to End Domestic Violence, and Prevent Child Abuse Nevada.

On Friday, Carson City residents joined together to plant pinwheels across the Nevada Legislature's lawn, in an effort to raise awareness about preventing child abuse.

“The pinwheel is an uplifting reminder of childhood and the bright futures all children deserve,” a spokesperson for the national event said. “We want to reinforce the notion that healthy child development serves as a foundation for both community and economic development.”

With a little help from the wind and a birds-eye view, we're flying into Friday, April 5, 2019 with plenty to do and see as we get ready for the weekend. National Weather Service forecasters say it will be a breezy day with some rain. But don't let that dampen your day as there's art showings, live music and hilarious comedy venues at the Brewery Arts Center and Carson Nugget.

After watching a video in her freshman health class at Carson High School, Emily Tierney, 14, learned that some of the behaviors that may seem normal in a dating relationship could actually be problematic.

“I didn’t know some of those things could be red flags, like jealousy,” she said.

This year marks the 40th year for Advocates to End Domestic Violence. Our organization provides service to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in the Carson City area. Over the next 40 hours, we are aiming to get 40 donations, and we need your help.

Good morning Carson City and welcome to Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. With the long holiday weekend behind us, the week ahead looks to be busy indeed weather wise. Enjoy the sunshine today as another weather system will move into the Carson City and Lake Tahoe regions by Wednesday.

Pleases join Carson City Republican Women at their upcoming Tuesday, Feb. 19 meeting to hear guest speakers Nancy Paulson, Carson City Manager and Sheriff Ken Furlong. Ms. Paulson will reflect on the current and future status of Carson City and Sheriff Furlong will provide an update on recent homicides. Social hour begins at 11:00 a.m. and the meeting is called to order at 11:30 a.m. in the Casino Fandango Ballroom.

CARSON CITY — Carson High School will host a Division 1 Signing Ceremony for two student athletes in the gym at 11 a.m. this Friday, January 25. Jill Beglin will be signing with St. Johns University for Golf and Abby Pradere will sign with the University of San Francisco for Track.

Carson City Republican Women welcome all members and guests to their first 2019 meeting to be held Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 at the Grand Ballroom at Casino Fandango located at 3800 S. Carson Street. Our speaker for this month's meeting is State Senator Ben Kieckhefer, District 16. Senator Kieckhefer will address the dynamics of the new political situation in our state and what it will mean for public policy.

Though Desert Sage Trading Co. opened in mid-august, owners Carmen Corina and Christopher Franklin decided they wanted to let the business grow organically.