Carson City Library

The Business Branch of the Carson City Library at the Business Resource Innovation Center (BRIC) will be a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site again for the upcoming tax season.

Carson City Library will present National Geographic’s documentary film “Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack” on Saturday, Dec. 7, the 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The film will be shown at the BRIC, 109 E. Proctor Street in downtown Carson City. The film will begin at 11:00 a.m. (just before the Wine Walk).

Carson City Library is an officially designated place in Carson City to drop-off holiday cheer, in the form of giving, to so many of our area residents in need of a little festive spirit and warmth.

Creativity goes wild this week as the Friends of the Carson City Library hosts its annual Home for the Holidays Handmade Gifts and Creations Sale from Thursday through Saturday at the Carson City Library auditorium.

There'll be plenty of unique creations, handmade accessories, stocking stuffers and ideal gifts for the holiday season, plus raffle prizes too.

During the third annual Connect Nevada Broadband Summit held at the University of Nevada, Reno, the Carson City Library was named Connect Nevada’s 2013 Broadband Hero.

The summit theme, Learning in the Digital Space, was designed to promote access, adoption, and use of broadband in education. In collaboration with Governor Sandoval’s Nevada Broadband Task Force, Connect Nevada is working to bring the benefits of universal broadband to the state.

In a unanimous vote at their last quarterly meeting of 2013, the Carson City Library Foundation agreed to commit $33,000 toward renovating and furnishing the library auditorium to house the new Digitorium, a proposed space build-out for around 20 MacBook Pro computers, high tech software and more.

Approximately $22,000 in residual private matching monies that helped open the library’s first digital space in January of 2012 will also be used for the project, targeted for completion by late spring of 2014.

Nevada Center for the Book and the Carson City Library will present author Tupelo Hassman on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. Hassman’s first novel, "girlchild," is written in a compelling style of short chapters, redacted pages, and gut-wrenching narrative. The Nevada Reads event is sponsored by the Nevada Center for the Book and Nevada Humanities.

Nevada Humanities Scholar Dr. Reginald Stewart will participate in this book discussion, as well. A focus of discussion will be on the eugenics of generational poverty.

UPDATE: The Carson City Board of Supervisors will meet jointly with the Carson City School Board beginning at 6 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 13. From the Community Center’s Sierra Room, located at 851 E. William St., the 12 elected officials will discuss the school district’s strategic plan, Empower Carson City, and meaningful linkages to the City’s initiatives related to education and lifelong learning.

A food drive to benefit the Ron Wood Family Resource Center, sponsored by the Carson City Library, is happening now through Nov. 27. Donate six full-size food items, canned or packaged goods and enter a drawing to win four movie passes to the all-digital Galaxy Theatre.

CARSON CITY, NEVADA-The Carson City Library, Carson City Literacy Volunteers, and Literacy Volunteers for Children, will present a documentary film by Luis Macias, “Embracing Dyslexia”, on Monday, November 4th, at 6:00 pm, at the BRIC (Business Resource Innovation Center). The BRIC is located at 108 East Proctor Street, downtown Carson City.

A 21-year-old man was arrested Oct. 29, 2:15 p.m. in the 900 block of North Roop Street in Carson City. He faces misdemeanor charges of being in violation of a suspended sentence and contempt of court.

According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to the Carson City Library where the suspect and another man were allegedly harassing patrons and trespassing.

Sena Loyd, who is the current technology trainer at Carson City Library, was selected Thursday as the new director.

The Carson City Library Board of Trustees held the interviews from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the new library director in Carson City. Loyd replaces former Carson City Library Director Sara Jones, who took a job earlier this year as Marin County Director of Library Services in California.

In the main photo, from left, director candidates Amy Geddes, Sena Loyd, Mary Scott Wallace and Diane Duquette answer questions from the board.

The Carson City Library will be closed on Friday, October 18th, for a day of Staff Development and Training at the Nevada Library Association Conference, in Reno, Nevada. The library will reopen on Saturday, October 19th. The downtown Business Resource Innovation Center (BRIC), located at 108 E. Proctor, will be open regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Carson City department heads responded to questions from locals Monday in a town hall meeting. While the public was given plenty of opportunity and notice to attend and encouraged to speak, three actually came to the podium, including two Carson High School students and the chair of the Carson Animal Services Initiative.

Carson City Historical Society presents a free lecture "Carson City's History in Motion" by Mary Fischer on Thursday, Sept. 19 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The lecture will be at The Business Resource Innovation Center, The BRIC, which is a partnership of Carson City Library, Office of Business Development, Building, Engineering, Planning, and Business Licensing, at 108 E. Proctor St.

There is a lot of energy in the downtown corridor of Carson City. Great restaurants, shopping, and character. A number of decisions, coming soon, will have an impact on the desirability of Carson City’s downtown, the city as a visitor and business relocation destination, and ultimately property values. A large faction of citizens, seem to think parking is the issue with the vitality of our downtown. Over the course of this article I’d like to uncover whether that’s really the issue or not, and bring up some important points.

The Carson City Library presents a lecture by Susan M. Schneider author of the book “The Science of Consequences: How They Affect Genes, Change the Brain, and Impact Our World” on Monday, Sept. 9, 6:30 p.m. The Business Resource Innovation Center (BRIC) 108 East Proctor Street.

Ten years in the making, Schneider’s book describes the science, its role in the larger realm of nature and nurture, and its many applications-including favorites like parenting language development, and self-control.

Mary Fischer will present a free lecture called "Carson City's History in Motion" on Thursday, Sept. 19 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at BRIC (Business Resource Innovation Center) at 108 East Proctor Street. Mrs. Fisher is from GROW (Gardeners Reclaiming Our Waysides).

Between June 7 and August 4 the Carson City Library engaged a record breaking 2,750 youth, ages 6 – 17, in signups for the 2013 summer reading program and attendance in summer learning activities. In that time, more than 21,788 items circulated from the library’s youth collection, primarily traditional books but also e-readers like Kindles, iPads, PlayAways and PlayAway Views.

New York Times best selling author Ellen Hopkins is this week's guest on It's Your City produced by Access Carson City Television. Hopkins discusses her books, including "Crank" as well as founding the nonprofit Ventana Sierra in Carson City along with her daughter Kelly. The house opened June 1.

Joana Peraza, 16, volunteers by helping children make homemade ice cream during the Summer Reading Program Ice Cream Party. The event is hosted by the Carson City Library and includes activities such as face painting, raffle prizes and learning to make ice cream.

Photo by Kevin Clifford at www.NevadaPhotoSource.com.

The Carson City Library will host dulcimer musicians In Stride on Saturday, 2 p.m. August 3, at the BRIC, the Business Resource Innovation Center, 108 E. Proctor in downtown Carson City.

Carson City Dulcimer and Friends will perform in cooperation with Jazz & Beyond, the 2013 Carson City Music Festival.

Come and enjoy these musicians as they entertain using the dulcimer, an acoustic instrument, known for its soft, mellow sounds.

CARSON CITY — A bloody palm print, footprints of monster men, the nation's first legal lethal gas chamber — all of this and more are at the heart of the Nevada State Prison story.

Find out about these nuggets of history by attending a free lecture entitled "Nevada State Prison: A History" on Thursday, August 15, at 6 p.m. Jennifer E. Riddle, Sena M. Loyd, and Stacy L. Branham, co-authors along with Curt Thomas of the recently published book, "Nevada State Prison," will be making the presentation.

Carson City will be featured on the C-SPAN network's two channels this weekend after their visit to the capital city earlier this month.

In addition to having feature stories sprinkled in throughout the weekend on the respective networks, both American History TV and Book TV, there will be a block of programming where all of the respective Carson City pieces for their networks will air, said C-SPAN spokeswoman Laura Finch.

Members of the Carson City Library Board of Trustees may be attending a
reception held on Thursday, July 25, 2013, from 5:00 until 5:30 p.m., in the Library Auditorium, at the Carson City Library located at 900 N. Roop Street, for a tour of the library and welcome and thank you presentation to recognize Trustee service.
A quorum of the Library Board of Trustees may be present; however no
Library Trustee matters will be discussed, deliberated, or action among the quorum, and there will not be any recording clerk or formal public comment period.

Carson City, NV – From the Carson Library and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada, librarian-led summer programs and activities are over the halfway point and more than 1,500 community youth are participating. Summer reading pages for prizes, technology enrichments, video journalism and art clinics are among the most popular ways youth are spending time.

Archaeologist Patti DeBunch, with EETZA Research Associates, speaks to a group of kids at the Boys & Girls Club of Western Nevada, in Carson City, Nev., on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. The event was co-sponsored by the Carson City Library as part of the Summer Reading Program.
Photo by Cathleen Allison / Nevada Photo Source

Storyteller Jim Cogan will be at the Carson City Library telling tales on Tuesday, July 16 at 6 p.m. This program is free to the public. Jim Cogan offers storytelling venues that appeal to all ages.

Combining history, folklore, legend, family memories and original perspective, Jim takes audiences on an animated and mesmerizing journey through the magical worlds of stories. Mixing creative use of sound with a kaleidoscopic face, adding his animated physical presence in the creation of visual imagery, Jim transforms stories into dramatic, and often hilarious, adventures.

Carson City Library will present Margie Evans, coordinator of the Carson City Weed Coalition through the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, on Wednesday, July 17, at 6 pm, at the BRIC (the Business Resource Innovation Center) 108 E. Proctor Street. The weed coalition is a group of public and private landowners who work together to reduce the number of invasive weeds in our City.

The Carson City Historical Society presents a free "walking lecture" on the "History of Trees in Carson City" on Thurday, July 18.

The presentation begins at the Carson City Library Auditorium, 900 N. Roop St., at 6:00 p.m. with a 20-30 minute slide show presentation about trees of our area by Kyle Horvath. Then, participants will drive over to the Capitol Ground for the rest of the lecture.