Governor's Mansion

Enjoy an enchanted evening benefiting the National Alliance of Mental Health - Western NV. Second Annual Masquerade Gala Fundraising Event at the Governor's Mansion Thursday, Oct. 13. Reception and silent auction begin at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m.

Enjoy a performance by country singer/song writer Jason De Shaw, in addition to entertainment featuring Le Cirque Vagabond and Hick'ry Switch.
Dinner, Drinks, Raffle and a Silent Auction.

Individual Ticket $80
Couples Ticket $150
Table of 10 $750
Sponsorship Opportunities Available starting at $500

Kari Mashos is an international speaker and teacher of Christian Science and will be presenting Counteracting Terrorism - The Global Reach of Prayer on Saturday-October 22nd at 3pm at the Governor's Mansion/Nevada Room, 606 Mountain Street. There will be no entrance fee and childcare will be available. All are welcome!

P'Opera! is the premiere show choir of the Sierra Music Society (www.poperanv.org). Our group of 20-30 singers perform in many venues around Northern Nevada.

Attention musicians: The Carson City Symphony will begin rehearsals for the 2016-17 concert season on Wednesday, August 31, 7:00 to 9:15 p.m., at the Carson High School band room, 1111 N. Saliman Road in Carson City.

The Symphony, conducted by David Bugli, is a volunteer orchestra of about 60 players who perform music from the 15th to 21st centuries. It is open to string players at any time without audition, and to other instrumentalists when positions are available.

Three days of thrill-seeking, mountain biking adventure and plenty of capital city hospitality and entertainment will kick off the inaugural Carson City Off-Road Epic Ride series beginning Friday and lasting through the weekend.

The beautiful back lawn of the Governor's Mansion is the site of the Carson City Symphony's 32nd annual Pops Party concert. The Sunday, June 12 program features the Carson City Symphony, Carson City Symphony Chorus, and guest singer Jakki Ford.

Ron Wood Family Resource Center will be honoring Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong as the 2016 Community Leader of the Year. The organization, along with the Legacy of Grace Foundation, will also award 12 outstanding youth leaders for their commitment to academics, volunteerism and community giving.

Community members from all over Carson City are getting ready to evaluate the Senior Project portfolios and speeches of Carson High School’s 2015-2016 soon to be graduating class, and it is an unforgettable highlight for everyone involved.

Please join CASI for a purr-fect evening of wine tasting and appetizers in the beautiful Governor's Mansion in Carson City this Friday, March 11 from 5 to 7:30 p.m.

Please join CASI for a purr-fect evening of wine tasting and appetizers in the beautiful Governor's Mansion on Friday, March 11th from 5 to 7:30 p.m.

The event will be catered by the Casino Fandango who has prepared wonderful appetizers to pair with the wines to be tasted. The evening will include a presentation of CASI's past accomplishments, along with continued and future goals for helping the areas homeless pets.

With Thanksgiving a week away, signups are in the final stretch for the annual Carson City Turkey Trot, a holiday family walk and fun run held ahead of morning football games and big afternoon and evening dinners.

Get some exercise with hundreds of your fellow Carson City neighbors during this annual event hosted by St. Teresa Catholic School.

The Nevada Day 2015 parade featured an array of costumes, characters, and organization representatives. Everything you could imagine a parade to be, with floats from the basic to the outrageous, lined Carson Street in Carson City this Saturday. Here's some more highlights.
For the main Nevada Day parade photo gallery go here.

Only in Nevada does a state throw a party in its capital city and everyone is invited. And so it is with the celebration Saturday of the Silver State's 151st birthday in Carson City.
Nevadans from north, south, east west and central make the annual pilgrimage to the state capital to honor and celebrate statehood which came, Oct. 31, 1864.

Before the football games, the big meal and the pies, why not get in a little run with a few hundred of your neighbors Thanksgiving morning? The Carson City Turkey Trot is an event the entire family will enjoy and is on its way to becoming a local tradition.

The annual Nevada Day Pancake Breakfast, hosted by the Carson City Republican Women is Saturday, October 31st at the Governor's Mansion in the Nevada Room, 606 Mountain St. from 7AM until 9:30AM.

An 11th Year celebration award ceremony was given to honor all ESL tutors, students and new U.S. citizens of the ESL In-Home Program of Northern Nevada. The event was held at the Governor's Mansion. Ethnic Salvadoran food was supplied by La Santaneca Restaurant. Entertainment was supplied by Metzonali Folklore Dancers.

This last weekend of August is filled with ways to celebrate your community. Carson Animal Shelter Initiative, better known as CASI, hosts their annual Bark, Whine, and Dine Fundraiser at Fuji Park. Animal lovers can also head to Carson Catalina Apartments for a rummage sale that benefits the Carson Tahoe SPCA. The Carson City Sheriff's Office young Explorers will host a fundraising car wash; The Marine Corp League can be found at the north Carson Walmart; half of the donations received will go to Deputy Howell’s family fund. And don’t miss out on the drought-friendly water balloon ice bucket challenge raising funds for ALS at Butler Meats on Sunday.

SATURDAY:

• Car Wash fundraiser for Carson City Sheriff’s Office Explorers at Unique Sounds: 3080 Hwy 50 East (10am-2pm)
• Virginia City Ferrari Hill Climb
• Back to School at Carson Hot Springs (Free 17 and younger admission per paid adult; outdoor pools only; 7am-10pm)
• Rummage Sale fundraiser for Carson Tahoe SPCA at Carson Catalina Apartments: 700 Hot Springs Rd. (7am-ish until?)
• Annual Outreach and Fundraiser by the Marine Corps League of Carson City Silver State- Detachment 630 at the Walmart store on Retail Drive (8am-5pm; half of the donations go to the family of fallen Carson City Sheriff’s Office Deputy and former U.S. Marine Carl Howell)

This is a letter I sent out to Gov. Sandoval, and multiple other State Representatives. I felt that the general public should know what our prison system is doing to multiple small business owners in Carson City and Nevada. I would be very pleased if someone would bring this to light and show what our tax dollars are doing in this economy.

Dear Governor Sandoval,

The Carson City Historical Society will be having its General Membership Meeting on Sunday, June 28, 2015, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Red's Old 395 Grill in Carson City. The meeting will be in the private room at the northwest corner of the building. Jeffrey M. Kintop, State Archivist at the Nevada State Library and Archives, will discuss the 50th anniversary of the State Archives. Appointed State Archivist July 1, 2009, Kintop has worked at the Nevada State Library and Archives for 32 years.

Families and people of all ages by the dozens gathered in the shade of the Governor's Mansion backyard to listen to locally produced concert music performed by the Carson City Symphony. The musicians gave outstanding performances to community members during the warm Sunday evening at the mansion's lawn, on the west side of Carson City.

I don’t mean to make this hard on you, but you have some decisions to make. All day, all night, all weekend long, there are numerous activities throughout our area. Take a good look at the list, grab your friends, family, and kids, and have a great weekend. The Experimental Aircraft Association is hosting the Ford Tri-Motor this weekend, and has Young Eagles flights for the kids: registration and orientation is at 8 a.m. Head over to Eagle Valley Golf for free family golf day.

The beautiful back lawn of the Governor's Mansion is the site of the Carson City Symphony's thirty-first annual Pops Party concert on Sunday, June 14, at 3:00 p.m. The program features the Carson City Symphony, Carson City Symphony Chorus, and guest singer Cindee LeVal.

Grounds open and pre-concert entertainment by the Regency Strings strolling duo (Cecilia Twain, violin, and George Worth, bass) begins at 2 p.m. The Naughty Tea Mistresses will be there, too!

The Tantabulations Hand Bell Ensemble began their "How the West Was Rung" summer 2015 tour with a performance at the Governor's Mansion Saturday evening. The ensemble performed a variety of classical, jazz, pop tunes and original handbell compositions.

While it starts at 3:45 p.m. today, Saturday, March 21, will be the first full day of spring in Western Nevada. But springtime in Western Nevada is definitely in the eyes of the beholder. As someone who was born and raised in Carson City, Spring weather can be very nice or very not-so-nice.

Where to start? This weekend is chock-full of options. The local 4-H club is hosting their annual Fabric and Rummage Sale at Fuji Park. The Annual Feast of Chocolate, hosted by AAUW, is Saturday afternoon at the Plaza Event Center. The Vagina Monologues and One Billion Rising are both raising awareness this V-Day weekend for women’s issues.

Former Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons had a very interesting term as Nevada's 28th governor from 2007-2011

Whether you are young or old, Christmas is an enjoyable time of the year. Christmas has always been and will always be very special to me. It has been a holiday occasion that, through the years, our family has enjoyed here in Carson City or at the Quilici Cabin near Davis Lake, Calif.

This panorama photograph by randomnevada.blogspot.com is of the home that Orion Clemens had built when he became Territorial Secretary to Governor Nye, before Nevada was even a state. Orion Clemens was the older brother of (soon to be famous) Samuel Clemens — who we all know today as Mark Twain.

Before the football games, the big meal, the parades and the pies, why not get in a little run in with a few of your neighbors from the community? Signups are underway for Carson City's 2014 Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot. It’s an event the entire family will enjoy and may even become a new Thanksgiving Day tradition.

Troy and Melanie Wadsworth are famous for their Halloween cheer and awesome Disneyland quality special effects. The Bender Mansion is currently for sale and the Wadsworths have moved, however due to many request from the local community, the current listing brokerage, Bradway Properties is sponsoring the Wadsworth's so they can return and display their Halloween special effects on Oct. 30th 7 pm - 9pm (for those who do not want to fight the crowds on Halloween Night).

The Bender Mansion is located across the street from the Governor's Mansion, 707 West Robinson Street in Carson City.