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The Proscenium Players present 'Polter-heist: A Hauntingly Hiliarious Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Show' in the Pinion Room of the Gold Dust West Hotel and Casino for three weekends, starting Feb. 13. For Friday and Saturday showings the doors open at 5:45, and the one champagne brunch showing on Feb. 22 will begin at 12:45pm. Tickets are $35- $38 and must be bought in advance.

Professor Paul Wender has made many highly significant original contributions to synthetic and bioorganic chemistry, including the successful use of compounds found in nature for development of medications to fight AIDS, Alzheimer’s and cancer. He will talk about his work Feb. 12, 7 p.m., in the Glick Distinguished Discover Lecture Series at the Milt Glick Ballroom in the Joe Crowley Student Union.

Dr. James E. Hansen, former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and adjunct professor at Columbia University's Earth Institute, will address television meteorologists, media and the public as the keynote speaker at Operation Sierra Storm, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, 9 a.m. at Harveys Lake Tahoe.

Cooler temps in the Sierra above Lake Tahoe have allowed Heavenly Mountain Resort to utilize the West Coast’s largest snowmaking system in order to expand terrain and open Stagecoach Express on Saturday, offering a second access point to the mountain, as well as top-to-bottom skiing and riding on the Nevada side.

Heavenly Mountain Resort and Kirkwood Mountain Resort are proud to announce their 2014-2015 grants awards to 49 local organizations and projects.

The grant program is part of Vail Resorts EpicPromise, the company’s umbrella brand for its environmental efforts and community giving. EpicPromise highlights Vail Resorts’ strong commitment amongst guests, employees, and community members and engages them to be stewards of the natural environment and local causes. The local recipients were recognized at a Grants Reception event on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Heavenly’s California Main Lodge.

Virginia City will once again be overrun by zombies when Redrun II: A Zombie Sequel returns Oct. 11. Six miles through some of the Comstock Lode's most haunted history, six obstacle complete with zombies and insanity, and six safe zones/ revive stations along the revised course will make this annual race even more ghoulish.

The race begins at 1pm, however you must check-in at least one hour prior.
The after party AKA Zombie Manifestival will begin at 5pm.

Climate change is hurting reproduction of the endangered Devils Hole pupfish, threatening the survival of this rare species that has numbered as few as 35 individuals, new research by the University of Nevada, Reno and Desert Research Institute shows.

Scientists report that geothermal water on a small shelf near the surface of an isolated cavern in the Nevada desert where the pupfish live is heating up as a result of climate change and is likely to continue heating to dangerous levels.

Monday, Sept. 1 will be the last chance to receive the early-season rate on Lake Tahoe Local, Tahoe Value, and Epic season passes — all of which offer access to Heavenly Mountain, Kirkwood and Northstar California resorts.

Like a detective story with twists and turns in the plot, scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno are unfolding a story about the rapid uplift of the famous 400-mile long Sierra Nevada mountain range of California and Nevada.

Get acquainted with the wonders of the night skies with Saturday evening ‘Star Parties’ at the Jack C. Davis Observatory at Western Nevada College.

Popular lecturer Mike Thomas will offer free astronomy talks on on Saturday evenings, May 10 and May 24, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

May 10: "Ancient Alien Astronauts" will discuss whether there could have been extra-terrestrial visits to our planet in the past. This slide-show lecture separates fact from fiction.

The Nevada Board of Regents announced Friday the appointment of Chester “Chet” Burton as the interim president of Western Nevada College through through June 30, 2016. Burton has served as the acting president since December 2013. He replaced Carol Lucey who resigned last year.

An extra-curricular activity at Eagle Valley Middle School, 11 Carson City students prepared for three months at after school meetings and on their own to compete in the state Science Olympiad held March 8 in Las Vegas. The team is coached by Josh Billings, 8th grade science teacher with assistance from family and teachers.

Think Kindness and Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada are teaming up to take on bullying by inspiring more than 500 acts of kindness in the month of March, and they’re asking the community to join the cause. It’s simple:

Wear The Green as Red's 395 Goes Green for St. Patrick's Day! Live Irish Music by Gairin for St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2014 from 4-7 PM at 1055 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV.

Playing to the beat of your own rhythm comes from years of watching how others do it and then improvising to set a course of your own.

When it comes to making perfect pitch, where melody and harmony fit together organically, Vince Gates has turned his Carson City music store into the equivalent of a six-piece power band that customers can't seem to get enough of.

Michael Thomas Lecture Series
"Ancient Astronauts" Fact or Fiction?
Free to the General Public
Friday, January 10th 2014 at the Carson City Plaza Hotel
Doors open at 6 30pm. Lecture begins at 7 00 pm.

Did extra-terrestrials visits our planet in the past? Various media sources have put forward speculation that they did, and there are many believers. This Mike Thomas slide-show lecture examines this phenomenon, and focuses on determining fact from fiction.

Come join us at the Carson City Plaza Hotel & Event Center
801 South Carson Street
Carson City, Nevada 89701

This week's guest on Women to Women Nevada are Dr. Amy Hayes, a Carson City area OB/GYN and Candace Stewart, author of welcome to Planet Alzheimer's. The women discuss with host Carol Paz women's health and issues concerning cancer.

David Zahrt of Carson City, NV will set out from Los Angeles, CA and walk 2,980 miles across American, to Washington D.C. on the Great March for Climate Action. The purpose of the March is to inspire and motivate the general public and elected officials to act now to address the climate crisis. It will be the largest coast-to-coast march in U.S. history.

Discover the wonders of star and planet gazing. Astronomy experts Jay Lawson and Adam Kremers will set up their high-powered telescopes to view the Venus, the Milky Way galaxy, Saturn and its rings and moons as well as many other fascinating objects in the night sky.

WHAT: Stargazing at Washoe Lake State Park
WHEN: Saturday, August 10, from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

This Friday night May 24th, 6 PM at the Methodist Church in Carson City, Rick Gunn will be giving his soulcycler presentation. Words and Images from a 25,811-Mile bicycle journey Around-The-World. Soulcycler combines 350 breath-taking photos from 33 countries, set to music, accompanied by a selection of uniquely emotional stories from around the globe. Inspired by a series of formative experiences during his childhood, Gunn delivers a front-row seat to the pursuit of his lifelong dream of cycling the planet.

Women to Women Nevada host Carol Paz interviews Candace Stewart, author of "Welcome to Planet Alzheimers" for this week's program.

Candace Stewart of Carson City most recently served as the Program Coordinator for the Dementia Resource Center of Northern Nevada, which was created to support families and caregivers of those with dementia, as well as educate the community on the many different types of dementia.

Discover the wonders of star and planet gazing. Astronomy experts Jay Lawson and Adam Kremers will set up high powered telescopes to view the moons of Jupiter, the Milky Way galaxy and many other fascinating objects in the night sky.

WHAT: Stargaze Program
WHEN: Saturday, May 11 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
WHERE: Participants will meet at the overflow boat area.

ALL AGES; ADMISSION $10 DOORS OPEN @ 7:00PM, MUSIC STARTS @ 9:00PM!

BANDS/DJs
-PHASMO
-JOANDY
-LONELY PLANET WILL TRAVEL
-CRUSH
^***NOT THE OFFICIAL SET TIMES***^

THE VENUE LOCATED AT 1500 OLD HOT SPRINGS ROAD CARSON CITY, NV

MORE INFO. AND RSVP AT www.facebook.com/events/594720970546096/
CRUSH; www.facebook.com/crushreno
PHASMO; https://www.facebook.com/pages/Phasmo-Dubstep/261108417235901?fref=ts
JOANDY; www.facebook.com/Joandy.music
LONELY PLANET WILL TRAVEL; ?
THE VENUE; https://www.facebook.com/CLUBENVYCARSON?fref=ts

An action-packed week filled with music, arts, books, Nevada political history and more will be featured as Carson City Library celebrates National Library week.

Special events kick off Monday, 6 p.m., at the library auditorium with “The Lure of Music, a Human Universal” presented by internationally-recognized music scholar Fredric Lieberman, Ph.D., a distinguished professor of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

A panel of seven Carson City area women met recently with Sheriff Ken Furlong to discuss law enforcement issues facing Carson City.

Among several subjects addressed, Furlong spoke candidly about elder abuse, gun control and mental health issues, crime prevention and working with the Carson City School District in the second installment of a two-part "Women to Women with Carol Paz" panel discussion.

The second installment of a two-part "Women to Women with Carol Paz" panel discussion held recently with Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong will air tonight, Thursday, 7 p.m. on Charter Media channels 15 (Carson City, Minden-Gardnerville, Dayton) and Channel 3 (Reno, Sparks, Fernley, South Lake Tahoe and Fallon).

For the first time in its two years on air, the Charter TV program "Women to Women with Carol Paz" will switch gears and allow seven local women to interview Carson City's top law enforcement officer.

Sheriff Ken Furlong answered questions recently, with the first of a two-part program airing tonight, 7 p.m. on Charter Media channels 15 (Carson City, Minden-Gardnerville, Dayton) and Channel 3 (Reno, Sparks, Fernley, South Lake Tahoe and Fallon). The program can also be found Friday morning on Carson Now. The second part of the discussion will air April 4, 7 p.m.

Sometimes it takes a while to get the big picture, to see things coming into focus. Now, I am not much for conspiracy theories, but if anything looks like it is being driven by design, this is one. The theories driving it were formulated many lifetimes ago. The people whose sick minds spawned them are long dead. For the life of me I do not understand how any egomaniac could possibly get his jollies from a trend he might have started but maybe not even his great-grandson might see coming to fruition. But there it is, a hundred year timeline on several fronts.

Destruction of money


The Dementia Resource Center of Northern Nevada will host a workshop in Carson City that will feature three noted experts and authors who will share how families can care for their loved ones who have dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
Caring for a loved one with dementia is daunting, creating new challenges and situations at every turn. This workshop is designed to give caregivers, family members and loved ones the skills and knowledge needed to cope with the situation, and even find some humor in it. It will also help ease the anxiety and fear that goes along with the care giving.

The Dementia Resource Center of Northern Nevada will host a workshop designed to educate and help people caring for a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Caring for a loved one with dementia is daunting, creating new challenges and situations at every turn. This workshop is designed to give caregivers, family members and loved ones the skills and knowledge needed to cope with the situation, and even find some humor in it. It will also help ease the anxiety and fear that goes along with the care giving.