Shakespeare

The Nevada Department of Transportation announced that work on State Route 28 shared-used path near Incline Village will be on hold during the Fourth of July extended holiday weekend, Saturday, July 1 through Tuesday, July 4.

As the weather warms up, people begin to daydream about the ideal summer. Phrases like “best summer ever” and “#Summer2k17” get thrown around. To ensure those dreams live up to expectations, Nevada has put together a summer bucket list for adventurers, explorers and travelers of all types.

Memorial Day weekend is finally upon us. Unless there is some freak weather phenomenon on its way, it should be gorgeous. See what Tempest the students of Carson High Drama have stirred up as they perform their annual ‘Shakespeare in the Park’ at the Capitol Amphitheater. The GE Family Concert Series in Minden kicks off tonight with Garratt Wilkin and The Parrotheads; you’ll want to bring a jacket, it’s still gets chilly once the sun goes down.

Holy moly, it’s going to be a busy weekend: busy and gorgeous out. A bowling tournament and the Comstock Shootout Soccer tournament have the hotels and motels busting at the seams. Celebrate Earth Day with Muscle Powered by making a small piece of Carson City that much cleaner; the trash meets at 8 a.m. and leaves you plenty of time to enjoy the day. Rummage and book sales, live music, a fun run and a half-marathon, comedy and so much more await you. Check out the list for all the ways to embrace the sunshine.

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Smack dab in the middle of April and the town is officially in its Spring thaw. Easter is on Sunday, so just about anywhere you go you’ll find the Bunny and an egg hunt. To make it easy, I’ve moved all of those events to their own everything Easter list HERE.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – Join Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park staff on Saturday, April 15 and Saturday, April 22 to learn more about exciting employment opportunities at Sand Harbor, Spooner Lake, Cave Rock, and Van Sickle. Sand Harbor Bar and Grill, Sand Harbor Rentals, and The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival will also be available to answer questions and recruit for seasonal positions.

Myron Freedman’s first trip to a museum was a family outing to the Nevada State Museum in Carson City in the 1960s.

Coming in January are seven new courses offered by WNC Community Education in literature, art, drama and life-long learning. Linda Whitehill, Co-ordinator of Community Service and Continuing Education, announced the new offerings at WNC Carson campus to begin Friday, January 13. “We are delighted to add these unique courses to our program,” said Whitehill.

Western Nevada College students and staff members celebrated the opening day of Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month and the beginning of Latin American Independence Days with music and savory cuisine this week at the Carson City campus.

In honor of Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month, Western Nevada College is honored to present dynamic spoken word poet, Gabriela Garcia Medina on Monday, Sept. 19, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Carson Nugget Hall in the Aspen Building, this event is free to students with a WNC ID and $3 without.

In honor of Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month, Western Nevada Colleges is honored to present dynamic spoken word poet, Gabriela Garcia Medina on Monday, Sept. 19. Beginning at 6 p.m. in the Carson Nugget Hall in the Aspen Building, this event is free to students with a WNC ID and $3 without.

Get ready for two swinging nights this summer as the 17-piece Reno Jazz Orchestra presents “Such Sweet Thunder” - an evening that features the music of Duke Ellington on July 30 at Wingfield Park in Reno, NV, and at Sand Harbor State Park on the edge of Lake Tahoe’s north shore on Monday, August 1.

Campfires and bar-be-ques are just around the corner: Memorial Day weekend is almost here. Get a jump on the fun with some live music at Living the Good Life or Glen Eagles. Learn something new with Dr. Hattori at the Nevada State Museum. An improv workshop at the Brewery Arts Center will get your creative juices flowing. The Capitol Amphitheater is where you’ll enjoy a new spin on the Taming of the Shrew, performed by the Carson High Theater Arts Department. Don’t forget a doggie-bag after a meal at Adele’s today: the Bone Appetit fundraiser for the Nevada Humane Society goes on all day.

Your dreams become reality at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival with our blockbuster 2016 season, featuring Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors – a double dose of laughter, and Forever Plaid – a pitch-perfect, jukebox musical. Enjoy al fresco dining at one of the most scenic venues in the world.

The excitement is intense and contagious at Carson High School as students strive to make sure they get a copy of this year’s award-winning Carneta yearbook, volume number 94.

A mere seven days of school are all that remain and students are focused on the conclusion of the 2015-2016 school year at Carson High. Everyone is wearing a smile even though more final exams are still to come.

As the weather moves from a beautiful spring to a hot summer, staying at home is simply out of the question, especially with two free performances of music and drama aimed at the community of Carson City. The Carson High School Orchestra and Concert Band will deliver “A Night with the Classics” at their annual spring concert on May 18, and CHS Theatre Arts presents The Taming of the Shrew (in the old west) on May 26.

Special Collections has a new exhibit on the third floor of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, Upstart Crow: Shakespeare in Northern Nevada. This exhibit coincides with Shakespeare 400, the national commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. The display examines the impact of Shakespeare, both past and present, in Northern Nevada. Materials on display range from the flourishing 1800’s Virginia City Shakespearean theater scene to the modern Lake Tahoe Shakespeare festival. A high point of the exhibit is the original first through fourth folios of the Merchant of Venice.

I love Carson City. Our history is just one of the reasons, and you can learn more about it yourself today with the Parks and Recreation Easy Walk. Meet at the Capitol building at 9 a.m. and you’ll enjoy an hour of wandering down memory lane in our Historic East Side. The annual Father-Daughter Dance at Carson High is quickly approaching and ticket sales are suspended during spring break, so you’ll want to grab them today or tomorrow. If you’ve ever wondered ‘Why Should I Like Shakespeare? then the workshop this evening at the Carson Library is for you.

TUESDAY:

From a visit by Ellen Hopkins, New York Times bestselling author of adult and young adult fiction, to Carson High’s own bestselling author, senior Alec Belle, CHS teachers bring national and local professionals together to share their knowledge with tomorrow’s professionals in order to equip them for the road ahead.

Carson High School Performing Arts is proud to announce our upcoming production of Kiss Me Kate by Cole Porter, the classic musical, March 11-20, 2016 at the Carson City Community Center.

The plays of Williams Shakespeare and the American Musical Theatre come together in Cole Porter’s supreme entertainment, Kiss Me Kate.

Where else but in Virginia City could a penniless Irish miner in a few short years amass a fortune greater than any of America’s robber barons, simply by dint of hard work and intuition, and remain a humble, caring human being?

Boot stomping to bluegrass in a 1920’s boat house turned theater with Lake Tahoe in the background, kicking back at free concerts on a historic lakeshore estate’s grand lawn, and experiencing the Washoe tribe’s ceremonial dances and drumming are some of the many iconic experiences at Lake Tahoe’s Valhalla Arts, Music & Theatre Festival this July.

Imagine enjoying extraordinary entertainment while sitting under the stars on the white sand beach of Sand Harbor with the indescribable beauty of Lake Tahoe in the background.

Your dreams become reality at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival as we expand our season in 2015 to produce two summer theater offerings: Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet – the greatest love story ever told, and The Fantasticks – the world's longest running musical. Enjoy al fresco dining at one of the most scenic venues in the world.

Proscenium Players, Inc. brings a witty buffet of One Acts this weekend to the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall.
Proscenium Players, Inc., the second oldest continuously-operating theater company in Nevada will present a series of humorous One Act plays this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The themes of the Acts are as varied as:

Dayton and surrounding communities are being asked to pull together to send one of Dayton Intermediate School’s most beloved teachers to Mexico to receive cancer treatment. This battle began in September 2013 and recently, Rene Bernard was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer and needs to raise $28,000 for the three-week treatment and to pay off medical bills incurred at Carson-Tahoe Hospital.

National Library Week will kick-off Sunday, April 12, 2 p.m., at the Carson City Library with a performance by “Primal Mates." This program has been described as “a delightful meeting of music and poetry ranging from Shakespeare to Kerouac.”

You may not know his name, but you will never forget his story. On Monday, August 10, 2015, internationally-acclaimed speaker and author Nando Parrado, will make a return appearance to Lake Tahoe to present a Keynote Address at Sand Harbor State Park in Incline Village, Nev.

This fundraising event for Tahoe Family Solutions starts at 7:30 p.m. and is part of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival's Monday Night Showcase.

The 5th annual CHS Safe and Sober 5k Run/Walk was a tremendous success with turn-out of 113 participants. The weather cleared up this morning and with just a bit of wind at race time, we couldn’t have asked for more perfect weather, maybe even a sunburn.

The complete race results can be found by clicking here. Thanks to the Tahoe Mountain Milers who provided the chip-set timing system, and special thanks to Steve Lang for setting up and running the system.

Never before has such a grand combination of iconic ranch, lakefront and forestland been offered for sale at once in Lake Tahoe’s rich history. This rare offering includes: historic Shakespeare Ranch with 133 acres of lakefront ranchland; Squaw Valley Homestead, arguably the most coveted landholding in Squaw Valley; and High Canyon Ranch, encompassing 321 acres of one of the last remaining privately owned large acreage parcels in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Award winning performers from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Reno and Tahoe will grace the stage for Trails and Vistas World Concert at Sand Harbor State Park at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 6.

The World Concert, an original blend of diverse musicians, aerialists and dancers, is produced by Trails and Vistas, a Truckee, CA-based nonprofit organization dedicated to producing inspiring art events in nature, in collaboration with the Truckee Tahoe Peace Project.