Vocal

The third annual Celebrity Chef Harvest Dinner to benefit The Greenhouse Project will take place November 12 from 5:30 PM - 9 pm at Café at Adele’s in Carson City. The event features a six course pairing of fine wine and food as prepared by Charlie Abowd, Adele's chef and owner, and guest chef Mark Estee of Campo, recently named one of Esquire’s Best New Restaurants in America.

It's a free show, so cast your cares away for an evening and enjoy live acoustic music with Tom and Mary Kay Aufrance in the dining room at Grandma Hatties Restaurant. Their music is an eclectic blend of popular and folk music. Carson City's folk duo branches out from their Celtic roots and includes vocal harmonies and sing-alongs popularized by duos like Ike and Tina, James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, Johnny and June Cash and more. The show is free. (No Cover) It's also family and wheelchair friendly.

The Carson City Greenhouse will offer tours of its premises on Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. At 10:30 a.m., Greenhouse manager Ray Saliga will present a workshop on propagating herbs from cuttings. The Greenhouse is located on the Carson High School campus, 1111 North Saliman Road. To reach it, turn into the high school property from Saliman Road at Robinson Street. The public is invited to attend.

Wild Horse Children's Theater Disney's "THE LITTLE MERMAID JR." Auditions will be held Saturday, September 8 starting at 1 pm at our new venue, the Performance Hall of the Brewery Arts Center, 511 W. King Street in Carson City. Call backs will be Sunday, September 9 at 1 p.m. Auditions are by appointment only! You MUST call for an appointment. Call (775) 887-0438.

Join us this month and every month on the first Saturday, from noon to 5:00pm.

Come, enjoy an afternoon of wine, art and music in the Brewery Arts Center’s Artisans Store. Resident artists and teachers will demonstrate their crafts as part of the Downtown Carson City Wine Walk. Sip wine and nibble hors d’oeuvres while watching the artisans create new works of art.

You don’t need to take part in the Wine Walk to join in.

This month, upcoming local and national singer, Grant Davis:

It’s time to get ready for your next audition or performance! Participants will get a chance to hone their performance skills in front of a small but supportive group of peers, receive feedback, and learn to incorporate it. Participants may also choose to work in small groups to learn harmony and back-up singing techniques. Topics covered: Song interpretation, nerves and ‘stage fright,’ connecting to the song, connecting to the audience, song selection, and stage presence.

The Nevada Waterfowl Association (NWA) has selected the Snow Goose for this year’s Nevada Duck Stamp Art Contest.

The 2013 Nevada Duck Stamp Art Contest is sanctioned by the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners (NBWC), with the winning artwork to be featured on the 2013-2014 state stamp.

Services for legendary radio commentator Travus T. Hipp will be held this Saturday, May 26, in Silver City. Hipp died early Friday morning, May 18, at his Silver City home. He was 75, as old as the Golden Gate Bridge in his beloved San Francisco.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 26, in Silver City. Gathering, gnoshing and remembering will begin at the Silver City Community Center, 385 High Street, at 10:00 a.m. Food and refreshments will be provided. Those who wish may bring more.

WILD HORSE CHILDREN’S THEATER ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR

Disney’s “THE LITTLE MERMAID JR.”

Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do it.

That's the basis of the argument being put forward by some of the more vocal supporters of the Carson City Center Project, aka Nugget Project, as they try to fight back the attempt to put the issue on the November ballot.

They would be wise to follow their own advice.

A vocal minority’s intermittent cheerleading promotes the massive City Center project. Their objective: replace the city library with a +$75 million, three-times-the-size library complex just east of the Nugget Casino. (The ‘official’ $49 million cost curiously excludes 30 years of interest payments.)

Absent from this well-intentioned, but ill-conceived project are viability, necessity and prudence.

Fresh off the win of the International Bluegrass Music Association's (IBMA) Male Vocalist of the Year for the second consecutive year (4-time career), Russell Moore is truly at the top of his game. Fronting one of the most popular bands in bluegrass history; Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out is celebrating 20 years as one of the genres most awarded and influential groups in modern day bluegrass. All in all, the band has garnered over 50 industry accolades since their inception in 1991 including being named the IBMA’s Vocal Group of the Year seven consecutive years.

Wrap up the long Thanksgiving weekend with a wonderful holiday concert. Bella Voce performs on Sunday November 27th at 4pm at the Brewery Arts Center. Reno's premiere women's vocal ensemble will perform both classic and contemporary holiday music.

Bella Voce, which is Italian for beautiful voice, has been performing for more than 20 years. Known for excellent vocal technique and a beautiful sound, this ensemble has earned a unique place among performing vocal groups in northern Nevada.

Tahoe Arts Project kicks off their 25th season with the a cappella quintet, The Standards. The human voice, that’s how it all started for five brothers who shared a passion for music. Singing together at an early age, they began the makings of this one of a kind vocal group, forging a relationship beyond brotherhood and taking harmony to perfection.

Here's what's hot on local jazz scene this week in celebration of Jazz! Carson City 2011: The Mile High Jazz Band will gather for Hot August Jazz Tuesday, Aug. 9, from 8:00-10:00 p.m. at Comma Courtyard, 312 S. Carson St.

"Dirty ensemble chops, rich vocal dexterity, and solid lyrical flows make Jelly Bread a legitimate festival act with huge potential..."

"Music meant for a night of soul healing on the dance floor with a little granola for breakfast..."

CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval has enough Republican votes to pass the budget deal announced in this final week of the Legislature, but that doesn’t mean all conservative lawmakers are happy about it.
Some Republicans will support the governor and vote in favor of the fiscal compromise consisting of hard-won reform bills and the extension of some taxes that were set to expire. Many others will likely cast “no” votes in a principled protest against tax extensions.

Teachers are college graduates many with a Master’s Degree who are in the trenches educating our K–12 students. Carson City School District salaries range from $33,106.70 to $64,699.98. The average is $45,000 a year.
Every time Nevada has a budget shortfall, there are people, usually males, who are negatively vocal regarding “all the money teachers make.” “Teachers work half a year.” “Our children are failing because teachers are not doing their job.” Blah Blah Blah…

The film "Atlas Shrugged Part 1," opened Friday night at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City. The opening was overshadowed by the first-night celebration the V&T's No. 18 steam locomotive in "Water for Elephants," an average romance-plus-disaster film.

Nuclear industry spokespeople and some in Congress have been very vocal of late suggesting that the nuclear accident in Japan requires restarting the defunct Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository...

The Mile High Jazz Band Association and Brewery Arts Center present "Speedy" Garfin & the Garfin Gathering, 7:30 p.m. at the BAC Performance Hall, 511 West King Street in Carson City.

Update: This event has been postponed. Contact BAC for more information.

Mile High Jazz Band Association and the Brewery Arts Center present "Speedy" Garfin & the Garfin Gathering on Saturday, March 12, 2011, 7:30 p.m., at the BAC Performance Hall, 511 West King Street in Carson City.

Proclaim your patriotism with pride and sing the songs you love at this special Karaoke event. Hosted by Sweet Vocal Renditions. Artist Carla Wilson will provide many patriotic tunes in honor of President's Day. Whether you choose to get on stsage or not, you will be amazed at the talent which surrounds you. The event begins at 2:30pm at Sierra Place, 1111 West College Pkwy in Carson City. (775) 841-4111

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Proscenium Players, Inc. in conjunction with the Gold Dust West Hotel and Casino in Carson City are about to unveil a mystery dinner show about an 80th birthday party attended by two feuding Irish families trying to get their hands on the Wild Irish Rose Whiskey recipe running weekends through Jan. 29. The performance is called "Eat, Drink & Be Murdered!"

Proscenium Players rise again with a murder mystery on the menu starting Saturday beginning at 6 p.m. when cast members mingle with the audience to gather clues about the upcoming murder story "Eat, Drink and Be Merry." Some pre-show music will be offered by Sweet Vocal Renditions featuring Sweet Molly McGee. Irish fare dinner begins at 6:30 with the show starting at 7:15 p.m.

Prizes will be given to the firs three audience members who solve mystery.

Wild Horse Productions is proud to offer a one day workshop guided by D Davis, PhD, Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 10 am – 4 pm at the Children’s Museum of NN conference room (813 N. Carson Street, Carson City).

Whether you know her as the Godmother of Soul, the High Priestess of Good Vibrations or the Queen of Rock & Soul, Patti LaBelle is ready to put her saucy stamp on Reno. See the original Lady Marmalade in concert at Silver Legacy Resort Casino on Friday Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. in the Grande Exposition Hall.

Come hear the incomparable vocal stylings of Latisha Lewis and her quartet, 11 from a.m. to 2 p.m., at B'Sghetti's & Plan: b, located at 318 N. Carson Street in Carson City.

Great Carson City jazz music continues with Sample of Soul at Canyon Creek Grill on the patio. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. This instrumental and vocal musical group is based in the Tahoe-Reno area and performs jazz, blues, R&B, and Motown compositions. Canyon Creek Grill and Bar is located at 939 Mica Drive in Carson City.

Susan Botich will be playing live acoustic folk, jazz and popular music at 88 Cups Cafe in Minden, NV (775-783-0688) May 29 from 7:00 PM until about 9:30 PM.

Susan Botich’s vocal range and versatile singing and playing style keeps audiences entranced all evening. Ms. Botich’s eclectic choice of folk, jazz and popular songs compliment her lyrically-driven original music, as well. To hear samples of Susan Botich’s songs, visit www.susanbotich.com/music.