Happenings around Carson City on Friday, March 22

Hello Carson City and welcome to Friday, March 22, 2019. We're looking at sunshine and partly cloudy skies with breezes picking up in the afternoon. There's a slight chance of afternoon showers with the potential for rain late tonight into Saturday morning. Were' looking at a high temperature of 55. Typical spring weather. Here's what's ahead today:

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— Friday Morning Walk - Stewart Indian School and Cemetery. 9 a.m. Join Muscle Powered for its weekly Friday one hour walk to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet in the parking lot at 5366 Snyder Ave. (in front of the Stewart Community Baptist Church) Water and closed-toe shoes required. All walks are 1 to 2 miles with duration of 1 hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths. If it rains, snows, or trail conditions are not safe, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way. Contact Vickie Doenges at 801-641-1620, if you have any questions. Muscle Powered is a local non-profit organization that promotes walking, hiking, biking and trail building. All walks can be found at www.musclepowered.org/calendar.

— Experience Virtual Reality at the Carson City Library. 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Join the Carson Library staff to experience Virtual Reality! Using the latest technology, Virtual Reality allows you to experience new places and situations in a computer simulated world. Discover what it’s like to see dinosaurs up close, view art from around the world in a single museum, or blast alien ships in a virtual world. Must be at least 13 years or old to participate. A Premiere library card is required to attend. Reserve your spot online here. For questions about the Virtual Reality room call 775-283-7595 or email ereinhart@carson.org.

— Weekly Open Mic Night at the Zen Den in A to Zen Gift Shop. Open Mic Night is held at A to Zen Gift Shop on the Zen Den Stage. All talents, creative projects welcome. Come practice being on stage. There will be music, comedy, poetry, magic, and more. All ages and skill levels welcome. Open Mic Night happens every Friday from 6-9 pm. A to Zen is located at 1803 N Carson St., Carson City. Call 775.691.3945.

— Country Waltz Workshop at Yaple's Ballroom in Carson City. 6 to 8 p.m. In this intermediate level class you will learn to execute some great combos and moves that you will love. You need to know the box, balance, travel, outside turn while traveling in order to feel comfortable in this class. Register by calling 775-400-2952. Yaple's Ballroom is located at 315 North Carson Street.

— Talented Carson City area musicians perform tonight to benefit Carson High Schoo bands. 6 p.m. The Carson City Band Association will host its third annual night of music, food, and fun to raise funds for Carson High School band programs. Guests will be treated with an intimate evening of performances from talented musicians from Carson High and the community. Plus they’ll be a part of a unique and extraordinary opportunity to make a real difference in our community, raise money for our Carson High School band program, while indulging in delicious hors d'oeuvres and desserts, wine, and bid on a chance to win exciting auction prizes and more. Called “Let’s Wine Together" this event starts at 6 p.m. at the Plaza Events Center, 211 East 9th Street in Carson City. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. It will include individual and ensemble performances both singing and playing instruments. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased online at https://ccbaisilentauction2019.eventbrite.com, or by contacting Dawn Cuellar, President, CCBAI, sndcuellarn4@gmail.com or 209-543-4056. All Carson High Band students are selling tickets.

— Carson City children's theater presents 'Winnie The Pooh, Kids.' 7 p.m. Got honey? Wild Horse Children’s Theater will present Disney's "Winnie the Pooh, Kids" beginning this Friday and running weekends through March 31 at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall in Carson City. The production is a wonderful new musical based on the beloved characters of A.A. Milne and the 2011 Disney animated feature film.
This musical adventure runs for two weekends, Friday and Saturday, March 22, 23, 29, 30 at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, March 23, 24, 30, 31 at 2 p.m. There will also be special daytime performances for school groups, daycares and preschools on Wednesday, March 27. The BAC Performance Hall is located at 511 W. King Street. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 student, seniors and members, $5 ages 4-12. Children 3 and under are free accompanied by an adult and do not occupy a seat. Tickets can be purchased for weekend performances on our website at www.wildhorsetheater.com, or by calling the Wild Horse Box Office at 775-440-1170.

— Carson Comedy Club at Carson Nugget presents Steven Briggs. 8 p.m. Join the Carson Comedy Club this Friday and Saturday, March 22-23, for some laughs. Steven Briggs has a unique, high-energy style of comedy that keeps audiences on their toes. His amusing anecdotes are enhanced by his use of beatbox sound effects and well developed characters. Steven has appeared on MTV and Commercials for ESPN, Dodge Ram, Toyota, Google, Oscar Mayer and can regularly be heard on Sirius XM Radio. When Steven is not entertaining audiences across the US, he is performing for the troops overseas in Iraq. Doors open at 7:15. Show begins at 8 p.m. There's always something new at the Carson Nugget.

— The duo known as T-N-Keys will perform at Living the Good Life Nightclub, Bistro and Lounge. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. then DJ music and dancing continues into late night. Food and drink specials, craft cocktails and more. Living the Good Life is located at 1480 North Carson Street.

ONGOING:

— Capital City Arts Initiative presents 'The Lay of the Land' at Carson City showing. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents an exhibition, "The Lay of the Land," by artist Fred Howland in the Community Center’s Sierra Room, 851 E William Street, Carson City. The exhibition runs now through June 30, 2019. CCAI will host a reception for the artist on Friday, March 29, 5-7 p.m. in the Sierra Room, and the artist will give a brief talk about his photography at 5:30 p.m. Howland’s passion is to create a sense of time and place through his photographs. He returns to favorite sites to work, like Hope Valley and Genoa, returning to take repeat images in different seasons and lighting. His interest in landscapes go back to his New England roots where he was more comfortable in the outdoors than in school classrooms. The Sierra Room is open to the public during Carson City official meetings including the first and third Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and many afternoons, Monday through Thursday, 5 to 8 p.m.

— Recruiting underway for Carson City area volunteer foster grandparents. Ongoing. Many children in the Carson City area can benefit from the Seniors in Service Nevada's Foster Grandparent Program. Foster Grandparents are people 55 and over who enjoy spending time with children. “Grandmas” and “Grandpas” volunteer time in schools mentoring and tutoring children. Foster Grandparents become a part of the culture and fabric of the classroom and school. Please contact Sheri Brown to hear more about this exciting opportunity. Call 775-358-2768 or email sheri@seniorsinservicenevada.org. Go here for more information on the Seniors in Service Nevada program.

— American Red Cross Adult and Pediatric CPR, AED, First Aid Training Hybrid Course, Western Nevada College, 9 a.m. Prepare for the unexpected with first aid training from the American Red Cross. Developed and taught by experts, this course will empower you to provide care when it's needed most. You will complete a portion of this course through the American Red Cross's award-winning online portal (this takes 2-3 hours), and complete the hands-on portion of the course on the WNC campus. The course will include basic first aid, CPR and AED skills to give you the confidence necessary to perform life-saving procedures when they're needed most. This course is OSHA-compliant and your certification is good for two years following course completion. This class is $70. For information on how to sign up go to email conted@wnc.edu or call (775) 445-4241.

— Carson City kindergarten registration begins. The Carson City School District is asking parents to begin registering children who will be 5-years-old by Sept. 30, 2019, and eligible for Kindergarten for the coming 2019-2020 school year. Full-day Kindergarten classes are offered at all elementary schools in Carson City.
To review school boundaries, please check the district’s website at carsoncityschools.com and click on “School Zones” under the “Parents” tab. Or click here to view the CCSD School Site Locator on the district’s website. Click here to view it in Spanish.

— Reno artist work showcased at Carson City's Legislative Exhibition Gallery. Daily. Reno artist Kate O’Hara need only to open her door and look to the mountains to find inspiration for her creations. O’Hara’s exhibit, “Botanica Obscura,” can be seen for the next three weeks at the Nevada Arts Council’s Legislative eXhibition Series (LXS) inside the Nevada Legislative Building in Carson City.

— Chinese woodcutters exhibit at Nevada State Museum in Carson City. In their heydays in the boom-and-bust mining culture of the late 1800s, the mining camps of Aurora, Nevada and nearby Bodie, California had a combined population of nearly 20,000. Keeping the thriving camps supplied was an ongoing challenge. A little-known piece of history of the two boomtowns — the role of the Chinese woodcutters who supplied firewood and charcoal to the camps — is the subject of a major new exhibit at the Nevada State Museum. “Fueling the Boom: Chinese Woodcutters in the Great Basin,” opens Friday in the museum’s South Gallery. The Nevada State Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, free for museum members and children 17 and younger. Parking is available in the free public lot on the west side of Curry St. behind the museum.

— "Home Means Nevada" photo exhibit debut at the Nevada Legislature. The Nevada Arts Council is unveiling a new traveling photo exhibition, “Home Means Nevada” that will start its journey in the hallways of the Nevada Legislature during the 2019 session. The exhibition features the works of 15 contemporary photographers, but which echoes famous photographs and artwork from the late 1800s and early 1900s that helped spur protections for many of our nation’s national parks. The exhibit highlights some of the unique treasures found on federally managed lands across the state, from bighorns to Burning Man, to the ancient rock art and petroglyphs in the Gold Butte area. The exhibition will be displayed in the Senate hallway of the Nevada Legislature, 401 S. Carson St. in Carson City.

— Nevada Artists Association Winter Show. Daily. The winners of the 2019 Nevada Artists Association Winter Show have been announced. The public is invited to visit the gallery at the Brewery Arts Center now through March 22 to see all the submitted pieces. NAA Gallery, 449 W. King Street.

— Western Nevada College Continuing Education offers fitness program. R.I.P.P.E.D. is designed to help everybody meet their ultimate fitness goals in a super fun group exercise environment. This 1 hour class combines Resistance, Interval, Power, Plyometrics, Endurance, core and offers a very important Diet program on the Rippedplanet website. R.I.P.P.E.D is for every-body & every fitness level.
Cardio, Weights Fun & Done! Students should plan to eat a snack or small meal about 45 minutes before class, bring a water bottle, towel, and wear exercise clothes and shoes. This is an adult class, great for both men and women, and students aged 14 and up. WNC employees receive a 15 percent discount. For information on how to sign up email conted@wnc.edu or call (775) 445-4241 for more information.

— WNC Continuing Education offers Zumba classes. Zumba is a dance form and aerobics fitness program. Zumba involves dance and aerobic movements performed to energetic Latin and pop music from countries around the world. The choreography incorporates hip hop, soca, samba, salsa, meringue and mambo. Squats and lunges are also included. Students should wear comfortable clothing and tennis shoes, and bring a towel, water and a positive attitude. No prior dance experience is required — Zumba is about making friends, getting a workout, and enjoying yourself! Classes are held at the WNPAC dance studio, located at 951 N Stewart St. Call 775-445-4241 for more information.

— Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space is currently seeking individuals and pairs interested in leading interpretive programs in one of our many parks and open spaces. Interested individuals and pairs are encouraged to apply. If interested, go here.

This calendar is updated throughout the day as information becomes available.