Events and happenings around Carson City for Wednesday, Nov. 14

Hello Carson City and welcome to Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Among the events and activities today include continued voting to bring the Levitt AMP concert back to Carson City this summer, a Silver and Blue Nevada rivalry blood drive, a volunteer meeting for Toys for Tots; a showing of "Casino Boss" that was filmed this summer at the Carson Nugget starring SNL Alum Jose Piscopo, a visit by Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift in Dayton, art showings and more.

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Here's what's happening today.

— Voting underway to bring live summer music back to downtown Carson City. The Brewery Arts Center is now in the running to bring a 10 week live music series to Carson City during the summer of 2019. Sponsored by the Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation, a national foundation dedicated to strengthening the social fabric of America through free live music, Brewery Arts Center hopes to qualify as one of 15 winning organizations competing in the Levitt AMP Grant Awards. Supporters are asked to go here to to register and vote. Online public voting is now open and ends November 20 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time. The Top 25 finalists will be selected through online public voting. The Levitt Foundation will then review the proposals of these 25 finalists and will select up to 15 Levitt AMP winners, which will be announced on Dec. 18, 2018.

— Beat UNLV Week at Vitalant Carson City. 11 a.m. Back the pack and transform lives before Thanksgiving. Donate blood Nov 19-21 and receive an “I Bleed Silver & Blue” T-shirt, while supplies last during Beat UNLV week! During the fall and winter months, especially around the holidays, blood donations decline just when they need to increase. Long holiday weekends, like Thanksgiving, pose an extra challenge when many donors are too busy, are traveling out of the area to be with family and friends, or catch a cold or flu. You can be an inspiration to others by giving the blood supply a much-needed boost. Do amazing, be the one someone is thankful for by giving blood today. Reserve your appointment today. 256 East Winnie Lane, Carson City.

— Bleu Café’s Culinary Travelers Club: French Country Feast. 5 p.m. Culinary Travelers Club dinner will be on Nov 14. Bleu Cafe will bring the highly anticipated “French Country Feast." This event will feature a five course meal prepared with recipes dating back generations, prepared from scratch the old fashioned way. 240 East Winnie Lane.

— Carson City Council of the Navy League to Celebrate Veterans. 5:30 p.m. Gold Dust West Hotel and Casino, 2171 Hwy 50E, Carson City. The Carson City Council of the Navy League of the United States will honor Veterans, past and present, at our November Meeting. We will also pay tribute to our MIA’s and POW’s and celebrate both the Navy and Marine Corps birthdays. Our speaker for the Special Veteran’s Day celebration will be Captain Robert Wiley, Retired, who was the first Master of the USNS Carson City, T-EPF 7.

— Volunteers sought for Carson City area Toys For Tots roundup. 6 p.m. Carson City's Toys for Tots 2018 holiday roundup is in need of volunteers throughout November and December. There will be a volunteer meeting, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 6 p.m. at the iStorage East facility, 3579 Highway 50 East No. 114, Carson City. Volunteers are needed to help pack toys, distribute toys and move toys. For more information call the Call Ron Wood Family Resource Center at 884-2269 or email: info@carson-family.org.

— Salsa Dance Lessons and Social Dancing Downtown. 6 p.m. Salsa Dance Lesson and Salsa Social Dance in Downtown Carson City!! Every Wednesday at 6pm come take a dance lesson for just $10 and then head across the street to Battle Born Social at 7pm. Come learn, have fun and get some great exercise! For more information contact Tiffany at Yaple's Ballroom at 775-400-2952 or visit www.YBallroomDance.com.

— WNC President Solis ‘Teaches’ at the Leisure Hour Club Meeting. 6 p.m. Dr. Vincent Solis, President of Western Nevada College, will share WNC’s vision for the future at the monthly Leisure Hour Club meeting. In recognition of the Club’s funding of scholarships at WNC, Niki Gladys, WNC’s Executive Director of Development, will also join Solis at the meeting.

— Carson Nugget to host viewing of 'Casino Boss' featuring 150 Carson City local extras. 7 p.m. The Carson Nugget in Carson City will host a free viewing Wednesday of "Casino Boss," a new TV show filmed at the casino this summer and featuring more than 150 Carson City citizens as extras. The showing is Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. Carson Nugget, 507 N Carson St, Carson City, Nev. Pick up tickets for the free viewing at the Nugget’s Winners Club any time prior the show.

Five-day video clinic to stop smoking. As a lead-up to the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout, a free 5-day Stop Smoking Video Clinic will be hosted by Doctor Arthur Weaver. The five night video series runs Sunday thru Thursday, Nov. 11-15, at 7 p.m. each evening in the Carson City SDA Fellowship Hall – 405 College Parkway, Carson City. If you know someone who is in need of putting the tobacco addiction behind them, please help them find us for this very important clinic. The goal is to stop smoking now.

— Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable revisit Dayton. 7 p.m. Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift are coming to Dayton, Nev. on Wednesday, Nov. 14 when the Historical Society of Dayton Valley and historian Laura Tennant presents a Power Point program with the photos of the filming of “The Misfits” on the streets of Dayton and the Stagecoach Flats in the summer of 1960. This free event is at the Dayton Valley Community Center at 170 Pike Street, Old Town Dayton, begins at 7 p.m. with refreshments. and the presentation starts at 7:30 p.m. Call 775-246-3256 or 775-246-6316 for more information.

ONGOING:

— Tiffani and Bailee's 6th Sealed Toy Drive underway, drop off boxes throughout Carson City. Tiffani Barber was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer on Dec. 8, 2012. For those of you who didn't know Tiffani, all she ever wanted to do was help people. So it was no surprise to those closest to her that when the social worker assigned to her case asked her what she needed, Tiffani replied with, "How can I help?" There are multiple locations throughout the Carson City, Carson Valley and Reno area.

— Winter Conditioning Program at Well Being Fitness. 9 a.m. 1851 S Roop St, Unit 145, Carson City. Winter sports and activities are on the horizon! Join us at Well Being (Massage and Functional Fitness) and prepare your body for success. Our Winter Conditioning Program starts on October 29. Two separate 3 week programs are offered w/a one week break (Thanksgiving) between the two. We focus on strength, dynamic balance and stability, and muscular endurance (yes, that means cardio!) as they relate to winter sports and activities like snow-mobile excursions, snow shoeing, skiing and snowboarding, and all the Nordic and back country activities on your list.

— Patricia Ann Probst: An Artist of the Movement. 11 to 6 p.m. The Charlie B Gallery is proud to announce the coming of a ceramic celebration art show and sale: “Patricia Ann Probst: An Artist of the Movement.” The gallery will offer many works created by Patricia Ann Probst (1941-2016). A sale will continue through December 2, 2018. 114 West Telegraph.

— Christmas tree permits available on Carson, Bridgeport ranger districts. Permits to cut Christmas trees on the Carson and Bridgeport Ranger Districts of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest will be available for purchase beginning Thursday, Nov. 1. The U.S. Forest Service Christmas Tree Program is designed for families, businesses, and institutions wishing to cut their own trees for decorating. Christmas tree permits must be purchased in person and are issued on a first-come, first-serve basis for $10 each, with a limit of two trees per household. Permits are nonrefundable and nontransferable, and only valid through Dec. 25, 2018. The Ranger Districts have a limited amount of Christmas tree permits available, and once those allotted permits are sold, no more will be available.

— The Nevada Artists Association (NAA) presents the annual Nevada Day Art Show, now through Nov. 30. Entries in all categories are judged with cash prizes awarded to winners. The NAA Gallery is located at 449 W. King Street in Carson City and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday.

— 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.

— Carson City Art Gallery features Show by Erik Holland. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Celebrate the artwork of Erik Holland. He has worked as an artist his entire adult life. He started painting murals in Fairbanks, Alaska in the 1990's. He then moved to Reno, Nevada, achieving his dream of living in the high desert. He has had a one man show in Reno every year since 2001. The show was born on a desire to depict the many sides of America. Amerika is spelled with a K to denote concern with our troubled times. The images come from the life of artist Erik Holland, starting in 1980, when he painted "Spirit of the Eighties" The show is in fact a retrospective of the artist's life from 1980 to the present. Carson City Art Gallery is located at 110 S Curry St, corner of 2nd, in downtown Carson City. For details, please contact Carson City Art Gallery, 775-313-8628 or carsoncityart@yahoo.com.

— The Capital City Arts Initiative presents its exhibition, Americana with Cadmium Orange, by artist Gig Depio at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Depio is an artist and an advocate for public art in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was awarded the 2016 Fellowship Grant in Painting by the Nevada Arts Council (NAC). He has worked on various exhibitions and projects with the Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada Arts Council’s OXS Gallery, and UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum, among others. Depio graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. He lives in Las Vegas with his family. Carson City Courthouse Gallery, 885 E. Musser Street in Carson City.

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