Thursday, Nov. 19: Things to do in Carson City

The Polar Express takes its first trip of the season today, and I hope you got your tickets. The annual event always sells out. Check here for ticket information; you may get lucky. Take the kids to the Carson City Library for weekly story time and check out CCAI’s Industrial Art Exhibit while you’re there. Today is the last day it will be on display. Hear stories of Old Virginia City at the Gold Hill Hotel. Or take a trip to the Nevada State Museum: the bombing of a Basque village during the Spanish Civil War and the affect it had on the United States is the topic of this month’s Francis Humphry lecture.
THURSDAY:

• American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout: Take a One Day Stand Against Tobacco at Western Nevada College (college campus is smoke-free for the day)
• ’Lines and Fields: Abstract Narrative Paintings’ by Liz Penniman at the Western Nevada College Main Gallery in the Bristlecone Building
• Artists Walter McNamara and Lynda Yuroff featured in the OXS Gallery at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
• Nevada Artists Association Art Exhibit featuring Anna Louise Darden and Photography by Chas. H. McDonnell, III at the Carson Visitor Center (8am-5pm)
• Friends of the Carson City Library Gobble Gobble Food Drive at Browser’s Corner Book Store: 711 E. Washington (9:30am-5pm; Especially needed are peanut butter, canned tuna and meats, beans, vegetables, fruits, soups, pastas and sauces; free hardcover fiction book and raffle ticket with donation)
• Nevada Day Art Show at the Nevada Artists Association Gallery in the Brewery Arts Center (10am-4pm)
• Last day of CCAI's Industrial Art exhibition at the Carson City Library (11am-6:30pm)
• Live Music with In Stride at Comma Coffee (12pm)
• All you can eat Wings at Firkin and Fox (all day; $11.95)
• EAA Sierra Chapter 403 Luncheon and Chat–Young Eagles at 2500 E. College Pkwy (11am-3pm, all welcome; $6 -Hamburgers and Hot Dogs with all the fixings (Cheese Optional), Chili, Baked Beans, BBQ chips, Potato Salad, Choice of Desserts and Coffee)
• Family Story Time in the Carson City Library Digitorium (11:15am-11:45am; get ticket in the auditorium; park at the Community Center or at Smith’s Grocery)
• CCAI Exhibit: Botanical Impressions, Claudia Knous’ fiber arts exhibition in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center (available during public meetings and most evenings 5pm-8pm)
• Opening Night: The Polar Express train ride via the Virginia and Truckee Railroad (for tickets call 877-724-5007 or 775-291-0208 or online at www.vtrailway.com)
• Throwback Thursdays: Live Music with Rick J. Radecki in the Ti Amo Italian Grille at Casino Fandango (5:30pm)
• Trivia Thursdays at Alatte Wine and Coffee Bar in the Carson Nugget (6pm-8pm)
• Live Music with Dave Leather at Sassafras Eclectic Food Joint: 1500 Old Hot Springs Rd. (6pm-8pm)
• Salsa/Latin Dance at El Charro Avita (Basic Lesson 6pm-6:30pm $7; Salsa Combo 6:30pm-7:30pm lesson $7; open dance 7:30pm-9pm; free)
• Gold Hill Lecture Series: Joe Curtis and Ron Gallagher “Stories of Old Virginia City” at the Crown Point Restaurant at the Gold Hill Hotel, Gold Hill (Dinner 6pm, Lecture 7:30pm; $25 for the dinner and lecture, $10 for the lecture only; Advance reservations required by contacting the Gold Hill Hotel at 775-847-0111)
• Francis Humphrey Lecture Series: The Bombing of Gernika and its Impact on the U.S. presented by Xabier Irujo, Associate Professor and co-director at the Center for Basque Studies at UNR at the Nevada State Museum (doors 6pm; 6:30-8pm; $8)
• Live Music with Jimmy Mallet and Jack Clifton at Living the Good Life: 1480 N. Carson (6pm)
• Live Music with Terri Campillo and Craig Fletcher at Glen Eagles Restaurant (6:30pm-10:30pm)
• Rivalry Basketball Game: Carson High School staff vs. Douglas High School staff to be played at Douglas High School (7pm; $5, $3 with valid student ID; Fundraiser for the Peace Officer’s Memorial Fund)
• Interfaith Thanksgiving Gathering at First United Methodist Church: 412 W. Musser St. (7pm-8pm)
• November Birthday Thursday with Live Music by the Trippin King Snakes at Carson Cigar Company aka ‘The Cigar Bar’ (7pm)
• Improv Workshop in the Black Box Theater at the Brewery Arts Center (7pm; free, donations appreciated)
• Line Dancing Night at Beercade: 1930 N. Carson St. (7pm; free lessons)
• Painting Class at Van Gogh and Vino (7pm-9:30pm; $18 per painter)
• Karaoke at Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar (7pm)
• Third Thursday Karaoke at Caterpillar's Hookah Lounge
• Historical Ghost Night Tour at St. Mary’s Art Center: 55 R Street, Virginia City (8pm-9:30pm; $25; bring a camera)