Events and happenings in the Carson City region for Sunday, November 24

Happy Sunday, Carson City! On the roster today we've got a craft and holiday festival, guided group walks, musicals and more.

Check below to see what's going on in the Carson City region for Sunday, November 24.

Sunday, November 24
— Muscle Powered Sunday Bicycle Ride. 9 a.m. Meet at Fremont Elementary School, 1511 Firebox Rd, Carson City, NV 89701, in the south parking lot, next to the Linear Ditch Trail. Come join Muscle Powered for a free, guided group walk, hike, or ride around Carson City!

— Nevada Raider Nation, Carson City Chapter Game Watch. 10 a.m. at Jimmy G’s, 301 N. Carson St. Nevada Raider Nation, Carson City Chapter will host a game watch for Oakland Raiders fans at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 24 at Jimmy G's, 301 N. Carson St. in Carson City. The Raiders will take on the New York Jets in New York.

— Genoa Craft and Holiday Festival. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Genoa Town Hall, 2287 Main St. The holidays are just around the corner, jump right in and stop by to the Genoa Town Hall for our craft and holiday festival!

— Open House today at the Wungnema House at Carson City's Mills Park. 2 to 5 p.m. November is National Native American Heritage Month; observe the month by learning about some unique and enduring contributions a family of Native Americans made to our area. As the month winds down, and the good weather still holds, come out and visit the historic Wungnema House on the east side of Mills Park on Sunday, November 24th during the Foundation for Carson City Parks and Recreation’s monthly open house. The open house is from 2 to 5 p.m. and there is no admission fee, and all ages are welcome. The Wungnema House is the charming stone cottage located on the east side of Mills Park across from Carson High. It was built by a family of skilled Hopi stonemasons shortly after WWII and served as the family’s home until the early 1970s.Learn about the remarkable family of skilled Hopi stonemasons, their work, and continuing legacy. Members of this remarkable family were responsible not only for building this charming house, but also many distinctive homes and structures, both large and small, in and around the Carson City area; their work beyond Carson City included ranch buildings in Washoe Valley, portions of Thunderbird Lodge and at least one church at Lake Tahoe. This family directly, and indirectly through the masons that learned their craft while students at the Stewart Indian School from the family patriarch, Ernest Wungnema, wove an enduring fabric which daily surrounds those of us who live and work here. The family moved from the house in the early 1970s. In 1977, it was purchased by a developer, whose plans to turn the house into a restaurant fell through, after which the city acquired the house. The Wungnema House fell into disrepair and became subject to on-going vandalism until 1999, at which time, with a grant from the National Park Service and Quality of Life Initiative funds, Carson City was able to restore the house to serve as a museum and meeting place for small community groups and organizations.
For further information about the Foundation, visit their website at http://CarsonCityParks.org; their Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/CCParksFoundation, or write them at carsonparksfoundation@gmail.com, or at P.O. Box 3266, Carson City, NV 89702-3266.

— Matilda, The Musical. 2 to 4 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William Street. The Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company is bringing the internationally acclaimed, high-energy, magical “Matilda the Musical” to Nevada for the very first time!

— The Polar Express Train Ride. 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the V&T Eastgate Depot, 4650 Eastgate Siding Road. The 2019 Polar Express is inviting a limited number of Carson City area youth groups and organizations in the community to be a part of The Polar Express experience by portraying elves at the North Pole each year. For every night the group provides the required amount of elves, chaperones and works all three trains we will donate $100 to the groups for every night they perform.