Nevada Museum of Art

Ralph Waldo Emerson asserted, “Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.” Art students from Pioneer High School had an opportunity to survey some of these creations of beauty during a recent field trip.

CARSON CITY – The Union’s coffee shop, the second arm of the restaurant’s eatery, coffee bar and tap house trifecta, has spent the last week perfecting processes and procedures and has announced it will be open daily at 7 a.m. The coffee bar entrance is located on Curry Street, behind The Union at 302 N. Carson Street.

As a highlight for the upcoming statewide art show, Capital Collage, Mark Salinas commissioned Las Vegas papier mache artist Justin Favela to create three, alien-themed piñatas. However, the piñatas won’t just be on display, they will be broken in traditional custom during the art show.

Although it has been serving customers since June, The Union Carson opened with little fan-fare until Thursday night when a ribbon-cutting and grand opening bash was held at 302 North Carson Street as a fundraising benefit for the Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada and The Greenhouse Project.

The Union, Carson City’s newest downtown eatery, tap house and coffee purveyor, is throwing a ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening party on Thursday, Oct. 12, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at 302 N. Carson Street.

With all the motorcycles on the road, you may be looking for some peace and quiet. Luckily, it’s fee-free day at all of the Nevada State Parks. Load up the kids, pack a picnic, at head to the great outdoors. Don’t miss out on the last-of-the-season Farmers Market at Third and Curry, stock up on local honey and load your basket with yummy stuff. Oktoberfest takes over the McFadden Plaza at 3 p.m. Bavarian and German beers, authentic food, and live music await. Keep reading for everything the area has to offer.

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August 26th St. Mary's Art Center will host our Summer Art Reception, featuring beautiful works by amazing artists and artisans. Sandy Imperatori, Anne Leong, Sharon Leong, Dayton High School Scholastic Art Award Winners, Mimi Patrick, Casey Clark, Grey Wolf Leather Works, Cosmic Copper, Bonnie Kennedy, Malissa Sparks, Anna Smith and Pura Vida Sierras Art.

Where else in the world can you traverse a forest composed entirely of dilapidated and half-buried cars, photograph a plaster ghost riding a bicycle next to a giant metal penguin and miner, admire eloquent murals depicting history, and watch 30-foot flames shoot from the antennae of a giant metal praying mantis? Nevada, of course. And the 2017 Nevada Magazine Silver State Scavenger Hunt is the perfect way to do it.

The all-new Union Carson eatery, taphouse and coffee bar is scheduled to open Thursday, June 8 at 11 a.m., the establishment posted on its Facebook page Wednesday afternoon.

Carson City Cooperative Extension is looking for youth interested in the the 4-H 2017 Summer Day Camp. The camp is a week of fun and educational activities designed around exploring Carson City and surrounding areas.

The Reno Rodeo 100, a multimedia project collecting stories leading up to the 100-year anniversary of the Reno Rodeo, is debuting the first storytelling event this Saturday, May 13 at the Governor’s Mansion in Carson City. Tickets are available for the event, which includes short documentary films, audio stories with slides and live storytellers.

A new restaurant is opening in downtown Carson City, according to reports from the Reno Gazette-Journal and Nevada Appeal.

The Union — a partnership of Reno-based investors — is scheduled to open this summer at 302 North Carson Street, site of the old Lake Tahoe Brewing Company, which closed in January 2016 ahead of its owner Michael Candelario's arrest on fraud charges.

Carson City High School Career and Technology Education student Karsen Law will have his work displayed by the Nevada Museum of Art and the Holland Project Gallery, both in Reno, beginning March 1.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Reno artist Lisa Kurt named her artwork display at the Nevada Legislature building “a subtle story.” In her acrylics and mixed media, she features people, animals and creatures in mysterious settings, incorporation nature and the unexpected. Containing traces of nostalgia and melancholy, her work focuses on themes of childhood, nature, stories, allegory and dreams.

On Tuesday, February 7, the Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] will present a talk by artist Phyllis Shafer. Her illustrated talk, "Painting on the Outside", is part of CCAI’s ongoing Nevada Neighbors series and will take place at 7pm at the Community Development building [the Brick], 108 E Proctor St, Carson City. There will be an informal reception for Shafer preceding the event at 6pm. The presentation and reception are free, and the public is cordially invited.

Melissa Melero-Moose draws on her roots growing up as a Paiute on the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony for her work as a mixed-medium painter. But her work is not a relic of days past.

Coming Jan. 14 to Western Nevada College (WNC) is a series of proven methods which reduce college costs and get graduates a university degree in as few as two years.

A series of ten weekly classes is aimed toward college-bound high school juniors and seniors and their parents, as well as adults looking for career advancement.

Las Vegas artist Gig Depio’s paintings are featured at the Nevada Arts Council’s OXS Gallery Jan. 9 through March 17, 2017, with a reception and artist talk set for 5 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 24. Depio’s discussion begins at 6:15 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public.

Decided where to go to college yet? Filled out all the applications? Been accepted? Now what? As if that was not difficult enough, now comes the time to think about moving, what to take, what not to take, whether or not it is better to live in the dorms or get an apartment.

Raynna Jackson began helping with Toys for Tots at the Ron Wood center before Thanksgiving in order to fulfill her CHS Senior Project graduation requirement; she decided to help give underprivileged children a Merry Christmas.

She started by putting boxes at CHS and her mother’s place of employment, Natel Company. Toys for Tots serves more than 2,000 Carson City area kids every Christmas, and Raynna took this personally; she wanted to help bring in even more gifts. Raynna ultimately facilitated the gathering of 2 large boxes of toys.

The annual Carson High School Dodgeball Tournament took place Dec. 6-16 in the Carson High School big gym during lunch, and both the victory and bragging rights went to the students and not to the teachers.

The competition was fierce with rubber balls flying all over the place and many of the younger CHS teachers strutting their stuff out on the gym floor, battling feverishly to defeat the students.

Pick your poison, Carson City. Art, music, politics, film, hiking: all are available today. CCAI brings us a Nevada Neighbors talk with one of the artists featured in the Nevada Museum of Art. The Wired Wednesday group has a workshop for filmmakers in time for the upcoming creepy film festival and competition. Local candidates can be found at the BAC Performance Hall in the first of three voters' forums. It's hard to miss the new 'Home Means Nevada' mural on the side of CAL Ranch at Winnie Lane; the opening ceremony for our newest piece of art is at 2 p.m.

On Tuesday, October 11, the Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] will present a talk by artist Galen Brown. His illustrated talk, "Untilted", is part of CCAI’s ongoing Nevada Neighbors series and will take place at 7pm at the Community Development building [the Brick], 108 E Proctor St, Carson City.

“Mi Casa es Mi Casa” means my home is my home. In the Nevada Arts Council’s latest OXS Gallery exhibit, Justin Favela looks at the idea of “home.” A native Nevadan, Favela is proud to be from the Battle Born State and also pays homage to his Guatemalan maternal grandmother by recreating objects found in her home. Objects that have been part of the domestic landscape for his entire life have helped form his identity, and in the exhibition, represent the love he has for his grandmother and her home.

Designed specifically for teams of local arts groups and “non-arts” civic agencies and organizations, the Nevada Arts Council’s Arts@theHeart 2016 focuses on creating vibrant, equitable and healthy communities throughout Nevada. Local arts leaders will convene to engage in conversation, networking and collective community action planning through the arts, June 9 and 10 at the Siena Hotel.

The Capital City Arts Initiative announces its exhibition, Great Basin Native Artists, with art works by seven Native American artists at the Carson City Community Center's Sierra Room that is running now through July 6, 2016. The Community Center is located at 851 E. William Street, Carson City.

Much of Carson High Schools’ success flows from the voluntary assistance of individuals and businesses selflessly giving of their time, their effort, and their resources to the advancement of Carson City’s youth and local community.

Can you name the vital roles public relations professionals practice within the trade? Beyond the the well-known press release and pitching efforts lie vast strategic communications systems related to emergency response, community relations, political positioning, and reputation management.

The recently-elected 2016 Public Relations Society of America Sierra Nevada Chapter Board of Directors aims to educate the community on the field of public relations, showcasing how any business or organization can benefit from the industry’s best practices.

The Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club takes the opportunity of the closing of the acclaimed art history of Lake Tahoe, Donner, and the surrounding Sierra region to celebrate our connection to this national treasure. If you have not seen the exhibit, this is the last chance; if you have, come enjoy it again, with an optional guided tour.

The Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America celebrated six individuals, four Silver Spike awards and a number of other awards during its 2015 Silver Spikes banquet, held Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino.

The 29th Annual Silver Spike Awards ceremony celebrated the PR and communications profession and professionals with the theme ‘Reimagine, Reinvent, Repurpose.’