Piper's Opera House

Please join Dayton's very own dance studio "Colors of Dance" for their rendition of "A Nightmare Before Christmas." Saturday December 17th, 6:30pm at the Piper's Opera House in Virginia City. Tickets $10.00 each. Bring the whole family for a fantastic and fun night!

Join us as we ring in the New Year, New York, style, in a 'New York Minute'. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. Price includes fancy hors d'oeuvres, champagne toast, balloon drop and party favors.

Join us as we ring in the New Year, New York, style, in a 'New York Minute'. Saturday, December 31, 2016. Price includes fancy hors d'oeuvres, champagne toast, balloon drop and party favors.

Dance to Reno's well-known big band sound of Deep Groove. Watch a live feed from Times Square as we count down as the ball drops and we ring in the new year East Coast time. We should all be in bed by 10:30 and who doesn't like that? Proceeds to benefit Piper's Opera House Programs.

Austin Lounge Lizards and Antsy McClain & the Trailer Park Troubadours Return to Virginia City and Piper's Opera House. Lizards on Friday, October 14 and Antsy on Thursday, October 20. Both shows are at 7:00pm and doors open at 6:30pm.

This is the 4th year Jimmie Ray and Cyndi Cantrell and Black Train have performed at Piper's Opera House. All money raised will benefit the Kiwanis of Carson City to continue to support seniors and children of Carson City. There are two shows to choose from 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm, tickets are $25.00 each. Tickets can be purchased at www.cashforkiwanis.eventbrite.com

Gus Fincel, a retired law enforcement officer, veteran and member of the 601 Vigilance Committee, which provides grants and scholarships in the Comstock region, will talk about the original “601 Vigilance Committee” at Gold Hill Hotel’s Thursday Night Presentations at 7:30 p.m.

Nothing will rain on our parade, Carson City. In addition to the monthly wine walk, the weekend offers a carnival, train rides, the Kentucky Derby, Mother’s Day and more. Tonight, Western Nevada Musical Theater Company debuts their spring musical ‘42nd Street.’ Find improv at the Brewery Arts Center or Comedy at the Carson Nugget. Drinking with Clowns hits the stage at Sassafras and Motown is on the menu at Living the Good Life. Food with friends is in order at Silver City’s Community Dinner Night or at A to Zen’s first ‘Fancy Friday’ open mic night.

Mary Kaye Knaphus returns to Piper’s Opera House, Sunday, May 29, 2016 at 3:30pm. Doors open at 3:00pm.

Help us raise the curtain at Piper’s Opera House in Virginia City once again on April 2, from 3-5 pm, at a gala premiere party, an intimate and exclusive event, to present scenes from the new opera, The Big Bonanza.
The Territorial Enterprise newspaper writer Dan DeQuille was commissioned to tell the story of the epic 1873 discovery of the Comstock Lode by the “Bonanza King”’ John W. Mackey.

With the Epic Rides Off-Road Series mountain biking race set for this summer, the Carson City Visitors Bureau can pump up the fat tire frenzy along with its promotion thanks in part to a $4,000 grant, among 65 approved for funding from the state’s rural tourism program, Nevada Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison announced Wednesday.

Actress Kristin Hamlet will explain “How Brothels Work – From An Insider – Then and Now” at the Gold Hill Hotel’s Thursday Night Lecture Series on Dec. 17.

Hamlet, a local actress and Old West historian, has performed since she was a child in the late 1950s. In addition to her role in "Calico," a musical written by David John and the Comstock Cowboys, she has performed with the former Gold Hill Theater Troupe and in "Annie Get Your Gun" at Piper's Opera House. Dinner is from 4-8 p.m. at the Crown Point Restaurant at the Gold Hill Hotel with several menu options offered.

It can be difficult to get away from the commercialism of Christmas and the holidays with all the fuss about best deals and “red cups.” Step back in time this season and capture the family-friendly spirit of Christmas with a trip to historic Virginia City, Nev.

First things first. Saturday afternoon could be expecting some wet weather, so be prepared. I can’t predict what events may be affected by it, or if the rain will even show up. No worries for you wine walkers, though, downtown will be hopping: rain, shine, or blizzard. Head over to Artsy Fartsy Art Gallery and wish them a happy fourth anniversary, Jeffery will be serving up one of his signature Sangrias. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church won best wine walk stop last month and will have live music. Don’t forget to spend some time inside Westside Pour House: ARTistically INKlined pop-up gallery returns and proves that tattoo artists are first, and foremost, artists.

SATURDAY:

• Street Vibrations Spring Rally: Downtown Reno
• Reno Tahoe International Film Festival – go to www.RTIFF.org for schedule and locations
• Sierra Lutheran High School's 13th Annual Golf Classic at the Silver Oaks Golf Course (7am Check-in, Shotgun start at 8am; $125 for a single player or $400 for a team of four)

Tickets are on sale for the 4th annual Nevada Day Governor's Banquet, Oct. 28 at the Grand Sierra Resort. The event will feature Gov. Brian Sandoval, senators Harry Reid and Dean Heller, Congressman Mark Amodei and Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki. The event benefits The Boys & Girls Club of Nevada.

Tickets are $60 per person, or a reserved table for 10 is just $500. Doors open at 6 p.m. The evening also includes table service dinner, silent and live auctions, and a Nevada 150 birthday cake and cake cutting ceremony.

The Brewery Arts Center in Carson City continues its July lineup of entertainment venues as part of its celebration of summer and Nevada's 150th year statehood with a visit from Mark Twain this Saturday.

What would Nevada's Sesquicentennial be without the musings of the legendary Mark Twain? Hear the Ghost of Mark Twain through the modern-day transporter McAvoy Layne on Saturday, July 19, 7:30 p.m. with special guests Shiloh.

The Brewery Arts Center in Carson City has three entertainment venues lined up for July, including folk artists, pianists and Mark Twain as part of its celebration of summer and Nevada's 150th year statehood.

World renowned pianist Louis Landon with special guest Dallas Smith, direct from the Reno Jazz Orchestra, will appear in a one-night-only performance Wednesday, July 16.

The Comstock Foundation for History and Culture raised $15,003 for nine organization within the Comstock Historic District. The Comstock Foundation matched donations up to $1,000 for each organization.

The fundraising event was part of a commemoration of the restoration of the Upper Yellow Jacket hoist and ore chute in Gold Hill, the Foundation’s first substantial preservation project since organizing in June 2013. Work on the Upper Yellow Jacket hoist and ore chute cost roughly $100,000.

The "Strange & Unusual" an evening of Illusion and Paranormal at the Historic Piper’s Opera House in Virginia City, NV.

July 7th, 2012
Starting at 7:30PM (Check in starts at 6:30PM) at Piper's Opera House.

Enjoy the first hour with a stage performance by James Anthony, Illusionist, Mentalist and Magician. See James flex his many talents including levitation, setting the atmosphere for the two-hour paranormal investigation following his show.

While this weekend is Nevada Day, don't forget about all the haunts in Virginia City. From the Governor's Ball at the Piper's Opera House, The Frankenfollies at the Gold Hill Hotel and of course th...

The thing about attending a masquerade ball is that you don't have to worry if you show up late because no one will ever know anyway.

As every schoolchild knows, Sam Clemens first used the byline Mark Twain on February 3, 1863, while a reporter for the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City.

What's not so well known is that he took the name, not as a tribute to the river pilot Captain Sellers (as he wrote in "Life on the Mississippi") but from his facetious way of calling out additions to his bar tab.