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Plays, festivals, park days and more: Events happening in Carson City and beyond this weekend

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Repeats every day until Sun May 21 2023 .
May 19, 2023 (All day)
May 20, 2023 (All day)
May 21, 2023 (All day)

Happy Thursday, Carson City! As Northern Nevada dives into the warm spring weather, let's take a look at some events to attend this weekend!

  • All weekend long

Carson City:

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Opens Mother’s Day Weekend at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City

The curtain goes up on A Midsummer Night’s Dream this Mother’s Day weekend. The show opens Friday, May 12th at 7:00 P.M, with additional shows May 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21. Performances take place in the Maize Theater at the Brewery Arts Center.

Great Basin Scottish Highland Games returns May 20-21

The second annual Great Basin Scottish Highland Games return to Sparks. Hosted by the Northern Nevada Throwing Company, which focuses on bringing the love and heritage of the Scottish Highlands to Northern Nevada through heavy athletics and cultural celebration.

Sparks:

Great Basin Scottish Highland Games returns May 20-21

The second annual Great Basin Scottish Highland Games return to Sparks. Hosted by the Northern Nevada Throwing Company, which focuses on bringing the love and heritage of the Scottish Highlands to Northern Nevada through heavy athletics and cultural celebration.

  • Friday, May 19

Carson City:

Carson City's Catmandu hosts big yard sale this weekend

A big Catmandu yard sale is happening this Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20 starting at 8 a.m. at 3831 Southpointe Dr in south Carson City off Silver Sage. The event is not at Catmandu but all proceeds benefit the kitties and Catmandu.

Carson City Historical Society hosts a presentation on 'Victorian Fashions and Dress Reform' by Jan Loverin

Carson City Historical Society (CCHS) is proud to host a lecture/presentation by Jan Loverin, curator of the Marjorie Russell Textile Museum, on "Victorian Fashions and Dress Reform" on Friday, May 19, 2023, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public. It will be held in the Carriage House, 1207 North Carson Street, Carson City, Nevada. We will be offering light refreshments. No RSVP is necessary.

New Carson-Tahoe Home and Garden Show coming in May to Carson City Community Center

The Carson-Tahoe Home & Garden Show is coming to the Carson City Community Center May 19-21, 2023. This highly anticipated event is free to attendees and is expected to draw thousands of people from the region.

Join Muscle Powered for a West Side Cruise this Friday in Carson City

Join Muscle Powered for our West Side Cruise! We will depart from the Brewery Arts Center parking lot (449 W Kings St) at 5:00 PM.

Get out your slow bikes, put on a costume and join us for a fun ride around the West Side.

The Nevada Artists Association Presents the 'Just the Right Size' Show at the Gallery through June 16

The Nevada Artists Association at the Gallery presents the "Just the Right Size" Show where everything in the show is 320 square inches or less.

We are sure you will find just the right piece for that special location in your home or office. This show runs until June 16.

  • Saturday, May 20

Carson City:

Shepherd of the Sierra Lutheran Church to host Family Movie Night this Saturday

Shepherd of the Sierra Lutheran Church will host a Family Movie Night as a fun and a family friendly event Saturday, May 20, 2023, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., movie starting at 6:30, location 3680 U.S. Highway 395, Carson City, Nevada.

Carson City area fundraiser to support the future of low-income families

Have you ever been to a FUN-raiser? The Friends In Service Helping (FISH), annual Celebrity Waiter Fun-raiser is on Saturday, May 20. This year’s event will take place directly on the site of FISH’s Student Housing project at 1455 N. Carson Street. Take part in helping FISH raise awareness and have fun connecting with community members in support of the cause.

Carson City Linux Users Group

The May meeting of the Carson City Linux Users Group will be Saturday, May 20 at 12:00 PM at the Carson city public library. Upstairs in meeting room 1. https://carsoncitylug.org

Carson City Sheriff's Office annual Cops and Kids Open House returns this Saturday

This Saturday, May 20, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office is will host its annual Cops and Kids Open House event. The event is free for all and will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of the Carson City Sheriff’s Office.

Carson City Public Works hosts open house May 20

Please join us on Saturday, May 20, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to meet your Public Works' crews.

Participants will be able to learn about Water, Sewer, Streets, Landfill, Wastewater, Environmental, Flood Mitigation/ Storm Drain Services, Jump Around Carson (JAC), Fleet Maintenance and Utility Billing from city staff who will be available to answer your questions.

Carson City Soroptimist Club presents Virtual LUNAFEST

Soroptimist International of Carson City is proud to host Luna Fest, a screening of wonderful short films by and about women. The virtual event will be available beginning May 20th for 48 hours to conveniently view in the comfort of your own home.

Kids to Parks Day Celebration at Mills Park Saturday, May 20

The community is invited to Mills Park from 10:00am – 2:00pm on Saturday, May 20, 2023 for the 5th annual Kids to Parks Day event here in Carson City. The celebration will include music, food, outdoor activities from local organizations, educational booths, the Junior Park Ranger Olympics, and Junior Park Ranger Bike Races.

Minden

Minden Rotary Giving Cup Golf Tournament Benefits Children at Risk Set for May 20, 2023

The Rotary Club of Minden invites all golfers and their families, community members, and friends, to participate in the Minden Rotary Giving Cup Golf Tournament on May 20, 2023 at Genoa Lakes Golf Club.

Virginia City:

Nevada Author To Sign Books At Mackay Mansion

Come and join in a Book Signing for our newly published volume: “Mackay Mansion Gould & Curry Mining Office.”

What better setting for the Book Signing than at the historic and famous Mackay Mansion in the extraordinary mining town of Virginia City, Nev.

Piper’s Opera House in Virginia City hosts Black Irish Band May 20, plus Chili on the Comstock

Historic Piper’s Opera House in Virginia City, Nev., hosts Black Irish Band, May 20, 2023, on the same stage that once welcomed President Grant, Buffalo Bill, Al Jolson, Mark Twain and many more icons of days gone by. Today, the famed opera house plays host to performing arts once again in hosting a band with Celtic, Spanish and Italian roots performing historic songs of miners, cowboys, railroaders, sailors and more.

Reno:

LUNG FORCE Walk is May 20, 2023, at Idlewild Park at 8:30 a.m.

Turn small steps into bold strides toward a world without lung disease by walking in this year’s annual American Lung Association LUNG FORCE Walk to support the organization’s life-saving work in Nevada. The event takes place on Saturday, May 20, 2023, at Idlewild Park, 1900 Idlewild Dr., Reno.

Participants can walk or run the route. Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. with the walk/run starting at 8:30 a.m.

  • Sunday, May 21

Carson City:

Capital City Community Band hosts free concert May 21 at Legislative Mall

The Capital City Community Band will present a “You Asked For It Concert” on Sunday, May 21, 2023, 2 p.m. at the Legislative Mall on the Capitol Grounds.

Help your community with a Park Clean Up hosted by Miss Carson City

Join Miss Carson City May 21 for a Park Cleanup at Fuji Park.

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle your old grocery bags into trash bags at the Fuji Park cleanup! However, bags will also be provided at the cleanup along with gloves.

Gardnerville:

Jazz and Art Festival returns to Gardnerville May 21

The second-annual Jazz and Art Festival is returning to Heritage Park in Gardnerville May 21 at 1 p.m.

  • Ongoing

Learn Dayton’s best kept historical secrets at the Dayton Museum

Do you want to know the historic town of Dayton’s best kept secrets? Dayton Museum opened for the season on March 4 at the town’s 1865 schoolhouse at 135 Shady Lane. The museum promotes the discovery of the culture, the tools used by the pioneers, their lifestyles and names of many who settled in Dayton 174 years ago.

Capital City Arts Initiative’s exhibition features Michael Plyler's 'Selected Works: Maya of Guatemala and Western Landscapes'

The Capital City Arts Initiative’s exhibition, "Selected Works: Maya of Guatemala and Western Landscapes" presents Michael Plyler’s photographs that document his years working in Guatemala and celebrating landscapes of the Intermountain West through May.

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Greater Nevada Credit Union (GNCU) has announced the recipientsof its first Live Greater Grant program. This year, $289,000 was awarded across 37 community organizations.

Congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Carson City are pleased to announce several voluntary representatives (young men and women) who have received mission calls and will soon embark on a journey of faith, service and personal growth.

Classic car shows highlight summers for chrome buffs throughout northern Nevada. A new show has been added to the mix, arriving Saturday, June 29 at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City.

The Carson City Planning Commission will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday, June 26 beginning at 5 p.m. in the Bob Crowell Board Room of the Community Center, located at 851 E. William St.

The agenda includes renewal of a proposed multifamily project permit, a radio tower appeal, among other items.

On Friday, June 28, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office will conduct an alcohol compliance checks. Underage volunteers will be sent into local businesses in Carson City and attempt to purchase alcohol using their real identification.

Cruise down US Highway 395 with local author J. Butler Kyle. Imagine your journey begins with the rugged scenery of Reno on the north end of the eastern Sierra Nevada, over mountain passes such as Deadman Summit, through unique towns along the route like Lone Pine, and down amongst the barren beauty of the Mojave Desert, to its terminus in Adelanto at Interstate-15.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Tahoe City man pled guilty Monday to one count of smuggling amphibians into the United States, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

Saturated color spreads across the sky over Carson City Sunday evening.

The impact of wildfires in the Western United States on homeowners and condominium insurance will be highlighted Friday at a town hall meeting hosted by the Nevada Division of Insurance.

A 29-year-old man was arrested Saturday for suspicion of domestic battery, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Mile High Jazz Band with vocalist Jakki Ford will perform two free big-band concerts in Carson City. The first, on Friday, June 28, is from 6 to 9 p.m. at Mills Park, 1111 E. William Street. It is part of the weekly Family Fun Fridays, featuring live music, food trucks, and family activities every Friday through August 9.

Every year throughout our region, pets are found dead in cars due to heat exhaustion, including those with windows cracked.

With outside temperatures often in the 90s and above, internal car temperatures can reach anywhere from 114 degrees after 10 minutes, to 140 degrees after an hour. Cracking a window often does nothing at all as rolling down the windows has been shown to have little effect on the temperature inside a car, according to the Humane Society of the U.S.

UPDATE: The 'S' on the side of the hill in southeast Carson City that commemorates the Stewart Indian School, and has been there for decades, was vandalized over the weekend. It has since been restored.

Looking for a place to take your little ones this week? Look no further! Here is a list of family-friendly (and fun!) activities and events happening this week around Carson City.

Social media awareness and the dangers that may be imposed on youth will be the focus of a parent and youth education night happening Tuesday, June 25 in Carson City.
Rugby wanted poster

The Carson Tahoe Rugby club is looking for players. The teams started back in 2019 and has grown every year and looking to have you join the team and show off your skills. Currently practice is every Thursday from 5:30 - 7:00. Reach out with any questions or for more information.

UPDATE: The fire was extinguished. NV Energy power in the area has been restored.
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Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Sunday evening to a possible structure fire and brush fire in the 1200 block of Mountain Park Drive off of Marian Avenue.

Dear honorable neighbor, it’s no longer us or them. We are one big quarreling family trying to get along. Compassion lingers as our common bond, yet we sometimes bow to feelings, and mistake those feelings for thinking.

Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, the extreme-value grocery retailer, today launched its 14th Annual Independence from Hunger Food Drive, to combat food insecurity and support families in vulnerable and disadvantaged communities throughout America. From June 26 to July 31, 2024, Carson City Grocery Outlet is teaming up with the Northern Nevada Dream Center, to collect food and cash donations in-store.

Today I started pruning out the water sprouts in my four crabapple trees. Some people might call these “suckers,” but suckers grow up from the bottom of the trunk and water sprouts grow in the upper parts of the tree. I have been training three of these trees into a somewhat flattened umbrella shape for almost 20 years. The water sprouts just ruin that effect. So, out they come.

Unquestionably one of the most entertaining groups of celebrities at the pro-athlete dominated American Century Championship this year is the star-studded lineup of comedians playing in the July 10-14 edition of the tournament at Edgewood Tahoe.

The plants and trees are on their best behavior at Greenhouse Garden Center in Carson City as they celebrate their 50th anniversary of this awesome garden center, where flowers are in full bloom, trees are standing strong and tall in their pots, vendors are available to give gardening pointers, and there's lots of outdoor decor to make your garden more vibrant and interesting.

Carson City Fire Department, sheriff's deputies and Nevada State Police were called Sunday morning to a vehicle crash at the intersection of US-50, US-395 South Carson Street and I-580.

The annual Pony Express Re-ride, a re-enactment of the original Pony Express Route that spanned nearly 2,000 miles passing through what are now seven western states, returns to the Carson City area on Wednesday, June 26.

The much-anticipated Carson-Tahoe Home & Garden Show is happening this weekend, featuring an impressive array of vendors offering everything from home improvement services and products to health and beauty services and products, ensuring there is something for everyone. Admission is free to the public.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of June 24-30, 2024. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

UPDATE 9:44PM: Extinguished at around 8:45 p.m. the small brush fire was under a quarter-of an acre, said Carson City Fire Department Battalion Chief Jon Pedrini. The cause is under investigation.
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Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Saturday night to a brush fire in the area of Lepire Drive in East Carson City.

Earlier this month, Dirk Roper, owner and CEO of Roper’s Heating and Air Conditioning, made the first of many deliveries of the summer of 50 fans to the Carson City Senior Center as part of the KOLOCares 2024 Fan Drive to help Carson City seniors stay cool this summer.

The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is gearing up for our most popular holiday weekend, the Fourth of July. Tahoe is a cherished place, welcoming to all responsible recreationists of diverse backgrounds, and it is essential that Tahoe visitors and residents alike take care of this spectacular place to protect Tahoe’s environment and improve the Tahoe experience for all.

Here are upcoming Carson City school-related activities and local community partner events.