What's happening around Carson City on Friday, March 15

Well we're here Carson City. We're heading into March 15, the last Friday of winter 2019. While March 20 may be the first day of Spring, the weekend ahead is about the Irish and their spring. The exception is tonight where the Western Nevada College Chapter of the National Student Nurses' Association will be going Italian style with a fundraising spaghetti feed spread. Read on for more.

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Here's what is happening on this Friday:

— Champions for the Arts Advocacy Day comes to Nevada Legislature in Carson City. 8 to 2 p.m. The Champions for the Arts Advocacy Day will be hosting an event focused on arts advocacy, hosted by Cultural Alliance Nevada. The event will take place at Carson City’s Nevada State Legislature, located at 401 S. Carson Street. Artists, educations of the arts, students, organizations and advocates from around the silver state are expected to attend to participate in advocacy activities, and to meet and discuss art with their legislators.

Following the Arts Advocacy Day at the Nevada Legislature, a post-party hosted by the Carson City Department of Arts and Culture will happen Friday, March 15 from noon to 5 p.m. The party will take place at the Union Restaurant located at 302 N. Carson Street, from noon to 4:15 p.m., and from 4:15 to 5 p.m. attendees will move to the Martin Hotel for a Basque Heritage and Picon Punch presentation. Tickets are limited and were going fast. Admission to the post party is $18, which includes a box lunch. You can purchase tickets via credit card from Valerie Moore of the Sierra Arts Foundation by calling 775.329.2787.

National speakers to lead 'Marriage Tune Up' conference at Minden's LifePoint Church. All Day. Jeff and Debby McElroy, marriage humorists, speakers, and founders of Forever Families, have been invited to LifePoint Church to lead their Marriage Tune Up Conference. The McElroys travel nationwide and around the globe speaking on marriage and family issues. The tag line for the Marriage Tune Up Conference is “Who says working on your marriage has to feel like work?” The event will be held on March 15-16, 2019 at LifePoint Church, 1095 Stephanie Way, Minden, Nev. Couples can register or get more information by going to https://lifepointnv.com/marriage/ or by calling (775) 267-0151.

— Friday Morning Muscle Powered Walk: Fairview Multi-Use Path. 9 a.m. Come and join Muscle Powered for its weekly Friday one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet in empty lot by the 5th Street roundabout. (corner of 5th Street and Fairview Street) Water and closed-toe shoes required. All walks are 1 to 2 miles with duration of 1 hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths. If it rains, snows, or trail conditions are not safe, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way. Contact Vickie Doenges at 801-641-1620, if you have any questions. Muscle Powered is a local non-profit organization that promotes walking, hiking, biking and trail building. All walks can be found at musclepowered.org/calendar.

— Experience Virtual Reality at the Carson City Library. 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Join the Carson Library staff to experience Virtual Reality! Using the latest technology, Virtual Reality allows you to experience new places and situations in a computer simulated world. Discover what it’s like to see dinosaurs up close, view art from around the world in a single museum, or blast alien ships in a virtual world. Must be at least 13 years or old to participate. A Premiere library card is required to attend. Reserve your spot online here. For questions about the Virtual Reality room call 775-283-7595 or email ereinhart@carson.org.

— Weekly Open Mic Night at the Zen Den in A to Zen Gift Shop. Open Mic Night is held at A to Zen Gift Shop on the Zen Den Stage. All talents, creative projects welcome. Come practice being on stage. There will be music, comedy, poetry, magic, and more. All ages and skill levels welcome. Open Mic Night happens every Friday from 6-9 pm. A to Zen is located at 1803 N Carson St., Carson City. Call 775.691.3945.

— Spaghetti dinner fundraiser to help WNC nurses. 6 p.m. Support your local nursing students by attending a spaghetti fundraising dinner on Friday, March 15 at Western Nevada College. The National Student Nurses’ Association Western Nevada Chapter is holding the spaghetti feed at 6 p.m. in the Carson Nugget Community Hall in the Aspen Building. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. The fundraiser will help the growth and development of WNC nurses who will attending the annual NSNA National Convention in Salt Lake City. There will also be a raffle. Space is limited so RSVP by contacting Debi at 775-445-3334.

— The Carson Comedy Club Presents Comedian Heath Harmison. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Being a superhero was always an ultimate dream of Heath’s. But due to his lack of athleticism, money, and tragic back story, he decided that bringing laughter to the world would be the next best thing. His PG-13 style of comedy kills in clubs, colleges, and festivals including the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has been seen on the tv show “Laughs” on FOX and heard across the airwaves on SiriusXm. You can also find him performing regularly on the Las Vegas Strip at Planet Hollywood, Tropicana, Bally’s, and the MGM Grand. He has worked with some of the best comics in the business including Brad Garrett, Louie Anderson, Dennis Miller, Eddie Griffin, and Roseanne Barr. His abilities that are presented on stage are endless, from doing celebrity impersonations, to singing, dancing, and accents. Being an Improv comedian also gives him that extra edge on the standup comedy stage. His quick wit allows him to adapt to any situation. Tickets are $15. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. The show is at 8 p.m. Go here for tickets or you can get them at the door.

Saturday St. Paddy's Sneak Peek:

— St. Patrick's Day party all day Saturday at the Fox Brew Pub. Irish food, music, drink specials and more. Featuring Sean the Piper, The Sierra Highlands Pipe Band and lots o-shenanigans. 310 South Carson Street.

— Get Nuts: Virginia City to rock Comstock at Rocky Mountain Oyster fry, St. Pat's Parade. A ton of steer testicles, literally, are headed up to the Comstock for the 28th annual Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry and St. Patrick’s Day Parade, March 16. Each year, daring cooks from around the region cook, fry, grill, smoke or otherwise serve up tasty testicle concoctions at this fan-favorite event, an ode to the mining town’s history. Known by many as the “testicle festival,” it is northern Nevada’s headquarters for the largest St. Patrick’s Day party in the region. The day includes the Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry, Ball Breaker Saloon Crawl, a St. Patrick’s Day Parade, costume contests and an outlandish St. Patrick’s Day atmosphere only found in Virginia City. The event runs from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

— Celtic Music Series at Carson City's BAC features Ciana. 7 p.m. Carson Valley's own high-octane, traditional Irish music group Ciana returns to the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City. This Celtic Music Series band favorite will perform at the BAC's Black Box Theatre this March 16. Concert goers should wear green to be a part of the holiday fun. Ticket prices range from $15 to $20, $15 BAC member, students and seniors, $18 Advance, $20 at door. The Brewery Arts Center is located at 449 W King St, Carson City.

— Living the Good Life Nightclub, Bistro and Lounge is gearing up for a Saturday night pre-St. Patrick's Day celebration. Get Your Dance on with One Way Street. Drink specials, corned beef and cabbage and Oh, a Whole-Lot-O-Fun. 1480 North Carson Street, Carson City.

ONGOING:

— Recruiting underway for Carson City area volunteer foster grandparents. Ongoing. Many children in the Carson City area can benefit from the Seniors in Service Nevada's Foster Grandparent Program. Foster Grandparents are people 55 and over who enjoy spending time with children. “Grandmas” and “Grandpas” volunteer time in schools mentoring and tutoring children. Foster Grandparents become a part of the culture and fabric of the classroom and school. Please contact Sheri Brown to hear more about this exciting opportunity. Call 775-358-2768 or email sheri@seniorsinservicenevada.org. Go here for more information on the Seniors in Service Nevada program.

— American Red Cross Adult and Pediatric CPR, AED, First Aid Training Hybrid Course, Western Nevada College, 9 a.m. Prepare for the unexpected with first aid training from the American Red Cross. Developed and taught by experts, this course will empower you to provide care when it's needed most. You will complete a portion of this course through the American Red Cross's award-winning online portal (this takes 2-3 hours), and complete the hands-on portion of the course on the WNC campus. The course will include basic first aid, CPR and AED skills to give you the confidence necessary to perform life-saving procedures when they're needed most. This course is OSHA-compliant and your certification is good for two years following course completion. This class is $70.
For information on how to sign up go to email conted@wnc.edu or call (775) 445-4241.

— Carson City kindergarten registration begins. The Carson City School District is asking parents to begin registering children who will be 5-years-old by Sept. 30, 2019, and eligible for Kindergarten for the coming 2019-2020 school year. Full-day Kindergarten classes are offered at all elementary schools in Carson City.
To review school boundaries, please check the district’s website at carsoncityschools.com and click on “School Zones” under the “Parents” tab. Or click here to view the CCSD School Site Locator on the district’s website. Click here to view it in Spanish.

— Reno artist work showcased at Carson City's Legislative Exhibition Gallery. Daily. Reno artist Kate O’Hara need only to open her door and look to the mountains to find inspiration for her creations. O’Hara’s exhibit, “Botanica Obscura,” can be seen for the next three weeks at the Nevada Arts Council’s Legislative eXhibition Series (LXS) inside the Nevada Legislative Building in Carson City.

Throughout the 2019 Legislative session, the works of six Nevada artists is being featured. O’Hara is the second of the six artists and her display will remain in place through March 15. "My work is highly influenced by nature,” she said. “I spend a lot of time hiking and camping around Reno and Tahoe, taking pictures of wildlife. These photos often serve as inspiration for my work.” Managed by Nevada Arts Council, the Legislative eXhibition Series (LXS) Gallery space is located on the first floor across from the Caucus Deli in the Legislative Building, 401 South Carson Street, Carson City. Since 1985, LXS has displayed artwork by 140 Nevada’s visual artists during the biennial legislative session.

— Chinese woodcutters exhibit at Nevada State Museum in Carson City. In their heydays in the boom-and-bust mining culture of the late 1800s, the mining camps of Aurora, Nevada and nearby Bodie, California had a combined population of nearly 20,000. Keeping the thriving camps supplied was an ongoing challenge. A little-known piece of history of the two boomtowns — the role of the Chinese woodcutters who supplied firewood and charcoal to the camps — is the subject of a major new exhibit at the Nevada State Museum. “Fueling the Boom: Chinese Woodcutters in the Great Basin,” opens Friday in the museum’s South Gallery. The Nevada State Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, free for museum members and children 17 and younger. Parking is available in the free public lot on the west side of Curry St. behind the museum.

— Artists sought: Logo contest to celebrate Nevada Artists Association Fine Art Gallery's 40th year. Calling all Graphic Artists: Nevada Artists Association Fine Art Gallery is celebrating its 40th anniversary. NAA would like to have a shiny new graphic for its logo to use throughout the year and we need your help. We are offering a $250 award for the winning logo. We encourage you to visit the gallery located on the campus of the Brewery Art Center at 449 W. King Street in Carson City to get a feel for it. Some of the original members are still showing their art there. The graphic needs to have the ability to be reduced to 1.5” x 1.5” or 1” x 1.5” with a minimum of 600 ppi. Email the attachment with your finalized logo to naacarsoncity@gmail.comwith your name, phone number and email address printed in the text of the email no later than March 19, 2019.

— "Home Means Nevada" photo exhibit debut at the Nevada Legislature. The Nevada Arts Council is unveiling a new traveling photo exhibition, “Home Means Nevada” that will start its journey in the hallways of the Nevada Legislature during the 2019 session. The exhibition features the works of 15 contemporary photographers, but which echoes famous photographs and artwork from the late 1800s and early 1900s that helped spur protections for many of our nation’s national parks. The exhibit highlights some of the unique treasures found on federally managed lands across the state, from bighorns to Burning Man, to the ancient rock art and petroglyphs in the Gold Butte area. The exhibition will be displayed in the Senate hallway of the Nevada Legislature, 401 S. Carson St. in Carson City.

— Nevada Artists Association Winter Show. Daily. The winners of the 2019 Nevada Artists Association Winter Show have been announced. The public is invited to visit the gallery at the Brewery Arts Center now through March 22 to see all the submitted pieces. NAA Gallery, 449 W. King Street.

— Western Nevada College Continuing Education offers fitness program. R.I.P.P.E.D. is designed to help everybody meet their ultimate fitness goals in a super fun group exercise environment. This 1 hour class combines Resistance, Interval, Power, Plyometrics, Endurance, core and offers a very important Diet program on the Rippedplanet website. R.I.P.P.E.D is for every-body & every fitness level.
Cardio, Weights Fun & Done! Students should plan to eat a snack or small meal about 45 minutes before class, bring a water bottle, towel, and wear exercise clothes and shoes. This is an adult class, great for both men and women, and students aged 14 and up. WNC employees receive a 15 percent discount. For information on how to sign up email conted@wnc.edu or call (775) 445-4241 for more information.

— WNC Continuing Education offers Zumba classes. Zumba is a dance form and aerobics fitness program. Zumba involves dance and aerobic movements performed to energetic Latin and pop music from countries around the world. The choreography incorporates hip hop, soca, samba, salsa, meringue and mambo. Squats and lunges are also included. Students should wear comfortable clothing and tennis shoes, and bring a towel, water and a positive attitude. No prior dance experience is required — Zumba is about making friends, getting a workout, and enjoying yourself! Classes are held at the WNPAC dance studio, located at 951 N Stewart St. Call 775-445-4241 for more information.

— Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space is currently seeking individuals and pairs interested in leading interpretive programs in one of our many parks and open spaces. Interested individuals and pairs are encouraged to apply. If interested, go here.

This calendar is updated throughout the day as information becomes available.