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Tuesday, Oct. 6: Things to do in Carson City

Event Date: 
October 6, 2015 (All day)

Tuesday has arrived and it is starting to feel like autumn. It’s a perfect day to head to Gardnerville’s Corley Ranch for a pumpkin. Get your blood pumping with Carson City’s Parks and Rec. Department on this morning’s Easy Walk at Silver Saddle Ranch. Go dancing tonight and take your pick of line dancing at Carson Lanes or beginning swing dance at El Charro’s. Classic movie buffs won’t want to miss out on a showing of the original Little Shop of Horrors at Red’s Old 395.

TUESDAY:

  • NV Day Treasure Hunt (www.NVDayTreasureHunt.com)
  • Kit Carson Toastmasters at Grandma Hattie’s (6:30am; for info call Frank 775-885-7579 or KitCarsonToastmasters@gmail.com)
  • ’Divergence’ by artist Katie Lewis at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)
  • NAA Art Exhibit and Photography by Chas. H. McDonnell, III at the Carson Visitor Center (8am-5pm)
  • Artists Walter McNamara and Lynda Yuroff featured in the OXS Gallery at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
  • ’Lines and Fields: Abstract Narrative Paintings’ by Liz Penniman at the Western Nevada College Main Gallery in the Bristlecone Building
  • Carson City Parks and Recreation Easy Walk: Silver Saddle Ranch– Meet near the barns on Silver Saddle Ranch on Carson River Road (8:30am-9:30am; bring bottled water)
  • Books and Brags at the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada (9:30am-10:30am; included with dmission)
  • Late Summer Regular Show at the Nevada Artists Association Gallery in the Brewery Arts Center (10am-4pm)
  • Pumpkin Patch Harvest Festival with Hay Slide, Kiddie Land Straw Maze, Farm Animals and more at Corley Ranch: 859 Highway 395 South, Gardnerville (11am-5pm; free admission on weekdays)
  • All you can eat Wings at Firkin and Fox (all day; $11.95)
  • $1 PBR at the Blue Bull
  • Wine Night at Kristopher’s Café: 939 Mica Dr. #20 (4pm-8:30pm; ½ off wine, dine in only)
  • Exhibit Opening Reception for ’Lines and Fields: Abstract Narrative Paintings’ by Liz Penniman at the Western Nevada College Main Gallery in the Bristlecone Building(4:30pm-6pm)
  • CCAI Exhibit: Tow’ring High, by photographer Deon Reynolds in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center (available during public meetings and most evenings 5pm-8pm)
  • Two-for Tuesdays at Kim Lee’s Sushi (5pm-close; buy one, get one 12 oz. beer or small hot sake)
  • Five Course Basque Dinner at Westside Pour House (begins at 5pm; $20 per person, RSVP 775-885-1888)
  • Wine Tasting at Alatte inside the Carson Nugget (5pm-7pm; $5)
  • Muscle Powered Conditioning Hike: Secret Harbor - Meet in the highway 50 park n ride (4:30pm-6:30pm)
  • Open 4D Jackpot at Washoe Valley Ranch and RockinLJ Arena: 3185 Lakeshore, Washoe Valley (5:30pm Times only; 7pm Races)
  • Beginning Swing Dance Lessons at El Charro Avita (6pm-7pm; $8)
  • Carson City Classic Cinema Club presents 1960’s Little Shop of Horrors with Jack Nicholson in the Assembly Room at Red’s Old 395 (trivia 6:30pm; movie 7pm; $5, free for members)
  • Country Line Dance at Carson Lanes' Eleventh Frame Lounge (6:30pm-10pm; Couples lessons at 6:30pm, Beginners at 7:15pm, Intermediate at 8:15pm, Expert at 9pm; $5donation)
  • Carson Chamber Singers and Carson City Symphony Chorus Rehearsals at the Carson High School Choral Room (7pm; for an audition email Director Michael Langham at ccsingersdirector@gmail.com or call 775-883-4154)
  • Muppet Tuesday at Sassafras Eclectic Food Joint: 1500 Old Hot Springs Rd. (see the new show at 8pm; enjoy drink and food specials at the bar 3pm-8:30pm)

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