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Friday, Oct. 23: Things to do in Carson City

Event Date: 
October 23, 2015 (All day)

Time to kick off the weekend. Here's a list of what's going on today in Carson City.

FRIDAY:
•*Nevada Day Treasure Hunt is over: MEDALLION FOUND at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park
•*’Divergence’ by artist Katie Lewis at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)
•*Artists Walter McNamara and Lynda Yuroff featured in the OXS Gallery at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
•*NAA Art Exhibit by Mark Kyle and Photography by Chas. H. McDonnell, III at the Carson Visitor Center (8am-5pm)
•*’Lines and Fields: Abstract Narrative Paintings’ by Liz Penniman at the Western Nevada College Main Gallery in the Bristlecone Building
•*Ground Breaking for the New Teen Center at the Boys and Girls Club: 1870 Russell Way (9am-10am)
•*Cloth Diaper Swap/Sale at Little Monsters Children's Resale Shop: 444 E William St, # 1 (9am-11am; bring freshly laundered diapers, marked in some way to identify the brand and the diapers as your diapers so they don't accidentally get mixed up with another person's diapers. Like a colored dot or something. Bring a light breakfast snack to share if you would like)
•*Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine at the V and T Depot: 166 F Street, Virginia City (rides depart hourly 10am-2pm; $19; arrive one hour prior to departure time)
•*Mark McLaughlin presents “Exceptional Women on the California Trail” at Sierra Place Senior Living, 1111 West College Parkway (10am-11am; free)
•*Last day of the Late Summer Regular Show at the Nevada Artists Association Gallery in the Brewery Arts Center (10am-4pm)
•*’Fresh Fridays’ Farmers' Market at Carson Tahoe Regional Center, Parking lot 4 (11am-1pm; weather permitting)
•*Carson City Pumpkin Patch at Red Horse Ranch: 4849 Cochise St (10am-6pm; free admission)
•*Pumpkin Patch Harvest Festival with Hay Slide, Kiddie Land Straw Maze, Farm Animals and more at Corley Ranch: 859 Highway 395 South, Gardnerville (11am-4pm; free admission on weekdays)
•*CCAI's Industrial Art exhibition at the Carson City Library (11am-6:30pm)
•*Construction-Manufacturing Open House at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Technology, Western Nevada College: 2201 W. College Parkway (4:30pm-6:30pm)
•*Magic, the Gathering at Nerdvana: 385 Hot Springs Road, Suite 1 (5:30pm-6pm sign up; 6pm start)
•*Live Music with Josh and Janera at Living the Good Life: 1480 N. Carson St. (9pm)
•*Live Music at San Marcos Grill
•*Live Music at Bella Fiore Wine (6pm-9pm)
•*Escape Carson High Zombie Run: An annual event to support CHS debate, ROTC, drama, and bowling. Begin in the North Parking Lot of Carson High School (6pm-9pm; $10 for individuals, $40 for teams of five. Ages 13 and up)
•*Fourth Friday Jam Session at Comma Coffee (6pm; bring your instrument; Celtic, folk, Traditional American)
•*Ed’s 60th Birthday Bash at Ed’s Doghouse: 3300 Airport Road (6pm; side dishes are welcome)
•*Hymns and Homebrew’s Oktoberfest at Just Brew It (Store-Bought Pot-Luck Dinner at 6pm, singing starts at 6:30pm; Bring the family, bring a friend, bring a store-bought dish to share, bring an instrument, bring your boisterous singing voice, bring a sample of your homebrew or your favorite beer to share, bring an extra chair)
•*Carson City BMX: Friday Night Lights at the Livermore (Edmonds) Sports Complex (Signups 6:30pm-7:30pm; $5)
•*Live Music with Terri Campillo and Craig Fletcher at Glen Eagles Restaurant (6:30pm-10:30pm)
•*Singer Songwriter Open Mic at A to Zen: 1803 N. Carson St. (7pm)
•*Live Music with John Dawson Band at Casino Fandango (7pm-12am)
•*Carson Comedy: Mickey Joseph at Carson Comedy, upstairs in the Carson Nugget (7pm; $15)
•*Open Dancing with DJ Cowboy Bobby Truesdale at the Eleventh Frame Winners Lounge, Carson Lanes (7pm-11pm; $5; must be 21+)
•*Painting Class at Van Gogh and Vino (7pm-9:30pm; $30 per painter)
•*Live Music with Silverwing at the Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City (7:30pm)
•*Live Music with Janera Paxton at Westside Pour House (8pm)
•*Live Music with Mixed Company at Flight: 2244 Meridian, off Airport in Minden (8pm)
•*Live Music with Rebekah Chase Band at Max Casino: formerly the Carson Station (8pm-12am)
•*Karaoke at Barb’s Y-Not: 152 E. Long St. (8pm)
•*Friday Night Dance Party with DJ Bobby G at Living the Good Life: 1480 N. Carson St. (9pm)
•*Concert for a Cause with Dusty Miles and the Crying Shame at Sassafras Eclectic Food Joint: 1500 Old Hot Springs Rd. (9pm; a 'Kick Nic's Cancer' fundraiser)
•*Karaoke with J and M Productions at Whiskey Tavern (9pm)
•*Disney Themed Halloween Party with DJ Mobeatz and DJ Ozzy at Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar: 301 N. Carson Street (10pm)

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