Arts and crafts

The annual Basque Festival at Fuji Park is evolving this year to become a multi-cultural celebration this Sunday, Sept. 15, that includes Basque, Italian, Mexican and Nevada barbecue cuisine.

Dubbed the “Fall Festival,” this family-friendly event offers a “Kid Zone” with 5 bounce houses, arts and crafts tables, a Home Depot build project, various games, kid karaoke, caricatures, face painting and a balloon artist. Adults can enjoy live music and dancing as well as Bingo in the Pavilion with various prize levels available.

Former students of the historic Stewart Indian School will be honored at a special recognition ceremony as part of the 2013 Stewart Father’s Day Powwow in Carson City June 14-16.

Hosted in partnership with the Nevada Indian Commission and the Stewart Alumni, the annual powwow includes quality Native American arts and crafts vendors and is also a time for alumni, former employees, families and friends to gather at the former campus.

Tradition, legacy and Native American culture will once again shine with brilliant colors and graceful dance Father's Day weekend in Carson City.

The annual Father's Day Powwow at Stewart Indian School draws a number of quality American Indian arts and crafts vendors, and is also a time for alumni, former employees and their families and friends to gather at the former campus at 5500 Snyder Avenue in Carson City.

The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada is hosting a birthday party for Clifford, the big red dog. Clifford will be visiting the museum from 12-1pm. Come create Clifford themed arts and crafts. The celebration and activities are included with museum admission. For more information contact the museum. 884-2226

This Nevada Day Carson Colony will host the annual La Ka Lel Be Pow Wow. This event begins on Friday at 5 p.m. Saturday at 1 p.m. and Sunday at noon. The Pow Wow is free and open to the public. There will be arts and crafts, food vendors and Native American dancing and singing. The Carson Colony is located in Carson City, 2900 S. Curry Street.
For more information please contact Martin Montgomery at 775-450-9655 or Brandi Colunga at 775-671-4949.

If you are a newcomer to that area or if you have never been there, the fall season is a great time of the year to visit Apple Hill.
And, if you are a newcomer to our area, you are probably wondering, “What and where in the heck is Apple Hill?”
Well, the correct answer is: “Apple Hill is not a specific hill or a specific location; on the contrary, it is a large geographic area in California.”

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This fishing report is for the week of May 30 to June 5, 2012.

It’s that time of the year, once again, to visit a special place known as Apple Hill in the State of California.
If you are a newcomer to this area or if you have never been there, fall is a great time of the year to visit Apple Hill.
And, if you are a newcomer, about now you are probably wondering, “What and where in the heck is Apple Hill?”
Well, the correct answer is: “Apple Hill is not a specific hill or a specific location; on the contrary, it is a large geographic area.”

Calling all wing lovers, the Great International Chicken Wing Society presents Carson City’s first Wing-Off at Carson Station Casino, Friday through Sunday. Check out the latest Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau blog for details and go here for a list of happenings through the month of October.

How would you like to take a mid-to-late summer vacation at an out-of-the-way location, right here in the State of Nevada? 
If you are interested, did you know that our very own White Pine County is home to one of the nation's least visited and Nevada's only National Park — The 77,000 acre Great Basin National Park?

If you've never been there, here is a whole bunch of useful information:

The Wa She Shu It Deh arts festival at Tallac Historic Site in South Lake Tahoe will be on July 23-24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California offers this festival that includes a basket-weaving competition, native dancers, music and arts and crafts.

The Dayton Valley Dog Park is set to celebrate its grand opening on Saturday, July 9. The grand-opening ceremony begins at 10 am and concludes at 3:30 pm. There will be great food, arts and crafts, music, and dog resources. Everyone is welcome to attend!! Please call 775-246-0814 for more details. The Dayton Valley Dog Park is located on Como Road and Dayton Valley Road.

Music, parades, and plenty of fun are in store as the 22nd Dayton Valley Days kicks of Saturday and Sunday.

The two-day event features more than 100 food, music, arts and crafts booths, plus historical demonstrations and many other attractions.

Festivities will be at Old Town Dayton. A pancake breakfast by the Kiwanis Club begins at 7 a.m. both days. Festivities run from 9 a.m. to dusk on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.

The Saturday morning 3rd & Curry Street Farmers Market is a local growers’ market, featuring fresh produce from Nevada Certified Farmers Market growers. The Market also offers a variety of house and garden plants and numerous handmade arts and crafts. The Market runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Buy fresh and buy local!

Todd Borg is one fine writer. His series of “Tahoe” books have won over readers from all over the country, and that’s without the usual big-money promotion by a New York publisher.

Borg does it all himself, from his home in South Lake Tahoe, to book fairs and arts and crafts festivals all over the west. He prints his books, warehouses them and distributes them himself. And readers love the his books, and enjoy the antics of his Great Dane Spot and the quiet beauty of private eye Owen McKenna’s girl friend Street.

Celebrating Nevada's rich American Indian culture is a new exhibit at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City called "What Continues the Dream: Contemporary Arts and Crafts from the Powwow Tradition."
This colorful exhibit, featured now through Aug. 7, was developed by the Folklife Program of the Nevada Arts Council and presents art and crafts that capture the vibrant spirit of the contemporary powwow, Nevada-style.

WIth the 150th anniversary of the Pony Express this year, the Nevada State Museum staff designed a unique raffle prize to celebrate this year’s Carson City Mint Coin Show.

Raffle tickets are now on sale for the grand prize, a precious 20-ounce silver bar embedded with two one ounce .999 fine 150th Anniversary Pony Express medallions. Fabricated at Northwest Territorial Mint/Medallic Art and sponsored by John Etten of Heritage Collectibles, this unique, one-of-a-kind prize is valued at $1,500. The coin show is Aug. 27-28.

Mills Park in Carson City was transformed this weekend into a scene right out of U.S. History. This year's Carson City Rendezvous celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Pony Express.

The Saturday morning 3rd & Curry Street Farmers Market is a local growers’ market, featuring fresh produce from Nevada Certified Farmers Market growers. The Market also offers a variety of house and garden plants and numerous handmade arts and crafts. The Market runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Prepare yourself for a living history weekend at the 27th annual Carson City Rendezvous, June 11-13, at Mills Park in Carson City. This year's Rendezvous features a salute to the Pony Express, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.