Camps
It's Your City with Ian Hill talks about upcoming Leadership Boot Camp
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 8:54amIan Hill of Carson City provides an update on the Leadership Boot Camp being made available by The Changing Point. Proceeds from this program will benefit CASA of Carson City and the Brewery Arts Center.
The Boot Camps will be held June 12 and June 16, 2014 at the The BRIC building, 108 E. Proctor Street in Carson City. Go here for more information and to sign up.
Sundaes of Summer Contest Promotes Family Fun and the Food Bank of Northern Nevada
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Mon, 05/19/2014 - 11:55amReno Fam on the Go and the Food Bank of Northern Nevada are teaming together to promote family fun and the upcoming “Together We Can Solve Hunger” concert. Participants make their most magnificent ice cream sundae, snap a picture, and enter it on the Facebook contest site at
SUMMER ACTING CAMPS (Ages 6-16) FULL PLAY @ Damonte Ranch Performing Arts School (S. Reno)
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 04/19/2014 - 8:40amCost: $249 week (Includes script and makeup cost)
Registration:
http://www.kidscapeproductions.com/reno/summer2014camps/
Save $50 off full week registrations by registering online before June 9th, 2014
More summer options at: www.KidScapeProductions.com
See our past camp video: http://kspimprov.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Full-Play-Zombie-Camp.m4v
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UNR history professor emeritus Davies pens book on history of boxing in Nevada
Submitted by editor on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 10:47amUniversity of Nevada, Reno distinguished History Professor Emeritus Richard O. “Dick” Davies offers a blow-by-blow account of boxing in the Silver State in his new book titled “The Main Event: Boxing in Nevada from the Mining Camps to the Las Vegas Strip.” The book is now available for purchase.
Davies was inspired to write his book after speaking with Matt Becker, senior acquisitions editor for the University of Nevada Press. He spent a few years researching Nevada’s history and culture of boxing and composed “The Main Event,” his newest chronicle of sports history.
Banjo music, gold and silver mining camp lore visited at free Carson City concert program
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 10/08/2013 - 4:20pmStep back in time for a night of music that graced mining camps for decades during the gold and silver rushes of the 1850s through the 1870s. The Gold Rush Banjo will be presented free on Friday, Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center.
Doors open at 7 p.m. Seating is first come first serve. The program is an evening of stories and songs on the historical mid-19th century banjo with musician and historian Chris Bayer.
Free GED Boot Camps at Douglas, Carson City WNC campuses
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 08/26/2013 - 4:11pmRegistration begins soon for GED Boot Camps scheduled for Western Nevada College’s Carson City and Douglas campuses. The free GED Boot Camps provide intensive instruction and preparation for students interested in passing a GED or high school equivalency exam.
“The GED boot camp covers all sections of the official GED exam: science, social studies, reading, writing and math,” said Angela Andrade-Holt, WNC Adult Literacy and Language program coordinator. “Students also receive test-taking skills and a week of review prior to the administration of the official exam.”
Quality programs at library creating a vibrant summer of learning for Carson City youth
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Mon, 07/22/2013 - 2:03pmCarson City, NV – From the Carson Library and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada, librarian-led summer programs and activities are over the halfway point and more than 1,500 community youth are participating. Summer reading pages for prizes, technology enrichments, video journalism and art clinics are among the most popular ways youth are spending time.
Evacuations lifted, Lyon County fire near Silver City scaled down from 300 to 96 acres
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 06/30/2013 - 2:37pmUPDATE 10:30AM MONDAY: The Sierra Front Type 3 team battling the Pedlar Fire in Silver City took control of the fire at 11 p.m. Sunday night. As of 7:30 Monday morning the fire was 75 percent contained, according to the latest from Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch. Highway 341 from Highway 50 to the truck route "Y"was reopened. Highway 342 from the "Y' through Silver City to Virginia City will remain closed this morning.
Women to Women Nevada with Kame Masterson
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Fri, 06/28/2013 - 9:54amThis week's Women to Women Nevada interview is with Kame Masterson of Carson City who is owner of a home-based anti-aging business.
During the interview, in which Masterson explains her background, she also shares some of her family's story of how her parents, both Japanese, were put into internment camps during World War II.
Strings in Schools concert to feature music of Jay Ungar and Molly Mason
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 7:12amCarson City Symphony's Strings in the Schools led by Carson City Symphony Education Director Sue Jesch present a festival featuring the Music of Jay Ungar and Molly Mason on Saturday, May 11.
The concert will be at Empire Elementary School, 1260 Monte Rosa Drive, Carson City. It includes a workshop from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for string players of all ages, a potluck lunch, and a public concert beginning at 3:00 p.m. Admission to the festival and the concert is free, donations welcome.
NV Energy hosts workshop for small and diverse businesses
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 3:24pmNV Energy is sponsoring a workshop in Reno for small and diverse businesses interested in providing goods and services to Nevada’s largest electric utility. The workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, March 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the company’s Sierra Plaza Auditorium at 6100 Neil Road.
Partnering with NV Energy to present the Strategies for Winning Contracts workshop are the Nevada Small Business Development Center (NSBDC), the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Nevada Office of Economic Development.
The Sagebrushers: Comstock-era writers took their booze and news to the limit
Submitted by editor on Sun, 02/03/2013 - 10:43amAlfred Doten had one of the longest tenures of any Sagebrusher in the history of the Comstock. His Nevada career began at Como in 1863, and ended 40 years later with his death in Carson City in 1903. Today Doten is remembered for the journals he wrote spanning 54 years documenting his career and personal experiences. Seventy years after his death, the University of Nevada Press published a massive three volume set, weighing a hefty 14 1/2 pounds, titled: “The Journals of Alfred Doten 1849-1903.”
'How-to' course on running a school yearbook program offered at WNC
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 12:10pmGiven the advances in media, photo and printing technology, publishing a yearbook has never been easier for schools, clubs and organizations. But this same technology offers so many choices and alternatives that the process of beginning or updating a yearbook program can appear overwhelming. "How to Advise Yearbook" is a new course offered this spring in Carson City through the Western Nevada College's Community Education department and is designed to give aspiring and novice yearbook advisers a solid grounding in the theory and application of modern yearbooking.
Opinion: Deconstructing Agenda 21
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sun, 01/06/2013 - 6:53pmIn his classic essay, entitled The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Richard Hofstadler, succinctly stated the following:“We are all sufferers from history, but the paranoid is a double sufferer, since he is afflicted not only by the real world, with the rest of us, but by his fantasies as well.”
Wine, Art & Music: Summer "Kick Off" Art Sale & Open House
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 4:16pmWine, Art & Music: Summer "Kick Off" Art Sale & Open House
Date Saturday, June 02, 2012
Time 10:00 am – 5:00 pm PDT
Where Brewery Arts Center
449 W. King St.
Carson City, NV 89703
Event description Put it on your calendars!
Join us for a fun and entertaining day of great art, gift ideas, music, song and food at the Brewery Arts Center Summer “Kick Off” Art Sale and Open House. Held in conjunction with the Carson City Wine Walk.
Brewery Arts Center Summer Kick Off Art Sale and Open House
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 11:37amJoin us for a fun and entertaining day of great art, gift ideas, music, song and food at the Brewery Arts Center Summer "Kick Off" Art Sale and Open House. The teaching artists, art students, Artisans and the Nevada Artist Association Gallery artists will have lots of new and exciting artwork for sale. Demonstrations and performances in various visual, fine and performing arts will be presented by local professional artists (just in time to enroll in summer camps, classes and workshops). Come share in the fun and excitement that is your local arts council, the Brewery Arts Center
Lake Tahoe doctor Terrence Orr part of Olympic athlete care team
Submitted by editor on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 2:08pmSochi, Russia is next on the list for orthopedic surgeon, Terrence Orr's medical volunteerism. As a physician with Tahoe Orthopedic & Sports Medicine, he will be previewing the future site of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games as part of his role as Head Team Physician for the United States Men's Alpine Ski Team — a position he has held since 1999.
Winter Break Kids Camps at Tumbleweeds
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 12:19pmWe have 12 days of action packed -Themed fun, fitness, gymnastics, and much more!!
Snacks provided ~ Bring Sack Lunch
**Sibling Discounts**
Extended care is available- please call the office to register...
Tumbleweeds Gymnastics
3633 Research Way—Carson
775-841-GYM2 (4962)
Outdoors with Don Q: Visit a great website known as Modern Sportsman
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 5:05pmCARSON CITY, Nev. — If you are a sportsman or a sportswoman who hunts, fishes, camps, owns dogs, reloads ammo, cooks wild game, photographs, etc., you might want to take the time to visit www.modernsportsman.proboards.com.
About now, you're probably asking yourself, “What in the heck is this?
Brush fire chews 123 acres at Carson City rifle range
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 12:00pmFire crews have knocked down a 123-acre blaze that started late Saturday morning near the Carson City Rifle and Pistol Range off Flint Drive near the landfill.
Called the Rifle Fire, flames and smoke that billowed through the eastern edge of Carson City were extinguished after several agencies, helicopters and air tankers attacked the fire head-on through the afternoon and into the evening reports the Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center.
An air tanker was taken off the fire and some equipment was moved out of the area after 5 p.m., said Helen Frazier of the dispatch center.
Lawmakers restore funding to China Spring/Aurora Pines
Submitted by admin on Sat, 05/14/2011 - 4:01amLegislative money committees voted Friday to restore money the governor's budget originally cut from the China Spring and Aurora Pines youth camps in Douglas County.Gov. Brian Sandoval originally p...
$50 Million Budget Amendment Mitigates Cuts To Autism, Mental Health, Rural Counties
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 4:29pmBy Andrew Doughman
CARSON CITY – The governor has found $50 million that could erase some of the most controversial cuts in his $5.8 billion proposed budget.
The new revenue projections could mitigate an array of budget cuts to autism, mental health, emergency medical services and rural counties. Those services would have been eliminated or transferred to cash-strapped counties that may not have been able to fund them.
Added to a Mar. 28 amendment of $25.8 million, that leaves the budget about $86 million larger than when the governor submitted it.
FODDER: Nevada stars get red-carpet treatment
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 4:01amSports fodder for a Friday morning ... Colin Kaepernick, Dontay Moch and Virgil Green are now full-fledged rock stars. They have been on a three-month non-stop tour of NFL training camps, college a...
State worker launches budget deficit plan, issues challenge to economists
Submitted by editor on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 5:11pmCarl Kuhl, a state Parole and Probation employee of six years, has created a plan that he claims will eliminate Nevada's budget deficit within two years.
In a news release issued on Tuesday, Kuhl said his plan not only will reduce the budget deficit but also help repair Nevada's economy at the same time. It is a pretty big claim, he admits, coming from an Accounting Assistant I, an entry level position.
Viva Valhalla: September shines at Lake Tahoe with Valhalla Arts, Music and Theatre Festival
Submitted by editor on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 2:13pmLake Tahoe’s annual Valhalla Arts, Music and Theatre Festival has some of the most unique entertainment choices around-the-lake with its solid line-up of performing arts and cultural events running through the month of September. For tickets call (530) 541-4975 or click here.
Here’s the upcoming line-up:
Tahoe Dance Band performs at the Grand Hall on Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m. The 17-piece band plays big band and swing with fox trots, waltzes, tangos, and polkas. Tickets are $15/$12/$5.
Reid, Sandoval Debate Education in First Big Head-To-Head
Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 6:48amSean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
Underdog Democratic candidate for governor Rory Reid took the opportunity at a first debate today with leading GOP candidate Brian Sandoval to challenge his opponent’s commitment to spending on public education.
Activities continue at Tahoe Tallac Site with Valhalla Arts, Music and Theatre Festival
Submitted by editor on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 8:46amLAKE TAHOE — Get ready for jazz, Celtic, mystery, comedy, bluegrass, percussion and a whole lot more at the Lake Tahoe Valhalla Arts, Music and Theatre Festival. The Festival takes place at the historic Tahoe Tallac site, a 74-acre setting currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a 1800’s favorite getaway for Northern California’s elite members of society. But you don’t have to be an elite member of society to enjoy the variety of affordable and sometimes even free events at the Valhalla Festival.
Lake Tahoe is home to Wa She Shu It Deh Native American Festival July 24-25 at Tallac Site
Submitted by editor on Mon, 07/19/2010 - 2:25pmOne of Lake Tahoe’s most notable cultural events will take place at the Valhalla Arts, Music and Theatre Festival the weekend of July 24 and 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Wa She Shu It Deh Native American Festival is a rare cultural event for families taking place on the grounds of the Valhalla Grand Hall with a basket weaving competition, native film festival, traditional dance, native artists, performers and much more.
Lake Tahoe's Valhalla Arts, Music and Theater Festival gets spicy, funky and downright funny
Submitted by editor on Fri, 07/09/2010 - 8:17pmLAKE TAHOE — Visitors and locals alike can head to the shoreline of the Tallac Historic Site for some of the area’s most unique and diverse entertainment. The Valhalla Arts, Music, and Theatre Festival is bringing down the house with its July line-up and it’s sure to be a crowd-pleaser.
Carrie Rodriguez plays Sunday at Carson City's Brewery Outdoor Amphitheater
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 5:23pmCarson City music lovers have a real treat ahead of them this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. when Carrie Rodriguez brings her violin and other instruments to the Brewery’s Outdoor Amphitheater at 441 W. King St.