Children's Museum

Empty Bowls Carson City Project for 2015 kicks off with its first event Saturday, May 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cops and Kids public safety festival at at the Carson City Sheriff's Office, 911 E Musser Street. Bring your family, friends, co-workers and local groups down for some creative fun for a great cause at this free pottery making event to end hunger in Carson City.

Have you picked your pony yet? The Kentucky Derby is today, but that is far from the only thing running today. Chili on the Comstock is hosting their inaugural Fun with the Runs 5K Saturday at 10 a.m. The 1926 Edwards Motor Car is running, too, and ready for rides at the Nevada Railroad Museum. The wine walk is always a good time, and with Mother’s Day next weekend, it can’t hurt to peruse the shops before you run out of time to pick the perfect gift.

SATURDAY: Kentucky Derby Day:

22 is 22 Too Many: WNC Veterans Suicide Awareness March: park south of Bully’s Restaurant, walk continues up College Parkway to Western Nevada College (10am)

Genoa Cowboy Festival: Cowboy Breakfast hosted by Douglas Lodge #12 F&A Masons -Served in the historic lodge building ($5; 8am to 12pm; Pancakes with syrup, scrambled eggs, sausage and coffee; Proceeds benefit the Masons’ local scholarship programs)

Just remind yourself that these April showers bring May flowers, and the balmy spring weather is returning in just a few days. This weekend has indoor and outdoor activities aplenty, so you can choose the degree of wind and rain you want to deal with.

The sun is shining, the flowers blooming, the birds chirping, the wind gusting, and Carson City is hopping! Easter fun can be found this weekend at the annual EGGstravaganza at Carson Tahoe Medical Center, the Children’s Museum, the Carson Mall, and the Brewery Arts Center.

Head over to Mills Park for the Vietnam Veterans Day Celebration, complete with military vehicles, exhibits, and more. For demonstrations from soldiers with an even older history, the Nevada Civil War Volunteers will be in Dayton Saturday.

The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada presents Asian New Year Celebration this Saturday, Feb. 21, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gun Hay Fat Choy Welcome to the year of the Sheep Arts and Crafts, Dragon Head Masks, Chinese Lanterns and More Tsuru No Kai Taiko Drums at 11:30 am. Free with admission/membership. More info: 884-2226.
The Museum is located at 813 N Carson St, Carson City.

For the last six years, Carson High School has held an alumni night at the Carson-Douglas basketball game in which alumni are recognized and celebrated. It’s a chance for alumni to come back and visit the old stomping grounds, support the Senators and a chance for us to celebrate contributions and the lives of CHS alumni. The Alumni games will be held February 13 against Douglas Tigers.

Fresh from last week's Empty Bowls project in downtown Carson City, local potters Robin and Rich McGregor of Carson City Pottery Art School and Debbie Anderson of Turtle Mountain Designs will hold their annual holiday sales Saturday at two different locations.

The second annual Home Studio Holiday Tours will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Good news from the North Pole: Santa Claus is coming to the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada on Friday Dec. 12 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Bring your cameras because photo-ops and crafts are included in the $5 per child admission. Parents are admitted free. Please note: special event admission is not included in membership.

Thursday, October 30, 2014 - Celebrate Halloween with a visit to the Children's Museum annual Trick or Treat. Come to the museum in costume and trick or treat There will be clever Halloween-themed activities and trick or treating.

Admission is $5 for kids and adult are free, members and non-members. 6-8pm
Children's Museum of Northern Nevada
813 N Carson St, Carson City, NV 89701
Call 884-2226 for more info

Don't miss out on our annual Scarecrow making event this Saturday, Oct. 18 from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada. Included with admission or membership! Bring some clothes to dress your scarecrow!

813 N. Carson St.
Carson City, NV 89701
775-884-2226

Local artists, young and old are donating handmade bowls for a fund raising event that will be held during the Capital Tree Lighting ceremony on December 5th, 2013.

Restaurants are providing the soup and bread that will fill our Empty Bowls. For a minimum donation of $12, you may select one of the bowls and enjoy a warm winter meal to launch the holiday season. The artisan bowl is yours to keep as a reminder that there are empty bowls in our community. There will also be an art auction at the event!

Design your own pottery for the greater good this Saturday at the Children's Museum in Carson City. Project Empty Bowls will be working with all ages making bowls from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the Dec. 5 Empty Bowl's soup feed fundraiser at the Carson City Silver & Snowflakes Festival of Lights.

No experience necessary. Come create a bowl to donate and help the Empty Bowls Carson City Project to feed the hungry in our valley.

Enjoy a free family event this Saturday. Come and make an Empty Bowl to donate to the Empty Bowls Carson City Project in the lower level of the Children's Museum. 813 N Carson St, Carson City, NV.
All ages welcome. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 26.

For more information on upcoming events, please like our Facebook page here and visit our website here.

Clay is a wonderful, tactile medium that many kids have never experienced before. Its three dimensional nature forces them to think about structure, shapes and forms.

At Kids Clay Camp they can experiment with a variety of building techniques while they learn to think about their ideas and adapt to change along the way.

There is something very magical about children when they are thinking and working creatively. Once children learn to express and execute their personal visions in clay, they can become empowered in ways that go far beyond the walls of the ceramic studio or classroom.

The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada Annual Yard Sale will be Saturday, July 19, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
All proceeds benefit the Children's Musuem (a non-profit corporation receiving no Federal or State funding).

Effective June 15th we are accepting donations of items to sell. All donations to our yard sale are tax deductible. Please contact Kris 884-2226 at to donate your gently used items.

Crain Clan Productions presents "Romeo & Juliet" an adapted version, at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada, Saturday, June 21 at 7 p.m.

Set in Nevada, this adaptation weaves old and new together in a way that is relevant and entertaining.
Tickets cost $10 available at the museum or simply purchase at the door.

Children's Museum of Northern Nevada is located at 813 N. Carson St., Carson City. For more information, call 775-884-2226.

Come and join us for our one show only, encore performance of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. This breathtaking modernized version of the classic tragedy includes contemporary music, fun choreography, intense fight scenes while peppered with hilarious humor.

Performed by actors ranging from ages 12 to 14, this show is extremely heartfelt and well received.

Where: The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada
When: June 21, 2014
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost:$10
Contact information: Luana Olson at 775-884-2226

The Nevada Arts Council announced its 2015 grant recipients for the year, with Carson City, Western Nevada and Lake Tahoe organizations getting a share of more than $600,000 in art program money.

NAC Arts Learning, Project and Partners in Excellence grants for fiscal year 2015 went to non-profit organizations and public institutions in 10 Nevada counties. Grants were awarded at the board meeting in May. Review panels convened in public meetings to evaluate the grant applications and recommend funding amounts for the board to consider.

The Nevada Arts Council announced its 2015 grant recipients for the year, with Carson City, Western Nevada and Lake Tahoe organizations getting a share of more than $600,000 in art program money.

NAC Arts Learning, Project and Partners in Excellence grants for fiscal year 2015 went to non-profit organizations and public institutions in 10 Nevada counties. Grants were awarded at the board meeting in May. Review panels convened in public meetings to evaluate the grant applications and recommend funding amounts for the board to consider.

The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada hosts a Family Dance Party, Friday, May 23 at 5 p.m. Enjoy music with a live disc jockey, dancing, food truck, vendors, African drumming and more. Raise the roof while raising money for the museum, located at 813 N. Carson St. Admission is $5 and $15.

The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada in Carson City is hosting a family dance party. The evening will include a live DJ and African dance group- Anouaze Beat featuring Norbert Yao. The local food truck, Nevada Nosh will be selling sliders just outside of the museum. Tickets for the dance party are $5/person or $15/family. All ages are welcome but minors must be accompanied by an adult. $5 off One Year Memberships for attendees!

For more info call (775)884-2225 or visit www.cmnn.org

It's the first Saturday of the month and that means wine sipping and a stroll through downtown Carson City. From 1 to 5 p.m. today is the Downtown Carson City Wine Walk.

For just $10 you’ll receive a commemorative wine glass and endless reasons to stroll through downtown sipping and tasting the afternoon away. Bring your wine walk glass with the Carson City Logo on it and pay only $8.

There's one last chance to sign up for Sunday's Caddyshack-themed Golf Fore The Kids Charity Children's Golf Tournament at Eagle Valley East Golf Course in Carson City.

Hosted by the Carson City Downtown Business Association, the tournament will benefit the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada and the Eagle Valley Children's Home.

There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. All you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen and be the ball.

Signups are underway for the Caddyshack-themed Golf Fore The Kids Charity Children's Golf Tournament to be held on Sunday, May 4, at Eagle Valley East Golf Course in Carson City.

This tournament, hosted by the Carson City Downtown Business Association, will benefit the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada and the Eagle Valley Children's Home.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day Saturday at Children's Museum of Northern Nevada. Come join the fun and wear your green and celebrate at the Children’s Museum with arts and crafts along with a performance by the Blanchette School of Irish Dance at 2pm.

Saturday March 15th
10:00 am to 2:00 pm

All activities are FREE with price of admission. The museum is located at 813 N. Carson St, Carson City.
Go to www.cmnn.org

Arts and crafts is the theme of the Winter Celebration today from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada. Free with admission (or membership). Hope to see you there!

813 N. Carson St.
(775) 884-2226

Christmas and holiday lights will illuminate the Capitol Building and downtown Friday night when Carson City flips the switch at the annual Silver and Snowflakes Festival of Lights celebration.

The event brings thousands to downtown Carson City marking the city's official kick off of the Christmas and holiday season. Festivities begin at the capitol grounds, 5:30 p.m. where more than 300 voices of the Carson City 5th Grade Music Students Singing Ensemble will provide musical entertainment.

The inaugural Empty Bowls Project kicks off its campaign for the Carson City area Dec. 6 at the downtown skating rink during the Silver and Snowflakes Festival of Lights.

Empty Bowls is a grass roots movement to end hunger. Local artists young and old donate handmade bowls. Restaurants donate soup and food. For a minimum $10 donation you choose a bowl and fill it with food.

Treat or treating in Carson City will be held on Halloween night, Thursday, Oct. 31. Just like it is celebrated throughout the country.

If you're a Carson City resident, the question as to when Beggar's Night falls on isn't a dumb one to wonder or ask since wrenches have been thrown into the mix every few years due to Nevada Day festivities.

Because Nevada Day sometimes falls on Oct. 31, there have been instances where the annual trick or treating ritual in Carson City has been moved up or down the calendar.

There will be a Safe Halloween Celebration at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada in Carson City on Sunday, Oct. 27, from 4 to 6 p.m.

The cost is $5 per child. The celebration is a safe, happy, fun place for your little ones to Trick or Treat. All children must be accompanied by an adult.