March 2023

It’s spring, and that means our area bears will soon come out of hibernation. Tahoe Urbanized Bear Expert Toogee Sielsch wants residents to do everything they can to keep the bears out of neighborhoods and to limit their human encounters.

He will share his knowledge about local bear activity with members of the Rotary Club of Carson City and the public at the club’s next meeting on Tuesday, April 4th.

Carson City's Carson Raceway go karting track is now under new ownership, and has added a new activity to the roster: Axe throwing!

Axe throwing has risen in popularity throughout the country in recent years, in which participants stand inside of a safety zone much like a batting cage and throw axes towards a static target. While there are axe throwing locations in Reno, this is the first of its kind in the capital city.

The Carson City Parks, Recreation & Open Space Department presents two free writing workshops for the community on Saturday, April 22, as part of the Mark Twain Days Festival. The workshops will take place at the Carson City Community Center, Bonanza Room, 851 E. William St.

This is a wonderful opportunity for adult writers of any level to learn from award-winning Nevada authors Suzanne Morgan Williams, Courtney Cliften, and Nevada Poet Laureate Gailmarie Pahmeier.

Carson City’s newest mural is a portrait of Mark Twain that will be unveiled at the Nevada State Museum on Wednesday, April 5 at 11:00 a.m.

In conjunction with the Inaugural Mark Twain Days festival taking place April 21 - 23, Visit Carson City partnered with the Nevada State Museum to commission a Mark Twain Mural that is being installed on the Robinsons Street exterior wall of the museum.