April 2023
A Midsummer Night's Dream youth production May 12-13 at Carson City's Brewery Arts Center
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 04/18/2023 - 8:52pm
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May 12, 2023 (All day) LTI Educational Commonwealth is pleased to announce our production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The cast is comprised of youth ages 10 and up who have been studying Shakespeare's plays and influence in their class this year.
Carson High School graduation rate rebounds post COVID, ACT test scores yet to pull up
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Tue, 04/18/2023 - 3:36pm
In 2019, the graduation rate for Carson High School was at nearly 94.6 percent; however, only two years later in 2021, the rate dropped significantly with only 88.7 percent being awarded their diploma.
Cooking with Nettles class at Stewart Indian School is now closed to registration
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 04/18/2023 - 2:34pm
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April 22, 2023 (All day) Thank you to the community for your overwhelming response to the first class offered at the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum. This class, "Cooking with Nettles" taught by Melanie Smokey, Washoe/Yomba cultural plant medicine expert, is now full and closed to registration. We will post a notice if this class is offered again in the future.
Carson City schools celebrate National School Library month, gear up for School Library week
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Tue, 04/18/2023 - 12:42pm
In honor of National School Library month, which takes place throughout April, as well as National Library Week, which takes place April 23-29, Carson City librarians are celebrating with a number of activities for their students.
This is the 38th annual celebration, which will lead up to Nevada Reading Week in the first week of March.
Reno Chalk Art & Music Festival moving to August
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 04/18/2023 - 11:47am
Liquid Blue Events is thrilled to announce it will produce the Reno Chalk Art & Music Festival in 2023 on behalf of the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. Now in its 7th year, the three-day event features live art installations, live music, food and drink experiences, artist and craft shops, and a Kids Zone.
Carson City Supervisors to hear housing appeal, opioid settlements, health plan rate increases, and more
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Tue, 04/18/2023 - 10:50amEvent Date:
April 20, 2023 - 8:30am
The next Carson City Board of Supervisors meeting will be held on Thursday, April 20 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Bob Crowell Boardroom of the Community Center, located at 851 E. William Street.
Carson City Classic Cinema presents 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court' (1949)
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 04/18/2023 - 9:07am
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April 20, 2023 (All day) Join us this Thursday for our Take2 Series. We are now offering a second movie each month. This one on the third Thursday of the month. This movie will be this Thursday, April 20 in the Black Box Theatre in the Brewery Arts Center at 449 West King Street.
Pine Nuts with McAvoy Layne: We are what we eat
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 04/18/2023 - 9:02am
If we are what we eat, well, today we can become a previously extinct prehistoric animal that nobody has seen for thousands of years. Yes the Aussies have created a humongous meatball made entirely of wooly mammoth meat grown in a laboratory.
Proscenium Players Inc., production of 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' coming to Carson City in May
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 04/18/2023 - 8:12am
Experience the magic of Shakespeare this spring when the Proscenium Players Inc. present A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Written in the early 1600s, the play is one of The Bard’s most popular and is performed world-wide.
Prescription drug 'take back' event in Dayton this Saturday
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 04/18/2023 - 7:08am
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April 22, 2023 - 10:00am DAYTON, Nev. — National Prescription Drug Take Back events offer safe ways to dispose of expired or unneeded prescription drugs.
This weekend, as part of National Drug Take Back Day, Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties, Lyon County Sheriff's Office, and Smith's have come together to host a drop off location in Dayton for unneeded medications.
