Arts and Entertainment

Come out and enjoy an evening with some of Northern Nevada’s best stand-up comics! Then try out some stand-up comedy of your own at the post-show open mic!

The Brewery Arts Center is hosting a Stand-Up Comedy Showcase on Saturday, September 17th at 8 pm (doors at 7:30) at the Brewery Arts Center Maizie Jesse Harris Black Box Theatre. The BAC is located at 449 W. King St. Carson City, NV 89703. Tickets are only $5 at the door with open seating and a cash bar. For more information please contact Nick Josten at 775-450-4772.

Irish-American singer-songwriter Ryan Davidson appears at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall in Carson City this Saturday to open the 2016-2017 season of BAC’s popular Celtic Series.

The Capital City Arts Initiative announces its exhibition, Silver State Swimmer, with artwork by Michael Malley at the city’s Sierra Room located in the Community Center, 851 E William Street, Carson City. CCAI will host a reception for the artist on Friday, Sept. 9, 5-7pm in the Sierra Room. The free exhibition is available to the public through November 10, 2016.

Drawing for All Levels: Brewery Arts Center. The class Drawing for All Levels is being offered Wednesdays, from 10:00am - 1:00pm Sept. 14 - Oct 5 at the Brewery Arts Center, 449 West King St. in Carson City.


Have you always wanted to learn to draw? Or do you know how to draw and would like more hands-on practice? Beginning to advanced artists can draw with as little or as much instruction as they need and in a variety of locations throughout Carson City.

Trunk n Treat is a version of trick-or-treating, but instead of children going door to door to collect candy, they go from trunk to trunk.

We'll also be collecting Non Perishable Food which will be donate to "Food For Thought".

Trophy will be awarded to "Best Decorated" Halloween Themed Car. (People's Choice)

Tahoe Tenderloins and Ramblin Rose will be selling food and Hot Drinks.

The Carson City Arts & Culture Coalition will present a Candidates Forum on the Arts on Thursday, September 22, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 W King Street, Carson City. The forum, free and open to the public, will focus on the role of arts and culture in our community.

The Friends of the Carson City Library present poet Glade A. Myler who will speak about his latest book.
"Through the Eye of the Needle" is an anthology of poems written in Spanish and English, as well as one in Portuguese. This is the second book of poems published by the author. The first was "Perspectives."

The event will be held Sept. 12, beginning at 6:15 p.m. at the Browser Corner Bookstore, 711 E Washington St., in Carson City.

P'Opera! is the premiere show choir of the Sierra Music Society (www.poperanv.org). Our group of 20-30 singers perform in many venues around Northern Nevada.

There are multiple ways to say farewell to summer this weekend. The Best in the West Rib Cook-off is a local favorite, as is the Fallon Cantaloupe Festival. It has finally cooled down a little, so the Downtown Carson Wine Walk is a perfect way to spend an afternoon. Keep reading and have a great time.

SATURDAY:

Labor Day Weekend Highlights

Carson City:
Saturday – Monday: Take a ride on the Virginia and Truckee #25 Steam Engine at the Nevada State Train Museum. Rides begin approximately every 40 minutes, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Fares are $8 for ages 12 and over; $4 for ages 4 to 11 and Museum members; and FREE for ages 3 and under.

Double Trouble featuring Michael Furlong and Terry Jayo as Tom Petty and Bob Seger will play a concert at the Carson Nugget on Sunday, September 4th at 7PM. Tommy Rocker will open for the band and give a special performance after the concert.

Anita Watson will portray Mary Pickford, at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Wednesday, September 7, at 6:30 pm.

Mary Pickford was America’s Sweetheart. Pickford was an actress on the stage and in film, a writer, a producer, a director, and co-founder of a movie studio. She socialized with Hollywood’s most famous stars and married a swashbuckling film hero, Douglas Fairbanks. In 1955, Mary Pickford published her autobiography, Sunshine and Shadows. In this presentation, Pickford will discuss her book and her life.

The Comstock Residents Association’s 6th annual Labor Day Rummage Sale and BBQ is this weekend. The event takes place on Saturday, Sept. 3 and Sunday Sept. 4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Silver City Park at 385 High Street (adjacent to the community center/school house).

The Capital City Arts Initiative announces its exhibition, "High School Pic[ks] 1", at the Community Development Building [the Brick], 108 E Proctor Street, Carson City.

Sixteen high school student artists from Carson, Dayton, and Douglas high schools have work in the exhibit. CCAI will host a reception for the artists on Tuesday, September 13 from 5:30-7pm at the Brick. The free exhibition is available to the public from September 1 - November 29, 2016.

The Capital City Arts Initiative announces its exhibition, Silver State Swimmer, with artwork by Michael Malley at the city’s Sierra Room located in the Community Center, 851 E William Street, Carson City. CCAI will host a reception for the artist on Friday, September 9, 5-7pm in the Sierra Room. The free exhibition is available to the public from July 11 - November 10, 2016.

Historian Steve Davis will speak on a visual exploration of photography and the American West in the nineteenth century, in a free presentation at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Saturday, Sept. 3, at 10 a.m.

SILVER CITY — While he's in Nevada teaching a graduate level course on poetry at University of Nevada, Reno, acclaimed poet David Lee will also offer poetry readings on the Comstock in historic Silver City (dates to be determined).

The Comstock Residents Association’s 6th Annual Labor Day Rummage Sale and BBQ is just around the corner! The event takes place on Saturday September 3rd and Sunday September 4 from 9am-5pm at the Silver City Park at 385 High Street (adjacent to the community center/school house).

You’ll meet some great people and find remarkable bargains on furniture, housewares, books, art and more.

The food is always good, with lots to choose from.

Live music sweetens the event, with performances by The Ukulocos, Bob Elston, Allander/Stornetta, Mylo McCormick, and others.

Virginia City celebrates the next two weekends with historic proportions including the Great Civil War Days this Saturday through Monday, the annual Labor Day parade and then prepares itself with giddy and up go the following weekend with the 57th annual International Camel and Ostrich Races.

Grab your cape, mask, and special side-kick and head to Tumbleweeds Gymnastics in Minden for their Superhero 5/10K. Hunt for underwater treasure at Sand Harbor with the High Desert Divers, all divers and snorkelers are invited. The Ferrari Hill Climb continues today in Virginia City if you feel the need for speed. Galaxy Theater brings another movie classic to the big screen today. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘The King and I’ 60th Anniversary Event plays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

SUNDAY:

Attention musicians: The Carson City Symphony will begin rehearsals for the 2016-17 concert season on Wednesday, August 31, 7:00 to 9:15 p.m., at the Carson High School band room, 1111 N. Saliman Road in Carson City.

The Symphony, conducted by David Bugli, is a volunteer orchestra of about 60 players who perform music from the 15th to 21st centuries. It is open to string players at any time without audition, and to other instrumentalists when positions are available.

The kids deserve some fun for surviving their first week back at school, and Carson City delivers. The first annual Northern Nevada Family Fun Day takes over Mills Park with music, a kids zone, activities, food, raffles, and much more. Check out the Bowling Blast Off at Carson Lanes for a Car Show, bowling specials, and fun. Once the sun sets, Washoe Lake State Park offers a basic astronomy lesson and some celestial viewing. Keep reading: there’s something for everyone this weekend.

SATURDAY:

The Reno Blues Society is putting a new spin on the pub crawl craze with the inaugural “Balloons and Blues Strut” on September 10 at five venues on East 4th Street with a local blues band at each venue playing between 5:30 and 9:30pm, all for just $5.

It’s balloon race weekend so to encourage those folks looking for earlier entertainment that day, they would have an option.

At the 24th annual Carson City Ghost Walk, you can walk, but you can’t hide from the supernatural entertainment and historical folly. This is not your high school history class: Carson City’s rich and intriguing history will be fully explored and theatrically relived.

Join us in our celebration of Sandy Imperatori’s 24th watercolor plein air workshop and retreat at St. Mary’s Art Center. She and her students will share the fruits of their labor in our 1st floor galleries for one night only, Friday, September 2nd 5-7pm. Light refreshments will be served

The historic town of Genoa is having a music festival on Labor Day weekend, Saturday, Sept. 3 from 2-7:30 p.m. in the stockade at the beautiful Mormon Station State Historic Park.

This festival will feature 2 stages of entertainment. Beginning on the Village Stage will be award winning Dougie L. for the National Sinatra competition singing the Great American Songbook.

Join Artsy Fartsy Art Gallery, LLC and the Charlie B. Gallery for an evening of community and the local arts.

Telegraph Street will be lined with local artists, giving you the opportunity to meet and talk to them. Free live music will be provided by Linda Arnn Arteno and local food trucks will be on hand to fill those bellies.

The historic town of Genoa is having a music festival on Labor Day weekend, Saturday, Sept. 3 from 2-7:30 p.m. in the stockade at the beautiful Mormon Station State Historic Park.

This festival will feature 2 stages of entertainment. Beginning on the Village Stage will be award winning Dougie L. for the National Sinatra competition singing the Great American Songbook.

A new brochure, developed through the Carson City Visitors Bureau, leads art lovers on a self-guided tour of the city’s galleries. The Carson City Art Walk features artists and galleries, all located within walking distance of downtown.

In this 1946 Film Noir, Mary (Ava Gardner) returns to her small hometown where she stirs up trouble for every guy who makes a play for her!

Doors open at 6:00p; trivia and discussion at 6:30p; film at 7:00p. General admission $5; Senior/Student $3; Free for members.

Proceeds go to help students participate in the arts. For more information, call Rhonda at 775.315.8495.