Arts and Entertainment

The SnowGlobe Music Festival announced additional artists to its fifth anniversary countdown to New Year's lineup, held over three days in South Lake Tahoe, Dec. 29 to New Year's Eve.

Hosted in the heart of South Lake Tahoe, the high-energy hip hop and EDM music festival offers more than 50 world-class artists performing on multiple stages and culminating in an impressive firework show.

Carson City via the Brewery Arts Center is in the running to bring a 10-week live music series to Carson City during the Summer of 2016. The BAC says it needs the help of music fans and locals to make this national music series a reality.

Magic, cuisine and live music will raise the roof this winter with the opening of The Loft Theatre, a new all-ages performance theater and dining venue in the heart of South Lake Tahoe.

The Loft is a first for the California side of Tahoe South that combines a theater, with nightly live entertainment, a lounge and restaurant for families and adults. Located on the third floor of the Heavenly Village Cinema, the $1 million complex features 107-seats, a separate dining area serving authentic Italian cuisine, bar and lounge.

"From outhouse to penthouse!" Come enjoy this light-hearted hilarious comedy about how an unsuspecting hillbilly becomes king and gains a queen! This play is being performed by the DIS award winning theatre program. It's entertainment for ALL ages!

Tickets are $5.00 at the door. Enjoy delicious concessions for only $1.00 each!

Call 775-246-6250 for more info! See you there!

All proceeds go to support arts in education and help to send our students to state competition to represent Northern Nevada is live theatre!!!

There will be an Open Jam Sunday at Sassafras Eclectric Food Joint hosted by Xing Bridges bringing "Sophisticated Simplicity."
Familiar songs from an era which will spark fond memories of years gone by. When music had expressive and strong melodies and harmonies, accompanied by simple and enjoyable rhythms and arrangements.
Unique in our selection of material, we stay true to the melodies you are familiar with, adding original and unique arrangements and the development of a sound that is simply "Xing Bridges."

We’re having a HOEDOWN at the Carson Mall this Saturday, November 14.
Try your shooting skill in our shooting gallery. Our Nerf guns will knock over a tin can or plastic bottle. Barrel racing for the young uns using a stick horse. Calf and steer roping. We have rope for the little ones, the pros will have to bring your own rope.
There's also:

It runs Nov. Thursday, Nov. 12 through Saturday, Nov. 14. Doors Open at 6 p.m., Show Begins: 6:30 p.m. Saturday Matinee at 2 p.m.

The Brewery Arts Center Hosts We Rock Music Program-

Free Concert November 14

After-School Program Begins December 1

Welcome to the weekend, Carson City. The temperatures will be brisk, but nothing a scarf and sweater can’t help guard against. The real cold shows up late Sunday and brings with it a good chance for snow. Mary Poppins would advise we bear it with a spoon full of sugar.

VIRGINIA CITY — Local celebrity and cowboy music performer John Tyson will bring his “American Cowboy” show back to the Gold Hill Hotel on Thursday, Nov. 12.

Tyson, a Vietnam veteran, has worked as a law enforcement officer, range manager, working cowboy, train engineer, entertainer and journalist. He is best known regionally as a former reporter for KOLO-TV Channel 8. But he is also well known for his cowboy songs and poetry, and stories about cowboys of the Old West.

The Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company gets into the festive spirit beginning Friday with a magical production to marks its 25th season with the Broadway blockbuster musical "Mary Poppins."

“The entire company is bursting with excitement for this production,” said producer and director Stephanie Arrigotti. “Anyone who has seen the stage version of this show will understand their excitement.”

Inspired performances. Distinguished artistry. "Friends with Amazing Voices" is a select group of friends of all ages, that features some of the finest vocalists and musicians in the Northwest.

Their mission is to create unforgettable concert experiences, with professional performance opportunities by exceptionally talented singers and musicians of all ages. For the first time, “Friends with Amazing Voices” is bringing their artistry to the Brewery Arts Center’s Performance Hall this Sunday.

The International Folkloric Ballet of Reno joins the daylong celebration of Day of the Dead at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City on Saturday.

Carson City via the Brewery Arts Center is now in the running to bring a 10-week live music series to Carson City during the Summer of 2016.

Sponsored by Levitt Pavilions, the national nonprofit behind the largest free concert series in America, the Brewery Arts Center hopes to qualify as one of the 15 winning organizations competing in the Levitt AMP Carson City Grant Awards.

After a sizzling September of scintillating songs on the stage of the Cabaret Lounge, Rick J. Radecki returns to the best place for live entertainment in northern Nevada, Casino Fandango in Carson City. Rick’s closing out the year in style with a brand-new high-energy edition of “Throwback Thursdays” at 5:30 p.m. in the Ti Amo Italian Grille.

Virginia City resident James Clark will speak on “History of Trains in the Movies” at the Gold Hill Hotel’s Thursday Night Lecture Series on Nov. 5.

Clark is the owner of James Clark & Company, at www.jamesclarkandcompany.com, which offers railroad services to the motion picture industry.

Are you ready for this? Nevada Day weekend has arrived and brings with it a downtown filled with friends, neighbors, and fun. Hot air balloons, the annual beard contest, the parade, tours of the Governor’s Mansion, and more make this time of year amazing. The carnival at Mills Park, and the Pow-Wow at the Carson Colony take the festivities to the next level.

SATURDAY: PARADE DAY!

• Nevada Day Classic 8K Run/Walk (same day registration: $40 from 6:30am-7:30am on the second floor of the Carson Nugget Casino; 8am racers begin at Telegraph Square: W. Telegraph and N. Curry Streets; costumes encouraged)
• BAWN Pancake Breakfast Buffet at Red’s Old 395 (6am-10am; $6/$3 kids)

Individuals or businesses that wish to purchase a holiday tree, complete with decorations, can do so this year in Carson City.

The Senior Service Network, a non-profit organization that helps seniors in need with emergency expenses, is doing its inaugural “Festival of Trees” on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Carson Plaza – an independent senior living community at 2120 East Long Street in Carson City.

Carson City Pottery introduces~ Project of the Week! Each Friday we will introduce a new hand-building project! This is an individualized class, and you may choose to create the given project, work on the pottery wheel, or expand projects from previous classes. You are welcome to either drop-in or prearrange your class by e-mailing bommaritostudios@gmail.com. Classes will be held weekly from 4:00- 6:00 every Friday beginning Nov. 6. This is a great time create some holiday gifts!

The Nevada State Museum celebrates El Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 7, 2015. Day of the Dead is a multicultural celebration of life through death. In this wholesome family holiday, participants learn to deal with death in a healthy way by celebrating the lives of dear ones that has passed away. This year’s keynote address, Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life by Deborah Stevenson, curator of education, begins at 11 a.m.

Here is a comprehensive list of fall festivals, Halloween parties, and fun for all. Items in italic are for those 21 and older only.

Royal Wedding is a 1951 musical with the usual Astaire grace. Astaire and Jane Powell play a brother-sister dance team who each find love when they travel to London, to perform during the festivities surrounding the royal wedding. Come see Fred dance on the ceiling.

Film screening on Tuesday, November 3, at Red's Old 395 Grill. Trivia and film discussion begin at 6:30p, film at 7p. Come early to enjoy a delicious dinner at Red's. We close the evening with a raffle. General admission is $5, $3 Senior/Student, free for members.

The Carson City Photo Club will meet this Tuesday, October 27th at 6:30 at the Carson City Sheriff's Office. Enter via the West door.

All levels of photographers are welcome

One last weekend until Nevada Day, and the ghosts and ghouls are coming out of the woodwork. Learn our haunted history with the Downtown Ghost Walk. For thrills and chills, don’t miss the Second Annual Carson Creepy Short Horror Film Competition in the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall. For a complete list of all Halloween activities this week go here.

SATURDAY:

Carson City Pottery hosts a Special Raku/Pit Firing event Saturday, Oct. 31 through Sunday, November 1st.

You may bring 4 pots for the pit and 4 pots for the raku, already bisqueted. You can bring more as if there is room in the pit and time enough for the raku once everyone's four pots are raku fired.

Steve Hale returns to present a Chautauqua performance of Comstock Characters at the next Thursday night lecture at the Gold Hill Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 at the hotel, 1540 Main St., Gold Hill. Dinner begins at 6 p.m.

As the Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company celebrates its 25th anniversary with a long-awaited production of “Mary Poppins,” weekends, Nov. 6 through 21, the company is also reflecting on the impact it has made in Northern Nevada.

In addition to the high quality theatre that it has offered the region, many former student/performers have gone on to careers in Hollywood, on Broadway, in academia and more.

Welcome to Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. Here are things to do in and around Carson City today:
•*NV Day Treasure Hunt (www.NVDayTreasureHunt.com)
•*’Lines and Fields: Abstract Narrative Paintings’ by Liz Penniman at the Western Nevada College Main Gallery in the Bristlecone Building
•*Artists Walter McNamara and Lynda Yuroff featured in the OXS Gallery at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
•*’Divergence’ by artist Katie Lewis at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)

Carson City Pottery will be holding KIDS classes every Sunday beginning Oct. 25 to Nov. 29, from 10:00AM to 1:00PM. This is the perfect opportunity to be creative for the holidays! Day 1 we will learn how to make a mask for Dia de los Muertos or for Halloween! Day 2, 3, and 4 we will learn how to construct a mug, a box and a rattle sculpture (pictured above). Our final two days will be set aside for glazing and any finishing touches on the projects. Nicole Bommarito will be leading the class and demonstrating construction techniques.