Arts and Entertainment

Gardnerville artist Sonia Carlson hosts a free Chinese Calligraphy workshop at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19 as part of the Nevada Arts Council’s “Work of Artists” series at the Nevada Legislative Building in Carson City.

The event runs until 5 p.m. in Room 3100. All “Work of Artists” presentations are free and open to the public.
Growing up in Zhangzhou, China, Carlson learned calligraphy in school and folk dances from her family.

Guest conductor Maestro Tomasz Golka leads the Reno Chamber Orchestra in Nightingale Concert Hall on Saturday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 15 at 2 p.m. in a program starting with Haydn’s No. 39 and Schubert’s “Tragic” minor key symphonies. Next enjoy a modern composition by composer Witold Lutoslawski, as well as Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations performed by cellist Xiao Lai Zhou, the first prize winner of the Reno Chamber Orchestra’s 2015 College Concerto Competition. Tickets can be purchased on the website and range from $5 – $45.

Join the Carson City Classic Cinema Club for our monthly viewing! Our theme for Tuesday, April 7 viewing is the religious epic "The Agony and the Ecstasy."
The 1965 film, starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II, deals with their conflict over the painting of the Sistine Chapel.

The club meets in the back room at Red's Old 395 Grill (1055 S. Carson Street in Carson City) at 6:30 PM on the first Tuesday of every month.

Each year the historic Nevada mining town of Virginia City goes nuts and celebrates St. Patrick’s Day a few days early with a festival that pays homage to the part of the male cow anatomy that usually winds up snipped on the cutting room floor.

Red's 395 St. Patrick's Day celebration features live Irish music, traditional Irish foods like corned beef and cabbage, true Irish coffee and green beer. This St. Patrick's day event is a Carson City tradition, when once a year Red's turns Green, encouraging patrons to wear the green and sing along to Irish favorites while enjoying good company, foods and drinks!

Attention musicians! The Carson City Symphony will begin rehearsals for the April 26 "Spring Celebration" concert on Wednesday, March 11, 7 to 9:15 p.m., at the First Baptist Church, 1750 Mountain Street, Carson City. Most subsequent Wednesday rehearsals will be at the Carson High band room.

The 7th annual Concert Under the Stars, a benefit for the Greenhouse Project, will feature a July 8 double billing with 70's and 80's smooth classic rock powerhouses Ambrosia and Pablo Cruise.

The concert was announced by Cafe at Adele’s owner Charlie Abowd on his Facebook page Saturday. Ticket sales will be announced soon. The show is produced by John Procaccini of Chili Bop Entertainment and will be in the back outside area of Adele's Restaurant and Lounge.

The Brewery Arts Center, Carson City’s premiere epicenter for the arts since 1976, will present Men of Worth on Friday night, March 13 in the Black Box Theater. Men of Worth was formed in 1986 by Scotsman Donnie Macdonald and Irishman James Keigher who came together to perform Irish and Scottish folk music, combining traditional and contemporary styles.

The wine walk is on the top of the weekend to-do list for many of you, but Carson City has a lot more going on. Ascent Runs is hosting a 5/10K and a half marathon at C-Hill on Saturday. You can register at the race, just make sure you aren’t late. Youth Football season has arrived with sign-ups for SYFL and Pop Warner on Saturday. Cheer on the Western Nevada College Wildcats as their Baseball and Softball teams battle against Salt Lake City Community College.

Retired Senior Volunteer Program, also known as RSVP, is hosting an evening of "Comic Relief" with local comedienne, Kat Simmons on Wednesday, March 25 at the Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King Street, Carson City.

Tickets are $30 for the main hall and $25 for balcony seats and are available at the RSVP office, the Artisan store at the Brewery Arts Center and online at www.breweryarts.org. Each ticket includes complimentary appetizers from Foodies Bystro beginning at 5:30 pm.

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in South Lake Tahoe announced this week they will be hosting six to eight outdoor concerts this summer. The rear parking lot at the Stateline property will be converted into an outdoor amphitheater that will seat up to 7,500 people.

In a venture with PR Entertainment, Inc., owned by former Caesars Entertainment Director Paul Reder, Hard Rock is looking to attract top-name national artists to the Lake Tahoe area. They plan on starting the concerts in June and concluding on Labor Day weekend.

The original idea for The Intergalactic Nemesis (a wacky live-action graphic novel performed on stage with simple scripts, a couple actors, some crazy noises), all started in a coffee shop in Austin, Texas.

It’s a whole lot bigger than that now: Enter a sound-effects genius, an emotion-wielding keyboardist, three actors voicing tons of wacky characters, with 1,200 vintage-cool illustrations projected over the stage, all telling the story like a 1930s radio play with decidedly 21st-century spins.

A world recorder holder will be on stage live, March 27, 7:30 p.m. at the Carson Comedy club inside the Carson Nugget. Geechy Guy landed himself a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records record when he told 676 jokes in one hour.

Geech was invited to San Francisco to compete in the prestigious Comedy where he finished in the top 10 out of 500 comics, two years in a row. Shortly after Geech secured a spot on TV’s “Star Search,” (where he beat Ray Romano among others) and went on to set the record for the most appearances by a comedian.

It’s not often high school band students have the opportunity to play with a professional orchestra the size and quality of the United States Air Force Concert Band of Washington, D.C.

Yet several CHS band and Chamber Choir students played and sang along with the USAF Concert Band and Singing Sergeants during a sold out show at the Bob Boldrick Theater inside the Carson City Community Center on Wednesday night.

What the video below.

March 13, in the Maizie Harris Jesse Black Box Theatre, the Brewery Arts Center presents the Men of Worth. The show starts at 7 p.m.

The Men of Worth's tunes and songs are so authentic, so closely connected to their heritage, that Scotsman Donnie Macdonald sings some in his native Gaelic; while Irishman James Keigher includes time-polished pieces saved from the oral traditions of his native County May.

A special presentation, Reflections on Pyramid Lake, featuring Bernard Mergen, PhD, Professor Emeritus, George Washington University and author of At Pyramid Lake and Ben Aleck and Ralph Burns of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.

The presentation is free, but seating is limited so please RSVP here. Free parking is available at the Brian Whalen Parking Garage, top floor, using code #2443333. For more information, call (775) 682-5665.

See the flier below.

Carson High School senior, Cassidy Robinson, welcomes you to a free concert, ‘A Trumpet Celebration’ in which she will debut her original piece ‘Oliver’s Lullaby: A Journey of Dreams’ as her senior project. All Carson High School seniors are required to complete a project in order to graduate.

Music has always been an important part of Robinson’s life, so she composed a lullaby for her one year old nephew, Oliver.

Steve Simeone is known for leaving a lasting impact on his audience, one full of laughs, emotion and moving moments they will remember for years to come.

Last fall marked Steve Simeone's Comedy Central debut on Gabriel Iglesias' “Stand Up Revolution" as well as the release of his eagerly anticipated CD "Remember this for when you get Sad,” a compilation of some of his most loved material.

Multi tasking is easy for Kevin Farley - he does it all with a fabulously contagious sense of humor, both on screen and off.

Farley has been seen in films such as Tommy Boy and Black Sheep. He played a starring role as "Doug Linus" on MTV's sitcom 2gether where he was met with rave reviews.

Author David Kotzebue will be at the Browsers Corner Book Store on Thursday, March 5th at 6:00 pm. He will be talking about his latest book, “Married to the Army” and selling and signing copies. This is a biography of a woman who testifies in front of Congress about her service as support to the soldiers in her family. Her testimony lead to the laws that give support to the families of fallen soldiers. This book will touch your heart and deepen your respect for our military families.

We're seeing spots! Wild Horse Children's Theater presents Disney's 101 Dalmatians, Kids! Catch a performance March 13-15 or 20-22 at Carson City's Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall: shows are Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m.

High Sierra Swing Dance Club presents its monthly dance party March 28th at the Brewery Arts Center’s Grand Ballroom, 449 W. King St., Carson City. At 6:30 p.m., Jeffrey Munson will teach a lesson in intermediate West Coast swing. Social dance is 7:30-10 p.m. This month we have the added feature of a live band playing for part of the evening. "Two and half Margaritas" is a local band comprised of dancers. Partners are not required. Lesson $7 for HSSDC and any swing dance club members or $10 for nonmembers; dance $7 for members of swing clubs and $10 for nonmembers.

Tickets go on sale Monday for the inaugural Carson High School Father-Daughter Cinderella Ball, a fundraiser for four different clubs at CHS. The enchanted evening will held at Senator's Castle, Carson High School, on April 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

This community event is open to all ages of girls. One Princess from each elementary and middle school in the Carson City area will be crowned that evening, and one from a pre-school age group as well. There is no age limit for this event.

Dayton, Carson, Reno, and Lake Tahoe artists unite to help raise money for the Dayton Intermediate School's Theatre program to compete in the largest adjudicated educational theatre competition in Nevada.

This is a first for any Dayton School. This will be a night of amazing talent, food, auctions, and prizes! From standup comedians to singers to musicians, it will be a night to remember.

Dayton, Carson, Reno, and Lake Tahoe artists unite to help raise money for the Dayton Intermediate School's Theatre program to compete in the largest adjudicated educational theatre competition in Nevada. This is a first for any Dayton School! This will be a night of amazing talent, food, auctions, and prizes! From standup comedians to singers to musicians, it will be a night to remember! The Gold Canyon Cafe, under new ownership, is preparing a delicious Hawaiian buffet in their nostalgic restaurant in downtown Dayton. Have a drink in their Victorian bar!

Carson Comedy is expanding into Carson City and is partnering with the Carson Nugget to further its mission to spread laughter in Northern Nevada. The venue will officially open on Friday, March 6 with fan favorite Sean Peabody at 7:30pm.

Producer Wayne Wright expressed enthusiasm about the new launch on March 6th, stating, “Good comedy is hard to find in Northern Nevada. As long as there is a need for laughter, I will keep bringing in comedians to entertain.”

The Mile High Jazz Band with vocalist Cindee LeVal will be joined by nine poets and readers for "Open Windows," a lively evening of big-band jazz music and poetry.

The event will be on Tuesday, March 10, 7:30-9:30 p.m., at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.

Keep up the snowy thoughts, Carson City. We desperately need the water, the ski resorts need visitors, and those mountains are so much prettier with a blanket of white. Wildcat Softball on Saturday is weather pending, so it’s too early for me to call it canceled.

Having sold out for a March 4 show in Carson City, fans of the USAF Concert Band of Washington, D.C. are in luck. The renowned instrumental musician group will perform Friday, March 6 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno beginning at 7:30 p.m. No tickets are needed for this event and the public is invited to just show up.

CANFEST takes place Saturday, August 22nd from 6 – 10 p.m. at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino Reno. The original international canned beer festival gives attendees the opportunity to sample 100-120 craft canned beers from around the globe. The festival also includes live music, vendors and a raffle.

Ticket information can be found on www.canfestbeer.com. VIP’s start tasting an hour early and receive a buffet style dinner.

Peppermill Resort Spa Casino Reno: 2707 S Virginia St Reno, NV 89502

For more information email info@canfestbeer.com