Arts and Entertainment

The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada is hosting a birthday party for Clifford, the big red dog. Clifford will be visiting the museum from 12-1pm. Come create Clifford themed arts and crafts. The celebration and activities are included with museum admission. For more information contact the museum. 884-2226

Carson City’s rich and intriguing history is explored and theatrically relived in our seasonal Ghost Walking Tours. The Carson City Ghost Walk is a delightfully spooky and enjoyable way to experience Carson City’s Victorian Era and diverse past.

Hear about lingering spirits of the past, haunted and paranormal stories. This is a spirit lead, guided walking tour of the downtown district’s historic homes. This is a 90-minute guided walking tour leaves rain or shine. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the walk begins.

Tickets:

Coming to Carson City is your chance to learn how to dance. From Country to Waltz to Salsa! Offering 32 different group classes to choose from!! Teens group classes and adult group classes offered. Watch the show, Love’s Stories, a ballroom dance production. Then dance the night away at the Friday Night country dance with yummy refreshments. Or come to or formal Valentine's Ballroom dance and enjoy our chocolate buffet!

Friday nights in February are a celebration of karaoke, entertainment, and the awesome gang at the Spoke Bar!

Karaoke by Ken returns every Friday in February to provide your karaoke antics along with always low drink prices, a smoke-free environment, and a wide variety of karaoke singers and aficionados.

We don't just love karaoke, we love YOU too!

The Spoke is Located in North Carson at 3198 Deer Run, just off Highway 50.

More information always available at http://karaokebyken.com!

Carson City Music Club presents members in recital at the February meeting.
Music ranging from early classical to Dixieland jazz will be on the program. The program begins at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, February 11 at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall. Public is invited. $10. per person, Children free. Refreshments to follow the performance.

Drumming will never sound the same after hearing Durga's Drum Story, featured at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City Friday and Saturday night.

Featuring Liz Broscoe of South Lake Tahoe, Durga's Drum Story is a unique and acclaimed performance using multi-media to entertain and inspire audiences to learn about the rich and fascinating history of drumming.

Youth Theatre Carson City is excited to announce our upcoming auditions for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 'Cinderella,' everyone’s favorite adaptation of the classic tale, to be held at 10 a.m. Feb. 9, in the Sierra Room at the Carson City Community Center.

Zephyrus Brass Quintet, an affiliate of the Carson City Symphony, will play for the first annual Blood Drive for Life on Saturday, Jan. 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Carson Mall, 1227 S. Carson Street. Admission is free.

The blood drive, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., is sponsored by Northern Nevada Youth Football League and United Blood Services. Two semi-pro teams, the Reno Reapers women's team and the Nevada Dream team, will be at the event.

The Carson City Symphony, directed by David Bugli, will perform "Legends, Fairy Tales, and Dances" on Sunday, Feb. 24, 4 p.m., at the Carson City Community Center's Bob Boldrick Theater, 851 E. William Street in Carson City.

Book Signing At The Historic Dake House
Local Author Sandie La Nae
presents her new book "The Victorian Past and Haunted Present of the Dake House"
Sunday February 17, 2013 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
At Antiques Plus
2242 Main Street Genoa, Nevada

Meet The Author! Purchase The Book! See the Thin Veil Investigators!
For further book signing information: www.sandiespychicstones.com

Extras:
A 50% discount on selected Antiques Plus items during the book signing.

Purchase A Certificate from Genoa Historic Ghost Tours at the book signing and Get 10% off.

Sagebrush journalism was a style of literature born in the American West that had some very deep roots in Virginia City. It came to life around 1860 and had run its course by the turn of the 20th century. In that ensuing 40 year time period some Sagebrushers became world renown.

Here are more photos of Saturday's Winter, Wine and All that Jazz at the Carson Nugget Ballroom. The Carson City event and fundraiser for the Brewery Arts Center, featured dozens of wines, Hors d'oeuvres and was attended by more than 300.
Click on each photo to enlarge. Go here for more photos of Saturday's event.

At least 350 attended Saturday night's Winter Wine and All That Jazz at the Carson Nugget Ballroom in Carson City. The wine tasting and jazz event was a fundraiser for the Brewery Arts Center. Attendees sipped, sampled and tasted more than 40 wines from around the region, listened to great jazz and even danced into the evening.

Winter, Wine and all that Jazz is celebrated Saturday in Carson City. More than 40 wines, lots of people, music, fun. A fundraiser for the Brewery Arts Center, 7pm at the Carson Nugget. Enjoy the music of the Millenium Bugs! Winter Wine and all That Jazz is a great way to support your local arts center — the BAC presents plays, concerts, children's theater, pottery, artisan's store and more! Get your ticket online at www.breweryarts.org or at the door! Bring a friend! The arts help make our lives more enjoyable and meaningful. See you there!

The annual Mr. Carson High competition will be held on Friday, March 1st at 6:30 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center. Senior boys will be competing for the crown through dancing, singing and a variety of other talents. Fast Pass tickets can be purchased for $15.

This ticket includes appetizers and choice of preferred seating. General admission tickets are $7. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the CHS finance office, Sierra Adrenaline Cheer and Tumbling, CHS cheerleaders or Mr. Carson candidates.

On January 25th, we'll be hosting a unique karaoke games set up where ANYONE can win (it's not just about singing ability).

-Spin the KARAOKE WHEEL OF DESTINY to discover your genre, then make the most creative song choice possible to perform for the crowd. The prize goes to the most creative and entertaining song choice!

-Complete the DUET CHALLENGE, where you and a friend will complete the song as one. What's the twist? Well, you'll split lines, verses and choruses and have to complete the journey without missing a beat.

Karaoke is at The Spoke Bar EVERY Friday night through the month of January! Enjoy the always low drink prices, a relaxed smoke-free environment, and Ken's bizarre karaoke spectacle!

The Spoke is Located in North Carson at 3198 Deer Run, just off Highway 50.

The Wild West returns to Genoa on February 1st, 2nd and 3rd. See the early days of Nevada through the eyes of Eilley Bowers – famous “Queen of the Comstock” and Julia Bulette – Virginia City’s most beloved “working girl”. With their dislike for one another, the comedy and the drama will unfold for you on the stage of Genoa’s Historic Town Hall.

Darwin Day is an international celebration of science and humanity held on or around the day that Charles Darwin was born on in 1809. Specifically, it celebrates the discoveries and life of Charles Darwin — the man who first described biological evolution via natural selection with scientific rigor.

More generally, Darwin Day expresses gratitude for the enormous benefits that scientific knowledge, acquired through human curiosity and ingenuity, has contributed to the advancement of humanity.

Build Your Own Web Site-the easy way (Ages 16-Adult):
Make a website using WordPress for business or personal use. You can tell the world what you think, show things you make or just brag about the Grandkids with words, images and video. Learn how to research and purchase a domain, get it hosted, and put up your own website with WordPress software. You can find a great theme that says you… and customize it with the over 10,000 available plugins and widgets.

The launch of "The Floyd" rock concert and laser/light show!

Youth Theatre Carson City is excited to announce our upcoming production of "Aladdin and His Wonderful, Magical Lamp," a magical adaptation of the classic tale, Friday through Sunday Jan. 11-13 at the Carson City Community Center and Jan. 18 at Piper’s Opera House in Virginia City.

The cast and crew are comprised of over 70 local children ages 5 to 18, who play all the classic characters including Aladdin, his pet monkey Alakazam, The Princess Jasmine and her handmaidens, the evil Jammal and his sister Halima, and not just one…but 3 Genies!

Join in and be a part of Winter Wine and All that Jazz, a fundraiser for the Brewery Arts Center, Jan. 19, 7pm at the Carson Nugget in Carson City.
Ahead of the main event will be a movie showing of "Bottle Shock" on Friday, Jan. 11, 6 p.m. at the BAC Performance Hall. Great wines on the 19th! Fun movie on the 11th! Support your arts center! Tickets $30 and available online here or call Larry at (775) 315-0141.

The Brewery Arts Center in Carson City will host a free showing of the 2008 movie "Bottle Shock" tonight, Friday, Jan. 11, 6pm in the Performance Hall. Local wine expert, Mike Hautekeet, will open the movie with some informative words about wine.

Due to the success of our previous karaoke nights at The Spoke, we're going to continue EVERY Friday night through the month of January! Enjoy the always low drink prices, a relaxed smoke-free environment, and Ken's bizarre karaoke spectacle each week!

More announcements coming soon on special events and contests!

The Spoke is Located in North Carson at 3198 Deer Run, just off Highway 50.

The Love our Pets Wine Tasting will be held on Friday, Feb. 8, 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Governor's Mansion in Carson City.
The event is sponsored by the Carson Animal Service Initiative and will be emceed by Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased at:
Purple Avocado (www.thepurpleavocado.com/)
Artsy Fartsy (www.artsyfartsyartgallery.com/)

Sierra Nevada College professors and editors evaluated over 500 submissions to choose the top winners for the 2012 High School Writing Contest, a national competition that produced exceptional stories, poems and creative nonfiction from high school juniors and seniors.
“The level of talent was extraordinary, making it tough for the judges,” said June Saraceno, English Department chair at Sierra Nevada College, a four-year private college in Incline Village, Nev.

Put on your best cruise wear and get ready for hi-jinks and murder on the high seas. Tickets are now on sale for Proscenium Players’ “Murder on the Lust Boat” at the Gold Dust West Casino and Hotel, 2171 E. William St., Carson City.

Set sail with a dimwitted captain at the helm, a perky activities director with a lustful itinerary and a wacky boatload of likely suspects on a murder mystery cruise that spoofs “The Love Boat.” The show pokes fun at crazy on-board activities and no-talent entertainers. In the end, someone is murdered and it’s up to the audience to guess the culprit.

It’s almost here, the 14th Annual Feast of Chocolate. Come get your chocolate fix Feb. 9 from noon to 3 p.m. in the relaxed atmosphere of the Carson City Plaza Conference Center, with all you-can-eat chocolate, wine, music, raffles and silent auction prizes.

All funds raised benefit the American Association of University Women, Capital Branch, scholarships. Don’t miss out! $10 and $5 on advance sales, $13 and $8 at the door. Call (775) 267-4515.

Pre requisite: Learn to sew (or instructor approval.)
Make your dream come to life. Bring sketches and fabric swatches if you have any. Together we will make that outstanding outfit come to life. For registration go to www.breweryarts.org.

Tuition: $100 ($90 BAC Members)
Thursday 3:30pm-5:30pm (4 weeks)
Feb 28-Mar 28 (skips Mar 14)
Instructor: Darla Bayer
Location: Media Center Classroom