Wild Horse Children’s Theater and Living Stones Church will be having a holiday "Food, Glorious Food" drive coinciding with the second weekend of the musical "Oliver, JR!" being performed at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City. The drive benefits Friends in Service Helping, also known as FISH.

Shop the Carson City Downtown Business Association's "Fa La La Friday" at the Nevada Artists Association Gallery each Friday in December. Spend $20 or more on merchandise and receive a Lady Jill Mueller watercolor print of your choice for FREE. Over a dozen to choose from. The NAA Gallery is located at 449 W. King Street in Carson City and is open from 12-4pm Tuesday-Sunday.

Carson City Parks, Recreation & Open Space department invites the community to join us for our 3rd annual Homestead Holidays event at Silver Saddle Ranch this Friday through Sunday, Dec. 9-11 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The evenings will be full of family-friendly activities and old-fashioned holiday cheer, with wagon rides, children’s story-time from the Carson City Library, live music, Christmas Craft Market, children’s arts and craft activities.

Carson City 4-H is holding its 5th Annual Pajama Drive For Kids in Foster Care. We are collecting new pajamas in all sizes and styles for the CASA of Carson City Foster Kids’ Closet to be distributed to local children. Larger children's and adult sizes for teens are especially needed.

On Dec. 11 at noon, Wylder Hotel Hope Valley continues its Eastern Sierra speaker series with a living history presentation of Snowshoe Thompson-Mailman of the Sierra.

Carson High Speech and Debate is set to hold its first tournament since COVID shut down schools in 2020. This year, 14 schools and 150 students will gather at Carson High School for 10 rounds of competition Dec. 9-10. The event is open to the public and the team is looking for volunteer judges to assist in ensuring smooth rounds.

Community members are invited to drive or walk the road to Bethlehem during the Living Nativity, presented by the First United Methodist Church on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10-11, 6:30 to 8 p.m. The entrance begins at Division and King Streets in Carson City.

Learn more about climate action by attending our meeting. We are the Carson City Chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby. Our chapter includes people from Carson City and the surrounding areas who are concerned about climate issues. We are a community organization affiliated with Citizens’ Climate Lobby and Citizens’ Climate Education (https://citizensclimatelobby.org/).

Balloon Nevada is sponsoring free hot air balloon rides to benefit Toys for Tots in Carson, Douglas, Storey and West Lyon counties.

Tethered balloon rides will take place on December 10th from 7am to 1pm (weather permitting).

The 7th annual Carson Christmas Craft Fair (can you say it three times fast?) returns today to Fuji Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and again next Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Kenneth T. Furlong, the 26th sheriff to serve Carson City and Ormsby County since 1861. Among the topics to be discussed will be school security, the Sheriff Department's deescalation policy, and what may be unintended consequences of current juvenile detention practices. He will also be prepared to field questions on any issues of concern to the community.

The Northern Nevada Dream Center, a Carson City based nonprofit, is holding its eighth annual Dream Christmas event, a mobile caravan of holiday joy and goodies for individuals and families in need.

Dream Center volunteers will be delivering Dream Christmas dinner bags, turkeys, hams, coats, hats, gloves and other holiday goodies to locations throughout Northern Nevada starting this Saturday, December 3th.

Happy Holidays from the Carson City Park Rangers! Every month, the Park Rangers offer various Ranger-Led programs that include educational opportunities, historical fun, and exciting adventures. Programs are offered for free just register online.

Veterans Guest House, a local nonprofit that helps veteran families seeking medical treatment in the local area invites the public to participate in its Rival Raffle fundraiser. Ticket holders will have the chance to win a $5,000 grand prize, a single $1,500 prize, a single $1,000 prize and five prizes of $500. Tickets are available for $25 a ticket (or $100 for 6 tickets), and all proceeds will support the nonprofit’s continuing work.

DAYTON, Nev. — Community Roots garden center has a large selection of fresh cut Christmas trees that will fill your home with that classic fir fragrance and remind you of happy holiday memories.

Kick off the holiday season with a free Christmas Show at the Carson City Senior Center happening this Friday, Dec. 2 at 1 p.m. Raffle tickets will be sold as a fundraiser for Meals on Wheels.

Wild Horse Children’s Theater presents the Northern Nevada premiere of the Tony and Academy Award winning musical, Oliver! JR.

Performances will take place at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall in Carson City on the weekends of Dec. 2 and 9, with Friday and Saturday evening shows at 7:00 pm and Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 pm.

Enjoy some holiday cheer at Washoe Lake State Park with a sparkling drive-through festival of lights over four nights, Dec. 8-11. Campground Loop B will be decorated with a jolly display of twinkling lights and holiday scenes.

The Capital Community Band, under the direction of Nick Jacques, will tie a big red bow around 2022 by presenting a Holiday concert this Sunday, Dec. 4.

The free concert will be presented in the Boldrick Theater in the Carson Community Center at 2 p.m.

Shop the Downtown Business Association's "Fa La La Friday" at the Nevada Artists Association Gallery each Friday in December. Spend $20 or more on merchandise and receive a Lady Jill Mueller watercolor print of your choice for free. The NAA Gallery is located at 449 W. King Street in Carson City and is open from 12-4pm Tuesday-Sunday.

Holiday with a Hero has been serving Carson City students for two decades, pairing local heroes (responders from numerous professions) and students together in order to provide them with a shopping spree in time for the holidays.

Holiday with a Hero is on its 18th year of shopping, and this year, their goal is to serve 230 students.

Joyful Noise Carson Children's Choir directed by Michelle Powers will present several holiday performances in Carson City and Carson Valley this year.

The Wood Duck Box installation hosted by Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space will be postponed, due to inclement weather, until February 3rd, 2023. We will re-promote the event in January 2023.

GARDNERVILLE — Agriculture and art meet to showcase the region’s artisans and ag students at the 2nd Annual Ag & Artisan Holiday Faire Saturday, Dec. 3, at the historic Storke Dairy, 876C Centerville Lane in Gardnerville, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Head down to Shoe Tree Brewing Co. in Carson City this Saturday, Dec. 3 from 5 to 9 p.m. for a youth and teen coat drive and concert.

A small opening and sale will take place Thursday, Dec. 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Charlie B Gallery and Vasefinder Ceramic Art Museum located at 114 West Telegraph Street, Carson City.

The 2022 Silver & Snowflakes Festival and Tree Lighting Festival is coming up on Friday, December 4th, and the Nevada Builders Foundation will be on hand to help keep you warm! Cocoa and coffees with all the fixin's (with or without alcohol) will be available for sale starting at 4:00PM outside the Bank Saloon at 418 South Carson Street, Carson City. All proceeds benefit the Foundation.

The annual Empty Bowls fundraising event will be returning this Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. inside the Carson Mall in Carson City.

Empty Bowls is an annual fundraising event that provides funding to Carson City FISH to help those less fortunate throughout the winter months, all while providing a hot meal, live entertainment and a handmade decorated bowl to attendees.