High Sierra Swing Dance Club's monthly June Lessons/Dance, Saturday, June 25th at the Brewery Arts Center's upstairs ballroom, 449 W. King Street, Carson City.

The Lyon County Board of County Commissioners will hold a meeting Thursday regarding election results and to canvass the vote.

This will be a joint meeting between commissioners and the City of Fernley.

The Levitt AMP Carson City Music Series presented by The Change Companies is back for the 6th in person season and better than ever. So grab your family, friends and neighbors and get ready to experience the power of free, live music to bring our community together.

Nevada Humanities, in partnership with Double Scoop, is hosting a timely conversation about the many connections between art and mental health.

Carson’s Bee City USA #76 is celebrating the end of Pollinator Month with its second annual Pollinator Parade Saturday, June 25. Costumed birds, bees, butterflies and bats and all other pollinators are welcome to join a short parade on sidewalks, mostly along Carson Street. Brief water and photo breaks are planned.

McAvoy Layne will portray humorist and author Mark Twain on Saturday, June 25, at 1:00 pm. For more than 33 years, in over four thousand performances from Piper’s Opera House in Virginia City to Leningrad University in Russia, McAvoy Layne has been preeminent in preserving the wit and wisdom of The Wild Humorist of the Pacific Slope, Mark Twain.

Beer lovers will find an abundance of suds to sample, music to jam to and food favorites to eat as the Capital City Brewfest arrives in downtown Carson City this Saturday, June 25.

Join the Dayton Branch Library this Friday, June 24, 2022 at 6 p.m. for a free community barbecue to kick off the library's annual summer reading program.

Join us at The Nature Conservancy's River Fork Ranch for an informative and inspiring presentation and optional trail walk on the beautiful River Fork Ranch Preserve in Genoa. July 11, 11:30am - 1:30 pm. Click on flier above.

Join Carson City area singer songwriter Kingwhistler, also known as Nick Aliberti, to celebrate his 10th anniversary with a show at The Virgil in Reno on Saturday, July 2. The concert will also feature local favorites Kat Heart, Jenera Paxton, and Joshua Procaccini. Often compared to The Eagles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, Kingwhistler seeks to bring the sound of the golden age of rock and roll to a new generation.

What a beautiful collection of artwork, celebrating the spirit of America at the Nevada Artists Association gallery in Carson City!

Wylder Resort Hope Valley continues its Eastern Sierra history series this coming Saturday June 25, 2 p.m. with a living history presentation, “Snowshoe Thompson, Mailman of the Sierra.”

Dayton, Nev. – Junior Rangers wanted! Children between the ages of 7-10 are invited to join Nevada State Parks staff at Dayton State Park for a Junior Ranger Day Camp.

Come learn to make different products from the hive with Deb Ullrich.

Hands on learning how to make luminaires and lotions bars.

Demonstration of how to make cold-pressed lotions and lip balms.

You will walk away with a luminaire, lotion bar, hand soap and a lip balm.

Open to persons ages 12+, youth must be accompanied by an adult
For tickets go to https://extension.unr.edu/douglas.aspx

National Pollinator Month continues with an upcoming Douglas County event. This class is where pigments are mixed with hot liquid bees wax. Instructor: Tricia Poulos Leonard is a painter who works in acrylic, watercolor and mixed media and resides in Reno, Nevada

Monday, June 20.

3 sessions starting at 10 am/12:30/3:00pm- each class is 2 hours long and includes supplies, drinks, and light snacks.

Six students per class.

Fee $40

Location: 1325 Waterloo LN, Gardnerville, NV

Ages 10 and up, children must be accompanied by an adult

Please join UNR Extension Douglas County complete their National Pollinator Celebration on June 29th at Dangberg Historic Home Ranch.
Tickets are $100/adults & $50/child.
Tickets include: live music by Buster Chops, dinner by Cafe Girasole, face painting, pollinator walking tour and much more.
For tickets go to @UNRExtnsionDouglas or https://extension.unr.edu/douglas.aspx
For more information contact Jessica or Lindsay at 775-782-9960.

Dr. Vicky Fogelman will speak about her experiences as a local veterinarian and community health professional at the Carson City 4-H Community Club poultry project meeting this coming Tuesday, June 21.

In a dark alley, beside the Kit Cat Club, a shot rings out as it ricochets. Film Noir. Maltese Falcon, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Killer is Loose, Third Man, all are examples of Film Noir. Think black and white, smoking guns, detectives.

The Carson City Cinema Club 2nd Unit will hold its own 2022 Film Competition “Film Noir!” The competition begins on July 13th and screenings and awards will be in August. The time and place for the screenings will be determined at a later date.

Happy Friday, Carson Now readers! Let's see what events await us throughout the Carson City region and beyond this weekend.

Monday, June 20th marks the second annual celebration of Juneteenth National Independence Day, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 17, 2021. It commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement by Union Army General Gordon Granger of General Order No. 3, which proclaimed freedom for all the enslaved people of Texas, the last Confederate state to have institutional slavery.

Join the Carson City Sheriff’s Office for Sheriff’s Night Out on Tuesday, August 2nd from 5 P.M. – 8 P.M. at Mills Park.

This community event is intended to bring awareness to anti-crime programs, local community resources, substance abuse, traffic hazards, and crime.

Free Golf for Dad all day on Father's Day. Stay for lunch and get 2 for 1 on the locals favorite Empire Burger.

Dayton Valley Days features the return of the Show 'n' Shine on September 17, 2022. Beginning at 9 am- 4pm, cars or trucks of any model or year are welcome. Great prizes and music provided by Silver Dollar Records. For applications visit www.daytonvalleydays.com or call (775) 246-7909 or e-mail daytonnvchamber.com. Dayton Valley Days is a two-day festival in historic downtown Dayton on September 17-18, 2022.

Western Nevada College's ACCEL program is honoring students at the 2022 High School Equivalency Celebration and National Adult Education Honors Society Induction at 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 18 at Carson Nugget Hall on the Carson City campus.

Spend Friday and Saturday nights at Western Nevada College’s Jack C. Davis Observatory learning about some history and astronomy from Northern Nevada lecturer Mike Thomas.