CARSON CITY — Nevada residents and visitors are invited to celebrate Nevada Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 25 with a “fee-free” day at Nevada’s State Parks. Park fees, including entrance, camping (Saturday night) and boating, where applicable, will be waived at state parks throughout Nevada.

Thousands of rubber ducks will take a float down the Truckee River this Saturday as the Nevada Humane Society hosts its annual Duck Race Festival at Bartley Ranch Regional Park in Reno.

The family-friendly festival, which runs from 4 to 9 p.m., promises to deliver a fun and free way to support pet adoptions run through the agency, which has branches in Carson City and Reno, as well as a way to meet some of its adoptable shelter pets.

The Carson City Host Lions Club is encouraging children ages 11 to 13 to showcase their talent in the Lions International Peace Poster Contest.

The 2021-2022 contest theme is “We Are All Connected,” and is designed to be a creative way for children to express their visions of peace. The contest winner at the local level will receive a $50 stipend and will move up to the District level for further competition where first place wins $125.

Nevada Humanities is pleased to announce a funding opportunity to grant $612,049 to Nevada communities through Nevada Humanities American Rescue Plan Relief and Recovery Grants.

Find all your fall season crafts, gifts, and unique treasures at the Craft Fair and Vintage Flea parking lot sale at MidTown Marketplace, 104 Corbett Street, Carson City. Saturday September 18th from 9am-2pm. Pancho's Tacos Food Truck will also be onsite from 11am-2pm.

This Saturday, Sept. 18, Carson City will host its first 5K 'Walk/Run to Remember' benefit for the Northern Nevada Alzheimer's Association. Festivities include food trucks, live music, vendors and more.

"Walk/Run to Remember" events are held nationwide. Brenda Collings is organizing the first capital city event as a way to help support NNAA's mission, which helped her personally when her parents struggled with the disease.

Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NCET) is hosting its 15th annual Small Business Expo on Friday, October 15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Mt. Rose Ballroom at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. All interested individuals from Carson City, Reno, Tahoe and surrounding areas are encouraged to attend.

The Capital Branch of AAUW is having its annual Membership Luncheon at the Governor's Mansion in Carson City on Saturday, Sept. 18 from 11 AM to 1 PM. Box lunches will be provided by Bella Vita for $15. A short informational program will precede the meal.

Truckee Meadows Habitat for Humanity is thrilled to host our first fundraiser since the pandemic began!
The family is requesting your presence at the Murder Mystery Dinner and Auction. The agenda for this family meeting will include dinner, a no host bar, auction and a murder to be solved.

Event: Mobsters & Molls Murder Mystery Dinner
When: Friday Oct 22nd, 2021, 6:00 - ‘till the territories are sorted out or the last man walks out.
Where: Hidden Valley Country Club, 3575 E. Hidden Valley Drive, Reno, NV 89502

Here’s how to take any problem you are facing and turn it into more opportunity than you imagined. Using this method, you will be able to:

Recognize critical opportunity when it happens
Emotionally regulate in challenging situations
Increase personal accountability
Gather the right kind of support
Celebrate wins, big or small
Shorten the cycle time between problematic events and solutions

Workbook “Creating Critical Opportunity” will be available to buy during lunch and learn if desired.

Adams Hub Lunch & Learn sessions featuring lunch from Bella Vita!

This session will help leaders reach goals specific to career transition, interpersonal and professional communication, performance management and building effective teams within an organization.

What will attendees learn? Creating an environment that makes high performance possible, how to create a system that measures the right things at the right times within a business, Improving employees performance with consistent feedback

If you would like to order lunch please call Adams Hub at 775-222-0001

If the prospect of having to do sales causes you to feel anxiety, then this is a must-attend workshop. Through a process of shifting your core beliefs about the sales process, you’ll begin to view yourself and your message in a new light. We’ll then combine this mindset shift with a solid sales framework to transform the sales experience in a positive way for both you and your clients.

Adams Hub Lunch & Learn sessions featuring lunch from Bella Vita!
Please call 775-222-0001 to order your lunch, before 5:00pm Monday evening

CARSON CITY — GreenUP! and Western Nevada College partnered to offer a free workshop for auto repair and auto body shops in Nevada on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021 at Western Nevada College in the E.L. Cord Automotive Technology Center. The workshop is made possible with funding provided from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Wow! Dayton Valley Days is this weekend, September 18 and 19, and since most people need a change of pace nowadays, the Historical Society of Dayton Valley invites everyone to visit our booths on Pike Street, and to learn about Dayton’s 19th Century culture by visiting the Dayton Museum at 135 Shady Lane and Logan, a short walk from the Dayton Valley Community Center. Admission is free.

The Carson City Symphony Association will hold a Lecture-Demonstration-Workshop on Tuesday, Sept. 21, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., in the orchestra/band room at Carson High School, 1111 N. Saliman Road, Carson City.

An afternoon tea at the Governor's Mansion will be held Oct. 16 as a fundraiser to benefit Carson City's Holiday with a Hero program.

Can you create a monster of a horror film in 2 weeks? The Carson City Classic Cinema Club, Second Unit Presents: Carson Creepy Short Horror Film Competition.

Competition begins on Sept. 29 and ends of Oct. 13. Cost $25 per entry. Register and additional information online at creepyww.com.

Carson Chamber Singers, a 50 person chorus directed by Richard Hutton, performs the a cappella masterwork, All-Night Vigil by Sergei Rachmaninoff in two beautiful venues: St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral (310 W. 2nd Street, Reno) on Saturday Nov. 6th at 7:00 p.m., and St. Mary in the Mountains (111 E Street, Virginia City) on Sunday November 7th at 4:00 p.m. The concert is 60 minutes without intermission.

Start your weekend with pancakes, sausage, eggs and Larry's Gourmet Coffee in historic downtown Dayton this weekend at Dayton Valley Days!

The Carson City Classic Cinema Club Second Unit presents a night of viewing and voting for the Short Western Film Making Competition.

Northern Nevada Development Authority will host a free webinar on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 at 8 a.m. in collaboration with NV Energy. To protect their customers and communities from the risk of wildfires, NV Energy has implemented Public Safety Outage Management in Extreme and Elevated Fire Risk areas of Nevada, including zones within Northern Nevada.

Mile High Jazz Band will perform "September Songs," on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. It’s an outdoor dinner show at Living the Good Life Bistro, 1480 N. Carson Street in Carson City. The music is free, donations welcome; food and drink can be ordered from the menu. For reservations, text 775-720-5834 before 5:00 p.m. or call 775-841-4663 after 5:00 p.m.

Keeping our most fragile community members safe in their homes is the topic at the next Rotary Club of Carson City meeting. C.J. Manthe will introduce the club to a new non-profit in our area, Rebuilding Together Northern Nevada.

Legacy Christian Academy will be opening as an early childhood to 8th grade Christian school in Carson City in the Fall of 2022. The educational program at Legacy will consist of an accredited Biblical worldview-based curriculum, including discipleship, worship, and service learning modeled after the love and life of Jesus Christ. In addition to the core academic curriculum, we will offer various extracurricular programs, which will also be available to homeschool families.

Eden Hospice volunteer and Carson City resident Nancy Sawyer will appear on KTVN Channel 2's "Aging and Awesome" program on Saturday, Sept. 11 beginning at 7 p.m.

Monday's Democratic luncheon will feature a presentation by Donald Easton-Brooks Ph.D., Dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Nevada-Reno. The theme of his remarks will be the need for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) to be a major part of engaging with today's communities. With people of color already representing 50% of the U.S.

Carson City Health and Human Services along with Carson City Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring an upcoming job fair. The event is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 10 from noon to 3 p.m. for the public. Veterans and disabled will have early access and may enter at 11:30 a.m. The job fair will be held in the large gym at the Carson City Community Center on 851 East William Street, Carson City, Nev.

Partnership Carson City, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office and School Resource Officers offer the Responsible Beverage Server Training, a course for those seeking certification to serve and sell alcohol, tobacco or marijuana products in Carson City.