32nd annual Nutcracker Ballet this Friday through Sunday at Carson City Community Center

Chances are, you’ll need to recover from yesterday a little. Downtown Carson City has you covered with a ‘Sunday, Bloody Mary Sunday’ bloody mary contest in Arlington Square. Get your trick-or-treat on at the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada or at the historic Wungnema House at the east end of Mills Park. Grand Entrance at the La Ka Lel Be Pow Wow begins at 12 p.m. Its new home at the Multi-purpose Athletic Center (MAC) has let the annual event become even bigger. You’ve got one last chance to get your fill of cotton candy and the Ferris Wheel: the RSVP Nevada Day Carnival closes at 8 p.m.

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Though the level of library support varies throughout school districts in Nevada, the Carson City School District highly values school libraries as it promotes literacy through funding, a full-time library staff at each school, and certified teacher-librarians at CHS and the middle schools.

Many amazing opportunities are going on in the CHS school library. The CHS Library is piloting the Nevada Teacher-Librarian Evaluation framework and transitioning from a “library” to a collaborative learning commons. 

Nevada's 153rd birthday and 79th Nevada Day Parade teemed with excitement. From floats to marching bands, beards to single-jack drills, pancakes to chili, there was something for everyone to see and do in downtown Carson City along the parade route.

Here are additional photos of Saturday's Nevada Day celebrate downtown near the State Capitol.

Collection of photos taken along Carson Street Saturday during the Nevada Day Parade.

The 79th Nevada Day Parade is now under way in downtown Carson City with thousands of people lining North Carson Street between William and Stewart streets, cheering on the more than 200 entries celebrating this year's "Arts and Entertainment" theme.

Ten divisions of entries, including floats, marching bands, public service contingents, and horse groups, are now making their way past the Nevada State Capitol.

Carson Street from Fairview Drive north to Winnie Lane has been closed in preparation for today's Nevada Day Parade, according to Carson City Public Works.

Just a unexpected but welcome sight this morning.

The Nevada Day parade, with all of its corresponding events, is my favorite thing that Carson City has to offer. Normally, I would just have the complete listing of everything Saturday has to offer in my weekend event summary, but Parade Day offers a few challenges. Namely, there is just so much going on in downtown Carson City that creating a separate listing seems easiest for all of my readers. Whether it’s the bloody marys, the beard contest, or running into long-lost friends that gets you there, it's going to be a beautiful, sunny day.

As the capital city prepares for Saturday's 79th annual Nevada Day Parade, the thousands who line Carson Street for the celebration will no doubt generate paper, plastic, food and beverage waste.

Carson City crews spent Friday putting out barrels along the parade route as an all-out effort to minimize what others leave behind. Following the parade, Carson City Public Works is there to sweep the street clean of debris.

Looking for a safe and fun place to bring the kids trick-or-treating this Halloween? Visit Nevada Humane Society in Carson City. On Halloween night, Nevada Humane Society offers safe, indoor trick-or-treating and Halloween fun.

Finally, Nevada Day weekend is here. State offices are closed, the kids are off school, and Carson City is hoppin’. Join the Downtown Business Association for the ‘Passport to Downtown’ with live music, a raffle, craft and vendor show, and a family fun center, complete with petting zoo. Stick around for the annual fall Blinky Man Costumed Nighttime Bike Ride Pub Crawl with Lights. Halloween festivities, a carnival in Mills Park, and opening night of the La Ka Lel Be Pow Wow are on today’s list, as well.

Nevada Day weekend arrived Thursday with the 32nd annual Nevada Day Carnival and Celebration at Mills Park in Carson City.

CARSON CITY — Battle Born Hall, the museum exhibit inside the old Senate chambers on the second floor of the Nevada State Capitol, is closing its doors Nov. 1 for a major renovation.

Here is an updated parade list for all the entries in the Nevada Day Parade on Saturday. Note, there was a last-minute change in streets where the entries are supposed to line up that is different than the printed program. The change was made to accommodate some larger floats. Above is the line-up map, and the list is below: