Tuesday, April 7: Things to do in Carson City

There are plenty of things to do today; if you don't believe me, just take a look at the list! After enjoying a free spirits tasting at Red’s this afternoon, stick around for a movie with the Carson City Classic Cinema Club. This month is ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy:’ a 1965 Charlton Heston flick about Michelangelo and the painting of the Sistine Chapel.

Court Appointed Special Advocates is holding an information hour this evening for those who would like more information on how to volunteer.

TUESDAY:

• Carson School District Spring Break
• Customer Appreciation Month: free small iced tea today at Dunkin Donuts
• Father-Daughter Cinderella Ball Tickets Available at the Carson High School Admission Desk (8am-2pm; $25, $5 additional princess)
• ’The Driest State: Nevada Watersheds’ by artist Nolan Preese at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)
• ’Second Skin’ by artist Sarah Lillegard at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
• ‘Always Lost: A Meditation on War’ in the Second Floor Atrium of the Legislature Building
• ‘The Observation and Conclusion’ by artist Joseph Watson at the LXS Gallery in the Legislature Building
• CCAI Exhibit: BRIC Art 5 at the BRIC: 108 E Proctor Street (8am-12pm and 1pm-5pm)

Happy birthday to Ole Kirk Christiansen, the founder of the Lego Group. Did you know that the word Lego is derived from the Danish words ‘leg godt’, meaning ‘play well.’ It also means "I put together" in Latin, and ‘I connect’ or ‘I tie’ in Italian.

• Carson City Parks and Recreation Easy Walk: Sonoma Park – meet at the corner of Sonoma and Fremont (9am-10am)
• Books and Brags at the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada (9:30am-10:30am; included with admission)
• ‘Spring has Sprung’ Art Show at the Nevada Artists Association Gallery in the Brewery Arts Center (10am-4pm)
• All you can eat Wings at Firkin and Fox (all day; $11.95)
• Newest Old Time Jazz with the Carson Feet Warmers at Comma Coffee (11:30am)
• $1 PBR at the Blue Bull
• Complementary Spirits Tasting with Southern Wine and Spirits at Red’s Old 395 (3pm-6pm; raffle and giveaways)
• Wine Night at Kristopher’s Café: 939 Mica Dr. #20, Indian Hills (4pm-8:30pm; ½ off wine, dine in only)
• CCAI Exhibit: Tuscarora, by artist Ron Arthaud at the Carson City Community Center’s Sierra Room (available during public meetings and most evenings 5pm-8pm)
• Ladies Night at Bella Fiore Wines (5pm-8pm)
• Wine Tasting at Alatte inside the Carson Nugget (5pm-7pm; $5)
• CASA of Carson City Information Hour at the CASA of Carson City office: 1539 E. Fifth St. (5:30pm; for more information see www.casaofcc.org or call 882-6776)
• Muscle Powered Conditioning Hike: Carson River Canyon – meet at parking area on Brunswick Canyon Rd., just off Deer Run (5:30pm-7:30pm)
• ‘Eating For Energy’ Workshop at A to Zen (5:30pm; $5; for more info, call April or Mike at A to Zen or call 775-691-3945)

Happy birthday to the Amazing Lady Day: jazz singer, Billie Holiday. Spend this National No Housework Day listening to her belt out the blues. Or you could always put on the Godfather Trilogy; it's Francis Ford Coppola's birthday, too.

• Beginning Swing Dance Lessons at El Charro Avita (6pm-7pm; $8–no partner necessary)
• Game Night at Western Nevada College in the Bristlecone Lobby (6pm-closing)
• Carson City Classic Cinema Club: The Agony and the Ecstacy at Red’s Old 395 (trivia 6:30pm; movie 7pm; $5)
• Country Line Dance at Carson Lane’s 11th Frame Lounge (6:30pm-10pm; $5 donation)
• Rehearsals for Carson City Symphony Chorus in the Carson High School Choral Room (7pm-9pm; open to all singers, high school through adult, call 775-883-4154 or email ccsingersdirector@gmail.com if interested)

They are calling today National Beer Day. On April 7, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt took the first step toward ending Prohibition and signed a law that allowed people to brew and sell beer, in the United States, as long as it remained below 4.0% alcohol by volume (ABV). Celebrate by watching birthday boy, Jackie Chan’s, Legend of a Drunken Master.