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Friday, April 10: Things to do in Carson City

Submitted by Danielle Cook on Fri, 04/10/2015 - 4:44am
Event Date: 
April 10, 2015 (All day)
I Love Carson City

We are now 100 days into the year 2015; where does the time go? Hopefully, with help from my list, you've spent it exploring the food, drink, music, theater, art, museums, and outdoor fun stuff that Carson City has to offer. Let me tell you, there’s plenty of fun to come! Tonight, you can check out Mo’z Motley Blues at the Brewery Arts Center or the Whitehats at Westside Pour House. It’s also opening night for the kids of Youth Theater Carson City: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is at the Community Center at 7 p.m.

FRIDAY:

  • Carson School District Spring Break
  • CCAI Exhibit: BRIC Art 5 at the BRIC: 108 E Proctor Street (8am-12pm and 1pm-5pm)
  • ’Second Skin’ by artist Sarah Lillegard at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
  • ‘The Observation and Conclusion’ by artist Joseph Watson at the LXS Gallery in the Legislature Building
  • ‘Always Lost: A Meditation on War’ in the Second Floor Atrium of the Legislature Building
  • ’The Driest State: Nevada Watersheds’ by artist Nolan Preese at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)
  • ‘Spring has Sprung’ Art Show at the Nevada Artists Association Gallery in the Brewery Arts Center (10am-4pm)
  • ’Pets of the Homeless’ Food Drive at Evergreen Gene’s: 1811 N. Carson (10am-5pm)
  • Monthly Walkabout with Supervisor Karen Abowd; meet at Community Center Steps (12pm)
  • Sheriff Furlong Presentation on Phone Scams at the Carson City Senior Center, 901 Beverly Dr. (1pm-2pm)

National Library Week starts Sunday, and the Carson City Library has plenty in store: book readings, bookmark crafts, and more. The Friends of the Library celebrates its First birthday of the new Browsers Corner Book Store on Monday, so head over for some deals on award-winning books. Today is National Encourage a Young Writer Day, so treat your young story-teller to a new journal; who knows, one day they might be winning a Pulitzer. (Happy birthday Joseph Pulitzer.)

  • Wine Tasting at Genoa Candy and Coffee in Carson Lanes (4pm-8pm; $5 for five tastes)
  • Spring Craft and Vendor Faire at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church: 1837 Mountain St. (5pm-8pm, free)
  • Deaf Culture Week at Western Nevada College ‘Open Hands Night’ -Deaf Community Members, interpreters, Faculty and Deaf Studies Students will perform music interpretations, storytelling and more in the Carson Nugget Community Hall in the WNC Aspen Building (6pm-9pm; $10 Seating is limited)
  • Live Music with Tom Miller at La Posada Real: 3205 Retail Dr. (6pm-9pm)
  • Live Music at Bella Fiore Wines (6pm-8:30pm)
  • Live Music at San Marcos Grill
  • Mike Thompson Lecture: Gangsters at the Plaza Hotel (doors 6:30pm; 7pm-8:30pm; $5 per person)
  • Youth Theatre Carson City Presents 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' at the Bob Boldrick Theater in the Community Center (7pm; $12)
  • Paint, Drink, and Be Merry at Comma Coffee (7pm; $28/ $50 for two people)

With Bobby Smith of the Spinners, Eddie Hazel of Parliament-Funkadelic, and Bunny Wailer of Bob Marley and the Wailers all celebrating a birthday today, I knew it would be hard to picking a song from YouTube. Let’s rock this town with birthday boy Brian Setzer and his Orchestra.

  • Eclectic Electric Series featuring Mo’z Motley Blues at the Brewery Arts Center MHJ Black Box Theater (7pm; $15 at door)
  • Country Dance with DJ Cowboy Bobby at the Eleventh Frame Winners Lounge at Carson Lanes (7pm-11pm; $5; must be 21+)
  • Live Music with the Trippin King Snakes at Flight: 2244 Meridian, off Airport in Minden (7pm)
  • Live Music with Hindsight at Casino Fandango (7pm)
  • Live Music with Terri Campillo and Craig Fletcher at Glen Eagles Restaurant (6:30pm-10:30pm)
  • Open Mic at A to Zen: 1803 N. Carson St. (7pm)
  • Swing Dance Night at Yaple’s Ballroom (Jitterbug lesson 7pm; Dance 8pm; $10 for the whole evening)
  • Karaoke at Ponderosa Saloon –Virginia City (7pm)
  • Carson Comedy: Will C at Carson Comedy, upstairs in the Carson Nugget (7:30pm; $15)
  • Karaoke at Barb’s Y-Not: 152 E. Long (8pm)
  • ’A Night to Imagine’ with Suzy Bogguss – Benefit Concert for Community Chest at Piper’s Opera House, Virginia City (8pm; $50)
  • Live Music at the Carson Station (8:30pm)
  • Live Music the Whitehats at Westside Pour House (8pm)
  • DJ Bobby G at Living the Good Life: 1480 N. Carson St. (9pm)
  • Live Music at the Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City (9pm)
  • Karaoke at Whiskey Tavern (9pm)
  • DJ and Dancing at Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar (10pm)

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