Thursday, May 14: Things to do in Carson City

Event Date: 
May 14, 2015 (All day)

Do you want to meet an author or play with clay? Luckily, both of those are available to you today. The Friends of the Carson City Library are hosting Rockin’ Rev. Ken Haskins and Carson City Pottery needs help getting ready for an Empty Bowls bowl making event. Dancing shoes are perfect for salsa dance lessons at El Charro’s, but you may want cowboy boots for line dance lessons at Beercade. Practice those newly learned dance moves at Living the Good Life: DJ Bobby G is featuring Latin music. Sing to your heart’s content at Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar or at the Feisty Goat Pub: it’s karaoke night.

THURSDAY: Bike to Work Week

  • Last Day to RSVP for the May Carson City Leisure Hour Club meeting on Wednesday, May 20 with speaker Sherry Rupert, Executive Director of the State of Nevada Indian Commission (call Dorothy Link at (775) 885-2542 to RSVP)
  • ’The Driest State: Nevada Watersheds’ by artist Nolan Preese at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)
  • ’New Work’ by artist Pasha Rafat at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
  • White Pine County Artistry by artist Dawn Dot Star 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)
  • ‘Spring has Sprung’ Art Show at the Nevada Artists Association Gallery in the Brewery Arts Center (10am-4pm)
  • Preschool Story Time at the Carson City Library (10:15am AND 10:45am; get ticket at Youth Desk)
  • All you can eat Wings at Firkin and Fox (all day; $11.95)
  • EAA Luncheon and Chat –Young Eagles at 2500 E. College Parkway (11am-3pm, all welcome)

Thursday means the weekend is almost here, and believe me, there will be plenty of things to do here in Carson City! You can have Beer and Brats with the Nevada Sharks Fast Pitch team on Friday, and then again Saturday with the Sierra Nevada Ballet. Cops and Kids takes over the Courthouse parking lot. And Bike to Work week always ends with a great party on Third Street: rumor has it that the Trippin King Snakes are playing if the weather stays dry.

  • Live Music with In Stride at Comma Coffee (12pm)
  • Blood Drive at Harley-Davidson Financial Services: 3850 Arrowhead Dr. (1:30pm-4:30pm)
  • Empty Bowls slab and template making party at Carson City Pottery: 248 E. Winnie Lane (after 4pm; No experience necessary. Come play with some clay!)
  • 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)
  • Salsa and Latin Dance at El Charro Avita (6pm-7pm lesson, $7; open dance 7pm-9pm, free)
  • Trivia Thursdays at Alatte Wine and Coffee Bar in the Carson Nugget (6pm-8pm)
  • Live Music with Terri Campillo and Craig Fletcher at Glen Eagles Restaurant (6:30pm-10:30pm)
  • Meet the Author: Rockin' Rev, Dr. Ken Haskins "Reminiscing with Music Legends" at Browser's Corner Book Store: 711 E. Washington (6:30pm)
  • Improv Workshop in the Brewery Arts Center Black Box Theater (6:30pm)
  • Douglas Co. Historical Society's Second Thursday Lectures: A salute to American architect Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps with Guest speaker Mella Harmon at the Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 1477 Hwy 395,Gardnerville (7pm; $3)
  • Historical Society of Dayton Valley Heritage of Dayton Lecture Series: School Life in Dayton in the 1960s with Speaker Julie Minor Workman at the Dayton Valley Community Center: 170 Pike St., Dayton (7pm)
  • Smoke-free Karaoke at The Feisty Goat Pub: 1881 E. Long St. (7pm)
  • Gentlemen’s Night at Carson Cigar Co. (7pm-9pm)
  • Line Dancing Night at Beercade: 1930 N. Carson St. (7pm)
  • Smoke-free Karaoke at The Feisty Goat Pub: 1881 E. Long St. (7pm)
  • Latin Night with DJ Bobby G at Living the Good Life: 1480 N. Carson (7:30pm; instruction at 8:30pm)
  • Industry Night and Free Pool at Remedy’s (8pm)
  • Karaoke at Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar (8pm)

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