Wednesday, May 31: Things to do in Carson City

Hold onto those hats, Carson City, summer is off like a shot. This coming weekend gives us the Street Vibrations Spring Rally, Dayton’s Oodles of Noodles, the Spring Vintage Faire at Due Sorella, a Roller Derby double-header, and the monthly downtown Wine Walk – chockfull of arts events and music, not to mention the Summer Blinky Man ride. Tonight, go get jazzy at Living the Good Life or sing your heart out at Caterpillar’s Hookah Lounge. Local thespians are invited to try out for the Proscenium Players’ next production. Learn about the ups and downs of historical building renovation at the Dayton Historical Society’s presentation by the new owners of the 1870 Union Hotel.

WEDNESDAY:

• -- Legislative eXhibition Series: ‘The Meskel Festival’ paintings by Eyob Mergia of Las Vegas in the LXS Gallery on the first floor of the Nevada State Legislature (8am-5pm)
• -- “High Desert Alchemy” Exhibit featuring mixed media by artists Gail Rappa and Elaine Parks in the OXS Gallery at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
• -- High School Pic[ks] 2, group show of art by students from Carson, Dayton, Douglas, and Pioneer High Schools in the Community Development building [formerly the BRIC]: 108 E Proctor St (8am-12pm and 1pm-4pm)
• -- Great Basin Native Artists Exhibit at the Carson Visitor Center (9am-6pm; featuring art by Ben Aleck, Topaz Jones, Jack Malotte, Melissa Melero-Moose, Topah Spoonhunter)
• -- Sierra Chef Farm to Fork Farmers Market at Lampe Park on Waterloo in Gardnerville (9am-1pm; An assortment of fresh local foods, crafts and local specialties)
• -- Landscape Art Show in the Nevada Artists Association Gallery at the Brewery Arts Center (10am-4pm)
• -- "Back Wall Show" featuring photography by John F. Warden, Jr in the Nevada Artists Association Gallery at the Brewery Arts Center (10am-4pm)
• -- CCAI Exhibit: Smaller Works, solo exhibition by Gil Martin in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center (open during public meetings and Fridays 12pm-4pm)
• -- Wine Wednesday at Red’s Old 395 (3pm-6pm; half off all glasses of wine)
• -- Dayton Wellness Warriors weekly meeting at the Dayton Community Center: 170 Pike Street, Dayton (5:15pm; weight loss support group for men and women sponsored by Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties; Questions: Lisa Selmi at 775-246-7550)
• -- CCBMX Practice Night at the Livermore (Edmonds) Sports Complex: 1555 Livermore Lane (Weather and Track Conditions Permitting; gates open 5pm, practice begins at 6pm; $3 per rider; must be USABMX member; one-day trial memberships and new rider kits available)
• -- Live Music with Ev Musselman at the Max Casino (6pm-9pm)
• -- Live Music with the Rye Brothers in the Carson Valley Inn Cabaret, Minden (6pm-10pm)
• -- Auditions for PPI’s production of ‘Nightfall With Edgar Allan Poe’ by Eric Coble in the Brewery Arts Center Black Box Theater (6:30pm; auditions will be a cold reading from the script, bring a theater resume if you have one; All actors selected are required to join Proscenium Players, Inc. as members; Male casting is for 4 men between the ages of 45-50, 2 men in their 60’s, and 1 man between 20-30. Female casting is for 1 woman (or male) 18-30 and 1 woman 45-50)
• -- Country Dance Lessons and Open Dance at the Eleventh Frame Lounge inside Carson Lanes (6:30pm-10pm; Partners lessons at 6:30pm, Beginners Line at 7:15pm, Intermediate Line at 8:15pm; $5 donation)
• -- West Wind Sangha Sitting Group in the Methodist Church’s Youth Group Building at the corner of Proctor and Minnesota (Sitting quietly in meditation 6:30pm-8pm)
• -- Carson City Symphony Orchestra Rehearsals in the Band Room of Carson High School (6:45pm-9:30pm; call 775-883-4154 to join or for more info; opening for strings)
• -- Historical Society of Dayton Valley Lecture Series: "Saving the 1870 Union Hotel" at the Dayton Valley Community Center: 170 Pike St, Dayton (7pm social time, 7:30pm presentation start; free to the public, light refreshments; New owners, Katie and Glenn Hasbrouck, reveal the process, trials, and tribulations of rejuvenating the 147 year old hotel)
• -- DJ Trivia Night at Westside Pour House (sign-ups at 6:30pm, game begins 7pm)
• -- Live Music with Terri Campillo and Craig Fletcher at Glen Eagles Restaurant (7pm-10pm)
• -- Ladies Night at Carson Cigar Co. AKA the Cigar Bar (women drink half off 7pm-9:30pm)
• -- Jazz Jam hosted by Rocky and Judith at Living the Good Life: 1480 N. Carson (7:30pm-10:30pm)
• -- Open Mic at Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City (7:30pm)
• -- Karaoke with J and M Productions at Caterpillar’s Hookah Lounge: 314 S Carson (8:30pm-11pm)