Monday, Aug. 21: Things to do in Carson City

What a day we have in store. Sure, it’s off to school for the kids in Carson City, but this will be a day to remember for another reason, the solar eclipse. A huge swath of our country will see a total solar eclipse, but here in Carson City, only 81 percent of totality will be achieved. That means there is NO time that you can look at the sun without risking injury. I repeat: do NOT look directly at the sun. The Jazz and Beyond Music Festival bids farewell to another year with a free concert in McFadden Plaza featuring the talented members of the Mile High Jazz Band.

MONDAY: Final Day of the Jazz and Beyond Music Festival

• -- Carson City School Districts’ First Day of School
• -- I Love Carson City turns Five years old
• -- PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE: Partial Eclipse begins 9:04am, Maximum Eclipse 10:19am, Partial Eclipse ends 11:43am
• -- ‘Industrial Art: Sports Edition’ Exhibit in the CCAI Gallery at the Carson City Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)
• -- Basin and Range Exhibition featuring 18 Southern Nevada artists in the OXS Gallery at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm; part of the Nevada Touring Initiative (NTI) Traveling Exhibition Program)
• -- ART from UNR, group show of art by University of Nevada, Reno students in the Community Development building [formerly the BRIC]: 108 E Proctor St (8am-12pm and 1pm-4pm)
• -- ‘From the Ground Up’, solo exhibition by Gil Martin at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)
• -- Back to School Walk-in Vaccination Clinic at Carson Health and Human Services: 900 E Long St. (open 8:30am-11:30 AND 1pm-5:30; no appointment necessary; Medicaid and most private insurances accepted; Vaccines are available at no cost if a child is 18 or younger and is Medicaid-eligible, uninsured, American Indian or Alaska Native or underinsured. CCHHS does charge an administration fee of $20 for one vaccine; $30 for 2-3 vaccinations or $40 for 4 or more vaccinations; call 775-887-2195 for more info)
• -- Celebrate the Solar Eclipse at the Western Nevada College Jack C. Davis Observatory: 2699 Van Patten Ave (8:30am-12pm; some telescopes with appropriate filters, as well as access to the Sunspotter will be available for safe eclipse viewing)
• -- NASA at My Library: Solar Eclipse Viewing at the Carson City Library (9am-11am; We will have hands-on activities, a telescope with safety filter, and other informational activities; Register HERE; ages 9 and under must be accompanied someone 13+)
• -- Great Basin Native Artists Exhibit at the Carson Visitor Center (9am-6pm; featuring art by Linda Eben Jones, Joyce McCauley, Steve Nighthawk, Tork Rains and Brandy McDaniels)
• -- CCAI Exhibit: Tahoe Clarity, solo exhibition by Dylan Silver in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center (open during public meetings and Fridays 12pm-4pm)
• -- $1 Bowling and Shoe Rental Specials (9am-10pm at Carson Lanes; 9am-5pm at Gold Dust West)
• -- Jazz and Beyond: Eclipse Drum Circle in the Brewery Arts Center Plaza (9:30am-11am; Join us with your drum on Monday morning to celebrate the eclipse; Pinhole projectors welcome)
• -- Mimosa Monday all day at Ed’s Doghouse
• -- Carson City Host Lions Club weekly lunch meeting at Tito's Mexican Restaurant: 444 E Williams (12pm; for more information, call Tim at 775-885-7033)
• -- Danny Boy the Irish Cop of the Comstock at Piper's Opera House, Virginia City (Performances at 1pm AND 4pm; $5, boxed lunch available for $10)
• -- Martini Monday at Red’s Old 395 (3pm-6pm; half priced martinis)
• -- High Sierra Swing Dance Club’s Night Out at NEW LOCATION: the Eleventh Frame Lounge inside Carson Lanes (Beginners Class 5:30pm-6:30pm, Intermediate Swing lesson 6:30pm-7:30pm, $8 each class; Free open dancing 7:30pm-10pm)
• -- Dharma Zephyr Sangah Sitting Group in the Methodist Church’s Youth Group Building at the corner of Proctor and Minnesota (Beginners 5:30pm-6:30pm; Sitting quietly in meditation 7pm-8:30pm)
• -- Square Dancing with the Capitol Cut-ups at the Carson Senior Center: 911 Beverly Drive (6pm-9pm; for info contact Marge at 775-885-7986 or 775-220-2942)
• -- Live Music with Jamie Rollins in the Carson Valley Inn Cabaret, Minden (6pm-10pm)
• -- Tabletop Game Night at Carson Cigar Co. AKA the Cigar Bar (7pm-9pm; drink specials for players; games rotate weekly)
• -- Jazz and Beyond: Count Basie 113th Birthday Bash with the Mile High Jazz Band on the on the Third Street Stage in McFadden Plaza (8pm-10pm; The Music Festival began in 2004 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of William "Count" Basie: Aug. 21, 1904-April 26, 1984. Today, Mile High Jazz Band, an 18-member big band with vocalists Cindee LeVal, Pat Esters, June Joplin, and Jakki Ford celebrate his 113th birthday)
• -- Karaoke with J and M Productions at the Fox Brewpub (8pm all ages, 10pm-close ‘karaoke after dark’; drink specials)