Happenings and events around Carson City for Tuesday, Sept. 18

Enjoy the last few days of summer as fall is around the corner. Today is Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. Today brings the second and final volunteer training event at the Nevada State Museum, morning and afternoon hikes and walks, a rally at the capital, a fundraiser at Mills Park, plenty of art exhibits and more.

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This calendar is updated throughout the day as information becomes available. Here’s what’s happening:

— Daily through September, Muscle Powered is holding a membership drive to recruit new members. All new and renewing members in the month of September will be entered in a drawing to win a Gregory Hiking Day Pack.
Muscle Powered works to make Carson City healthier for all citizens and safer and more accessible for bicycling and walking through education and advocacy, the promotion of bicycle and pedestrian friendly infrastructure, and developing and maintaining recreational trails throughout the city. Muscle Powered is also responsible for organized weekly walks, hikes and bike rides, on and off road, throughout Carson City. Go here to learn more and sign up.

— Tuesday Morning Walk to Linear Ditch Trail-West hosted by Muscle Powered, 8 a.m. Join Muscle Powered
for its weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors in Carson City. Meet in the parking lot at Governor's Field on Evalyn Street off of Roop Street. Water and closed-toe shoes required. All walks are 1 to 2 miles with duration of 1 hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths.

— Tuesday evening conditioning hike to new Clear Creek Trail, hosted by Muscle Powered. 5:30pm. This week's hike has CHANGED to the new Clear Creek Trail. Since Nevada State Parks is closing some of the trails for forest management, the original trail advertised, Tahoe Rim Trail Spooner Summit-North, will be closed.
The meeting place has not changed. We will still meet at Highway 50 Park and Ride where we will carpool up to Spooner Summit to park in the south parking lot for the Tahoe Rim Trail. The Clear Creek Trail begins just east of the bathroom and is accessed via the Forest Service Road just east of the bathroom. Water and study boots or athletic shoes required. Hat and sunscreen recommended.

— The Nevada State Museum in Carson City is recruiting volunteers with a love of history and learning to participate in its “New Tour Guide Training” program. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Sept. 18, and is open to both new and returning volunteers. The training program will introduce new volunteers to the museum, while allowing existing volunteers to sharpen their knowledge of the museum. The program includes presentations by all of the museum’s curators and will also include training in new interpretive techniques that will mainly focus on the Historic Mint Building, which will be 150 years old in 2020. The training is free. Space is limited, so prospective volunteers should contact the Nevada State Museum Education Department at nsmeducatio@nevadaculture.org or (775) 687-4810 ext 237. New volunteers will have to complete a new volunteer application. Nevada State Museum, 600 N. Carson Street, Carson City.

— Local family organizes picnic Tuesday at Mills Park for member with leukemia, 11 a.m. A family has organized an event to support a member of their family, Jesus Perez Sanchez, who is being treated for leukemia. It will be a picnic in Mills Park on Tuesday, Sept. 18. The food will be all-Mexican and the event will run from 11 am to 7 pm. Tickets are $5, but all donations will be welcomed. The ESL In-Home Program of Northern Nevada encourages all students to attend.

— Carson City Art Gallery & Pottery Mid-Month Artist Reception: Roger Freeman, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 110 S. Curry St. Carson City Art Gallery’s Artist of the Month for September is Roger Freeman, a multi medium artist living and working in the Carson City area. He is currently represented by Carson City Art Gallery where he has several works displayed for sale. Light refreshments will be served. For more information please call 775-313-8628, email carsoncityart@yahoo.com, or just stop in. Come enjoy the history and the art.

— Don’t Punish Pain Rally, 12 noon Nevada Legislative Building. Pain Warriors Unite! Second Annual Nationwide “Don’t Punish Pain Rally”, to protest the neglect of people in pain by the CDC Guidelines and the new Nevada laws targeting the chronically ill and pain patients. 401 South Carson Street.

— Yoga for Arthritis - 8 week program, 2 p.m. This 8-week class series is for people living with arthritis or similar symptoms of pain and stiffness. It draws from a variety of styles to best address the specific needs of people with arthritis. Go here for more information, cost and how to sign up. The classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00p-3:00p, Sept. 18 through Nov. 8 at Carson City Yoga, 7th Street Location: 116 E 7th St, No. 4. Teacher: Diane Dunn.

— Grow Your Own, Nevada class Sept. 18 features composting, fertilizer basics, 6 p.m. The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Grow Your Own, Nevada! Program presents four classes to help Nevadans get on the path to more sustainable, local, healthy living by growing and preserving more of their own food. The next class on Sept. 18 discusses composting and fertilizer basics. The program runs 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 18 through Oct. 2. and will also be available via interactive video at Cooperative Extension offices including Carson City's, which is at 2621 Northgate Ln No. 15, Carson City.

— Student Art Exhibition: The Wind Calls, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Capital City Arts Initiative (CCAI) announces it’s exhibition, The Wind Calls featuring nine University of Nevada, Reno, students’ work. The free exhibition is available to the public through October 9, 2018, Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – noon and 1:00 – 4:00 pm. It is held at the BRIC, 108 E Proctor St., Carson City.

— The Wind Calls includes work by Mahedi Anjuman, Nicki Bracco, Mark Combs, Teal Francis, Hannah Huntley, Gwaylon Leaf, Frances Melhop, Ally Messer, and Carla Miller. The artists used a wide variety of art media including mixed media, ceramics, sculpture, painting, printmaking, and photography to make their art and comments on contemporary life and society.

— The Capital City Arts Initiative, also known as CCAI, presents its exhibition, "Jenny Raven: The Creative Growth Years 1979 - 1984" with artwork by artist Jenny Raven in the city’s Community Center Sierra Room, 851 E William Street, Carson City. The exhibition is available to the public through October 18, 2018. The Sierra Room is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

— Visual Oasis: Works from Creative Growth, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents “Visual Oasis: Works from Creative Growth" at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery in Carson City. The exhibition, with art by 17 artists, will be in the gallery Monday through Friday until Sept. 27, 2018. The Courthouse is located at 885 E Musser Street, Carson City. The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

— Explore the Acrylic Pour, Rustically Divine, 410 N. Carson St. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Enjoy the wonders of pouring as professional artist, Dana Childs, aka d’Lauren teaches you how to create modern-abstract fluid effects with acrylic pouring onto stretched canvas. “Anyone can do this!” says Childs, who has been painting professionally for over two decades and playing with Acrylic pouring is one of her new fascinations. In addition to this class, she will be offering an array of painting classes at Rustically Divine, all with a focus on technique and expressiveness. All levels welcome. Visit Rustically Divine to sign up. Questions or further information contact Dana via email at tfa.create@gmail.com.

— Author event featuring at Browser's Corner Book Store, located at 711 E. Washington St. Starting at 6:30 p.m. Meet Ursula Carlson, co-author of "The Californios: A History, 1769-1890." Before the Gold Rush of 1848–1858, Alta (Upper) California was an isolated cattle frontier — and home to a colorful group of Spanish-speaking, non-indigenous people known as Californios. Profiting from the forced labor of large numbers of local Indians, they carved out an almost feudal way of life, raising cattle along the California coast and valleys. Visitors described them as a good-looking, vibrant, improvident people. Many traces of their culture remain in California. Yet their prosperity rested entirely on undisputed ownership of large ranches. As they lost control of these in the wake of the Mexican War, they lost their high status and many were reduced to subsistence-level jobs or fell into abject poverty. Drawing on firsthand contemporary accounts, the authors chronicle the rise and fall of Californio men and women.

— Taco Tuesday with Tunes by Canyon White, Open Jam at Living the Good Life Bistro-Lounge. 6:30 to 10 p.m., 1480 N Carson St.