Friday, October 2: Things to do in Carson City

It’s finally Friday with plenty of happenings to choose from. Start out with some coffee on Supervisor Bonokowski at the Cracker Box. Enjoy a free bbq lunch at Meek’s Lumber. Tea and cookies await at Browser’s Corner Book Shop to celebrate the Friends of the Carson Library’s Anniversary. Tickle your funny bone at first Fridays Improv at the Brewery Arts Center. Satisfy your craving for live music at Sassafras, Bella Fiore, or Living the Good Life. Let the theater feed your soul: Carson High School presents the Importance of Being Earnest at the Community Center.

FRIDAY:

• Nevada’s Manufacturing Month breakfast at the Governor’s Annex: 606 Mountain St. (6:30am; $35)
• Monthly ‘Breakfast with Supervisor Brad’ Bonokowski at the Cracker Box (7am; open to Carson City residents, the coffee is on Brad)
• Artists Walter McNamara and Lynda Yuroff featured in the OXS Gallery at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
• NAA Art Exhibit at the Carson Visitor Center (8am-5pm)
• All-Breed ASCA Sanctioned Agility Trials at Fuji Park (begins 8am)
• World Cowboy Fast Draw Championship at the Churchill County Fairgrounds: 325 Sheckler Road Fallon, NV (9am-3pm; $5)
• Flashback Friday Museum Days in Virginia City (All Virginia City museums have waived admission, but donations are encouraged when you pick up the map at the Virginia City Visitors Center)
• Late Summer Regular Show at the Nevada Artists Association Gallery in the Brewery Arts Center (10am-4pm)
• Flu Vaccination Clinic at the Carson City Senior Center, Joshua Tree Room: 911 Beverly Drive (Rear Entrance) (10am-1pm; $25; Medicaid, Medicare, and most private insurance companies are billable)
• First Friday BBQ: fun, games, prizes with representatives from TAMKO and DAP at Meek’s Lumber: 2869 N. Carson St. (11am-1pm; free)
• Pumpkin Patch Harvest Festival with Hay Slide, Kiddie Land Straw Maze, Farm Animals and more at Corley Ranch: 859 Highway 395 South, Gardnerville (11am-5pm; free admission on weekdays)
• Ride for Reading Week: Volunteer cyclists needed for book deliveries to Fremont Elementary: Meet at the Carson City Corporate Yard on Butti at 12:45pm (To participate or for more info, contact Coordinator Cortney Bloomer at cbloomer@carson.org or 775-283-7525)
• Tea and cookies, Live Music, Meet the Authors, and more: a Friends of the Carson City Library 50th Anniversary Event at Browsers Corner Book Shop: 711 E. Washington St. (1pm-4pm)
• Chamber Foot Golf Tournament at the Silver Oak Golf Course: 1251 Country Club Dr. (2pm Shotgun start, awards and cocktail party to follow; $40 entry fee includes cart and prizes; 4-person teams; Bring your own soccer ball. No cleats, any tennis shoe is fine; Prizes for the best costumes; benefit for Carson High School’s culinary arts program)
• CCAI's Industrial Art exhibition re-opens with a reception in honor of Manufacturers' Month at the Carson City Library (3:30pm-5pm)
• Opening Reception for Divergence, a solo exhibition by artist Katie Lewis at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery: 885 E Musser Street (5pm-7pm)
• Magic, the Gathering at Nerdvana: 385 Hot Springs Road, Suite 1 (5:30pm-6pm sign up; 6pm start)
• Live Music at San Marcos Grill
• Live Music with Acoustic Solution at Bella Fiore Wine (6pm-9pm)
• Sierra Songwriters present: Songwriters in the Round at Comma Coffee (6pm)
• Douglas Co. Historical Society presents Time Travels Through the American West, a musical documentary featuring tributes from the 1700’s, The Great Depression and The Golden Age of Hollywood at the Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 1477 Hwy 395, Gardnerville (6pm-9pm; $15)
• Carson City BMX: Friday Night Lights at the Livermore (Edmonds) Sports Complex (Sign ups 6:30pm-7:30pm; $5)
• Live Music with Terri Campillo and Craig Fletcher at Glen Eagles Restaurant (6:30pm-10:30pm)
• CHS Drama presents ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ at the Bob Boldrick Theater in the Community Center (7pm-9pm; $10, $5 with valid student body card)
• Carson High Varsity Football vs. Damonte Ranch High School at Carson High School (7pm; ‘Pink Out’ game, wear pink for breast cancer awareness)
• Singer Songwriter Open Mic at A to Zen: 1803 N. Carson St. (7pm)
• Improv Night with hosts Mikey and Heidi: watch or participate at the Brewery Arts Center Black Box Theater (7pm; free, donations welcome)
• Live Music with Steel Rose at Casino Fandango (7pm-12am)
• Carson Comedy: Ron Josel at Carson Comedy, upstairs in the Carson Nugget (7pm; $15)
• Painting Class at Van Gogh and Vino (7pm-9:30pm; $30 per painter)
• Carson Valley Community Theater presents ‘A Bad Year for Tomatoes’ at the C.V.I.C. Hall 1606 Esmeralda Avenue, Minden (7:30pm; $15)
• Live Music with Cosmic Bugaloo at Flight: 2244 Meridian, off Airport in Minden (7:30pm)
• Live Music with THRE3 Guyz Rockin at the Genoa Bar, Genoa 8pm
• Live Music with John Underwood: solo multi-instrumentalist at Sassafras Eclectic Food Joint: 1500 Old Hot Springs Rd. (8pm; no cover, all ages)
• Live Music at Westside Pour House
• Live Music with the Jason King Band at Max Casino: formerly the Carson Station (8pm-12am)
• Karaoke at Barb’s Y-Not: 152 E. Long St. (8pm)
• Live Music with the Mo’z Motley Blues at Living the Good Life: 1480 N. Carson St. (8:30pm)
• Karaoke with J and M Productions at Whiskey Tavern (9pm)
• DJ and Dancing at Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar (10pm)