Thursday, Oct. 8: Things to do in Carson City

The weekend is still two days away, but there is plenty of fun to distract you from the wait. Learn the finer points of Improv tonight at the Brewery Arts Center. Chat with ‘The Ghost Lady,’ author Arlene Jenkins at Browsers Corner Book Store. Indulge in some live music at Living the Good Life or Glen Eagles. Singers should check out Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar or the Feisty Goat Pub for karaoke. Dance your blues away with spicy salsa at El Charro Avita or country line dancing at Beercade. Carson High School has just a few last performances of The Importance of Being Earnest; you won’t want to miss the Oscar Wilde classic.

THURSDAY:

• NV Day Treasure Hunt (www.NVDayTreasureHunt.com)
• ’Lines and Fields: Abstract Narrative Paintings’ by Liz Penniman at the Western Nevada College Main Gallery in the Bristlecone Building
• Artists Walter McNamara and Lynda Yuroff featured in the OXS Gallery at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
• ’Divergence’ by artist Katie Lewis at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)
• Nevada Artists Association Exhibit and Photography by Chas. H. McDonnell, III at the Carson Visitor Center (8am-5pm)
• Late Summer Regular Show at the Nevada Artists Association Gallery in the Brewery Arts Center (10am-4pm)
• 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)
• All you can eat Wings at Firkin and Fox (all day; $11.95)
• National Moment of Silence in honor of the victims of the Umpqua Community College shooting (11am)
• EAA Sierra Chapter 403 Luncheon and Chat–Young Eagles at 2500 E. College Pkwy (11am-3pm, all welcome)
• Family Story Time in the Carson City Library Digitorium (11:15am-11:45am; get ticket in the auditorium)
• Live Music with In Stride at Comma Coffee (12pm)
• CCAI Exhibit: Tow’ring High, by photographer Deon Reynolds in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center (available during public meetings and most evenings 5pm-8pm)
• Meet the Author: 'Ghost Lady' Arlene Jenkins at Browser's Corner Book Store: 711 E. Washington (6pm; free)
• Trivia Thursdays at Alatte Wine and Coffee Bar in the Carson Nugget (6pm-8pm)
• Salsa/Latin Dance at El Charro Avita (Basic Lesson 6pm-6:30pm $7; Salsa Combo 6:30pm-7:30pm lesson $7; open dance 7:30pm-9pm; free)
• Gold Hill Lecture Series: Joe Curtis 'Firefighting on the Comstock' at the Crown Point Restaurant at the Gold Hill Hotel, Gold Hill (Dinner 6pm, Lecture 7:30pm; $25 for the dinner and lecture, $10 for the lecture only; Advance reservations required by contacting the Gold Hill Hotel at 775-847-0111)
• Douglas Co. Historical Society's Second Thursday Lectures: Paul Pace discusses maps and reports of the well-known explorer John C. Fremont at the Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 1477 Hwy 395, Gardnerville (doors 6pm, 7pm start; $3)
• Unmasked: A Masquerade Soiree to Support Mental Illness Recovery at Thunder Canyon Golf Club, Washoe Valley (6pm; $80 for dinner gala and entertainment by La Cirque Vagabond and the jazz trio Dave and Friends; to benefit National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Western Nevada)
• Live Music with Jack Clifton and Jimmy Mallett at Living the Good Life: 1480 N. Carson (6pm)
• Live Music with Terri Campillo and Craig Fletcher at Glen Eagles Restaurant (6:30pm-10:30pm)
• Improv Workshop in the Black Box Theater at the Brewery Arts Center (6:30pm; free, donations appreciated)
• 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)
• Nevada Division of the Pony Express Association meeting at Grandma Hattie's (7pm; all welcome)
• Smoke-free Karaoke at The Feisty Goat Pub: 1881 E. Long St. (7pm)
• Gentlemen’s Night at Carson Cigar Co. (drinks 1/2 off from 7pm-9:30pm)
• Line Dancing Night at Beercade: 1930 N. Carson St. (7pm; free lessons)
• Painting Class at Van Gogh and Vino (7pm-9:30pm; $30 per painter)
• Karaoke at Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar (7pm)