Events and happenings around Carson City for Friday, Nov. 16

Welcome to the last day of this work week. It is Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, which means it is Salvation Army's annual Turkey Drop Drive. Pick up a frozen turkey and drop it off at Max Casino, where your effort will help a local family enjoy Thanksgiving. Also today is the 24th CHS Holiday Craft Fair, which begins tonight and continues Saturday. Also tonight begins the last weekend of "Mamma Mia!" at the Carson City Community Center. Read on, there's more.

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Here's what's happening today.

— Carson City Salvation Army to host annual Turkey Drop drive. 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Salvation Army serving Carson City and Douglas County is in need of turkeys for needy families in the area this holiday season and will host its annual turkey drop this Friday at Max Casino. Each year hundreds of needy families depend on the Salvation Army for their Thanksgiving Dinner. The Salvation Army will be rounding up turkeys at MAX Casino, 900 S Carson Street in Carson City. The Turkey Drop will be broadcast live on 99.1 FM Talk. The Salvation Army will accept turkeys and monetary gifts, so go see them and bring a bird to help feed those in need this Thanksgiving! No live turkeys please, frozen birds only.

— Friday Morning Walk to Mexican Ditch - South hosted by Muscle Powered. 9 a.m. Come and join Muscle Powered for its weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City. Meet in the Hidden Meadows trailhead parking area at 965 Buzzy's Ranch Road. Dirt trail. 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.

— Free Pet Adoption Days Friday and Saturdays in Carson City, surrounding communities. 9 a.m. Carson City residents can find their new best friend this weekend thanks to Maddie’s Pet Adoption Days, where future pet parents can adopt for free. Looking for love this holiday season? Hundreds of dogs and cats are waiting for you at local animal shelters and rescue groups in Nevada, where pet adoptions will be free Nov. 16 and 17 during Maddie's Pet Adoption Days. Click on link here for locations.

— Carson City celebrates 24th annual CHS Holiday Craft Fair this Friday and Saturday. 5 p.m. One of Carson City's longest running holiday events for buyers and sellers of all things creative, the Carson High School Holiday Craft Fair, begins this Friday, Nov. 16 and continues Saturday in the CHS gym. This 24th annual event promises to be the best one yet with more than 140 booths and Santa as well as a raffle. Friday evening the hours are 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Great handcrafted items for everyone as well as culinary arts treats and food to be enjoyed. Entry Friday evening is $2 and includes re-entry on Saturday as well as a raffle ticket.

— Lively Murder Mystery Dinner and scholarship fundraiser. 5 p.m. Gold Dust West. Do you enjoy laughing? If you have a healthy appetite, consider the Carson City Democratic Women’s Club’s scholarship fundraiser, audience participation, live murder mystery. Do you have a blank page in your Day Runner for Friday, November 16, 2018? Join us! No-host cocktails at 5 p.m. Allow your taste buds to enjoy fabulous Greek cuisine including Baklava for desert! $50 for tickets, call 775-841-3367 or at 502 E. John Street Carson City. Tickets at the door $55. Click on flier for more information.

— Final weekend for Mamma Mia! Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This Western Nevada Musical Theatre production has an effect on audiences that is pure joy. For the last two numbers of our curtain call, the audience poured into the aisles and danced to the music, singing along with the cast, clapping and cheering wildly. Happiness clearly is a night at Mamma Mia! This wildly popular musical will play at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday night, and 2:30 p.m. November 17-18, at the Carson City Community Center. For best availability, select the evening performances. Be sure to buy your tickets ($28/$25) ONLY from WNMTC.com or call 775-445-4249. But don't wait. These shows WILL sell out.
NOTE: Since NDOT is closing all roads between Reno and Carson City from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. next weekend, the matinees of Mamma Mia! previously scheduled at 2 p.m. on Nov. 17 and 18 will instead start at 2:30 to allow our audiences enough time to make it to the performance. Parental discretion advised: adult subject matter.

— Comedian Milt Abel headlines Carson Comedy Club. 8 p.m. Milt Abel headlines the Carson Comedy Club this weekend on Nov. 16-17 inside the Carson Nugget located at 507 N Carson Street in Carson City. The doors open up at 7:15 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Milt’s style of stand-up comedy is clean, clever, and funny. His humor has always been devoid of stereotypes, cheap shots, or laughter at anyone's expense; in other words , never divisive or derisive. With material focusing on everyday experiences about his wife and kids, travels, and how we relate to the world around us; audiences always come away feeling good about how they chose to laugh.

— Beat UNLV Week at Vitalant Carson City. 11 a.m. Back the pack and transform lives before Thanksgiving. Donate blood Nov 19-21 and receive an “I Bleed Silver & Blue” T-shirt, while supplies last during Beat UNLV week! During the fall and winter months, especially around the holidays, blood donations decline just when they need to increase. Long holiday weekends, like Thanksgiving, pose an extra challenge when many donors are too busy, are traveling out of the area to be with family and friends, or catch a cold or flu. You can be an inspiration to others by giving the blood supply a much-needed boost. Do amazing, be the one someone is thankful for by giving blood today. Reserve your appointment today. 256 East Winnie Lane, Carson City.

ONGOING:

— Tiffani and Bailee's 6th Sealed Toy Drive underway, drop off boxes throughout Carson City. Tiffani Barber was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer on Dec. 8, 2012. For those of you who didn't know Tiffani, all she ever wanted to do was help people. So it was no surprise to those closest to her that when the social worker assigned to her case asked her what she needed, Tiffani replied with, "How can I help?" There are multiple locations throughout the Carson City, Carson Valley and Reno area.

— Winter Conditioning Program at Well Being Fitness. 9 a.m. 1851 S Roop St, Unit 145, Carson City. Winter sports and activities are on the horizon! Join us at Well Being (Massage and Functional Fitness) and prepare your body for success. Our Winter Conditioning Program starts on October 29. Two separate 3 week programs are offered w/a one week break (Thanksgiving) between the two. We focus on strength, dynamic balance and stability, and muscular endurance (yes, that means cardio!) as they relate to winter sports and activities like snow-mobile excursions, snow shoeing, skiing and snowboarding, and all the Nordic and back country activities on your list.

— Patricia Ann Probst: An Artist of the Movement. 11 to 6 p.m. The Charlie B Gallery is proud to announce the coming of a ceramic celebration art show and sale: “Patricia Ann Probst: An Artist of the Movement.” The gallery will offer many works created by Patricia Ann Probst (1941-2016). A sale will continue through December 2, 2018. 114 West Telegraph.

— Christmas tree permits available on Carson, Bridgeport ranger districts. Permits to cut Christmas trees on the Carson and Bridgeport Ranger Districts of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest will be available for purchase now through Dec. 25. The U.S. Forest Service Christmas Tree Program is designed for families, businesses, and institutions wishing to cut their own trees for decorating. Christmas tree permits must be purchased in person and are issued on a first-come, first-serve basis for $10 each, with a limit of two trees per household. Permits are nonrefundable and nontransferable, and only valid through Dec. 25, 2018. The Ranger Districts have a limited amount of Christmas tree permits available, and once those allotted permits are sold, no more will be available.

— The Nevada Artists Association (NAA) presents the annual Nevada Day Art Show, now through Nov. 30. Entries in all categories are judged with cash prizes awarded to winners. The NAA Gallery is located at 449 W. King Street in Carson City and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday.

— Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space is currently seeking individuals and pairs interested in leading interpretive programs in one of our many parks and open spaces. Interested individuals and pairs are encouraged to apply. If interested, go here.

— Carson City Art Gallery features Show by Erik Holland. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Celebrate the artwork of Erik Holland. He has worked as an artist his entire adult life. He started painting murals in Fairbanks, Alaska in the 1990's. He then moved to Reno, Nevada, achieving his dream of living in the high desert. He has had a one man show in Reno every year since 2001. The show was born on a desire to depict the many sides of America. Amerika is spelled with a K to denote concern with our troubled times. The images come from the life of artist Erik Holland, starting in 1980, when he painted "Spirit of the Eighties" The show is in fact a retrospective of the artist's life from 1980 to the present. Carson City Art Gallery is located at 110 S Curry St, corner of 2nd, in downtown Carson City. For details, please contact Carson City Art Gallery, 775-313-8628 or carsoncityart@yahoo.com.

— The Capital City Arts Initiative presents its exhibition, Americana with Cadmium Orange, by artist Gig Depio at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Depio is an artist and an advocate for public art in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was awarded the 2016 Fellowship Grant in Painting by the Nevada Arts Council (NAC). He has worked on various exhibitions and projects with the Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada Arts Council’s OXS Gallery, and UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum, among others. Depio graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. He lives in Las Vegas with his family. Carson City Courthouse Gallery, 885 E. Musser Street in Carson City.

This calendar is updated throughout the day as information becomes available.