Events around Carson City for Monday, Dec. 9

In December, Mondays don't really seem like Monday. At least for those of us caught up in the holiday spirit of giving and kindness. What a weekend of community fellowship this was among Carson City locals and we're just getting started, counting down the days until Christmas. Activities around the capital city include a free yoga class offered through Partnership Carson City, some political happenings with a visit from presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and a luncheon featuring the northern Nevada political director for the Joe Biden campaign. Moving along there's a BrewMasters Dinner at The Fox Brewpub, art activities and more.

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Monday

— Capital City Arts Initiative Presents: Saludos Amigos. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents its exhibition, "Saludos Amigos", by artist Justin Favela at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery. The exhibition will be in the gallery from now through January 29, 2020. The Courthouse is located at 885 E Musser Street, Carson City. The reception and the exhibition are free and the public is cordially invited. The gallery is open Monday through Friday. In this installation, Favela will collage imagery from famous animated films that depict Latin American culture. Using his signature "piñata style" Favela will make large scale murals with tissue paper and glue that will break down images from films like “The Three Caballeros”, “The Emperor's New Groove” and “Coco.” These films celebrate Latin American culture but through the investigation of the imagery, Favela will highlight the exoticism and Hollywood fantasy that falsely represents an entire culture. Favela, a Las Vegas native, makes work in a piñata style exploring his identity as a Latino from Las Vegas with Mexican and Guatemalan parents. He makes his work with traditional craft materials like tissue paper and cardboard, making anything from sculptures to large scale paper installations. A lot of his work is labor intensive and benefits from assistance and creative input from community members who help build and conceptualize his projects.

— Capital City Arts Initiative Presents: Constellation. 8 a.m. The Capital City Arts Initiative (CCAI) presents its exhibition, Constellation. Nine students from the University of Nevada Reno’s Bachelor of Fine Arts program have work in the exhibit. The free exhibition is available to the public now through Dec. 10, 2019 on Mondays – Fridays, 8:00 a.m. – noon and 1:00-4:00 p.m. The artists include Rachael Blizzard, Tessa Clawson, Josh Galarza, Robert Ibarra, Sandra Kramp, Carla Miller, Cesar Piedra, Shara Sinatra, and Amber Skilling. For more information about each artist please visit the CCAI website. The exhibition is at the Carson City BRIC, 108 E Proctor St., Carson City.

— Open studio basic painting at the Brewery Arts Center. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 449 W. King Street. Students will work on their own paintings from subject matter they have chosen. The instructor, Mark Tompkins, will work one-on-one with each student to help them complete their project from start to finish. Each student must supply their own materials. Students may choose to paint in either water colors, oils, or acrylic paints.

— Joe Biden's campaign in the spotlight at Monday's Carson City Democratic luncheon. 11:30 a.m. Featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Alysia Peters, Northern Nevada Political Director for the Biden for President campaign. Following her presentation, she will field questions from Democrats still undecided ahead of February's precinct caucuses. This event is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on Monday, December 9th, at the Carson City Round Table Pizza, 3325 Retail Drive just off College Parkway. Sponsored by the Democratic Men’s Committee, these luncheons help keep the lights on at Carson City’s Democratic HQ. An all-you-can-eat pizza and salad bar lunch buffet is available for $7.99. Water is free, extra charge for fountain drinks. Suggested donations of $5 or more gratefully accepted but are not required. All are welcome. For further information contact Rich Dunn at 434-8783 or richdunn@aol.com.

— Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to make campaign stop in Carson City on Monday. Noon. The race for the Democratic nomination for president continues to drive candidates to Nevada. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will make a campaign stop Monday in Carson City for a town hall meeting at the Stewart Community Center. The Stewart Community Center is located at 465 Clear Creek Avenue in Carson City. The Dec. 9 meeting is at noon, is free and open to the public. Doors open at 11 a.m. RSVP is recommended but tickets are not required. Go here for more information. Entrance is provided on a first come, first served basis. Parking is limited; attendees are encouraged to walk, bike, or carpool. At 5:30 p.m. Sanders will be at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center at 4590 S Virginia St. You can RSVP here. Tickets not required.

— New location, more space: Free Partnership Carson City yoga series loosens up Mondays. 5:15 p.m. Anyone is welcome to join Partnership Carson City for its free Wellness Yoga series Mondays at 5:15 p.m. for one hour at the Carson City Community Center. “All ages, genders — absolutely anyone is encouraged to come and take a physical and mental break with us,” said Hannah McDonald, executive director of Partnership Carson City. “It’s a free, alternative way to take some time for yourself. We want participants to walk away achieving more mindfulness, to de-stress and manage pain and to experience an improved outlook.” Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothes and bring mats, though Partnership has limited supplies. The course is taught by independent contractor Adria White. Sessions are being offered Dec. 2, 9 and 16. The community center is located at 851 E. William St. Enter on the west side of the center, the side of the library. Classes are first come, first served with room for approximately 35 attendees.

— Monday night throwing class at Ogres-Holm Pottery. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 1215 S. Carson Street. Drop in sessions are $45 or $175 for a 6 week, open start class, including open studio anytime during the 6 weeks. For more information or to schedule studio time visit the Ogres-Holm Pottery Website or Facebook page or by calling 775-461-3616.

— Brewmaster’s Dinner at Fox Brewpub. 6 to 9 p.m. Join Fox Brewpub in Carson City for its first BrewMasters Dinner where we pair our craft Beer & Spirts with our hand crafted and locally sourced food. Chef Dan, former sous chef at Adele's, has prepared an amazing menu that you are not going to want to miss. $55. 310 South Carson Street, Carson City.

— West Coast Swing Dance. 5:30 to 10 p.m. at the Carson Lanes Family Fun Center, 4600 Snyder Ave. Join the High Sierra Swing Club every Monday for a night filled with West Coast Swing dancing! Beginners class at 5:30 followed by an Intermediate class at 6:30, $8 each. Free social dance following lessons from 7:30 to 10 p.m.

ONGOING AND UPCOMING EVENTS

— Holiday Gift Making Camp 2019 at the Brewery Arts Center begins Dec. 16. We invite you to register for “Holiday Craft Camp,” which will have your kids creating Holiday arts, perfect for gifting to friends and families. Camp is at the Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St. Sign up online at BreweryArts.org, Facebook here or by calling 775-883-1976. Our talented instructor, Andrea, was the instructor for both the Holiday Craft Camp last winter and Exploring Nature Through Arts and Crafts last summer. Tell your friends! It’s a BLAST! This camp is for children ages 6-13, and only costs $100 to take part in the holiday fun. Class begins Monday, December 16 and goes until Friday, December 20 starting at 4:00pm and going until 6:00pm

— Brewery Arts Center is hosting Santa and His Village through Christmas Eve. Santa Clause is coming to town! You can catch him at the Brewery Arts Center, 449 W King St. beginning weekly through Dec. 22. Visits and photos with Santa will be by appointment Thursdays and Fridays. You can book an appointment by calling 775-720-2542. You can book an appointment starting at 3 to whenever! These days are first come first serve: 11/30, 12/1, 12/7, 12/8, 12/14, 12/15, 12/21, and 12/22. Our times on Saturdays and Sundays are 12-5. We will also be there Christmas Eve from 11-2. Feel Free to bring your pets!

— Annual Angel Tree begins at the Dayton Urgent Care. Daily through Dec. 20. Dayton Urgent Care is hosting its annual Angel Tree for the kids in the Dayton, Nev. community. Last year was a great year for these families and kids that needed a little help. We are always thankful to the community for helping out with all of our drives that we do. I am hoping that this year will be as great as it was last year. The Angel Tree is basically a tree with angels on it. The public is invited to Dayton Urgent Care where they can pick an angel with the child's name. The angel will have the child's clothing size and kind of toys they would like to have. Participants are then encouraged to shop for the child and purchase a gift or gifts they would like. We just ask that if you adopt an Angel from our tree that the Angel gift is returned with a gift or gifts no later the Dec 20. Our tree this year will have around 40 angels on it that will need to be adopted. We are located at 901 Medical Center Drive in Dayton. Hours are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you have any question you may contact us by phone as well 775-445-7210. Thank you so very much for all of your help.

— Seniors Need Holiday Cheer Too: Home Instead Carson City collects gifts for those without family nearby. Once again Home Instead Senior Care in Carson City asking our wonderful community to help us with gifts for our Senior's here in our community. We have Senior's in long term care facilities that have no family, and have no home to call their own. They need some holiday cheer, a little gift, not much to ask, something warm, slippers, blankets, PJ's, some perfume or cologne, just a little gift goes a long way and it sure does brighten their holiday blues.
We have tree's set up at Les Schwab (the north one, 3219 N Carson St), AAA at 2901 South Carson Street and Dayton Smith's also the Les Schwab in Gardnerville, 1151 Highway 395. Or you can come by our Home Instead Senior Care office and ask for a tag, they have their name and a holiday wish or two or three. Buy the gift, bring it back and we will wrap it. Or you can come on Dec 14, at 10 a.m. and help us wrap all these gifts! Our office location is 444 W. Washington Street, Carson City, we have the big Centennial Tree on the corner. Thank you so much!

— Carson Mall Holiday Craft Underway. Show will be held now until Dec. 24-19 in the interior of the mall. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Each vendor offers a unique gift the vendors change every week. Please watch the Carson Mall's Facebook Page here for more information on the events and list of vendors. For Vendors that are interested in having a booth please come to the Carson Mall or Call 775-671-8150. Spaces are still available.

— The Twelve Days of Christmas: Thanking our Carson City community for shopping local. Shop local at participating businesses and receive a drawing ticket! This is our way of thanking the community for shopping local. Participating stores are: Artsy Fartsy Art Gallery, Due Sorella (fondly known as Two Sisters), Kaleidoscope, Mom & Pops Diner, The Purple Avocado, Morley's Books, Postal Annex, Rustically Devine, Touched by Angels home and garden gift shop, Gather, The Bike Smith,Carson Jewelry & Loan, Scoups Ice Cream & Soup Bar and a special gift given by My Dream Photography. Click on the hyperlink above and then click the flier for details.

— Carson City's Vitalant is hosting a 'Food & Toy Drive' through Dec. 22 to benefit local charities. Carson City's Vitalant, located at 256 E Winnie Ln, is hosting a food drive and gift drive now through Dec. 22 to benefit Northern Nevada Dream Center and the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Nevada. Gifts can be any age range so long as they are unwrapped. Food items include unexpired canned foods or meats, non-perishable boxed foods, peanut butter, etc. For a complete list of most needed items please email gwagner@vitalant.org. Drop off items at Vitalant, formerly United Blood Services, 256 Winnie Lane at the following days and times: Saturday - Sunday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 a.m. - 4 p.m., Friday 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.

— Carson City area food drive happening now to Dec. 21 to benefit Food For Thought. Krisha Caraway with Valley Realty and Management is hosting a food drive to benefit Food For Thought in Carson City. The food drive runs now through Dec. 21 and items can be dropped off between the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday to her office in Valley Realty and Management located at 302 E William Street.
Or you can call, text her at 775-400-6650 to schedule a pick up and she will come to you.
Established in 2007, Food for Thought was founded on the goal to feed hungry children on the weekend so they can return to school Monday ready to learn. Each Friday, Food for Thought provides a healthy bag of food to hungry children in Carson City, and parts of Douglas County, allowing these children to eat on the weekends and to arrive at school on Monday nourished and ready to learn. Items that are most beneficial to be accepted are:
— 2.05 oz. Easy Mac and Cheese Cup
— 7.5 oz. Beef Raviolis Cans/Cups
— 7.5 oz. SpaghettiO’s Cans/Cups
— 7 oz. Spaghetti and Meatballs Cans/Cups
— Granola Bars
— Individual Cereal Boxes or Cups
— 7 oz. Beefaroni Cans/Cups
— Individual 4 oz. Fruit Cups
— Individual 4 oz. Veggie Cups (found at Walmart)
— Cheese/Peanut Butter Crackers
— Gallon-sized Plastic Ziplock Bags
Note: All items must be single serve size. For more information on Food For Thought please go to: http://nvfoodforthought.org/ For more information on Krisha Caraway, please go to: www.nvhomedreams.com.

— Postal Annex Carson City is a Toys for Tots Drop Off Location. Postal Annex is excited to be a drop off location for Toys for Tots! Please bring donations to our store between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. through Dec. 20. Postal Annex is located at 3827 S. Carson St. Carson City, NV. Behind Buffalo wild wings and in front of the Raley's in Eagle Station. If any questions, feel free to call us at 775-350-7576. Thank you and Happy Holidays!

— Carson City Farmers Insurance District Office is a Toys for Tots Drop Off Location. Farmers Insurance District Office is pleased to once again be a drop off location for Toys for Tots. Please bring the donations to our office between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. through December 15th. Our office is located at 311 West Washington Street, Ste B, Carson City (corner of Washington and Division). If questions feel free to call us at 434-0545.

— Ron Wood Family Resource Center looking for volunteers during the Holidays. Ron Wood Family Resource Center is gearing up for the holidays. We are looking for volunteers to help distribute food for our children and families in need. If you can spare a couple of hours or more during the week, please call Ron Wood Family Resource Center at (775) 884-2269 or stop by our office at 2621 Northgate Lane No. 62 in Carson City. There is no better gift than giving to those less fortunate.

— Carson City Santa Events Roundup for 2019: How, when and where you can find Old St. Nick. While it isn't quite Christmas-weather yet, I'm assuming at some point it will get cold and we can finally get into the upcoming holiday spirit! When that time comes, there are a ton of great Santa-related events going on in Carson City for you and the little ones to enjoy. Go here for the 2019 Santa Claus Roundup in Carson City. Email editor@carsonnow.org if you have a Santa related event and wish to put it on the list.