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Bingo party tonight at Carson Middle School; more than $7,000 in prizes to be won
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 9:36amUPDATE: Tonight is your night, Carson City. Free admission for all, plenty of chili and refreshments and an opportunity to win some pretty impressive prizes are in store at Carson Middle School beginning at 6 p.m. during its huge Family Bingo and Chili Night party.
With well over $7,000 in total prizes to be won in 15 exciting bingo games, the Carson City community will see the mother of all bingo parties, organizers promise. Recently added to the prize list are:
Legislative leaders light a fire on taxing Burning Man
Submitted by editor on Fri, 03/08/2013 - 4:32pmCARSON CITY — Each year, Burning Man draws 60,000 people to the Black Rock Desert north of Reno to participate in a weeklong counterculture art festival.
Admittance to the bohemia isn’t free, though. You need to buy a $380 ticket. Now, some Democratic legislative leaders are looking at the ticket proceeds and wondering why the state doesn’t get a cut.
Who regulates Burning Man? Legislative push could mean more county control over event
Submitted by editor on Fri, 02/15/2013 - 7:51amThe future of Burning Man could be at the center of another potential legislative push in Carson City, this time at the hands of local government associations seeking to bolster local control over events that happen on federal land.
Burning Man pre-registration tickets go on sale today
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 02/06/2013 - 5:41amPre-registration begins at noon today for 40,000 Burning Man tickets at $380 per ticket. The pre-registration period ends noon Sunday, Feb. 10. Burning Man officials are doing tiered first-come-first serve sales of the 2013 tickets.
According to the official Burning Man website, organizers say they've come up with a ticket sales plan to avoid scalping and to meet the needs of the "greatest number of people possible," given there is a limited supply available.
Burning Man 2013 ticket plan announced
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 01/06/2013 - 6:58amAfter selling 3,000 tickets during the holidays, Burning Man officials have announced the sale of 55,000 tickets for 2013.
According to the official Burning Man website, organizers say they've come up with a ticket sales plan to meet the needs of the "greatest number of people possible," given that there is a limited supply available.
Arsonist in 2009 Burning Man event dies in train accident
Submitted by editor on Tue, 10/30/2012 - 9:21amThe man who famously spent two years in a Nevada prison for prematurely setting fire to the Burning Man effigy in 2007 has died, according to news reports.
Paul Addis, a longtime Burner and artist fed up with the way Burning Man was being organized, died after he jumped in front of a moving BART train at Embarcadero station on Saturday night, according to multiple Bay Area news reports. He was 42.
First Bike Polo Games of the Season
Submitted by BikeCarson.com on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 9:41amThe dark clouds were threatening, and it was a bit breezy, but most of the core group of polo riders rode down to the old bank for the first game of the year regardless. The gang has been itching to play for months, ever since the early sunsets of autumn that finally shut down the games last year.
Bike Polo this Thursday
Submitted by BikeCarson.com on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 12:33pmBurning Man switches to lottery system for tickets
Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 4:00amRENO (AP) - After the first sellout in the event's 26-year history, organizers of the annual Burning Man festival on the northern Nevada desert have decided to sell tickets under a lottery syste...
A bad year for motorsports in the Silver State
Submitted by Kirk Caraway on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 2:24pmThis weekend saw two more tragedies for the motorsports world with Nevada connections.
Most people have already heard about or seen the video replays of the horrific IndyCar crash in Las Vegas on Sunday that claimed the life of two-time Indy 500 champion Dan Wheldon.
The same day, off-road racer Rick Huseman was killed in a plane crash in California after taking off from North Las Vegas.
Another lunchtime distraction
Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/14/2011 - 12:00pmTime-lapse Burning Man:
Reflections on 8th Burning Man visit
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 8:42pmBy Sam Bauman
First time I went to Burning Man on the Black Rock playa, I slept in my SUV. Not bad but second and third it was in my tent, a very gritty and uncomfortable week. Fourth I weaseled my way into a friend's a fold-out trailer, which was better. But from then on I teamed up with a retired airline pilot, who had a nice 27-foot Winnebago. Four of us the first three times, just two the last.
Burning Man celebrates art and life with ritual burn
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:23pmBLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. — By 9 p.m. Saturday night most of the sold-out house of 50,000 Burners at the Burning Man main event on the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach were gathered around the perimeter fence surrounding the 40-foot-tall effigy standing atop a pyramid of wood construction.
Big Burning Man desert finale is drawing near
Submitted by admin on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 4:01amblack rock city - With all 50,000 tickets apparently used, the 25th Burning Man event geared up Saturday for the big shot: the burning of the 40-foot effigy of the Man himself, right in the midd...
Commentary by Guy Farmer: The future of Burning Man
Submitted by admin on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 4:01amThey burned "The Man" out on the Black Rock Desert playa last night. Is that really news? Should we care?Of course I'm writing about Burning Man, the annual naked drug festival that takes place jus...
Big Burning Man desert finale is drawing near
Submitted by admin on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 4:01amblack rock city - With all 50,000 tickets apparently used, the 25th Burning Man event geared up Saturday for the big shot: the burning of the 40-foot effigy of the Man himself, right in the midd...
Burning Man vibe continues with change in the wind (SLIDESHOW)
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 6:55pmBLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. — With all 50,000 tickets apparently cashed in, the 25th Burning Man event is gearing up for the big shot, the burning of the 40-foot effigy of the Man himself right in the middle of the Black Rock Desert playa.
Basking in Burning Man: Scenes from Friday amid the love and good energy (SLIDESHOW)
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 12:37pmBLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. — As Friday turned to Saturday here, it has been better-than ideal for Burning Man guests with calm winds, a bright (and hot!) sun and relentless love, fun, art, peace and lots of good energy. Thus far with this report, not a hint of high winds, which trigger whiteouts and misery.
Burners bask as temps rise in desert
Submitted by admin on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 4:01amIt was a perfect day for Burning Man guests Friday as the winds stayed calm, the sun bright (and hot) and the apparent fun unending. There was not a hint of the high winds that trigger whiteouts an...
Burners bask as temps rise in desert
Submitted by admin on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 4:01amIt was a perfect day for Burning Man guests Friday as the winds stayed calm, the sun bright (and hot) and the apparent fun unending. There was not a hint of the high winds that trigger whiteouts an...
Resource Advisory Council to meet June 15-17
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 9:52pmBy the Bureau of Land Management
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), a meeting of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management-Nevada (BLM) Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will be held as indicated below.
Members of the public and media are cordially invited to attend.
Outdoors with Don Q: Six-day tour of Northern Nevada
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 12:00amBeginning Wednesday, May 18 and ending on Sunday, May 22, Elaine and I took her 82-year-old Mom, Mary Bottoms, on a six-day tour of rural Nevada. It was her first-ever trip to all kinds of interesting places.
She has been a permanent resident of this state for the last 3.5 years, and prior to moving here from Greeley, Colo., she had visited us in Carson City a number of times. Those visits had been made by either train or bus and were always along the I-80 corridor from Wendover to Reno. That was all she had ever seen of the State of Nevada until this particular trip.
Another lunchtime distraction
Submitted by admin on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 3:52pmSomeone needs to buy grandpa tickets to Burning Man:
Burning Man kicks in with cash
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 5:08pmSome good news from the Burning Man folks. Maybe some critics swill have second thoughts. Black Rock City, LLC, the organization that hosts the annual Burning Man event, has announced it will donate $97,200 in proceeds from ice sales at the 2010 event to various charitable, art and service organizations in Northern Nevada.
Local Video Company Plans to Broadcast the Nevada Day Parade LIVE on the Internet
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 09/07/2010 - 11:09amEveryone loves a parade!
Every year Nevada does something completely unique in the United States. Nevada celebrates it's date of statehood with a huge 3 hour parade right through the middle of beautiful historic downtown Carson City. The NV Day Parade averages 200 entries from all over Nevada with antique cars & motorcycles, cowboys on horses, Burning Man & Gunfighters shooting in sequences, Marching Bands and tons more!
Burning Man's fiery salute to a different way of living
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sun, 09/05/2010 - 4:11pmBLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. — At about 9:45 Saturday night, the crowd was all expectation as fireworks began blazing around the base of the Burning Man figure, 40 feet tall, looming against the black sky over the Black Rock Playa and Black Rock City eight miles from Gerlach, Nev.
Burning Man: No police state in Black Rock City
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 09/04/2010 - 2:27pmBLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. — Forget all those rumors about this year's Burning Man event being a police state.
It's the same gathering of free-wheeling Burners that have populated the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach for more than 10 years, with the Bureau of Land Management, Pershing and Washoe counties' sheriffs deputies helping keep the 48,195 Burners reasonably in line. Final attendance is expected to hit 50,000.