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First things first. Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching, so I’m reminding you to make reservations for your favorite restaurant if you haven’t already. Check out the Carson Mall’s Craft Fair and Gift Sale or any of Carson City’s great shops like Artsy Fartsy Art Gallery, Evergreen Gene’s, Morley’s Books, the Artisan Store at the Brewery Arts Center or Purple Avocado for something special for that special someone.

If you are looking to take advantage of National Make a Friend Day, try one of our many art galleries to spark up a conversation with a stranger. You may also strike it rich while listening to Dave Leather play the blues at Comma Coffee, or tonight, during the first of many Jazz Jams that Sassafras will be home to. It’s also National Shut-in Visitation Day, so you could always make a new friend at one of Carson City’s nursing homes.

Handmade craft items, handmade wooden furniture, jewelry, baskets for everyone on your list. Vinyl sweetheart tiles and glassware. Scarves, leg Warmers, drawings, balloon blow ups, Himalayan salt lamps, Mary Kay and much much more. Stop on your lunch hour or after work.

Monday is upon us and it’s drizzly. You could stay indoors and celebrate National Clean Out Your Computer Day, but there are a few reasons to put your umbrella to work. CW and Mr. Spoons will get your toes tapping at Comma Coffee at lunchtime. It’s the last week to catch the New Year’s Show at the NAA Gallery at the Brewery Arts Center. High Sierra Swing Dance Club will be dancing the night away at El Charro’s for their weekly Club Night Out.

It’s Carmen Miranda’s birthday, so I've included a YouTube video to bring a little Havana sunshine to this grey Nevada day.

Looks like our rain and snow dances finally did the trick, but don’t let the weather scare you away from downtown this weekend. The Downtown Business Association’s Wine Walk, Artsy Fartsy’s Annual Jewelry Sale, Just Brew It’s Annual Thirsty Boy Home Brew Competition, and Family Fun Day at the Nevada State Museum are all hoping to lure you out of your home. Leave your ice skates at home though, the Arlington Square ice rink has closed for the season.

Former Car Craft and Motor Trend staffer John Kiewicz passed away on January 6, 2015 in a motorcycle accident in Malibu, California. "Kiwi," as he was known, grew up in Carson City, where he often brought his colleagues during many car-related adventures.

The weekend returns, and with it a new chance to do something fun. The Brewery Arts Center is hosting its annual ‘Winter, Wine, and All That Jazz’ fundraiser, and it promises to be better than ever with performances by Le Cirque Vagabond, Starr Nixdorf, a live Jazz Orchestra and more.

The principal owners of the building that once housed Sassafras restaurant in downtown Carson City have asked a commercial real estate company to help them find a new restaurant to lease the space at 318 North Carson Street.

The realtor, Jack Brower, said Wednesday that he didn’t know anything about what happened to the tenant that was supposed to go in. He said he was recently asked by the building’s owners to find a new tenant.

Happy 2015, Carson City! Let’s whet your appetite for some of the fun to be had in the next twelve months.

January: Youth Theater Carson City’s Annie, Jr; Winter, Wine, and All that Jazz at the Brewery Arts Center, and the Thirsty Boy Home Brewing Competition.

Discover fungi, amazing organisms that are neither plants nor animals. Learn their symbiotic role in recycling nutrients and energy, how some are used for food and medicine, but others can be dangerous.

Make a cute mushroom craft to take home; view an exciting animated PowerPoint presentation.

No reservations needed. All ages welcome. Contact Deborah Stevenson: dstevenson@nevadaculture.org or 775-687-4810, ext.

‘Tis the penultimate day of the year, and even though it’s a Tuesday, there is still something to do. Take your little one to the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada for a story and craft activity or enjoy hot chocolate and a twirl around the ice rink.

TUESDAY:

• Snow Globe Music Festival, South Lake Tahoe

Looking for some holiday music magic today before heading home for the weekend? Inside the Carson Mall, 1227 S. Carson Street, from 4 to 5 p.m. is the six annual Christmas Carol Play-along for Strings. The event is free and open to everyone and is well worth it to see the performers.

Happy Friday, Carson City, the holidays are upon us in full force! Hanukkah has begun and Christmas is less than a week away. Time to get your last minute shopping finished and get those yummy smelling goodies in the oven. There are still some fun things happening around town, so grab the kids or a special someone and have yourself a holly, jolly time.

In this Carson TV News segment, Deborah Stevenson of the Nevada State Museum discusses the “Pines are Fine,” holiday program from 10 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 in Carson City.

Visitors are invited to craft a pine cone wreath, a pine cone angel or decorate a small holiday tree made from a Jeffrey Pine cone and may work as long as they would like on the craft.

'Tis the Season, Carson City! Holiday cheer is in the wind, and we have plenty of wind right now. This weekend is jam-packed with food and toy drives, concerts, and Santa-sightings, so bundle up and have a fun time enjoying our great city.

Santa and elves, reindeer, See's Candies, Hickory Farms, handmade crafts and unique vendors are waiting to make your holiday special. Peruse over 200 pieces of framed western art by artists including Bev Doolittle and Michael Goddard. You will find hand crafted items, sweaters, animal hats, personalized wine glasses, ornaments, jewelry and more. Marilyn Monroe framed photographs, blankets, and hoodies are available, as are Himalayan salt lamps and salt products.

Carson City Library’s Youth Department will host a very special holiday-themed craft and storytime on Monday, December 22, in the library’s Digitorium. Storytime will begin at 10:30 a.m., followed by a wreath-making craft.
“Holiday Craft & Storytime” is free and all ages are welcome.

Call the Youth Desk at 775 887-2244 x1006 or stop by the youth department desk to sign-up for the event.

Families are invited to explore “Pines are Fine,” a special Nevada State Museum holiday program from 10 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 in Carson City. Visitors are invited to craft a pine cone wreath, a pine cone angel or decorate a small holiday tree made from a Jeffrey Pine cone and may work as long as they would like on the craft.

Hello, Carson City! The holiday season is in full swing with tree lightings, craft fairs, Santa sightings all around the area. Every week, I create a list of the fun stuff and events going on around the Carson City area for my Facebook page, I love Carson City. I follow the pages of local businesses and organizations, search website calendars, keep my ear to the ground, and compile a list of anything and everything going on in this community.

Carson High School seniors recently volunteered for the 2014 General elections in Carson City. Emely Lopez, Claudia Vazquez, Kimberly Torres, Karina Munoz, Maria Pacheco, Deanna Earwicker, and Amber Seifert spent the day at the polls welcoming and assisting voters. Each year, CHS government teachers work in conjunction with the Carson City Clerk-Recorder’s office to provide student volunteers for the elections. We’d like to wish out-going Clerk-Recorder Alan Glover the best of luck in his retirement and we look forward to continuing our relationship with that office as Ms.

Santa and elves, reindeer, See's Candies, Hickory Farms, handmade crafts and unique vendors. Over 200 pieces of framed western art including Bev Doolittle and Michael Goddard. You can find hand crafted items. Sweaters, animal hats, personalized wine glasses and ornaments, jewelry and more. Marilyn Monroe framed photographs, blankets and hoodies are available. Himalayan salt lamps and salt products. Craft fair hours Monday to Saturday 9am to 9pm. Sunday 10am to 6 pm. Now till Christmas Eve.

Happy Black Friday, Carson City! I hope you have all survived the gluttony and gratitude that is Thanksgiving and are ready for the weekend. I am once again pleased to bring you the event list that is featured on my Facebook page, I love Carson City. I follow the pages of local businesses and organizations, search website calendars, and compile a list of anything and everything going on in this community weekly.

Family Fun Saturday at the Nevada State Museum on Dec. 13 features a special holiday program, Pines are Fine. All ages welcome to the event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Make a pine needle angel to decorate your holiday tree and craft a holiday wreath out of cones; choose easy crafts for younger audiences. Learn how to tell a pine from a fir or spruce by looking at their cones and needles. Discover one of our state trees, the Pinyon Pine, a plant collected during John C. Frémont’s 2nd expedition.

Duncan Golf Management has named Joe Kelly to the position of director of golf operations. Kelly comes to the job with 40 years of experience as a PGA golf professional in southern Nevada along with an impressive list of credentials including being a 2015 inductee into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.

Kelly has been with Walters Golf, a division of the Walters Group, in Las Vegas for the past 16 years. He was responsible for golf operations at all Walters owned and operated courses including Bali Hai Golf Club, Desert Pines Golf Course and Royal Links Golf Club.

After months of anticipation, the Douglas County Community and Senior Center will host its grand opening with an open house on Dec. 6, 2014 at 1 p.m. The center is at 1329 Waterloo Lane in Gardnerville. The celebration will allow the public to finally step inside the 83,000-square-foot building that features a wide variety of new state-of-the-art amenities.

As the keynote speaker at last month’s National Workshop on Large Landscape Conservation in Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell emphasized the central role collaboration must play for America to protect its natural resources, balance economic needs, and address emerging environmental challenges such as climate change.

“We are moving into an era of epic collaboration,” Jewell said, explaining that regional partnerships across jurisdictional boundaries are more important than ever for the federal department that manages 20 percent of our nation’s land.

Hello Carson City! Time again for the weekend event update brought to you by I love Carson City. I Love Carson City is a Facebook page dedicated to all there is to get involved with and do in the Carson City area. Not everyone is on Facebook, or wants to be, but you do NOT need to sign up to see the information.

Looking to put some local arts and crafts into your Christmas giving list? Carson High’s 20th annual Holiday Craft Fair continues today, Saturday, Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be the best one yet with lots of new vendors as well as all your favorites. Come spend some time – great food, entertainment, a raffle, Santa, book sale, and of course, amazing and unique gifts for everyone.

Clean Out That Attic or Basement: Carson City 4-H Leaders Council is collecting usable, clean rummage and fabric, craft and sewing notions for the Annual Fabulous Fabric and Rummage Sale.

Items can be dropped off at the Carson City Cooperative Extension, 2621 Northgate Lane, Suite 15 anytime during the week, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. from now until the sale date.

Drop off dates in 2015 are January 17 and 24 and February 13 at Fuji Exhibit Hall from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The Friends of the Library Holiday Craft Sale will be held in the Browsers Corner Book Store from Monday, Nov. 24 through Saturday, Dec. 20. Crafts which are handmade and donated by Friends of the Library will be displayed all throughout the store.