Entertainment

Tickets for Carson City’s 2019 “Taste of Downtown,” a night of music, fun, and food provided by more than 40 local restaurants, are now available.

Local restaurant and brewery, The Fox Brewpub, will hold a fundraiser for a local family whose daughter was recently diagnosed with cancer on Saturday, April 6 from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m.

The event, which will raise funds for ten year-old Aylee Sharron, who was recently diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma and is the daughter of Mariel and Tony Sharron, will feature a raffle and live-music.

Youth Theatre Carson City is thrilled to announce its upcoming weekend springtime double feature, including "A Year With Frog and Toad, Kids," and Disney’s "The Jungle Book, Kids." These two shows will run in conjunction for four performances, March 29-31, 2019 the newly renovated Bob Boldrick Theatre at the Carson City Community Center.

Have you ever seen a bigger smile? Say hello to Taki, our Pet of the Week currently up for adoption at Carson City's branch of the Nevada Humane Society.

Taki is a two-year-old American Pit Bull Terrier Mix, and he's waiting to find his brand new home!

Really had a great time on this show which is growing a lot week by week. Since we've been doing the FB live the response has been amazing!! Check out when you can, which is when you have time, thanks!! Glad to be a part of this talented bunch!! @Janice Hermsen Edward Noel April Kempler Craig Steven Moss

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Nevada Author, Sandie La Nae, will be selling her books at the "Doc's Real Cowboy Wild West Fest" event that is being held on the 2019 Memorial Day weekend, at the Virginia City Arena

located at 395 "F" street in Virginia City, NV.

Popular books for sale will be her "Historic-Paranormal" volumes and the "WEIRD" series co-authored with Special Works Historian, Arline La Ferry.

Saturday, May 25th from 10:00 - 5:00 and Sunday, May 26th from 10:00 - 3:00.

Carson City-based Mission Senior Living celebrated the groundbreaking of Mountain Lakes Estates Retirement Community, located off of South Meadows Parkway, just past Sprouts, in Reno. Upon completion in the spring of 2020, the 121,000 square-feet, four-story building will offer 130 apartment homes for active adults 55 and better.

Come watch a doubleheader March 30 as your local Carson Victory Rollers battle it out with the Lockeford Liberators and the Carson Junior Victory Rollers take on the Little Rascals. The event takes place at the Carson Community Center gym.

CARSON CITY — The Carson Nugget Casino Hotel celebrates its 65th anniversary with the grand opening of its new restaurant Angelina’s Bistro, a birthday cake and champagne toast, and the premiere of Casino Boss, episode 2 on Tuesday, March 12, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson Street.

Editor’s note: The following was written by Yetti De Luca, Carson High School’s District Work-Based Learning Coordinator.

Sergio Trejo Jr., a Las Vegas native and first-generation college graduate, visited several Carson City schools recently to share his inspiring story about his admittance to medical school. Trejo presented to more than 150 students.

Join us at the 2019 Blue Jean Ball, Carson Valley Medical Center Hospital Foundation’s second annual event to support local healthcare services in the Carson Valley. It will be an evening of a little bit of fundraising and a lot of fun!

Guests will enjoy the rustic elegance of the historic barn setting at the unique Jacobs Family Berry Farm (www.jacobsberries.com) in Gardnerville, and the evening will include a delicious dinner by CoCoMoes Catering, silent auction and live entertainment by Locked N’ Loaded. Put your party boots on and come out for a night you won’t want to miss.

Hello Carson City as we arrive upon Tuesday, March 5, 2019. For those keeping score, we're 15 days away from the first day of spring, 108 days from summer, 232 days until Nevada Day and 296 days until we celebrate Christmas. Read on for what's happening today.

This weekend calls for a celebration, because the first Saturday of March is upon us and that means the Carson City Downtown Business Association Wine Walk come rain, snow, wind or shine. And get this: Today's Wine Walk is the last one before Spring.

Good morning Carson City and welcome to Thursday, Feb. 28, the last day of the month. It was quite a ride as we stood strong with rain and snow, local events and welcoming the Nevada Legislature back into session. It isn't over yet. Read on as Elvis is at Carson City's door tonight. Then it is onward and upward to March.

Cary Grant stars as a newspaper editor who uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife, Rosalind Russell, from remarrying in this text-book screwball comedy "His Girl Friday" presented Tuesday, March 5 by the Carson City Classic Cinema Club.

The Brewery Arts Center, Carson City’s premiere epicenter for the arts since 1975, is hosting a screen writer’s workshop taught by Carson City’s own Sean Mick.

The workshop will take place Saturday, March 2 in the Brewery Art Center’s 1864 Grand Ballroom from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

On Saturday, February 16, 2019 the Carson City Republican Party held its annual Lincoln Day Dinner and Fundraiser at the Casino Fandango Grand Ballroom.

Bepsy Strasburg, Chairman of the Lincoln Day Committee, made sure that guests enjoyed a memorable evening with great food, entertainment and silent auction to celebrate the party of Lincoln.

Celebrating its 35th season, the Carson City Symphony, directed by David Bugli, will perform its 200th concert, “Balance and Nature,” on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Carson City Community Center's newly refurbished Bob Boldrick Theater.

Jeff Leep and his Catahoula Mardi Gras Party Band will perform at the Carson City Rotary Mardi Gras Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 23, in the Casino Fandango Grand Ballroom. The event features dancing, Cajun and Creole food, a raffle, live auction and Mardi Gras costume contest.

Carson City celebrated the grand re-opening of the newly remodeled Bob Boldrick Theatre in style with a black tie gala Tuesday night.

Clint and Ila Ingbretson Entertainment are bringing the King of Rock-N-Roll to life in Carson City on Thursday, Feb. 28 at Living the Good Life Nightclub-Bistro Lounge, 1480 N. Carson Street, as part of their Elvis, Never Forgotten Tour.

Celebrating its 35th season, the Carson City Symphony, directed by David Bugli, will perform its 200th concert, “Balance & Nature,” on Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Carson City Community Center's newly refurbished Bob Boldrick Theater, 851 E. William Street in Carson City.

Happy Groundhog Day, Carson City! While the prognosticating Punxsutawney Phil looks for his shadow in western Pennsylvania, our region is bracing for more Winter weather due to arrive this weekend.

Phil might speak for his neck of the woods, where he bats about .390, but I would keep an eye on our critters here to determine how much more Winter we have left.

Wow, Carson City! Is it Friday already?! Indeed, we have reached the end of another work week.

Go for a swim during lunch or after work at the newly reopened Carson Aquatic Center before catching some live entertainment this evening at Living the Good Life Nightclub-Bistro-Lounge, Bella Vita Bistro and A to Zen, featuring its weekly Open Mic Night.

This intensive eight hour seminar covers all aspects of the screenwriter’s craft. Beginners will learn the tools needed to write their first screenplay. Advanced writers will increase their skills and gain valuable insights into the writing process.

Sean Mick studied filmmaking, history, and analysis at Sonoma State University in Northern California, then continued his training through seminars with some of the best screenwriting “gurus” in Hollywood, including Robert McKee.

Pin-ups On Tour’s Nationally Touring Production is set to perform in the area thanks to a partnership with Local Venue. Get dolled up and join these gals for a Vintage Burlesque & Variety Show that supports hospitalized Veterans. The group works to recreate the bawdy fun of vaudevillian theaters so popular across America during and post-WWII.

After five years of leading the Carson City Library, Director Sena Loyd is closing that chapter.

She is leaving in February to take a job in the private sector.

Good morning Carson City and welcome to your weekend. Weather is expected to be mild for most of this weekend, partly sunny with daytime high temperatures in the mid- to upper 40s.

Here is what's happening around Carson City on Saturday, Jan. 12:

Virginia City is known for two things: mining history and quirky, off-the-wall events. In 2019, those two things are joined together with the announcement of the historic Nevada town’s annual special events lineup and online ticket sales.

Youth Theatre Carson City has announced it is opening auditions for Disney’s "The Jungle Book, Jr." The show will run four performances, March 29-31, 2019 as part of its Springtime Double Feature in the newly renovated Bob Boldrick Theatre at the Carson City Community Center. The theatre group is looking for actors, singers, and dancers grades K-9, who will be cast to play a host of colorful Disney characters.