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Thursday Hike - Kings Canyon Waterfall Trail hosted by Muscle Powered

Event Date: 
May 16, 2019 - 3:00pm

Join us on our free leader-led hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the west end of Kings Canyon Road by the trailhead. Water and sturdy closed-toe shoes required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended.

Bring a friend and/or friendly dogs. All hikes are 2-4 miles with duration of about 90 minutes, sometimes with elevation gains of 500’ or more.

Thursday Hike - Seven Steps and Ash Canyon Trail System hosted by Muscle Powered

Event Date: 
May 9, 2019 - 3:00pm

Join us on our free leader-led hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the parking area at the end of Foothill Road, off of N. Winne Lane. Water and sturdy closed-toe shoes required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended.

Bring a friend and/or friendly dogs. All hikes are 2-4 miles with duration of about 90 minutes, sometimes with elevation gains of 500’ or more.

Thursday Hike to Clear Creek Connector Trail and Clear Creek (partial) hosted by Muscle Powered

Event Date: 
May 2, 2019 - 3:00pm

Join us on our free leader-led hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the Highway 50 Park and Ride where we will carpool or caravan to the starting point off of Golf Course Road. Water and sturdy closed-toe shoes required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended.

Bring a friend and/or friendly dogs. All hikes are 2-4 miles with duration of about 90 minutes, sometimes with elevation gains of 500’ or more.

Tuesday Evening Hike - Hobart Road hosted by Muscle Powered

Event Date: 
May 28, 2019 - 5:30pm

Join our free leader-led hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors! Meet at the trailhead at the far west end of Hobart road in the Lakeview area. Water and sturdy closed-toed shoes are required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended.

Tuesday evening hikes begin at 5:30 pm and will be 4-6 miles in length. If it is raining, snowing and/or conditions of trail is not safe, hikes will be cancelled.

Check www.musclepowered.org/calendar or Facebook after 3:00 pm. Contact Sharon Coates at scoates7515@gmail.com, if you have questions.

Tuesday Evening Hike -V &T Rail Trail-North Hosted by Muscle Powered

Event Date: 
May 21, 2019 - 5:30pm

Join our free leader-led hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors! Meet in the dirt parking area opposite Murphy Drive on Combs Canyon Road. Water and sturdy closed-toed shoes are required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended.

Tuesday evening hikes begin at 5:30 pm and will be 4-6 miles in length. If it is raining, snowing and/or conditions of trail is not safe, hikes will be cancelled.

Check www.musclepowered.org/calendar or Facebook after 3:00 pm. Contact Sharon Coates at scoates7515@gmail.com, if you have questions.

Tuesday Evening Hike - Goni Road hosted by Muscle Powered

Event Date: 
May 14, 2019 - 5:30pm

Join our free leader-led hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors! Meet just east of the gates for the Cinderlite mine on Goni Road. Water and sturdy closed-toed shoes are required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended.

Tuesday evening hikes begin at 5:30 pm and will be 4-6 miles in length. If it is raining, snowing and/or conditions of trail is not safe, hikes will be cancelled.

Check www.musclepowered.org/calendar or Facebook after 3:00 pm. Contact Sharon Coates at scoates7515@gmail.com, if you have questions.

Tuesday Evening Hike - ViCee Canyon hosted by Muscle Powered

Event Date: 
May 7, 2019 - 5:30pm

Join our free leader-led hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors! Meet in the parking area at the south end of Murphy Drive and Vanpatten Avenue. Water and sturdy closed-toed shoes are required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended.

Tuesday evening hikes begin at 5:30 pm and will be 4-6 miles in length. If it is raining, snowing and/or conditions of trail is not safe, hikes will be cancelled.

Check www.musclepowered.org/calendar or Facebook after 3:00 pm. Contact Sharon Coates at scoates7515@gmail.com, if you have questions.

Junior Ranger Program 2019

Poster for Junior Ranger Program

The Carson City Junior Ranger Program educates youth about the environment, fosters a sense of community, and encourages life-long environmental stewardship. Throughout each year's Junior Ranger events, children will fill out their educational Adventure Guides at each program as they learn more about the outdoors.

The Parks Foundation Opens the Wungnema House in Mills Park on Sunday, from 2 pm to 5 pm

Open House at the Wungnema House
Event Date: 
April 28, 2019 - 2:00pm

Spring is finally here, and Carson City is decked out in her spring finery. Sunday will be perfect for a stroll around town, so while you are out and about, stop by Mills Park for the Parks Foundation’s monthly open house at the Wungnema House, from 2 pm to 5 pm.

The Wungnema House is the charming stone cottage located on the east side of Mills Park across from Carson High. It was built by a family of skilled Hopi stonemasons shortly after WWII and served as the family’s home until the early 1970s.

There is no admission fee, and all are welcome.

Events around Carson City for Friday, April 26

You may ask yourself, seriously, is it almost May already? Seriously. It is. Time keeps ticking away and the temperature gauge keeps heading North. Going into Friday, April 26, 2019 there's a bevy of entertainment, presentations, a dramatic reading, live music, comedy and more as a jump start to your weekend. Read on and enjoy.

Carson City Classic Cinema Club presents The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

Event Date: 
December 3, 2019 (All day)

When acerbic critic, Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Wooley) slips on the front steps of a provincial Ohio businessman's home and breaks his hip, he and his entourage hilariously take over the household indefinitely. The comedy also stars Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and Jimmy Durante.

General admission $4; free for students and members.
Trivia and intro begin at 6:30p; film at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:00pm at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall - 511 W. King Street.

Carson City Classic Cinema Club presents An American in Paris (1951)

Event Date: 
November 5, 2019 - 6:30pm

Gene Kelly stars as an American artist who finds love in Paris, but nearly loses it to conflicting loyalties, in one of MGM's most elegant and celebrated musicals. The lavish sets and costumes are accompanied by a music score from George and Ira Gershwin.

General admission $4; free for students and members.
Trivia and intro begin at 6:30p; film at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:00pm at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall - 511 W. King Street.

Carson City Classic Cinema Club presents Charade (1963)

Event Date: 
October 1, 2019 - 6:30pm

Audrey Hepburn stars as a woman who is pursued by several men who want a fortune that her murdered husband had stolen. Romance and suspense ensue when Cary Grant shows up, but who can she trust?

General admission $4; free for students and members.

Trivia and intro begin at 6:30p; film at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:00pm at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall - 511 W. King Street.

Carson City Classic Cinema Club presents The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

Event Date: 
September 3, 2019 - 6:30pm

Lana Turner smolders as the sultriest of femme fatales. opposite John Garfield, in one of the best film noirs of all time. Their passion ultimately leads to their mutual distruction, in unexpected ways.

General admission $4; free for students and members.
Trivia and intro begin at 6:30p; film at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:00pm at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall - 511 W. King Street.

New this year, Wired Wednesday Digital Artists will present a brief film-making discussion prior to our films, beginning at 6:00p. This month's topic - Lighting for dark films.

Carson City Classic Cinema Club presents The Time Machine (1960)

Event Date: 
August 6, 2019 - 6:30pm

Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux star in this film adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic tale, in which, a man's vision for a Utopian society is disillusioned when he travels forward in time to discover how society has evolved.

General admission $4; free for students and members.
Trivia and intro begin at 6:30p; film at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:00pm at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall - 511 W. King Street.

Carson City Classic Cinema Club presents From Here to Eternity (1953)

Event Date: 
July 2, 2019 - 6:30pm

Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Donna Reed head an all-star cast in Hawaii, in the days preceding the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

General admission $4; free for students and members.
Trivia and intro begin at 6:30p; film at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:00pm at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall - 511 W. King Street.

Sierra Nevada Ear, Nose, Throat & Hearing Aid Center Moves in to New Location in Carson City

CARSON CITY — Sierra Nevada Ear, Nose and Throat and Sierra Nevada Hearing Aid Center are now under one roof in a new state-of-the-art-building at the Carson-Tahoe Medical Center Campus.

Carson City Classic Cinema Club's 5th Annual Hollywood Gala

Event Date: 
May 18, 2019 - 6:00pm

The Carson City Classic Cinema Club will host its 5th Annual Hollywood Gala, on Saturday, May 18th at the Gold Dust West (2171 E. William Street).

This is our chance to celebrate our successes, recognize those who have shared their time and talents to further our mission, and raise money to continue expanding our outreach programs.

Carson City Classic Cinema Club presents 12 Angry Men (1957)

Event Date: 
May 7, 2019 - 6:30pm

Henry Fonda leads the cast of jurors who must confront their own morals before they hand down the ultimate penalty in what appears to be an open-and-shut case.

General admission $4; free for students and members.
Trivia and intro begin at 6:30p; film at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:00pm at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall - 511 W. King Street.

Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke hosts town hall meeting today at Gather restaurant

Event Date: 
April 25, 2019 - 1:30pm

Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke will hold a town hall meeting in Carson City today, Thursday, at Gather restaurant, 402 North Carson Street. The meeting starts at 1:30 p.m. See the Facebook page appearance schedule here.

Events around Carson City on Thursday, April 25

We're working our way into Thursday, April 25, 2019 and feeling the warmup around the Carson City region. Winding down our work week we have art, theater and railroad history talks, library presentations, a fitness walk, climate change discussion, back pain wellness workshop, music ensemble at the community center and more. Enjoy the day.

Fundraiser for Carson City mom battling cancer is Saturday at Flat Earth Pizza

Event Date: 
April 27, 2019 - 11:00am

A fundraiser for a Carson City mother who is currently battling stage 4 breast, bone and liver cancer is set for this Saturday, April 27 at Flat Earth Pizza.

The fundraiser for Mila Mangone of Carson City is from opening to closing, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the pizza restaurant, located at 2010 E William Street. Portions of the proceeds collected at the fundraiser will help Mila's treatment plan.

Eight Carson City restaurants join the Green Dining District on Carson Street

The nonprofit organization greenUp!, which provides environmental education to businesses, announced Wednesday that it has eight restaurants so far that will be part of the Green Dining District pilot program on Carson Street in Carson City.

Wednesday's Denim Day recognized during Sexual Assault Awareness and Child Abuse Prevention Month

Along with Sexual Assault Awareness & Child Abuse Prevention Month recognized through April, Wednesday, April 24 is the 20th anniversary of Denim Day.

For 20 years, the organization Peace Over Violence has organized Denim Day, a rape prevention education campaign, during which community members, elected officials, businesses, and students are encouraged to make a social statement with their fashion choices on this day by wearing jeans as a visible means of protest against misconceptions that surround sexual assault.

Carson City's local Pokemon Go! club catches trash at Litter Mob clean up

Carson City's Pokemon Go! club gave back to the community on Monday by meeting up for a trash cleanup, while also catching some Pokemon.

Carson High School class of '79 Reunion

Event Date: 
July 19, 2019 - 5:00pm

The Carson City High School class of 1979 will celebrate it's 40 year reunion the weekend of July 19-21. Our banner across downtown Carson Street welcomes home all alumni. The Plaza Hotel, downtown Carson City is providing discounted rooms for the weekend. A Meet and greet scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday night at Living the Good Life.

Live band, One Way Street will provide the Rock & Roll music and Carson City BBQ providing award winning cuisine, all for our enjoyment. Saturday, July 20, there are many different activities planned for everyone (golf play, school tour, poker run).

What's happening around Carson City on Tuesday, April 23

Hello Carson City. Are you ready for Tuesday, April 23, 2019? Prepare for continued sunny skies with highs in the low 70s. Looking ahead there's plenty to do, see and explore including morning and evening hikes, art and library presentations, a classic movie showing, live music and more. Read on.

What's happening around Carson City for Earth Day, Monday, April 22

Greetings Carson City as we head into the first day of the work week, Monday, April 22, 2019. With Earth Day being recognized around the globe, we celebrate our climate, season, critters and natural beauty of this place we call home. Monday will bring sunny skies, light winds and a daytime high near 70. Another beautiful day for a morning, afternoon or evening walk, bike ride, or stroll through downtown. Enjoy.

Senator Square: Art scholars announced, seniors grateful to Carson City for project role

Carson High School senior students have successfully completed their 2019 Senior Projects, a CHS graduation requirement, and they could not have accomplished this without the selfless sacrifice of members of the Carson City community.

Happy Easter, Carson City! Here's the schedule for today

Good morning Carson City, and Happy Easter! Today will be more of the same with partly cloudy skies, gentle breezes, possible showers, with a high of 62 degrees and a low of 37 degrees. On the schedule today we have day two of egg hunting at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, an Easter Sunday service at the Community Center, a community bike ride, and more!

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