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NV Energy invites the community to a grand opening celebration this Saturday to mark the opening of the new NV Energy Carson City truck barn located on East Long Street.

Enjoy a beautiful, traditional Christmas performance as David John and the Comstock Cowboys bring their annual “Christmas in the Sierra” show back to Piper’s Opera House in Virginia City.

Members of the Eagle Valley Disc Golf Association (EVDGA) are currently out in the community seeking donations to help construct a disc golf course in East Carson City, said Carson City Parks and Recreation Senior Planner Vern Krahn.

SILVER SPRINGS, Nev. – Enjoy an evening of old-fashioned Halloween fun at Fort Churchill State Historic Park. This family-friendly event will feature a variety of activities including harvest games on the museum lawn, a scavenger hunt around the fort ruins and pumpkin carving and scarecrow building contest.

On Thursday, October 27 bring your family and friends to the annual Haunted Hayride of the Historical Society of Dayton Valley. This free event is our "give-back" to the community and celebrates Dayton history in a fun, family-friendly evening. Continuous old-fashioned hayrides will circle through an Old Town Dayton filled with ghosts of the past, all of whom share a lighthearted attitude toward their history. The evening starts at the museum, where there will also be games for the kids and light refreshments. Costumes are encouraged and kids from 0 to 102 are invited!

Northern Nevada Development Authority announced Wednesday that Cosmetic Enterprises Ltd. will expand its manufacturing facilities into Dayton, Nev. CEL plans to invest a substantial amount of new money in their new Lyon County facility while retaining their existing manufacturing plant in Pacoima, Calif.

Fun for a good cause has drawn families from across the region to Mills Park in Carson City Saturday for the inaugural Northern Nevada Family Fun Day, organized by Faith Hope Love of Northern Nevada.

Families unite Saturday at Mills Park in Carson City for the first-ever Northern Nevada Family Fun Day, a community event featuring live music, workshops, shopping, raffles, a Kids Zone, giveaways, raffles and more.

There will be rock climbing demonstrations, face painting, pirates, obstacle courses, a bubble station, music, a photo booth, ice cream, refreshments beginning at 11 a.m. and running until to 9 p.m.

After months of planning and preparation, Faith Hope Love of Northern Nevada is about to launch its first-ever Northern Nevada Family Fun Day this Saturday at Mills Park in Carson City.

Celebrate Lake Tahoe’s most prestigious food, wine, spirit and brew festival this fall at the 31st Annual Lake Tahoe Autumn Food and Wine Festival September 9-11.

Presented by the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association and held at Northstar California Resort, the three-day festival features hands-on mixology and cooking classes, food, wine and craft beer pairings, a Farm-to-Tahoe dinner, tastings held at mid-mountain, and family-friendly events — all culminating in Sunday’s Culinary Competition and Grand Tasting.

Join us on Saturday for our special adoption event! We'll be at the Carson City PetSmart, 250 Fairview Drive, from 11:00 - 3:00 with our family-friendly dogs and pups.

All of our dogs are spayed/neutered, fully vaccinated, microchipped, and are available for a 150.00 adoption fee.

See all of our dogs at: dogtownrescue.com

Levitt AMP Carson City free music series concludes this Saturday night with the West Coast's hottest Brazilian band, SambaDá, taking the outdoor stage at the Brewery Arts Center.

Head down to the Brewery Arts Center this Saturday night for an unforgettable free concert under the stars. As with every Saturday night concert, there will be food and drink on hand as well as kid’s activities and fun for the whole family. Thanks to a National award from the Levitt Foundation, the Brewery Arts Center has been able to bring in National caliber entertainers every week this summer.

Brewery Arts Center in Carson City continues its free summer concert series this Saturday featuring internationally known reggae artist Prezident Brown as headliner and Carson City's own Stereo Galaxy as the opening act.

July 12, 2016---Head down to the Brewery Arts Center this Saturday night for an unforgettable free concert under the stars! As with every Saturday night concert, there will be food and drink on hand as well as kid’s activities and fun for the whole family.

Head down to the Brewery Arts Center this Saturday night for an unforgettable free concert under the stars! As with every Saturday night concert, there will be food and drink on hand as well as kid’s activities and fun for the whole family.

The Brewery Arts Center is in the middle of an unforgettable season of free concerts under the stars in Carson City. With six more concerts left, grab your family, friends and neighbors and get ready to head on down to Carson City and Brewery Arts Center’s newest community treasure.

This Saturday, 7pm, is a double header, The Sierra Sweethearts and Southwestern Pilgrimage where humor, great harmonies, unique instruments and all that is good in American music will rule the night.

The Farmers Markets is the place to be on Thursday nights for shopping and a fun night out. It will feature free, live classic rock concerts, food trucks, family-friendly fun, a beer garden with local craft beers, and weekly summer games by Sam Adams, where you can win free beer for a year. Bands perform for free from 7:00 p.m. – 10 p.m. The 10,000 square foot market will be under a covered tent, so visitors will be shaded from the summer heat and able to shop in comfort.

The Sands Regency’s 18th Annual EuroFest brings together free, live entertainment, a wide variety of European cuisine, more than 70 European and craft beers and a multitude of craft booths to provide Reno with a fun-filled celebration of culture for all ages. It is free to attend the event and proceeds benefit the Shriners Hospitals for Children.

The Brewery Arts Center, in partnership with the Municipality of Carson City and the Levitt Amp Foundation, is introducing a brand-new live music concert series to the Nevada state capital starting Saturday, June 4 and running ten consecutive weeks through August 6.

Shirley’s Farmers Markets and the Sands Regency are back in 2016 as hosts for the Downtown Farmers Market at the Sands. Every Thursday from June 9 to August 25 between 4 p.m. – 9 p.m., local farms and other vendors will converge under the large tent in the Sands parking lot located south of 3rd Street in Reno.

Performing the best of Cole Porter to Stevie Wonder, the Reno Jazz Orchestra’s 17-piece jazz band will present “Music of the Masters” - a live performance of blues, swing, and soul with award winning vocalists Jamie Davis and Clairdee on Friday, September 2 at the Robert Z Hawkins Amphitheatre in Reno, NV, and Saturday, September 3rd, at Sand Harbor State Park on the edge of Lake Tahoe’s north shore.

Tickets for Music of the Masters can be purchased on line at RenoJazzOrchestra.org. These family-friendly two-hour concerts start at 7:30 p.m.

The American Cancer Society will be holding its annual celebration for cancer survivors and caregivers at Relay for Life. The event will be held at Mills Park in Carson City on Saturday, May 21. Relay for Life is a family-friendly event with entertainment, food, games, raffles, bounce house, and other activities included.

As the weather warms, so does heat dished up this weekend with all the right spices at the 33rd annual Chili on the Comstock in Virginia City.

As the curtain rises on a stage full of tap-dancing feet this May, audiences will applaud one of the grandest, most intense celebrations of musical theater released on Broadway.

It is the quintessential song-and-dance spectacular, 42nd Street. The award-winning Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company presents the musical at the Carson City Community Center, weekends, May 6 through 15.

As the curtain rises on a Carson City stage full of tap-dancing feet this May, audiences will applaud one of the grandest, most intense celebrations of musical theater released on Broadway. It is the quintessential song-and-dance spectacular, "42nd Street."

Since the early 1980s, May has been a month for celebrating historic preservation and archaeology in Nevada. This year, the theme acknowledges the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, which helps to stabilize neighborhoods and downtowns, contributes to public education, attracts investment, creates jobs, generates tax revenues, supports small business and affordable housing, and powers Nevada’s heritage tourism industry.

Spring is in the air, and the Sierra Lutheran Theater Department has chosen two comedic takes on classic fairytales to celebrate.

On April 14th and 15th, the SLHS Theater Department will host their Spring Production, featuring two short plays, The Three Bully Goats Griff and The Mad Tea Party.

Carson Tahoe Health is excited to present its fourth annual EGGstravaganza, a family-oriented Easter celebration open to the community. The free event takes place on Wednesday, March 23 from 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. in the Sage Café at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center in Carson City.

The organizers of the annual Nevada Day celebration are considering changing the course of the parade to move from south to north on Carson Street.

The staff of Nevada Day, Inc. met on Tuesday with Carson CIty officials to go over the planned changes for the parade. The basic outlines for the plan have the parade starting on South Carson Street at 10th Street, continuing north before taking a right turn on William Street, and ending at the intersection with Stewart Street.