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The Carson City Symphony invites the public to a concert celebrating the seasons on Sunday, March 1, 2015, at 4 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center.
This exciting program features eight seasons: "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi and "The Four Seasons in Buenos Aires" by Astor Piazzolla. Both are directed by David Bugli and feature guest violin soloist Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio and narrator Rita Geil. STRAZZ youth strings will join the orchestra in Vivaldi's Autumn and Winter.

The perfect reason to peruse the downtown shops and find a Valentine's gift for your special someone arrives Feb. 7. The Carson City Downtown Wine Walk is always held, rain or shine, the first Saturday of the month from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

A new National Geographic Museum exhibition, Monster Fish: In Search of the Last River Giants, features the work of the University of Nevada, Reno’s research professor and host of the television show Monster Fish, Zeb Hogan. It opens March 26 at National Geographic’s Washington, D.C. headquarters and runs through Oct. 12, 2015.

The second Earth Spirit Faire fundraiser is this weekend, Feb. 7-8, 2015 from 10 am to 4pm at the Fuji Exposition Hall on Old Clear Creek Road in Carson City. Organizer Liz Andrews-Booth stopped by Carson TV News to tell us about it. See the video below.

Sarah Lillegard works in what she calls second skin. The Reno artist featured in the latest show at the Office eXhibition Series Gallery works in fabrics that explore group identity, belonging and symbols, in garments sometimes called clan jackets.

The attire is said to communicate meaning, cultural legacies and myths. The OXS exhibit “Second Skin” is free at the Nevada Arts Council, 716 N. Carson St., in Carson City, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through April 17. Lillegard will discuss her work at a public reception from 5-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, with an artist talk at 6:15.

RENO, Nev. (Feb. 2, 2015) – Reno’s historic Nixon Mansion, which went on the market last summer for $20.4 million, was reduced to $16.4 million this month. The estate is listed by Chase International and takes its name from its original owner, Nevada Senator George S. Nixon. The prestigious Italian Villa estate was built in 1907 and sits on 2.03 acres on the Truckee River, originally had 33 rooms, and was one of the first residences in Reno to have an elevator.

Tickets for the USAF Band performance in Carson City on March 4 have sold out, said Chamber of Commerce Director Ronni Hannaman.

A line formed outside the Carson City Chamber of Commerce at around 7:30 a.m. for the free tickets to the USAF Concert Band that will play in Carson City March 4.

What's all the buzz about? The Mason Valley Beekeepers are hosting their 5th annual conference on Friday and Saturday, February 27 and 28, 2015 at Pioneer Crossing in Yerington, Nevada. The featured conference speaker is Randy Oliver, a world renowned "scientific beekeeper" from California.

Carson High School announced the names of the elite who will get to be called candidates and royalty for the school's annual Winterfest week. This year's candidates have come from all walks of life, but as it would appear they have come out on top of the student body. The king candidates are: Jake Jones, Seamus Burns, Brandon Allen, Daniel Cihigoyenetche and Brady Rivera. Colby Brown was also elected a king candidate as well, but had to withdraw due to prior commitments during the week.

A bit of Americana now and then to remind us all of the great country in which we live is always appropriate and welcome. Mayor Robert Crowell, representing the City of Carson City, and the Carson City Chamber of Commerce is collaborating to bring the United States Air Force Band of Washington D.C. to the Bob Boldrick Theater at the Community Center for a free concert on Wednesday evening March 4 at 7 p.m.

Carson City - Valet Marketing announced the today the launch of a new real estate web resource for sellers and buyers in Northern Nevada.

"We are excited to help Laura Moline, a RE/MAX Affiliate Agent and Recognized Top Agent in Nevada, launch a new branded website experience for local real estate market." lauramoline.com features new search features that allow buyers and sellers to capture targeted real estate information based on their set criteria and neighborhoods. It features real estate from Reno, Carson City, Lake Tahoe, Minden, Genoa and Gardnerville.

It's not every day you see a 2,200 pound, 26-foot tall guitar being driven along Highway 50 from Sacramento into South Lake Tahoe. Nor does one normally see a huge crane lifting a metal guitar over 100 feet to be placed onto a base in front of a South Shore casino.

Douglas High Graduate Terrence Martin and his team, Todd Schulze and Courtney Cardenas, were busy installing the guitar last week. Many people were passing by, stopping to ask the metal artist questions and taking photos of what will soon be the talk of the town and the subject of many photos.

Flexing the power of the West Coast’s largest snowmaking system, Heavenly Mountain Resort opened new terrain Friday for the Martin Luther King Jr., holiday weekend, including Groove Terrain Park and Mombo Trail, resort officials announced Friday.

Located on the California side off of Groove Chair, Groove Park is Heavenly’s most popular progression park, providing a solid learning environment for beginners with a variety of features including five rails, one bonk and two jumps.

Nevada's culinary scene is full of fine dining and local food options. Website Theculturetrip.com named four area restaurants to its "10 Best Restaurants in Nevada: Local Food & Fine Dining" list. They are: The Basil in Carson City, Cafe Del Rio in Virginia City, Brooks' Bar & Deck at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline and Le Bistro in Incline Village.

Newly elected Assemblyman Phillip "PK" O’Neill, R-Carson City, will host a forum Tuesday in Carson City at the Legislative Building for lawmakers and citizens. The forum is being led by opponents of Common Core State Standards.

Citizens for Sound Academic Standards welcomes the public to participate in the program which it says it will present both sides of the issue. The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an educational initiative in the United States that details what K-12 students should know in English language arts and mathematics at the end of each grade.

Nevada’s Department of Motor Vehicles has made temporary vehicle tags more secure and less vulnerable to fraud, officials announced this week.

“Our new dealer placards are web-based and computer generated,” said DMV Director Troy Dillard. “The new tag can be quickly verified by law enforcement and has both overt and covert security features that will make it harder to counterfeit or tamper with these tags.”

Lake Tahoe's Northstar California will open this winter’s first halfpipe to skiers and riders this coming Friday, Jan. 9, resort officials announced Tuesday.

Located on Pipeline trail and accessible via Vista Express, the halfpipe is a popular and highly-anticipated feature among Northstar’s terrain park users. Its addition allows for a contiguous, uninterrupted terrain park descent from the top of Pinball Park, which currently offers guests access to 46 features, into the Pipeline Park, which hosts the halfpipe.

Molly Seals knows, but she's not telling. The Carson City singer knows if she made it through the early auditions for the 2015 season of the "American Idol" television singing competition, but the rest of us have to tune in to the upcoming audition episodes of the program to find out what happened.

So far, Seals, 22, can tell people that she made it through the Reno tryouts in July and moved onto the Kansas City auditions in August.

The Brewery Arts Center's Celtic Roots Series brings some local flavor to their Black Box Theater Saturday, Jan. 10 at 7pm.

Youth Theatre Carson City is excited to announce our upcoming production of "Annie, Jr.," Jan. 9-11, 2015 in the Bob Boldrick Theatre at the Carson City Community Center.

With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City.

Virginia City, Nev. is offering dads the opportunity to make their daughters feel like a Victorian-era princesses with a special day in the historic town. The Father-Daughter Day & Dance, Feb. 28, 2015, features a “day on the Comstock” which includes a flower for daughters, old-time photo portraits, lunch for two, a hot cocoa or coffee and tickets to the Father-Daughter Dance at Piper’s Opera House.

Come to the Browsers Corner Book Store in Carson City to meet author Mark S. Bacon at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8. Mr. Bacon has written for radio, TV, the web, magazines and for newspapers such as the San Francisco Chronicle.

He has written several business books, one of which was selected as best business book of the year by Library Journal, but “Death in Nostalgia City” is his first mystery novel.

When the Carson City Chamber purchased the share of the building previously occupied by the visitors bureau, they found themselves with extra space that once housed the visitor center and gift shop operated by the bureau.

What to do with that extra space was the question. Since that vacant space was always operated as a gift shop, the Chamber decided to operate an artisan shop to showcase local talented artists and provide them with yet another outlet to sell their unique art.

Capital City Arts Initiative Courthouse Gallery in Carson City and St. Mary's Art and Retreat Center in Virginia City are among 10 "unmissable" Nevada spots for art lovers, according to the website TheCultureTrip.com.

In announcing its list the website notes Nevada is dotted with many places for art lovers to explore, including traditional galleries to more unique spaces. From Reno to Elko the state boasts a wide range of art from a host of talented individuals, including locals and international artists.

Attention string players! The Carson City Symphony will begin rehearsals for the third concert of the 2014-15 season on Wednesday, Jan. 7, from 7 to 9:15 p.m., at the Carson High School band room.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife in conjunction with the Reno community radio station KXNV 89.1 FM announces the launch of a weekly, hour-long radio program designed to take an in-depth look at issues impacting wildlife. The program is also available through podcast statewide at NevadaWild.org.

This week Women to Women features the first of a two-part series with Dr. Kent Gabriel. He invited us to shoot in his office to discuss many different aspects of plastic surgery including many non-invasive alternatives. Please enjoy the show and be sure to tune in next week when a Medical Esthetician from Dr. Gabriel's office will walk us through a deep cleansing facial, step-by-step.

The success of the pilot program for fire cameras at Lake Tahoe has prompted the University of Nevada, Reno’s Nevada Seismological Laboratory to pursue funding to build out its fire camera network that rings the majestic mile-high lake.

“We’ve seen the system avert potentially large fires this summer at Tahoe, even with its minimal presence,” Graham Kent, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, said of the prototype system with its four cameras. “It makes sense to build this system out now to help protect the basin from devastating fires.”

Don't miss the Blanchette School of Irish Dance's Celtic Christmas on Dec. 13, 2014, 7 p.m. in the MHJ Black Box Theater at the Brewery Arts Center. Tickets are $8 for BAC members, $10 in advance, $15 at the door. You can purchase tickets online here.

Everyone is invited to participate, just make sure to be lined up at the corner of Carson St. and W. Musser St. by 10:30 a.m., the parade starts at 11 a.m. sharp.