Silver City Arts and the Silver City Preservation Society present the Silver Palooza Music and Art Festival. Join us on the Comstock at the Silver City Park for a day of live music, interactive art, exhibitions, lawn games, a cake walk, food, drink and fun!
Beer, wine, soda and food will be for sale so bring cash.
This is a fundraiser for the Silver City Preservation Society so donations are encouraged!
The event will from from noon until 6 pm at Silver City Park: 385 High Street, Silver City, Nev. Bring lawn chairs and sun screen.
MUSIC: 12:00 – 12:45 pm: Darren Senn 1:00 - 1:45 pm: Smilin’ Bob 2:00 – 2:45 pm: Betty & James MUSIC BREAK 4:00 – 5:30 pm: Drinking with Clowns
ART AND FUN STUFF 12:00 – 3:00 pm: Poster coloring contest 12:00 – 2:00 pm: Laser engraving booth hosted by Theo McCormick 3:15 pm: Cake Walk (enter, play, win a baked item from one of Silver City's amazing bakers) 12:00 – 6:00 pm: Brian Schorn’s Comstock Wabi Sabi art exhibition Local artists exhibition Lawn games
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On Friday, protestors gathered to abortion rights on the steps of the Nevada State Legislature. They will be protesting the Roe v. Wade decision until 8 p.m.
Mormon Station is located in the heart of the Genoa National Historic District, which encompasses over 25 structures and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Join a park interpreter for a guided walk throughout a portion of the historic district.
Celebrate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad at the Great Western Steam Up July 1-4, 2022 in Carson City at the Nevada State Railroad Museum.
Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation (DETR) and Nevada JobConnect are partnering with Google to connect 500+ local job seekers with no-cost access to Google Career Certificates training for well-paying, high-demand jobs in growing fields.
The people who organized the demonstration Bans Off Our Bodies are organizing a demonstration today in Carson City, from 5-8 pm in response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade.
The next Carson City School District School Board meeting will take place Tuesday June 28 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Robert ‘Bob’ Crowell Board Room within the Carson City Community Center.
Congratulations to ComputerCorps TechCamp Alpha 2022 Graduating Class! After a 2 year hiatus, due to the Pandemic, the ever popular and very educational ComputerCorps TechCamp Summer Series is back, and now would like to honor our 2022 graduating class!
For the last 22 years, Students Ages 9-15 have fun, and learn about computer recycling, testing, assembly and operation. At the end of the Camp, they take home their own computer that they have built.
Happy Friday, Carson Now readers! Let's see what events await us throughout the Carson City region and beyond this weekend.
Great Basin Brewery held their formal ribbon cutting celebration on June 23 attracting many to toast the new venture between Bonda and Tom Young who started the brewery and renown Chef and restaurateur Mark Estee of the Local Food Group.
While Michoacan A pedir de boca might be new to Carson City, their ice cream and popsicle recipes are much older, stemming all the way from Guadalajara.
Owner Oscar Luna, who co-owns the ice cream, popsicle and general treatery, said that the original recipe began in Mexico after there was an excess of dairy, and quick thinkers moved to them that excess into ice cream, which led to the Michoacan (roughly pronounced me-cho-ah-kahn to those mono-linguists) recipe.
Parents and their children ages 8 to 12 are invited to come up to the Comstock town of Silver City for fun activities about Space Exploration Science and NASA.
The event takes place Tuesday, June 28 from 10am to noon at the Silver City Schoolhouse at 385 High Street, Silver City, Nevada 89428. Email Quest Lakes at quest@hcclsc.org to reserve your child’s spot at this free event.
Following three Nevada Department of Transportation employees recently being struck while working on the roadside, NDOT and traffic incident responders remind motorists that Nevada’s “Move Over” law requires drivers to slow down and move over one lane when passing road work vehicles.
Western Nevada College Foundation proudly announces the return of Reach for the Stars — the college’s festive fundraiser to benefit local students seeking higher education.
Happy Thursday Carson City! Even though a bit of rain and thunderstorms are possible, today's a perfect day to curl up on the couch with a new friend!
Which brings us to Envy.
Legacy Christian Academy, Carson City’s Newest Christian School, Kindergarten through 8th grade, is having an Open House this Sunday, June 26 from 1-3 p.m. Our building is located at 1600 Snyder Avenue, Building B Carson City, Nevada. Come see our campus and meet our staff. First day of school is Sept. 6. We look forward to seeing you!
The Nevada Department of Agriculture Animal Disease Laboratory has confirmed two cases of rabies in bats in Douglas and Clark counties.
The National Weather Service advises an increase chance of thunderstorms developing Thursday around Carson City, western Nevada and the Sierra.
Jordan Van Worth is a Carson City native just about to compete for the esteemed title of Miss Nevada! Jordan recently graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with both her Master’s in Quantitative Finance and her JD in Corporate Law, upon her graduation she was recruited a multitude of universities to continue her studies in finance as a PhD candidate.
Get ready for a wild time as the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science, Great Basin Institute and the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit host Wild Tahoe Weekend.
Meet Topper. Sweet and affectionate, this handsome and friendly 3-year-old Tuxedo was surrendered by his owner to a high kill shelter. Fortunately for Topper, he was rescued and brought to Catmandu to find a new furever home.
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public's help identifying two females who, on June 9, 2022 in separate incidents, stole purses from two elderly females and used their credit cards.
Stephen Curry, fresh off the Golden State Warriors’ fourth NBA championship in the past eight seasons and his unanimous selection as Finals MVP, will bring recognition as one of basketball history’s greatest players along with his golf skills to Edgewood Tahoe for the 33rd annual American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe, July 8-10.
The lifeguard staffing issue continues at the Carson City Aquatic Center, which has seen a critical shortage in employees over the past several years.
According to Recreation Superintendent Dan Earp, staffing has now fallen to 50 percent, which means that of the jobs offered, only half have been filled.
The Jazz & Beyond festival committee announces that the winner of the 2022 poster and program cover art contest is Mike Bond. His design, “Jazz Guitar,” was selected from 10 entries to highlight the 19th annual Carson City music and art festival. Honorable mention goes to 11-year-old Jasmine Sanchez for her entries, “Jazzy Uno” and “Jazzy Dos.”
The main issue behind the Carson City area housing crunch is simple: There are more people that want to buy than there are available properties, whether those buyers are newlyweds, established families, local investors looking for rental properties, or even corporate hedge funds buying multiple properties to rent at a huge scale.
The Lyon County Board of County Commissioners will hold a meeting Thursday regarding election results and to canvass the vote.
This will be a joint meeting between commissioners and the City of Fernley.
A 52-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of two counts vehicle burglary and drug possession following an investigation into thefts earlier this month at the Kings Canyon trailhead parking lot, according to the Carson City Sheriff's Office.
The Levitt AMP Carson City Music Series presented by The Change Companies is back for the 6th in person season and better than ever. So grab your family, friends and neighbors and get ready to experience the power of free, live music to bring our community together.
Nevada Health Centers’ School-based Health Center in Carson City will provide COVID-19 and flu vaccinations to adults and children during a walk-in clinic on Wednesday, June 22.
Nevada's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in May 2022 which decreased by 0.1 percent from April 2022 where unemployment was 5 percent, according to the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s latest economic report.
McAvoy Layne will portray humorist and author Mark Twain on Saturday, June 25, at 1:00 pm. For more than 33 years, in over four thousand performances from Piper’s Opera House in Virginia City to Leningrad University in Russia, McAvoy Layne has been preeminent in preserving the wit and wisdom of The Wild Humorist of the Pacific Slope, Mark Twain.
Carson’s Bee City USA #76 is celebrating the end of Pollinator Month with its second annual Pollinator Parade Saturday, June 25. Costumed birds, bees, butterflies and bats and all other pollinators are welcome to join a short parade on sidewalks, mostly along Carson Street. Brief water and photo breaks are planned.
Beer lovers will find an abundance of suds to sample, music to jam to and food favorites to eat as the Capital City Brewfest arrives in downtown Carson City this Saturday, June 25.
CCA For Social Good, an operating division of CCA Global Partners, and The Children’s Cabinet announce the launch of the virtual Nevada Strong Start Child Care Services Center, an online platform focused on innovative solutions supporting early childhood educators.
Two were arrested Sunday for felony warrants issued out of Mineral County, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.
UPDATE: Douglas County Sheriff's Office advises the suspicious suitcase that was on the side of the road has been cleared. No threats to the community and all roadways are open. *** The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspicious package found Tuesday on the side of the roadway on State Route 88.
A special meeting of the Carson City Board of Supervisors will be held Friday beginning at 8:30 a.m. regarding election results.
Adam Temple wasn’t originally sure he was cut out for college, and entered Western Nevada College’s Higher Education in Prison Program expressing concern that he wouldn’t be successful.
As it turns out, “He had nothing to worry about,” said HEPP Director Deb Conrad. “He was a capable student doing excellent work.”
Join the Dayton Branch Library this Friday, June 24, 2022 at 6 p.m. for a free community barbecue to kick off the library's annual summer reading program.
The Carson City Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday that the local Berger Family Trust has donated a state-of-the-art pursuit edition vehicle to the agency, which will elevate K9 and officer safety while enhancing patrol K9 response.
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