arts and entertainment

Guide to Nevada Day activities in Carson City

It’s that time again. The Battle Born state celebrates its admission to the United States on the last Friday of October, with the annual Nevada Day parade on Saturday. New this year is a ‘Passport to Downtown’ event on Friday. Also new this year is the one-night-only curated art show, Capital Collage, on Friday night featuring over 20 diverse artists and organizations.

Teen's Night Out New Year's Eve Bash

Event Date: 
December 31, 2016 - 7:00pm

Teens can ring in the 2017 New Year with a pizza party, mocktails, a surprise dessert station, music, and more from 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. in Mountain Pizzeria.

Now through November 30, tickets are $35. December 1 through December 31 tickets are $45. Reservations required. For information, please call the resort concierge at 530.581.6610.

Location

Resort at Squaw Creek
400 Squaw Creek Road Olympic Valley, CA 96146
United States
39° 11' 58.8552" N, 120° 13' 2.388" W

Squaw Creek New Year's Eve Grand Celebration Party

Event Date: 
December 31, 2016 - 7:00pm

Welcome 2017 in style! Join Squaw Valley’s classic New Year’s Eve party and enjoy a gourmet buffet dinner, entertainment, live band, dancing, party favors, and a champagne toast! Squaw Creek’s Grand Celebration is the ultimate way to ring in the New Year at Lake Tahoe. Beginning at 7 pm. Grand Sierra Ballroom.

Adults 21-and-over. Formal attire recommended.

Now through November 28 $75; November 28 through December 30 $95; December 31 $120. We also offer combo pricing for a limited time. Purchase one adult and one child ticket for $100 through November 28.

Location

Resort at Squaw Creek
400 Squaw Creek Road Olympic Valley, CA 96146
United States
39° 11' 58.8552" N, 120° 13' 2.388" W

Beavers of Taylor Creek

Event Date: 
July 29, 2016 - 8:30pm

Sherry Guzzi from Sierra Wildlife Coalition will be presenting “The Beavers of Taylor Creek” at Taylor Creek Visitor Center on Friday July 29 at 8:30 p.m. This event is open to the public and admission is a five-dollar donation to the Tahoe Heritage Foundation.

Winter Wine, Spirits and All that Jazz

Event Date: 
January 17, 2015 - 7:00pm

An evening of wine tasting and dancing to benefit The Brewery Arts Center (BAC). Enjoy entertainment and the arts across the entire campus in this interactive festive celebration. Experience the finest vineyards, exceptional wines, great music and dancing. There will be a live jazz orchestra and light hors d'oeuvres.

Tickets available online and will be available to pick up at the BAC office prior to the event or at Will Call the night of the event.

BAC is located at 449 W. King St., Carson City, NV. Their phone number is 775-883-1976.

Location

Brewery Arts Center
449 W. King St. Carson City
United States

Halloween Stringanigans with The Student Loan!

Event Date: 
October 31, 2014 - 8:00pm

Halloween fun at the Divided Sky in South Lake Tahoe! The progressive bluegrass quartet from Portland, Student Loan Stringband returns to the Meyers hot spot for an evening of groovy, quirky, and lively genre-buster of a show.

Join the band at Divided Sky for a special night full of original tunes, favorite covers, and toe-steppin, boot-stompin jams!

Wear a costume, get a treat! Doors open at 8 p.m. and the cover charge is $10.

Location

The Divided Sky
3200 US Highway 50 South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
United States

Leap Of Faith, Art Exhibit at Nevada Museum of Art

September 28, 2013 - January 5, 2014

Santa Cruz-based artist Andrea Borsuk will create a new site-specific mural installation portraying the journey from the California coast to the Nevada desert. By layering paintings, drawings, and objects on top of a wall mural to imply a narrative trajectory, Borsuk explores the precarious notion of time and destiny.

Location

Nevada Museum of Art
Donald W. Reynolds Center for the Visual Arts | E. L. Wiegand Gallery 160 West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada, 89501 | 775.329.3333
United States

NFL's DeSean Jackson's 'Making of A Father's Dream' On Road to Lake Tahoe Celebrity Golf Tourney

Event Date: 
July 17, 2013 - 5:00pm

"No. 10 DeSean Jackson: The Making of a Father’s Dream,” the documentary by Jackson’s brother Byron Jackson and Hollywood Director Kern Konwiser will screen Wednesday, July 17 at the Horizon Casino and Resort, during the 24th American Century Celebrity Championship Tournament in Stateline, Lake Tahoe, Nev.

The multicultural film with universal themes presented by Wright Enterprises and LaHitz Media as an encore of the San Francisco Black Film Festival benefits the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe and the academic arm of SportsRhythms.

Location

Horizon Casino & Resort
50 U.S. Highway 50, Stateline, Nevada 89449
United States

As NBA player Jason Collins comes out, former NFL coach, Raider kicker lend support

A day after NBA basketball player Jason Collins came out as gay to Sports Illustrated, a former NFL coach and an Oakland Raider record-setting placekicker believe the NFL is ready to accept a gay football player.

"I don't think the NFL is going to have a problem," said Herm Edwards, former Kansas City Chiefs head coach, now an NFL analyst for ESPN. "Is there going to be a vote of confidence in the locker room? For some of the younger and immature players, but the veteran players — they get it."

'Stars Night Out' dinner Dec. 14 to support the arts at South Tahoe High

Event Date: 
December 14, 2012 - 5:00pm

The South Tahoe High School Performing Arts Booster Association will host its 2nd annual special fundraising event ‘Stars Night Out’ on Friday, Dec. 14 at 5 p.m. The fundraiser dinner is $30 per person and will take place at South Tahoe High School.

Participants can purchase their discounted ‘White Christmas’ show ticket for $10 at the theatre where they will be seated in a special section (show ticket not included with dinner fundraiser). Catering by the STHS Culinary Arts and entertainment by the STHS music department.

Enter for a chance to win a round of golf at Lake Tahoe with a celebrity at American Century Championship

With the American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe South around the corner, you can now enter for a chance to play a round with a celebrity at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course as part of the July 17-22 festivities.

Winners will be picked July 1 by Edgwood Tahoe. The Grand Prize winner will receive two player spots in the Tuesday Celeb-Am on July 17, a Player Gift Bag for both players and accommodations at a South Lake Tahoe resort and casino property, Monday, July 16 and Tuesday, July 17.

Tickets on sale April 1 for American Century Championship at Edgewood Lake Tahoe

Where else have you seen the likes of Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo and Ray Romano in the same place? No where but the American Century Championship on the shores of Lake Tahoe.

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