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Music, outhouses, fundraisers and more: Saturday, Oct. 5 Happenings in Carson...
Happy Saturday, Carson City! We're going to have a warm day in the low 70s, so be sure to throw on your t-shirts which may be the last time this fall (barring the typical end of November inexplicable...
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Pine Nuts with McAvoy Layne: 2020 authors have an awesome responsibility
By McAvoy Layne I had the honor of meeting some young authors at Edgewood Tahoe Resort the other evening, and was heartened to discover that the spirit of Mark Twain is alive and well, as represented...
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Carson City area Polka Dot Powerhouse lunch connect Wednesday at Red's Old...
Polka Dot Powerhouse - Unique Women's Group Join us on Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 11:30 to 1:30 for the Polka Dot Lunch Connect at Red's 395 Grill. We are excited to have Jenn Taylor speak at our...
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Events around Carson City for Wednesday, Nov. 20
Heading into Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, events around the capital city include a Polka Dot Powerhouse lunch connect at Red's Old 395 Grill, "Get Fit with Fight Camp" at Yaple's Ballroom, the Navy League...
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Carson City’s Wild Horse Theatre presents Disney’s “Frozen, JR.”
Do you want to build a snowman? Wild Horse Children’s Theater is taking Northern Nevada by (snow)storm presenting DISNEY’S FROZEN, JR. at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 W. King Street in...
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Senator Square: Carson City Schools Orchestra students prepare for Holiday...
By Phil Brady The Orchestra Program of Carson City School District is holding its Holiday Concert Dec. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center. Just the idea of a concert in Carson City is...
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Nevada State Library lunch series Tuesday features Pulitzer-nominated...
Event Date: January 14, 2020 - 12:00pmWriter, humorist and environmentalist Michael Branch will discuss his works this Tuesday, Jan. 14 at the Nevada State Library and Archives in Carson City as part...
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Pine Nuts with McAvoy Layne: Finding humor in the impeachment trial
By McAvoy Layne Was there humor to be found in the Impeachment Trial? You bet there was. To begin, you can't ask a senator who is used to jumping up and pontificating every five minutes to sit still...
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Lunch With CASA: Carson City social workers bite down on life at Bleu Café
By CASA of Carson City Simple pleasures, like nibbling on homemade French fries dipped in killer ranch dressing, are what social workers at the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services Carson City...
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Gloves come off, Bloomberg joins in final Democratic presidential debate...
Megan Messerly, The Nevada Independent Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, at one point during Wednesday’s raucous presidential debate on the Las Vegas Strip, suggested her opponents take their sparring...
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Pine Nuts with McAvoy Layne: A short history of the discovery of America
By McAvoy Layne The first European to see America, so far as we know, was a Norseman named Barney, somewhere around A.D. 986. Barney was wading ashore, holding his shoes, when he encountered some...
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Comedian and star of 'Casino Boss' sitcom Joby Saad headlines Carson Comedy Club
This Friday night at the Carson Comedy Club inside the Carson Nugget the headliner will be the star of the "Casino Boss" sitcom series comedian Joby Saad.Joby has performed with the nations top...
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Senator Square: Carson High School announces its Educator of the Year
By Bridget Gordon-Johnson and Phil Brady If you know Shanell Cavener, then you are tremendously lucky. If you work with her, or she taught you, then the luck is multiplied tenfold (hopefully this is...
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Auxiliary of the Fleet Reserve Association installs new officers in Carson City
By Joyce Jackson Observing Safe Distancing The Auxiliary of the Fleet Reserve Association, Sierra Tahoe Unit No. 137 installed their new officers earlier this month at the Carson City home of the West...
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McAvoy ponders Mother Nature: Frog swallows beetle, beetle comes out the...
By McAvoy Layne To my mind there are at least four ways to ponder religion, you can believe in God, you can not believe in God, you can wonder if there is a God, or you can believe God & Mother...
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Top Las Vegas Real Estate Agency Is One of America’s Fastest Growing Companies
By Dana Hensler Huntington & Ellis, home to some of the best realtors in Las Vegas, is #1,263 on the INC 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America. It has grown 355 percent from 2016 to 2019.Since...
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Pine Nuts with McAvoy Layne: What they said about Mark Twain
By McAvoy Layne I've been compiling a list of memorable things people have had to say about Mark Twain for 30 years now, and most of them are from Twain scholars, but a few might surprise you, as...
View ArticleRemembering Bob Crowell, a tribute (opinion)
By Laura FitzSimmons A lot of people knew Bob Crowell better and longer than I did. My heart goes out to them all. My heart also goes out to the communities he served. They may not know what they have...
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Fear and Hate v Happiness and Love (opinion)
by R. Lee Darby Let go of your fear and hate to discover what you love. One should not let what they hate, blind them to what they love. Like Jefferson, I love life, liberty and the pursuit of...
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Pine Nuts with McAvoy Layne: Laughter is some of the best medicine on the shelf
By McAvoy Layne Most of us have long known from personal experience that humor, laughter and smiling are good for us. So it is reassuring to read Doctor Miller's assessment: “Heightened stress...
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