Monday, May 15: Things to do in Carson City

All good things must come to an end, and that includes the weekend. What is beginning, however, is Bike to Work Week. Please remember to share the road with those braving the potentially icky weather during busy commute times. The Carson City Library has spent the last year hosting events commemorating their fiftieth year of operations. Tonight, the 50th event of their 50th year, features a sculpture unveiling, refreshments, and raffle prizes donated by area businesses. Thank you to all those who make our Library so much more than just a bunch of bookshelves, and here’s to another fifty years.

MONDAY: Bike to Work Week

• -- Eighth Annual Carson City Historic Resources Scavenger Hunt: for participation packet and more info, go to http://carson.org/hrc
• -- Legislative eXhibition Series: ‘Into the Sunset’ mixed-media by Myranda Bair of Las Vegas in the LXS Gallery on the first floor of the Nevada State Legislature (8am-5pm)
• -- High School Pic[ks] 2, group show of art by students from Carson, Dayton, Douglas, and Pioneer High Schools in the Community Development building [formerly the BRIC]: 108 E Proctor St (8am-12pm and 1pm-4pm)
• -- “High Desert Alchemy” Exhibit featuring mixed media by artists Gail Rappa and Elaine Parks in the OXS Gallery at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
• -- ‘From the Ground Up’, solo exhibition by Gil Martin at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)
• -- CCAI Exhibit: Smaller Works, solo exhibition by Gil Martin in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center (open during public meetings and Fridays 12pm-4pm)
• -- Great Basin Native Artists Exhibit at the Carson Visitor Center (9am-6pm; featuring art by Ben Aleck, Topaz Jones, Jack Malotte, Melissa Melero-Moose, Topah Spoonhunter)
• -- Family Day: $1 Bowling and Shoe Rental Specials at Carson Lanes (9am-10pm)
• -- Mimosa Monday all day at Ed’s Doghouse
• -- Carson City Host Lions Club weekly lunch meeting at Tito's Mexican Restaurant: 444 E Williams (12pm; NEW LOCATION; for more information, call Tim at 775-885-7033)
• -- Martini Monday at Red’s Old 395 (3pm-6pm; half priced martinis)
• -- 50 Years of Service Celebration at the Carson City Library (3pm-4pm; includes unveiling a book sculpture created by My Thousand Words, Book Sculptures, raffles, and refreshments; this is the 50th event celebrating the 50th year of the Carson City Library)
• -- Dharma Zephyr Sangah Sitting Group in the Methodist Church’s Youth Group Building at the corner of Proctor and Minnesota (Beginners 5:30pm-6:30pm; Sitting quietly in meditation 7pm-8:30pm)
• -- Square Dancing with the Capitol Cut-ups at the Carson Senior Center: 911 Beverly Drive (6pm-9pm; for info contact Marge at 775-885-7986 or 775-220-2942)
• -- High Sierra Swing Dance Club’s Night Out at El Charro Avita (Drop-in Intermediate Swing lesson 6pm, $8; Free open dance 7pm-9pm)
• -- Live Music with John Palmore in the Carson Valley Inn Cabaret, Minden (6pm-10pm)
• -- Game Night at Carson Cigar Co. AKA the Cigar Bar (7pm-9pm; drink specials for players, prize for winner; games rotate weekly)
• -- Karaoke with J and M Productions at the Fox Brewpub (8pm all ages, 10pm-close ‘karaoke after dark’; drink specials)