This Week

Events

17TH ANNUAL GLOBAL GALA: Northern

Nevada International Center’s primary fundraiser features dinner and cocktails, a beer and wine raffle and silent/ live auction prize giveaways. This year’s theme is “Act Local, Be Global.” The keynote speaker is Josephine Kulea, founder of the Samburu Girls Foundation and 2013 United Nation’s Kenya Person of the Year. Th, 3/24, 6pm. $100 per person. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 846-2185.

ADAM JAHIEL ON PHOTOGRAPHING HORSES:

Learn about Jahiel’s interest in horses as the inspiration for and subjects of his photographs. F, 3/25, noon. $10 general admission, free for NMA members.

Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty

St., (775) 329-3333. AIDLIN DARLING DESIGN: Black Rock Design

Institute presents a talk with Joshua

Aidlin and David Darling of Aidlin

Darling Design. With an emphasis on designing for all of the senses, they have cultivated a diverse and collaborative studio that acts as the creative hub for an extended network of builders, fabricators, artists, engineers, chefs and other collaborators.

Networking hour with cash bar in chez louie at 5pm. Lecture follows at 6pm.

Th, 3/24, 6-7pm. $12 general admission, $8 NMA members. Nevada Museum of

Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333. BASQUE LECTURE: BOMBING OF GERNIKA:

In conjunction with the Basque exhibit

Hidden in Plain Sight, Xabier Irujo, co-director of the Center for Basque

Studies at the University of Nevada,

Reno, presents a lecture on the bombing of the Basque town of Guernika on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish

Civil War. Sa, 3/26, 2-3pm. Free. Sparks

Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave.,

Sparks, (775) 355-1144. EASTER BONNET AND PET PARADE: Grab

you favorite bonnet and Easter attire and dress up your pet for the annual Easter Bonnet & Pet Parade. Prizes will be awarded in many categories. Line up at 11am at the Virginia City Beef Jerky Co. 204 S. C St. The parade stars at noon. Sa, 3/26, noon-1pm. C

Street, downtown Virginia City, (775) 220-7072.

FULL MOON PARTY: Enjoy drinks, food and music by Ben Fuller as you watch the moon rise over the east shore. F, 3/25, 5-9pm. West Shore

Cafe, 5160 W. Lake Blvd., Homewood, (530) 525-5200. GOLD HILL GHOST TOUR: Enjoy a meal

at the Crown Point restaurant and then join a guided ghost tour through the Gold Hill Hotel sharing stories of ghostly legends. Dining begins at 4pm. The tour starts at 8pm. M, 8pm. Opens 3/28. $40 for din-

ner and tour, $20 for tour only. Gold

Hill Hotel, 1540 S. Main St., Gold Hill, (775) 847-0111. POP-UP SALON WITH JOHN BRANCH

OF THE NEW YORK TIMES: Nevada

Humanities and the Incline Village

Library present an interactive, media-rich discussion about sports and adventure journalism featuring New York Times sports reporter

John Branch. F, 3/25, 6-8pm. Free.

Incline Village Library, 845 Alder Ave.,

Building A, Incline Village, (775) 8324130, www.nevadahumanities.org. RENO BEER CRAWL: Purchase your glass and map at The Waterfall and enjoy $1 refills at 12+ downtown Reno taverns. Fourth Sa of every month, 2-6pm

through 12/24. $5 glass and map. The Waterfall, 134 W. Second St., (775) 322-7373. THE STORY OF THE DONNER PARTY: Frank

Mullen gives this presentation as part of the Gold Hill Hotel Thursday Night Lecture Series. The dining room opens at 4pm. The lecture starts at 7:45pm. Th, 3/24, 7:45pm. $25 for dinner and lecture, $10 lecture only. Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 S. Main St., Gold Hill, (775) 847-0111.

All Ages

ANIMAL ARK OPENS FOR THE SEASON: The

wildlife sanctuary and nature center opens for the season. This year, there will be 16 special events, free educational lectures by local wildlife professionals, keeper talks and close up viewing of the Ark’s animals and raptors. Hours are Tuesdays-Sundays, 10am-4:30pm, March 26 through Oct. 31. Sa, 3/26, 10am-4:30pm. $10 adults,

$9 seniors 62+, $6.50 children 3-12, free for kids age 2 and younger.

Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary and

Nature Center, 1265 Deerlodge Road, (775) 970-3111. ART CAMP AT THE LAKE MANSION:

Teaching artists will provide an hour of art, theater, and creative movement/music each day. Open to students ages 6-10. The class takes place in the Lake Mansion’s lower level art studio. M-F, 9am-noon through

4/1. Opens 3/28. $95. Lake Mansion, 250

Court St., (775) 826-6100. EASTER AT SQUAW ALPINE: Search in the

spring snow for colorful eggs during Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows Easter egg hunts. Guests to Alpine Meadows can also search with the help of technology during the Beacon and Eggs Avalanche Beacon Scavenger Hunt. Mountaintop services will be held at both mountains and a special Easter service will be held at High Camp. Su, 3/27, 8am-3pm. Free with $39-$99 advance lift tickets. Squaw Valley Resort, 1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, (800) 403-0206.

EASTER EGG DASH: The Bridge and The

Boys and Girls Club presen their annual Easter egg hunt for kids in preschool through sixth grade. There will be games, prizes, bounce houses, face painting, lots of candy and a visit from the Easter Bunny. Sa, 3/26, 11am-1pm. Free. Officers Memorial

Garden at Idlewild Park, 74 Cowan

Drive, (775) 323-7141 ext. 10. ERIKA PAUL TRIO: The jazz group invites kids to clap, tap and stomp their way through the history of American jazz.

Tu, 3/29, 5-6pm. Free. Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3200. IN TUNE TALES: Local musicians tell traditional folk tales and modern storybook classics against a backdrop of music, song and musical sound effects. Sa, 3/26, 11am-noon. Free.

Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb

Drive, (775) 787-4100. INSIDE OUT: AN ANATOMY EXPERIENCE:

This exhibition will take you on a journey into the curiosities of human anatomy. Through digital and handson exhibits, you’ll learn how our bodies work, grow, age and heal. Tu-Su. $10 general admission, $9 veterans and active duty military. Terry Lee

Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The

Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www.nvdm.org. MONSTER FISH: IN SEARCH OF THE LAST

RIVER GIANTS: The exhibit features life-size sculptures, hands-on interactive exhibits and video installations that puts you face to face with more than 20 species of giant freshwater fish. Tu-Su through 4/24. $9-$10. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, www.nvdm.org.

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour

Nevada Land Trust holds its annual fundraiser featuring the winning films of the 2015 Banff Mountain Film Competition on Tuesday, March 29. Each year, filmmakers from around the world enter their films to be judged at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in Banff, Alberta, Canada. After the festival closes, the winning films go on tour to be screened at venues across the globe. Audiences will see some of the best action, travel and adventure films entered in the competition. The Banff Mountain Film Festival is Nevada Land Trust’s largest annual fundraiser, which has helped fund the protection of more than 42,000 acres in the state, according to the conservation organization. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Tuscany Events Center at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, 2707 S. Virginia St. Tickets are $22 in advance and $27 on the day of the event. For more information, call (775) 851-5180 or visit http://nevadalandtrust.org.

—Kelley Lang

SPRING BREAK ENRICHMENT CAMP:

Challenge Island’s Minion Party Camp features movie-inspired STEM challenges, including building a lab, making rocket launchers and jelly blasters and designing ways to keep the Minions safe on their missions. M-F, 9am-noon through 4/1. Opens 3/28. $120.

Sarah Winnemucca Elementary School, 1349 Backer Way, (775) 843-2118, www. challenge-island.com. SPRING BREAK ENRICHMENT CAMP:

Challenge Island’s Mindcraft camp turns the digital world of Minecraft into real world, creative fun for kids. Tribes build their own shelters, tools and crafting tables. They tackle creepers, zombies and other mobs and design their very own mine trains. M-F, 9am-noon through 4/1. Opens 3/28. $120.

Sepulveda Elementary School, 5075 Ion Drive, Sparks, (775) 843-2118. SSSNAKES ALIVE!: This interactive exhibition encourages visitors to embrace their fear as they discover the secrets of North America’s four indigenous venomous snakes: the copperhead, cottonmouth, coral and rattlesnake. The exhibit features more than 20 live venomous snakes along with dozens of interactive stations and imaginative displays. W-Su through 4/10. $9 adults, $8 children and seniors. Wilbur D. May Museum,

Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595

N. Sierra St., (775) 785-5961, www. facebook.com/WilburMayCenter. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM (SNAP) OUTREACH CLINIC:

The Food Bank of Northern Nevada hosts SNAP outreach clinics to assist low-income families and individuals in applying for SNAP benefits. First come, first served. Th, 10am-noon. Free. Downtown Reno Library, 301 S. Center St., (775) 327-8312.

Art

ART INDEED! SIERRA MEMORIAL ART

SPACE: Urban Landscapes. The abstract art gallery is open for the

Artist Open House on Sunday, March 27. Gallery hours are Monday from 1:30-6pm, Tuesday-Thursday from 3:30-7pm. Su, 3/27, 2-5pm. Free. 142

Bell St., (775) 846-8367. ARTE ITALIA: Italian-American Cinema:

From Capra to the Coppolas. This documentary exhibit curated by the

Museo Italo Americano at Fort Mason

Center in San Francisco features written and photographic panel displays, videos, memorabilia and graphic art. Their films explore the

American Dream in all its ramifications and contradictions. Th-Su, noon5pm through 9/18. Free. 442 Flint St., (775) 333-0310.

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