this Week

Events

39 NORTH MARKETPLACE: The market-

place showcases the best in arts and crafts and highlights produce and specialty food from the Truckee Meadows. Th, 4-9pm through 8/4.

Victorian Square, 14th Street and Pyramid Way along Victorian Avenue, Sparks, (775) 690-2581, www.39northdowntown.com.

ARTOWN: The 21st annual arts festival kicks off with the Opening Night

Jubilee on June 30 and continues with hundreds of events taking place across town through July. Highlights include the Monday Night Family

Series, Summer Soiree Under The

Stars, Cultural Connections series and Midtown on Martin Street. The festival concludes with the 21st

Anniversary Closing Night Celebration featuring Landau Eugene Murphy

Jr. on July 31. Events will take at

Wingfield Park in downtown Reno,

Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater at

Bartley Ranch Regional Park, the

University of Nevada, Reno, among other locations. M-Su through 7/31.

Opens 6/30. (775) 322-1538. BARRACUDA CHAMPIONSHIP, PGA TOUR

GOLF TOURNAMENT: Watch the world’s best golfers up-close and personal as they compete for a $3.2 million purse and 300 FedExCup points. M-Su through 7/3. Opens 6/27. $25-

$85. Montreux Golf & Country Club, 16475 Bordeaux Drive, (775) 322-3900, http://barracudachampionship.com. BEN’S PET PARTY IN SUPPORT OF ART

PAWS: Taste more than 30 different wines, beer and spirits and sample food from Crave Catering while you listen to live music. The event benefits the Art Paws Underdog grant winners. F, 6/24, 4:30-7pm. $10. Ben’s Fine

Wine & Spirits, 3480 Lakeside Drive, www.artpawsreno.com. BEST BACKPACKING TRIPS IN NEVADA AND

CALIFORNIA: Mike White’s presentation will help the accomplished hiker through the entire process of planning a multi-day excursion. Th, 6/23, 6:30-8pm. $8 for adults, free for youth age 17 and younger. Nevada State

Museum, 600 N. Carson St., Carson

City, (775) 687-4810 ext. 236. BIGGEST LITTLE BULLDOG BEAUTY

CONTEST: As part of its fifth anniversary celebration, MINI of Reno sponsors this benefit for the Northern Nevada Bulldog Rescue. A professional photographer will be on hand to take portraits of bulldogs, and owners will also be invited to take their own images at photo stations throughout the dealership. Sa, 6/25, 9am-1pm.

Free. MINI of Reno, 11505 S. Virginia

St., (775) 851-6464. BUILDING STEAM FUNDRAISER: Screen

print a T-shirt with one of three custom steampunk designs, and take part in fun events and crafts to benefit the Sparks Museum Endowment

Fund. Inspired by the From Steam to Steampunk exhibit on display at the museum, Truckee Meadows

Community College students made custom Sparks-inspired steampunk designs for the screen printing. The

Great Basin Costume Society will host a tea dueling in the Cultural Center during the event. Sa, 6/25, 3-5pm. $10 to buy a T-shirt and screen print, $5 if you bring your own shirt. Sparks

Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian

Avenue, Sparks, (775) 355-1144. FEED THE CAMEL: The Hump Day food truck event and arts bazaar takes place under the Keystone Bridge. W, 5-8pm through 9/28. Free admission.

McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 450-0062.

Carson Tahoe Reno Rockabilly Riot

Jump in the hot rod and floor it to the sixth annual rockabilly bash. The festival, formerly the Reno Rockabilly Riot, has moved to Nevada’s capital city and now offers four days of cool cars, drag races and burn outs, as well as live rockabilly music, a tattoo show, a body paint expo, pinup contest, burlesque show and more. The event kicks off on Thursday, June 23, and continues through Sunday, June 26, at various locations, including Mills Park, 1111 E. William St., Gold Dust West Casino, 2171 E. William St., and Route 66/Carson City RV, 4550 N. Carson St. Admission is free for most events. Call 291-5008 or visit http://renorockabillyriot.com.

—Kelley Lang

THE GATEWAY PROJECT: The Gateway

Project hosts a fundraiser for the Reno Playa Art Park at the site of the Lear Theater. There will be a reception at 6:30pm, followed by the Gateway Gathering featuring outdoor entertainment, including a performance by Controlled Burn, as well as indoor festivities. The festivities begin at 8:30pm. Sa, 6/25, 6:30pm-1am.

$20-$60. Artech, 130 Woodland Ave., http://renogatewayproject.com. 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, 4 & 8pm. $40 for dinner and tour, $20 for tour only. Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 S. Main St.,

Gold Hill, (775) 847-0111. MIDTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT WALKING

TOUR: Take a walk through the emerging Midtown District and see how this area has changed over the past 100 years from a quiet country road lined with large homes to a bustling business district. Learn about the businesses and people that once occupied the familiar buildings you see today.

Register online. Sa, 6/25, 9-11am. $10; free to Historic Reno Preservation

Society members. Midtown Business

District, southwest corner of Saint

Lawrence Avenue and Virginia Street, (775) 747-4478, www.historicreno.org. MOANA FOOD TRUCK ROUNDUP: The food

trunk gathering features familyfriendly activities, entertainment and more. Th, 5-9pm through 9/29. Free

admission. Rounds Bakery, 294 E.

Moana Lane, Ste. 10, (775) 329-0800. NEVADA HUMANITIES FESTIVAL AND

CHAUTAUQUA: The theme of the 25th annual Chautauqua festival is “Culture of Food.” A live musical performance precedes the program at 6pm. The Chautauquan presentation follows at 7pm. Th, 6/23. $25 general admission, $10 lawn seats. Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Bartley Ranch

Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, www.nevadahumanities.org. NORTH LAKE TAHOE DIGITIZATION DAY: This

event offers a chance for community members and visitors to bring in historical visual materials documenting the region and have those materials digitized according to professional archival standards. In return, participants will have the option to donate a digital copy of these materials for inclusion in the NLTHS’s database, providing public access to anyone interested in researching North Lake Tahoe’s cultural history. The program will also offer presentations by historian Carol Jensen, photographer Peter Goin and photograph archivists Kimberly Roberts and Katrina Windon. Su, 6/26, 10am-4pm. Free.

Gatekeeper’s Museum, 130 W. Lake

Blvd., Tahoe City, (530) 583-1762. RENO RODEO: The 98th annual rodeo features PRCA events, including bareback, saddle bronc, bull riding, women’s professional barrel racing, team roping, steer wrestling and tiedown roping, as well as a carnival, the

Double RR Marketplace, food court and other events and attractions.

M-Su through 6/25. $8-$26 advance

tickets. Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center, 1350 N. Wells Ave., www.renorodeo.com.

RENO STREET FOOD—PARTY IN THE PARK:

The gourmet street food event features more than 20 gourmet food, craft dessert, beer, wine and mixed drink vendors. F, 5-9pm through 9/30.

Free admission. Idlewild Park, 1900

Idlewild Drive, (775) 825-2665. RIDING ON THE RIVER FAMILY FESTIVAL:

Join Sparks Kiwanis for free games, bike decorating, bike rides, movies in the park, DJ Fierce and food for sale. Sa, 6/25, 5:30-9pm. Free. Cottonwood

Park, 777 Spice Island Drive, Sparks, (775) 846-7146, www.kiwanisbikes.org. SEVEN DEADLY SINS SERIES: GLUTTONY:

Spoil your bellies, taste buds and spirit during an exploration of

Gluttony, the second of a seven-part series by Chef Clint Jolly. Sa, 6/25, 1-6pm. $65-$75. Morris Burner Hotel, 400 E. Fourth St., (775) 327-1171. TAHOE TATTOO SHOW: The event features tattoo contests, burlesque shows, exhibitions and 160 international tattoo artists. F, 6/24, 2-10pm; Sa, 6/25, 10am-10pm; Su, 6/26, 10am-8pm. $20.

Harveys Lake Tahoe, 18 Highway 50,

Stateline, www.tahoe.tattoo. THURSDAY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET:

Local vendors will converge under the large tent in the Sands parking lot located south of Third Street in Reno. The weekly event includes free live classic rock concerts, food trucks, a beer garden and weekly summer games. Th, 4-9pm through 8/25. Free.

Sands Regency Casino Hotel, 345 N.

Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2295. VALHALLA BOATHOUSE THEATRE 20TH

ANNIVERSARY FUNDRAISER: Valhalla

Tahoe will hold a fundraiser which includes a poker stroll and a live piano performance. The Lucky

Baldwin Poker Promenade will feature various stations around the Tallac

Historic Site, each offering food and drinks, interpretive history and historic figures along with playing cards for event participants. Prizes will be given to the winners with various poker hands. A piano concert by Radoslav Lorkovic will follow the promenade in the Boathouse Theatre.

Sa, 6/25, 6pm. $75. Tallac Historic Site, 1 Valhalla Road, South Lake Tahoe, (530) 541-4975. WELLS AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING

TOUR: Take a stroll through a workingclass neighborhood along the path of the Wells Avenue streetcar, across the V&T tracks, and past the homes of the “Thoma Street Gang.” Register online. Tu, 6/28, 6-8pm. $10; free for HRPS members. Historic Southside School Annex, 190 E. Liberty St., www.historicreno.org.

All Ages

ART CAMP AT THE LAKE MANSION:

Teaching artists will provide an hour of art, theater and creative movement/music to kids ages 6-10. This camp will be held in the art studio located beneath the Lake Mansion, nearest Arlington Avenue. Supplies included in cost. M-F, 9am-noon through 7/1. Opens 6/27. $95. Lake

Mansion, 250 Court St., (775) 826-6100. BUG PETTING ZOO: NEVADA BUGS &

BUTTERFLY: This touch-and-feel program includes fun facts about where bugs live, what they eat and other aspects of their lives. Tu, 6/28, 3pm.

Free. South Valleys Library, 15650A

Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190; W, 6/29, 5:30pm. Free. North Valleys

Library, 1075 N. Hills Blvd., Ste. 340,

North Hills Shopping Center, Golden

Valley, (775) 972-0281. HANDS-ON WEEKEND SCIENCE: Families

can participate in science activities on Saturdays and Sundays during Hands-On Weekend Science. Planetarium staff will host demonstrations and activities at the Science Station mobile lab in the lobby of the Exhibit Hall. HOW Science will explore themes of astronomy, chemistry, geology, biology, physics and space exploration. Sa, Su, 10am-2pm through

9/4. Free. Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, 1650 N. Virginia

St., (775) 784-4812. 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. ROCKSPORT SUMMER CLIMBING CAMPS

2016: Kids can learn and expand their climbing, rappelling, safety skills, selfresponsibility and self-confidence. The curriculum is focused on each camper learning team building skills and gaining self-confidence. Each session includes bouldering, roped climbing, indoor and outdoor exercises, games and skill-building. Through 7/1, 9am-1pm; Through 7/15, 9am-5pm; Through 7/22, 9am-1pm; Through 7/29,

9am-5pm. $150-$300. RockSport

Indoor Climbing Center, 1901 Silverada

Blvd., Ste. 10, (775) 352-7673. SO YOU WANT TO HAVE A PET SNAKE…?:

Experts from Great Basin

Herpetological Society will give an introduction to reptiles as pets and will also talk about the conservation of native species. Sa, 6/25, 2pm. Free.

Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3200; Sa, 6/25, 11am. Free.

Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb

Drive, (775) 787-4100. 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.

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