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jan/11:COME IN FROM THE COLD—FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT SERIES

The annual program will warm up your winter nights with a variety of live music and entertainment. The series kicks off with a performance by the Northern Nevada Bluegrass Association Monday Night Volunteers at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, in the Western Heritage Interpretive Center at Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road. Other performers this month include cowboy poet Larry Maurice on Jan. 18 and Suspect Terrane on Jan. 25. The series continues every Saturday through March 7. A $3 per person donation is requested at the door. Call 828-6612 or visit www.washoecounty.us/parks.

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ADVOCACY FOR JUSTICE GALA: Celebrate

progress and inclusion at this dance. Music will progress from the 1940s to the 2010s over the course of the evening. Come dressed to the nines or in retro gear from your favorite decade. Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/80796461391 and bring $5 to the door. Sat, 1/11, 7pm. $5. The Holland Project, 140 Vesta St., (775) 448-6500, www.hollandreno.org. CROCHET CORNER: Crochet enthusiasts of all levels are invited to join this group, which meets every Thursday. Thu, 1/9, 3pm. Free. Spanish Springs Library, 7100-A Pyramid Highway, Sparks, (775) 424-1800.

FRIDAY FUN NIGHTS: Enjoy free face

painting, ice skating or treats around a fire pit while a DJ spins your favorite tunes. Fri, 1/10, 5pm. Northstar California Resort, 5001 Northstar Drive, Truckee, www.northstarcalifornia.com.

HANDS ON! SECOND SATURDAYS—COLOR

THE LANDSCAPE: The monthly event offers free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances and community collaborations. Sat, 1/11, 10am. Free. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (779) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

HAROLD’S CLUB—WORLD’S LARGEST CASINO:

Author and historian Neal Cobb will talk about Harold’s Club rise from a holein-the-wall operation at 236 N. Virginia St. to becoming the largest casino in the world. Wed, 1/15, 5:30pm. Free. Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, (775) 7874100, events.washoecountylibrary.us.

JURASSIC EMPIRE: This traveling dinosaur exhibition simulates what it would be like to experience the Jurassic, Triassic and

Cretaceous periods firsthand. The event features ultra-realistic, animatronic dinosaurs, a fossil dig, rides, dinosaurthemed inflatable bounce houses and more. Sat, 1/11, 10am-9pm; Sun, 1/12,

10am-7pm. $24.99-$29.99. Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center, 1350 N. Wells Ave., www.jurassicempire.com.

LITTLE CREATURES, LARGE UNIVERSE—

TARDIGRADES ON EARTH AND ELSEWHERE:

Tardigrades are microscopic animals with a wide variety of adaptations to survive in the most extreme conditions. This presentation will be an overview of tardigrades as animals, and how they are used for astrobiology research and space exploration. Marianne Denton is an aquatic ecologist, active naturalist and amateur astrobiologist whose personal research with tardigrades combines her interest in both aquatic ecology and astrobiology. Sat, 1/11, 10am. Free. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (775) 8494948, www.galenacreekvisitorcenter.org.

MID-WINTER BALD EAGLE COUNT: The

Tahoe Institute for Natural Science will coordinate the 39th annual mid-winter bald eagle count. Visit website to sign up to volunteer. Fri, 1/10, 9am. Free. Tahoe Institute for Natural Science, 948 Incline Way, Incline Village, (775) 298-0067, www.tinsweb.org.

PASTA AND POPS: The Reno Pops

Orchestra’s annual fundraiser includes a pasta buffet dinner, live music by the Pops and a silent auction. Fri, 1/10, 6pm. $50-$350. Baldini’s Casino, 865 S.

Rock Blvd., Sparks, (775) 673-1234, www.renopops.org. PBR PENDLETON WHISKY VELOCITY TOUR:

The bull-riding event features some of the best athletes of the sport going head to head with the fiercest bulls in the country. Fri, 1/10, 8pm; Sat, 1/11,

7pm. $15-$150. Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., (775) 335-8815.

THE PUSH: Truckee-based ski guide and film producer Tal Fletcher will present his film The Push. A Q&A session will follow the screening. Thu, 1/9, 6pm. $10. Alibi

Ale Works—Truckee Public House, 10069

Bridge St., Truckee, (530) 536-5029.

SCIENCE SATURDAY—TRAINING FUTURE

ASTRONAUTS: Here’s your chance to train like NASA astronauts. Fly simulated jet planes, perform medical and fitness experiments, try out training simulations and more. After free refreshments, visit the rest of the museum at your own pace. Tickets are required for all participants. Children under 13 must be accompanied by at least one guardian per six students. Sat, 1/11, 9:30am-1pm. $12. National

Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection), 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300, www.automuseum.org.

SECOND THURSDAY TALK: Speaker Jim Chase

will present “Winton and Packard, a Transcontinental Feud. Part 1: A Rivalry is Born, 1898-1901.” By 1899, Winton Motor Carriage Company was the largest automobile manufacturer in the United States. Winton opened the first automobile dealership in the country in Reading, Pennsylvania. One of Winton’s customers was James Ward Packard, who, the story goes, didn’t like his Winton car, complained to the company and was told to do it better. Packard went on to form the Packard Automobile Company. Thu, 1/9, 1:30pm. $5 for talk, free for members. National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection), 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300.

SHOOTIN’ FROM THE HIP WITH MICHAEL MIKEL:

Historian, futurist and co-founder of Burning Man, Michael Mikel brings his unique counter-culture ideologies and personal investigations on a series of guided tours through Decorative Arms: Treasures from the Robert M. Lee Collection. Known on the Playa as “Danger Ranger” Mikel draws on his Texas roots and love of the West as he presents a personalized introduction to decorative arms. Fri, 1/10, noon. $10, free for members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

TAHOE FOOD HUB SHOP TALK: The non-profit

organization presents a workshop on “Understanding Grains and Fibers for Better Health” with Rob Ferguson of Sourdough Solutions. Ferguson will discuss how he used the Mediterranean diet to lose weight and change his lifestyle to a healthy one at the age of 55. He opened a whole-grain, sourdough bakery in Colfax, California, called Sourdough Solutions where he puts his knowledge of healthy grains and fibers into his products. Thu, 1/9, 6pm. Free. The Farm Shop, 12116 Chandelle Way, Unit D-1, Truckee, www.tahoefoodhub.org.

FOR THE WEEK OF januaRy 9, 2020

VISITING ARTIST TALK BY JARED STANLEY:

Stanley is a poet and writer who often works with visual artists. His primary interest is in the intersection of lyric poetry, the history of landscape and land use and the vernacular, evershifting ground of language as it changes as a result of migration, environment and technology. His work has developed from an initial, book-centered writing practice into a formally expansive series of projects that take the materials of reading as a starting point. Thu, 1/9, 7pm. Free. Holman Arts & Media Center, Sierra Nevada College, 1008 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 831-1314.

WINTER FIREWORKS: Enjoy winter fireworks celebration on Saturdays in January and February at the KT Deck. Fireworks shows are dependent on weather conditions. Sat, 1/11, 7pm. Squaw Valley

Alpine Meadows, 1960 Squaw Valley Road,

Olympic Valley, (800) 403-0206.

YARN CLUB: Bring a project to work on or start something new. All skill levels invited. Thu, 1/9, 1pm. Free. Sierra View

Library, 4001 S. Virginia St., (775) 8273232, events.washoecountylibrary.us.

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ARTIST CO-OP GALLERY OF RENO: January Art

& Supply Sale. Supplies for sale include new pre-cut mats, frames, easels, paints, how-to books, canvasses and paper. Artist Co-Op members’ art work is for sale in the feature room. Thu, 1/9-Wed, 1/15, 11am-4pm. Free. Artist Co-Op Gallery of Reno, 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896.

MCKINLEY ARTS & CULTURE CENTER: Along

the Truckee River—A Bob Adams Retrospective. Adams’ paintings show a slice of life in Reno at end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s. His pieces are expressionistic, some bordering on the abstract, as he seeks to catch the movement and energy of life along the Truckee River and the downtown casino corridor. Many of his “plein air” works were made on loose canvas over a portable easel. The exhibition runs through Jan. 24. Thu, 1/2-Fri, 1/3, Mon, 1/6-Wed, 1/8, 8am-5pm. Free. McKinley

Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-6264, www.reno.gov.

SERVA POOL: Hook and Ladder Dreams. Work by John Knight is on view from through Jan. 10. Thu, 1/9-Fri, 1/10, noon.

Serva Pool at The Holland Project, 140 Vesta St.,(775) 448-6500.

SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE: A Series of

Ricochets. This exhibition focuses on recalibration as it relates to the interweaving of conceptual practices and personal trajectories. Artists include Valery Jung Estabrook, Nicholas B. Jacobsen and Eric-Paul Riege. The show runs through Feb. 14. Thu, 1/9-Fri, 1/10, Mon, 1/13-Wed, 1/15, 10am. Free.

Sierra Nevada College, 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 831-1314. SOUTH VALLEYS LIBRARY: Learning and

Communicating. Painter Jade Chen’s exhibition is on display through February. There will be an artist reception at 3pm on Jan. 11. Sat, 1/11, Mon, 1/13-Wed, 1/15, 10am. Free. South

Valleys Library, 15650-A Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190.

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BRRROQUE MASTERS: The TOCCATA–Tahoe

Symphony Orchestra continues its 15th

WinterFest season with its music series celebrating the works of Baroque-era composers, including Handel, Bach and Vivaldi. Sat, 1/11, 3pm. $15-$40, free for young people under age 23 in general admission seating. Community

Arts Center, 10046 Church St.,

Truckee; Sun, 1/12, 4pm. $15-$40, free for young people under age 23 in general admission seating. Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 357 Clay St., Reno, toccatatahoe.org.

WHAT RHYMES WITH AMERICA: Restless

Artists Theatre presents Melissa James Gibson’s poignant, funny play about estrangement and the partially examined life. Fri, 1/10-Sat, 1/11, 7:30pm; Sun, 1/12, 2pm. $8-$15. Restless

Artists Theatre, 295 20th St., Sparks, rattheatre.org.

SPORTS & FITnESS

DISCO TUBING: Disco tubing is a familyfriendly party where you spin down the tubing lanes to music and lights.

SnoVentures is located in the base area of Squaw Valley. Snow tubing is for adults and kids who are at least 40” tall.

All tubers must be able to independently get in and out of their own tube. Thu, 1/9-Sat, 1/11, 5pm. $55. SnoVentures

Activity Zone, 1653 Squaw Valley Loop, Olympic Valley, squawalpine.com.

FULL MOON SNOWSHOE TOUR: State park

interpreters will lead snowshoe tours exploring the natural and cultural history around the Hellman-Ehrman estate and Lake Tahoe shoreline in Sugar Pine Point State Park. For those new to snowshoeing, there will be a beginner’s clinic at 6:30pm. The hike starts at 7pm near the restrooms in the day use side of the park (lakeside entrance, east side of Highway 89). The cost includes snowshoe rentals, park entrance and guided hike. Wear warm, layered clothing and winter boots. All proceeds from the tour benefit the Sierra State Parks Foundation’s educational programming. Sat, 1/11, 6:30pm. $25-$40. Sugar Pine Point State Park, 7595 Highway 89, Tahoma, (530) 583-9911.

GUIDED HIKE: Enjoy a guided hike through

Galena Creek Park with a local specialist.

If there’s enough snow, this will be a snowshoe hike. There are a few pairs of snowshoes at the visitor center available for rent. Sat, 1/11, 10am. Free. Galena

Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose

Highway, (775) 849-4948.