Events
Carson City Senior Center
Discover Andean Music with Kantu Inka
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesLearn to Play the Zampoña (Peruvian Pan Pipes): Three weekly 90-minute lessons regarding notes of the zampoña where you'll learn to play songs with Kantu Inka culminating with a concert with the band on July 23 during the Senior Center lunch. Carlos Ocampo, a professional Andean musician and composer for over two decades in the […]
A Conversation with Clare Frank: I Fought Fire for Three Decades, Now, I Write
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesClare Frank served as the State of California's first and only female Chief of Fire Protection. She began firefighting at age 17 and worked her way through the ranks, handling fire and rescue emergencies and major disasters in both urban and rural settings. Along the way, she earned a spot on an elite state command […]
MOVED – Creative Aging Series: Story Telling & Writing Workshop
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesWriting Our Stories, Writing Our Lives In this free four-week creative writing workshop, you'll learn to turn meaningful thoughts into written stories with writing prompts and creative inspiration. Each workshop will build on the last with opportunities to share your stories. We will culminate our work together by presenting a public reading of work produced. […]
A Conversation with Mark Vollmer & Jim Eaglesmith: StorySongs
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesTheDVD "StorySongs: From the Soul of the American West" captures the incomparable grandeur and heart of Nevada, the Sierra Nevada region, northern California, and the American Southwest with inspiring music and evocative photography. Award-winning Reno artists Jim Eaglesmith and Mark Vollmer take us on a compelling melodic/visual journey of the West's natural and cultural beauty […]
A Conversation with Janice Oberding
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesJanice Oberding is historian, true crime buff, paranormal enthusiast and investigator. She is also the author of more than 50 books on topics ranging from ghosts to true crime to history, to the strange and unusual, and mystery. She writes both non-fiction and fiction. Raised in California and Nevada, much of her work is focused […]