Events
Carson City Senior Center
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 […]
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 Michael Branch
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesMichael Branch is a writer, humorist, environmentalist, University of Nevada, Reno professor, father, and desert rat who lives with his wife and two young daughters in the western Great Basin Desert. His work includes 10 published books, one of which is the Pulitzer Prize-nominated John Muir's Last Journey: South to the Amazon and East to […]
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 […]
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 Frank Joe, Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesFrank Joe attended the Stewart Indian School when he was 10 years old, during the 1950-1951 school year. He is a citizen of the Te-Moak Band of the Western Shoshone and volunteers at the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum. The mission of the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum is to tell […]
A Conversation with Brian Crane
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesBrian Crane is an American cartoonist who created Pickles, a comic strip featuring a retired couple, Earl and Opal Pickles, their family, and their family pets, Muffin (cat) and Roscoe (dog). After a career in graphic design, Brian revived his childhood dream of being a comic strip artist, eventually creating Pickles, which has seen success since its […]
A Conversation with Three Women Reading Poetry
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesCelebrate Women's History Month with local area, published poets Claire McCully, Courtney Cliften, and Krista Lukas. Each will bring her own perspective to this year's theme, Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, […]
A Conversation with Shaun Griffin
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesShaun Griffin’s soulful poetry and engagement with Nevada communities make him one of the state’s most well-loved literary figures. He is the author of This is What the Desert Surrenders, Bathing in the River of Ashes and Woodsmoke, Wind and the Peregrine, among others. Recurring themes in his poetry are "... family, landscape and work […]
Northern Nevada, a Personal Geography: Poetry and Personal Reflection
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesKathy Nelson is a poet and a 2024 Nevada Arts Council Artist Fellow* As a relative newcomer to the area, she writes poetry about the northern Nevada landscape and ecosystem […]