It's the kind of weekend for all kinds of wild things. There is a wildlife art sale in south Reno and a percentage of the proceeds will go to funding the Safe Haven zoo rescue in Imlay, Nevada. Street Vibrations and the wild cycles and clubs with them will be all over town this weekend. And you can get ready for winter with a wild and crazy snowboard film at CommRow. Enjoy!
Friday 9/21
Street Vibrations Fall Rally: Show and Shines and concerts galore all over town this weekend for the Street Vibrations Fall Rally. Too many things to mention in one paragraph but it's all on their website.
www.roadshows.com
Tahoe Fat Tire Festival - Squaw Valley:
Come to Tahoe for a weekend of celebrating the mountain bike! Races, rides, trail work, films, clinics, music and beer!
Friday, Sept. 21
8am Registration opens
9:30am Shuttle for Tahoe Mountain Guides off-site rides
10am Pearl Izumi Mountain Hillclimb
10:30am Local rides- Squaw XC loop, Western States-TRT loop
1-5pm Super D/ DH open for practice
3-5pm IMBA Trail Care Crew classes
4:30pm Hillclimb awards and daily raffle
4-9:30pm Beer garden open
7:30-9:30pm Mountain Bike Film Festival presented by Yelo Velo
tahoefattirefestival.org
Solar Max all about the sun - Fleischmann Planetarium 3 PM:
Solar Max, the popular SkyDome 8/70 large-format feature film, returns to transport audiences to the awesome vastness and mysterious power of our closest star as never before. Director/producer John Weiley dazzles viewers with thought-provoking concepts and jaw-dropping footage of the Earth's sun captured from international sites including the European Space Agency/NASA Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).
www.planetarium.unr.edu
Impact Earth Fleischmann Planetarium 4 PM
Impact: Earth, a full-dome digital planetarium show by the Houston Museum of Natural Science, is all about meteors, asteroids and comets, oh my! Learn from recent NASA explorations how asteroid hunters seek new objects in the solar system, how ground-penetrating radar finds meteorites embedded in the Earth, and how these fascinating sky fliers can pose potential dangers to life on our planet.
Showtimes: Weekdays at 4 p.m.; plus additional showings Saturdays, Sundays and holidays at Noon
www.planetarium.unr.edu
Reno Street Food Idlewild Park 5 PM
Come taste the delights from Reno's food truck scene, Friday nights through September. Scheduled all weeks except the first Friday of the month, Reno Street Food will feature a wide variety of food truck options, live entertainment, beer and wine, plus entertainment for the kids
www.renostreetfood.com
George Thorogood and the Destroyers Silver Legacy 8 PM
2120 South Michigan Avenue, home of Chicago's Chess Records, may be the most important address in the bloodline of the blues and rock ‘n' roll. Join Silver Legacy in welcoming George Thorogood & the Destroyers on Friday, September 21 at the Grande Exposition Hall.
That address – immortalized in the Rolling Stones' like-named instrumental, recorded at an epochal session at Chess in June 1964 and included on the band's album 12 X 5 – serves as the title to George Thorogood's electrifying Capitol/EMI salute to the Chess label and its immortal artists.
Thorogood has been essaying the Chess repertoire since his 1977 debut album, which included songs by Elmore James and Bo Diddley that originated on the label. He has cut 18 Chess covers over the years; three appeared on his last studio release, 2009's The Dirty Dozen. On 2120 South Michigan Avenue, he offers a full-length homage to the label that bred his style with interpretations of 10 Chess classics.
www.silverlegacy.com
Saturday 9/22
Child ID kits at My Favorite Muffin 9am-Noon
Koinonia Foster Homes are teaming up with My Favorite Muffin in Sparks to give away 400 child ID kits. Please join us to learn about Fostering in the Reno area, get some coffee and get a free child ID kit.
www.kfh.org
Winterizing Roses and shrubs Moana Nursery 10 am
Winterizing Roses & Flowering Shrubs - Jon Bruyn (Moana plant doctor, certified arborist and high desert gardener) will present expert tips and techniques for preparing your roses and flowering shrubs for the winter. Included in the presentation are: NOT pruning before winter, minimizing damage, watering routines and winter mulching.
All seminars are free and held in our Landscape and Design Center across the Nursery parking lot, unless otherwise stated. Seminars begin promptly at 10 a.m. and last one hour. Please arrive 15 minutes early, as seating is limited to 60 and is first come, first served.
www.moananursery.com
Safe Haven "Just Deserts 2011"
Come and enjoy wine tasting and deserts at the Art Source Art gallery in South Reno. A percentage of the proceeds for the artwork sold goes to fund the Safe Haven Wildlife Refuge in Imlay Nevada. Show runs from 1-6 PM
http://www.artsourcereno.com/
Reno Beer Crawl 2 pm
Four-hour beer drinking tradition in downtown Reno. Six-ounce tastes of 15+ specialty beers at 15 diverse downtown taverns for $1. Purchase a glass, map and raffle ticket at The Waterfall (134 W. 2nd St.).
www.renobeercrawl.com
Snowboard Film 7 PM CommRow
From the ashes of these uncertain times, rises Standard Films 21st movie in the legendary TB series, 2112. From the immense mountains of Alaska to the frozen streets of Scandinavia, this film truly showcases the diverse world of snowboarding through the eyes of the next generation of snow rippers.
www.commrow.com…
Crosby, Stills & Nash Reno Events Center 8 PM
More than four decades since Crosby, Stills & Nash first harmonized in Laurel Canyon and played their first-ever concert as a trio at the legendary Woodstock festival, its members continue a creative partnership that is one of the most influential and enduring in music. David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash have each been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame two times—once with Crosby, Stills & Nash, and a second time with The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and The Hollies, respectively. They have also been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, with the honor recognizing both CSN as a group and each member as individual solo artists.
www.visitrenotahoe.com…
Local Concert to Fund Fire Restoration….6 PM Bartley Ranch
www.washoecountyparks.com
Sunday 9/23
Basket weavers gathering at the gatekeepers museum in Tahoe City
It's the 9th annual and the Gatekeeper's Museum is at 130 West Lake Blvd., next to Fanny Bridge and across from Bridgetender, in Tahoe City, CA.
Native weavers and artists from California & Nevada gather to demonstrate weaving. Baskets, jewelry and other traditional artisan items will also be for sale. There will be basket appraisers on hand also to appraise Indian baskets that you bring in. On Saturday we will have "Nuts to Soup," a demonstration of processing acorns from the raw nuts into the finished foodstuff -- soup.
http://arts4nevada.org/calendar/app-organization/403/gatekeeper--s-museum
Heartwalk Scheel's 9am-noon
The Northern Nevada American Heart Walk is excited to have a 5K run back in the mix. All proceeds go to support the AHA and their mission to fight heart disease and stroke through research and education. The race will start and finish in front of Scheels with trophies awarded to the Top 3 Overall Male and Overall Female. Don't forget to wear your retro gear for a chance to win the BEST 70s DRESSED award
www.nevadaheartwalk.com
Fat Tire Festival 8 AM-4:30 PM
Come to Lake Tahoe for a weekend of celebrating the mountain bike! Races, rides, trail work, films, clinics, music and beer!
Sunday, Sept. 23
8am Registration/Check-in
9:30am Shuttle for Tahoe Mountain Guides off-site rides
10am IMBA Trail Care Crew ride from site
tahoefattirefestival.org
