Biggest Little Easter Egg Hunt and Resource Fair
2022-04-09 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N Sierra St, Reno
For Ages 12 and under, quieter, modified egg hunt for kids with sensory sensitivities and disabilities at 9 a.m.

The 11th Annual LCF Plant Sale
2022-04-17 10:00 - 14:00 | Too Soul Tea, 542 ½ Plumas St., Reno
Last year we cancelled the actual sale day due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. This year we will have a sale day, and we will follow all protocol for doing so in a safe and careful manner. The easiest way to do this will be to have a lot of preorders so that plants are already packed up and easy to hand over to you on the sale day. Thus, we encourage people to preorder their plants, which hopefully will be easy to do through the new online store! What? Yeah! Check it out!
It’s only a tab away up in the menu bar at the top of the screen. This page is still super useful, however, because the shop does not have any of the detailed information about the plants – you have to use the catalog to find all of that, and then go to the store to submit your order.

The Loping Coyote Farms plant nursery offers you access to a whole suite of plants that we use ourselves in our edible food forests and ecological farming systems in the Reno area. The species and cultivars that make the cut in the nursery are those that we have found to work best for us in the harsh climatic conditions of our Eastern Sierra/Great Basin area. We offer plant representatives from all the layers of a food forest, from the roots and herbs up to the giant emergent canopy plants. We have attempted to offer plants representing all of the functions that an edible forest ecology entails, from fruit and nut production to nitrogen fixation, insectary and ground cover. Our hope is to help spread interest in perennial-plant-based systems by giving local people the plants they need to get these systems going in their own ground. We do also love our annual veggies and flowers, so we offer some of those plants as well.

Our 2021 Plant Catalog is officially UP. It’s an exciting well-rounded offering this year, and the catalog is full of good information, so please either download the catalog or read it here on the website, and enjoy! You can place your plant orders using our brand new Online Store. If the online store isn’t to your liking, just send us an email with your list of plants. There is none of the detailed plant information on the store, so the plant catalog is still the place to go to get familiar with the offerings before purchasing on the store. If there’s a specific plant you want and you don’t see it in the catalog, let us know. We may be able to get it for you. For a list of our all our previous offerings, check out our LCF Master Plant List.
Also, don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter so you can be sure to get a reminder about the plant sale, or to know when each year’s new catalog is up. We still accept cash and checks through the online store, as well as credit cards and PayPal. Please contact us with any questions or requests. Happy planting dreams!

Salvadoran Pupusas
2022-04-19 18:00 | St. Vincent’s Kitchen, 325 Valley Road, Reno
Make authentic pupusas just like abuelita used to make. Have fun getting hands-on experience making the thick griddle cakes that originated in Central America. Inspire your cooking by learning about Hispanic spices and ingredients that will help you add flair to many of your favorite recipes.

All In for Kids Spring Gala
2022-04-21 18:00 - 23:59 | Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E 2nd St, Reno, NV
Communities In Schools of Western Nevada, an affiliate of the fifth largest state office of the nation’s leading dropout prevention organization, announces the inaugural All In For Kids Spring Gala, Thursday, April 21 at The Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. The “Starry Night” themed event, previously known as Cappy Hour, will feature stories of Washoe County students, their families and CIS team members.

Earth Day Cleanup
2022-04-22 09:00 - 12:00 | South Lake Tahoe
Meeting location: Once you RSVP, the exact meeting location will be emailed to you.

As the snow melts, winter litter is exposed. Help us celebrate Earth Day and kick off the start of Tahoe’s warm weather by joining us for a good, old-fashioned community cleanup!
RSVP: Register here. Final details will be sent the week of the event.
What to bring: Comfortable clothing/shoes, sunscreen, cleanup gloves (if you have them), hat, sunglasses, any snacks that you would like, a full reusable water bottle, and a mask if required by current CDC Covid guidelines.
We provide: Cleanup bags, clean gloves, hand sanitzer, sanitized cleanup equipment, snacks, water and giveaways.
Partners: Marriott’s Timber Lodge and Grand Residence Club Lake Tahoe, Azul Latin Kitchen, Base Camp Pizza, South of North Brewing, The Social House, Clean Tahoe, South Tahoe Refuse, and Patagonia at Heavenly.
Further details:

Final details will be sent to registered volunteers a few days prior to the event date.
Volunteers under 18 will need to have a guardian sign the waiver and the volunteer must bring the signed waiver to the event. The guardian may also attend the event and can sign off for the minor at the event.

For questions or more information, email events@keeptahoeblue.org.

A.V.A. Ballet Theatre Presents Beauty and the Beast
2022-04-23 | Pioneer Center, 100 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV, 89501
A.V.A. Ballet Theatre Presents
Beauty and the Beast at the Pioneer Center

Featuring the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra
The spring gala season for A.V.A. Ballet Theatre opens with the classic ballet Beauty and the Beast April 23rd and 24th at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts. Choreographed by Alexander Van Alstyne, Beauty and the Beast is the captivating story of the handsome prince who is cursed by an evil witch and transformed into a hideous Beast. He will remain a Beast until someone falls in love with him. That someone is of course, Beauty.
This classic story is filled with mesmerizing dance, intrigue, and is fun for the entire family. The Reno Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s exciting score.
Outstanding guest principal dancers who have danced with Ballet San Antonio and Ballet Idaho will perform with the large cast from A.V.A. Ballet Theatre.
The Saturday April 23rd performance will be held at 8pm and the Sunday April 24th performance will be at 2pm. Ticket prices for adults are $30 to $57. Ticket prices for children 12 and under and seniors 65 and older are $25 to $52. For tickets call the Pioneer Center at 775-434-1050 or on-line at pioneercenter.com. Box office hours are Monday through Friday 10am to 4pm.
A.V.A. Ballet Theatre is the resident ballet company of the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts. They are northern Nevada’s largest company under the instruction of a professional faculty with years of performing experience in renowned metropolitan ballet and production companies across the United States and Europe.

TAHOE TRUCKEE EARTH DAY 2022
2022-04-23 11:00 - 17:00 | The Village at Palisades Tahoe, Olympic Valley, CA
The Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Festival is a volunteer run, non-profit event to recognize, celebrate and promote the region’s unique beauty. The Earth Day Festival provides a multitude of educational booths on the topics of watershed health, forest health, pollution prevention, alternative energy, waste management, and more.

An Evening to RAVE About! A Night in the City
2022-04-23 18:00 - 22:00 | Eldorado Resort Casino, 345 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV, 89501
Family-style dining, silent and live auctions, raffle, entertainment, beer and wine. To benefit the R.A.V.E. Family Center:
Providing respite to families caring for children with special needs while training high school volunteers to work with these very special children.
Families that have children with special needs have their own special need: the need for time. That means time for mom to enjoy a workout. Time for couples to enjoy a date night. Or for families to catch a movie, go bowling, play Scrabble or settle into a nice, quiet storytelling session. Those are the kinds of pleasures and pastimes that go a long way toward giving you peace, power and the ability to connect with yourself and others who are occasionally lost in the process of focusing on a child with special challenges.
In the meantime, while you’re enjoying your own moment of reprieve, your child with special needs is likely enjoying his or her own form of respite and discovery as well.
Creating these healthy moments of escape is what RAVE is all about, little “time outs” with tremendously positive outcomes.

South Lake Tahoe Earth Day Celebration
2022-04-24 10:00 - 15:00 | Bijou Community Park, 1201 Al Tahoe Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA
The League to Save Lake Tahoe will be hosting a booth at this year’s South Lake Tahoe Earth Day event. Stop by to learn about issues impacting Lake Tahoe, how you can get involved, and pick up Keep Tahoe Blue swag. We will have a fun, interactive activity and prizes!
Walk, ride your bike, take the bus or carpool with three or more friends to win a special prize at our booth. Join us at the Kid Zone to make a fun keepsake to take home.
If you are interested in volunteering to help Keep Tahoe Blue at the booth, email events@keeptahoeblue.org. If you are interested in volunteering at South Lake Tahoe Earth Day, please complete the form here.
More about South Lake Tahoe Earth Day
Earth Day recognizes, celebrates, and promotes our region’s unique beauty while educating the public about local environmental issues. Bring your friends and family to learn about ways to counteract global climate change through recycling and composting, alternative energy, water conservation, sustainability, and reducing our ecological footprint. Enjoy local live music and dance, swing through the Kid Zone to make some recycle-themed arts and crafts, or get your face painted, and be sure to support or wide array of educational booths and local vendors. Food and local crafts will be available for purchase, and don’t forget to buy some raffle tickets for our huge Earth Day raffle!

Reno Earth Day
2022-04-24 11:00 - 17:00 | Idlewild Park, 1000 Cowan Dr., Reno, NV, 89509
Mercury Momentum has adopted a 3-armed philosophy to embody Earth Day and guide the event:
The Natural World – to respect, protect, explore and engage in the Nature of the planet
Green Technologies – to explore and expand interest, understanding and support for innovations that are cleaner, healthier and more sustainable for the future
Many Cultures – to respect and explore different perspectives on what Earth Day means, including views on science, policy, culture, spirit, lifestyles, and/or economics
We continually try to balance the event between these 3 arms and develop new programs to expand each direction.
Reno Earth Day also attempts to uphold a philosophy of inclusiveness in order to maximize the reach of Earth Day messages and changes in habits and assumptions over a broader audience. The role of the organizers is not to judge different perspectives, but to optimize the forum for so many people – so many puzzle pieces – to come together, learn from each other and share community cathexis and education. Inclusiveness is extended to how we reach other volunteers and organization, how we design the layouts for different types of exhibitors and how we attempt to diversify the audience. We try not to judge what we think participants should do, but try to maximize the opportunities for them to learn and choose a better way to act. We have over 100 non-profit groups participating with the freedom to advocate, rally and maintain a myriad of “should” voices. Our process is to simply keep it fair and fun for so many perspectives involved, support and assist the plans of participating organizations and help the puzzle pieces fit together smoothly.
By expanding how we include all participants, we have expanded the audience and its diversity. The benefits of this approach are to have more educational impact, creating even more positive change. An event like this could run the risk of attracting mainly like-minded individuals, who already know of most environmental initiatives, technologies and resources, and already practice strong sustainable lifestyles. Therefore, the change inspired by the event could remain minimal and be defined by others’ as simply a “special interest.” By attracting a wider, more diverse audience that may not already know about these things, the opportunity for change is greater; even a small change of practice or habit in a larger audience equates to greater overall impact. Our goal is to exemplify that stewardship of the planet we share is not a “special Interest;” it affects us all, so we need to create greater momentum by involving more people. The event is then designed to maximize the educational opportunities at the event – both interactive and passive – so that once we get people there, they cannot help but learn something.
Puzzlemasters
There are a multitude of perspectives on what Earth Day means. For some, it is about sustainable technologies and science, for some it is about connections with nature and conservation, for some it is about social and/or political change, in numerous philosophies it is about spiritual connections with the planet, for others it is about healthy living and lifestyle, and yet others about sustainable economic practices, while others emphasize tolerance and a planet-wide neighborhood. For some people education in these areas is key, for others it is policy change and activism, and for others it is celebration and expression of these connections. We see our purpose with this event is ensuring there is a forum for all of those perspectives to come together without judging any. We are amazed with how tolerant and cooperative so many perspectives are on this day to come together and make this event happen. ALL of the educational programs, booths, activities and workshops are put on by one of the exhibitors. We continue to create the structures to ensure a balance of education, expression, vending and fun, but we are not usually providing the content. We create programs that allow more people and organizations to participate, and try to promote all participants’ messages through media, games, layout and access strategies. Participants – exhibitors, organizations, individuals and sponsors – develop the content. Our role is to make the event and messages as accessible as possible to more people and maintain the balances. There are literally thousands of moving pieces, and we are simply the puzzle masters making sure they function together(as well as we can) and as fairly as possible, while the event itself is actually “put on by” all of the participants. All Volunteers and planners should add that to your resumes – Puzzlemasters!

Grow Your Own - Organic Gardening & Fertilizing
2022-05-04 18:00 | NV
Join us for a FREE Grow Your Own workshop focusing on growing Organic Gardening & Fertilizing at high elevation taught by Master Gardener, Heather Adams. We will be hosting both a virtual and in-person workshop on different dates. Attend one or both, either way it’s FREE!

As many of us know, high elevation gardening is tricky! Enjoy instruction from an expert who will cover planting, harvesting, pest management, river/lake friendly gardening techniques, and soil science.

You MUST pre-register for the workshop by reserving a ticket below. If you are unable to attend a live workshop you can still register to purchase starter plants. The virtual workshop will be recorded and posted on this site to watch at a later time. The in-person workshop will be held at the Slow Food Lake Tahoe Gardens located in the Truckee River Regional Park.

The Grow Your Own workshop series is brought to you by the UCCE Master Gardeners of Lake Tahoe, UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center, and Slow Food Lake Tahoe. We appreciate your support of our programs!

If you have any questions, please contact us: info@slowfoodlaketahoe.org

Mother's Day Boutique
2022-05-07 09:00 - 13:00 | Riverside Drive, Reno, NV, 89501
Come where handmade, artisanal goods blend with locally grown produce and freshly crafted culinary delights. Relax along the river and enjoy the sounds of guitarists strumming, accordions bellowing, and children playing. Grab some hot breakfast or lunch and enjoy a coffee, smoothie, or herbal elixir. Wear something to celebrate spring and get a professional photo with your family and friends.​

Chile Relleno Workshop
2022-05-07 09:30 | Nothing To It!, 225 Crummer Lane, Reno, NV, 89502, United States
Chile Relleno: Learn how to make this culinary cult classic that originated in Puebla, Mexico. It is the perfect combination of roasted chiles stuffed with cheese and a variety of other ingredients, battered with a light egg mixture and fried to perfection. We would argue they are the quintessential Mexican comfort food. Learn the techniques and delicious flavor combinations to make this dish at home for your friends and family.

May Arboretum Society Spring Plant Sale
2022-05-13 17:30 - 19:30 | NV
Come stroll Burke and Plaza gardens where there will be over 5,000 plants for sale. All plants will be zoned for our area and most you will not find in local garden shops. You will find a variety of shrubs, flowers, cactus, tomatoes and more….
​On Saturday, be sure to enjoy a cooking with herbs demonstration, cactus and succulent garden demonstration and a few vendor pop-ups for your gardening and ornamentation needs.

Jesus Christ Superstar
2022-05-17 - 2022-05-22 | Pioneer Center, 100 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV, 89501
Jesus Christ Superstar is an iconic musical phenomenon with a world-wide fan base. In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, a new mesmerizing production comes to North America. Originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and helmed by the acclaimed director Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You, Into the Woods) and award winning choreographer Drew McOnie (King Kong, Strictly Ballroom), this production won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival garnering unprecedented reviews and accolades. Appealing to both theater audiences and concert music fans, this production pays tribute to the historic 1971 Billboard Album of the Year while creating a modern, theatrical world that is uniquely fresh and inspiring.
Featuring award-winning music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary series of events during the final weeks in the life of Jesus Christ as seen through the eyes of Judas. Reflecting the rock roots that defined a generation, the legendary score includes ‘I Don’t Know How to Love Him’, ‘Gethsemane’ and ‘Superstar’.

Sauces and Marinades
2022-05-18 17:30 - 20:30 | Reno – TBA
Join EPIC’s Sauces and Marinades and utilize a variety of ingredients to whip up sauces for seafood, barbeque, spring rolls and salads. Learn to convert sauces to marinades or top dressings and sample small bites with your creations. Course runs Wed., May 18 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. for a cost of $59 and a materials fee of $20. Registration deadline is May 11. Register at epic.tmcc.edu.

Grow Your Own - Spicy Salads with Leafy Greens
2022-05-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Join us for a FREE Grow Your Own workshop focusing on Spicy Salads with Leafy Greens grown at high elevation taught by Master Gardener, Alison Toy. We will be hosting both a virtual and in-person workshop on different dates. Attend one or both, either way it’s FREE!

As many of us know, high elevation gardening is tricky! Enjoy instruction from an expert who will cover planting, harvesting, pest management, river/lake friendly gardening techniques, biology discussions, and information on the history of this group of food crops.

39th Annual Chili on the Comstock
2022-05-21 - 2022-05-22 | Virginia City
This May, top chili cooks gather for the 39th annual Chili on the Comstock. Combined with a Craft Beer Tour featuring pours from our local saloons and award-winning craft breweries, it’s the most delicious and satisfying event of the year.
Chili cookers are competing to win your vote for the best chili and people’s choice awards. Rejoice at the endless varieties to sample, all cooked up by top chili cooks competing for a spot in the International Chili Society World Finals. The Craft Beer Tour offers plenty of cold, refreshing brews poured at stops throughout town to wash it all down.
Make a weekend of it! Plan ahead and book a room in town before lodging options sell out. View Virginia City’s lodging options here.
**ALL VCTC EVENTS ARE RAIN OR SHINE AND NON-REFUNDABLE**

Subject to state guidelines, this event is subject to change or cancel at any time. Photo and/or video may be produced from this event, and by purchasing this ticket you are consenting to allow your likeness to be used in future Virginia City marketing materials.

Killer Lean and Green Meals
2022-05-21 09:30 | Nothing To It!, 225 Crummer Lane, Reno, NV, 89502, United States

Cold Brew: How, When, Why
2022-05-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Wood-Fire Roasted Coffee Company, 30 Ohm Pl., Ste. 2, Reno
In the summertime, we have the opportunity to look at coffee in a slightly different manner. On hot afternoons, sometimes a hot cup of coffee may be a bit too much. This is when we welcome our good friend “Cold Brew.” At this event, we will demonstrate the quick and easy way we brew, serve, and blend our cold brews. As always, we will have a caffeinated time, with lots of fun, stories, and learning.
This will be a tasty and a different perspective on your summertime coffee ritual.
Please RSVP 775-856-2033

Strangebrew Festival
2022-05-21 15:00 | The Brewer’s Cabinet, 475 S Arlington Ave, Reno
This is a celebration of uniquely crafted brews from local & regional breweries, but this year we will be inviting 5 local home brewers to the mix! Expect the unexpected! Most of the offerings from the breweries will only be available at this festival. We’re talking about uncommon beer, in many cases specially crafted for this event. These brews will challenge your taste buds, your ideas of beers, and your sensibilities. A truly different kind of brew festival for the beer geek in all of us!
Here is our list of Breweries so far:

Shoe Tree
Brewer’s Cabinet
Black Rabbit Mead Co.
Huntsman Brewing
IMBIB Custom Brews
Great Basin Brewing Company
Pigeon Head
Revision Brewing Co.
Wonder Aleworks
Schussboom Brewery
The Depot
Lead Dog
Mammoth Brewing Co.

Nature's Pharmacy: Herbal Medicine Making Workshop
2022-05-22 07:00 - 13:00 | NV
Come join us as we learn to create a variety of botanical medicines using many native Nevada plants. During this intensive class we will learn the fundamental methods for making a number of preparations, including: teas, tinctures, herbal oils, salves, liniments, and syrups. Starting with an overview of some basic principles of plant chemistry, we will examine different extraction methods while learning when they can be best applied. The remainder of the class will be devoted to preparing a number of different herbal products, giving us a chance to put theory into practice. This is an interactive class so please come ready to get your hands dirty while having a lot of fun! All materials will be provided and each student will leave with a product they helped prepare.
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Grow Your Own - Potatoes & Sunchokes
2022-05-25 18:00 - 19:30 | NV
Join us for a FREE Grow Your Own high elevation gardening workshop focusing on Potatoes & Sunchokes taught by Master Gardener, Melissa Guthrie. We will be hosting both a virtual and in-person workshop on different dates. Attend one or both, either way it’s FREE!

As many of us know, high elevation gardening is tricky! Enjoy instruction from an expert who will cover planting, harvesting, pest management, river/lake friendly gardening techniques, biology discussions, and information on the history of this group of food crops.

Rockin' Rib Fest
2022-05-27 | Casino Fandango, 3800 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV, 89701
Casino Fandango’s annual Rockin’ Ribfest is back! Join us for a day of fun featuring a rib cook-off competition with National Champion rib cookers, bbq vendors, arts & craft vendors, a beer garden and live music!
Admission is free and all ages are welcome!

Reno Food and Drink Week
2022-06-01 - 2022-06-08 | Reno
Reno Food & Drink Week is a community event designed to support the local food and drink establishments.
The 2022 event will be held June 1-8, 2022.
This event has been created to support and celebrate the food and drink community and to encourage locals and visitors to try new places during this week and, hopefully after having an excellent experience, revisit throughout the year.

Grow Your Own - Squash
2022-06-01 18:00 - 19:30 | NV
Join us for a FREE Grow Your Own high elevation gardening workshop focusing on Squash taught by Master Gardener, David Long. We will be hosting both a virtual and in-person workshop on different dates. Attend one or both, either way it’s FREE!

As many of us know, high elevation gardening is tricky! Enjoy instruction from an expert who will cover planting, harvesting, pest management, river/lake friendly gardening techniques, biology discussions, and information on the history of this group of food crops.

Riverside Farmers Market
2022-06-02 16:00 - 20:00 | McKinley Arts and Culture Center, 925 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV
The Riverside Farmers Market is Reno’s truly local market, with all vendors growing, raising, or making their goods within the tightest possible radius around Reno. We showcase small, local, and sustainable farmers and ranchers who believe that healthy food begins with a healthy land. We also are home to Reno’s newest farmers and ranchers, making it the perfect place to meet the
fine folks growing food locally for the Truckee Meadows community.
Our strong commitment to high-quality goods means that you can always count on things like pesticide-free produce or pasture-raised meats and eggs at our market. Even our prepared food vendors strive to use organic and unprocessed ingredients as we re-envision what a healthy food system looks like.
The Riverside Farmers Market is a taste of how all open-air markets and bazaars once were, back when the land was less burdened with contamination and human intervention. It’s also a nod to the future, as we connect a community of conscious consumers with local organic and regenerative farmers and ranchers,
and talented makers of things beautiful and delicious.
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Taste of India
2022-06-02 18:00 | Nothing To It!, 225 Crummer Lane, Reno, NV, 89502, United States
The cuisine of India is characterized by its distinctive blend of herbs and spices. Those curries (sauces) have led to the widespread success of Indian cuisine in the United States. In this hands-on class, you will learn about the ingredients of Indian cuisine and create delicious dishes you can make at home.

The Village Market on California Avenue
2022-06-04 08:00 - 17:00 | The Shops at the Village, 1119 California Avenue, Reno
The Village Market is the longest running market in Reno and one of the most popular. Located in The Village Shopping Center where Booth Street meets California Avenue, one block south of Reno High School. We will open on Saturdays, June 5 through October 2, 2021. The hours are from 8AM through 1 PM

Tamarack Junction Farmers Market
2022-06-04 09:00 - 13:00 | Tamarack Junction, 13101 S. Virginia St, Reno, 89511
The Tamarack Junction Casino is located at 13101 S. Virginia, Reno, NV. We will be open Saturdays, June 5 through September 25, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Our location is now in the west parking lot. The south gate entrance to the casino is now open making entry to the market easy and we have tons of parking.
