📆 Around town this weekend
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Today
🦸 Hot Cocoa with a Hero @ Nevada State Capitol Building | Friday (12/5) at 5:00pm – Heading to Silver & Snowflakes at the Capitol? Swing by the booths at City Hall and McFadden Plaza for cocoa, or something stronger. It warms your hands, your heart, and helps Holiday with a Hero give Carson City students a better Christmas.
👻 Beetlejuice, Jr. @ Brewery Arts Center | Friday (12/5) at 7:00pm – Our local theater is summoning Beetlejuice, Jr., so expect spooky laughs, big energy, and zero actual hauntings. It will sell out quicker than a parking spot on farmers market day, so grab seats now at wildhorsetheater.com, and quit practicing the name three times.
This weekend
✨ Northern Lights Community Celebration @ UNR at Lake Tahoe -Prim Library | Saturday (12/6) at 2:00am – Remember Candy Cane Lane? It grew up, traded sugar rush for purpose, and set up at the Prim Library with a Giving Tree Forest where nonprofits court time, treasure, or talent, plus Santa on a fire truck, ways to give back, photos, and tree lighting.
🚂 All Aboard the Santa Train! @ Nevada State Railroad Museum | Saturday (12/6) at 10:00am – If your holiday spirit needs less mall parking and more steam whistle, hop the Santa Train, a 37-year local rite. Quick rides, Santa chats, candy canes, letters, historic engines, and model railroad fix. Runs the first three weekends of December, and it sells out fast.
🔔 Silver Bell Limited @ Nevada State Railroad Museum | Saturday (12/6) at 4:00pm – Holiday season calls for a nostalgic hop on the V&T, pulled by No. 25, with Santa, an elf, and goodie bags. Skip the mall chaos for 30 minutes on Coach 8, then cocoa, a cookie, and carolers. Only 28 seats, $30 adults, $20 kids.
🏈 Football Sundays: Brunch, Bloody’s + $2 OFF All Beer @ Alibi Ale Works – Incline Public House | Sunday (12/7) at 10:00am – Sunday football hits different when someone else handles brunch, Bloody Marys, and the aftermath. Alibi Incline is doing all day two bucks off every beer, plus the goods to soak it up. Your team might not be undefeated, your tab feels like a win.
🎄 11th Annual Holiday Faire @ St. Mary’s Art Center | Sunday (12/7) at 10am – Wander through a historic art center turned festive marketplace, filled with handcrafted goods, local art, and plenty of holiday spirit. It’s free to attend, fun to browse, and the perfect excuse to head up to Virginia City for some old-fashioned seasonal charm.
🍬 V&T Candy Cane Express @ Virginia & Truckee Depot | Sunday (12/7) at 12:00pm – Load the kids, and your patience, onto the Candy Cane Express for a 50-minute ride with cocoa, carols, and Santa, with under-fours riding free on laps. Old V&T rails, the Candy Cane tunnel, and a quick Twas the Night Before Christmas deliver cozy nostalgia.
Next week
🎄 Kids’ Holiday Ornament Workshop @ North Tahoe Event Center | Monday (12/8) at 4:00pm – Give the kids a sanctioned glitter binge at the North Tahoe Event Center, with artist Nicole Stirling and the Chickadee Art Collective guiding DIY ornament stations. They craft keepsakes, you sip and supervise. Ages 5+, guardians for under 10, resident discount applies.
📚 Incline Village Library – Story Time @ Incline Village Library | Tuesday (12/9) at 10:30am – Snuggle in for stories, songs, and plenty of wiggles at this family-friendly story time for kids of all ages. Little ones build a love of books while grown-ups get 30 wholesome minutes of screen-free calm. It’s the sweetest weekly ritual for fueling big imaginations.
💡 December 9th Tahoe Inc Roundtable @ Happy Tiers Bakery | Tuesday (12/9) at 5:30pm – Join local innovators and changemakers for a sweet evening of networking and big ideas. This roundtable dives into accelerating Tahoe’s innovation ecosystem—served alongside the cozy vibes of a neighborhood bakery. Perfect for founders, thinkers, and anyone curious about what’s next for the region.
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