Local briefly Sept. 24

Auditions Sunday for 'Tuna Christmas'

Proscenium Players Inc. has announced auditions for its first production of its 2011/2012 season, "A Tuna Christmas," a comedy set in the fictional small town of Tuna, Texas.

There are plenty of characters for ages 18-118. Auditions will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, in the Maize Harris Jesse Theater. No preparation is necessary, but your best Texas accent is desired. Rehearsals will begin immediately, and performances will take place Dec. 2-11. The show is directed by Maize Harris Jesse, co-founder of PPI. For more information, call Jesse at 775-882-1177.

Food for Thought

golf tournament set

Pinion Hills Elementary School holds its first Food for Thought Golf Tournament at Sunridge Golf Club. Shotgun start is at 9 a.m. Oct. 1.

Carson City and Carson Valley typically have more than 800 homeless and needy children enrolled in schools. Many have little or no food to eat on the weekends. Food for Thought provides a bag of food for these children at their schools.

Participants are asked to bring a food item to donate, which includes microwavable soup, juice boxes, power bars, granola bars, fruit cups in plastic containers, and crackers with peanut butter or cheese.

Registration is $60 which includes cart, lunch and raffle prizes. For more information, call 775-267-4448.

Murder mystery event to benefit Children's Museum

Who killed Flabbius Corpus? Was it Maximus Testosterus, or maybe Bogus Fortunatus?

You have the opportunity to solve this ancient Roman murder at the Children's Museum Murder Mystery on Oct. 1. Cocktails are at 5 p.m. with dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. The event includes a tri-tip dinner and a chance to meet the eight prime suspects as participants try to unravel the clues to this mystery. Wear a toga to get into the scene.

Before the dinner, bid on auction items that include Disney park-hopper tickets, Kirkwood and Mammoth ski packages, tickets to area sporting events and area hotel dine-and-stay packages.

Plan to get your tickets early since seating is limited and a sell-out crowd is expected. Tickets are $35 and available at the Children's Museum at 813 N. Carson St. Call 775-884-2226 for more information or go to www.cmnn.org. Tickets can be purchased from the Children's Museum cashier everyday during September. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. seven days a week.

Chamber Singers to begin rehearsals

Carson Chamber Singers, conducted by Judy Monson, begins rehearsals for the 2011-12 season at 7 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church in Carson City. The first performance will be "Holiday Treat," a joint concert with the Carson City Symphony, on Dec. 12 at the Bob Boldrick Theater in the Carson City Community Center.

The Carson Chamber Singers, an affiliate of the symphony, has immediate openings for tenors and basses. Rehearsals are at 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Singers who are interested in auditioning should contact Monson at 775-882-7464 or the symphony at 775-883-4154.

Carson Chamber Singers, founded in 1985, participate in the Symphony's annual "Holiday Treat" and "Pops Party" concerts in Carson City and the Reno Philharmonic's July Third and Fourth concerts at Bartley Ranch in Reno and Mormon Station Park in Genoa. They have sung at several venues in Carson City; and in Reno, Virginia City, Minden, Genoa, and Fallon.

Happy Senior Tours travels to Harveys

The Carson City Senior Center's Happy Senior Tours group will travel to Harveys on Oct. 11. The bus will load at 7:45 a.m. in the east parking lot of the senior center and depart at 8:15 sharp. The group returns at 4 p.m. Cost for the trip will be $17, and the casino will give each guest a $10 free play and food voucher.

To make reservations or for more information, call 775-356-8500 or the finance office at the senior center at 775-883-0703.