TODAY

• Open gym and dinner for Parents' Night Out, 6-10 p.m. at Positive Energy, Acrobatics and Dance studio, 900 Mallory Way, Studio 4. Cost $15 one child or $25 for family. Reservations, information: 884-3633.

• The Misfits Theater Group of Dayton auditions for the melodrama, "The Red Lamp, or Who's Going to Pahrump?" at the Dayton Valley Library at 7 p.m. It is not necessary to be a member of the theater group to audition. For more information, call director Carol Bauer at 246-9622.

TODAY-SATURDAY

• Annual Sheep Dip production at 8 p.m. each day at John Ascuaga's Nugget Celebrity Showroom. Call 356-3300.

TODAY-SUNDAY

• Carson Performing Arts presents Shakespeare's "Macbeth," 2 p.m. today-Sunday and 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St. Call 887-0438.

SATURDAY

• Caring for your holiday plants seminar, 2 p.m. at Greenhouse Garden Center; free. Call 882-8600.

• 10th annual Winter Wine and All That Jazz, 7-10 p.m. at the Carson Nugget. Annual fund-raiser for Carson Advocates for Cancer Care. Tickets $37 at the door. Includes live music by Sierra Swing Band, door prize, raffle prizes, silent auctions; call 885-9463.

MONDAY

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada, 813 N. Carson St. Free with paid admission; free crafts from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 884-2226.

TUESDAY

• Community forum on the Patriot Act at Brewery Arts Center. Free admission. Call 826-4514.

• Nevada State Museum after-school program, "Washiw Wagayay Mangal," Washoe Story Hour, 3:15-4:15 p.m. at the museum, 600 N. Carson St. Stories told by Dina Pete, Melba Rakow and Steven James in English and Washoe. Seating limited; reservations recommended. Call 687-4810, ext. 237.

WEDNESDAY

• Western Nevada Community College Occupational Education Open House, 5:30-7:30 p.m. for parents and students. Call 445-4458 to sign up.

JAN. 22

• Yerington Theatre for the Arts and Boys & Girls Club of Mason Valley fifth annual "FUNd-raiser," 5 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Club, 124 N. Main St., Yerington. Minimum donation $50, open seating. Includes silent auction, dinner and concert featuring Juice Newton with opening performer Dan Menendez. Call (775) 463-2334.

Call 881-1210 with Lyon County community events.