Not wind or scattered hats or fliers stood in the way of artisans on a mission to sell Sunday. As gusts blew through the Springs Preserve, vendors at Artisan Craft Festival Spring Fling held onto their tents and their creations.

Arts & Culture
Carson City may be Nevada’s capital, but when it came time to salute the Silver State’s 2014 sesquicentennial with an all-star concert, The Smith Center was the place — as it has been for locals since the performing arts complex opened downtown in March 2012.
It’s been five years since The Smith Center for the Performing Arts opened its doors in downtown’s Symphony Park. But plenty of other numbers apply to the complex’s first five years. A few of the most intriguing:
William Shatner’s involvement in the “One Night for One Drop” production was a comedic, intergalactic number at the end of the show.
Tropicana Theater has been dark since “Band of Magicians” hauled out in November, but “Masters of Illusions” and an ice show are set to move in.
Every performer who plays, dances, sings or stands onstage at Reynolds Hall leaves their mark — literally, on the backstage walls. Here are some of the thousands of casts and character signatures.