Carson Valley Arts Council is hosting a fundraising event March 17 to help support education outreach to the younger members of our community.

This fun evening of food and entertainment will include social hour, buffet dinner, murder mystery presentation, raffle, and silent auction.

Social hour begins at 5pm in the Shannon Ballroom of the Carson Valley Inn in Minden. The cash bar will have the usual fare as well as the evening’s special “green” drink; 100 percent of the proceeds from the “green” drink will go to CVAC.

During the social hour, there will be time to view and bid on silent auction items, all generously donated by local artists and businesses. Those who can’t make up their minds on an empty stomach will be able to place final bids when dinner is over.

Dinner will be from 6-8:30pm with an Irish-themed buffet dinner of lamb and barley soup; green potato salad; pickled herring; green salad; cucumbers in dilly; fresh fruit; entrees of beef and stout beef casserole; braised pork loin with apples and cider; corned beef and cabbage with horseradish sauce; whiskey mustard baked chicken; smoked lamp chop with roasted Guinness glaze; green peas and pearl onions; carrots, cabbage and butter; rosemary potato pancakes; Cullen’s colcannon; and for dessert deep dish apple pie, shamrock cookies, and Irish almond cake.

During dinner, guests will be challenged to help the talented players of the Carson Valley Community Theatre solve A Murder Most Green. This delightful murder mystery will have guests on the edge of their seats until the murderer is found. In the meantime, everyone is a suspect.

Raffle drawing will take place after dinner and the deadline for final silent auction bids will be 9pm.

Tickets for the evening are $35 for adults and $25 for children 10 and younger. Seating is limited. Tickets are available on the CVAC website at http://www.cvartscouncil.com; by phone at (775) 782.8207; or in person Monday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm at the CVAC office or Heartstrings both of which are located at 1572 Highway 395 in Gardnerville.