Nevada County Art, Culture & Media Digest

Elizabeth Cameron, a coach for the Palisades Tahoe ski team five years ago, has documented the difficulties of finding places to live in the area.

The Town of Truckee is asking the community to weigh in on a sculpture that will be placed at Donner Lake.

Buyers sought, but there’s no timeline set. “We are open and everything is business as usual,” says Sierra Theaters’ Azriel LaMarca.

“Ski Patrol Pups’ follows the story of the author’s puppy, Walter, as he and his friends learn what it takes to become ski patrol dogs.

Tara Cannon has found that she loves to bring people together, and she’s done just that by organizing movie nights for locals on Lake Tahoe’s North Shore.

The South Yuba River Citizens League previews the 21st Wild and Scenic Film Festival on February 16-20, 2023, with a theme of “CommUNITY.” Next year marks the 40th anniversary of SYRCL, formed in 1983 to save the Yuba River watershed.

Internationally known artists Roger and Freya Dean attend opening at Chambers Project; the interactive exhibit has local artists contributing to collaborative paintings.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom recently joined the California Museum in announcing the 15th class of inductees into the California Hall of Fame. They join 138 Californians previously inducted for embodying the state’s innovative spirit.

Honey of the Heart and BrightSide Blue combine for record release party Oct 28 at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley. El Dub opens.

Movie fans gathered at the Del Oro Theatre for the Nevada County premiere of “Poor Paul,” an independent film directed by Nevada Union High alum Sean Michael Beyer.

WinterWonderGrass Festival has announced its lineup for the 7th annual family-friendly event, which will take place next spring at Palisades Tahoe. The lineup for the March 31-April 2 event includes 25 bands across four stages.

Over the next two weeks, tens of thousands will descend on Discovery Park for two big music events. The festivals are part of a concerted effort to boost tourism, to the tune of $1.5 million approved this year by the Sacramento City Council to support festivals and events.

A new mural has been created in Truckee, celebrating local history one train boxcar at a time. For more than a week, local youth have worked on a roughly 120-foot-long wall for a new park that’s currently under construction.

After a two-year hiatus, the First Friday Art Walks are returning to Nevada City, now through September. Over 20 downtown Nevada City businesses will participate by staying open late and hosting an artist in their space.

The Tahoe Fund and Clean Up the Lake have announced that the new art installation created from some of the 25,000-plus pounds of litter removed from Lake Tahoe will take the form of a bald eagle holding a Lahontan cutthroat trout.

Classical Tahoe Festival and Music Institute has announced its upcoming season, which runs July 14 through Aug. 18. Guest conductors Jonathan Darlington, David Chan, and Ken-David Masur will lead the orchestra.

Following Clean Up the Lake’s year-long scuba clean-up of Lake Tahoe, the Tahoe Fund is commissioning artists (with support from Tahoe Blue Vodka) to create a sculpture using some of the recovered items. “Surfaced” will be featured at the new Tahoe South Events Center.

Lake Tahoe will be highlighted in its own board game, Monopoly Lake Tahoe. Visiting the area was the iconic Mr. Monopoly, there to highlight the new game and encourage the public to submit ideas for what should be featured on the board.

Archaeologist and historian Mark Selverston reviews Dr. Tanis Thorne’s new book, “Nevada City Nisenan,” which weaves together archival data, historical records, maps, photographs and illustrations to describe how the indigenous Nisenan people lived before the Gold Rush.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Orchestra restarts this month after a two-year hiatus. OLLI conductor Wayland Whitney invites local musicians of any age to consider joining. Some members are working or retired professional musicians; others are students.

For the first time in three years, the California State Fair will return. This Sacramento tradition of food and carnival rides is now four months away.

In July 2021, a mural on the Nevada State Bank building was created as part of Reno’s annual Artown festival. A colorful depiction of the ancient Sierra Nevada, the piece was created by Truckee resident Jesse Melanson.

“Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche” is a new documentary that looks back at the historic Alpine Meadows avalanche. It will premiere in December but is already gaining traction at festivals.

The Nisenan tribe is gradually becoming more visible to Nevada County residents, says Nevada City Rancheria spokeswoman Shelly Covert, thanks in part to a new art exhibit bringing their culture and language into focus.

A new conceptual design has been released showing the future of the Truckee library. The city expects to break ground in 2025 and reopen the library with its upgrades in 2026.

The Crocker Art Museum has unveiled a new exhibit featuring historic artwork, Gold Rush maps and more, with the goal of bringing light to untold portions of California’s history.

The nonprofit Tahoe Regional Arts Foundation has terminated its application to develop a 22-acre parcel of land near the entrance to Northstar California Resort as The Stages at Northstar.

In the season three premiere of FOX Nation’s “Monsters Across America,” a Tahoe legend makes its debut. Host Kacie McDonnell, who travels across the country in search of “monster sightings,” heads to Lake Tahoe to learn more about Tahoe Tessie.

Despite being a virtual affair this year due to COVID, the Nevada City Film Festival is offering a creative pick-me-up during a tough month. Through Sept. 12, the festival is streaming a collection of 80-plus films.

Nevada City resident Ruth Chase makes art inspired by interviews. In her latest project—“Blur: Unraveling The Feminine, Masculine, And Everything In-Between,” on display at Grass Valley’s Center for the Arts—Chase asked her subjects, “What does it mean to be a woman?”

The Nevada County Fair will open next week, after a quarantine year that closed state and county fairs across the country last summer. And that is good news for the many nonprofit groups that raise money via food sales.

Live at Lakeview organizers canceled an Aug. 5 show in response to the recent spike of COVID-19 cases. “We are hopeful to produce the show for Sept. 2, if case numbers drop, but it’s our first priority to ensure it’s safe to do so,” said Rob Giustina, owner of On Course Events.