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Haust Design, Melding design and craftmanship

Although born and raised in Massachusetts, Nate Haust moved west to pursue snowboarding and found that the mountains and Lake Tahoe provided him with the inspiration to launch Haust Design. Haust moved to Truckee three years ago for a change …

Sierra Alphorn Players, Echo in the mountains

Ricola! An instrument best known for hawking cough drops has been sighted in the Sierra Nevada. Next time you’re out for a weekend hike, don’t be surprised to hear the sound of alphorns echoing through the highlands. Originally invented by …

Image caption: California's library system dates back 171 years.
How Cool Are Libraries?

California has gone from one library to more than 1,100 in the last 171 years.

Michelle Erskine, Cultivating community through the arts

“Art and music is my whole life,” explains Michelle Erskine, artist, curator of Art Truckee and founder of Michelle Erskine Entertainment. The collaborative art space once housed in downtown Truckee suffered greatly during the pandemic and Erskine is now looking …

Finding Harmony in the Lost Sierra

Life, like music, requires improvisation. When Lindsay McIntosh returned home from a successful career as a globetrotting musician, she had no idea she’d be spearheading a movement to foster the arts in rural Sierra County. Now, as the executive director …

David Beck, Music of the Mountains

With his latest release, “Mountain Born,” David Beck ruminates on a soulful lifelong connection to the Sierra Nevada. “Mountains bring you peace,” he says. “Mountains bring you serenity. They bring you comfort. I hope my music can bring you that …

“The Very Wise Lake” released

  “The Very Wise Lake” is the third book in author Leah Vis’ Road Trip Tales series. This story weaves facts about Lake Tahoe into a tale of nature, honesty, integrity and community. Each book in the series teaches interesting …

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