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Robert Louis Stevenson finds his muse: An Artful Love Story, Part I

There is an adage: “Behind every great man is a great woman.” That couldn’t be truer than in the relationship between the famous 19th Century Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and his beloved wife and muse Fanny Osbourne. Stevenson was …

Tahoe Music, Events & Festivals Guide, Fall 2022

Read the digital version of the guide at issuu.com/TheTahoeWeekly.com. The No. 1 source for events, music & entertainment TheTahoeWeekly.com @TheTahoeWeekly issuu app iTunes & Google Play Add your events to our calendar here Performing Arts “Into the Woods” Until Sept. …

Sierra Valley Art + Ag Trail: Celebrating ranchers, artists of the Lost Sierra

The Sierra Valley comes alive on Sept. 24 with local ranchers, artists and makers highlighting all the homemade goods grown and produced in this expansive mountainous region of Northern California. Back for its fifth year, Sierra Valley Art + Ag …

Trails & Vistas art hikes: A Poetic Path

Imagine hiking through the forest, a light breeze rustling through the trees, pine needles crunching under your feet, the smell of dirt and granite, surrounded by nature. Trails & Vistas, possibly the best immersive art and nature experiences one can …

The Unstoppable Blues Monsters

Sept. 4 | Commons Beach | Tahoe City Sept. 9-10 | Carson Valley Inn Casino | Minden, Nev. Sept. 17 | Somersett Music on the Green | Reno, Nev. Sept. 22 | Street Vibrations | Reno, Nev. For 32 years, …

Julia Schwadron Marianelli: Intersection of language, landscape

A heap of layered, flowery, colorful abstractness catches my eye. It is hanging up in one of the rooms of the Melhop Gallery 7077 in Zephyr Cove, Nev. Visual artist and gallery owner Frances Melhop explains that it is the …

Image caption: CalMatters reporter Nadia Lopez interviews Keith Krugh at the Redding Cement Plant in Redding on June 7, 2022.
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Tahoe Poetry Collective: Creating a literary community

It's a hot summer evening. A large group of people is seated at picnic tables. Some drink beer from the Bear Belly Brewing company and others enjoy food from the Yard Hen food truck. Children are running around playing. I’ve …

New underwater exhibit completed

Muralist Susie Alexander of Susie Alexander Art recently completed an artistic rendering of Lake Tahoe’s underwater habitat in the lounge of the UC Davis Tahoe Science Center. The exhibit shows shallow habitat, deep water habitat and living aquatic organisms found …

Art tours celebrate local artists

TAL Studio Tour | July 29-31 & Aug. 5-7 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Kings Beach Art Tour | July 30 & 31 | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Scores of local artists will be presenting their unique artistic creations during two artist …

Photographic history of Tahoe in new book

Peter Goin presents a photographic history of the Tahoe Basin over a 100-year period in “The Nature of Lake Tahoe: A Photographic History, 1860-1960.” With more than 200 duotone and color photographs, this collection showcases Tahoe’s elemental identity, including photographs …

Kings Beach’s Art Resurgence

Kings Beach is a perfect walking town. Along the 1-mile stretch from the Highway 267/Highway 28 intersection to Beaver Street, it’s filled with shops, restaurants and recreational areas. The recent health pandemic created a unique opportunity for it to be …

Much Ado at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival

“Much Ado About Nothing” & “Mama Mia” through Aug. 21 After closing the curtains in 2020 and running a limited schedule last year, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival is back to full operating capacity. This summer, 50 years after the company …

Tahoe Music, Events & Festivals Guide, Summer 2022

Read the digital version of the guide at issuu.com/TheTahoeWeekly.com. Add your events to our calendar here Live Music Free outdoor summer concerts Ongoing | Area venues Enjoy the summer with one of Tahoe’s free summer concert series: Tuesdays features Bluesdays …

Fabulous Festival Foods

The music is good, the dancing is epic and summer festivals have arrived. When planning to attend a festival, one of the most important things to consider is hydration and nutrition. While many festivals have food vendors, other festivals such …

Image caption: Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre, built in 1926.
Movie Theater Magic

Benign weather has kept some of California’s historic cinema palaces alive past the century mark. We pay homage to ten of the best.

Sculpture to feature eagle, cutthroat

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

Piper J Gallery: New gallery, community space in Truckee

Piper Monika Johnson has always had an eye for art and design, which shines through in her newest venture: the Piper J Gallery in the Garden Folly building on 10153 West River St. in Truckee. Johnson highlights a variety of …

Melhop Gallery °7077: Art with conceptual, ethical substance

Works of art pop out on stark white walls in a storefront in the Safeway Shopping Center in Zephyr Cove next to Engel & Völkers. This bright and airy space on the corner of Highway 50 and Elks Point Road …

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