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Truckee’s Michael H. Campbell, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, is the author of “The 3 Foot Pipe: Rail Road Right of Ways.” The book is about using the almost 162,500 miles of railroad right-of-ways as a vehicle to carry water …
I’m looking at a print of a picture taken of Old Highway 40 above Donner Lake. The curvature of the icy Rainbow Bridge spans beneath a slowly rising sun, creeping its way over the Sierra Nevada. Between the bridge and …
Gold Rush-era landscapes, funk art sculptures, pop art statements, Chicano art movement masterworks—here are 10 places to explore the work of California artists.
California has lost 25 percent of its newspapers and seen a circulation plummet over the past 15 years. A bill in the State Legislature, SB 911, could help.
The North Tahoe Business Association and Tahoe City Downtown Association announced that its Independence Day celebrations will return this summer featuring drone shows instead of fireworks on July 3 in Kings Beach and July 4 in Tahoe City, citing noise …
Muse Art Reclaimed owners Peggy Lindquist and Renee Koijane are in a bright, cozy, sunlit space surrounded by beautiful handmade art and a delicious batch of moist peanut-butter cookies that Lindquist made the night before. The two business partners opened …
Electronic Dance Music (EDM) is the queen of dance music. It moves and grooves and takes listeners on an immersive journey. The beats drop, the dance floor comes to life and the DJ weaves his or her magic, connecting the …
Author Bo Grebitus recently released “Touching History: Rediscovering Tahoe City’s Hidden Waterfront,” featuring a collection of historic images of the town’s once thriving waterfront district including docks for steamships that traversed Lake Tahoe as the area’s only transportation and the …
Phyllis Shafer’s figure drawings hang salon-style featuring charcoal and pencil drawings of people of different ages and shapes in her exhibit “Figure Studies” on display at Western Nevada College’s Bristlecone Gallery through April 20. Shafer is well known for her …
Kings Beach resident Dennis Alexander, a DJ for KTKE 101.5 FM for the past 20 years, has created a career out of his passion for music. It all started with a wild idea, his pitch and a chocolate chip cookie. …
Arts For The Schools has returned to offering onStage Live performances, starting with QUITAPENAS, which means "to remove worries” on March 11. This band, made up of first-generation sons of immigrant parents from Guatemala and Mexico, offer tropical Afro-Latin songs …
Suzanne Roberts explores the link between death and desire in her new book of essays, “Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties.” In diverse landscapes from the Mekong River’s floating markets to Fire Island’s beaches to Nashville’s honky-tonks and …
When the Caldor Fire ripped through the south side of the Tahoe Sierra last summer, it burnt more than 221,000 acres of forest between Grizzly Flats and Echo Summit and on both sides of Christmas Valley. It was a scary …
Travel, food, true crime politics—there’s a show for everyone. Here are some top-rated podcasts that focus on some aspect of California culture.
SnowFest returns from Feb. 25 to March 6 with 10 days of fun-filled events in celebration of its 40th anniversary. The celebration kicks off with the King and Queen Coronation on Feb. 24 and a fireworks show and live music …
Plenty of East Coast comedians make California the butt of their jokes. Here are some locals who’ve earned the right to make fun of this place.
The Town of Truckee has put together a Public Art Inventory, cataloging more than 100 pieces of public art within the town. The project was co-produced by the Public Art Commission of Truckee and former PACT commissioner Jean Fournier. The …
Symmetrical, intricate and flawlessly designed, Allen Graybill’s gourds are truly works of art. Originally from Pennsylvania, Graybill moved to the Meyers/Christmas Valley area a couple of years ago to be closer to family. Graybill worked in architecture and created art …
Truckee Community Theater artistic director Carrie Haines was looking into procuring the rights to perform a more well-known production when she stumbled on something new: a musical based on a popular series of teen novels. Now “The Lightning Thief: The …
The 20th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival will run in-person from Jan. 13 to 17 and virtually from Jan. 13 to 23. The festival features more than 120 films including 13 world premiers. “A Fire for All” explains why …
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