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Art Inspired by Fire on Exhibit at Truckee Donner Rec Center

The work of 19 artists dealing with the effects of fire on the ecology of California is on display at the Truckee Donner Community Recreation Center.

Call for Truckee art

The Public Art Commission of Truckee is requesting proposals from an artist or artist team to create an outdoor artwork for a newly installed concrete retaining wall in downtown Truckee. The artwork will be installed on the retaining wall on …

SNOW Sports Museum

By Eddy Ancinas When the 1960 Winter Olympics came to a close 62 years ago, 20,000 spectators in Blyth Memorial Arena and many thousands more around the world, knew they had witnessed an event like none other in Olympic history, …

Cathy McClelland: Creating a spiritual connection through art

Cathy McClelland has been an artist most of her life; her imagination took form after she saw “The Nutcracker” ballet when she was 5 years old. She was impressed with the pageantry, the costumes, the colors and the dance and …

Filmstream Film Festival debuts

The Filmstream Film Festival debuts on Dec. 18 in Heavenly Village featuring films dedicated to outdoor adventure short films. The program will include adventure and documentary features and short films; series and episodic content including “Hardlined,” “Range Finder,” “Tales from …

Shakespeare Festival lineup announced

The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival will feature Shakespeare’s classic battle of wits and wills in “Much Ado About Nothing” and the smash-hit musical “Mamma Mia” from July 1 to Aug. 21, 2022, at Sand Harbor. Tickets are now available. | …

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Around the State in 13 Songs

A baker’s dozen of great and not-so-great ditties from all over California.

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What Makes a News Article an ‘Explainer,’ Anyway?

In an era of information overload, here’s how a rising form of journalism helps explain it all for you, and why California Local publishes ‘explanatory’ reporting.

Image caption: Renzo Piano’s “a soap bubble that will never break” is now open to the public, showcasing highlights of cinema history.
Movie Magic

At long last, the state has a world-class museum to commemorate one of its most essential industries.

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The Genius of Democracy

In which we ponder human self organization.

Image caption: Matt Werner’s “Burning Man: The Musical” lampoons how moneyed visitors eschewed the festival’s original grassroots ethos.
The Playa’s the Thing

Palo Alto Weekly interviews Matt Werner, whose play ‘Burning Man: The Musical’ is available on Broadway On Demand and Streaming Musicals.

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Mapping California

In an article by Priya Hutner of the Tahoe Weekly, author, poet and naturalist Obi Kaufmann talks about his latest work: a new book and a documentary film that screens online Sept. 9.

Image caption: Joy M. Doyle’s "Forget Me Not" will be one of the works available at the Kings Beach Art Tour.
Find New Views at Kings Beach Art Tour

The Kings Beach Art Tour offers not only a reason to get out of the house, but also an opportunity to freshen up those walls we’ve been staring at.

Lake Tahoe Dance Festival, The inspiration of isolation

Some of history’s great works of art are products of disaster. When the pandemic sent Lake Tahoe Dance Festival virtual last summer, founder and artistic director Christin Hanna made a commitment to support her diverse cast of artists through the …

“Reading Forest”, Literary art installation at Taylor Creek

If you look closely enough, the trees within Tahoe’s forests tell a story — about their past, their present and their future. Their rings tell how old they are, its scars and budding leaves proving how they’ve overcome adversity. Trees …

Sahra Otero, A botanical work of art

About an hour before the big reveal of the “Botanical Graffiti” exhibit at San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) in June, Tahoe City florist Sahra Otero thought back on her last few days of unwrapping, processing and arranging thousands of …

Robin Orr’s Persuasive Pop

Robin Orr is getting ready for rehearsal with her new band. In the past couple months, as musicians emerged from pandemic isolation, she put together a colorful pop-rock group called Snowbound. “When we first moved to Tahoe we were painting …

Writers’ conference goes viral

This year’s online 51st annual Community of Writers Fiction Workshop presents a free, day-long online festival on July 17. Co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Review of Books, the festival features craft talks, panels, fiction, nonfiction readings, poetry, music and more. …

Hive Collective, A space to bee creative

Tucked between the laundromat and the San Miguel grocery store in Incline Village, Nev., Ryan (aka RYNo) Bahlman’s shiny Triumph motorcycle is parked out in front of a sign with a giant bee and the words “Hive Collective.” RYNo, a …

Image caption: The city of Roseville’s Fourth of July celebration is among the events listed on PlacerTourism.com.
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