Truckee Art Haus & Cinema: breaking ground in 2018
DOWNTOWN TRUCKEE IS THRIVING. This summer the Truckee Town Council approved the development agreement for the long-anticipated Truckee Railyard project, just east of downtown. Envisioned in the mid-’90s, it will double the size of the historic downtown. The 75-acre redevelopment project will include artist lofts, a community space, live amphitheater, a three-screen movie theater and […]
Read the fall issue of Sierra FoodWineArt magazine
Read the Fall issue of our magazine at digital.sierraculture.com (Photo: Olof Carmel)
The Sweetest Season: Mountain Mandarins
As fall arrives, Placer County’s hills are aglow with ripening Mountain Mandarins. More than 40 Mandarin growers are nestled in the hills around Penryn, Newcastle, Loomis, Lincoln and Auburn. They have been providing tree-ripened, hand-picked Mandarins since the 1880s. “Mandarins are the signature fruit of the foothills,” observes Cindy Fake of the UC Cooperative Extension […]
The Big Crush: Wet winter leads to a fruitful harvest
THIS YEAR’S WINE GRAPE HARVEST WAS remarkably normal compared with past years, a relief to growers who have been suffering from the prolonged drought. Mother Nature delivered a wet winter and warm summer. Deploying well-sharpened shears, the vintners, laborers and volunteers fanned out into the vineyard, harvested the grapes, put them in bins (or lugs) […]
David Lance Goines illustrated cookbooks for Alice Waters
Legendary restaurateur and chef Alice Waters and renowned graphic artist David Lance Goines met during the Berkeley Free Speech Movement in the ‘60s, and the two have remained close friends. Goines has created commemorative posters for Waters’ Chez Panisse restaurant and illustrated many of her cookbooks. Some of his Chez Panisse posters are in the […]
Alice Waters’ call to support our farmers
Restaurateur and chef Alice Waters “Tweeted” a few words for Amazon’s CEO in the wake of its $13.4 billion buyout of Whole Foods Market: Dear Jeff Bezos, With the acquisition of Whole Foods — and the ubiquitous network of Amazon – you have an unprecedented opportunity to change our food system overnight. It is time […]
Online guide for the Open Studios & Art Tour of Nevada County on Oct. 7, 8, 14 and 15
Visit more than 65 local artists in 43 studios on October 7, 8, 14 and 15, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and see where art is made, displayed, and appreciated in western Nevada County. The guide is HERE. A preview exhibition and opening reception is October 5, from 6-9 p.m., at The Center for the Arts, […]
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