Wild & Scenic and KVMR Co-Present a Special Evening with Amy Goodman
From the Wild & Scenic Film Festival:
Amy Goodman, an award-winning investigative journalist and syndicated columnist, author and the host of Democracy Now! will present a lecture followed by Schooling the World, a film addressing the effects of instituting Western education worldwide, on Jan. 14.
Amy Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, [...]
NCTV launches new social networking site ARTmatters
Nevada County Digital Media Center, which includes Nevada County TV (NCTV 11 &17), is launching a new social networking site called ARTmatters.
I expect it to compliment the other social media and web sites for arts, including Nevada County Arts, as well as the other arts and performing arts nonprofits in our county.
On Wednesday night, [...]
Ladysmith Black Mambazo coming to The Center for the Arts
WHO: The Center for the Arts presents
WHAT: Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Some videos are here).
WHEN: Monday, February 27, 7:30PM,
WHERE: Veterans Memorial Auditorium
255 S. Auburn Street, Grass Valley, CA 95945
TICKETS: $28 members, $35 non-member, $40 VIP includes reserved seats and parking
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Tahoe Shakespeare Festival will show Two Gentlemen of Verona next summer
From the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival —
The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival has chosen Shakespeare’s comedy, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, as the headlining production of its 40th anniversary season . Tickets are now on sale for this year’s Festival that will be held July 13 through August 26, 2012 at Sand Harbor State Park on [...]
LeGacy Presents Christmas Shows
This is from the blog of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce:
“At the historic Nevada Theatre….LeGacy is proud to present Phillip Grecian’s adaptation of Jean Shepard’s charming work, “A Christmas Story”, directed by Judy Blake. A holiday show for the whole family, audiences will fondly remember the story of Ralphie Parker’s (you’ll shoot your eye [...]
Sierra Master Chorale Holiday Concerts on Dec. 17-18
What:
InConcert Sierra presents
The Sierra Master Chorale Holiday Concerts
When:
Saturday, December 17, 2011
6:15p.m. pre-concert forum
7pm concert
Sunday, December 18, 2011
1:15p.m. pre-concert forum
2 p.m. concert
Where:
Seventh-day Adventist Church
12889 Osborne Hill Road, Grass Valley
Off Hwy 174
Tickets:
$24 general; $13 youth under 17
available at:
www.InConcertSierra.org
or call 530-273-3990
and Briar Patch Community Market, Grass Valley
Sierra Master Chorale to offer special holiday music
InConcert Sierra’s 60-voice Sierra [...]
FoodWineArt magazine articles now reprinted in Sac Bee
The first of our magazine’s articles is published in the print version of the Sacramento Bee this morning.
It is our article on Page 1 of the current issue titled “Mountain Mandarins: A Sweet Treat,” running ahead of the 18th Annual Mountain Mandarin Festival in Auburn this weekend. The article promotes the dozens of Mandarin farmers [...]
Seventeen Placer County Wineries to Host Holiday Toy Drive and Wine Tasting Weekend
By Jocelyn Maddux
The Placer County Vintners Association (PCVA) will host “Holidays in the Hills on the Placer County Wine Trail,” a charity toy drive and open-house wine-tasting weekend on December 10 and 11 from noon–5 p.m. at seventeen boutique wineries in Auburn, Newcastle, Loomis and Lincoln.
Visitors will enjoy local wine, food and gifts vendors, music, [...]
“Dragon Tales” creator Ron Rodecker art show to benefit Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation on Dec. 3-4
Art Show Featuring Ron Rodecker to benefit SNMH Foundation’s Heart of Gold campaign
December 3-4 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
13860 Climbing Way, Nevada City
This benefit art show for SNMH Foundation’s Heart of Gold campaign will feature the whimsical and nature paintings of Ron Rodecker at his home in Nevada City.
Ron is noted for his [...]
“An Evening with John Pugh” at Avanguardia Winery tasting room in Grass Valley on Saturday
From Avanguardia Winery:
Come and enjoy ” An Evening with John Pugh “, Saturday, November 12, between 4-7 pm at the Avanguardia Tasting Room, 209 W. Main St., Grass Valley. There is no charge and your hosts will provide light appetizers and tastes of specialty wines.
If you missed meeting John in 2009 when he worked on [...]
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