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Posted by jeffpelline on December 4, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and First Lady Anne Gust Brown, in partnership with the California Museum, announced that Warren Winiarski will be inducted into the 11th class of the California Hall of Fame. Recognized for his global efforts to showcase and preserve the quality and history of California wine, Winiarski joins […]
Filed under Wine & Beer · Tagged with California Hall of Fame, California Museum, Gary Snyder, Governor Edmund Brown, Judgment of Paris, Spirit of California medals, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon, vintner, Warren Winiarski, Wine, wine competition
Posted by jeffpelline on July 6, 2017 · Leave a Comment
THOUGH IT’S A RURAL REGION, western Nevada County, anchored by historic Grass Valley and Nevada City, is a cultural district that rivals a much bigger city. Nevada City has more than 100 arts and cultural organizations; arts venues that attract the likes of jazz musician Wynton Marsalis, violinist Joshua Bell and singer-songwriter Willie Nelson; famous […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on July 6, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Grass Valley-Nevada City in the Gold Country, and Truckee in the High Sierra are among the 14 finalists recommended for designation as State Cultural Districts, a major coup for the region, Sierra FoodWineArt has learned. The recommendation was included in an agenda packet for the California Arts Council’s upcoming board meeting, which was quietly posted […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on April 23, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“LOCAL FOOD FROM LOCAL PEOPLE, since 1881” is the motto of the iconic Oakville Grocery in Napa Valley, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the oldest continually operating grocery store in California. The foothills has its own share of country grocery stores with a storied past—most notably Mother Truckers on the San […]
Filed under Food · Tagged with Allen Ginsberg, Bruce Bottrell, country grocer store, Eli Brottrell, Gary Snyder, Governor Brown, Grass Valley, Jeff Pelline, Linda Ronstadt, local food, Local People, Lucy Bottrell, Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, Mother Truckers, Natural Selection, Nevada County, Oakville Grocery, organic, organic grocer, organic grocery store, Roger Hodgson, Rosalie Sorrels, San Juan Ridge, Sara Bottrell, The Country Store, the Ridge
Posted by jeffpelline on April 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment
We were proud to support the inaugural Sierra Poetry Festival, which drew over 100 people to Sierra College’s Nevada County campus on Saturday. In his keynote address, Stanford graduate and award-winning poet Dana Gioia, currently the Poet Laureate of California, gave an upbeat assessment of funding for the arts — despite the philosophy of the […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on January 12, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“Of all the mountain ranges I have climbed, I like the Sierra Nevada the best,” John Muir wrote in The Atlantic magazine in 1899. “Its marvelous beauty, displayed in striking and alluring forms, woes the admiring visitor.” Writings by Muir and Mark Twain, and photos by Ansel Adams have introduced multiple generations to Yosemite, Lake […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on December 3, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS is the focal point of the new arts movement—one that can be traced from the emigration of hipsters and hippies to the high country in the 1960s and ’70s,” the San Francisco Examiner wrote in 1999, in an article titled “The arts boom in Grass Valley.” Nevada County is no […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on November 12, 2016 · Leave a Comment
We enjoyed the 7th annual Nisenan Heritage Day at the Nevada County campus of Sierra College this weekend. The event continues to grow each year, raising awareness of California’s Native Americans, including the Nisenan, the indigenous people of Nevada County. It draws people from throughout the region. “We’ve multiplied our resources and are getting stronger,” […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on October 6, 2016 · Leave a Comment
NEVADA COUNTY WILL HOLD ITS 1st annual Sierra Poetry Festival on the Nevada County campus of Sierra College on April 1, our magazine has learned. The festival will be presented by Nevada County Arts Council (NCArts), with support from the California Arts Council. “A poetry festival is a perfect opportunity to draw people together to […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on August 2, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Nevada County, CA is the creative pulse of the Sierra. For complete listings, visit NevadaCountyArts.org. Here are some examples of upcoming events: NEVADA CITY FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK July 1, Aug. 5, Sept. 2, Oct. 7 Find them on Facebook 20TH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA WORLDFEST July 14-17 WorldFest.net CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL July 15, NC TheChildrensFestival.com TRUCKEE OPEN […]
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