You are here:
Home / Search for "gary snyder"
Posted by jeffpelline on July 14, 2016 · Leave a Comment
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 ART STUDIOS TOUR July 15-17 & 22-24 CreativeTruckee.org ACHILLES WHEEL MAGIC BUS TOUR July 22 MinersFoundry.org PIONEER PARK PICNIC POPS CONCERTS July […]
Filed under Art, FWA blog · Tagged with Achilles Wheel, Art Garfunkel, California Worldfest, Crystal Bowersox, Dancing With Our Stars, Fall Colors Open Studios Tour, Jerry Bash, LeeAnn Brook, LeeAnn Brook Fine Art Gallery & Studio, Lynne Wood, Magic Bus Tour, Nevada City Film Festival, Nevada City First Friday Artwalk, Nevada City Uncorked, Nevada County events, Pioneer Park, pops, Summer Nights, The Center for the Arts, The Wailers, TOAST, Trails & Vistas, Truckee Open Art Studios Tour, Trunk Show
Posted by jeffpelline on April 30, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) delivered its 3rd annual State of the Yuba address in April to celebrate Earth Day and the Yuba River. Hear from SYRCL’s team about our current projects, challenges, recent successes and opportunities to get involved. Our magazine featured the Yuba River in our fall 2015 issue in a special […]
Filed under FWA blog · Tagged with Bridgeport, Donner Pass, Englebright Reservoir, Nevada City, recreation in Nevada County, recreation in Placer County, Soda Springs, South Yuba River Citizens League, SYRCL, visit Nevada County, visit Placer County, wild and scenic rivers, Yuba River
Posted by jeffpelline on April 15, 2016 · Leave a Comment
A HALF CENTURY AGO, NEVADA County— long known for its rich gold mines and Wild West feel—experienced an arts and culture revolution that has reshaped the local economy well into the 21st century. The county also continues to influence the statewide arts scene. Starting in the ’60s, Beat Generation member and “deep ecology” poet Gary […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Alasdair Fraser, Art, arts & culture, Ashland Oregon, Beat Generation, California Arts Council, California Worldfest, Charles Krug, Charles Woods, David Osborn, Debbie Plass, deep ecology, economic engine, Gary Snyder, Graham Nash, Grass Valley, Grass Valley Events, Harold Berliner, InConcert Sierra, Jeff Pelline, Joan Baez, Jon blinder, Joshua Bell, Julie Baker, KVMR, Melissa Etheridge, Miners Foundry Cultural Center, Miranda Warning, music, Music in The Mountains, Nevada City, Nevada City Events, Nevada County Arts, Nevada County Ca., Nevada County Economic Resource Council, Nevada Theatre, Nevda County, Randy Newman, San Juan Ridge, Sir Patrick Stewart, South Yuba River, Summerfest, SYRCL, The Center for the Arts, UC Berkeley, Utah Phillips, visit Nevada County, Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Willie Nelson, Wolfgang Lederer, Wynton Marsalis
Posted by jeffpelline on February 9, 2016 · Leave a Comment
ARTWORK IS MORE WIDELY available than ever, revealing new and up-and-coming talent. Arts education also is on the rise. The California Arts Council, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2016 (see box), is investing millions of dollars in communities across California, including our region. Nevada County is a growing arts hub: It has more artists […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Art, Art Works Gallery, artwork, California Arts Council, ceramics, Creative California Communities, Eileen Blodgett, fiber arts, furniture, gallery, glass, Grass Valley, Grass Valley Downtown Association, historic Grass Valley, Jeff Pelline, jewelry, KCRA A-list, local art, mixed media, paintings, photography, Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Gary Snyder, sculpture, The Center for the Arts, WorldFest
Posted by jeffpelline on January 30, 2016 · Leave a Comment
This weekend’s winter storms got the South Yuba River roaring back to life. A warm, wet storm, which forecasters described as an “atmospheric river,” drenched the Sierra Foothills and High Sierra. Snow fell at higher elevations — near 8,000 feet. The rushing South Yuba River, visible in both Nevada County, CA, and Placer County, was […]
Filed under FWA blog · Tagged with drought, High Sierra, Interstate 80, Jeff Pelline, Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe weather, Nevada City, Nevada County, Placer County, Rainbow Lodge, Sierra Foothills, South Yuba River, SYRCL, visit Nevada City, weather, weather forecast, wild and scenic Yuba, winter storm
Posted by jeffpelline on January 12, 2016 · Leave a Comment
NEVADA CITY IS HOME BASE FOR THE SOUTH YUBA RIVER, WHICH FLOWS JUST NORTH OF THE HISTORIC TOWN. IN 2012, OUTSIDE magazine named Nevada City one of the “best river towns in America,” citing its connection to the sun-soaked, granite-lined Yuba. Few people know the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) was founded in an […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Barbacoa, Barbar Jenness, Best River Towns in America, Bourbon & Branch, Cindy Giardina, Clavey Vineyards & Winery, craft cocktails, DANK, Darren Crawford, Devil's Acre, Eric Giardina, Flora, Foxhound Espresso, Future Bars of San Francisco, Gary Snyder, Golden Era lounge, Jason Moniz, Jessica Giardina, KVMR Community Radio, LeeAnn Brook, LeeAnn Brook Fine Art Gallery & Studio, Locavore, Los Mineros, Miners Foundry Cultural Center, Nevada City, Nevada City Farmers Market, Nevada City Winery, Ol' Republic Brewery, Reinette Senum, Rickhouse, Roberta DesBouillons, South Pine Cafe, South Yuba River, Steve Giardina, SYRCL, Table 24, Three Forks Bakery & Brewing Co., Tres Agaves, visit Nevada City, Wheyward Girl Creamery, Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Yuba River
Posted by jeffpelline on January 12, 2016 · Leave a Comment
From movies to public murals, the Yuba River is intertwined in our region’s culture. Here are some examples: PRELUDE FOR YUBA SALMON Music in the Mountains’ Young Composers Project teamed with the Sierra Streams Institute and focused on the plight of the salmon and their importance to the Yuba watershed. The curriculum included both lab […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with 49 Crossing, Alasdair Fraser, Christmas, Dalva Legends of the Fall, Del Oro Theatre, Gary Snyder, Grass Valley, Hallmark Channel, Jim Harrison, john pugh, Mine Shaft Mural, Music in The Mountains, Music in the Mountains' Young Composers Project, Prelude for Yuba Salmon, River Music, San Juan Ridge, South Yuba River, The Christmas Card, The Practice of the Wild, visit Nevada City, Whitewater, Whole Earth Films, Yuba Blue Clothing, Yuba River, YubaNet
Posted by jeffpelline on January 12, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“It takes a village” to protect the Yuba watershed. Here are some of the locals who have been part of the effort—from all walks of life: JOHN OLMSTED Naturalist and Conservationist Inspired by John Muir, Olmsted worked tirelessly to create wild areas, open space, trails and parks in our region. He preserved parcels that became […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Alicia Funk, Barbara Getz, Caleb Dardick, conservationist, Dave Cowie, Del Oro Theatre, Gary Snyder, Grass Valley, John Olmsted, Michael Funk, Mike Getz, naturalist, Nevada City, Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, San Juan Ridge, Shana Maziarz, South Yuba River Citizens League, SYRCL, Three Forks Bakery & Brewing Co., United Natural Foods Inc., visit Nevada City, Yuba River stewards
Posted by jeffpelline on January 12, 2016 · Leave a Comment
SINCE IT BEGAN 32 YEARS AGO, THE SOUTH YUBA RIVER Citizens League has become the nation’s largest single-river grassroots watershed organization with 3,500 members and 1,000 active volunteers. The long-term focus of SYRCL’s advocacy work has to do with restoring wild salmon, now in jeopardy of extinction, to the upper Yuba. “We recognize that salmon […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with advocacy, Bear River watershed, Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Caleb Dardick, Chinock salmon, community, Daguerre Point Dam, education, Englebright Dam, environmentalists, Gary Snyder, restoration, river ambassador program, salmon, salmon tours, San Juan Ridge Mine, San Juan Ridge Taxpayers Association, South Yuba River Citizens League, South Yuba River State Park, SYRCL, Yuba River watershed, Yuba Salmon Now
Posted by jeffpelline on October 28, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“I am foremost a person of the Yuba River Country in the Sierra Nevada.” —Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Gary Snyder Our region is known worldwide as home to Lake Tahoe, “the fairest picture the whole earth affords,” as Mark Twain wrote in Roughing It. Tahoe is one of the oldest, deepest and purist lakes in the […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Alasdair Fraser, Bridgeport, Donner Pass, Englebright Reservoir, fishing, Gary Snyder, hiking, John Olmsted, john pugh, Lake Spaulding, Little Town of Washington, Michael Funk, Nevada City, Soda Springs, South Yuba River, South Yuba River Citizens League, SYRCL, Three Forks Bakery & Brewing Co., United Natural Foods, Whitewater, Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Yuba River
« Previous Page — Next Page »
Follow us on Pinterest