Hotels & Wineries Double as Art Galleries
Grass Valley Courtyard Suites is becoming an “art hotel.” Embracing the recent state Cultural District designation, the owners plan to display local artwork throughout the hotel, including at its 1,300-square- foot event center. Each month, the hotel will feature a different artist or collaboration of artists. It also will host artist receptions. “We’re thrilled to […]
Summer Mini Nugget Fringe Festival is this weekend
You find yourself battered, bruised and broken from a head-on collision on your bicycle and all you want to do is take a bath but you can’t do it by yourself? What do you do? Well, if you’re performing artist Siobhan O’Loughlin, you ask a friend to bathe you. And then another friend. And another. […]
Nugget Fringe Festival holds a Gratitude Dinner
Twice a year, the Nugget Fringe Theater Festival offers an eclectic mix of cutting-edge performances on multiple stages in Grass Valley. This past winter, there were 40 different Fringe shows and 120 live performances. On Saturday night, May 19, Nugget Fringe co-founders, Scott and Lois Ewing held a Gratitude Dinner for the top donors and […]
Russian ballet performs “Romeo and Juliet” and “Carmen” in Grass Valley
THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET Theater is visiting Grass Valley to perform “Romeo and Juliet” and “Carmen” on February 11, thanks to The Center for the Arts. Fifty Russian dancers will perform the two classics at The Center’s Main Stage Theater in downtown Grass Valley. The group is visiting Grass Valley as part of a four-month, […]
Auburn Symphony: A father & son performance
CLASSICAL MUSIC RUNS in the Jaffe family. Peter is music director of the Auburn Symphony. He has a doctorate in conducting from Stanford; was coached briefly by Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa—and even has a guitar owned by Woody Guthrie. His son James is a concert cellist, chamber musician from the San Francisco Conservatory of […]
Nugget Fringe Festival is January 21-31 in western Nevada County
Quest Theaterworks presents the 2nd Annual Nugget Fringe Festival January 21-31 at locations throughout Grass Valley and Nevada City. The Nugget Fringe Festival is an “uncurated” collection of eclectic theater, dance, music, comedy and spoken word. This year’s festival will include over a hundred performers from Nevada County and as far as San Francisco and […]
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