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Posted by jeffpelline on July 24, 2019 · Leave a Comment
NEVADA AND PLACER COUNTIES are home to a growing, healthy and vibrant base of local farms, rivaling the Central Valley, Sonoma and San Luis Obispo. From fruits and vegetables (Riverhill Farm and Machado Orchards, for example) to grass-fed beef (Nevada County Free Range Beef and Sinclair Family Farm) — from olive oil, jams and honey […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on November 7, 2017 · Leave a Comment
IN THE EARLY ELIZABETHAN ERA, English acting troupes performed in inns, college halls and private homes. Then along came London’s Globe Theater in 1599, showcasing Shakespeare’s best-known plays. Theater became a popular pastime. Good performing arts have always been good for the economy. In September, we visited Ashland, Oregon, jokingly called the “town that Shakespeare […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with California Cultural District, downtown Grass Valley, Grass Valley basecamp, henry iv, InConcert Sierra, Jeff Pelline, julia morgan's northstar house, julius caesar, KVMR, Miners Foundry Cultural Center, Nevada City, Nevada County, Nevada Theatre, Northstar California, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, penn valley community foundation, performing arts, Placer County, Shakespeare, Sierra Master Chorale, Tahoe Regional Arts Foundation, The Center for the Arts, the center's capital campaign, The Stages at Northstar, theater, Truckee
Posted by jeffpelline on November 2, 2017 · Leave a Comment
LOCAL ARTIST HELEN PHILLIPS founded the PlacerARTS Studios Tour in 1994, because she felt artists in the area didn’t know each other well enough. “Since then, I’ve seen an incredible infusion of artists come together to present their work,” says Janet Nicholson of Nicholson Blown Glass, who has participated for all 24 years. “Each studio […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on October 12, 2017 · Leave a Comment
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 […]
Filed under Food · Tagged with 10 pound mandarin bag, 5 pound mandarin bag, Auburn, Cindy Fake, Gary Gilligan, Gold Country Fairgrounds, Jeff Pelline, Mandarin, Mountain Mandarin Festival, Mountain Mandarin Growers Association, Mountain Mandarin Orchard Days, Mountain Mandarins, Penryn Mandarin Trail, Placer County, Placer County Horticulture
Posted by jeffpelline on August 8, 2017 · Leave a Comment
DESPITE ITS SMALL SIZE, THE TOWN OF LOOMIS — just off I-80 in south Placer County — looms large when it comes to the region’s history. In the mid-1800s, settlers came to Loomis for gold mining along the rivers. Then along came the railroads. “Loomis was named in 1884 by the Southern Pacific for James […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Blue Boose, Christensen's Saddlery, downtown Lincoln, Eggplant Festival, fruit packing shed, High Hand, High Hand Cafe, High Hand Nursery, Horseshoe Bar Road, i-80 businesses, LBB Gastropub and Smokehouse, Loomis, Loomis Basin Brewing, Loomis Basin Chamber of Commerce, Loomis Chamber, Loomis Eggplant Festival, Loomis Farmers Market, Placer County, PlacerGrown, Taylor Road, Taylors
Posted by jeffpelline on August 3, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Fresh from being named a prestigious state Cultural District, the Truckee region is forging ahead with plans to build a $30 million, 650 seat theater and 2,500 seat amphitheater in a project known as Stages at Northstar. The Tahoe Regional Arts Foundation and Northstar presented the plan to the Placer County Board of Supervisors at […]
Posted by jeffpelline on July 6, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Whitewater Rafting Tributary Whitewater Tours has been safely guiding California whitewater rafting and American River rafting trips since 1978 and offers something for all levels, from “mild to wild.” The tours include the North Fork of the Yuba River; South, Middle and Forks of the American River; Upper Sacramento River; East Fork of the Carson […]
Filed under FWA blog · Tagged with Amador County, American River, AMGEN Tour of California, Ananda, Auburn, Auburn Art Walk, bike race, car show, Daffodil Hill, Downtown Grass Valley Association, East Fork Carson River, Grass Valley, Nevada City, Nevada City Bicycle Classic, Nevada County, Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum, North Fork Yuba River, Placer County, Railbus, Railroad Museum, river rafting, spring events, Tributary Whitewater Tours, Truckee River, tulips, Upper Sacramento River, whitewater rafting, Women's Race
Posted by jeffpelline on October 21, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Our region is one of the best places in California to view fall foliage, earning it the name “New England of the West.” Here are some suggestions: HISTORIC HIGHWAY 40 Weather permitting, take an old-fashioned Sunday drive along Old Hwy. 40 from Rocklin to Donner Pass and Truckee instead of Interstate 80. The fall colors […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on October 15, 2016 · Leave a Comment
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 […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Auburn Symphony, cellist, classical music, comedy, conductor, dance, father-and-son, Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Building, holiday concert, Holly Jolly Holidays, James Jaffe, Joyeux Noel, Masterworks Concert, Messiah sing-along, music, Music in The Mountains, Nugget Fringe Festival, Nugget Fringe Theater Festival, Peter Jaffe, Placer County, Quest Theaterworks, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Scott Ewing, spoken word, symphony, theater
Posted by jeffpelline on October 7, 2016 · Leave a Comment
GOLD COUNTRY VINTAGE ROAD is a scenic loop designed with vintage shoppers in mind. Starting in Auburn, it winds its way through Gold Country, connecting a remarkable collection of shops, featuring up-cycled furniture, quirky accessories, vintage clothing, chalk style paint, hand-crafted jewelry and more—all at a fraction of what you’d pay in the “big city.” […]
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