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Posted by jeffpelline on May 31, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Center for the Arts released this statement on its Facebook page: Kathy Griffin’s Celebrity Run-Ins appearance in Grass Valley, CA on June 16, 2017 has been cancelled. Ticket holders will receive a full refund from the box office by close of business Friday, June 2. Please do not contact the box office unless you […]
Posted by jeffpelline on May 8, 2017 · Leave a Comment
AMERICA IS HOME TO SOME ICONIC MUSIC festivals: Lollapalooza in Chicago, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Telluride Bluegrass in Colorado and Norfolk Folk Festival in Virginia, among others. In the West, the annual California WorldFest in historic Grass Valley has built a loyal following and is growing in stature. Last November, WorldFest received […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on May 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment
FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK The First Friday Art Walk celebrates Nevada City’s diverse mix of galleries, artisan boutiques, retail shops, wine tasting rooms, restaurants, as well as its artistic and creative community. Participating downtown businesses are open 5-9 p.m. and many of them host receptions with local artists, trunk shows or performances. Many shops also […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on April 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment
ALICE WATERS HAS BEEN A CHAMPION of the farm-to-table movement for over four decades. She is a national treasure, as is her Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley. We’ve admired Waters since our college days at UC Berkeley in the late ’70s: We’ve eaten at her restaurant on Shattuck Ave. (upstairs and downstairs), interviewed her in […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on April 19, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep.” – Robert Frost in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening FEW PEOPLE DO A BETTER JOB OF creating a sense of place than Robert Frost—in his case, describing life in rural New England. In […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on February 8, 2017 · Leave a Comment
THOUGH MOUNTAIN RESORTS ARE appealing, some people would rather stay out of the deep snow and take easy day-trips to the slopes. In Colorado, Après Ski Denver now has a following. Here’s a locals’ secret in the Sierra foothills—historic towns such as Nevada City, Grass Valley, Auburn, Sutter Creek and Plymouth are all less congested […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on February 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment
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, […]
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Posted by jeffpelline on January 30, 2017 · Leave a Comment
America’s iconic storyteller, author and radio personality Garrison Keillor is coming to the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Grass Valley on Sunday, October 15, thanks to The Center for the Arts. It is his first appearance in Grass Valley. Tickets go on sale to The Center’s Encore members on January 31; to members on February 14; […]
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 December 2, 2016 · Leave a Comment
What’s Happening – Nevada County, CA is the creative pulse of the Sierra. Here are some examples of upcoming arts events: The Center for the Arts presents the Fall Colors Open Studios Art Tour of western Nevada County, October 8-9 and 15-16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Open Studios is a self-guided tour through artist studios and […]
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