Invest in Arts and Heritage in the Sierra Foothills
“Green’s the color of Spring and green can be cool and friendly-like.” We recently brought our 6th-grade son with us to hear jazz legend Wynton Marsalis perform in Grass Valley for a music appreciation experience. When Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra played the popular Kermit the Frog sing-along “It’s not easy being […]
Après Ski in the Foothills
THOUGH MOUNTAIN RESORTS ARE APPEALING, some people would rather stay out of the snow and take day-trips to the slopes. Après Ski Denver now has a following. Here’s a locals’ secret in the Sierra foothills— Nevada City, Grass Valley and Auburn are “snowless” escapes—but only a one-hour drive to Sugar Bowl Resort and Royal Gorge […]
Michael Nesmith of the “Monkees” performing in Grass Valley on May 3
By The Center for the Arts The comparatively level-headed member of ’60s teen sensation the Monkees, Michael Nesmith was the most proficient instrumentalist in the group and wrote their best in-house songs, rootsy pop numbers like “Papa Gene’s Blues,” “You Told Me,” “You Just May Be the One,” and “Tapioca Tundra.” In fact, he had […]
Nevada County Arts and others present “Art and the Environment” on March 20
Nevada County Arts is proud to partner with ART/OnSite and SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival Lecture Series to bring you “Art and the Environment: the Art of the Anthropocene”, an evening with Bill Fox, Director of the Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art. This event is March 20 at The […]
Explore the Sierra’s High-County Heritage
THE SIERRA NEVADA WAS recently named one of the world’s most beautiful mountain ranges, joining the Himalayas, Andes and others by UnofficialNetworks.com, a skiing website. “The Sierra is home to three national parks, 20 wilderness areas and two national monuments,” it observed. The Sierra offers world-class winter activities, not to mention spectacular views from Lake […]
Center for the Arts: Planning to preserve, upgrade its facility
We regularly help distribute flyers for The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley through our Reno and Truckee-Tahoe distributor, along with promoting them in our magazine, as we do with all our customers (for no extra charge). Our goal is simple: Promoting arts and culture in our region in print, online and reinvesting in […]
Arlo Guthrie’s tribute to Pete Seeger
Editor’s note: Arlo Guthrie, folk singer and son of the late Woody Guthrie (and longtime friend of Pete Seeger), posted a note about Seeger to his Facebook page this morning. Seeger died Monday at age 94. Guthrie performs in Grass Valley on April 11, hosted by The Center for the Arts. Here’s Guthrie’s note: Pete […]
ART OnSite lecture series with artist Daniel Brickman on February 9
On Sunday, February 9, ART OnSite will host an intimate evening with sculptor Daniel Brickman in conversation with Center for the Arts Executive Director Julie Baker. Brickman is one of eight professional artists selected by the ART OnSite jury to create a work of art along the Deer Creek Tribute Trail in Nevada City. His […]
Michael Pollan Cooks!
WE ARE LONGTIME FANS OF BESTSELLING food author and activist Michael Pollan. We often feature his quotes in our magazine, such as “Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.” We also write about his food philosophies: The importance of a shared meal, for example. Pollan is now a journalism professor at UC Berkeley, […]
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