SYRCL turns 30 @ Wild & Scenic Film Festival
THE SOUTH YUBA RIVER CITIZENS League is the leading voice for the protection and restoration of the Yuba River and the greater Yuba watershed, a world-class recreation destination. SYRCL (pronounced “circle”) was founded through a rural, grassroots campaign to defend the South Yuba River from proposed hydropower dams—an epic environmental battle in California. It has […]
Arts & Prosperity: Fueling an economic rebound
“ART WASHES AWAY FROM THE soul the dust of everyday life,” Pablo Picasso once said. As it turns out, arts and culture also are sparking needed economic activity during sluggish times. Despite the recent recession, the arts and culture industry is generating $135.2 billion of economic activity annually, 4.13 million jobs and $22.3 billion in […]
Wild & Scenic Film Festival theme: “A climate of change”
“Despite the 90 degree temperatures, it feels to us like January and the 2013 Wild & Scenic Film Festival are just around the corner. We are busy watching films, creating workshops, inviting special guests, and much more. And we are excited to announce the theme for the 2013 festival is…. ‘A Climate of Change,” the […]
Wild & Scenic Festival turns 10
THE INAUGURAL WILD & SCENIC Film Festival was an informal gathering at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City. Rivers and Tides, a 2001 documentary, was shown. Actor Peter Coyote and poet Gary Snyder spoke. Though little known, the event organized by the South Yuba River Citizens League (or SYRCL) was a sell out. In January […]
Nevada County Arts collaborates with SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival
From Nevada County Arts: Nevada County Arts is delighted to be a sponsor of SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic® Film Festival. An extraordinary arts asset in our community, the festival is considered to be the largest film festival of its kind with films that combine stellar filmmaking, beautiful cinematography and first-rate storytelling. This will be the […]
Wild & Scenic and KVMR Co-Present a Special Evening with Amy Goodman
From the Wild & Scenic Film Festival: Amy Goodman, an award-winning investigative journalist and syndicated columnist, author and the host of Democracy Now! will present a lecture followed by Schooling the World, a film addressing the effects of instituting Western education worldwide, on Jan. 14. Amy Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right […]
Artist profile: David B. McKay
FEW PEOPLE CAN MULTITASK better than the Mayor of Nevada City, David McKay. Besides being a community leader, he is an accomplished photographer, silkscreen artist, graphic designer, art director and college teacher. McKay has also published a book, Yuba Seasons: Images from the Wild & Scenic South Yuba River. The book has won five national […]
Wild & Scenic Film Festival tickets on sale first week of December
Here’s a press release from the Wild & Scenic Film Festival: Save the Date for SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic® Film Festival Kicks Off January 14-16, 2011, Tickets Go On Sale First Week of December This January, SYRCL’s (South Yuba River Citizens League) 9th Annual Wild & Scenic® Film Festival returns with another incredible selection of […]
Wild & Scenic Film Festival: Where activism gets inspired
“THE WILD REQUIRES that we learn the terrain, nod to all the plants and animals and birds, ford the streams and cross the ridges, and tell a good story when we get back home.” So writes legendary Beat poet Gary Snyder in his influential collection The Practice of the Wild. The essays are the basis […]
Wild & Scenic Film Festival celebrates fresh, local, wild
IN ONLY EIGHT YEARS, THE WILD & Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Nevada City hasgrown to become the nation’s largest festival of its kind, drawing 5,000 people to watch 125 films. “Wild & Scenic is the next Sundance,” as one filmmaker puts it. This year, the festival’s theme is “Fresh Local Wild,” focusing on the […]
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