Lone Eagle Grille in Incline Village kicks off its Winemaker Dinner Series with Gregory Graham on Oct. 15 at 6pm.

Nine years ago Graham set out to produce world-class wines from Lake County. His hands-on approach to winemaking, complemented by 25 years of experience, is giving consumers fresh, structured, fruit-forward vintages that are reflective of a high quality wine grape growing region.

The wines will be paired with a four-course meal.

Cost is $120 per person.

For reservations, contact Cecilia Cuff at Lone Eagle Grille at (775) 886.6899.

The restaurant is at 111 Country Club Drive, Incline Village.

Flying under the Big Ice: Robotic submarines under Antarctic ice is a resentation by Alexander Forrest at UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center in Incline Village.

Forrest will have just returned from a research excursion using robotic submarines under the Erebus ice-tongue in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

Learn about the unique physical characteristics of seawater under this ice shelf, the influence on the formation and growth of sea ice within the sound, and the affect on marine biology. By deploying a robotic submersible, known as an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), the international research team will map under-ice structure and ice thickness; document three dimensional convective and mixing processes; measure phytoplankton distribution; and, model the effect of ice-ocean coupling on water mass evolution, sea ice formation, and biological processes.

This AUV deployment embodies the use of a pioneering technology to make advances in Polar exploration that would not be possible otherwise.

Charting these processes is critical because our Polar Regions are rapidly losing ice cover. International collaboration by scientists and engineers in the fields of physics, chemistry and biology will help us to better understand these processes before the opportunity disappears all together.

Forrest is a postdoctoral scholar with the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center. He focuses on questions in physical limnology and works on under-ice applications of AUV technologies in a diversity of environments. He has extensive AUV survey experience from the Caribbean to the Caspian Sea.

Details:

Date: Dec. 8

Time: 5:30pm no-host bar. Program begins at 6pm.

Cost: $5 donation requested

Location: Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village.

Nov. 2 at 2pm is Unity at the Lake’s Healing Circle at the Star Tahoe Building, 2489 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Ste. 27, South Tahoe.

Affirm and align in consciousness with the truth that we are already whole. Bring a healing request to share in this ceremony.

Love offering.

For more info, call (530) 544.2266 or visit www.unityatthelake.org.

Oct. 31 at 11:30am Unity at the Lake One Heart Drum Ministry at South Lake Tahoe Senior Center, 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd.

After Sunday Celebration Service share the healing energy of creating rhythms together. Bring your drums and shakers — or just come and dance. No experience necessary; some instruments provided.

Love offering.

For more information, call (530) 544.2266 or visit www.unityatthelake.org.

Oct. 22 from 5:30-9:30pm – Unity at the Lake Harvesting Our Dreams Fundraiser at Harvey’s Convention Floor.

It’s an evening of fun, laughter and fellowship, dinner, silent auction, and more.

Song and Soul from the Music Unitics of Tahoe, Carson and Reno. Tickets must be purchased in advance — $30 per person. Ten percent of proceeds to benefit the South Lake Tahoe Women’s Center.

Call (530) 544.2266 for advance ticket sales or information.

Dada Nabhaniilananda is the guest speaker for Unity at the Lake on Oct. 17 from 10am-2pm.

The meeting is at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center, 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd.

Workshops and concert to follow.

Nabhaniilananda is a yoga monk, meditation teacher, musician and writer.

Love offering.

For more information, call (530) 544.2266 or visit www.unityatthelake.org.

Winter Survival Workshop with the Tahoe Nordic Serarch and Rescue Team on Dec. 11 from 10am-noon.

Led by members of the nonprofit, all volunteer Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue Team you’ll be guided through an easy snowshoe and cross country ski trek. Along the way they’ll cover planning, preparation, proper dress, equipment, emergency shelters and more. Dress for the elements.

Donation: $25 Sorensen’s Resort guests/$50 non-guests. www.tahoenordicsar.com

Feast on a complete Irish buffet dinner featuring corned sirloin of beef and cabbage with all of the trimmings. Sample generous pours of premium California wine and Irish beer.

JJ Entertainment will play great music for dancing. It is a full evening of St. Patrick’s Day festivities.

www.tahoe-rotary.com

October is upon us, so is the time for literary Halloween revelry. Join Bona Fide Books the evening of Oct. 30 starting at 7pm for a scary slam and costume party.

Candy, beer and Vincent Price movies will be provided.

Bring your best original or classic scary story to perform for the chance to win a fabulous prize. Dress up as your favorite literary figure – everything from Edgar Allen Poe to Lolita is fair game. The best costume will also win a prize, so get funky and creative.

Bona Fide is at 1069 Magua St., No. 4, Meyers behind The Getaway Cafe.

Nevada State Parks is presenting a free Chautauqua-style show Oct. 2 at 10am at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park in Minden. Nevada State Park Ranger Mike Dinauer and community organizer Linda Conlin, will give a Chautauqua presentation on Nevada pioneers Samuel and Eliza Buckland.

In 1859, Samuel Buckland established a ranch and a trading post along the Carson River next to the California Trail in what is now Lyon County. He met his wife, Eliza Prentice, when the wagon train she and her sister were traveling with stopped at his trading post. As Fort Churchill was dismantled in 1870, the Bucklands salvaged materials to build a two-story house for what became an important stop for travelers as they supplied goods to immigrants, travelers and ranchers. The Overland Stage Company kept horses there and Pony Express riders stopped to change mounts. Today, Buckland Station is open to the public as part of Fort Churchill State Historic Park.

Where: The park is located at 1450 Highway 88, one-half mile south of the Carson Valley Swim Center. For further information, call (775) 783.9417.

Other: Chairs and shade shelters are provided by the park.Visitors are welcome to bring lawn chairs, and encouraged to bring drinking water. Dress according to the weather for this outdoor program. Pets should be left at home.