Spring Choir Concert featuring the Blue Ribbon Choir, Tahoe Belles, South Tahoe High School Choir and Tahoe Community Choir on April 23 from 7-8pm at St. Theresa main sanctuary in South Lake Tahoe.
Donation of $5 is requested.
Proceeds will benefit two traveling competitions.
For information, call Paul Kushner at (530) 541.4111.
Unity at the Lake is having a murder-mystery fundraiser on May 14 from 6-9pm at Embassy Suites in South Lake Tahoe. Click on Unity for more details.
“Launch Into Summer” celebration and fundraiser is May 29 at 5pm at the Tahoe Maritime Museum in Homewood. Festivities will include wine, hors d’oeuvres and a cruising auction with limited items offering unique experiences.
Cost is $65 per person. Email info@tahoemaritime.org by May 15 to RSVP.
The Tahoe Tourism “Your Town Forum” will provide South Shore businesses an opportunity to hear from tourism experts all about what’s new for summer. The Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority will preview its strategic plan and unveil the 2010 summer marketing campaign. Representatives from the Sierra Nevada Conservancy and the Sierra Business Council will talk about Geotourism — what it is and why it matters.
Attendees will also learn about the California Welcome Center in El Dorado County and hear presentations on new events in Lake Tahoe, including Lake Tahoe Restaurant Week, Hot August Nights and Iron Girl.
Guest speakers include Pettit Gilwee from California Travel and Tourism Commission, Debbie Manning from El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce, Bruce Walters from Hot August Nights, Bob Kingman from Sierra Nevada Conservancy, Nicole DeJonghe from Sierra Business Council, Duncan/Channon Agency, B Gorman from the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce and Carol Chaplin and Mike Frye from LTVA.
The April 29 event from 9-11am is free and open to the public. It is at Lake Tahoe Community College’s Duke Theater in South Lake Tahoe.
For more information, call (775) 588.1728.
Green pioneer Ben Solomon moderates a discussion on clean energy innovation with Jim Croce, the president and CEO of the Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization, on April 29 at 7pm at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, Room 139.
They will explore how clean energy can contribute to economic growth and diversification. Croce will discuss the interrelation of education, sustainable technology development and deployment, and Nevada’s future prosperity. He will also provide insight into NIREC’s role in accelerating the commercialization of clean-energy technologies.
This ongoing series is a concept that grew out of the Seniors Conversation Café and represents a partnership between Sierra Nevada College and the IVGID Senior Programs.
Prior to the talk, staffers from the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center will be offering a tour at 6:30pm that will highlight the sustainable features of the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, the first LEED Platinum-certified building in Nevada.
A representative from Sierra Nevada College will also share news about the campus’s application for Sustainable Campus Initiative funding spanning teaching, research, and certification related to renewable energy that will make SNC the only sustainable green campus in Nevada.
For more information, contact Debi Noonan at (775) 831.1314, ext. 7420 or dnoonan@sierranevada.edu.
Join Court Appointed Special Advocates, South Lake Tahoe Women’s Center and Tahoe Youth and Family Services at Après Wine Company on April 23 for a fundraiser benefiting these nonprofits.
Ten percent of all purchases of wine, food, bottled wine and gifts will go to the three South Lake Tahoe organizations.
For more information, visit www.apreswineco.com or call Kelly at (530) 573.3072.
50 Ways to Love Your School is a celebration of Whittell High School’s 50th Anniversary. The spring auction school fundraiser will take place at MontBleu on May 22 at 6pm.
There will be disc jockey, live and silent auctions, wine toss and more.
The $60 fee includes dinner. Purchase tickets at: Forever Dance, Studio D, Zephyr Cove Elementary School office, or ask your favorite school parent or Boosters Club member,
More information is at: http://zceswhittell.schoolauction.net/50ways/.
Abbacadabra – The Ultimate ABBA Concert at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe.
Cost: $25.
Dates: June 25–27; July 1–3; July 5–6; July 9–13.
Time: 7:30pm
Information: 800.786.8208 or www.SouthShoreRoom.com.
Guy Fieri Rock ‘n’ Roll Tour at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe on June 11 at 7:30pm. Cost is $35.
For more information, call 800.786.8208 or go to www.SouthShoreRoom.com.
Playboy Clubs 50th Anniversary Party at VEX Nightclub inside Harrah’s Lake Tahoe.
Cost is $20 for men and $10 for women.
For more information, call 800.786.8208 or go to www.SouthShoreRoom.com.