Genoa’s Sweet Sippin’ Sundays continues Aug. 5 from 1-4pm. The theme for August is rum cocktails and proceeds will benefit Austin’s House. The cost is $10 for a keepsake glass handcrafted in Genoa and a passport to sample a sweet and a tasty rum drink at each participating business. There will also be live music […]
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• Lake Tahoe was recently ranked the Best Lake in America in a survey by USA Today. • Sept. 13 from 5:30-8pm is the Signature Cocktail Contest at Riva Grill. Proceeds benefit Barton Health Foundation’s Festival of Trees and Lights. • Charter Communications has moved to 183 Highway 50, Ste. A in Round Hill. • […]
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Camp Tadaka is having a Fun Trip on July 31 for first- through 10th-graders. The group is going to the Reno Aces baseball game. Cost is $25. Preregistration is necessary — (530) 542.6056. Bring lunch, sunscreen, hat, glove, and a water bottle. Camp will provide peanuts, popcorn, and water.
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Here’s a pairing of Highway 50 at Park Avenue — 1965 compared to 2012. Notice the 1965 stoplight islands in the center of the roadway, and all the ugly overhead wires. — Bill Kingman
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The Historic Fourth Ward School Museum in Virginia City will host a grand opening of its Archives and Research Center on Aug. 1 at 2pm. The archival collection is housed on the bottom floor of the 1876 nationally significant schoolhouse. The collection consists of historic documents, photographs, maps, books and memorabilia pertaining to the Fourth […]
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• South Lake Tahoe Fire Department is having a public Badge Pinning Ceremony on Aug. 3 from 3-4pm at the senior center for the department’s three new firefighters and 19 reserves. • South Tahoe High School’s Student Union will be dedicated Aug. 24 at 10am. At noon the school board will head down to South […]
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Squaw Valley is hosting the resort’s first Full Moon Party at High Camp on Aug. 2. Slated to take place amidst the brightest full moon of the summer, the party will feature a line-up of five disc jockeys playing from 8pm until 2am on the mountaintop. The Full Moon Party is restricted to ages 21 […]
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Lake Tahoe SummerFest three-weekend classical music concert series ion the campus of Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village opens Aug. 3 with Dvorak’s Romance Opus 11, and Vivaldi’s Concerto for Violin and Cello. An evening of Beethoven is on Aug. 10. The Aug. 17 concert is a “Summer in Italy” program, featuring a series from Rossini beginning […]
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Lake Tahoe mystery author Todd Borg will talk about his latest book “Tahoe Trap” on Aug. 1 at 6:30pm. The event is at the South Lake Tahoe branch library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. Bring your books for him to sign.
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The Tallac Historic Site’s 27th annual Great Gatsby Festival is Aug. 11-12. The weekend is a celebration of the Roaring 20s, honoring the heyday of the three restored estates on the site. Weekend activities will include Pope House tours, the annual Great Gatsby Tea, vintage children’s games, vintage automobiles on display, a speakeasy, old-time movies, […]
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