Because tourism is a constantly evolving industry each year, the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce and Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority strive to keep the business community up to date on developing trends by hosting an tourism forum. This year’s forum is April 18 from 3:30-6pm in the Cabaret Theater at Harveys in Stateline. […]
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Shasta Tresan, along with freshman John Humphreys, both of North Tahoe High School, received the great distinction of being accepted to play in the California All State Honor Band in Fresno. They were chosen based on their auditions. Of 1,600 who auditioned, 300 students were chosen to participate with the best of the best in […]
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Tahoe Writers Works, a local writing group, will be hosting writing workshops throughout 2013. The workshops will be at Bona Fide Books, 1069 Magua St., No. 4 in Meyers. Beginning and established writers are welcome. There is no obligation other than an exceptional love of the written word. April workshops will be April 2 at […]
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Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows have joined with Tahoe Fund and Truckee River Watershed Council to help launch the Green Bucks program. Green Bucks is a dollar donation program designed to harness the passion of visitors and residents in order to help care for the region’s environment. Squaw and other local businesses have committed to […]
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By Ted Long I attended the second session of the Citizens Academy on Monday where we were introduced to the county jail and the communications center. For those of you just joining the discussion, I have been accepted as a member of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Citizens Academy, a 16-week program to inform and […]
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By John L. Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Consider it the memoirist’s prerogative: He gets to recount his life’s events any way he wishes, and readers expect he’ll place himself in a sympathetic light. Whether he flashes a glimpse of stocking or lets it all hang out, the writer of a memoir needn’t adhere to the […]
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Laura McCollough is the author of four books of poetry. Her fifth book “Rigger Death & Hoist Another” is forthcoming from Lawrence Press. She founded the Creative Writing program and Visiting Writers series at Brookdale Community College. McCollough will give a free public reading March 29 from 7-9pm in TCES, room 139-141, on the Sierra […]
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Living in Abundance is the title of a talk to be given by international speaker Evan Mehlenbacher on May 13 at 7pm at Lake Tahoe Community College — 1 College Way, South Lake Tahoe. Mehlenbacher is in the public healing practice as a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science. He is a member of the […]
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From Sundance Award-winning filmmaker Lee Hirsch comes a cinematic, character-driven documentary following five kids and families over the course of a school year. Offering insight into different facets of America’s bullying crisis, the stories include two families who have lost children to suicide and a mother awaiting the fate of her 14-year-old daughter, who has […]
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Julie is a young Jack Russell Terrier mix, perhaps 1 year old. She has wiry fur and a cute underbite like many little terriers. She loves to go for walks. Julie is friendly with other dogs, is very affectionate, and would make a great pet for just about any household. Julie is spayed, microchipped, and […]
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