Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will begin its 21-concert summer series with A Taste of TOCCATA SummerFest Kickoff on June 21. This dinner concert will take place at the West Shore Café in Homewood with wine and cheese at 5pm, the concert beginning at 5:15pm, and a four-course gourmet dinner with Champagne and wine will […]
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By Ron Sylvester, Las Vegas Sun The cards may decide winner, but they can’t beat the bling. The World Series of Poker unveiled its championship bracelet for the main event winner Friday night with what the jeweler called the most expensive championship adornment to be offered in any professional sport. “Every jeweler gets to design […]
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By Robert Schimmel We boys escaped from the mountaintop to the flatland recently and it was a huge reminder of how much more one can gain from periodically, if not regularly, taking in an artist’s original work and actually looking behind the veil of the usual presentations in a book or on a website. Case […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee For years, the organization behind the counterculture festival Burning Man has been urging participants to live year-round by the ideals espoused during its weeklong occupation of the Nevada Black Rock Desert. A sudden ticket shortage just might be kicking that effort into high gear. Two weekends ago, as many as […]
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Publisher’s note: This is reprinted from the June 1989 Lake Tahoe Historical Society newsletter. Many hotels have been built on the shores of Lake Tahoe in the past one hundred and thirty years. There were good ones and bad ones, rustic and primitive ones and there were also elegant ones. One of the most celebrated […]
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By Anita Creamer, Sacramento Bee Rachael Mahoney is in the midst of a decade of loss. In the past few years, her father and her sister, her only sibling, died. Her marriage ended in divorce. And now her elderly mother’s health is failing. “It’s tough,” said Mahoney, 50, who works for the state and lives […]
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Caregiver support groups provide an outlet to share information and feel connected to others who are also providing care. Area meetings include: The second Tuesday of every month from 2:30-4pm at the Georgetown Fire Station No. 61, 6283 Main St., Georgetown. The next meeting is June 12. The second Thursday of every month from5:30-7:30pm at […]
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Baby’s name is a little joke because she’s no little kitten – she’s an adult, and a bit on the large size. But she is a very friendly cat who is happy being picked up as well as being left alone to explore. Baby is quite affectionate, with a sweet purr, and she would very […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College Writers’ Series presents Lama Marut, author of “A Spiritual Renegade’s Guide to the Good Life”, on May 31 at 7pm. She will be speaking in the Aspen Room of the South Lake Tahoe college. It is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase. The last Writers’ […]
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El Dorado County Animal Services is looking for caring local residents who can help provide temporary foster homes for new mother cats and their baby kittens over the next several weeks. “Currently, we have three mother cats and their kittens at the shelter in Placerville who could benefit from temporary placement in a loving residential […]
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