By Elizabeth Olson, New York Times When Tom Cataldi had to leave his hurricane-damaged house in Philadelphia in September, he was definitely not up for camping out, even temporarily. He wanted all the comforts of home in his new lodgings — and more, with no distractions. “I had to oversee the repairs, but I also […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Generating room nights. That’s the overall goal of the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority. If the South Shore tourism agency can get people to spend the night, it means hotel taxes for Douglas County and South Lake Tahoe, probably sales tax for both entities, and those same people spending dollars in […]
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By Michael Sion, Reno Gazette-Journal Five years ago, a 10-year-old Grant Davis was looking for something new to try. He didn’t like sports, didn’t fit in with peers and was struggling to discover his passion. What’s more, one of his siblings was battling drug addiction and Grant, the youngest of five, felt lost in the […]
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By Mandy Kendall It seems that our unusually mild winter may have had at least one benefit, in the guise of a late flu season. Officials for the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced last Friday that the number of flu cases reported had just reached the tipping point used to declare the […]
Read moreTheatre’s most devilish hypocrite comes to the Duke Theatre stage in the hit modern adaptation of Moliere’s 17th century classic comedy “Tartuffe: Born Again”. Tartuffe is now a shamed televangelist who uses his telegenic charms to scam the wealthy Orgon into financing his new television show. Written in modern verse, this fast-paced play shines a […]
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National Women’s History Month’s roots go back to March 8, 1857, when women from New York City factories staged a protest over working conditions. International Women’s Day was first observed in 1909, but it wasn’t until 1981 that Congress established National Women’s History Week to be commemorated the second week of March. In 1987, Congress […]
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By Geralda Miller, Reno Gazette-Journal Many of the Basque sheepherders who spent the summer months in the early 20th century in the Sierra Nevada used the aspen trees as their canvases. With a pocket knife or nail as their tool, the men who came to the West from the Pyrenees region between France and Spain […]
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Bona Fide Books is offering a two-day session “So You Want to Write and/or Illustrate a Children’s Book. Now What?” at Bona Fide HQ in Meyers on March 22 from 7-9pm and March 24 from 10am-2:30pm. Writer and illustrator Kristen Schwartz will lead this two-part session aimed toward helping writers and illustrators of children’s, middle […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee The tale of the Wakamatsu Colony is well-known in Japan, but obscure in California – though it took place right here. Placerville poet Brigit Truex is making a small effort to change that. Truex’s book, “Strong as Silk,” was published this month, telling the Wakamatsu story in an unusual combination […]
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Publisher’s note: This is reprinted from the September-October 1988 Lake Tahoe Historical Society newsletter. Translucent green water, sheer cliffs, a spectacular waterfall, pines that march down to the water’s edge, Emerald Bay has always drawn visitors to revel in its beauty. Called “the most beautiful inland harbor in the world”, this western arm of Lake […]
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