By David Hegle, Reno Gazette-Journal The National Championship Air Races and Air Show is joining the ranks of volcanoes, whales and space travel with a large-format IMAX documentary film about the event, slated for release in February. Pretend Entertainment producers Raul Leckie and Christian Fry labored a half dozen years to share this local spectacle. […]
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The Tahoe Symphony Orchestra (Toccata) continues 2011 Big Blue Summer MusicFest with a series that celebrates Baroque Masters. The program includes works by G.P. Teleman, Handel, Vivaldi, and features J.S. Bach’s Cantata No. 140 – “Wachet Auf” featuring the Toccata Chorus and vocal soloists. Concerts are: Aug. 13 at 7:30pm at St. Patricks Episcopal Church […]
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South Shore Relay for Life is Aug. 13 from 11am-11pm at Kahle Community Park. The schedule: 11am – Opening Ceremony 11:30 – Survivor/Caregivers Celebration Lap noon – Music, games and fund-raising begins, silent auction, water balloon toss and wet T-shirt pass 1pm – Kickball tournament 2pm – Island lap/Hula Hoop contest 3pm – Survivor Lunch/BBQ, […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – If the phone rang at a quarter after one Saturday morning, blame it on Lady Antebellum. As an encore to their 17-song concert Friday night, the trio delivered their most recognizable song “Need you now.” And to make sure the audience knew the lyrics, they were asked to sing the […]
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Professor Frank DeCourten is giving a lecture one day and leading a hike the next about the volcanic rocks in the Lake Tahoe region. He plans to reconstruct the volcanic history of the area in non-technical terms. The Aug. 6 hike will provide opportunities to directly explore the volcanic rocks and landscape features along the […]
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El Dorado County Animal Services is temporarily reducing the adoption fee to half price for kittens and cats due to an unusually late kitten season and a recent surge in the number of felines at its shelters. The fee to adopt a cat or kitten, which is normally $80, will be reduced to $40 through […]
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Tahoe Forest Health System raised more than $119,000 to benefit Tahoe Forest Cancer Center at its annual Gene Upshaw Memorial Golf Classic charity event. The cancer center is projected to open in 2012. Support for fundraising events like this one assists in gaining awareness for the ongoing need to support local cancer programs. The Gene […]
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By Kathryn Reed Our relationship with food seems to always be evolving. Tastes change. New foods are incorporated into our repertoire. Friends and eating are woven together. All of these concepts and so much more are melded into the pages of “The Butcher and the Vegetarian” by Tara Austen Weaver. The 228-page hardcover from 2010 […]
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Put on your Glad Rags for the Great Gatsby Gala on Aug. 13 at MontBleu in Stateline. Attire is 1920s. Free Charleston lessons will be given. Cocktails are at 6:30pm, dinner 7pm, dancing at 8pm. Dinner and dancing is $60; just dancing is$20. Tickets are available at both Tahoe Youth & Family Services offices, 1021 […]
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By Ben Schenkel, Sacramento Bee Jaycee Lee Dugard’s memoir, “A Stolen Life,” has been zipping off bookstore shelves since its release two Tuesdays ago. Orders for new copies from Amazon.com are taking up to two months to fill. If that wait is too long, resellers at the website will sell you the tell-all – for […]
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