Last year, when the Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe was doing its annual Rotary at Work Day building planter boxes in front of Bijou Community School and cleaning up Bijou and South Tahoe Middle School, club members decided to do more than one day a year. Rotary Clubs worldwide have an annual Rotary at […]
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Lake Tahoe Unified School District’s Performing Arts Program will present Spring String Fling Concert on March 23 at 7pm in the South Tahoe Middle School multipurpose room. The concert will feature more than 100 students in grades 4-12. The concert is free, although donations will be gladly accepted at the door to help the LTUSD […]
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Professional snowboarders Jeremy Jones, Nick Visconti, Ralph Backstrom, Iris Lazzareschi and Moss Halliday will talk climate change with nearly 1,500 Truckee-Reno students March 22-28. As atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide continue to rise, the Sierra Nevada is beginning to feel the effects. Hot Planet/Cool Athletes aims to educate and mobilize the generation that stands to […]
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Lake Tahoe Community Colleges’ Haldan Gallery is hosting the closing reception for Black & White Photography by Jim Hildinger on March 20 from 2-4pm. Silver gelatin fine art prints, some framed, some matted are available as well as Hildinger’s book “Tahoe in Black and White”. This is a silent auction to benefit the Haldan Gallery […]
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Harveys Lake Tahoe and Another Planet Entertainment are bringing country music star Miranda Lambert to the Lake Tahoe Summer Concert Series at Harveys Outdoor Arena on Aug. 19 at 7:30pm. Tickets go on sale March 28 at 10am via Ticketmaster outlets. Also appearing with Miranda Lambert is country vocal quartet Little Big Town. Lambert recently […]
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Unity at the Lake is hosting a Peace Vigil on March 21 at 6pm in front of the Senior Center, 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd. in South Lake Tahoe. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The Tahoe Peace Vigil is being held in support of a candlelight vigil on the same day in Afghanistan […]
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By Kathryn Reed Positive adult intervention can put young people on a course of success. Four students who are part of the A Team – a group of South Tahoe and Mt. Tallac high school students — delivered that message. “Many of us grow up too fast,” Alexandra Salinas told Soroptimist International Tahoe Sierra at […]
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Project Learning Tree, the environmental education program of the American Forest Foundation, has named South Lake Tahoe’s Joy Barney one of five 2011 National PLT Outstanding Educators. Barney is the Conservation Education Program specialist with the U.S. Forest Service’s Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. PLT’s Outstanding Educators are selected for their commitment to environmental education, […]
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Originally a religious holiday to honor St. Patrick, who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, St. Patrick’s Day has evolved into a celebration for all things Irish. The world’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade occurred March 17, 1762, in New York City, featuring Irish soldiers serving in the English military. This parade became […]
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By Jason Hildago, Reno Gazette-Journal It ain’t exactly hugging a tree. But it’s pretty darn close. While solar, wind and hybrid technology typically get most of the attention for going green, using reclaimed lumber and construction materials is one green trend that tree huggers still will appreciate. And apparently, it’s a trend that’s growing. Scott […]
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