By Susan Wood and Kathryn Reed Hear those bells? Then you are a believer. Ty Loughlin not only believes in Santa Claus, he has lived the Polar Express story. A year ago he tied the silver bell to his backpack — but it disappeared. Because the 8-year-old boy’s family owns the book and movie he […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau ROUND HILL — Seven doctors, nurses and assistants, two monitors, multiple trays of surgical tools and two large adjustable spotlights fill the cadaver lab Dec. 3 at Tahoe Orthopedic & Sports Medicine in Round Hill. The things that resemble raw turkeys on metal stands — those were the cadavers. They were not […]
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Due to continued public demand, a third screening of the hard-hitting education documentary “Race To Nowhere” is scheduled for Dec. 15 at the Truckee High School theatre from 6:30-9pm. Sponsored by Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe in partnership with Parents for Public Schools of Truckee-North Tahoe and the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District, this film […]
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Truckee artist and designer Sara Zimmerman will be celebrating her newest artworks at the opening of her “Fall to Winter” exhibit on Dec. 16 from 4:30 to 6pm at Dragonfly Restaurant in downtown Truckee. The public is welcome to join in the festivities, where appetizers will be served and a free drawing will take place […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s definitely the holiday season in South Lake Tahoe now that Santa has turned on the lights on the community tree and the menorah has been lighted. With nearly 200 people gathered in the center of town by the Lake Tahoe Visitors Center satellite office, student choir groups sang carols. Paul Kushner […]
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Sierra Nevada College is expanding its renowned summer art workshops — now in their 26th year — to include winter workshop sessions. For a second year in a row, Fine Arts Department Chair Sheri Leigh O’Connor has organized an opportunity for individuals to gather in Tahoe alongside nationally-known artists to focus on their creativity. Workshops […]
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Publisher’s note: This article first appeared in the November 2010 issue of ABHOW Words. Carol Crosby-Ferges Christensen fearlessly lay her body across the windshield of a moving car. She jumped through a ceiling and in and out of trees. She even leaped between tall buildings in a single bound. No surprise. She was Wonder Woman, […]
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Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation’s board of directors announced grants totaling $43,500 to nine organizations through the fall 2010 granting cycle. Other TTCF grants programs include one specific to basic safety net services, one dedicated to environmental projects, and a spring general granting program. Arts, Culture, and Civic Life Three grants were awarded in this focus […]
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The Truckee Tahoe Community Chorus concert “Sounds of the Season” is Dec. 11 at 7pm and Dec. 12 at 2pm at the Resort at Squaw Creek. The program has something for everybody, from light Christmas pops, Hanukkah selections, contemporary religious musical settings, to arias and choruses from Handel’s Messiah. All children will be admitted free […]
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The Heavenly Ski and Snowboard Foundation is selling Warren Miller “Wintervention” tickets, as well as raffle tickets for the movie on Dec. 3 and 4 at the MontBleu showroom in Stateline. Raffle proceeds will benefit the foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides skiing and snowboarding programs for regional youth, local middle school students, and the […]
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