By Kathryn Reed MEYERS — A hike gone wrong, the perfect birthday party, secrets from a hotel room. All of these are wrapped into Janet Smith’s book “All of a Sudden Nothing Happened.” The Tahoe resident and Lake Tahoe Community College instructor read from her book of poetry on Friday at Bona Fide Books to […]
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Baroque Brassy is Classy is the program being brought to St. Theresa Catholic Church in South Lake Tahoe by TOCCATA on Aug. 23 at 7:30pm. Mark Lord, Robert Nagel, William van Meter and Joe Savage on the trumpets will perform Baroque Concerti for 1,2, and 3 trumpets and strings. Also included in the program will […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt Composting. Recycling. Energy-efficient lighting. Everyone knows these are good for the environment. Organizers of the West Coast Green Lodging Conference taking place Aug. 22-25 at Embassy Suites in South Lake Tahoe are convinced they’re good for a hotel’s bottom line as well. Embassy Suites, the conference host, has been in the forefront […]
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Unbearable loneliness, crises of confidence, bereavement, loss of hope and struggles with faith are just some of the universal topics being talked about on the stage of the historic Boathouse Theatre at Tahoe’s annual Valhalla Arts, Music and Theatre Festival on the South Shore. “Talking With” is a collection of 10 monologues by 10 characters. […]
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By Kathryn Reed So much of life is about the journey, not the destination. This was pointed out in the movie “Blindsight” that tells the story of six blind Tibetan teenagers attempting to climb Lhakpa Ri. This 23,000-foot mountain is to the north of Mount Everest. These youngsters live in a part of the world […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Proving scientists are not all nerds stuck in some cubicle plotting the future, Charles Goldman sprinkled his talk to a receptive group Wednesday with food tips – like the best way to dry bushels of lettuce is in a pillowcase on the spin cycle. It all made sense at the […]
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Lake Tahoe Wellness Weekend is Sept. 24-26 at Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe. The weekend includes four fitness classes with top fitness experts inspiring Vinyasa Yoga classes with San Francisco instructor Ginger Layden-Braun held outdoors on Hyatt’s Cottage Green, and Balletone and Aikina Aerobics with former Russian competitive gymnast Alyona Aikina. Also included in the weekend: […]
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Join hosts Bona Fide Books and Suzanne Roberts in celebrating the release of Janet Smith’s book “All of the Sudden Nothing Happened” on Aug. 20 at 7pm Smitht is the past recipient of a Nevada Arts Board Fellowship in poetry, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is on faculty in the English […]
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Taj Mahal Trio has been added as support for the Bob Dylan concert on Aug. 22 at Harveys Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena. The Dough Rollers open the show. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com and apeconcerts.com. Composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Taj Mahal is one of the most prominent and influential figures in […]
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By Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, Newsweek Back in 1958, Ted Schwarzrock was an 8-year-old third grader when he became one of the “Torrance kids,” a group of nearly 400 Minneapolis children who completed a series of creativity tasks newly designed by professor E. Paul Torrance. Schwarzrock still vividly remembers the moment when a psychologist […]
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