It will be a kids’ world at the Village at Squaw Valley when the resorts host Kid-O-Rama, a week filled with family friendly activities from Feb. 13-21. The celebration includes everything from costumed skating parties to family ski racing to street parties and scavenger hunts. The Kids’ Street Party at the Village at Squaw Valley’s […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun Like most tourism marketers, the Nevada Tourism Commission is doing what it can to get a maximum bang for its advertising bucks. When Tourism Director Dann Lewis told the commission’s marketing committee last week that room tax revenue is coming in well below projections, he also offered a […]
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The dates are set for another summer under the stars at the Lake Tahoe Music Festival — July 22–Aug. 7. The North Shore festival annually draws more than 12,000 concert-goers for an unmatched outdoor concert experience with tickets from $25 and a lineup of nationally recognized artists. Concerts include a variety of musical genres from […]
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By Susan Wood TAHOE CITY — Granlibakken means “hillside sheltered by fir trees: in Norwegian, but it should stand for recreation meets relaxation in English. One of the Lake Tahoe Basin’s best kept secrets, the 74-acre resort nestled in a mountain valley a half mile south of Tahoe City is a kids’ paradise where the […]
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TOCCATA (The Orchestra and Community Choral Artists of the Tahoe Area) presents its BACH & BRUCH concert series featuring the Tahoe Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, and soloists. The featured soloist will be “Red Stradivarius†violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn, performing the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor and Dvorak’s Romanze for violin. The chorus will present […]
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Mark Williams, Lake Tahoe Community College music instructor, will be singing duets with some of the area’s best divas to raise money for a concert grand piano for the college’s music department. “It Takes Two: A Broadway Valentine†will be Feb. 6 at 8pm in the Duke Theatre. Tickets will be a $20 donation. “In […]
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Google strategist Ryan Denny will reveal 10 quick ways to succeed in online advertising when he addresses the Nevada Commission on Tourism’s 20th annual Rural Roundup conference in Winnemucca March 24-26. Denny, a travel industry advertising expert for the online search engine giant Google, is keynote speaker March 25 at the three-day conference in the […]
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On Saturday, the U.S. Alpine Ski Team will appear from a vantage never shown on television, let alone prime time television, as NBC premiers “Truth in Motion: The U.S. Ski Team’s Road to Vancouver” at 8pm. With just two weeks remaining until the Vancouver Olympics, the Audi-funded documentary covers the gritty lives of these skiers […]
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By Michelle Filippini Assistant Business Professor Emily Rhodenbaugh, Senior Lecturer Laura Brunel-Canale and 10 Sierra Nevada College students recently returned from a trip to El Salvador where they helped build a house with Habitat for Humanity. According to Habitat for Humanity Country Director Patty Cordero, “The leadership of the (SNC) group was exemplary, and the […]
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By Kathy Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal The Golden Sierra Workforce Investment Board has teamed up with the California Employers Association to use $220,000 in federal stimulus funds to provide free employment advice and support to area businesses and job seekers. The partners have launched a human relations hotline and a series of business assistance workshops […]
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