As we’re nearing the end of summer and transitioning to fall, there’s a lot of excitement in the air thanks to few smokey days this season (fingers crossed that it continues) and the resounding return of fall events with scores of festivals, enter tainment, family friendly events, Halloween bashes, film showings, holiday activi ties and all-around good times featured in our Tahoe Music, Events & Festivals Fall guide in this edition.
It’s encouraging to see so many fall favorites return this season from Oktoberfest celebrations to the Sierra Valley Art + Ag Trail (see our feature in this edition), and an encore presentation of the Made in Tahoe festival (a personal favorite). Pull out the guide and make a plan with friends and family to enjoy the best that the Tahoe Sierra has to offer.
Tickets are expected to sell out for most events. Check COVID restrictions in advance as many indoor events may require masks and proof of vaccinations.
Tim Hauserman – always up for a challenge – took on a grueling climb to stay a few nights at the Frog Lake Backcountry Huts that the Truckee Donner Land Trust opened in 2021 for winter and summer visitors.
The Land Trust has made great strides acquiring private lands to preserve and open for the public’s use. The 2,914-acre Frog Lake property was purchased in 2020 by the Land Trust, along with the Nature Conservancy and the Northern Si erra Partnership. The modular huts were brought in to provide back-country hikers and skiers access to this marvelous location as part of the Land Trust’s continuing work to bring lands back into the public’s purview.
The huts have become a popular destination and there were still some spots remaining for summer and winter visits as of press time for this edition, so don’t wait.
I recently received a copy of Peter Goin’s tome “The Nature of Lake Tahoe: A Photographic History, 1860-1960,” which offers an in-depth look at more than 100 years of local history. This impressive work of research is 2 inches thick and I’ve barely made a dent in reading this book.
When I opened the package from the publishers I was gobsmacked by its size, but also by the impressive level of research done for the book.
I highly recommend adding this book to your collection and rank it as one of the essential books to have in any home about Lake Tahoe (right up there with copies of “The Saga of Lake Tahoe”). Find details on this must-have book at TheTahoe Weekly.com.
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Prost! Oktoberfest celebrations have returned from a 3-year hiatus. Join revelers at one of the local Oktoberfest celebra tions, including at the Village at Palisades Tahoe featured on our cover. Find details on the celebrations and scores of other fun events in our Tahoe Music, Events & Festival Fall guide in this edition. | Photography by Ryan Salm, RyanSalm Photography.photoshelter.com, @RyanSalmPhotography
Age of Lake Tahoe: 2 million years
Fed By: 63 streams and 2 hot springs
Only Outlet: Truckee River (Tahoe City)
Watershed Area: 312 square miles (808 sq km)
Average Water Temperature: 42.1˚F (5.61˚C)
Average Surface Water Temperature: 51.9˚F (11.1˚C)
Average Surface Temperature in July: 64.9˚F (18.3˚C)
Highest Peak: Freel Peak at 10,881 feet (3,317 m)
Average Snowfall: 409 inches (10.4 m)
Permanent Population: 70,000
Number of Visitors: 15 million annually
About 3 to 5 million years ago, the valley that would become the Tahoe Basin sank between paral lel fractures in the Earth’s crust as the mountains on either side continued to rise. A shallow lake began to form in the resulting valley.
Roughly 2 to 3 million years ago, erupting vol canoes blocked the outlet, forcing the lake to rise hundreds of feet above its current elevation, and eventually eroded down to near its current outlet.
Between 1 million and 20,000 years ago, large masses of glacial ice covered the west side of the Tahoe Basin. Current geologic theory suggests an earthen berm (moraine) left by a receding glacier near Olympic Valley acted as a dam, causing the lake level to rise and then draw down rapidly when the dam catastrophically failed. Between 7,000 and 15,000 years ago, a 4-mile segment of
Carnelian
the West Shore collapsed into the Lake causing a massive submerged debris avalanche, widening the Lake by 3 miles and creating McKinney Bay.
The Tahoe Basin is mostly granite, with little topsoil, and therefore few nutrients have washed into the lake to promote the growth of algae and other organisms that make water murky.
As well, 40 percent of the precipitation falling into the Tahoe Basin lands directly on the lake. The remaining precipitation drains through the de composed granite soil found in marshes and meadows, creating a good filtering system for water.
Urbanization of the Tahoe Basin has eliminated 75 percent of its marshes, 50 percent of its mead ows and 35 percent of its steam zone habitats.
About 85 percent of all wildlife in the Tahoe Basin use these habitats.
The University of California, Davis, operates the Tahoe Environmental Research Center (tahoe. ucdavis.edu), which monitors the clarity of Lake Tahoe. Clarity has been measured since 1968 and was first recorded at 102.4’.
The waters of Lake Tahoe were clear to an average depth of 61’ (18.6m) in 2021. Lake Tahoe is losing clarity because of algae growth fueled by nitrogen and phosphorus.
Lake Tahoe is located in the states of California and Nevada, with two-thirds in California. It is fed by 63 streams and two hot springs.
The Truckee River is Tahoe’s only outlet and flows from the dam in Tahoe City east through Reno and eventually drains into Pyramid Lake in Nevada.
Lake Tahoe is located in the states of California and Nevada, with two-thirds in California.
LAKE CLARITY:
2021: 61 feet avg. depth (18.6 m)
1968: First recorded at 102.4 feet (31.21 m)
AVERAGE DEPTH: 1,000 feet (304 m)
MAXIMUM DEPTH: 1,645 feet (501 m)
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. (Crater Lake in Oregon, at 1,932 feet, or 589 m, is the deepest), and the 11th deepest in the world.
VOLUME: 39 trillion gallons (147.6 trillion liters)
There is enough water in Lake Tahoe to supply everyone in the United States with more than 75 gallons (284 liters) of water per day for 5 years.and the 11th deepest in the world.
NATURAL RIM: 6,223’ (1,897 m)
Lake Tahoe sits at an average elevation of between 6,223’ and 6,229.1’. (1,897-1,899 m) The top 6.1’ (1.8 m) of water is controlled by the dam in Tahoe City and holds up to 744,600 acre feet of water (91,845 m).
SIZE: 22 miles long, 12 miles wide (35 km long, 19 km wide) Lake Tahoe is as long as the English Channel is wide.
SHORELINE: 72 miles (116 km)
Lake Tahoe has a surface area of 191 square miles (307 km). If Lake Tahoe were emptied, it would submerge California under 15 inches of water (.38 m)
Sources: Tahoe Environmental Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, “Tahoe Place Names” and David Antonucci (denoted by 1).
However, water releases are not permitted when the lake surface level falls below the natural rim at 6,223’ (1,897 m). The lowest lake level on record (measured since 1900) was 6,220.26’ (1,896 m) on Nov. 30, 1992.
The Lake of the Sky appears blue in color as other colors in the light spectrum are absorbed and blue light is scattered back.
The first recorded discovery of Lake Tahoe by white explorers was on Feb. 14, 1844, when John Charles Frémont and Charles Preuss spotted the lake from atop Red Lake Peak. The lake went through many names before it was officially named Tahoe in 1945. Tahoe is a mispronunciation of the first two syllables of the Washo’s word for the lake – Da ow a ga, which means “edge of the lake."
CAVE ROCK
This iconic sight is part of an old volcano.
view from Cave Rock State
THUNDERBIRD LODGE May-October | thunderbirdtahoe.org
The former Whittell estate. This magnificent lakefront home features the Lighthouse Room, Old Lodge, 600’ underground tunnel (with a former lion cage) and Boat House, home to the “Thunderbird,” a 1939 wooden boat. Ages 6+ only. Tours by reservation only.
GATEKEEPER’S MUSEUM (530) 583-1762 | northtahoemuseums.org
Featuring historic photos, the Steinbach Indian Basket Museum and historical memorabilia in Tahoe City.
KINGS BEACH northtahoebusiness.org
Kings Beach is a popular spot for dining and shopping with the North Shore’s largest sandy beach located in the heart of town. Free parking at North Tahoe Beach, Brook Street, Minnow and the Christmas Tree lot on Hwy. 28.
NORTH LAKE TAHOE
DEMONSTRATION GARDEN (775) 586-1610, ext. 25 | demogarden.org
Featuring lake-friendly landscaping using native and adaptive plants. Self-guided tours & clinics. On the campus of Sierra Nevada University.
NORTH TAHOE ARTS CENTER
(530) 581-2787 | northtahoearts.com
Featuring works by local artists & workshops in Tahoe City.
TAHOE CITY visittahoecity.com
Popular for shopping and dining with historical sites. Visit the Tahoe Dam, Lake Tahoe’s only outlet, and Fan ny Bridge. Peer into Watson Cabin (1909) for a glimpse at pioneer life. Free parking at Commons Beach, Grove St., Jackpine St. and Transit Center.
TAHOE CITY FIELD STATION
Tours by appt. | (530) 583-3279 | terc.ucdavis.edu
This 1920s-era building features a history of the field station, current UC Davis research projects, interactive exhibits and demonstration garden. Grounds open Memorial Day-Labor Day. Ages 8+.
TAHOE SCIENCE CENTER Tues.-Sat. by reservation (775) 881-7566 | tahoesciencecenter.org
University of California, Davis, science education center at Sierra Nevada University. Exhibits include a virtual research boat, biology lab, 3D movies and docent-led tours. Ages 8+.
WATSON CABIN (530) 583-1762 | northtahoemuseums.org
Watson Cabin, built by Robert Watson and his son in 1908, is the oldest building in Tahoe City and on the National Register of Historic Places (summer tours).
HIGH CAMP (800) 403-0206 | palisadestahoe.com
Aerial tram rides with views of Lake Tahoe, Olympic Heritage Museum, events and more. Ticket required. Closes Oct. 9.
OLYMPIC MUSEUM
(800) 403-0206 | palisadestahoe.com
Palisades Tahoe, host of the VIII Winter Olympic Games in 1960, celebrates its Olympic History with the Tower of Nations with its Olympic Flame and the symbolic Tower of the Valley at Highway 89. The Olympic Mu seum at High Camp features historic memorabilia and photographs. Tram ticket required.
HEAVENLY
(775) 586-7000 | skiheavenly.com
Enjoy a 2.4-mile ride on the gondola to the top with panoramic views. Ticket required. Closes Oct. 2.
LAKE TAHOE MUSEUM
Thurs.-Sat. | (530) 541-5458 | laketahoemuseum.org Washoe artifacts and exhibits on early industry and settlers. Pick up walking tour maps.
TAHOE ART LEAGUE GALLERY (530) 544-2313 | talart.org
Featuring works by local artists & workshops.
TALLAC HISTORIC SITE (530) 541-5227 | tahoeheritage.org
Once known as the “Grandest Resort in the World” as the summer retreat for three San Francisco elite fam ilies with the Baldwin Estate, Pope Estate & Valhalla. Grounds open year-round. Tours in summer.
TAYLOR CREEK VISITOR CENTER (530) 543-2674 | fs.usda.gov
Features Stream Profile Chamber to view slice of Taylor Creek, nature trails & more.
DONNER SUMMIT HISTORICAL SOCIETY donnersummithistoricalsociety.org
At Old Hwy 40 & Soda Springs Rd. 20-mile interpretive driving tour along Old 40.
EMIGRANT TRAIL MUSEUM (530) 582-7892 | parks.ca.gov
The Emigrant Trail Museum features exhibits and arti facts on the Donner Party (1846-47) at Donner Memorial State Park. See the towering Pioneer Monument.
KIDZONE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Tues.-Sat. | (530) 587-5437 | kidzonemuseum.org Interactive exhibits, science & art classes for kids up to age 7. BabyZone & Jungle Gym.
MUSEUM OF TRUCKEE HISTORY
Fri.-Sun. | (530) 582-0893 | truckeehistory.org Housed in the original Depot, built in 1901. Exhibits cover different eras in Truckee history.
OLD JAIL MUSEUM
Open weekends | (530) 659-2378 | truckeehistory.org
One of a few surviving 19th Century jailhouses used from 1875 until May 1964 (summer tours). Closes after Labor Day.
TOWN OF TRUCKEE
truckeehistory.org | truckee.com
Settled in 1863, Truckee grew quickly as a stagecoach stop and route for the Central Pacific Railroad. During these early days, many historical homes and buildings were built including The Truckee Hotel (1868) and the Capitol Building (1868). Stop by the Depot for a walking tour of historic downtown. Paid parking downtown.
TRUCKEE RAILROAD MUSEUM
Sat.-Sun. & holidays
truckeedonnerrailroadsociety.com
Learn about the historic railroad. Located in a caboose next to the Truckee Depot.
EAGLE ROCK
Eagle Rock, one of the Lake’s most famous natural sites, is a volcanic plug beside Highway 89 on the West Shore. Trail to top is on the south side.
FANNETTE ISLAND
(530) 541-3030 | parks.ca.gov
Lake Tahoe’s only island is in Emerald Bay & is home to an old tea house. Boat access only. (Closed Feb. 1-June 15 for nesting birds.)
HELLMAN-EHRMAN MANSION Parking fee | parks.ca.gov
(530) 525-7232 Park | (530) 583-9911 Tours
Sugar Pine Point State Park is home to the historic Ehrman Mansion. See boathouses with historic boats and General Phipps Cabin built in the late 1800s.
VIKINGSHOLM CASTLE
(530) 541-3030 | (530) 525-9529 ADA parks.ca.gov | vikingsholm.com
Tour the grounds of Vikingsholm Castle (May 28-Sept. 30), see Eagle Falls and Fannette Island (the Lake’s only island), home to an old Tea House.
North Tahoe & Truckee (TART) | laketahoetransit.com
South Tahoe | tahoetransportation.org
Kings Beach
Kings Beach State Rec. Area (Thurs.-Mon., July-Aug.)
Incline Village 969 Tahoe Blvd. (800) 468-2463
South Shore At Heavenly Village. (530) 542-2908
Tahoe City 100 N. Lake Blvd. (530) 581-6900
Truckee 10065 Donner Pass Rd. (530) 587-8808
U.S. Forest Service | Incline Village
855 Alder Ave. (775) 831-0914 (Wed.-Fri.)
U.S. Forest Service | South Lake Tahoe
35 College Dr. (530) 543-2600
U.S. Forest Service | Tahoe City
3080 N. Lake Blvd. (530) 583-3593 (Fridays)
U.S. Forest Service | Truckee
10811 Stockrest Springs Rd. (530) 587-3558
National Forest access info
fs.fed.us/r5/webmaps/RecreationSiteStatus
The Pop-Up Scotty Lapp Memorial Skatepark is open in Tahoe City. Locat ed behind the old Blue Agave building, the 4,000 square-foot temporary skate park is open to the public every Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to sunset until the snow flies.
Created in memory of Tahoe City resident Scotty Lapp who died in February, the skatepark was designed with support from local volunteers, contractors and businesses to be a place for individuals and groups. Before he died, Lapp’s mission was to create a purpose-built skatepark in Tahoe City that would provide a legal, accessible place in which to skate and participate
in other action sports including BMX, wheelchair motocross, roller and inline skating, and scootering.
The pop-up skatepark has a variety of features including a mini-pipe; hip, flat bank and two-quarter pipes; three-stair and five-stair with a hubby; tabletop; flat down bar; step-up gap; grind ledge and China-gap ramps.
The Scott Lapp Memorial Founda tion’s goal is to find a location that can accommodate a 20,000-square-foot park that is inclusive, accessible, communi ty-minded, attractive and safe for all. | scottylappmemorialskatepark.org
Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team has released the Lake Tahoe Long-Term Renter’s Guide to prepare for wildfire dangers. The free guide details how to sign up for emergency notifications, how to pack a Go-Bag, how to interpret Red Flag Warnings and
Oktoberfest events in the Tahoe Sierra have returned for the first time since 2019 with several celebrations in the region to enjoy.
The Village at Palisades Tahoe will host its Oktoberfest on Sept. 17 from noon to 6 p.m. with Bavarian food, live music, dance troupes, games and beer. Tickets are available in advance and at the door. | palisadestahoe.com
Tahoe Backyard hosts Beartoberfest on Sept. 24 featuring brews from Bear Belly Brewing, a Maker’s Market and food truck on site starting at noon. | tahoeback yard.com
Enjoy the Oktoberfest event on Sept. 24 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Gatekeeper’s Museum grounds featuring microbreweries, live music, kids’ activities and tradi tional Bavarian-themed games along with a craft vendor village. | visittahoecity.org
FiftyFifty Brewing hosts its first Oktoberfest celebration on Sept. 16 and 17 from noon to 8 p.m. featuring German-style beers, brats, pretzels, live music at 6 p.m. Come dressed in costume. | @FiftyFifty Brewing Company
evacuation warnings/orders, and how to make an evacuation plan.
The guide is available in English and Spanish online or pick up a paper copy at your local fire protection district. Read Tahoe Weekly’s Wildfire Prepared ness Guide for more information and to sign up for local emergency alerts at TheTahoeWeekly.com/TahoeFires. | (530) 543-1501, tahoelivingwithfire.com
Nonprofit Clean Up The Lake has launched an expansive underwater clean up in Fallen Leaf Lake revealing the Tahoe Basin’s “dirtiest mile yet,” according to a press release from the organization.
The dive team composed of volun teers and team members removed 3,000 lbs. of trash and 100 tires in 1 mile of shoreline.
“With new data being gathered in Fallen Leaf Lake, the organization has had a chance to shine new light on how widespread this pollution issue is, and how remediation projects like this should hold a level of priority among environmental efforts in the regions
surrounding polluted lakes in the Sierra, and across the country,” said Zac Smith, Clean Up the Lake’s outreach coordina tor in the release.
Dive teams are circumnavigating and removing underwater litter from the sub surface shoreline of Fallen Leaf Lake. During the circumnavigation, divers are also recording data on heavy lift litter, hot spots and possible historical arti facts, along with monitoring for invasive species and algal blooms.
Funds are needed to complete the cleanup, with TIF’s Spiked and BlueZone providing matching funds for every do nation on GoFundMe. | cleanupthelake. org
It is important to understand that while the Frog Lake setting is extraordinary and the buildings are modern, clean and charming, it is a somewhat rustic experience.
halt when the guy above you in his bunk starts snoring. Oh, and you might need to synchronize your visits to the bath room. Also, hut occupiers are expected to clean their rooms before departure.
At least a dozen times over the last 30 years I’ve made the strenuous climb up to Frog Lake Cliffs north of Donner Summit and gazed down 1,000 feet to the little alpine lake known as Frog Lake. For more than 100 years the lake was privately owned, with a few rustic cabins situated on a knoll above the lakeshore. It was a place only to be looked at longingly but not touched.
Then in 2020, Truckee Donner Land Trust, with a variety of other partners, purchased the property and began the process of creating a unique opportunity for people to hike in and enjoy the his toric rock and timber house and spend a few nights in one of the new huts. While the huts are especially popular in the winter with back-country skiers, my lack of back-country ski skills led me to the decision to check out its summer charms when Joyce Chambers and I spent two nights at the huts at the begin ning of August.
In 2020, after several years of nego tiation with the Smith Family who had owned the property for many decades, Northern Sierra Partnership, composed of Truckee Donner Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land, purchased the property.
“The Northern Sierra Partnership is a long-running partnership. We have worked together on a number of proj ects,” said Greyson Howard, the Land
Trust’s communications director. Then came the 2-year task of fundraising and planning for the new huts.
Howard credits Perry Norris, the for mer longtime executive director of the Land Trust, for the Frog Lake project coming to fruition.
“I don’t think this would have hap pened without Perry’s vision for many years, ” he said.
After his recent retirement, Norris took a short stint as a hut master at the property last December. After spend ing a month doing almost nothing but shoveling and blowing snow to keep the huts accessible, I wonder whether he had second thoughts about accomplish ing his goal.
Howard also credits the Smith Family, the former owners of the property.
“They chose the Land Trust over high er bidders because they wanted to see it conserved, to be used like they enjoyed it,” Howard says.
The family was also appreciative that the house, now known as the Eichen bach Stone House, was preserved.
The centerpiece of the experience is the nearly 100-year-old lodge. It’s a charming stone and timber house that includes a large full kitchen available for use by hut customers, a living room with large fireplace and a small reading room. For summer users, an expansive rock patio overlooks the lake and serves
as a relaxing place to while away some time. Below the patio several trails wind through the manzanita and giant boulders to the shore of Frog Lake. The incredibly imposing Frog Lake Cliff reaches high into the sky across the lake from the huts.
The three huts were designed as modular pieces, primarily composed of metal, that were brought in and assembled on site. This approach was easier than normal construction in this difficult-to-access location and had less impact on the sensitive area near the lake. The partnership also constructed a new water and sewage system and created some interesting sitting areas with the beautiful granite that surrounds the building.
“The goal was to balance access to the property with conservation goals,” said Howard.
The huts all have different configura tions that are suited to different sized groups. It is important to understand that while the Frog Lake setting is extraordinary and the buildings are modern, clean and charming, it is a somewhat rustic experience. There are platform bunk beds; you need to bring your own sleeping bag and pillow.
There are no showers. You will be liv ing communally with up to eight people sharing a bathroom. In other words, while you can find plenty of peace and serenity during the day along the lake shore, that may come to a screeching
The kitchen, while well-appointed with a commercial grade stove and plenty of refrigerator and storage space, might be shared with up to five groups of hungry hikers. So, cooperation and taking turns will be essential. There are two large tables available for communal dining, as well as tables on the patio. And of course, it is essential that everyone keeps clean as they go in the kitchen. All garbage that you create, you must take out.
In other words, this is not a hotel. But it is certainly a step above setting up a tent (which is not even an option at this lake as camping is not allowed). You can bring in food, not just backpack food and cook it in a real kitchen. You don’t need to filter water. And, when it is your turn, there is a toilet to use. The experience is also heightened by the presence of the hut masters who give guests an orientation and keep everything running smoothly. They also encourage all of us to practice Leave No Trace principles. Our hut masters, Dea na and Forest, were a delightful couple, with whom I spent several evenings talking to at length about backpacking.
The first step of your hut experience — well actually many thousands of steps — is to get to Frog Lake. This is no walk in the park. It’s a challenging adventure that requires a full backpack. It is 6 miles of hiking with more than
1,800 feet of climbing two impressive ascents both on the way in and on the way out. The main route is via the Pacif ic Crest Trail trailhead just off Interstate 80 on the south side of Donner Summit.
The trail meanders around for about a half mile south of the freeway, before crossing under I-80 and making its way to the long first ascent on the Warren Lake Trail. After 3.5 miles of some times steep climbing, you reach a saddle where a quick jaunt brings you to the Frog Lake Overlook. Along the way, we took a few much-needed breaks to breathe and marvel at a few especially prolific patches of tiger lilies.
Next up is a quick, steep descent diving through a forest of hemlocks and small streams bustling with wildflowers to a junction where the Red Dot Trail heads toward Frog Lake. But you are not there yet. First, you have a rather steep descent through a thick forest to a small stream and then a climbing tra verse through a rocky slope to a saddle. You can see the lake filtered through the trees still a long way below, but the trail makes quick work of it on a switchback descent through an open forest of huge western white pines and ground mat manzanita. Eventually you arrive at a dirt road where a right turn brings you to the Frog Lake Backcountry Huts above the lake shore.
Prepping for a trip to Frog Lake is fair
ly similar to any other backpacking trip.
I was a bit chagrined that after remov ing the bear canister, tent and sleeping pad from my usual backpacking list, my pack still seemed awfully heavy.
Perhaps it was the extra fresh food we brought in since a kitchen awaited.
And, of course, you still need clothes, a sleeping bag, pillow, etc. Also be sure to bring plenty of water for the hike in. We heard that several people had set out for the huts unprepared for the journey. One group even called from the top of Frog Lake Cliffs saying, “We are out of water. Are we almost there?” Umm, no.
We enjoyed our trip to the huts. The hut masters were great folks to hang out with, the lake was quite peaceful and beautiful and it was fascinating spend ing a few days at this place with so much history. While we had some rain and cool temperatures, we also were lucky to only have one other group at the lake while we were there — which was a big plus for this backpacking couple who enjoys solitude.
Be sure to carefully read all the infor mation and understand both what the challenges are of getting to the lake and what the experience will be like once you get there. Also remember, if you are planning on visiting the area in the winter, it takes advanced back-country skiing skills. | truckeedonnerlandtrust.
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6 miles one way | Challenging | 1,800+ feet elevation gain THE HUTS
As of press time, there was still some limited availability for summer and winter visits
Grizzly Ranch Golf Club | Portola | Sept. 14
10 a.m. $150
| shop.mountainhardwareandsports.com
Donner Memorial State Park | Truckee
| Sept. 14
10 a.m. | parks.ca.gov
Electric Mountain Bike Summit
Resort at Squaw Creek | Olympic Valley | Sept. 14-15
1-7 p.m. $199-$249 | eventbrite.com
South Lake Tahoe Library | Sept. 14, 21 & 28 4 p.m. Free | engagedpatrons.org
Truckee Library | Truckee | Sept. 14, 21 & 28
4-5 p.m. | (530) 582-7846, madelynhelling.evanced.info
Tahoe’s Trash Pickup Challenge
area venues | Tahoe City | Sept. 14-28 Free | keeptahoeblue.org
Hike to the Keyhole
Donner Summit | Sept. 15 RSVP tinsweb.org
2022 Sierra Nevada Alliance Conference
Grizzly Creek Ranch | Portola | Sept. 15-16
$-$ | sierranevadaalliance.org
Mt. Rose Summit Trailhead | Stateline | Sept. 15
9 a.m.-4 p.m. | tahoerimtrail.org
Donner Memorial State Park | Truckee | Sept. 15-18 & 22-25 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free | facebook.com
Donner Lake Interchange Trailhead | Truckee | Sept. 15-16 | sierranevadaalliance.org
Meeks Ridge Trail | Tahoe City | Sept. 15 & 22 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | tamba.org
Tahoe City Library | Tahoe City | Sept. 15 & 22
Free | (530) 583-3382, placer.ca.gov
Incline Village Library | Sept. 15 & 22
10:30 a.m. Free | (775) 832-4130, events.washoecountylibrary.us
Truckee River Regional Park Amphitheater
| Truckee | Sept. 16-17
5-8 p.m. Free | artsfortheschools.org
Taylor Creek Visitor Center | South Lake
Tahoe | Sept. 16-17 & 23-24
10:30 a.m. | visitlaketahoe.com
Barton Health | South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 16
12-5 p.m. | (877) 258-4825, bartonorthopedicsandwellness.com
Lakeview Commons, South Lake Tahoe |
Carnelian Bay | Sept. 16-18
$155-$ | paddleguru.com
Homewood Mountain Resort
| Homewood | Sept. 17-18
8 a.m.-5 p.m. | (530) 525-2992, skihomewood.com
Donner Ski Ranch | Norden | Sept. 17-18
7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. $65-$85
| (650) 492-0935, donnerpartyhike.com
Soda Springs General Store
| Soda Springs | Sept. 17-18
1 p.m. | facebook.com
Zephyr Shoals | Zephyr Cove | Sept. 17
9 a.m.-12 p.m. Free | takecaretahoe.org
Road 73 Bypass Trail | Tahoe City | Sept. 17
8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free | tamba.org
Lederhosen 5K Trail Run
Lederhosen 5K Trail Run
| Olympic Valley | Sept. 17 11 a.m. | trailrunner.com
Markleeville Library Park | Sept. 17
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free | alpinewatershedgroup.org
Tahoe City Community Center
| Tahoe City | Sept. 17
6 p.m. $25-$35 | (530) 550-7600, sierraseniorservices.org
Village at Palisades Tahoe
| Olympic Valley | Sept. 17
12-6 p.m. Free | (800) 403-0206, palisadestahoe.com
Donner Memorial State Park
| Truckee | Sept. 17
5 p.m. $5 | sierrastateparks.org
CARNELIAN
LANDING
CHIMNEY BEACH
ROUNDHILL PINES BEACH
ZEPHYR
KINGS BEACH STATE
MOON DUNES BEACH
NORTH TAHOE BEACH
RACOON STREET
SECLINE BEACH Hwy.
SQUAW VALLEY PARK
BALDWIN BEACH
BIJOU
CAMP RICHARDSON
EL DORADO BEACH Hwy.
KIVA BEACH Hwy.
NEVADA BEACH Hwy.
POPE BEACH Hwy.
REGAN BEACH Hwy.
64-ACRES PARK & BELL’S LANDING South of
COMMONS BEACH Hwy.
HERITAGE PLAZA
LAKE
POMIN PARK
SKYLANDIA
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WILLIAM KENT BEACH
INCLINE VILLAGE (775) 832-1300 | inclinerecreation.com
18-hole course at Incline Park at 980 Incline Way. Free. Daily dawn-dusk. TART
NORTH TAHOE REGIONAL PARK (530) 546-4212 | northtahoeparks.com 18-hole, off National Ave. Parking $5. Daily dawn-dusk. TART
PALISADES TAHOE’S HIGH CAMP (530) 583-6985 | palisadestahoe.com
18-hole course. Disc rentals. Tram ticket required (Fri-Sun. Sept. 9-Oct. 9). TART
BIJOU COMMUNITY PARK
A mostly flat and moderately wooded course with 27 holes covering 8,324 feet. On Al Tahoe Blvd. off Hwy 50. BlueGo DISCWOOD (209) 258-7277 | kirkwood.com
Experience disc golf at 7,800 feet at Kirkwood Resort.The 18hole course weaves through the trees and over mountainous terrain. Free.
TAHOE PARADISE PARK tahoeparadisepark.com 9-hole course in Meyers.
TURTLE ROCK PARK CAMPGROUND (530) 694-2140 | alpinecounty.ca.gov | Closed for repairs Located in Markleeville.
ZEPHYR COVE
18 holes covering 5,256 feet with holes of varying lengths. On Warrior Way. BlueGo
DONNER SKI RANCH (530) 426-3635 | donnerskiranch.com 18-hole course. Free to play; must register at restaurant.
SIERRA COLLEGE (530) 550-2225
18 holes on campus. Free. Daily dawn-dusk. TART
TRUCKEE RIVER REGIONAL PARK (530) 582-7720 | tdrpd.com
18-hole course, off Brockway Road. Dogs must be on leash. Free. Daily dawn-dusk. TART
OLYMPIC VALLEY
(800) 403-0206 | palisadestahoe.com
High-tech treasure hunt on mountain using GPS to find 10 caches. Free with Aerial Tram ticket (Fri-Sun. Sept. 9-Oct. 9). TART
SHOPS AT HEAVENLY theshopsatheavenly.com
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INCLINE VILLAGE
(775) 832-1300
25-yard,
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inclinerecreation.com
OLYMPIC VALLEY (800) 403-0206 | palisadestahoe.com | Closed 2022
Swimming Lagoon & Spa at High Camp at Palisades
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (530) 542-6056 | cityofslt.com 25-yard indoor/outdoor year-round pool. Lessons. BlueGo
TRUCKEE
(530) 582-7720 | tdrpd.com
Lap & recreation pool. Kids swimming area, slides.TART
TRUCKEE
COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER (530) 582-7720 | tdrpd.com
Offers 29’ climbing wall & 12’ bouldering wall. All ages & levels. Lessons available. TART
INCLINE SKATE PARK (775) 832-1300 | inclinerecreation.com
Intermediate/advanced area with two, 5-foot tall bowls with a spine, 3-foot box and 2.5 foot bowl for beginners. Street course on top, with 8-foot flat rail, 6-foot down rail, four stairs and a 10-foot downward ramp. Corner Hwy. 28 & Southwood. Daily dawn-dusk. TART
BIJOU COMMUNITY PARK cityofslt.us
Bijou Community Park features a skateboard park on Al Tahoe Boulevard off Highway 50. BlueGo
SKATEHOUSE @skatetahoe
40’x80’ warehouse with indoor skate rink. 867 Eloise, South Lake Tahoe.
TAHOE CITY
SCOTTY LAPP MEMORIAL SKATE PARK scottylappmemorialskatepark.org
TRUCKEE RIVER REGIONAL PARK (530) 582-7720
WOODWARD TAHOE (530)
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Echo Summit | Stateline | Sept. 17
8-11 a.m. | tahoerimtrail.org
64 Acres | Tahoe City | Sept. 18
9 a.m.-12 p.m. Free | tahoerimtrail.org
area venues | Incline Village | Sept. 20 & 27
8 a.m. $11-$14 | yourtahoeplace.com
Incline Village Library | Sept. 20 & 27
10:30 a.m. Free | (775) 832-4130, events.washoecountylibrary.us
Echo Lake Sno Park | Echo Lake | Sept. 20, 22, 24 & 27
9 a.m.-4 p.m. | tahoerimtrail.org
Kings Beach Library | Sept. 20 & 27 12 a.m. Free | placer.ca.gov
Incline Village Library | Sept. 20
6:30 p.m. Free | (775) 832-4130
Incline Village Library | Sept. 20 & 27 Free | (775) 832-4130, events.washoecountylibrary.us
Bijou Community Park
South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 20 & 27
6-7 p.m. Free | tamba.org
Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area
| Tahoe City | Sept. 20 & 27
7:30-9:30 a.m. $ | tahoexc.org
Upper Truckee Marsh | South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 21
RSVP tinsweb.org
KidZone Museum | Truckee | Sept. 21
11 a.m. Free | kidzonemuseum.org
South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 22
1-3 p.m. | visitlaketahoe.com
virtual | Truckee | Sept. 22
9-9:30 a.m. Free | 530.550.8760 x5, truckeeriverwc.org
North Lake | Tahoe City | Sept. 24
9 a.m.-1 p.m. | gotahoenorth.com
Donner Summit Fest
Soda Springs Mountain Resort | Soda Springs | Sept. 24
12-3 p.m. $5-$15 | donnersummit.com
KidZone Museum | Truckee | Sept. 24
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free | (530) 587-5437, chamber.truckee.com
Tahoe Paradise Park | South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 24
8 a.m.-2 p.m. | (530) 545-1834
Mountain Bike Tours
Donner Memorial State Park | Truckee | Sept. 24
9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free | facebook.com
Road 73 Bypass Trail Volunteer Day
South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 24 & 27
8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. | tamba.org
Spartan - North Lake Tahoe Ultra World Championship
Spartan - North Lake Tahoe Ultra World Championship | Olympic Valley | Sept. 24
7:30 a.m. | trailrunner.com
Tahoe City Oktoberfest
Gatekeepers Museum | Tahoe City | Sept. 24 12-5 p.m. Free | visittahoecity.org
Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day area venues | South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 24
8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Free | keeptahoeblue.org
Truckee River Railroad Rides
Truckee River Regional Park | Sept. 24 11 a.m.-2 p.m. | facebook.com
Spartan Trail - North Lake Tahoe
Spartan Trail - North Lake Tahoe | Olympic Valley | Sept. 25
7:30 a.m. | trailrunner.com
TAMBA Fall Fundraiser: Celebrating Our Endurance
TBA | Stateline | Sept. 25
4-8 p.m. $60 | tamba.org
Donner Memorial State Park | Truckee | Sept. 26 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Free | facebook.com
Incline Village Library | Incline Village | Sept. 27
6:30 p.m. Free | (775) 832-4130
Tahoe History Talks on the Beach Camp Richardson | South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 27
6-7 p.m. | laketahoemuseum.org
Visit TheTahoeWeekly.com/ Events to add your Event for our print & online calendars.
Strenuous | 14 miles
There are several mountain biking trails off the Flume Trail, but if you follow the Flume Trail the whole way you will be rewarded with magnificent views of Lake Tahoe and the surrounding mountains. The Flume Trail rises 1,600’ above the East Shore of Lake Tahoe. At the end of the Flume Trail, there is a 3-mile, 1,600’ descent down to Tunnel Creek Station on Hwy. 28. It is a moderately difficult ride at 7,000’ to 8,000’ in elevation with more than 1,000’ of climbing and 4.5-miles of single track. It has several steep sections. Shuttle available at Tunnel Creek Café off Hwy. 28 in Incline Village to Spooner Lake State Park. Shuttle info flumetrailtahoe.com. Parking fee.
MOUNT ROSE TO SPOONER LAKE Strenuous | 20 miles
The beginning of this beautiful section of the Tahoe Rim Trail is at 8,700’ above the Sheep Flats (aka Tahoe Meadows) on Mount Rose. The first part of the trail parallels the highway and then descends through the meadows and briefly joins the Ophir Creek trail. Look for Rim Trail signs, then after a quarter-mile up and to the right of the Ophir Creek trail (don’t stay on the Ophir Creek Trail). After a 300’ climb out of the meadows, you begin to contour your way to the Tunnel Creek road. At 9 miles, you will come to the Tunnel Creek Road. Follow it a half-mile with the Flume Trail on the right. Continue straight for an 800’ switchbacking climb. Near the top of the climb, consider taking the vista trail to the Sand Harbor overlook.
Once at the top, the trail winds down past the Marlette Peak campground to Hobart Road. The Rim Trail past this point is closed to bikes, so your only path back to Spooner is along this road to the right and down to Marlette Lake. A short, but tough climb leads out of the Marlette basin and then it is downhill back to Spooner Lake. Mind the speed on this descent due to heavy equestrian and hiking use. Shuttle info flumetrailtahoe.com. Parking fee.
SKY TAVERN
(775) 323-5125 | skytavern.org
The mountain bike park features downhill, climbing and dual slalom trails, designed as a series of progressive trails. Open sunrise to sunset spring to fall.
NORTH SHORE
INCLINE BIKE PARK
Incline Bike Project on Facebook Park terrain and features for all ages.
TAHOE CROSS COUNTRY (530) 583-5475 | tahoexc.org
All levels | Varied terrain
Tahoe Cross Country offers marked mountain biking and hiking trails in the Burton Creek State Park area just north of Tahoe City. Trail access is free and the terrain is ideal for beginner and intermediate mountain bikers. Advanced riders can find challenging terrain on the Tahoe Rim Trail and around Mount Watson.
WESTERN STATES TRAIL Strenuous | 11.6 miles RT
This is a challenging and exhilarating ride (sometimes referred to as Three Bridges Trail) that will afford you a fun downhill swoop and beautiful mountain views. You can ride it either way, starting on either side of the Midway Bridge between Alpine Meadows and Olympic Valley off Hwy. 89.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE
BIJOU BIKE PARK bijoubikepark.org
The 5-acre park features pump tracks, BMX Track, striderfriendly pump track, jump lines and loop trail. Dawn-dusk.
Check trail conditions before heading out.
Please do not bike on wet trails.
tamba.org
All levels | Varied terrain
Corral area trails include Sidewinders, Cedar and Armstrong
Connector. This area has a high density of trails for all ability levels and serves as the unofficial hub of mountain bike activity in the South Shore. Featuring log rides, jumps and rock rolls including the new jumps, berms, rollers and hips. The trails all run parallel to the Fountain Place paved road. These trails link to Armstong Trail, the Tahoe Rim Trail, Powerline, Railroad Grade and this is also where Toads ends. Trails may be closed during fire restoration work; check in advance.
KIRKWOOD (209) 258-7277 | kirkwood.com
The mountain bike park offers a network of lift-accessed trails for all levels with 22 trails in the valley, and 12 accessed by the lift, with 11.5 miles of single track. The bike park features log rides, pump tracks and other terrain features.
MR. TOADS WILD RIDE
Moderate-Strenuous | 6.2 miles
Mr. Toad’s heads mostly downhill from the Tahoe Rim Trail with several options for making a loop. The upper section of this trail is much more technical than either section of the TRT and has many big drops and sections of nothing but rocks. There is also a huge stair step section that comes up on you quickly.
COLDSTREAM VALLEY
Easy to moderate | 6 miles RT
This loop offers a mellow ride offering views of the Sierra Crest, has nice flowers in the spring and circumnavigates a series of ponds. From Donner Pass Road, take Coldstream Road, which alternates pavement and dirt. After a short climb up the old terminal moraine of the glacier that once filled this valley, the valley opens up. Proceed on this road until you come to private property signs at the last pond, then turn left on the dirt road and return on the east side of the valley. Park outside the white gate on Coldstream.
DONNER SKI RANCH (530) 426-9350 | facebook.com/donnerskiranch
Offering lift-accessed mountain biking on its trails with varied terrain and great views.
Moderate | 15+ miles
Offers rolling, wide, single-track through high desert, winding through sagebrush, seasonally wet meadows and Jeffrey Pine forests. North of Truckee on Hwy. 89 to Donner Camp picnic area. If too wet, proceed 2.5 miles on Hwy. 89 to Prosser Creek Bridge pullout. 15 miles to Stampede, but can continue on to other areas.
NORTHSTAR CALIFORNIA
(530) 562-2268 | northstarcalifornia.com
All levels | Varied terrain
Northstar’s Mountain Bike Park boasts more than 100 miles of trails for mountain biking including its signature trail, LiveWire, and the most extensive life-accessed trail network in the Western United States. The park features Skill Development Areas and terrain features including jumps, rails and bridges.
The Park has the sweetest flow lines and the smoothest strider/pump track for all skills levels to progress along with beginner to advanced jump lines. Featuring a dual pump track, dirt jumps, flow lines, dual slalom track, xc trail, drop zone, medium slopestyle line and more. Open from sunrise to sunset. Helmets & brakes required.
WOODWARD TAHOE MOUNTAIN BIKE/BMX (530) 426-1114 | rideboreal.com
The Slabs lift-served bike park featuring flow lines with natural elements, granite rock and obstacles with berms, wall rides and jumps. And, visit The Trenches BMX park.
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Until Sept. 18 | Brewery Arts Center | Carson City, Nev.
Sierra School of Performing Arts in collaboration with Reno Little Theater explores this quirky mishmash of classic fairy tales, told with Broadway flair. | renolittletheater.org
Sept. 15 | Bartley Ranch | Reno, Nev.
Creator-choreographer-director Vanessa Sanchez and an all-female cast use dance, music, spoken word, video and percussive dialogue to recount a pivotal part of Chicanx history: the Pachuca Era, and the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles. | unr.edu
“Swan Lake”
Sept. 17-18 | Pioneer Center | Reno, Nev.
A.V.A. Ballet Theatre and will perform the ballet re-staged and re-choreographed. Reno Philharmonic Orchestra will perform the haunting score. | pioneercenter.com
“Remembrance,” 9/11 Memorial
Sept. 16 & 18 | Area venues
TOCCATA-Tahoe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus presents the 9/11 Memorial Concert Series with performance in Reno, Nev., and South Lake Tahoe conducted by Maestro James Rawie. | toccatatahoe.org
Sept. 22-Oct. 2 | Pioneer Center | Reno, Nev.
Join 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world? | pioneercenter.com
Sept. 24 | Pioneer Center | Reno, Nev.
This is a great way to introduce families to the symphony. Meet the Reno Phil Or chestra and Maestro Laura Jackson exploring the elements of music. | renophil.com
Oct. 1 | CVIC Hall | Minden, Nev.
Carson Valley Pops Orchestra will delight young and old with a lineup of musical selections. | cvpops.org
Oct. 1-2 | Rancho San Rafael Park | Reno, Nev.
This multi-day music festival, with only 4,000 tickets available, features two stag es, 16 musicians, activities and more. Headliners include Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jimmie Vaughan, Samantha Fish and Robert Randolph Band. | battleaxeandtracks. com
Oct. 2 | UNR Hall Recital Hall | Reno, Nev.
Carson Valley Singers will be performing “Changing the Landscape: 10 Choral Works by Women Composers.” | ccsymphony.com
Oct. 6 | Nightingale Concert Hall | Reno, Nev.
World-renowned koto player and composer Yumi Kurosawa, violinist Naho Parri ni and table player and percussionist Eric Phinney create different colors of sound by melding seemingly disparate ancient and modern-era instruments. | unr.edu
Offbeat Music Festival
Oct. 6-8 | Downtown | Reno, Nev.
This music festival crawl showcases more than 100 performances of the best homegrown musicians, regional bands and nationally recognized artists. There are new songs to discover at unique and intimate locations downtown. | offbeatreno. com
Reno Chamber Orchestra: The Spice of Life
Oct. 8-9 | Nightingale Concert Hall | Reno, Nev.
Conductor Kelly Kuo and Reno Chamber Orchestra present works by Fauré, Schubert and Clarice Assad, featuring violinist Adrian Anantawan. | renochamber orchestra.org
Reno Ukulele Festival
Oct. 12-15 | Nugget Casino Resort | Sparks, Nev.
Enjoy free introductory lessons with loaner instruments, free entertainment and a musical marketplace. | renouke.com
Apex Concerts: Twelfth Night
Oct. 12 | Hall Recital Hall | Reno, Nev.
Directed by violinist Rachell Ellen Wong and harpsichordist David Belkovski, Twelfth Night is an award-winning early music ensemble for the modern world. | unr.edu
Classix Series: “Scheherazade”
Oct. 15-16 | Pioneer Center | Reno, Nev.
Rimsky-Korsakov’s most popular work, “Scheherazade,” based on the story “One Thousand and One Nights,” creates a colorful kaleidoscope of fairy-tale images with varying moods that weave individual stories and moments into a symphonic masterpiece. | renophil.com
Oct. 20-23 | Nevada County Fairgrounds | Grass Valley
The annual Hangtown Music Festival includes Railroad Earth, Beats Antique, Yonder Mountain String Band and more. Expect food and drink vendors, a kids’ zone and camping. | hangtownfestival.com
Carson City Symphony Concert
Oct. 23 | Carson City Community Center | Carson City, Nev.
Carson City Symphony performs a concert with Gabriel Giro, violin and conduc tor. | ccsymphony.com
Oct. 27 | Grand Sierra Resort | Reno, Nev.
Watch the classic 1984 film with the score performed live by the Reno Phil Or chestra conducted by Peter M. Bernstein, son of Academy Award-winning compos er and an orchestrator for the film. | grandsierraresort.com
Oct. 27-30 | Valhalla Boathouse Theatre | South Lake Tahoe
When entrusting the subject of motherhood to such a dazzling collection of cele brated American writers, what results is a joyous, moving, hilarious and altogether thrilling theatrical play that shatters traditional notions about parenthood. | @valhallatahoe
Oct. 30 | Pioneer Center | Reno, Nev.
The 18-member, multi-ethnic company performs a forward-thinking repertoire that includes treasured classics, neoclassical works by George Balanchine and resident choreographer Robert Garland, as well as innovative contemporary works. | pioneercenter.com
Nov. 6 | Pioneer Center | Reno, Nev.
Three-time Grammy-winning Soweto Gospel Choir commemorates South Africa’s Freedom Movement and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States with a program of South African freedom songs. | pioneercenter.com
Nov. 10 | Nightingale Concert Hall |Reno, Nev.
This brilliant ensemble goes beyond the usual brass music genres, playing ev erything from Bach to Broadway — classical, blues, contemporary, folk, pop and more. | unr.edu
Nov. 10-19 | Lake Tahoe Community College | South Lake Tahoe
In 1926, radium is a miracle cure, Madame Curie is an international celebrity and luminous watches the latest rage — until the girls who paint those watch dials begin to die. Based on the mysterious true story. | blackicetheatreco.com
“Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party”
Nov. 10-19 | TMCC Dandini Campus | Reno, Nev.
Illinois schoolteacher Harmony Green has told her fourth-grade class that Menard County’s most beloved homegrown hero, Abraham Lincoln, was gay. When Honest Abe is “outed” in a reimagined Christmas pageant, controversy and chaos engulf the town. | tmcc.edu
Nov. 11-20 | Community Arts Center | Truckee
This Neil Simon classic comedy of slob Oscar Madison and fastidious Felix Unger who ultimately decide to room together offers hilarious results. | truckeecommuni tytheater.com
Nov. 12-13 | Pioneer Center | Reno, Nev.
Reno Phil’s principal trombonist, Jim Albrecht, will be the featured soloist for Appermont’s “Colors for Trombone,” a piece that explores the wide color palette of the solo trombone. | renophil.com
Nov. 16 | Hall Recital Hall | Reno, Nev.
The winners of the coveted Cleveland Quartet Award for 2022, the Aizuri String Quartet will delight concertgoers with a program blending the old and the new. | unr.edu
Reno Chamber Orchestra: It’s About Time
Nov. 19-20 | Nightingale Concert Hall | Reno, Nev.
Conductor Kelly Kuo and Reno Chamber Orchestra perform musical contributions of women, featuring Christine Lamprea on cello, alongside Haydn’s famous “The Clock” symphony. | renochamberorchestra.org
Through Oct. 23 | Eastgate Depot | Carson City, Nev.
Nevada’s rich history in mining and mills comes alive on the Carson City-Virginia City route through tunnels, canyons and mining towns aboard a restored Pullman coach led by a Baldwin steam locomotive. | vtrailway.com
Poetry at The Backyard
Sept. 14 | Tahoe Backyard | Kings Beach
Tahoe Poetry Collective chooses poets on a submission-based process. Poets and writers of all ages and languages welcome. Open to the public. | @tahoebackyard
Sept. 14-18 | Reno Stead Airport
Reno Air Racing Association’s event has become an institution for Northern Nevada and aviation enthusiasts with seven racing classes, a large display of static aircraft and several military and civilian flight demonstrations. | airrace.org
Sept. 14-18 | Reno Sparks Livestock Events Center
The event is a showcase for the Spanish Vaquero’s horse-training methods dating back to the early American West. The family-friendly, adrenaline-charged sports event is for all horse enthusiasts. | renosnafflebitfuturity.com
Third Thursday Downtown Sparks
Sept. 15, Oct. 20, Nov. 17 | Victorian Square | Sparks, Nev.
Expect good food, cold drinks, live entertainment, crafts, chef demos, movies on the big screen and all the art you can handle. | 39northdowntown.com
Sept. 15-18 | Tahoe & Reno venues
Sierra Nevada Yarn Crawl a favorite fiber event. Participants are welcomed into the shops, homes, ranches, warehouses and more of fiber artists. | @sierranevada yarncrawl
Sept. 16-17 | Truckee River Regional Park
Arts For The Schools hosts the 2nd annual Mexican Heritage Festival in honor of Día de La Independencia. The event will include a pageant de Las Reinas, perfor mances by Mexican vaqueros, arts and crafts, traditional games, live music and performances from Mariachi, Ranchera, Mexican poets and storytellers. | artsforth eschools.org
Sept. 17, Oct. 15 | Donner State Memorial Park | Truckee
The monthly series connects folks to the rich cultural and natural history of the area. On Sept. 17, hear Skirts in the Snow: beyond the tragedy of the Donner Party
On Oct. 15, hear about how cab-forward locomotives were invented for Donner Pass. | @sierrastateparksfoundation
Sept. 17 | Sassafras Eclectic Food Joint | Carson City, Nev.
Support equality, diversity and community Sassabration, for local organizations that support the LGBTQ community. This family-friendly event features music, performance artists, food and vendors. | sassabration.com
Sept. 17 | Sparks Marina Park
Experience the magic at the Water Lantern Festival and enjoy food trucks, music and the sight of thousands of floating lanterns that reflect messages of love, hope and happiness. | waterlanternfestival.com
Sierra Nevada Art Show & Sale
Sept. 17-18 | Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center
Featuring art by nine of the West’s best Western, wildlife and landscape artists. | sierranevadainvitational.com
Sept. 17-18 | Virginia City, Nev.
Open to any high-performance car. Spectators might catch a glimpse of Tigers, Vipers, BMWs, Corvettes, Camaros and Ferraris. | virginiacityhillclimb.com
Sept. 23-25 | Area venues
This event is the conclusion of the motorcycle rally season and features live mu sic, more than 100 vendors, food and beverages, a poker run and more with venues in Reno, Virginia City and Carson City. | roadshowsreno.com
Sept. 23-25 | Reno Sparks Livestock Events Center
The event features eight athletes fighting for the championship while putting on a spectacle. Tyler Menninga gets behind the wheel of the legendary black and green Grave Digger, celebrating its 40th anniversary. | monsterjam.com
Sept. 24 | Sierra Valley
Visitors will travel the Sierra Valley trail at their own pace, enjoying Sierra Valley Barn Quilts and opportunities to visit market farms, working ranches and other historic buildings, hosting local artists of every medium. | sierravalleyartagtrail.org
Oct. 1 | Bijou Community Park | South Lake Tahoe
Celebrate different cultures through art, music, food and entertainment. This oneday event will feature cultural displays, kids’ activities, food trucks, vendor booths and more. | cityofslt.us
Oct. 1 | Minden-Tahoe Airport
The airshow produced by Douglas County is a bi-annual event and features air show performers and military jet demonstration teams. | aviationroundup.com
Oct. 1 | Baldini’s Casino | Sparks, Nev.
Car enthusiasts howcase their classic vehicles. | @hotaugustnights
Oct. 1-2 | Virginia City, Nev.
The races pit teams of costumed outhouse racers against each other. One person rides and the remaining team members push, pull or drag the decorated outhouses down the racetrack. | @virginiacity
Oct. 6-9 | Churchill County Fairgrounds | Fallon, Nev.
Relive the spirit of the Wild West with a craft fair, car show, comfort food, Civil War reenactment with Nevada Gunfighters and the World Championship Fast Draw Competition. | cowboyfastdraw.com
Oct. 7-9 | Atlantis Casino Resort & Spa | Reno, Nev.
The Legion Sports Fest is the largest IFBB Pro League Contest and fitness expo in the West. The event includes nine sports, hundreds of fitness and nutrition vendors and dozens of fitness celebrities. | centerpodium.com
Oct. 7-9 | Carson Valley, Nev. venues
A three-day celebration of Carson Valley art and artists, featuring open studio tours, demonstrations and lively discussions about art in and around the Carson Valley. | cvartscouncil.com
Oct. 8 | Animal Ark | Reno, Nev.
Featuring local artists and vendors throughout Animal Ark allowing guests to shop local and unique artwork and more while visiting the animals. | @animalark_reno
Oct. 8 | Wilbur D. May Arboretum | Reno, Nev.
Come out and score some beautiful bulbs to help make your lawn and garden pop next spring. There will be 147 varieties of Dutch-grown bulbs available for pur chase. Experienced gardeners will also be on hand to provide growing tips for our area. | Reno May Center on Facebook
Oct. 8-9 | Village at Palisades Tahoe | Olympic Valley Made in Tahoe will host a array of offerings that are made in or inspired by the Tahoe Basin and Truckee areas featuring local artisans, businesses, chefs, organiza tions and entertainers. | @palisadestahoe
Oct. 15-17 | Heavenly Village | South Lake Tahoe
South Shore-based nonprofit Good Sam Safe Ride presents this event, free for par ticipants and attendees. True to its name, the event is an appreciation of old, classic automobiles. | goodsamsaferide.com
Oct. 15-22 | Reno-Sparks Livestock Event Center | Sparks, Nev.
American Cowboys Team Roping Association attracts competitors from across the country. Young and old, men and women compete in the hopes of capturing the national title. | actra.org
Oct. 16 | Grand Sierra Resort | Reno, Nev.
If you’re a bride-to-be, attend Reno’s largest, most diverse and elegant wedding events for couples planning their special day. | lockettshows.com
Oct. 22 | Town Corporation Yard | Truckee
Kids of any age will enjoy a hands-on, up-close day with heavy equipment. Meet Smokey Bear and visit Humane Society/Town of Truckee Animal Shelter. Big Trucks will be on display along with the CHP helicopter. | tdrpd.org
Oct. 29 | McFadden Plaza | Carson City, Nev.
The theme for 2022 is Carnivál on the Comstock, which means costumes are a must. The parade starts at 10 a.m. Expect many family-friendly events, including the annual beard contest, rock drilling and more. | nevadaday.com
Nov. 11 | C Street | Virginia City, Nev.
Honor America’s veterans at the annual Veterans’ Day Parade starting at 11 a.m. | visitvirginiacitynv.com
Sept. 17, 24, Oct. 1, 20 | Carson City, Nev.
Carson City’s spooky and intriguing history is explored and theatrically re-lived in the Carson City Ghost Walk. Guided tours depart from the corner of Third and Curry streets. | carsoncityghostwalk.com
Sept. 22-Nov. 10 | Gold Hill Hotel | Virginia City, Nev.
Take the tour or start the tour with a gourmet dinner. A ghost hunter will guide with tales of hotel hauntings and the surrounding area, known as Slippery Gulch, and try to make contact with those beyond. | goldhillhotel.net
Sept. 24 | KidZone Museum | Truckee
This free family event will feature a petting zoo, bulb planting, arts and crafts, face painting, a bilingual singalong, Truckee Donner Railroad Society activities and playtime in the museum. | @kidzonemuseum
Andelin Farm Fall Festival
Sept. 29-Oct. 31 | Sparks, Nev.
The pumpkin patch features a variety of pick-your-own pumpkins and activities such as a hayride, cow train, meeting the farm animals, lassoing, a corn shed, a hay bale maze for kids, corn maze, duck races and funny photo boards. | andelinfamily farm.com
Junkee’s Dark Corner Haunted House
Sept. 30-Oct. 31 | National Bowling Stadium | Reno, Nev.
This immersive experience offers terrifying actors, jaw-dropping special effects and menacing monsters. Reno’s iconic Junkee store is bringing all the haunted, possessed and creepy antiques kept away until now. | darkcornerhaunt.com
Oct. 1 | Heritage Park | Gardnerville, Nev.
The festival offers harvest in the community gardens, building a scarecrow or rac ing a coffin with a team of friends. There will also be dancers and talented perform ers. | mainstreetgardnerville.org
Oct. 1-31 | Reno, Nev.
The seasonal event features a variety of pumpkins, squash, gourds and decora tions, a 5-acre corn maze, hayrides, farm animals and other attractions. | ferrari farms.org
Oct. 1-31 | Corley Ranch | Gardnerville, Nev.
Kids can enjoy a hay slide, straw maze, miniature golf and bounce house. Join in on the pig races, take hay wagon rides or visit with farm animals. | corleyranch.com
Oct. 1-31 | Virginia City, Nev.
Otherworldly haunts exist as Virginia City celebrates its history and offers a month of ghost experiences. Feel the chill with Bats in the Belfry Ghost Tours, Pumpkin Patch train, paranormal investigations at St. Mary’s Art Center and much more. | @virginiacity
Oct. 8 | Northwoods Clubhouse | Truckee
Now in its 11th year, this family-friendly harvest celebration for all ages features a full day of seasonal-themed events and activities. | tahoedonner.com
Oct. 14 | The Chateau | Incline Village, Nev.
At this year’s 11th annual Tahoe Connections for Families’ Fall Fest watch every wild character play their part in a three-ring circus. Includes dinner, music and silent auction. | tcfkids.org
Oct. 15-16 | Carson City, Nev.
The Nevada State Railroad Museum hosts the 7th annual Harvest Train with steam train rides, a pumpkin patch, craft fair and food trucks. | @NSRMCC
Oct. 22-23 | Victorian Square | Sparks, Nev.
This celebration of family and fall is free to attend and features the PumpkinPal ooza Midway, the Pumpkin Design Studio, the Purple Pumpkin Pursuit, vendors and food trucks and entertainment. | pumpkinpalooza.org
Oct. 27 | Village Green | Incline Village, Nev.
Incline Parks & Recreation presents Trail of Treats and Terror open to Incline Vil lage and Crystal Bay residents. Pre-registration required. | yourtahoeplace.com
Oct. 28 | St. Patrick’s Church | Incline Village, Nev.
Incline Village Nursery School hosts a Trunk or Treat outing for the kids. | ivns.org
Oct. 28 | Train Depot | Truckee
Kids of all ages can parade down Donner Pass Road to the Community Arts Cen ter where they trick or treat with area nonprofits and businesses. The parade leaves the Train Depot at 6 p.m. | tdrpd.org
Oct. 29 | Cargo | Reno, Nev.,
Base Camp returns with the annual Halloween Base Ball and Costume Contest at Cargo featuring Bear Grillz. | @basscampfest
Oct. 29 | Crystal Bay Casino | Crystal Bay, Nev.
The Creeper’s Ball returns to the casino’s Crown Room featuring Tainted Love, guest DJs and Halloween after party. | crystalbaycasino.com
Oct. 31 | Tahoe City venues
Trick or Treat for kids of all ages is from 4 to 6 p.m. starting at Heritage Plaza. Lo cal businesses will pass out candy to those in costume. Pick up a free glow necklace and treat bag. | tcpud.org
Oct. 31 | Town Hall | Genoa, Nev.
Parents bring their ghosts and ghouls for a safe Halloween gathering. The town will provide a main dish and soft drinks. Parents bring a side dish and adult bever ages. | genoanevada.org
Oct. 31 | VC Jerky Company | Virginia City, Nev.
Bring your favorite little goblin dressed to scare at 4 p.m. After the parade, enjoy a safe trick or treat on C Street with merchants and saloons. | @virginiacity
Sept. 29-Oct. 2 | UNR Crowley Student Union | Reno, Nev.
The festival is screening in more than 400 countries across six continents. Mov ie-goers become the judges and vote for their favorite film. | @manhattanshort
Sept. 30 | Community Art Center | Truckee
Teton Gravity Research WhiSKI series offers a VIP screening of the new fea ture-length ski and snowboard film, “Magic Hour,” with a high-end whiskey tasting and athlete/production team Q&A. | tetongravity.com
Oct. 1 | Palisades Tahoe KT Bar | Olympic Village
Get hyped for winter with the new feature-length ski and snowboard film and re ceive prize giveaways from major ski companies and a chance at grand tour prizes. | tetongravity.com
Oct. 13 | Great Nevada Field | Reno, Nev.
Catch the latest from Teton Gravity Research and stoke your fire for the coming winter. Mt. Rose presents “Magic Hour.” | @mtroseskitahoe
Oct. 25 | Olympic Village Lodge | Olympic Valley
Matchstick Productions 2022 ski film explores a world of opportunities through the eyes of a 12-year-old freestyle phenomenon. Through his voice, the audience hears his skiing aspirations. | matchstickpro.com
Nov. 9 | The Reno Ballroom | Reno, Nev.
A killer storm cycle in the Monashees. Adaptive back-country riding. The ultimate grass skiing run. Come along for the biggest days with the 73rd annual Miller film, “Daymaker.” | @warrenmillerent
Nov. 18 | Community Arts Center | Truckee
Mountain Area Preservation presents the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, featuring award-winning short films that combine filmmaking, cinematography and storytell ing to inspire solutions and possibilities to restore the earth and human communi ties. | @mountainareapreservation
Dec. 1-4 | Area venues | North Lake Tahoe
This annual environmental film festival will present an important section of new and exciting productions from the U.S. and Latin America that have been screened in various festivals throughout the world. | tahoefilmfest.com
LIVE MUSIC BY COBURN STATION and Traditional Accordionist Christiane Georgi
North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach
Local author Kathryn Reed’s all-season guide to the great Tahoe outdoors.
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summer & winter guides also
Sept. 16-18 | Lake Tahoe
The Lake Crossing sits apart from other paddle races by its length (22 miles) and the majestic paddle across Lake Tahoe. Surrounded by 2,000-foot peaks, the alpine destination is the largest flat-water paddle venue in the world. | paddleguru.com
Sept. 17 | C Street | Virginia City, Nev.
The race consists of three loops, each returning to base camp in Virginia City over hardpack and rocky terrain on historical wagon roads with some sandy singletrack footing and several mountain climbs. | nastr.org
Sept. 17 | Area venues
Tahoe Adventure Challenge is California’s longest running adventure race and a multi-sport event in which athletes participate and compete in kayaking or standup paddling, mountain biking, trail running and navigation. Teams gather as many checkpoints as possible and finish within the eight-hour limit. | bigblueadventure. com
Sept. 17-18 | Homewood Mountain Resort
This family-friendly weekend celebrates the van life community and offers the opportunity to view an array of van vendors and overland products, along with live music, food and local brews. | adventurevanexpo.com
Sept. 24-26 | Palisades Tahoe | Olympic Valley
The most resilient athletes take on 24 hours of grueling, obstacle-dense racing. Debuting a10k Night Ultra Lap event. Spectators are welcome. | @palisadestahoe
Oct. 1 | Area venues
The Great Trail Race is an epic point to point route between Truckee and Tahoe City that you can either mountain bike or trail run. Choose one of two course op tions, Elite or Classic. | @bigblueadventure
Oct. 2 | Greater Nevada Field | Reno, Nev.
The courses take runners and walkers through the streets of downtown and along the Truckee River. Celebrate at the end with music, food and drinks. | raceroster. com
Oct. 6-15 | Area venues | California and Nevada
The Rebelle Rally covers approximately 2,000 kilometers of California and Neva da desert driving via dirt roads, double tracks, trails and sand dunes. | rebellerally. com
Oct. 8 | Corral Loop | South Lake Tahoe
The Corral Night Ride is a fabled gathering of hearty souls that stage a night ride with Halloween revelry each year. | @tambatahoe
Oct. 8 | Village at Northstar, Truckee
The festival features events that start and end in the Village at Northstar featuring a Vertical K, 100 miler/100K, 50 miler, 50K and 25K. | @epicenduranceevents
Oct. 14-16 | Area venues
Run three half marathons in three days in two California and Nevada and you will have done the Tahoe Trifecta. Or run two races or one, such as the downhill Emer ald Bay Half Marathon, or pick from shorter races. | laketahoemarathon.com
Oct. 15 | James Lee Park | Carson City, Nev.
This event celebrating the Jacks Valley Loop Trail begins with a trail dedication and includes, music, food and beverages, family activities, a raffle and community booths and 9 miles of new trial for mountain biking or hiking. | @carsonvalleytrail sassociation
Oct. 16 | Truckee River venues
Truckee River Watershed Council’s 27th annual Truckee River Day is a communi ty day of river, meadow and wetland restoration. | @trwcnews
Oct. 21-22 | Reno Sparks Convention Center | Reno, Nev.
There’s a huge selection of new and used equipment. Everything from boards to boots, skis to snowshoes, clothing, helmets, gloves and more. Free parking and admission. | unrskiswap.com
Nov. 5 | Truckee Donner Community Recreation Center
Sell old gear, buy new gear or old gear for discounted prices. Local reps from ski companies and resorts will be on hand to answer questions. | tdrpd.org
Nov. 12-13 | Tahoe XC | Tahoe City
Clean out your gear and get ready to purchase some new stuff to benefit the Tahoe Cross-Country Ski Education Association. | @tahoexc
Nov. 24 | Reno City Plaza | Reno, Nev.
Wobble Before You Gobble is a family fun run/walk/wobble that kicks off Thanksgiving morning festivities in downtown Reno. Each registered participant will receive a finisher’s award and a timed race event. | desertskyadventures.com
Nov. 24 | Scheel’s | Sparks, Nev.
Before you gorge yourself on a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner, try the annual run with several lengths and skill sets. | runsignup.com
3rd Saturdays | Riverwalk District | Reno, Nev.
The Wine Walk along the Truckee River is from 2 to 5 p.m. on every third Satur day of the month. | renoriver.org
Sept. 16 & 17 | FiftyFifty | Truckee
FiftyFifty Brewing hosts its first Oktoberfest celebration on Sept. 16 and 17 from noon to 8 p.m. featuring German-style beers, brats, pretzels, live music at 6 p.m. Come dressed in costume. | @FiftyFifty Brewing Company
Sept. 17 | Heavenly Village | South Lake Tahoe
Sample beers, spirits, kombucha and sodas and purchase sampler plates of a chick en wing cook-off between the top Heavenly Village restaurants competing for the trophy. | @heavenlyvillage
Sept. 17 | Village at Palisades Tahoe | Olympic Valley
This annual event transforms the Village at Palisades Tahoe into the largest Ba varian playground in North Lake Tahoe, complete with German beer and Bavarian music and dance, plus the ever-popular Oktoberfest Games for plenty of family fun. | @palisadestahoe
Sept. 17 | Heritage Park | Gardnerville, Nev.
Back for its 29th year with German foods, music and fun from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. along with local crafts, games for all ages and plenty of German beer to enjoy Costume contest for kids and adults. | carsonvalleysertoma.org
Sept. 17 | The Outlets at Legends | Sparks, Nev.
The festival follows the beer-mile relay and features more than 30 craft breweries. There will be additional craft beverages including canned cocktails, mead, cider and seltzer and craft non-alcoholic beverage. | @legendsofbeerfestival
Sept. 17, Oct. 22, Dec. 10 | The Reno Arch | Reno, Nev.
Crawl Reno has combined several crawls into Comic Crawl on Sept. 17, a giant comic-con at 17 bars and clubs in one night. On Oct. 22, the popular Zombie Crawl is what USA Today called the best costumed Halloween party in the nation and the Santa Crawl on Dec. 10 has more than 20,000 Santas filling downtown. | crawlreno. com
Sept. 22 | Governor’s Manor | Carson City, Nev.
Friends of Nevada State Museum present an Evening at the Silver State Speakeasy with a show, dinner, a raffle and no-host beverages. Prohibition-Era attire is encour aged. | visitcarsoncity.com
Sept. 24 | Gatekeeper’s Museum | Tahoe City
Revelers can enjoy craft beers from some of the region’s best microbreweries, live music and food with traditional Bavarian-themed games and a craft vendor village. The crowd will also select the winner of the “Best German-themed costume” con test. | visittahoecity.org
Sept. 24 | Tahoe Backyard | Kings Beach
Enjoy the Beartoberfest and the last day of the Makers Market for the season. | @tahoebackyard
Sept. 25-25 | Genoa, Nev.
This event, which boasts more than 300 arts and crafts booths, activity and food vendors, draws thousands of people to Genoa. The original fundraiser in 1919, held by the town’s ladies, was to pay for the purchase of streetlights. | @genoacandydan ceevent
Oct. 1 | Downtown Truckee
Truckee Wine Walk & Shop is scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. in historic down town. | truckeewinewalk.com
Oct. 1-31 | Area venues
Buy a ticket and visit local partner breweries to support Achieve Tahoe’s outdoor recreation programs for people with disabilities. | achievetahoe.org
Oct. 7 | Pet Network Human Society | Incline Village, Nev.
This fundraising event for the nonprofit will feature live music by Jacked Up, food and games and beer tastings. Kids enter free. | petnetwork.org
Oct. 8 | Sierra City
Sierra City hosts its 21st Annual Oktoberfest in downtown from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with live music, food, vendors and crafts. | sierracountychamber.com
Oct. 8-9 | Downtown | Reno, Nev.
Eldorado Great Italian Festival transforms downtown Reno into Little Italy with a grape stomp, wine walk, an Italian farmers’ market, food booths and live entertain ment. | caesars.com
Oct. 20 | Main Street | Gardnerville, Nev.
From 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., experience all that Gardnerville has to offer. This year beer vendors have been added to the walk. | mainstreetgardnerville.org
Oct. 22 | Truckee Donner Community Recreation Center | Truckee
Rotary Club of Truckee presents the 43rd annual Cadillac Ball. The theme is Ken tucky Derby. | cadillacball2015.com
Nov. 4 | The Discovery | Reno, Nev.
Get ready to mix up some fun at The Discovery’s annual fundraising event. Tour uncharted jungle scenery and view rare animal species, as you sample jungle-in spired cocktails and a delicious menu created by the experts at Blend. | @nevada museum
Nov. 6 | Lone Eagle Grille | Incline Village, Nev.
The theme for the 32nd annual Tahoe Chocolate & Wine Festival is Gather in Gratitude. Enjoy wine and chocolate tastings with heavy appetizers and live music. Proceeds benefit Sierra Community House. | sierracommunityhouse.org
Nov. 10 | North Tahoe Event Center | Kings Beach
North Tahoe Business Association brings together 30 restaurants, caterers, brew eries and wineries for a night of unlimited tastings to excite the palate, along with a raffle and silent auction. | @visitnorthtahoe
Nov. 4-20 | Carson City Community Center
The celebrated 1942 film has recently been remade into a blockbuster musical the ater production with explosive dance routines, comedy and ballads such as “White Christmas.” | wnmtc.com
Nov. 5 | Carson Valley Methodist Church | Gardnerville, Nev.
Handcrafted gifts, holiday décor and bake sale, silent auction, Kids’ Market (only kids allowed) and storytelling with Santa. Cornbread, salad and chili lunch for $5. | visitcarsonvalley.org
Nov. 11-12 | Douglas County Community Center | Gardnerville, Nev.
Local community and handmade crafts from 150 vendors for the holiday season. No admission or parking fees. | youngatheartseniorcitizens.org
Nov. 16-20 | Valhalla Boathouse Theatre | South Lake Tahoe
This is the seasonal version of a 2002 play called “Guilty Pleasures” by David Hamilton and Mark D. Williams that centered on a group of individuals who had permission to perform a show as part of their community service. Time has gone by; now the same characters are doing a Christmas show. | @valhallatahoe
Nov. 17-Dec. 23 (select days) | Eastgate Depot | Carson City, Nev.
Experience the magic of the famed holiday story come to life. Riders can wear their pajamas and partake in caroling and a reading of the classic story on their way to the North Pole. | vtrailway.com
Nov. 18-20 | Valhalla Grand Hall | South Lake Tahoe
The popular Holiday Faire returns featuring a variety of local and regional arts and crafts vendors. The Grand Hall is decked out in traditional holiday cheer with refreshments, photos with Mr. and Mrs. Claus and live music. | @valhallatahoe
Nov. 24-27 | Nugget Casino Resort | Sparks, Nev.
Enjoy three days of activities, including gift booths, holiday food and drink demonstrations, ideas for festive Christmas parties and local live music. | nuggetca sinoresort.com
Nov. 26 | Tahoe City venues
Kick off the holiday season in style at the Tahoe City Holiday Hop. Stroll and shop through local stores while enjoying wine, snacks, good cheer and festive sur roundings Pick up a Shop Local card for a chance to win prizes. | @visittahoecity
Nov. 25-Dec. 31 | Heavenly Village | South Lake Tahoe
Daily tree lighting, ice sculptures, breakfast with Santa, meet your favorite Disney characters, a holiday Ferris wheel, music, performances and more. | theshop satheavenly.com
Hometown Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting
Dec. 1-3 | Victorian Square | Sparks, Nev.
This Northern Nevada tradition features marching bands, Christmas costumes, adorable animals and festive floats all representing “A Season of Giving.” The tree lighting is on Dec. 2 and the parade on Dec. 3. | cityofsparks.us
Christmas on the Comstock
Dec. 1-30 | C Street | Virginia City, Nev.
This Victorian-style holiday celebration features an official tree lighting, a play of fering a new take on the holiday classic “The Comstock Christmas Carol,” a saloon crawl, our Believe Again Shopping Spree, the V&T Candy Cane Express and more. |@virginacity
Dec. 2-4 | Pioneer Center | Reno. Nev.
Reno Phil Orchestra, Reno Phil Chorus and conductor Jason Altieri perform “Spir it of the Season,” a classic holiday celebration full of orchestral arrangements, jazzy numbers, traditional holiday tunes and carols. | renophil.com
Dec. 2-4 | Community Arts Center | Truckee
When The Royal Shakespeare Company doesn’t show up to perform its rendition of “A Christmas Carol,” it’s up to these hapless actors and technicians to pull it together. | truckeecommunitytheater.com
Dec. 9-11 | Pioneer Center | Reno, Nev.
A.V.A Ballet Theatre’s artistic director Alexander Van Alstyne has choreographed an exciting rendition of the popular holiday ballet and the Reno Philharmonic Or chestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s moving score. | pioneercenter.com
Dec. 11 | Carson City Community Center
Carson City Symphony will perform its 39th annual Holiday Treat Concert with Carson Chamber Singers, Joyful Noise Carson Children’s Choir and Victorian Dancers. | ccsymphony.com
Dec. 16-18 | North Tahoe High School | Tahoe City Lake Tahoe Dance Collective offers this holiday classic set in the ballroom of Tahoe Tavern in 1919 with professional guest artists, community members and local dancers. | laketahoedancecollective.org
R.Stanley Dollar Jr. had a distin guished career racing powerful speedboats in Tahoe Yacht Club’s summer regattas in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. He was also the perfect ambassador to represent the best of American racing on the international circuit. In an adu latory 1935 article published in “Motor Boating” magazine, Everett B. Morris, sportswriter and yachting editor of “The New York Herald Tribune,” extolled the virtues of the 20-year-old hotshot. That year, Dollar Jr. had traveled to France to compete against the best national teams of Great Britain, France and Italy for the coveted Spreckels Trophy.
As the sole American participant and not supported by the U.S. government, Dollar entered the race with his secretly designed, narrow hull speedboat “Uncle Sam.” Each of the other countries had three custom-built watercraft ready in case of mechanical failure or mishap. The toughest challenge in the Spreck els-sponsored contest was that entries were featherweight — no vessel could weigh more than 770 pounds including engine and linkage. Dollar, piloting his innovative “Uncle Sam” along the choppy Seine River in Paris, was in the lead for the first half of the race until his steering gear jammed and the boat flipped twice at 70 mph. Fortunately, he survived the crash without injury.
Despite Dollar’s ignominious defeat, Everett Morris assured his readers that the young man “behaved like a sports man, a gentleman and cast no shadows
on the best traditions of American motor-boating.”
Stanley was handsome, charming and charismatic, but not one to crave attention or the media spotlight. Morris observed that Dollar was “a cleancut, wholesome athletic type with an infectious smile and genuinely straight forward manner … keen, intelligent and self-reliant.” He confirmed that: “A new American speedboat racing ace is in the making.”
When not sporting at Lake Tahoe, Stanley worked as vice president of the Dollar Company that his deceased father had established and wisely diversified. Stanley’s responsibilities in cluded commercial shipping, real estate, lumber and civic affairs. In the 1920s, the Dollar Steam Ship Line had been the world’s most profitable ocean-going enterprise, but the 1929 stock market crash and subsequent Great Depression crushed luxury travel and saddled the company with debt. To satisfy creditors, the bankrupt Dollar Line was acquired by the Federal Maritime Commission in the late 1930s and then sold after World War II with remaining profits split between the Dollar family and the U.S. government.
Ollie Meek, Stan’s close childhood friend from the San Francisco Bay Area, was a top mechanic and co-pilot on the duo’s speed-burning runs across Big Blue and at competitions domestically and abroad. When the United States en tered World War II in 1941, Dollar and
Meek enlisted in a field artillery unit and fought in the Philippine campaign where Stanley was awarded the Bronze Star and discharged with the rank of ma jor. After the war, Dollar and Meek had important jobs at the Dollar Company, but whenever they could, they worked on speedboats.
Designing, constructing and equipping top-flight racing boats and hydroplanes is not for the meek or blue-collar crowd. These over-powered water bullets were dangerous to drive and the financial costs were simply too high for the aver age breadwinner. For example, in 1948 Dollar outfitted his cutting-edge “SkipA-Long of California” speedboat with a 2,000-hp Allison V-12 aircraft engine originally designed to power the U.S. Air Force’s P-82 Mustang warplane. It made sense. “Skip-A-Long” was an Un limited (horsepower) Class aluminum hydroplane that mimicked a futuristic fighter jet with tapered, aerodynamic wings. This machine, built purely for top velocity, was 30-feet long and 12feet wide with a radical shape design for stability at high speed. Driver Dollar and riding mechanic Meek crouched in a small cockpit as the rear-positioned Allison motor thrust them forward at 120 mph.
In the autumn of 1948, Dollar skip pered “Skip-A-Long” to first place at the Silver Cup race in Detroit, Mich. In 1949, the pair won the prestigious Harmsworth International Speed Boat Race trophy with “Skip-A-Long” and the first four out of five races on the circuit that year. But in a major per sonal loss for team Dollar, on Aug. 14, 1949, during an exhibition run for spectators at Lake Tahoe Yacht Club Regatta, “Skip-A-Long” developed engine trouble and a leak that quickly sank her in 510 feet of water offshore near Sunnyside in on the West Shore. Despite repeated attempts to retrieve the innovative championship hydroplane, even with help from the U.S. Navy, they failed to bring her up. “Skip-ALong” sat on the bottom of Big Blue for decades until 1982 when Tahoe businessman John Clauss located it with an underwater video camera and led a successful salvage operation.
Among the most consistent, preem inent competitors at Tahoe’s popular summer regattas were Henry J. Kai
ser and his son H.J. Jr., Dollar Jr. and Herbert Fleishhacker Sr., a wealthy San Francisco banker and civic leader and his son Herbert. The elder Dollar died in 1932, but it was common for these aris tocratic father-son teams to race against each other in different customized boats at the Tahoe events.
Interestingly, both the elder Dollar and Kaiser acquired their fortunes in large-scale maritime interests and other profitable industrial enterprises before they got into boat racing at Lake Tahoe. While the elder Dollar was known as the Grand Old Man of the Pacific, the elder Kaiser was called the Father of American Shipbuilding.
During World War II his Kaiser Ship yard in Richmond assembled Liberty cargo ships for America’s war effort with a remarkable average construction time of 45 days. The Richmond ship yard secured its international reputation for speedy work when teams built and launched a 10,500-ton vessel in just four days and 15.5 hours. Kaiser Aluminum, Kaiser Steel and Kaiser Permanente health care are legacy corporations from this exceptionally successful business man.
An intense but good-natured rivalry de veloped between the Dollar, Fleishhack er and Kaiser families, who dominated most other competitors for the annual crown of fastest boat on Lake Tahoe. Stanley was wealthy but unlike Kaiser and Fleishhacker, he frequently built his own boats. He enjoyed the work and relied on himself, Meek and friends for help. Stan was proud of his underdog status; he liked that when people saw his coveralls oil-stained from tinkering on engines, they assumed he was a hired grease monkey. In 1953, Stanley, Meek and a third partner purchased Sierra Boat Company in Carnelian Bay, which provided them with workspace, tools and experienced mechanics to help maintain their nautical passion.
In addition to taking first place at many Tahoe regattas, Stan Dollar was one of only a few drivers to win the two most prestigious awards of the Unlimited Class of speedboat racing: the American Power Boat Association Gold Cup and the Harmsworth International Trophy. He died in 1975.
Kickoff Party | Sept. 23 | 7 p.m. | Lost Marbles Ranch | Beckwourth
Sierra Art + Ag Trail | Sept. 24 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Sierra Valley
The Sierra Valley comes alive on Sept. 24 with local ranchers, artists and makers highlighting all the home made goods grown and produced in this expansive mountainous region of Northern California.
Back for its fifth year, Sierra Valley Art + Ag Trail was founded by Kristi Jameson to shed light on the valley and share the lost art of farming and agriculture. A few of the ranches have been around since the late 19th Century as generations of families have kept the businesses going with their tried-andtrue agricultural practices.
“This is the highest alpine valley we have here; it’s one huge vast valley that spans hundreds of square miles and has four points of entry: State Routes 70, 89, 49 and 395. Locals know it as the Lost Sierra; 45 minutes north from Truckee,” says event producer Lindsay McIntosh.
“The valley inhabits many ranching families that’ve been here since the 1880s and these homesteaders had ca thedral-shaped houses, huge barns and provided all the food, entertainment and places to sleep for miners coming from Downieville.”
Take for instance Rick Roberti, co-owner of Roberti Ranch in Loyalton, who runs the estate with his two broth
ers; his grandparents established the ranch in 1922. When the brothers took over the operation from their parents El mer and Helen, they converted a lot of the sagebrush-covered land into alfalfa fields to help feed their 500 or so cows.
“This is a labor of love that got passed on … the community is involved and it rallies everyone together. We’re excited about it; there’s a lot of pride in this.”
- Lindsay McIntoshRoberti Ranch has been a longtime participant of the event, inviting people to their home and taking them around the 6,000-acre property in their 24-pas senger transit bus, pointing out wildlife, sharing interesting history and showing what it’s like to take care of and manage the land.
“There’s so much misleading informa tion about farmers and ranchers these days. People aren’t connected to the
farm, so they just don’t know what’s happening on them,” said Roberti when asked why he likes being a part of the Sierra Valley Art + Ag Trail.
He explains that so much land is pri vately owned now with No Trespassing signs that may inhibit people from stop ping and looking around, so this event provides the perfect way to teach people about what goes on in Sierra Valley.
“It’s a great experience for us. We get to meet interesting people and want to tell our story. We’ve met a lot of great people at past events. It’s a lot of work, but it’s worth it,” he says.
Roberti Ranch is just one of the dozen or so event sites along with 49 artisans who live throughout the valley making everything from soap to coffee to barn quilts. New this year, the event includes more events in Loyalton and a passport program that will help organizers track visitation while also giving people a chance to win prizes.
“We have the cogen [cogeneration] power plant here and the land trust is talking about reinstating the railroad. Loyalton has the biggest population out of any town in the Sierra Valley, so it makes sense for them to be included,” McIntosh says.
Maybe you won’t find massive cathe dral homes in Loyalton like in the rest
of the valley, but there will be a market farm held in the square.
“It’s all-encompassing, timber-to-pine, garden-to-table food and we’ll have a big cattleman’s lunch in the middle of the square with a branding demonstra tion, petting zoo, photo booth, talks with Roberti Ranch and all of the other local farmers and artists will be there,” says McIntosh. “There will be a pow wow group singing ‘On the Land’ to honor the indigenous Maidu and Paiute who lived on and took care of the land before we got here.”
“This is a labor of love that got passed on. It’s such an amazing event; the community is involved and it rallies everyone together. We’re excited about it; there’s a lot of pride in this,” McIn tosh says.
The Sierra Art + Ag Trail is free, but people can help support the event by reserving a passport online. Details on the trail, prizes and other information is available online. There will also be a kickoff event on Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. at Lost Marbles Ranch in Beckwourth with Sourdough Slim reciting cowboy poetry. | sierravalleyartagtrail.org n
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Arts For The Schools Mural Project recently finished its first mural. A group of local students worked for 8 days to brainstorm, design and paint the mural, located in the new community park in downtown Truckee, according to a release from the group.
Olympic Valley writer and photog rapher Eddy Ancinas will release her latest book, “Tracing Inca Trails: An Adventure in the Andes” on Sept. 20. The story is about Ancinas and her friends on a seven-day horseback trip over Peru’s rugged terrain along an ancient Inca route. It is a journey full of mishaps and yet, Ancinas is enchant ed by the culture and the places she visits in Lima, Cusco and the markets, villages and ruins of the Urubamba Valley. The book is available by preorder at bookpassage.com, bookshop.org, barnesandnoble.com and amazon.com. | eddyancinas.com
A core of 9 students painted almost every day, putting in more than 40 hours on the mural, with a total of 20 students participating during the week. The mural was created in partnership with Triden tata Arts ( a grassroots group of artists). | artsfortheschools.org
will feature yarn demonstrations, knitting and crochet kits and patterns for sale, free gifts and other special events. Participants can take a day, or take four, making their way around to as many stores as possible from Truckee to Auburn and South Lake Tahoe to Minden, Nev.
The yarn crawl passport can be downloaded from the website and stamped at each store. All participating shops will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 15 to 17 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 18. | sierranevadayarn crawl.co
Gatekeeper’s Museum | Tahoe City
| Sept. 14-March 5
10 a.m.-5 p.m. | (530) 583-1762, northtahoemuseums.org
Gatekeeper’s Museum | Tahoe City
| Sept. 14-Oct. 5
10 a.m.-5 p.m. | (530) 583-1762, northtahoemuseums.org
Gatekeeper’s Museum | Tahoe City
| Sept. 14-Nov. 9
10 a.m.-5 p.m. | northtahoemuseums.org
Tahoe Back yard | Kings Beach | Sept. 14 6:30 p.m. | @tahoebackyard
Incline Village Library | Incline Village | Sept. 14-29
The fourth annual Sierra Nevada Yarn Crawl, a free event designed to celebrate the fiber art community, takes place from Sept. 15 to 18. The self-guid ed tour of nine participating yarn stores
10 a.m.-6 p.m. | (775) 832-4130
Tahoe Art League Gallery | South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 15-30 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | talart.org
area venues | Truckee | Sept. 1510 a.m.-6 p.m. | sierranevadayarncrawl.com
Truckee Artists’ Loft | Truckee | Sept. 15-Nov. 17 5:30-7 p.m.
Marcus Ashley Gallery | South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 16-July 22 12-5 p.m. | (530) 544-4278
North Tahoe Arts | Tahoe City | Sept. 17
1-3:30 p.m. | (530) 553-1392, checkout.square.site
Tahoe Backyard | Kings Beach | Sept. 17-24 3-8 p.m. | facebook.com
Truckee Roundhouse | Truckee | Saturdays
1-1:45 p.m. | truckeeroundhouse.org
SierraVille School | Sierraville | Sept. 24 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | svaat.org
Tahoe Art League Gallery
| South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 25 12-2 p.m. | talart.org
The
As Bob Marley was dying of cancer, Al Anderson made him a promise.
“We got really close then,” says The Wailers’ longtime guitarist. “He said, ‘Keep our music alive. But whatever you do, do not imitate me.’ I promised him.”
More than 40 years since, Anderson keeps his pact with the music icon through The Original Wailers who play the classic catalog alongside original compositions. Featuring a diverse cast of musicians from Puerto Rico, Ghana, Mexico and Jamaica, the group carries on the philosophical spirit that inspired the founding trio: Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer.
The Original Wailers will be part of the Bigga BaggaRiddim Tour on Sept. 22 in Reno also featuring UB40, Big Moun tain and Maxi Priest.
“It’s all about trying to continue the sound now that the three of them are united on their journey,” says Ander son. “It’s a continuum from what our teachers and scholars taught us. We are
honoring the legacy.”
The son of two Harlem musicians (his father once backed James Brown on bass), Anderson ordered his first instru ment, a bugle, from a Marvel Comics catalog with money he earned selling Christmas cards. Lacking the funds for a college education, he crashed with friends in Boston University dorms, worked at Dorothy Muriel’s bakery and audited classes at Berklee College of Music where he rubbed elbows with jazz icons including Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius and Herbie Hancock. Anderson collected vintage guitars and sold some to Aerosmith. As his connec tions in the early 1970s rock subcul ture grew, the saxophonist of Traffic, Chris Wood, convinced him to move to London. He was jamming with Paul Kossoff, the lead guitarist of Free, when he got the invite to play on Marley’s 1974 album, “Natty Dread.”
“He was my good, good friend,” says Anderson of Kossoff. “He had the best guitars and amplifiers. We used to drink tons of beer and just play. He had a
slight drug problem, so he chose me to sub for him.”
Marley was coming off the revolu tionary “Catch a Fire” album, which featured Muscle Shoals session guitarist Wayne Perkins and he wanted to follow it up with a contemporary, American sound. Anderson entered the studio and simply played what he knew. “You just find a groove,” he says. “I didn’t think deeply. It just came out of me. When I did the ‘No Woman, No Cry’ solo, he came alive. A couple days went by, they had a meeting and asked me if I would join the band.”
Anderson soon moved to Jamaica where he lived with Marley’s extended family.
“I thought we’d go right into rehearsal mode,” he says. “For the first six or seven months, I was just feeling out the island. We didn’t do anything. Bob just played football and trained all the time. He plays rough.”
“He didn’t talk much,” says Anderson of Marley. “He was shy. But he could write songs on a dime. He could see
energies going on in front of him and write a song about it. That’s when I realized he had magic in songwriting.” Managerial problems and the specter of assassination led Anderson to quit The Wailers in 1977.
“Bob was becoming more of politician at that time than a musician,” he says.
“There were death threats from the opposite party and agents all around the place bullying us. His intention was to politically unite Jamaica, but I was not in a position to be threatened wherever I went.”
“[Bob Marley] didn’t talk much. He was shy. But he could write songs on a dime. He could see energies going on in front of him and write
a song about it. That’s when I realized he had magic in songwriting.”
- Al AndersonAnderson instead played with Peter Tosh on groundbreaking albums: “Le galize It” and “Equal Rights.”
A couple years later, he was walking through the Miami airport when Marley called his name and convinced him to rejoin the group. Anderson played on The Wailers’ final two albums, the politically charged “Survival” and “Up rising” and remained close to his friend until the end.
“I’ve never seen musicians put music and life together in that way,” he says. “The country, the rhetoric, the philos ophy. They put all their struggle and strife into their poetry. It was never a fantasy. It was all a reality.” | latenite productions.com n
Sept. 16 | 9 p.m. | Crystal Bay Casino | Crystal Bay, Nev.
Eagles founding member Glenn Frey knew what he was saying when he dubbed Little River Band “the best singing band in the world.” More than 40 years later, the current lineup takes this accolade to heart each and every time they perform. Through the 1970s and 80s, LRB enjoyed huge chart success with multi-platinum albums and chart-topping hits, “Reminiscing,” “Cool Change” and “Lonesome Loser.” | caesars.com
Sept. 23-24 | 8 p.m. | Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats | Truckee
One-man musical comet Steve Poltz is a force of nature who blows through this weary world leaving blissed-out creation in his inescapable path. From deftly crafted, Dylanesque irreverence to hilarious standup comedy and classic folk singalongs, Poltz is a gifted and honed old-time troubadour. He released his charming new album, “Stardust + Satellites,” earlier this year. | crystal baycasino.com
Sept. 16, 23, 30 | 7 p.m. | Bowl Incline | Incline Village, Nev.
Somewhere in between the tropical lounges of 1930s Los Angeles and the honky-tonk beer joints of 1950s Bakers field, you’ll find Poi Rogers. This Santa Cruz duo performs vintage country and western swing, Hawaiian steel-guitar ballads and classic cowboy tunes with rare authenticity. | moodysbistro.com
North Shore folk troubadour Jeff Jones brings old guitar, weather-beat en voice and Americana soul to the local bowling alley on Friday nights in September. A seasoned veteran on the Tahoe après-ski and lake bar scene, Jones plays classic rock, blues and R&B with an easygoing, genuine style. | bowlincline.com
Sept. 18 | Harrah’s Lake Tahoe | Stateline, Nev.
Kings Beach psychedelic rapper Collin Wright, better known as Father Baker, has released a new EP ironically entitled, “This Will Never Sell.” Through seven songs, atmospheric beats swirl around honest, unpredictable lyrics that hold nothing back from Wright’s twisted, yet somehow clairvoyant mind. Wright penned and recorded this solo work with topical tracks ranging from “Deepak Chopra” to “Coke Liquified and Disguised as Lotion,” after disbanding North Shore trip-hop group, Melting Elk.
The EP is available on streaming apps and online. | fatherbakerknows.com
Magic Fusion
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
ISMO
Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, 8 p.m.
Live Music
Meyers Mountain Market, Meyers
Magic Fusion
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
Ben Fuller & Ryan Kinelski
Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Live music
Nakoma Resort, 5:30 p.m.
Kat Heart
RMU Truckee, Truckee, 6 p.m.
Dennis & Brad’s Great Brewery Tour
Fiftyfifty Brewing Co, Truckee, 6 p.m.
Magic Fusion
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
Jeff Jones
Bowl Incline, Incline Village, 7-10 p.m.
Dueling Pianos
Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8:30 p.m.
Caribbean Soul
Bar of America, Truckee, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.
Brother Dan Palmer
Grand Lodge Casino, Incline Village, 9 p.m.
Steve Poltz
Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, 9 p.m.
Arty the Party
Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 9 p.m.
Live DJ
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Stateline, 10 p.m.
Midnight Blue Karaoke
Rojo’s Tavern, South Lake Tahoe, 10 p.m.
Ryan Kinelski
Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Magic Fusion
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
Dueling Pianos
Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8:30 p.m.
Angry Lizard Noise
Alibi Ale Works - Truckee Public House, Truckee, 8:30-10:30 p.m.
Caribbean Soul
Bar of America, Truckee, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.
Brother Dan Palmer
Grand Lodge Casino, Incline Village, 9 p.m.
Arty the Party
Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 9 p.m.
Live DJ
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Stateline, 10 p.m.
Midnight Blue Karaoke
Rojo’s Tavern, South Lake Tahoe, 10 p.m.
Remembrance
9/11
St. Theresa Catholic Church, South Lake Tahoe, 3 p.m.
Bluegrass Jam
Alibi Ale Works - Truckee Public House, Truckee, 6-8 p.m.
Magic Fusion
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
Dennis O’Hagan
Tahoe Tap Haus, Tahoe City, 7 p.m.
Little River Band
Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 7:30 p.m.
Swan Lake
Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, Reno, 8 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 19 | MONDAY
Live music
Casey’s-An American Cantina, Zephyr Cove, 5-8 p.m.
Open Stage Mondays
Alibi Ale Works - Truckee Public House, Truckee, 6-9 p.m.
Magic Fusion
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 20 | TUESDAY
Magic Fusion
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
Open Mic Night
Tahoe Tap Haus, Tahoe City, 8-11 p.m.
Tuesday Night Blues
Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 21 | WEDNESDAY
Magic Fusion
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
Live Music
Meyers Mountain Market, Meyers
The Bigga Baggariddim Tour
Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, 3-9 p.m.
Luke Combs: The Middle of Somewhere Tour
Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys, Stateline, 5 p.m.
Magic Fusion
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
Luke Combs: The Middle of Somewhere Tour
Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys, Stateline, 5 p.m.
Ben Fuller & Ryan Kinelski
Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Evening with Mark Twain
Incline Village Visitors Bureau, 5:30 p.m.
Live music
Nakoma Resort, 5:30 p.m.
Magic Fusion
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
Jeff Jones
Bowl Incline, Incline Village, 7-10 p.m.
Poi Rogers
Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats, Truckee, 8 p.m.
Dueling Pianos
Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8:30 p.m.
Blue Haven
Bar of America, Truckee, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.
China Cats
Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, 9 p.m.
Brother Dan Palmer
Grand Lodge Casino, Incline Village, 9 p.m.
Arty the Party
Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 9 p.m.
Live DJ
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Stateline, 10 p.m.
Midnight Blue Karaoke
Rojo’s Tavern, South Lake Tahoe, 10 p.m.
Mike Sinclair
Pizza on the Hill, Truckee, 5-7 p.m.
Ryan Kinelski
Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Magic Fusion
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
Poi Rogers
Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats, Truckee, 8 p.m.
Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8:30 p.m.
Blue Haven
Bar of America, Truckee, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.
Brother Dan Palmer
Grand Lodge Casino, Incline Village, 9 p.m.
Hoodslam Wrestling
Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, 9 p.m.
Arty the Party
Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 9 p.m.
Live DJ
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Stateline, 10 p.m.
Midnight Blue Karaoke
Rojo’s Tavern, South Lake Tahoe, 10 p.m.
Bluegrass Jam
Alibi Ale Works - Truckee Public House, Truckee, 6-8 p.m.
Magic Fusion
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
Live Music
Tahoe Tap House, Tahoe City, 7 p.m.
Casey’s-An American Cantina, Zephyr Cove, 5-8 p.m.
Open Stage Mondays
Alibi Ale Works - Truckee Public House, Truckee, 6-9 p.m.
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
Open Mic Night
Tahoe Tap Haus, Tahoe City, 8-11 p.m.
Tuesday Night Blues
Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8 p.m.
The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.
Valhalla Boathouse Theater, South Lake Tahoe, 7:30-10 p.m.
Live Music
Meyers Mountain Market, Meyers
Soda Springs General Store & Deli has moved the market down the street from its former location to a new and much larger space at 21748 Donner Pass Road.
The market has reopened expand ing its offerings of groceries, produce, snacks, drinks, ski and snowboard rent als, seasonal apparel, gifts, automotive supplies and more.
There will be a grand opening cele bration on Sept. 17 and 18. On Saturday, the market will feature appetizers, smoked brisket, ice cream for the kids and wine tasting hosted by Nevada City Winery from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be live music from Chris Hescock of the Dyin Breed Band and Norm Follett of Soda Sounds from 12:30 to 6 p.m.
On Sunday, enjoy mimosas, barbecue wine tasting hosted by Grant Marie Win ery from 1 to 3 p.m. with $3 beers on tap and cocktail specials. Sunday’s bands are the Tree Tones jazz band and the Backseat Drivers rock and blues band from 1 to 5 p.m.
The market is open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. | (530) 426-3080, sodaspringsgen eralstore.com
Nevada Jane has opened in the Raley’s Center in Incline Village, Nev., taking the place of Gus’ Open Pit Barbe cue. Owners Jonas and Nellie Saia of Tahoe Fresh Company purchased Gus’ in August 2021, changing its operations over to Nevada Jane in late August of this year. Tahoe Fresh Company also owns Austin’s, Fumo and Cool Mess in Incline Village.
Tucked away off the beaten path are the remnants of a Basque sheep herders’ camp. One early evening just before sunset, I set out to find a Basque oven with Nicole Dreon, a local photog rapher and writer.
Dreon’s friend, Kimmie Bennett, met us in Russell Valley to show us where the oven was located. We drove down Dog Valley Road, turned off a dirt road and parked. I gazed out on a beautiful meadow where the remains of an old sheepherders’ cabin, sheep pen and a large oven stood. The dome-structured oven made from brick and stone was quite large — big enough in which to cook an entire sheep. I peered into the opening of the oven and wondered what it would be like to cook in this type of oven.
As I looked out across the valley, I pondered what it must have been like to live here 150 years ago. Even to this day, Russell Valley reminds me of a by gone era. I realized this was an entirely different oven than the one I thought I was going to. Dreon and I returned to the car and drove to Kyburz Flat Inter pretive Site. We stopped at the restroom directly across from the petroglyphs and looked at the map. We turned left and drove along a bumpy dirt road for about 1 mile when we arrived at the Wheeler Sheep Camp. The oven was built in the late 1920s. It was bigger than the one in
Russell Valley and sat in the middle of the forest on the meadow’s edge.
The camp, established around 1927, was managed by John Martin Gullies, a Basque immigrant. The ovens were used for baking bread and preparing stews. There are several picnic tables in the area and the oven can be reserved through the U.S. Forest Service. I want to reserve the oven and return to prepare a Basque feast.
The Basque are from a region between France and Spain, near the Pyrenees Mountains and the Bay of Biscay. In the late 19th Century, many Basque sheep herders migrated to the West. They built ovens to prepare meals while tending to their flock. They mostly ate lamb and prepared bread cooked in a Dutch oven.
It turns out that there are several Basque ovens located in the region. The Whiskey Creek Basque sheep camp is located 4 miles from the Five Lakes trailhead in Alpine Meadows. There is another Basque oven at Page Meadows on the West Shore and the Alpine Coun ty Museum in Markleeville features a Basque oven.
Intrigued by Basque cuisine, I started exploring recipes. Some traditional Basque dishes include Bacalao al pil pil, cod fried with garlic, olive oil and chili; Bacalao a la Vizcaina, cod prepared with red onion, garlic and choricero pepper purée; Chicken Basquaise,
prepared with peppers, and Zikiro, barbecued lamb served with flageolet beans. Pork and veal are also used in Basque cooking as well as eel, mussels and squid.
Desserts include Gâteau Basque, a buttery almond-flavored cake with pastry cream for a beautiful contrast of crumbly and creamy layers. Goxua is a dessert that begins with a base of whipped cream, followed by a layer of airy sponge cake topped off with a dollop of caramelized custard. The hard-to-pronounce, Intxaursaltsa, a traditional dessert made from nuts and milk, is similar to custard.
There are several Basque restaurants located in Nevada in Reno, Carson City and Gardnerville that prepare traditional Basque food. I plan to venture out to a Basque restaurant to enjoy a traditional Basque meal. Then I’ll attempt to recre ate a recipe in a Basque oven. I’ll share my experience in a future story. n
If you have a traditional Basque family recipe to share with me or are open to cooking it with me, email me at priya@ tahoethisweek.com.
The new eatery will feature Latin-in spired cuisine and specialty cocktails. The restaurant is open Thursday to Sun day from 5 to 9 p.m. and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. A special Late Night Bites menu will be offered from 9 p.m. to midnight on weekends.
Located at 930 Tahoe Blvd. #601. | (775) 831-4487, nevadajane.com
Living 13 miles north of Lake Tahoe, I sometimes forget I’m close to one of the world’s most beauti ful bodies of water. Now, as I sip bubbly in the cozy cabin of “The Golden Rose,” Capt. Steve Henderson guides us out of South Lake Tahoe’s Tahoe Keys Marina toward Emerald Bay. I remark on how Tahoe’s impossibly blue waters marry with the sparkling summer skies.
“The Golden Rose” is owned by Diondra and Shane Colquhoun of Tahoe Tastings. Since 2016, Tahoe Tastings has offered two-hour, wine-tasting cruises Wednesdays through Sundays from May through October.
A Chris Craft cruiser built in 1953, “The Golden Rose” was partially sunk and almost destroyed by a blizzard in the Puget Sound in 1996. Before being scrapped, the owner of a whale-watch ing company saw her and painstakingly restored her as a Venetian water taxi.
Diondra and Shane Colquhoun once dreamed of opening a wine bar on land. Then Shane found “The Golden Rose” for sale.
“We bought her and shipped her to South Lake Tahoe,” Diondra says. “In stead of a wine bar ashore, we created a floating one so our guests could enjoy wines on the water.”
After our sparkling wine toast, hostess/ server Kelly Cunov begins pouring gen erous tastes of seven additional wines to guests from as far away as Maine and Texas. The wine list — curated to make good wine more approachable — changes every few months.
Differentiating Tahoe Tastings from a winery tasting is the variety of wineries represented, all while cruising on Lake Tahoe. My favorite offering is a 2020 Balletto Russian River Pinot Gris. The
wines are paired with a charcuterie platter with sweet, ripe fruit; soft and hard cheeses; salami and chocolate rai sins surrounded by flowers. Guests can pre-order cheese platters through Tahoe Tastings from On Board, a caterer based in South Lake Tahoe, or bring their own food.
Meyers Mountain Farmers Market
Meyers Mountain Market | Meyers | Sept. 14, 21 & 28 3-7:30 p.m. Free | facebook.com
Old Trestle Distillery Tasting
Bar of America | Truckee | Sept. 14 5:30 p.m. | (530) 587-2626, facebook.com
The Idle Hour Lake Tahoe | South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 14, 21 & 28 5-8 p.m. | (530) 600-3304, visitlaketahoe.com
Commons Beach | Tahoe City | Sept. 15 & 22
8 a.m.-1 p.m. Free | tahoecityfarmersmarket.com
Glasses in hand, we pass by Eagle Point — a prime bald eagle, viewing spot — at the entrance to Emerald Bay, then by Fannette Island, the only island in Lake Tahoe. We anchor near Vikingsholm Castle, where Capt. Hen derson recounts a history of the cas tle-turned-museum. It was built in 1928 by Laura Josephine Knight, mostly from materials found near Emerald Bay, on 270 lakefront acres then priced at $250,000.
As we head back to the marina, I chat with Kendyl, Ellen and Bill, who are taking the cruise for the second time.
“We came back because we love the wine and appreciate the cruise’s inti macy and personalization,” says Ellen.
“It’s such a charming experience that we want to bring every visitor.” | (530) 494-9222, tahoetastings.com n
Food Bank Garden | Truckee | Sept. 15 & 22
8 a.m.-12 p.m. Free | slowfoodlaketahoe.org
Gatherings at the Garden
North Tahoe Regional Park | Tahoe Vista | Sept. 16 5 p.m. Free | northtahoerecreation.com
Romano’s Farmers’ Markets
Sierra Family Farms | Beckwourth | Sept. 16 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free | facebook.com
Ski Run Farmers’ Market
Ski Run Blvd. | South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 16 & 23
8 a.m.-1 p.m. Free | skirunfarmersmarket.com
Village at Heavenly | South Lake Tahoe
| Sept. 17
1 p.m. $40 | (775) 586-7000, facebook.com
Blairsden Garden Market | Blairsden
| Sept. 17 & 24
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free
| blairstownfarmersmarket.com
Food Bank Garden | Truckee | Sept. 17 & 24
8 a.m.-12 p.m. Free
Tahoe Club Crawl Summer 2022
Tahoe Club Crawl | Stateline | Sept. 17 & 24 7:45-11 p.m. | tahoeclubcrawl.ticketsauce.com
Downtown Railyard | Truckee | Sept. 17 & 24
8 a.m.-12 p.m. Free | slowfoodlaketahoe.org
Food Bank Garden | Truckee | Sept. 19 & 26
8 a.m.-12 p.m. Free | slowfoodlaketahoe.org
American Legion Hall | South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 20 & 27
8 a.m.-1 p.m. Free | eldoradofarmersmarket.com
Truckee River Regional Park | Truckee | Sept. 20 & 27
8 a.m.-1 p.m. | chamber.truckee.com
Tahoe Backyard | Kings Beach | Sept. 24 | facebook.com
Moody’s Bistro Bar & Beats | Truckee | Sept. 25 5-7 p.m. $50 | eventbrite.com
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“Instead of a wine bar ashore, we created a floating one so our guests could enjoy wines on the water.”
- Diondra ColquhounSTORY & PHOTOS BY KAREN BARCHAS Wine and charcuterie aboard “The Golden Rose.” | Karen Barchas
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AUGUST 16-29, 2007 | Ben Mullin climbs “Short Subject” on Donner Summit. Photo by Bill Stevenson
JULY 26–AUGUST 1, 2007 | Skateboarders cruise the Truckee River during the annual Skate the Lake event, an annual benefit for the Boarding For Breast Cancer Foundation. Photo by Jason Shields
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