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BID ADIEU TO 2013
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nother year has come and gone. Some of us may remember 2013 as a good year; some of us can’t wait for it to be over. If you’re willing to brave the cold temps and don’t mind rubbing elbows with the rest of humanity, there are plenty of places to send off 2013 and make a toast to the promise of a new year. Here’s a list of a few local New Year’s Eve parties that hopefully will be worth leaving the warmth and comfort of your living room for at least one night. The SnowGlobe Music Festival returns to Lake Tahoe with a lineup of electronic, dance and rock acts including Cut Copy, Tiësto, Kaskade, Snoop Dogg (a.k.a. Snoop Lion), Zeds Dead, Beats Antique, Gramatik, Dillon Francis, Claude Vonstroke and Holy Ghost!, among others, starting Dec. 29. The three-day winter sports and music festival culminates on Dec. 31 with headliners Cut Copy, Cashmere Cat and OPINION
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Gigamesh playing on three stages at Lake Tahoe Community College, One College Drive, South Lake Tahoe. The day’s music gets started about 3:45 p.m., with the headliners hitting the stage after 10 p.m. Cut Copy’s set will take audiences into the new year. Tickets are $79 for a single day $179 general admission. Visit www.snowglobemusicfestival.com. If your tastes veer toward classical music, the Reno Chamber Orchestra’s 10th annual Nevada Chamber Music Festival will conclude its six-day run with a New Year’s Eve Celebration starting at 7 p.m. The Masterworks Concert No. 4 program features works by Schumann, Handel, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven and other notable composers, concluding with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major. The concert takes place at Nightingale
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Concert Hall inside the Church Fine Arts Building, 1335 N. Virginia St., at the University of Nevada, Reno. Tickets are $5-$35. Call 348-9413 or visit www.renochamber orchestra.com. Most New Year’s Eve parties are geared toward adults. But families and young people under age 21 don’t have to be left out of the festivities. Several area ski resorts will hold celebrations for all ages. Squaw Valley USA, 1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, offers a family-friendly party at High Camp. Ride the aerial tram to a buffet dinner, followed by an East Coast toast at 9 p.m. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. and reservations are required. Visit www.squaw.com. Heavenly Ski Resort’s New Year’s Eve celebration includes an outdoor concert, an ice FOODFINDS
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sculpting performance by Fear No Ice, Fire Groove fire dancers and Steve Harness as emcee. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. The Gondola Ball Drop will be timed to the East Coast countdown at 9 p.m., followed by a fireworks show at the resort at 3860 Saddle Road, South Lake Tahoe. Visit www.skiheavenly.com. The Fire & Ice New Year’s Celebration at Northstar California Resort, 5001 Northstar Drive, Truckee, features a DJ, live music by the Killer Queens, a fireworks show, ice skating and more starting at 6 p.m. Visit www. northstarcalifornia.com. Reno Tahoe Comedy wants to end 2013 on a funny note with performances of The Sitcomers of Comedy featuring actors/comedians Marc Price and Todd Bridges. If you watched TV in the 1980s, you might recall Marc Price as Skippy
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on the NBC sitcom Family Ties and Todd Bridges as Willis on Diff’rent Strokes. Two shows take place at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 31 at the Pioneer Underground, located in the plaza of Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St. Tickets are $19 in advance and $25 on the day of the show. Call 322-5233 or visit renotahoecomedy.com. Don’t have cash to spend on a big NYE bash? You can still enjoy the excitement of New Year’s Eve countdown by gathering with other revelers at the Reno Arch as they ring in the new year. At midnight, fireworks will launch from the rooftops of several downtown casino properties for a 15-minute show. Prefer something more intimate? Drive to your favorite hill with your favorite person and make a wish for a happy 2014. —Kelley Lang
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