June 15 to 21, 2017 by Tahoe Guide (Tahoe Weekly)

CROW AND THE CANYON Touring with dogs

CULTURAL ROAD TRIPS

Podcast explores music, travel & culture Family playground at

TAYLOR CREEK

IN THIS ISSUE

HIKE THROUGH HISTORY FARAD TO FLORISTON

June 17 - 25

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JUNE 17 & 18 | 11am - 5pm | SQUAW VALLEY | $5 Entry Donation

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Saturday Bluegrass

Sunday Bluegrass

Angele and the Wildwood // 11:00am - 1:00pm // Front Country // 12:00 - 2:00pm // Bison // 2:00 - 4:00pm // Crow and the Canyon // 3:00 - 5:00pm //

The Sierra Drifters // 11:00am - 1:00pm // Dusty Green Bones // 12:00 - 2:00pm // Lost Whiskey Engine // 2:00 - 4:00pm // Crow and the Canyon // 3:00 - 5:00pm //

Splash dogs

Watch the best dock jumping dogs around compete for distance. Sign up on-site or at splashdogs.com.

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Competitions: 10:00am // 12:00pm // 2:00pm 4:00pm // 6:00pm

Competitions: 10:00am // 11:00am 1:00pm // 3:00pm

Lagunitas Brews & mutt lynch wines

// Sat. & Sun. 11:00am - 5:00pm // Enjoy great beers and wines, with proceeds going to the Humane Society of Truckee - Tahoe!

yappy hour

// Sat.. & Sun. 1:00 - 2:00pm // $1 off Beer & Wine and Free treats for pets!

Hike with your pet

// Sat. & Sun. 10:45am // Meet at the Squaw Dogs shop.

along with: Pet Products, Adoptable Dogs & Tail Wagging Activities!

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Life in the mountains, especially in the Tahoe Sierra, is an amazing life experience whether you’re here for a week or a lifetime. The hues of Lake Tahoe change seemingly by the minute, the alpenglow is different across the evening sky every day, wildflowers are in a constant state of appearing and disappearing overnight, and the weather is always changing. It’s also unpredictable. Within the span of a week in early June, temperatures ranged from 75 degrees to freezing. The weather changed from glassy days on Big Blue to waves like those on the ocean and several inches of fresh powder in the mountains. Such is life in the mountains, which is why it’s important to be prepared for any visit to Tahoe. I’ve experienced summer days when it’s 85 degrees at lake level and a fast-moving storm has brought freezing temperatures and snowfall to the higher elevations.

Carry layers, don’t go out alone, tell someone your destination and your anticipated return time. Stay on the trails and wear appropriate footwear. If it’s windy, don’t paddleboard or kayak on any lake. Always wear a PFD (personal flotation device). When in doubt, ask a local outfitter, or for that matter any local. If locals aren’t out on the lake, you shouldn’t be either. I’ve had to cross creeks and streams in the last few weeks hiking on familiar trails that I’ve never seen water on until this year. Be prepared to get wet if you’re out hiking. Wear good boots and carry extra socks. It’s fun to tromp through a mountain stream and get muddy. It’s part of the wonder of Tahoe. n

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Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. (Crater Lake in Oregon, at 1,932 feet, is the deepest), and the 11th deepest in the world.

Marlette Lake

SAND HARBOR

Volume: 39 trillion gallons

Lake

Spooner Lake

Tahoe

Tahoe Pines

Maximum depth: 1,645 feet

DEEPEST POINT

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Crystal Bay

Kings Beach

Carnelian Bay

Tahoe City

Average depth: 1,000 feet

Incline Village

OLD BROCKWAY

RESORT AT SQUAW CREEK

BOAT RAMPS

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Age of Lake Tahoe: 2 million years

Emerald Bay

South Lake Tahoe

Stateline

Fannette Island SKI RUN

Average Surface Water Temperature: 51.9˚F Average Surface Temperature in July: 64.9˚F Highest Peak: Freel Peak at 10,881 feet

LAKESIDE BIJOU

Shoreline: 72 miles Lake Tahoe has a surface area of 191 square miles. If Lake Tahoe were emptied, it would submerge California under 15 inches of water.

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Average Snowfall: 409 inches

TAHOE KEYS

Cascade Lake

Lake Tahoe is as long as the English Channel is wide.

EDGEWOOD TAHOE

CAVE ROCK

Zephyr Cove

Average Water Temperature: 42.1˚F

Lake Tahoe sits at an average elevation of between 6,223’ and 6,229.1’. The top 6.1’ of water is controlled by the dam in Tahoe City and holds up to 744,600 acre feet of water.

Size: 22 miles long, 12 miles wide

Watershed Area: 312 square miles

There is enough water in Lake Tahoe to supply everyone in the United States with more than 75 gallons of water per day for 5 years.

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Permanent Population: 66,000

LAKE TAHOE

Number of Visitors: 3 million annually Kirkwood

LAKE TAHOE

How the lake was formed

About 3 to 5 million years ago, the valley that would become the Tahoe Basin sank between parallel 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 volcanoes 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 four-mile segment of the West Shore collapsed into the Lake causing a massive submerged debris avalanche, widening the Lake by three miles and creating McKinney Bay.1 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 decomposed 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 meadows and 35 percent of its steam zone habitats. About 85 percent of all wildlife in the Tahoe Basin use these habitats.

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About the lake 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 the Nevada desert. However, water releases are not permitted when the lake surface level falls below the natural rim at 6,223.’ The lowest lake level on record (measured since 1900) was 6,220.26’ 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.

Lake clarity The University of California, Davis, operates the Tahoe Environmental Resarch Center, which monitors, among other

things, 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 73.1’ in 2015. The lowest average depth on record was 64.1’ in 1997. Lake Tahoe is losing clarity because of algae growth fueled by nitrogen and phosphorus.

Lake Tahoe’s discovery 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 several names before it was officially named Tahoe in 1945. Tahoe is a mispronunciation of the first two syllables of the Washoe’s word for the lake – Da ow a ga, which means “edge of the lake.” 

Learn more: Visit the Tahoe Science Center in Incline Village or tahoesciencecenter.org. Sources: Tahoe Environmental Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, “Tahoe Place Names” and David Antonucci (denoted by 1).

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SIGHTSEEING

ATTRACTIONS Cave Rock

North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden

East Shore

Drive through one of the area’s natural wonders at Cave Rock, the neck of an old volcano. The area is named for the small caves above Highway 50 that were cut by waves when Lake Tahoe was 200 feet higher during the ice ages.

Donner Summit

Summer | Free (775) 586-1610, ext. 25 | demogarden.org Demonstrations of lake-friendly landscaping using native and adaptive plants, water conservation, soil stabilization techniques, defensible space from wildfires & BMPs. Self-guided tours & clinics. TART

Truckee

Donner Summit, just west of Truckee, holds the record for the United States’ snowiest April. On April 1, 1880, a storm dumped 4’ of snow on the Sierra Nevada west slope within 24 hours. A massive snow slide near Emigrant Gap buried Central Pacific Railroad’s tracks under 75’ of snow, ice and rock. For the rest of the month, storm cycles continued to flow in, dropping a total of 298”.

Eagle Rock

North Tahoe Arts Center

South Lake Tahoe

(530) 542-2908 | cityofslt.us Urban Trailhead at base of Heavenly Gondola with local exhibits and programs. BlueGo Emerald Bay

(530) 541-3030 | parks.ca.gov Lake Tahoe’s only island is located in Emerald Bay & is home to an old tea house. Boat access only. (Closed Feb. 1-June 15 for nesting birds.)

Heavenly

South Lake Tahoe

(775) 586-7000 | skiheavenly.com Enjoy a 2.4-mile ride on the gondola to the top with panoramic views of Lake Tahoe and the Carson Valley. BlueGo

Hellman-Ehrman Mansion

West Shore

$10 parking | parks.ca.gov (530) 525-7232 Park | (530) 583-9911 Tours Sugar Pine Point State Park is home to the historic Ehrman Mansion (open for tours in the summer), see boathouses with historic boats, and General Phipps Cabin built in the late 1800s. TART

High Camp

Olympic Valley

(800) 403-0206 | squawalpine.com Aerial tram rides with views of Lake Tahoe, Olympic Heritage Museum, ice skating, events and more. Ticket required. TART

Kings Beach

North Shore

Natural rim 6,223’

CAPACITY: A

Donner Summit Historical Society

Soda Springs

(530) 541-5227 | tahoeheritage.org Once known as the “Grandest Resort in the World” as the summer retreat for three San Francisco elite families with the Baldwin Estate, Pope Estate & Valhalla. Grounds open yearround. BlueGo

donnersummithistoricalsociety.org Museum at the corner of Old Highway 40 & Soda Springs Road. Take the 20-mile interpretive driving tour along Old 40. Maps online or at museum. TART

Taylor Creek Visitor Center South Lake Tahoe

Gatekeeper’s Museum

(530) 543-2674 | fs.usda.gov Features Stream Profile Chamber to view slice of Taylor Creek, nature trails & more. BlueGo

Daily (530) 583-1762 | northtahoemuseums.org Featuring historic photos, the Steinbach Indian Basket Museum and local historical memorabilia. TART

East Shore

Elevation 6,228.62’ | Elevation in 2016 6,224.01’

Old Jail Museum

Truckee

Olympic Valley

(800) 403-0206 | squawalpine.com Squaw Valley, host of the VIII Winter Olympic Games in 1960, celebrates its Olympic History with the symbolic Tower of Nations and Olympic Flame at the entrance to the valley. The Olympic Museum at High Camp features historic memorabilia and photographs. Tram ticket required. TART

Tahoe Maritime Museum

KidZone Children’s Museum

Tahoe City

Truckee

Tues.-Sun. | Locals’ first Tues. half price (530) 587-5437 | kidzonemuseum.org For kids up to age 7 with interactive exhibits, science & art classes, the BabyZone for newborns to 18 months & the Jungle Gym for toddlers and older. TART

Incline Village & Crystal Bay Incline Village Historical Society Daily | Free | tahoehistory.org Features local history exhibit focusing on 1870-1970, along with “Bonanza” exhibit. Inside Starbucks building in Incline Village. TART

Tahoe City

(530) 583-9283 | tahoemaritimemuseum.org Featuring guided tours, exhibits and handson activities for kids on Tahoe’s maritime history. TART Incline Village

Tues.-Fri. & by appt. | Free (775) 881-7566 | tahoesciencecenter.org University of California, Davis, science education center at Sierra Nevada College. Exhibits include a virtual research boat, biology lab, 3D movies and docent-led tours. Ages 8+. TART

Truckee Railroad Museum

VISITORS’ CENTERS Kings Beach Kings Beach State Rec. Area, (Thurs.-Mon., summer)

Incline Village 969 Tahoe Blvd., (800) 468-2463

South Lake Tahoe 3066 Lake Tahoe Blvd., (530) 541-5255

Stateline 169 Hwy. 50, (775) 588-4591

Tahoe City 100 North Lake Blvd., (530) 581-6900

Truckee 10065 Donner Pass Road (Depot), (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 U.S. Forest Service | Truckee 10811 Stockrest Springs Road, (530) 587-3558

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200,000 AF

175

150,000 AF

125

100,000 AF

Measured in Cubic Feet Per Second (CFS)

Flow at Farad 3,670 | troa.net troa net

Truckee

Sat.-Sun. & holidays truckeedonnerrailroadsociety.com Located in a caboose next to the Truckee Depot. Exhibits include the train’s role in logging, fighting snow on the railway, the role of Chinese emigrants and a children’s area. TART

3080 N. Lake Blvd., (530) 583-3593 (Fridays)

9,500

Truckee

Tallac Historic Site

226,500

Martis 945 CAPACITY:Y 20,400

MUSEUMS (530) 582-7892 | parks.ca.gov The Donner Memorial State Park features exhibits and artifacts on the Donner Party (184647) at the visitor center, and see the towering Pioneer Monument. TART

South Lake Tahoe

Tahoe Science Center

Summer | (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. Ages 8+. TART

I Independence 16,780 CAPACITY: 18,300

Truckee River

Tahoe City

Donner Memorial Visitor Center

North Shore

P Prosser 14,381 CAPACITY: 29,840

Donner 8,829

Olympic Museum

Emerald Bay

Tahoe City Field Station

Measured in Acre Feet (AF)

CAPACITY:

Vikingsholm Castle

Open summer only (530) 583-1762 | northtahoemuseums.org Watson Cabin, built by Robert Watson and his son in 1909, is the oldest building in Tahoe City and on the National Register of Historic Places. TART

CAPACITY CITY TY: 40,870 Boca 36,432 CAPA

Stampede 216,023

(530) 582-0893 | truckeehistory.org One of a few surviving 19th Century jailhouses of its kind in the West used from 1875 until May 1964 (open for tours in the summer). TART

visittahoecity.com Tahoe City is popular for shopping and dining with historical sites. At the junction of highways 89 & 28, visitors may see the Tahoe City Dam, Lake Tahoe’s only outlet, and Fanny Bridge. Peer into Watson Cabin (1909) in the center of town for a glimpse at pioneer life. Free parking at Commons Beach, Grove Street, Jackpine Street, and 64 acres at Highways 89 & 28. TART

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RESERVOIR CAPACITY

(530) 541-5458 | laketahoemuseum.org Features Washoe artifacts and exhibits on early industry, settlers, and archival films of Tahoe. BlueGo

Watson Cabin

LAKE LEVELS Lake Tahoe

truckeehistory.org | truckee.com The historic town of Truckee was settled in 1863, and grew quickly as a stagecoach stop and route for the Central Pacific Railroad. During these early days, many of Truckee’s 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 with free lot on Donner Pass Road next to Beacon. TART

Tahoe City

May-October | thunderbirdtahoe.org Thunderbird Lodge is 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. No on-site parking. Tours by reservation only.

North Shore

Lake Tahoe Museum

(530) 544-2313 | talart.org Featuring local artists and workshops. Second location at Ski Run Center. BlueGo

Thunderbird Lodge

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. TART

Truckee

Parking fee | Tours summer only (530) 541-3030 | (530) 525-9529 ADA parks.ca.gov or vikingsholm.com Tour the grounds of Vikingsholm Castle, see Eagle Falls and Fannette Island (the Lake’s only island), home to an old Tea House, and explore snowshoeing trails. TART

Tahoe Art League Gallery South Lake Tahoe

Eagle Rock, one of the lake’s famous natural sites, is a volcanic plug beside Highway 89 on the West Shore. TART

Fannette Island

Tahoe City

Free (530) 581-2787 | northtahoearts.com Featuring exhibits of work by local artists and works for sale by local artists. TART

West Shore

Explore Tahoe

Incline Village

Wildflowers have begun to bloom in Martis Valley along the Martis Creek/Tompkins Memorial Trail. | Katherine E. Hill

PUBLIC TRANSIT: NORTH SHORE & TRUCKEE | laketahoetransit.com / SOUTH SHORE | bluego.org

Out

OUTDOORS & RECREATION, EVENTS & MORE

EVENTS CALENDAR

Farmers’ Market South Lake Tahoe

South Lake Tahoe Farmers Market is every Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. until Oct. 10 at the American Legion Hall parking lot. | eldoradofarmersmarket.com

Preschoolers wanted Kings Beach

Kings Beach Library offers Preschool Story Time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Tuesdays. Each week is themed. | (530) 546-2012

Toddler Time Truckee

Truckee Library hosts Story Time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for ages 18 months to 3 years. A half-hour stay and play after the reading. | (530) 582-7846

&ABOUT

Taylor Creek

EVERY TUESDAY

Truckee Farmers Market is open every Tuesday through Oct. 17 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Truckee Regional Park.

STORY BY TIM HAUSERMAN | PHOTOS COURTESY U.S. FOREST SERVICE

trip to Taylor Creek makes for a fun introduction to Lake Tahoe for families with young children, but it’s also an enjoyable place to spend a few hours no matter how much time you have spent at the lake. While Taylor Creek is best known as the place to view the Kokanee salmon run in the fall (and the bears and raccoons that come to the creek to enjoy a salmon dinner), the summer is a good time to head to Taylor Creek, as well. The creek is gushing with snowmelt and the hiking trails are warm and snow free — unlike many of the trails at higher elevation. The place to begin any trip to this area is the Taylor Creek Visitor Center. Here you will find rangers who are happy to answer questions about Lake Tahoe, as well as a variety of nature and historical books and maps of the Tahoe region. The visitor center

Crack the code Incline Village, Nev.

Incline Village Library hosts an Hour of Code on Tuesdays at 4 p.m. This introduction to computer programming for Grades 3 and higher is designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. Children can choose from a variety of fun projects. | (775) 832-4130

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Babes in Bookland Truckee

Truckee Library hosts Story Time every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. for ages 6 months to 2 years. A half-hour stay and play after the reading. | (530) 582-7846

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Farmers’ Market Truckee

June 15-21, 2017

The creek is gushing with snowmelt and the hiking trails are warm and snow free. also provides opportunities for children in July and August to spend time with naturalists, including the junior ranger program and “Kids in the Creek,” which gives children the chance to get up close with squiggly creatures, such as tadpoles and snakes that hang out at the water’s edge. Four trails fan out from the visitor center; all are nearly flat and easy.

can win a prize at the visitor center by successfully passing a campfire safety test. In addition to the trails at Taylor Creek, a variety of evening programs are presented at the Lake of the Sky Amphitheater in July and August. This summer’s highlights include John C. Fremont and Mark Twain performances, Winged Flight at night, beavers in Taylor Creek and local historian David Antonucci sharing fascinating facts about Lake Tahoe.

Just heavenly South Lake Tahoe

Wine Wednesdays at The Loft in Heavenly is from 4 to 7. Free wine tasting from different featured winery each week. Free guest speaker and/or tasting notes from featured winery. | (530) 523-8024

Farmers’ Market Stateline, Nev.

Stateline Farmers’ Market is every Wednesday through Sept. 13 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Kahle Community Park. | laketahoemarkets.com

EVERY THURSDAY

Farmers’ Market Tahoe City

The Tahoe City Farmers Market operates every Thursday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Commons Beach until Oct. 12. | tahoecityfarmersmarket.com

Discuss what’s happening Incline Village, Nev. The Conversation Café is a drop-in conversation forum hosted by the Senior Programs staff at Aspen Grove Community Center from 10 to 11:15 a.m. every week except holidays. Participate with people sharing diverse views and a passion for engaging with others over topics and news. $2 donation includes continental breakfast. | (775) 832-1310

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RAINBOW TRAIL | This half-mile trail takes you on boardwalk and path along the banks of Taylor Creek. You will find panels along the route providing interesting tidbits on the creek and Lake Tahoe. The trail is also home to the Stream Profile Chamber where visitors walk underground to a wall of glass that allows them to see the mountain stream from the bottom to the top. Be sure and come back to the chamber in the fall to catch the salmon run when you will see thousands of the bright red fish up close in the chamber. LAKE OF THE SKY TRAIL | This half-mile walk to the lake’s edge also brings you to Baldwin and Kiva beaches. Along the way,

enjoy views of Taylor Marsh and Mount Tallac. Look for the cross of snow on the slopes of Tallac. From the water’s edge, you can walk just above the sandy beach on a three-quartermile trail past the remains of Lucky Baldwin’s Tallac House and the Tallac Hotel. It also leads through the grounds of several historical homes, including Valhalla, which has been converted into a center for public events. Just a bit further is Camp Richardson Resort, where a host of amenities, including ice cream and the popular Beacon Bar and Grill, can be found. Return to the visitor center via the beach and Lake of the Sky Trail or a connector trail directly from the Tallac Historic Site to the visitor center. FOREST TREE TRAIL | This short trail focuses on providing information on Tahoe’s most ubiquitous tree. Be sure to stick your nose right into the bark to experience the butterscotch or vanilla smell of a Jeffrey pine. SMOKEY’S TRAIL | This short trail is designed to impart a lesson in campfire safety to children. After walking the trail and seeing Smokey’s instructions, kids

Taylor Creek Visitor Center is located 1 mile north of Camp Richardson off State Route 89 in South Lake Tahoe. Parking and entrance to the grounds is free. The visitor center and Tallac Historic sites are operated by a public/private partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and the Tahoe Heritage Foundation, which supports preservation, restoration and education projects in the Tahoe Basin. 

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W E E K E N D!

NATURE WALKS, WILDLIFE TALKS & MORE JUNE 24 & 25 | 10 A.M.-3:30 P.M. Taylor Creek Visitor Center

For more information, visit fs.usda.gov/ltbmu or tahoeheritage.org.

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Matt Palmer | Squaw Valley

GOING TO THE DOGS AT PEAKS & PAWS The Village at Squaw Valley hosts the return of its dog-friendly music festival Peak and Paws from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 17 and 18, with two days dedicated to celebrating four-legged friends. Peaks and Paws is a special weekend to celebrate dogs featuring pet-friendly guided hikes, a Splash Dogs dock jumping competition, Yappy Hour drink specials, an array of pet-centric specialty products and vendors, as well as bluegrass music, including performances by double headliner Crow and the Canyon (see the Music Scene in this issue). Peaks and Paws is a fundraiser for the Humane Society of TruckeeTahoe. A $5 entry donation will also go to the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe.

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Story Time Tahoe City

Tahoe City Library hosts Pre-Schooler Story Time for ages 5 and younger every Thursday from 10:30 to 11 a.m. | (530) 583-3382

Toddler Story Time Incline Village, Nev.

Incline Village Library hosts story time every Thursday from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. with stories, puppets, music and movement for ages 6 months to 3 years. | (775) 832-4130

Preschool story time Truckee

Truckee Library hosts Story Time every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. for ages 3 years and older. A half-hour stay and play after the reading. | (530) 582-7846

Help with computers Kings Beach

Kings Beach Library offers ongoing computer help from 3 to 4 p.m. First Thursdays of the month are “Beginners Basic Instruction,” second Thursdays are “Computers Questions with Carl LeBlanc,” third Thursdays are “Everything iPhone” and fourth Thursdays are differing themes about technology. | (530) 546-2021

Farmers’ Market Incline Village, Nev.

Incline Village Farmers’ Market is Thursdays from 4 to 7 p.m. through Aug. 31 at Lake Tahoe School. | laketahoemarkets.com

Truckee Thursdays Truckee Downtown Merchants Association presents Truckee Thursdays, part street fair and part block party in historic downtown. Hobnob with locals, meet visitors and join in the fun — live music, activity booths, local vendors and food trucks — every Thursday night from 5 to 8:30 p.m. All ages are invited to participate in the festivities. Free shuttle to downtown; schedule online. | truckeethursdays.com

6 p.m. | Splash Dogs Super Vertical

JUNE 18

Hikes | Docent-led hikes at Squaw Valley will take place in Shirley Canyon, discovering numerous hidden swimming holes for the pups. Check in begins at 10:45 a.m., followed by the hike at 11 a.m. The hike is moderately strenuous with elevation gain. Guests are encouraged to bring water for both themselves and their dogs.

10 a.m. | Splash Dogs Super Retrieve

Dock Jumping | Joining this year’s festivities will be Splash Dogs, a nationally recognized dog enthusiast company that features dog dock jumping events across the United States. Guests will be entertained by this unique competition that showcases the incredible talent and agility of participating dogs. Registration is open to the public at 9 a.m., with open practice dock and competitions on the hour both days.

Noon-2 p.m. | Dusty Green Bones

Tour the stars Northstar

Explore the night sky with star guide Tony Berendsen; includes a laser tour of the constellations, telescopic viewing, poetry reading and more at the Dark Skies Cosmoarium at Northstar California. On Fridays, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m., from June 15 to Sept. 2. $40 adults, $20 12 and younger. | (530) 562-3000, ext. 3046

EVERY FRIDAY

Farmers’ Market Beckwourth

Romano’s Farmers’ Market is on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sierra Valley Farms in Beckwourth until Sept. 9. | sierravalleyfarms.com

Ahoy, lil’ matey Tahoe City

Tahoe Maritime Museum hosts preschool story time: Ships, Sails and Nautical Tales from 11 to 11:30 a.m. every Friday. The program is directed at ages 3 to 5 and will feature books that have maritime themes. | danielle@tahoemaritime.org

Farmers’ Market South Lake Tahoe

Ski Run Farmer’s Market is every Friday from 3 to 8 p.m. on Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe through August. | skirunfarmersmarket.com

Watching as a family Tahoe Donner

Enjoy a free family movie every Friday at Northwoods Clubhouse at 6:30 p.m. with G and PG movies. | (530) 582-9669

Tour the stars Northstar

Explore the night sky with star guide Tony Berendsen; includes a laser tour of the constellations, telescopic viewing, poetry reading and more in The Meadows at Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe. On Fridays, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m.,

from June 16 to Sept. 2, excluding July 21. $40 adults, $20 12 and younger. | (530) 5623000, ext. 3046

EVERY SATURDAY

Tour the stars Northstar

Explore the night sky with star guide Tony Berendsen; includes a laser tour of the constellations, telescopic viewing, poetry reading and more at the Dark Skies Cosmoarium at Northstar California. On Fridays, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m., from June 17 to Sept. 2. $40 adults, $20 12 and younger. | (530) 562-3000, ext. 3046

EVERY SUNDAY

Farmers’ Market Truckee

Truckee Community Farmers Market is every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. until Sept. 24 at Tri Counties Bank/Sears/Coffeebar Bakery parking lot. | truckeefarmersmarket.org

JUNE 15 | THURSDAY About the river Truckee

Truckee River Watershed Council hosts River Talk, a one-hour virtual tour of the projects throughout the watershed. It is a chance for guests to learn about the council’s work and offer comments and feedback. At 8 a.m. in the TRWC office. | RSVP (530) 550-8760

Business know-how offered Truckee

Knowledge Bites presents “Demystifying Access to Capital for Your Business” from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Truckee Tahoe Airport. Participants will learn the ways that entrepreneurs can raise money to start a business. Kristin York of the Sierra Small Business Development Center will lead the workshop. Reserve a spot by June 13 to receive a $10 discount off fee. | (530) 587-8808

Private historical tour Truckee

Sierra State Parks Foundation offers hosted, private tour of the Statewide Museum Collections Center with a stop at the Folsom Power Plant for a picnic lunch. Transportation and lunch included in the ticket price. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Meet at Donner Memorial State Park. | sierrastateparks.org

JUNE 15-16 | THURSDAY-FRIDAY Seedling Sale Alpine Meadows

The nonprofit Tahoe Food Hub is hosting a seedling sale featuring seedlings cultivated in the Sierra Foothills both days from noon to 6 p.m. | tahoefunhub.org

Writers’ Series hosts poet South Lake Tahoe The Writers’ Series at Lake Tahoe Community College will host poet and writer Camille T. Dungy at 7 p.m. in the boardroom. Dungy is the author of four collections of poetry and numerous honors. She will talk, answer questions and host a book signing. On June 16, she will lead a writing workshop from 9 a.m. to noon in the Aspen Room. This workshop is free to LTCC, South Tahoe High School and Sierra Nevada College students. $50 for all others. | ltcc.edu

JUNE 15-18 | THURSDAY-SUNDAY Celebrate summer Tahoe City

Tahoe City Solstice Festival will bring together artisan food and wine, acclaimed musicians and artists and the celebrated shops, restaurants and galleries. Festival highlights include the Tahoe City Farmers’ Market, Classic Car Stroll, Tahoe City Wine Walk and the summer’s first Concert at Commons Beach. | visittahoecity.org

Lifescapes, a memoir-writing program for seniors, is from 2 to 4 p.m. at Incline Village Library. First and third Fridays of each month. All are welcome. | (775) 832-4130

One Wild West town Truckee

Historic downtown Truckee comes alive during this free guided tour that includes stories of railroad barons, lumber mills, ice harvesting, movie stars and more. Pass by unique shops and restaurants while learning about Truckee’s famous and infamous past. The 1.5-hour tour on a flat path is led by local Karen Willcuts. Meet at the train depot at 4 p.m. | mountaintowntours.wordpress.com

Free night for families Truckee

Free Family Night summer kickoff at KidZone Museum from 5 to 7 p.m. For all ages. Enjoy activities, raffles, face painting and barbecue. | truckeefrc.org

Public print shop Meyers

Tahoe Letterpress will open its doors for a studio tour and reception from 5 to 8 p.m. at Bona Fide Books. The print shop will offer hands-on demonstrations and free hand-printed souvenirs to take home. The event is free and open to the public. | bonafidebooks.com

Crawl for ta-tas Incline Village, Nev.

Tahoe’s Ta-Ta’s Pub Crawl is from 6 to 10 p.m. starting at Alibi Ale Works. Fundraiser for four local women going to Breast Cancer Crusade AVON 39 in July. $10 entry fee includes commemorative cup, pink ribbon entry bracelet and specials at participating locations. | (775) 830-2711

JUNE 16-18 | FRIDAY-SUNDAY Open-air art show Zephyr Cove, Nev.

Arts & Crafts show at Round Hill Square is an open-air village of artisans under the Tahoe sky. Peruse pottery, jewelry, sculpture, prints, paintings, photography, wearable art and woodwork and hand-crafted items from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. | artisttoyoufestivals.com

JUNE 17 | SATURDAY A week filled with adventure North Lake Tahoe

Alpenglow Mountain Festival Summer features individual events taking place throughout North Lake Tahoe. Today includes: Broken Arrow Skyrace at 6 a.m., yoga at 8 a.m., women’s Desolation Wilderness overnight trip at 9 a.m., beginners’ hike to Desolation Wilderness at 9 a.m., beginners’ intro to SUP at 9 a.m., wilderness first aid for your dog at 9 a.m., Trails in Motion Film Festival at 6 p.m. and Broken Arrow Skyrace after party at 8 p.m. | Register alpenglowsports.com

Intro to boating Tahoe City

Tahoe Maritime Museum hosts a Boat Safety Course from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. This class will satisfy the new CA requirements for the Boater Safety Cards. $30 adults, $20 ages 12 and younger. Bring a lunch, snacks, water. | (530) 583-9283, ext. 103

CHIMNEY BEACH & SECRET COVE ROUNDHILL PINES BEACH ZEPHYR COVE

SPEEDBOAT BEACH

Sip, Shop, Nosh Tahoe City

COON STREET DOG BEACH

KINGS BEACH STATE RECREATION AREA

The Wild & Scenic Film Festival returns with award-winning environmental and adventure films at CA 89 Boutique’s backyard. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., live music at 7 and the films start at 9. Dress warmly and bring a blanket. $15, $10 students. | wildandscenicfilmfestival.org

JUNE 17-18 | SATURDAY-SUNDAY Doggone fun Olympic Valley

The 8th annual Peaks & Paws Festival is at Squaw Valley from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Peaks & Paws features dog-themed entertainment and live music. This year’s festival will feature two days of exciting dog dock jumping competition with the Splash Dogs. | hstt.org

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Hwy. 28, across from Safeway

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Hwy. 28, at the end of Secline Street Hwy. 28, at Harbor Ave.

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Hwy. 28, across from the Perennial Nursery

TAHOE VISTA RECREATION AREA

Hwy. 28, at National Ave.

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CARNELIAN WEST BEACH PATTON LANDING

Hwy. 28, next to Gar Woods

Hwy. 28, at Onyx Street

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COMMONS BEACH HERITAGE PLAZA

Hwy. 28, Tahoe City behind old fire station

Hwy. 28, Downtown Tahoe City

LAKE FOREST BEACH POMIN PARK

Lake Forest Road, 1.5 miles east of Tahoe City

Lake Forest Road, east of Tahoe City

ELIZABETH WILLIAMS PARK

Wild & Scenic Film Festival Truckee

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Smokey means safety South Lake Tahoe

The 19th annual Fur Ball Paws 4 Love is at 5 p.m. at the Hyatt Grand. An evening of live entertainment by Reno Philharmonic Quartet, drinks, dinner and silent and live auctions. Fundraiser for Pet Network. | petnetwork.org

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SKYLANDIA

No faux fur Incline Village, Nev.

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Hwy. 28, at the bottom of Coon Street

Tahoe City Wine Walk, one of Tahoe City’s signature annual events, gives participants the opportunity to sip, shop and explore Tahoe City, stroll its scenic lakefront sidewalks, taste wines and nosh on tasty bites from nearly 30 renowned wineries, local restaurants and caterers from noon to 4 p.m. $45 advance, $50 day of event (cash only). | tahoecitywinewalk.com

South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue hosts the fourth annual Wildfire Safety Expo from noon to 3 p.m. at TJ Maxx parking lot. The event will include information on creating a home evacuation plan, preparing for fire, creating defensible space and more. Special appearance by Smokey the Bear. Free. | cityofslt.us

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Catch a big one Truckee

A free, guided Tahoe City Historic Walking Tour gives participants the legends, facts and history of the town and the lake, as well as places to shop and dining tips. Local resident Karen Willcuts will lead the 1.5-hour tour, on a mostly flat path. Meet at 10 a.m. outside the Blue Agave Restaurant. Leashed, wellbehaved dogs welcome. | mountaintowntours. wordpress.com

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Hwy. 50

SAND HARBOR STATE PARK

Truckee Demonstration Garden is hosting a dig-ins for community volunteers to help with the garden — planting, weeding — anything that needs to be done. No experience necessary. Dig-in dates are the third Saturday of every month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. | truckeegarden@gmail.com

Learn about the place Tahoe City

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KINGS BEACH

The Rotary Club of Truckee will host the 29th annual Trout Fishing Derby for kids from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Read the Fishing Column in this edition for more details. | truckeerotary.com

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Dig that community vibe Truckee

FIRE PIT/GRILL

Share and write Incline Village, Nev.

BEACH

Donors are needed for the Community Blood Drive from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Reynolds Community Non-Profit Center. | (800) 696-4484

HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE

Community clean up Soda Springs

Donner Summit Area Association will hold a community clean up. Opportunity to come together with friends and neighbors and spruce up the neighborhood. Meet outside Soda Springs General Store at 9 a.m. | donnersummitareaassociation.org

Blood Drive Incline Village, Nev.

BIKE TRAIL ACCESS

JUNE 16 | FRIDAY

RESTROOMS

Beaches & Parks

PICNIC TABLES

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Lake Forest Road, east of Tahoe City

64-ACRES PARK & BELL’S LANDING

Hwy. 89, south of Tahoe City

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Grove Street

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Hwy. 89, 2.5 miles south of Tahoe City

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D.L. BLISS STATE PARK

EMERALD BAY BEACH KILNER PARK

Hwy. 89, 4 miles south of Tahoe City

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Hwy. 89, 3.5 miles south of Tahoe City

MARIE SLUCHAK PARK MEEKS BAY

Hwy. 89, 17 miles south of Tahoe City

Corner of Hwy. 89 & Pine St., Tahoma

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SUGAR PINE POINT STATE PARK

Hwy. 89, 9.5 miles south of Tahoe City

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BALDWIN BEACH

CAMP RICHARDSON EL DORADO BEACH KIVA BEACH

Hwy. 89

Hwy. 50 at Lakeview Commons

Hwy. 89 east of Taylor Creek

NEVADA BEACH POPE BEACH

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Hwy. 89

REGAN BEACH

Hwy. 50

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SQUAW VALLEY PARK

At Hwy. 89 & Squaw Valley Road

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MARTIS CREEK

Hwy. 267, 1 mile south of Truckee Airport

RIVER VIEW SPORTS PARK

12200 Joerger Drive

TRUCKEE RIVER REGIONAL PARK

Hwy. 267, .25 miles south of Truckee

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DONNER MEMORIAL STATE PARK SHORELINE PARK WEST END BEACH

I-80 Donner Lake exit

Donner Pass Road, next to the State Park West of Donner Lake

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TA H O E L O C A L

Bill Watson

Hiking

*Trails open depending on conditions.

Mileage is roundtrip, with levels based on family access. All trails are more heavily used on weekends.

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hunderbird Lodge is teeming with activity as construction workers are bustling around, gardeners are tending to the foliage, the chefs are cooking up breakfast and Eddie Bauer is hosting a photo shoot for its fall catalog. In the midst of it all is Bill Watson, looking dapper in his Eddie Bauer attire with Calliegh, the 10-year-old Thunder pup by his side. As one of Lake Tahoe’s top historians, Thunderbird’s chief executive and curator has an interesting past that brought him to watch over George Whittell Jr.’s famed estate. He tries to live by his grandfather’s motto, “We are only here for two reasons: to have fun and leave a place better than you found it.” Throughout the years, he’s done that — judging from the impact he made in the gaming industry and now in preserving Thunderbird Lodge.

“ Thunderbird is truly becoming Lake Tahoe’s art and history museum. –Bill Watson Watson’s father was in technology for NASA and later Raytheon. While with NASA, his dad developed systems for the Apollo missions. He realized that they built enough parts to put 36 missions on the moon and predicted that the bottom would drop out in the aerospace industry. He eventually left the aerospace industry in 1968, relocated the family to Puerto Rico and started building computer systems for the gaming industry. Although his father was a genius at building and fixing computers, he didn’t know how to program them.

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Bill Jr., at age 12, also took up an interest in computers and learned how to program them. While in his early teens, Bill received his first paycheck from Centronics, a pioneer in casino gaming technology, including computer systems and electronic slot machines. The family moved to Las Vegas while Bill Jr. was in high school where Bill continued to work in the casino business. He stayed in the gaming industry for the next 30 years. As he got older, Bill Jr. became tired of the heat and the traffic and considered

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TAHOE RIM TRAIL

EMERALD BAY & VIKINGSHOLM CASTLE

The Tahoe Rim Trail is a 164.8-mile loop trail that encircles Lake Tahoe. The trail is open to hikers and equestrians, and mountain bikers in some sections. It is generally moderate in difficulty, with a 10 percent average grade and elevations ranging from 6,300 to 10,333’. Visit tahoerimtrail.org for maps, guided hikes & descriptions.

GRANITE LAKE

LAKE TAHOE EAST SHORE

Courtesy Thunderbird Tahoe

moving to Colorado when he was offered the job at IGT in Reno. Its proximity to the mountains and Lake Tahoe sold him. Being at the inception of IGT allowed Bill to work in every facet of the gaming industry. He started his own business inventing and managing the Players Club card technology, a loyalty program that many casinos offer to guests so that they can receive rewards every time they gamble. He eventually sold it to Bally Technologies and retired in 2003. Bill worked a stint as a political consultant for both the Democratic and Republican parties in 2004 and then joined a National Geographic research team helping photographers on a voyage through the South Pacific. “I would go out with unexposed rolls of film and full cans of beer and come back with exposed rolls and empty cans,” he says. As well as acting as the photographers’ first mate, Bill also started pitching his own story ideas to the magazine. He suggested covering the possibility of wildfire in Lake Tahoe, but was redirected into spending a 90-day stint at the Thunderbird Lodge, a Lake Tahoe historical site that at the time was at risk of being demolished. In fact, Bill found that the famed estate was generally falling apart. “My goal was to pack it up and tear it down,” Bill says. Instead, Bill felt he had to do whatever it took to restore and revive the landmark. He tirelessly led the charge in raising $10 million to settle the debt mortgage. Almost 10 years later, the Thunderbird Lodge is thriving thanks to the generosity of its few major donors. “Thunderbird is truly becoming Lake Tahoe’s art and history museum,” Bill says. “There are a lot of facets to the Thunderbird Lodge and people have huge misconceptions about what the Thunderbird is.” Because protection and preservation of the property is paramount and the estate is regarded as a cultural resource, people can only access the property through public tours and educational events. “This is a window into the past that needs to be cared for, otherwise you lose sight into what’s happened, so as to prepare for the future,” Bill says. He emphasizes that the Thunderbird Lodge accepts financial support at all levels in order to keep George Whittell’s legacy and integral part of Lake Tahoe history alive. Public tours are available by land, boat or kayak on Tuesdays through Saturdays until through mid-October.  To make a donation or learn more about Thunderbird Lodge, visit thunderbirdtahoe.org.

MARLETTE LAKE Moderate | 9 miles RT Walk along the dirt path through the picnic area and follow signs to Marlette Lake. Mostly sun exposed. Great wildflowers in early summer. Start at Spooner Lake State Park.

SECRET HARBOR & CHIMNEY BEACH Easy | 3 miles RT Follow the trail to Chimney Beach trail and follow the trail to the end and over a group of boulders to reach the sandy beaches of Secret Harbor (the wooden steps off the trail lead to the nude beach at Secret Cove). Off Hwy. 28.

SKUNK HARBOR Moderate | 2.8 miles RT This interesting hike ends at a beautiful cove lined with boulders and a luxurious sandy beach on the edge of Lake Tahoe with some of the warmest waters around the lake. Visitors can look inside the historic party house owned by George and Caroline Newhall in the 1920s along beach. Park north of gate; do not block gate off Hwy. 28.

SPOONER LAKE Easy | 1.8 miles RT Spooner Lake is a great, easy hike for any season with interpretive displays. At Spooner Lake State Park. NORTH SHORE

PICNIC ROCK Moderate | 3.6 miles RT Just off the Tahoe Rim Trail, the expansive view from the top provides a panorama of both Lake Tahoe and the Martis Valley. A single track winds up, offering a gradual climb with no technical challenges, until reaching Picnic Rock, an old volcanic rock. Off Hwy. 267.

STATELINE LOOKOUT Easy | .5 miles RT This short hike offers superb views of Lake Tahoe. A short, self-guided nature trail explains the history of the North Shore. Hwy. 28 in Crystal Bay.

Moderate | 2.5 miles+ RT | No dogs Steep descent to Vikingsholm Castle. Can continue to Eagle & Emerald Points around the bay for easy hikes. Connects to Rubicon Trail (see below). Park on either side of rocky overlook in Emerald Bay on Hwy. 89. ADA access (530) 525-9529.

Moderate | 2.2 miles RT A small alpine lake situated on the cusp of Desolation Wilderness, the hike is a popular entrance for hikers and equestrians to the back country and a spectacular trek towering over the pristine waters of Emerald Bay. Steady ascent of 850’ in less than 1 mile. Trailhead at Bayview Campground off Hwy. 89.

PAGE MEADOWS Easy-Moderate | 4-6 miles RT The hike to Page Meadows is a local favorite because of its easy access and beautiful scenery through forests to an expanse of several meadows. You can start the hike to Page Meadows from 64 Acres off Hwy. 89 along the Tahoe Rim Trail for a longer hike or from Ward Creek Boulevard off Hwy. 89.

RUBICON TRAIL & LIGHTHOUSE Easy-Moderate | .5-9 miles | No dogs Hike starts at Calawee Cove at D.L. Bliss State Park or Emerald Bay. Trail follows cliffs and coves along Lake Tahoe, nesting ospreys and eagles, short side trail to Rubicon Lighthouse, which is easy to access with small children.

BALANCING ROCK Easy | .5 miles A short, self-guided nature trail featuring Balancing Rock, an overlying rock of 130 tones balanced on a rock. At D.L. Bliss State Park.

SUGAR PINE POINT STATE PARK Easy | 1.5 miles RT The nature trail loops through the forest past an array of wildflowers and through several sections of dense slash bleached nearly white from years of sun exposure. There are great spots to relax on the beach below Ehrman Mansion. ALPINE MEADOWS

FIVE LAKES Strenuous | 5 miles RT Five Lakes is a great hike inside Granite Chief Wilderness, with the first 1 mile+ a steady ascent with great views of Alpine Meadows. Trailhead 1.8 miles up Alpine Meadows Road from Hwy. 89 across from Deer Park Drive. Dogs prohibited May 15-July 15. OLYMPIC VALLEY

SHIRLEY CANYON & SHIRLEY LAKE

SOUTH SHORE

LOWER & UPPER ECHO LAKES Easy | 2.4-4.8 miles RT Lower and Upper Echo Lakes is a little-known paradise perched atop Echo Summit, 5 miles west of Meyers on Hwy. 50. The trailhead begins next to the dam. Once you reach Upper Echo Lake, 2.4 miles from the start, you’ll see a kiosk at a dock for a water taxi. You can take a taxi back or return the way you came, or continue into Desolation Wilderness. The ride is a relaxing 20-minute tour through the channels connecting the two lakes. Taxi (530) 659-7207. WEST SHORE

CASCADE LAKE Moderate | 1.4 miles RT This boulder-strewn hike takes hikers to the waterfall descending from Desolation Wilderness into Cascade Lake. The falls are raging in the spring and are often a trickle by late summer. Near the end of the trail, walk up a large, flat boulder to the top of a hill where the trail can become confusing. Look for wooden posts marking the trail. Trailhead at Bayview Campground off Hwy. 89. Not recommended for small children or small dogs.

Easy-Strenuous | .5-5 miles RT This hike follows a creek as it passes by waterfalls and spectacular granite boulders along Shirley Creek. Park at the end of Squaw Peak Road. The first section that follows the creek is great for kids. As you climb, the trail may sometimes be hard to distinguish, so keep the creek on your right going up and on your left going down. Can continue a strenuous climb to High Camp and take the Aerial Tram to the valley (schedule at squawalpine.com).

SQUAW & EMIGRANT PEAKS Moderate | 3.4-4.4 miles RT Ride the Aerial Tram to High Camp, elev. 8,200’, and choose from a variety of trails (maps from Guest Services or squawalpine.com). Climb to the weathered buttresses atop Squaw Peak, visit the historic Watson Monument at Emigrant Peak or meander through the meadows covered with wildflowers, and enjoy the panoramic views afforded from Squaw’s spacious upper mountain. Tram ticket required. Hikes in the meadows good for small children. TRUCKEE

GLACIER MEADOW LOOP

Moderate | 1 mile RT Quick hike to the top of a volcanic outcropping offers panoramic views of the area off Hwy. 89 south of Tahoe City.

Easy | .5 miles RT Short, self-guided nature loop with signs that explain how glacial action carved and polished the surface landscape. Take Interstate 80 W from Truckee to the Castle Peak/Boreal Ridge Road exit.

EAGLE FALLS & LAKE

MARTIS CREEK WILDLIFE AREA

EAGLE ROCK

Easy-Moderate | .1-3 miles RT Great views of Lake Tahoe & Emerald Bay. Falls 5-minute walk from parking lot. Steady ascent to Eagle Lake not recommended for young children. West end of picnic area across from Emerald Bay, Hwy. 89.

Easy | 4 miles RT Loop through Martis Creek meadow for a walk along the creek. Off Hwy. 267.

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June 15-21, 2017

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JUNE 18 | SUNDAY

A week filled with adventure North Lake Tahoe

Alpenglow Mountain Festival Summer features individual events taking place throughout North Lake Tahoe. Today includes: yoga at 8 a.m., Donner Party Mountain Runners trail run at 8 a.m., rock climbing at Donner Summit at 8:30 a.m., beginners’ trail run at 9 a.m., Father’s Day intermediate hike to Desolation Wilderness at 9 a.m., Father’s Day beginners’ hike with Tahoe Adventure Co. at 9 a.m., Watershed Klean Up in Olympic Valley at 10 a.m. and Leave No Trace hike with Tahoe Rim Trail Assoc. at 11 a.m. | Register alpenglowsports.com

Seaplane Fly In Homewood

Enjoy the annual Seaplane Fly In on the beach at Obexer’s Boat Company. Details TBA.

One wild town Truckee

Historic downtown Truckee comes alive during this free guided tour that includes stories of railroad barons, lumber mills, ice harvesting, movie stars and others. Pass by unique shops and restaurants while learning about Truckee’s famous and infamous past. The 1.5-hour tour on a flat path is led by local Karen Willcuts. Meet at the train depot at 10 a.m. | mountaintowntours.wordpress.com

Alpenglow Mountain Festival Summer features individual events taking place throughout North Lake Tahoe. Today includes: Lake Tahoe swim rise at 6 a.m., yoga at 8 a.m., women’s beginner trail run at 9 a.m. and a technical talk on back-country travel planning by Black Diamond & Pieps at 6:30 p.m. | Register alpenglowsports.com

JUNE 19-20 | MONDAY-TUESDAY Gold Rush days Hope Valley

A Historic Emigrant Trail Trek starts from Sorenson’s Resort at 8:30 a.m. The hardest part of the 1849 Gold Rush was over nearby Carson Pass, most notably the treacherous Devil’s Ladder. This walking, hiking and driving tour follows the same paths. Enjoy the tales of this remarkable journey, excerpted from authentic diaries. Enjoy an evening slide show the night before the hike. Includes snack, beverage and lunch. | (800) 423-9949

JUNE 20 | TUESDAY

Literary Arts & Wines is a monthly reading series every third Sunday at 5 p.m. to promote the work of emerging regional writers at Art Truckee. | literaryartsandwine.com

Tahoe Institute for Natural Science offers Wildflowers of the Tahoe Basin Presentation at South Lake Tahoe Library from 6 to 7 p.m. Sarah Hockensmith will introduce the diverse wildflowers of the region. | tinsweb.org

JUNE 21 | WEDNESDAY A week filled with adventure North Lake Tahoe

Alpenglow Mountain Festival Summer features individual events taking place throughout North Lake Tahoe. Today includes: yoga at 8 a.m., prAna bouldering clinic at 9 a.m., Solomon pub run at 4 p.m., a tech talk on how to poop in the woods at 6:30 p.m. and summer solstice stargazing with Tahoe Institute for Natural Science at 8 p.m. | Register alpenglowsports.com

Demo run & tech talk Truckee

Granite Chief hosts a free demo and 5k trail run at Martis Creek at 5 p.m., followed by a tech talk, tacos & beer at Granite Chief at 7 p.m. | granitechief.com

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They’re bloomin’ beautiful South Lake Tahoe

Alpenglow Mountain Festival Summer features individual events taking place throughout North Lake Tahoe. Today includes: yoga at 8 a.m., beginner’s clinic on how to trail run at 9 a.m., trail shoe demo with Hoka One One at 9 a.m., beginners’ SUP instruction at 9 a.m., Crag Clean up at 9 a.m. and a tech talk on the care of sleeping bags at 6:30 p.m. | Register alpenglowsports.com

UC Davis hosts a talk on Living with Wildlife from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences. Learn how to protect pets, home and property from wildlife from mice to bears and mountain lions. | tahoesciencecenter.org

A week filled with adventure North Lake Tahoe

Alpenglow Mountain Festival Summer features individual events be taking place throughout North Lake Tahoe. Today includes: yoga at 8 a.m., intro to European trekking at 9 a.m., bird walk with Tahoe Institute for Natural Science at 8 a.m., trail shoe demo with Hoka One One at 9 a.m., trail running clinic at 9 a.m. and a tech talk on Leatherman multi-tool at 6:30 p.m. | Register alpenglowsports.com

Unwind after work Stateline, Nev.

Tahoe Chamber’s After Five mixer is from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Alpine Union. Members, $10. Nonmembers, $20. | RSVP tahoechamber.org

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Tahoe Resource Conservation District offers “The Angora Fire 10 Years Later,” a field tour and symposium designed for Lake Tahoe Basin land managers, researchers, planners and decision makers to learn from the experience. | Register (530) 542-2571

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Wet ‘n’ Dirty Visit TheTahoeWeekly.com for a complete list of Wet ‘n’ Dirty events. Discs is June 17 and 18 at Sierra College in Truckee; the 23rd annual Tahoe Pro/Am is July 22 and 23 at Bijou Park Disc Golf in South Lake Tahoe; and The Mountain Mayhem is Aug. 5 and 6 at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. King of the Lake is Aug. 19 and 20 and Nevada State Disc Championships on Sept. 15 and 17 are at Zephyr Cove Disc Golf Course. Tahoe Mountain Sports 11th annual Pro/Am and STS Finals is at Tahoe Vista Disc Golf Course on Oct. 7 and 8. | Sierra at Tahoe Series on Facebook

This race is epic

ADVENTURE SPORTS WEEK Adventure Sports Week returns from June 16 to 25 featuring competitive events with trail running, triathlon, mountain biking, among others. Racers are invited to participate a variety of competitions including the Burton Creek Trail Run on June 18 and the XTERRA Tahoe City, Sprint and Duathlon on June 24. Join a Burton Creek pre-run on June 16 at 6 p.m., with a pre-run of the XTERRA run course on June 21 at 6 p.m. and of the bike course on June 22 at 6 p.m. There will also be an open water swimming clinic with Jeff Pearson on June 23 at 5:30 p.m. at Commons Beach in Tahoe City. | adventuresportsweektahoe.com

Fun with color Carson City, Nev. The inaugural Stewart Father’s Day Powwow Color Fun 5km Run is on June 17. It is sponsored by the Washoe Tribe and benefits the Stewart Recreation Program. The cost to participate is $20 for individuals; $10 for youths or $80 for teams of five. The race will start and finish at the Stewart Community Wellness Center. | RSVP Filomena Smokey (775) 883-7794

Train and re-train South Lake Tahoe Tahoe Area Mountain Biking announces upcoming trainings. Hazard tree identification training is on June 22 and all crew leaders are encouraged to attend. TAMBA also needs volunteers during work days at Thomas Creek from June 15 to 17, and Angora Trail on June 24, July 9, Aug. 13 and Sept. 23. As well, volunteers are needed to help with Maintenance Mondays at Bijou Bike Park. | info@tamba.org

Git along, doggies Reno, Nev. For 27 years, the Reno Rodeo Cattle Drive has given would-be cowboys and cowgirls the chance to participate in an authentic, old-style cattle drive. From June 15 to 24, they will travel 100 miles through the Nevada desert to deliver more than 300 steer to the rodeo grounds in downtown Reno. | renorodeo.com

Ropin’, ridin’ rodeo Reno, Nev. The annual Reno Rodeo, from June 15 to 25, combines professional and amateur bull riding with Western-themed fun and activities. From mutton bustin’ to barrel racing, live music and good eats, get ready to celebrate the Wild West. The PRCA Xtreme Bulls with top bull riders 14

from around the world is on June 15 and the Bob Fiest Invitational Team Roping competition is on June 19, with the world’s top 100 teams. | renorodeo.com

Cycle the Sierra Tahoe venues Cycle the Sierra will be from June 16 to 20. Participants can register, get an overview of the route and other details about this fully supported, five-day jour-ney. The 300mile loop will travel through Tahoe and Gold Rush country. | cyclethesierra.com

Epic three days of biking Carson City, Nev. Ride the Carson City Off-Road from June 16 to 18 allows riders to choose from three different distance options of 15, 35 or 50 miles. All participants will climb their way into the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada, take in views of Lake Tahoe, Washoe Valley and the Carson Valley while connecting to some of the area’s favorite pieces of singletrack, double track, gravel roads and the occasional paved segment. | epicrides.com

Gearing up for biking Plumas County Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship is in need of volunteers to help during trail days on June 17, July 15, Sept. 9 and 23. There will be more dates in October. The Stewardship also hosts The Downieville Classic from Aug. 3 to 6 and registration is open now. The Downieville Epic with the TNT Trail Day is from Aug. 19 to 20 at Packer Saddle and the Grinduro is from Oct. 7 to 8 in Quincy. | sierratrails.org

Series takes a disc Tahoe venues Sierra Tahoe Disc Golf Series announces its summer and fall events: Sierra College Pro/Am presented by Innova Champion

South Lake Tahoe Long-distance milers will lace up their running shoes and hit the road with the third annual Rock Tahoe Half Marathon on June 17. Presented by Epic Tahoe Adventures, the 13.1-mile course starts at Spooner Summit and drops more than 1,000 feet as it winds down U.S. State Route 50 along the East Shore of Lake Tahoe to a finish line at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Other weekend activities include an expo, post-race party for runners and guests and awards for the top male and female age group finishers. | epictahoe.com

US Open of Watercross Sparks, Nev. This event is the NASCAR of watercross and draws top competitors world-wide on June 17 and 18 at the Sparks Marina. This premier racing circuit showcases professional and amateur ath-letes in the highly explosive and exciting sport of personal watercraft racing. | prowatercross.com

for the lodge, is from Aug. 18 to 20. The outing includes hiking, entertainment, a wine and cheese reception and art sale. Volunteer Vacation at Clair Tappaan Lodge is from Sept. 23 to 30. Participants will work on forest restoration projects, while exploring the lakes and meadows of the Sierra Nevada. This outing includes lodging and meals. The leader will be Suzanne Ferguson. Autumn Hiking and History in the Sierra Nevada is from Oct. 1 to 7 and includes daily hikes, lodging, all meals and admission fees. The leader will be Aurora Roberts. | clairtappaanlodge.com

Alps in California? South Lake Tahoe The last chance to register for the Deathride: Tour of the California Alps opens on June 22 at 10 a.m. Deathride, on July 8, is 129 miles over five mountain passes and 15,000 feet of climbing. It has SAG support, eight full rest stops, lunch and dinner and live music. | deathride.com

Tour de Manure Sierra Valley Birds flutter in wetlands, hawks circle overhead, hot springs spew steam above century-old ranches along California’s quirkiest ride through the headwaters of the Feather River on the annual Tour De Manure featuring 60-, 42- 30-mile routes and a ranch-style barbecue at the finish. | Register tourdemanure.org

Adventure racing

South Lake Tahoe Tahoe Games Bike Nights offer a family-friendly, cross-country bike race on June 16 and Sept. 29, featuring an illuminated course spanning across the Lake Tahoe Golf Course — over fairways, into the rough, through sand traps and over bridges with the occasional cart path. It is open to all ages and riding abilities. The race is approx-imately 6 miles, with two 3-mile laps for most classes. Helmets and lights are recommended. No electric bikes will be allowed. The event is free to attend and spectators are encouraged. Adult registration is $20 and $15 for kids. Stay for the after party at 10 p.m. | tahoegames.com

Tahoe venues Big Blue Adventure has opened registration for 2017 adventure races from trail running and triathlons to swimming and more. The Tahoe Trail Running Series Burton Creek Trail Run on June 18, Run to the Beach on July 4, Marlette 50 km and 10 Miler on Aug. 13 and Emerald Bay Trail Run on Sept. 17. The 6th annual XTERRA Tahoe City Off-Road Triathlon, Duathlon and Sprint are on June 24 and the XTERRA Lake Tahoe Off-Road Triathlon is on Aug. 19. Donner Lake Triathlon is on July 22 and 23, the Truckee Marathon on Sept. 24 and the Great Trail Race is on Oct. 8. Sierra Open Water Swim Series includes Truckee Open Water Swim on July 22 and Lake Tahoe Open Water Swim on Aug. 26. | bigblueadventure.com

Happenin’ at the Tappaan

Championship returns to Sierra

Norden Sierra Club’s Clair Tappaan Lodge offers outings throughout the year. Family Fun and Service, in which everyone helps maintain trails, while exploring lakes and meadows, is from June 17 to 23. This outing includes lodging hot tub, showers, laundry and hearty meals and snacks. The minimum age is 8. The leader will be Paul LaQuatra. Mountain Medley is from July 9 to 15 and includes daily hikes, a Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival play and state park fees. The leader will be William Baurecht. Just for Grandparents and Grandkids is from July 16 to 21. This outing includes hiking portions of the Pacific Crest Trail, all accommodations, meals and admission fees. The minimum age is 6. The leader will be Angela White. A Gathering of Friends, a fundraiser

Olympic Valley U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced that Squaw Valley will host the 2018 Liberty Mutual Insurance NASTAR National Championships from March 21 to 25, 2018 — the first time the event returns to the Sierra since 1981. Following the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, NASTAR National Championships will build on the enthusiasm generated by the games and provide a new locale for fans to get involved with alpine sports. NASTAR participants qualify for the championships by earning a Top 10 national ranking or a Top 5 state ranking within their age, gender and ability group by Feb. 19, 2018. Racers can also qualify by earning a top ranking at their favorite resort or at the Regional Championships. | nastar.com/ national-championships

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June 15-21, 2017

KIDS FISHING DERBY BY BRUCE AJARI

Sponsors are the Nevada County Fish and Wildlife Commission, Truckee Noon Rotary and Mountain Hardware.  FISHING REPORT (See Sightseeing in this issue of Tahoe Weekly for current water levels.) Boca Reservoir | The road over the dam is closed until further notice. Inflow is at 605.9 cfs and the outflow is 500 cfs. Powerbait, nightcrawlers and lures are all working. Fly-fishers have been catching some fish near the inlet with nymphs, streamers and dries. Donner Lake | Fishing has been fair to

his year marks the 29th annual Truckee Kids Fishing Derby on June 17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Coldstream Pond behind Donner Memorial State Park. It is free to ages 12 and younger. Many children from the community have participated through the years and are now fishing on his or her own and, in some cases, bringing their children to the derby. When founder Bob Tilton started the derby, he was hoping to get kids outdoors, give them an alternative to getting into trouble and develop a lifelong passion for fishing. Judging from what we see, this event is having the desired impact. Volunteers are needed to help the children are always welcome, including kids older than age 12. You do not have to be an expert to help set up the kids’ equipment and show them how to cast. For many family members, this may be their first experience with fishing. Organizers ask that you sign up your child at ACE Mountain Hardware & Sports in Truckee, and get supplies there. While the event is free, sponsors need to get an idea of how many children to expect. A limited amount of equipment is available for kids at the event. Here are some tips to help make the experience a good one: • Arrive early to get a good spot to park and fish. • Have plenty of snacks and liquids to keep kids hydrated. Rotary will have a snack bar selling drinks and lunch items. This money helps fund this event. • Have some other things, such as board games, to keep kids occupied before the beginning of the event. • Patience on the part of your child and you is a necessary component. • Before the event, check the fishing tackle. One of the most common problems that we see at events like this is not having an adequate amount of fishing line. Not having enough line gives you problems in casting and your child will not be able to reach the fish. Most people place 4- to 8-pound test line on their reels. While lighter line casts further, it is not as strong when it comes to playing a fish. I like 6-pound test line. • Old line can cause problems because it tends to be brittle. In fact, you can break old line while casting out your bait. Even worse is that it can break when your child has hooked a fish. Do not leave any monofilament line behind, it causes problems with wildlife. Dispose of it in a trash receptacle. • A spool of lighter line than the main line is recommended for a leader along with some weights. Split shot and egg sinkers are good. • Hooks, No. 8 to No. 12, are a good option. • Simple baits, Berkeley Powerbait and salmon eggs, are the easiest and most effective.

good. Kokanee fishing has been fair to good. Nightcrawlers and Powerbait seem to be the main bait. Mackinaw fishing has been good. Flyfishers are catching some fish with streamers.

Lake Tahoe | All tributaries are closed to all

fishing until July 1 and then only open until Sept. 30. Fishing has been fair to good for mackinaw. A guide is highly recommended if you are fishing for mackinaw for the first time. Toplining and shore fishing are fair. Most shore anglers use inflated nightcrawlers.

Little Truckee River | The flow is at 657

cfs. The flows have come down. Fishing at this level can be productive. Nymphing is your best bet at these flows. Hatches are similar to the main Truckee.

Martis Lake | Zero kill. Catch and release only with barbless artificial lures or flies. Fishing is best early in the season and again the fall. Smallmouth bass are part of the fishery here. Prosser Reservoir | Fishing has been fair.

OUT & ABOUT

Fishing Licenses are required in California and Nevada for 16 years and older. Temporary licenses are available. California (916) 928-5822 or dfg.ca.gov; Nevada (866) 703-4605 or ndow.org. Licenses are available at most hardware stores. California Department of Fish and Game holds Free Fishing Days on July 1 and Sept. 2, with Nevada’s Free Fishing Day on June 10. LAKE TAHOE Fishing is closed in Lake Tahoe within 300 feet of its tributaries and upstream to the first lake from Oct. 1 to June 30. Lake Tahoe is open year-round from 1 hour before sunrise to 2 hours after sunset. No fishing is allowed within 300 feet of the mouth of any stream. Most Sierra lakes are open all year. No fish may be used for bait or possessed for use as bait in Lake Tahoe, Fallen Leaf Lake or Donner Lake, unless taken from that lake. Live bait in these lakes is limited to: Lahontan redside shiner, Tui chub, Tahoe sucker, Lahontan mountain sucker, Piute sculpin and Lahontan speckled dace. Chumming is illegal. There is a two-fish limit on Mackinaws, and a limit of five fish on Lake Tahoe. Fishing for Rainbows from the shore is best May through July. If you’re on the North Shore, the Kings Beach and Lake Forest areas are planted throughout the summer. Cave Rock on the East Shore of the lake is a good location for Rainbow and Brown. TAHOE REGION

SPOONER LAKE Spooner Lake is managed as a trophy fishery at Spooner Lake State Park on the East Shore. It is open all year for catch and keep, with a limit of five trout. Rowboats, inflatable rafts and float tubes may be used, but no motorized boats.

UPPER TRUCKEE RIVER The Upper Truckee is fed from the waters of Meiss Country south of Highway 89 in South Lake Tahoe. Fishing is good in the deep pools during the early part of fishing season. TRUCKEE REGION

BOCA RESERVOIR Boca is good for early and late shore fishing and is popular for trolling for Rainbow, Brown and Brook.

DONNER LAKE Brown and Rainbow can be expected when shore fishing with good spots at the boat ramp or the west end of the beach. Mackinaws can be found in the shallows during the early season.

MARTIS CREEK RESERVOIR Rainbow, Brown and Lahontan cutthroat trout. Catch and release only using artificial lures with barbless hooks and no bait. No motorized boats.

PROSSER CREEK RESERVOIR

ECHO LAKES Just a short drive off of Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe, try both boat and shore fishing here. Shore fishing is usually good from the dam. Please respect the rights of private property and homeowners around the lake.

FALLEN LEAF LAKE The best fishing is from a boat, but occasionally fish can be taken from the shore with a good cast. The lake is a short walk from Fallen Leaf Lake Road or Fallen Leaf Campground. Fishing within 250 feet of the dam is illegal.

SAWMILL POND A stocked pond for children 15 years of age and younger. Adults are allowed to help children fish, but not allowed to fish themselves. The pond is located 1 mile south of South Lake Tahoe along Lake Tahoe Boulevard.

Among the best trout fishing in California, especially for Rainbow and Brown.

STAMPEDE RESERVOIR Holds a large number of trophy class Rainbow and Brown trout. Shore fishing nets Browns and Rainbow, with Kokanee when trolling. TRUCKEE RIVER At Lake Tahoe’s only outlet in Tahoe City, fishing is closed year-round from the dam in Tahoe City to 1,000 feet downstream. Certain other sections of the Truckee are closed year-round. Check fishing regulations. Fish the deep pools during the early part of the season. Best bets are to fish the section of the river between Tahoe City and River Ranch (Hwy. 89 and Alpine Meadows Road).

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Anglers using bait, lures and flies have all caught fish. Fly-fishers have done well near the inlet areas. Bass fishing has been fair.

Stampede Reservoir | The road is closed

over the dam for construction and will remain so this season and next. Access to the boat ramp will be through the Hobart Mills side. Fishing has been fair from shore. Nightcrawlers, Powerbait and lures have all produced from shore. Flyfishers have been doing well near the inlets with nymphs and streamers. The kokanee fishing has been fair to good. Smallmouth bass fishing has been fair.

Truckee River | The flow out of the dam in Tahoe City is at 1,030 cfs. The flows through Truckee are at 1,681 cfs. While it has come down some, the flow remains high. Fishing has been good for those working hard. Most anglers are using San Juan worms, egg patterns and large stonefly imitations. Baetis, March Brown, Caddis imitations and streamers are also good this time of year. This water is special regulation, artificial only with barbless hooks. Catch-and-release fishing is encouraged in this section, but an angler may keep two fish with a minimum size of 14 inches during the regular trout season.

Davis and Frenchman lakes | Both are

full and spilling. Boat, shore and fly anglers are catching fish. Reports from Davis are only fair. Blood midge, Callibaetis and small midges are the main insects to imitate subsurface. Frenchman fishing has been fair. Bruce Ajari is a long-time area fly-fisherman and past president of Tahoe Truckee Fly Fishers. Visit TheTahoeWeekly.com to read more columns. Click on Fishing under the Out & About tab.

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uman-powered adventures take center stage during the 5th Annual Alpenglow Mountain Festival at venues throughout North Lake Tahoe from June 17 to 25. This year’s festival features more than 50 events from trailing running and tech talks, to clinics, lakeshore yoga to guided hikes, dog first aid and a pub run. The festival also features the Broken Arrow Skyrace and the Trails in Motion Film Festival. Many of the events are free, but space is limited. | Register alpenglowsports.com

JUNE 17 The Broken Arrow Skyrace 6 a.m.-11 p.m. The two-day event consists of three iconic distances representing a unique style of European-inspired mountain running characterized by off-trail scrambling, steep terrain and massive amounts of vertical gain and loss. The Broken Arrow Skyrace features a 52K, 26K and Vertical K. Lakeshore Yoga 8-9 a.m. Come salute the sun with Ellie during a wonderful lakeshore yoga class at Commons Beach in Tahoe City. All levels. Women’s Desolation Wilderness Overnight Trip Join Adventure Dining Guide’s Michelle Shea for an overnight backpacking trip accompanied by a four-course, back-country meal using trail-friendly ingredients on a JetBoil, along with instructions and demonstrations. This overnight trip requires strong physical fitness and the ability to walk for 3 to 5 hours at a medium pace, while ascending in elevation. Beginner SUP 9-11:30 a.m. Join an entry-level SUP clinic and short tour at Sugar Pine Point State Park. The clinic will focus on how to correctly launch a SUP, how to stand-up and find the correct stance, tips on how to use the paddle for momentum, and how to distribute one’s body weight while using the paddle for balance.

Wilderness First Aid for Your Dog 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Learn fundamental skills to address critical emergencies that one could encounter in the back country with Dr. Amanda Stuart, DVM. Learn the appropriate level of first aid care to stabilize and transport a dog to a clinic. Desolation Wilderness hike 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Join photographer Mike Mullen, author of the book “Lakes of Desolation,” for a scenic hike into northern Desolation Wilderness. The beginner, 6-mile jaunt will ascend 600 to 1,000 feet. Trails in Motion Film Festival 6-8 p.m. The Trails In Motion Film Festival at Plaza Bar at Squaw Valley is an international film tour that brings a collection of the finest trail- and ultra-running films to passionate audiences around the world. $10 advance, $12 at the door. The Broken Arrow Skyrace After Party 8 p.m.-midnight Join runners from the Broken Arrow Skyrace to celebrate his or her physical feats with an after-party headlined by Afrolicious at Bar One in Squaw Valley. $15 advance, $18 at the door.

JUNE 18 Lakeshore Yoga 8-9 a.m. Join Hanni for a mellow spin on a juicy vinyasa yoga class at Commons Beach in Tahoe City. All levels. Donner Party Mountain Runners Trail Run 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Join Julia Millon for a 15- to 20-mile jaunt on some of Lake Tahoe’s finest and most beautiful trails. The group will run together in a mellow and fun fashion on technical trails and celebrate as a group afterwards. Rock Climbing: Gym To Crag 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Join a day of granite rock climbing on Donner Summit. This all-day course will take any gym enthusiast and turn them into a competent outdoor climber. Learn the basics including crag etiquette, a review of belay techniques and commands and study how technique varies when moving from indoor holds to real rock.

Beginner Trail Run 9 a.m.-noon Join Alpenglow staffer Paul Kronser for a mellow and unique trail run through wildflower-filled trail Page Meadows. Designed for beginners looking to learn more about trail running. Mellow 3- to 5-mile run on non-technical terrain with little vertical gain. Father’s Day Beginner’s Hike 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Join local guiding outfit Tahoe Adventure Company for a mellow and fun hike for beginners for 5 to 6 miles with negligible vertical gain. Desolation Wilderness hike 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Join photographer Mike Mullen for a scenic hike into northern Desolation Wilderness. The intermediate 8- to 10mile jaunt will ascend about 1,500 to 2,000 feet. Watershed Klean Up 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Join an Olympic Valley watershed Klean Up. Easy walking and all ages welcome. Leave No Trace Hike 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tahoe Rim Trail Association is offering a Leave No Trace guided hike to Picnic Rock off Brockway Summit to learn how even little things can impact the natural environment. This section of trail demonstrates long- and shortterm human impacts.

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Lake Tahoe Swimrise 6-7 a.m. Join others for a dip in the lake (not a swim) with coffee on the dock with friends afterwards. Lakeshore Yoga 8-9 a.m. Tahoe City’s Yoga Room will lead a sustainable flow and stability class with a focus on alignment at Commons Beach. Women’s Beginner Trail Run 9 a.m.-noon Enjoy a women’s only wildflower-filled trail run through Page Meadows with Alice Baker for beginners of 3 to 5 miles on non-technical terrain with little vertical gain.

Tech Talk: Backcountry Travel Plan 6:30-8:30 p.m. The first of several informal, happy hour-style tech talks with Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue. Join an interactive clinic about back-country trip planning and what to do when those best laid plans fall apart. Topics will include situational awareness, back-country medical advice and tech tools that can help or hurt you. All ages welcome.

JUNE 20 Lakeshore Yoga: Yoga for Tight People 8-9 a.m. Join Tammy Graham through a fundamental practice of mindful movement leading to increased breath awareness as you strengthen your body and calm your mind at Commons Beach. Beginner SUP 9-10 a.m. Join Tahoe City Kayak’s Andy Laughlin for a beginner SUP clinic. Participants will learn the basic skills needed to get started in this popular Lake Tahoe sport. How to Trail Run 9 a.m.-noon Join a beginner’s how to guide to trail running followed by a free brunch at Basecamp Hotel. For beginners and seasoned runners. Crag Clean Up 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Join a Donner Summit crag clean up on Donner Summit To add to the fun, prAna athlete Nathaniel Coleman will be joining the cleanup to pick up trash and scrub graffiti. Hoka One One Trail Shoe Demo 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Come pick up free demo pair of Hoka One One shoes at Alpenglow Sports, take them to a favorite trailhead and try them for free. Tech Talk: Sleeping Bags and How to Care for Them 6:30-8 p.m. Learn about choosing a sleeping bag, insulation options, the pros and cons of down versus synthetic bags, and help one sort through the range of fabrics and features.

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JUNE 21 Lakeshore Yoga: Align & Flow 8-9 a.m. Strengthen and lengthen the muscles with the support of the breath and mindful movement at Commons Beach in Tahoe City. All levels welcome. prAna Bouldering Clinic 9 a.m.-3 p.m. prAna athlete Nathaniel Coleman will teach a morning of bouldering instruction. Spend the day on Tahoe boulders learning instructional pointers designed for beginners to intermediates and requires rock shoes and all personal equipment. Salomon Pub Run 4-7 p.m. Join Salomon athlete Ryan Sandes for a fun, mellow and social jaunt on the Tahoe Rim Trail followed by beers at River Grill. This beginner fun run has an elevation gain of 700 feet and travels along a beautiful ridge overlooking the Tahoe Basin and Truckee River Canyon for 4 to 6 miles. Tech Talk: How To Poop In the Woods & Other Leave No Trace Practices 6:30-8 p.m. No one wants to talk about it, but everyone does it. The Tahoe Rim Trail Association will lead this evening clinic on how to poop in the woods, as well as other Leave No Trace practices to implement while in the back country. All ages welcome. Summer Solstice Stargazing & Comet Chasing 8-10 p.m. Join Michelle Witte from Tahoe Institute for Natural Science for a fun night viewing celestial objects on the night of the summer solstice.

JUNE 22 Lakeshore Yoga: Yin for Balance 8-9 a.m. A slow and gentle practice, yin yoga targets the connective tissues of the body allowing for greater health and joint mobility at Commons Beach. Beginners welcome. Bird Walk 8-11 a.m. Join Dr. Will Richardson of the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science for a morning birdwatching hike in scenic Page Meadows. The walk will be easy in difficulty, last 2 to 3 hours and have negligible elevation gain.

Intro to European Trekking 9-1 p.m. Have you ever wondered what it would take to hike some of the legendary European Alpine treks such as the Classic Haute Route, the Tour du Mont Blanc or the Eiger Trek? This half-day tour is designed for all levels of hikers and will begin with a short talk about the different hut-to-hut options. The hike covers 5 to 6 miles of intermediate terrain. Trail Running Clinic: Efficient Uphill Running 9-11 a.m. Join Hoka One One athletes Magda Boult and Devon Yanko for an uphill running clinic. Hoka One One Trail Shoe Demo 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Come pick up a pair of ultra-running shoes at Alpenglow Sports, take them to a favorite trailhead and try them for free. Tech Talk: A Hands-On Multi-tool Class 6:30-8 p.m. Join Susan Dinesen, a technical field representative with Leatherman, for a hands-on clinic to use the various tools.

JUNE 23 Lakeshore Yoga: Standing Strong 8-9 a.m. A stabilizing class that will focus on alignment in standing and warrior poses at Commons Beach in Tahoe City. Sugar Bowl to Squaw Trail Run 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Join guides from Alpenglow Expeditions for an amazing day on the Sierra Crest. The group will navigate the Pacific Crest Trail from Donner Summit and finish at iconic Squaw Valley. The run is geared for intermediates and above. The 14.7-mile point-to-point jaunt is challenging Hoka One One Trail Shoe Demo 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Come pick up a pair of ultra-running shoes at Alpenglow Sports, take them to a favorite trailhead and try them for free. Women’s Beginner Trail Run 9- 11 a.m. Join Alpenglow staffer Janice Pilkington for a fun, women’s only adventure on the friendly trails of Tahoe Cross Country. The morning is designed for beginner runners for 3 to 5 miles with negligible elevation gain.

Wildflower Walk 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Join Sarah Hockensmith of Tahoe Institute for Natural Science for a morning wildflower identification hike in scenic Meeks Bay for an easy, 4.5 miles stroll. Beginner’s Day Hike 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Join local guiding outfit Tahoe Adventure Company for a mellow and fun day hike for beginners for 6 to 8 miles with negligible vertical gain. “Lakes of Desolation” book signing 5-7 p.m. Join “The Lakes of Desolation” author Mike Mullen for a book signing event and informal happy hour.

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Lakeshore Yoga: Align & Flow 8-9 a.m. Strengthen and lengthen the muscles with the support of the breath and mindful movement at Commons Beach in Tahoe City. All levels welcome. Overnight Guided Backpacking Trip Join Alpenglow staffers Jeff Dostie and Jason Layh for a guided overnight backpacking trip carrying a pack at altitude for 3 to 5 hours. Rock Climbing: Gym To Crag 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Join a day of granite rock climbing on Donner Summit. This all-day course will take any gym enthusiast and turn them into a competent outdoor climber. Learn the basics including crag etiquette, a review of belay techniques and commands and study how technique varies when moving from indoor holds to real rock. BioBlitz & Naturalist Day All day Join the UC Berkeley Sagehen Creek Field Station’s second annual BioBlitz. Community partners, scientists, California naturalists and volunteers will work together to find and identify as many different species of flora and fauna as possible within Sagehen Creek Basin. Hunt for insects, cool birds, fish and an amazing diversity of plants.

Women’s Beginner Standup Paddleboard Clinic 9-11 a.m. Join Hannah Thornton for a women’sspecific, entry-level SUP clinic. The clinic will focus on how to correctly launch a SUP, how to stand-up and find the correct stance, tips on how to use the paddle for momentum, and how to distribute one’s body weight while using to paddle for balance. Beginner’s Trail Run 9-11 a.m. Join Alpenglow staffer Paul Kronser and Hoka One One for a mellow jaunt through scenic Page Meadows for 3 to 5 miles on nontechnical terrain with little vertical gain. Mountain Festival After Party 8 p.m.-midnight After playing together and making new friends all week, celebrate with good vibes and music from One Grass Two Grass at Moe’s Original BBQ. $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

JUNE 25 Lakeshore Yoga: Root Down to Rise Up Flow 8-9 a.m. This class will focus on strong standing postures that will connect one to earth to feel rooted, calm and collected at Commons Beach in Tahoe City. All levels. Wildflower Walk 9 a.m.-noon Join Hannah Sullivan and Cliff Lambson, authors of the “Wildflowers of Tahoe” guide, for a fun, mellow and educational morning. The terrain will be moderate and the pace on the slow side. Women’s Intermediate SUP Clinic & Tour 9 a.m.-noon Join Hannah Thornton for a women’sspecific intermediate SUP clinic and tour at Sand Harbor. This event is reserved for intermediate paddlers with solid experience. Shirley Canyon hike 9 a.m.-2 p.m. The group will hike, scramble and boulder hop up this 4.1-mile Tahoe classic. From Shirley Lake, head over to High Camp and take the tram back to the village.  17

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YO U T H

BACK-COUNTRY CAMPS The Tahoe Rim Trail Association is hosting its 10th annual Youth Backcountry Camps in partnership with Tahoe Institute for Natural Science this summer. Youth participants are provided with gear, food and instruction. Kids learn basic backpacking and navigation skills, leave no trace ethics, natural history, local flora and fauna and trail stewardship. Camp for ages 14 to 17 is from June 25 to 28; camp for ages 12 to 14 is from July 9 to 12 and Aug. 13 to 16. The cost is $365 per person; scholarships are available. | Register (775) 298-4485 or tahoerimtrail.org

Be all in B-Ball Ages 6 to 14 can become all-around basketball players at TK Basketball Camp with Coach Tim Kelly at Incline High School in Incline Village, Nev. Classes run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Session 1 is from June 19 to 23 and Session 2 is from July 31 to Aug. 4. | yourtahoeplace.com

SUP-erior camps Incline Recreation Center offers Junior Stand-Up Paddleboard Summer Camp for ages 6 to 8 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Ski Beach. This camp is designed to help young paddlers develop SUP skills and fitness. Session 1 is from June 19 to June 23; Session 2 is from June 26 to June 30. Half-Day and Full Day SUP Summer Camps for ages 9 to 14 are available. These camps are designed to develop SUP skills, increase overall fitness with training exercises and team building. Session 1 for the Half Day starts on June 19 and Session 1 for the Full Day starts on July 10. | yourtahoeplace.com

A summer tradition Tahoe City Parks and Recreation offers the popular Camp Skylandia for Grades 1 to 4. Each summer session has a different theme and field trips. Session A is from June 19 to 23. The camps are weekly, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., until Session H from Aug. 7 to 11. Counselor-in-Training camps are for Grades to 8. Students will assist Camp Skylandia counselors and help with activities and crafts. Junior Counselors are ages 14 to 16. This volunteer-based program gets teens ready to become real camp counselors alongside Camp Skylandia counselors.

Application and interview required for junior counselors. Bambi Buck-A-Roos is for ages 3.5 to 5, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Kinder Kamp is for kindergartners from 9 to 2 p.m. | tcpud.org

Get a quick start Incline Recreation Center offers weekly Quick Start tennis camps for ages 6 to 12, to focus on stroke production, techniques, match play and tennis rules through specialized activities and drills. The camp also promotes teamwork, sportsmanship and a high emphasis on fun. Other activities in the camp may include swimming and other fun games. A daily drop-in option is based on space available. One-week sessions start June 19, Monday to Thursday, from 1 to 4 p.m. | yourtahoeplace.com

The strings of summer Carson City Symphony’s Strings in the summer is open to all and includes classes at two levels of music experience. Tuition is free, donations welcome. Introduction to Fiddle and Folk Music is primarily for younger violinists, violists and cellists of any age. Participants must be able to play a one-octave D scale and read notes within the staff. Sessions will be held on June 20 and 27, July 11, 18 and 25. String Ensemble is for advanced beginner to intermediate violin, viola, cello and bass players of all ages. Sessions will be held on June 21, July 12, 19 and 26. Participants will be invited to perform in a free public concert on July 27 at 10:30 a.m. at Carson Mall. | (775) 450-5584

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Announcements Visit TheTahoeWeekly.com for a complete list of Announcements. Lake knowledgeable Become a Lake Tahoe expert at the U.C. Davis Docent Training, a four-part training program on June 15, 19, 20 and 24 at the U.C. Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center. The training includes general Lake Tahoe information, environmental issues, geology, research, ecology and more. It prepares volunteer docents to share their knowledge at the U.C. Davis science education centers in Incline Village, Nev., and Tahoe City. | (775) 881-7562 or hmsegale@ucdavis.edu

Business know-how offered Knowledge Bites presents a spring workshops. “Demystifying Access to Capital for Your Business” is on June 15 from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Truckee Tahoe Airport. Participants will learn the good, the bad and the ugly ways that entrepreneurs can raise money to start a business. Kristin York of the Sierra Small Business Development Center will lead the workshop. | (530) 587-8808

It’s all good For Goodness Sake presents Buddhist Chanting with Matthew on June 16 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Participants will immerse themselves in the sound of ancient and modern Buddhist mantras and chants. Matthew will play gentle melodies on the guitar and present each chant slowly, in order that everyone can follow along. All ages and skill levels are welcome.

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Get rid of green waste Free green waste drop-off is on June 17 for Placer County residents from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Four drop-off locations include: Tahoe City, 925 Country Club Drive; Homewood, Tahoe Ski Bowl Way; Tahoe Vista, 875 National Ave.; and Squaw Valley District Service Offices. Participants must bring ID and proof of residency; tarp the load up to 3 yards maximum; bring no food, pet or construction waste; include no dirt, sod or rocks; residents must empty his or her own loads. Eastern Regional Materials Recovery Facility will be accepting free green waste drop-offs Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Oct. 31. Participants are allowed multiple trips for a cumulative total of 6 yards. | ntfire.net/ green-waste-disposal

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A family-friendly, cross-country bike racing series lights up the Lake Tahoe Golf Course on June 16 at 9 p.m. Race friends and family around an illuminated course that spans across fairways, into the rough, through sand traps, over bridges and along the occasional cart path. This one-of-a-kind Lake Tahoe experience is open to all abilities, 8 years and older and all non-motorized bikes. The event is free to attend and spectators are encouraged. Adult registration is $20 and $15 for kids. Stay for the after party at 10 p.m. Another Bike Night will be held on Sept. 29. | tahoegames.com

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elebrating its 100th year in operation, the Tahoe City Golf Course is truly a gem hidden in plain sight. First open for play in 1917, the course was designed by May “Queenie” Dunn Hupfel, the club pro and manager. It only hosted six holes with sand greens before expanding in 1926 to the nine holes it still has today. The Tahoe City course has continued to provide great golf at a reasonable price. The 2,570-yard, par-33 course is located in the heart of downtown and despite its compact stature, it provides challenging play for both experts and novices. In the middle of the 20th Century, the course was a popular hangout of Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack. Starting with a reachable-in-two par 5 and ending back at the clubhouse on a downhill 150-plus-yard par 3, most rounds at Tahoe City take an hour or two. You can keep your driver in the bag for the 5th hole; a dog-leg right par 4 with a magnetic water hazard right of the fair-way and a mature widearmed pine tree directly in the path from the tee box to its off-camber two-tier green. Though there is ample opportunity for losing balls to the surrounding forest and deep reeds, most missed hits will land you on an adjacent fairway with the consolation of saving your par. In spite of its age,

this course remains well maintained and its greens hold tough and true — even for the most technical of putters. Remember that your putts will more often than not fade to the lake. The grounds give off a friendly, laidback, local vibe that is formally welcoming enough to accommodate the most serious of golfers, as well as recreational players, families and four-legged friends. A practice facility with tee pads and nets, as well as a decent-sized putting and chipping green are both available onsite. Inside, the clubhouse is stocked with a quaint pro shop, full bar and restaurant. Be sure to pickup a hearty tri-tip sandwich from the window when making the turn to the 6th tee. On a mellow day, you can fit a lot of holes in to a short amount of time; perfect for an easy morning round before work or a nice walk at dusk. However, pace of play can sometimes be slow on the weekends and holidays, so be sure to choose your tee times wisely. If you’re looking for a quick, challenging, fun nine in North Lake Tahoe and don’t want to break the bank, you can never go wrong with Tahoe City Golf Course. 

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he Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway is still a work in progress, but the sections that are open offer an opportunity to enjoy inspiring hikes and bike rides along rarely accessed terrain The project, which was the brainchild of Janet Phillips, received enthusiastic support when she first proposed the idea in 2003. Due to issues with private landowners and public entities, Phillips’s dream encountered obstacles; but, year by year, more of the trail has been either improved or opened. The Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway will stretch for 116 miles from Tahoe City to Pyramid Lake when completed. The section of the Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway in the Truckee River Canyon between Floriston and Farad is only 4 miles roundtrip, but there is much natural beauty and history to enjoy. The trail parallels the Truckee River and at times runs along the bank, offering one an opportunity to cool one’s feet in its refreshing water. Cottonwoods and willows abound in the moist riparian environment while the arid mountain ridges towering above sport mostly sagebrush and scrub pine. The trail can be accessed at either end, but the easiest parking is at Farad. Take Interstate 80 to the Farad exit about 14 miles east of Truckee. From there the trail runs upriver. Parking is on the south side of I-80. The hike starts at the old Farad Hydroelectric Power Plant built in 1899. (A farad is a unit of electrical capacitance named after the brilliant British scientist Michael Faraday, who established the basis for electromagnetic physics.) To generate power, a large wooden flume was constructed to divert water from the Truckee River upstream at Floriston to the power plant. The gravity-assisted flow down the flume drove the turbines at Farad. The Floriston diversion dam and parts of the flume itself were destroyed in a January 1997 flood, but much of the flume remains intact and the trail meanders along this example of early industrialization. The Farad facility’s 2.5-megawatt capacity not only once powered western Nevada mining operations, but also provided lighting for Reno, Carson City and Virginia City. The Truckee River Canyon has a long history as an important transportation corridor with a major 22

highway and railroad, but except for one stretch underneath Interstate 80, traffic noise on the trail is abated by the rushing waters of the Truckee River. On the approach to Floriston, you’ll see a destroyed diversion dam in the Truckee River, but there is virtually no evidence of the huge Floriston Pulp and Paper Company mill that went into operation there in 1899. The paper mill produced book, writing and manila paper types along with thin tissue wraps for

way’s steel cable extended nearly 9,000 feet from a nearby mountain peak down to a terminal near the railroad tracks. The aerial line was operated by gravity as buckets loaded with wood soared out of the sky. It became a ski lift when mill manager Roy O. Young rode up in a bucket and skied back down. The project was a huge economic boost, but came with immediate environmental costs. The pulp mill discharged up to 150,000 gallons of acidic waste 1910 pulp mill at Floriston

Cottonwoods and willows abound in the moist riparian environment while the arid mountain ridges towering above sport mostly sagebrush and scrub pine.

oranges and other fruits. There was also a machine that made “raisin tray,” a paper tray to lay harvested grapes on so they could dry in the sun to become raisins. Mill construction required 3 million board feet of lumber and 1.5 million bricks that were burned in local kilns. A sidetrack was built from the railroad to the plant and 25 structures were erected to house the work force. It was a huge project that cost $500,000 dollars, but took only 90 days to complete. When finished, it was the largest pulp mill west of the Mississippi. The job represented the largest lumber contract awarded to Truckee lumbermen since the Comstock bonanza years. The hydroelectric generation plant at Farad provided electricity to run the whole operation. In 1920, an aerial tramway was built. The tram-

directly into the Truckee River every day. Fish died and witnesses in Reno reported that the river water consisted of a “blend between black and brown with soapy bubbles covering the surface.” It was said that you could tell what paper was being made at any given time by the color of the river. After years of litigation, the pulp mill closed in 1930 and was dismantled. Some residents in Floriston still live in the same houses built for the workers.  Explore the rocky crags Information and maps may be found at tpbikeway.org. at Fontanillis Lake and Dicks Peak. Tahoe historian Mark McLaughlin is a nationally published author and professional speaker. His award-winning books are available at local stores or at thestormking.com. Check out his blog at tahoenuggets.com or read more at TheTahoeWeekly.com.

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NORTH SHORE ALPINE MEADOWS: Hwy. 89 at Alpine Meadows Road. TRUCKEE TRUCKEE-TAHOE AIRPORT: Hwy. 267 off Airport Rd., Truckee.

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EAST SHORE SPOONER SUMMIT: Junction of Hwys. 28 & 50. No vessels more than 30’.

Shop at 521 North Lake Blvd. Rentals on the water at Commons Beach

SOUTH SHORE MEYERS: At the junction of Hwys. 89 & 50.

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Rentals next to the boat ramp at Sand Harbor State Park

(530) 582-2361 | truckeeboatinspections.com Mandatory inspections will be required for all vessels for Donner Lake at inspection stations above. $10-$40. Annual pass available. (530) 582-7724.

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Mandatory self inspections are in place at Prosser, Boca, Jackson Meadows & Stampede reservoirs.

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LAKE FOREST

(530) 583-3796

1.5 miles east of Tahoe City, off Hwy. 28

TAHOE VISTA REC. AREA (530) 546-4212 Hwy. 28, Bottom of National Ave.

COON ST. BOAT LAUNCH (530) 583-3074 Hwy. 28, Bottom of Coon St. in Kings Beach

SAND HARBOR

(775) 831-0494

Hwy. 28, 2 miles south of Incline Village

CAVE ROCK

(775) 831-0494

Hwy. 50, East Shore

EL DORADO BEACH

(530) 542-2981

Hwy. 50 at Lakeview Ave., South Lake Tahoe

6 a.m.-7 p.m. daily. $15-$20. Pass available. Restrooms. One-way exit only after closing. Sealed boats only. Opens May 26. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri.-Sun. until June 30. Open Wed.-Sun. starting July 1 & on July 3-4. Picnic area, beach, restrooms.

Opens May 26. Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Restrooms.

6 a.m.-8 p.m. daily until Sept. 30. 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Fri.-Sun. Oct. 1-April 30. Picnic area, beach, Visitors’ Center, food, restrooms. Sealed boats only.

6 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. Picnic area, restrooms. Sealed boats only.

(530) 582-7720

I-80, Donner Lake exit

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(530) 587-3558

Hwy. 89, 2 miles north of Truckee

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(530) 587-3558 I-80, Hirschdale exit

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Opens in May. Picnic area, restrooms.

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$10 California boats, $15 out-of-state boats. $3 parking. Season pass $70 California, $120 out-of-state. Restrooms.

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10 mph speed limit strictly enforced. No fees for parking or launching.

45 mph speed limit. No launching fee. $10 parking. Subject to closure during low water levels.

PUBLIC PIERS Public piers are free, but have limited space; often limited to loading and unloading. License #954258

DONNER LAKE

I-80, Donner Lake exit

37 public piers on north shore from the boat ramp east. Fenced piers are private.

LAKE TAHOE

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Carnelian Bay

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Bottom of Coon St.

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Lake Forest

Access to restaurant, small beaches. Restrooms. Busy pier adjacent to town, public beach, picnic sites. Restrooms. Small beach, picnic facilities. Restrooms.

KASPIAN PICNIC AREA West Shore

Between Tahoe City and Homewood. Picnic area, beach. Restrooms.

GROVE STREET

Open 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Located east of Commons Beach. Restrooms at Commons Beach.

Center of Tahoe City

SUGAR PINE POINT

Tahoma

Hiking, Ehrman Mansion tours, nature trail. Restrooms.

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SIERRA STORIES BY MARK McLAUGHLIN

Ve rdi Tra in Robbery | P a r t I I lowered into the latrine. Mrs. Pearson knew then that Gilchrist was one of the crooks. When Deputy Kinkead arrived, Mrs. Pearson gave him a complete description of the three suspects and their activities. She told him that one of the men was asleep in his room and then showed the deputy an unusual boot print she had noticed in the fresh snow. It had a very narrow heel, the kind popular with gamblers and dudes.

While locked up in Truckee’s calaboose, Gilchrist confessed to the crime and then spilled the beans and implicated leader Jack Davis, a wellknown businessman.

n Part I, a gang of desperadoes pulled off the first train robbery in the West and escaped with more than $41,000 in gold coins. The successful heist occurred in the early morning hours of Nov. 5, 1870, near Verdi, Nev., about 23 miles east of Truckee. After they broke into the Wells Fargo strong boxes, the perpetrators loaded their saddled horses with the gold coins they stashed in leather boot-tops and buckskin purses. Quickly, they bolted into the surrounding countryside. Ringleader Jack Davis grabbed $20,000 for his share, buried it nearby and then rode south to his mill operation in Virginia City, Nev. Some of the gangsters took the road northeast to Crystal Peak, Nev., where they left their take in a hidden ravine. Others headed to Sierra Valley in California about 25 miles north of Truckee, where they hid out in a quiet boardinghouse. The stunning crime shocked Western communities. In a front-page editorial, the San Francisco Daily Alta warned: “This affair has struck everybody with amazement, so bold, decisive, well planned and successful has it proved. An end must be quickly put to this still neophyte form of banditry before others imitate it — devil-may-care desperadoes flaunting long-barreled revolvers in stealing mail of yours and mine.” Central Pacific Railroad dispatched F.T. Burke, their most experienced detective, along with a force of hand-picked investigators. To generate incentive for local lawmen, Central Pacific, Wells Fargo, the U.S. Post Office and Nevada governor Henry G. Blasdel teamed up to post a reward of $40,000 for the arrest and conviction of the daring robbers. It was the largest bounty ever offered in the West. The robbery itself was a complete success; the result of careful planning and quick execution by a team of daring men. But an inquisitive woman and the dogged efforts of Reno Sheriff Deputy James H. Kinkead spoiled their perfect crime. Eight hours after the heist, gang member John Squires took lodging at Pearson’s Hotel near Sardine Lake in California northwest 24

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of Verdi. The innkeepers at the small hostel were Nicholas Pearson and his wife, who were unaware of the recent crime. Shortly after Squires’ arrival, two of his cohorts, E.B. Parsons and James Gilchrist, registered and took a room across the hall. Minutes later, Squires quietly crossed the hall and entered the other room. Mrs. Pearson noticed the suspicious activity and climbed the stairs. Putting her ear to the closed door, Mrs. Pearson heard the three men whispering and she decided to keep an eye on them. Early the next morning, Squires and Parsons rode off, leaving Gilchrist behind, asleep in his room. By now Mrs. Pearson had heard of the train robbery from a customer and sensed the trio’s uneasiness. When Gilchrist left his room an hour later carrying a heavy sack, Mrs. Pearson followed him to the outhouse, where she peeked at him through a small knothole. She watched him pour $20 gold pieces from a saddlebag into an old boot that he

Kinkead had seen the same imprints in the snow at the scene of the crime. A group of armed hunters from Truckee helped the deputy ambush the suspected bandit in his room. Gilchrist was arrested without incident and escorted to the Truckee jail. Kinkead then rode north following the tracks left by the captured outlaw’s accomplices. Around midnight, he caught E.B. Parsons asleep in the Sierra Valley Hotel and quickly arrested him. The lawman didn’t know Parsons, but he recognized the distinctive boots near the bed. Kinkead suspected that the other fugitive was John Squires, a Virginia City outlaw familiar to him. The officer knew Squires had a brother living in Sierraville, where he caught the exhausted bandit napping. By the afternoon of Nov. 7, Squires, Parsons and Gilchrist were all under guard in Truckee. Kinkead had caught three of the train robbers in just 48 hours and would earn about $30,000 of the reward money for his efforts. While locked up in Truckee’s calaboose, Gilchrist confessed to the crime and then spilled the beans and implicated leader Jack Davis, a well-known businessman. Wells Fargo’s detectives tracked down suspect Sol Jones and Chief Detective Burke interrogated the carpenter until he broke down and implicated the others. Chat Roberts, another gang member

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who had not been present during the robbery, also cooperated and within four days all the crooks involved were in custody. Gilchrist and the others led the detectives to most of the cached money. Davis reluctantly took officers to a spot near the Truckee River where he had stashed his loot. A reporter for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise wrote, “The twenties [coins] were scraped up by the double handfuls…Davis did not assist in this work, but stood looking on — doubtless almost sick at heart to see his booty scratched to the last coin.” After a short trial, four members of the gang were sentenced from 18 to 22 years in the Nevada State Prison. A 24-year sentence was leveled on known stage robber John Squires. E.B. Parsons, a long-time Virginia City gambler, got 20. Tilton Cockerell, a previously convicted gunman and road agent, was sentenced to 22 years’ hard labor. John Chapman, a Sunday school superintendent who continued to proclaim his innocence, was sent away for 18 years. The judge reduced Sol Jones’ sentence to five years for cooperating, while James Gilchrist and Chat Roberts went free for testifying against the others. Despite his role as ringleader, “Big Jack” Davis was still popular among the Virginia City community. Sentenced to only 10 years in prison — a governor later cut that to three — “Big Jack” never learned his

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lesson. In 1875, his first year of freedom, he was killed while attempting to rob a Wells Fargo stagecoach. Thus ended the criminal career of Jack Davis. The first Western railroad heist finally passed into history when gangster E. B. Parsons was pardoned in November 1881.  Tahoe historian Mark McLaughlin is a nationally published author and professional speaker. His award-winning books are available at local stores or at thestormking.com. You may reach him at mark@ thestormking.com. Check out his blog at tahoenuggets.com, or read more at TheTahoeWeekly.com.

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BUSINESSMAN TURNED CRIMINAL Charismatic Virginia City businessman Jack Davis was actually a clever criminal who had mastered the art of robbing Wells Fargo stagecoaches during the 1860s. By day, Davis worked as a mining recorder, operated an ore-stamping mill in Six-Mile Canyon and raised flowers as a hobby. But at night, Davis and his masked accomplices robbed stages. In 1870, they hijacked an express train near Verdi, Nev. Fellow bandit John Squires was sentenced to 20 years in the Nevada State Penitentiary for his role in the Verdi heist.

Photograph and caption are from Tahoe historian Mark McLaughlin’s award-winning book “Western Train Adventures: Romance, Robberies & Wrecks” available in local stores or at thestormking.com. Nevada Historical Society

EXHIBIT CALENDAR Jennifer Wildermuth Reyes McKinley Arts & Culture Center | Until June 16

Will Barber

June 15-21, 2017

Arts

& CULTURE

CREATIVE AWARENESS

McKinley Arts & Culture Center | Until June 16

Robert Rollins Metro Gallery | Until June 16

Connecting to the West

Great Basin Native Artists Carson City Visitors Bureau | Until June 19

“My Body Your Body” Sierra Arts Gallery | Until June 22

M A R K M AY N A R D

Kathy Aoki LTCC Library | Until June 23 “Landscape Show”

S T O R Y B Y K AY L A A N D E R S O N

Brewery Arts Center | Until June 23

McDougall’s art students El Dorado County Library | Until June 24

Liz Paganelli & Jackson Lain Cobalt Artist Studio | Until June 30

“Image Nation” Truckee Recreation Center | Until June 30

Liz Paganelli & Jackson Lain Cobalt Artist Studio | Until June 30

Tahoe Art League members A Cup of Cherries Café | Until June 30

Nancy Lynch Meyer’s Downtown Café | Until June 30

“Bird Mafia” Atelier Truckee | Until June 30 “High School Pic [ks] 2” The Brick | Until June 30

Nancy Florence Copeland Cultural Arts Center | Until July 1

“Strange Cousins from the West” Sierra Arts Gallery | July 1-30

The Altered Landscape Nevada Museum of Art | Until July 5

Gil Martin CC Community Center | Until July 6 “Maynard Dixon: The Paltenghi Collections” Nevada Museum of Art | Until July 16

“Lakalelup” Commons Beach | Aug. 4-13

ark Maynard’s book, “Grind,” seems to contain insider information about the Northern Nevada area and people. If you’ve ever been to a ski resort, gambled in Reno or have admired the wild mustangs, then this is a book that may resonate with you. Maynard, a former Reno-Tahoe journalist turned creative writer, grew up in Incline Village, Nev. He was always into reading and writing; he studied English throughout school and was usually ingesting two to three books at a time. After graduating from Incline High School, he moved to San Diego for his undergraduate studies, spent a few years in San Francisco and moved back to the area in 2000. He worked as a journalist, editor and online manager, researching and writing stories about the people, places and experiences around him, which ultimately gave him fuel for his short-story collection, “Grind.” In 2003, Maynard taught at Truckee Meadows Community College part time for the flexibility teaching gave him as a stayat-home dad. While he enjoyed teaching for the social aspect and because he could inspire future writers, Maynard also wanted to improve his writing skills. He entered a low-residency, creative writing master’s program at Antioch University Los Angeles where he worked on “Grind.” “Most of my creative writing was done at home and then we went to L.A. every semester for my residency work. It was a

“Lakalelup” Ski Run Marina & Beach | Aug. 22-31

“On the Water”

He worked as a journalist, editor and online manager,

Tahoe Maritime Museum | Ongoing

researching and writing stories about the people,

Rachel Stiff Sierra Arts Gallery | Sept. 7-29

places and experiences around him,

“Industrial Art: Sports Edition” CCAI Courthouse | Until Sept. 28

“What’s in A Name?” Tahoe Maritime Museum | Until April 2018

which ultimately gave him fuel for his short-story collection, “Grind.”

1 ST & 3 RD WEDNESDAY

Gathering of Artists North Tahoe Arts Center THURSDAY

Guided art tours Nevada Museum of Art (except 1st Thursday) 2 ND FRIDAY

Senior art classes & tours Nevada Museum of Art SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Guided art tours Nevada Museum of Art 2 ND SATURDAY

Free admission Nevada Museum of Art Kids’ Art day Nevada Museum of Art Art Walk Reno SUNDAYS

Plein Air Painting Tahoe Art League

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great chance to see if I could really be a writer,” he says, adding that he had to be much more self-disciplined when faced with that much alone time. While working on his master’s degree, Maynard started writing stories that were published in magazines before he ever thought of collecting them into a book. It took him five years to form his collection that was published by Torrey House Press in 2012. His debut work won him the 2015 Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Silver Pen. The book experienced resurgence in popularity when it was selected by the Nevada State Library and Archives as a Nevada Reads Book. “It was kind of a slow roller, but it’s really kept its legs with the Nevada Hall of Fame Silver Pen and being named the Nevada

Reads Book [last year],” he says. “With its revival, my publisher put it in a second printing. Torrey Press’s focus is writing about the American West and I believe that to date, ‘Grind’ is its most urban book.” His favorite writers — Edward Abbey, Raymond Carver and other notable American West writers — inspired Maynard. He wanted his book to connect to the American West, which is why he chose the final story to be a man on a horse riding off into the sunset. During the 2016-17 Nevada Reads season, “Grind” was featured in libraries and bookstores all over the state and Maynard

gave 15 readings. He is now focused on writing his first novel about the Walker River/Twin Lakes region in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. “It will be heavily researched; I’ve been working on it for a couple of months and now that I’m out of school, I want to focus on getting a couple of chapter drafts done,” he says. Maynard has a short story about Tahoe, titled “Fishing With Charo,” published in the “Tahoe Blues: Short Lit on Life at the Lake” anthology. Still, he finds that he enjoys the challenge of researching other places. “Writing about Tahoe feels too close to home. And the Tahoe where I grew up is so different than what it is today,” he says. Along with working on his first novel, Maynard will have a collection of essays on Clint Eastwood coming out in early 2018 and will also be one of the writers in Reno Artown’s Literary Death Match on July 13 when writers will go head to head in a boxing ring. “It’s a cross between a reading and ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ ” says Maynard. The match begins at 7 p.m. and will be held at Reno’s historic Trocadero Room inside the El Cortez Hotel.  For more information, visit markmaynard.info.

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composing stick, set type and print their own cards or broadsides. The class includes materials and open studio hours at Tahoe Letterpress to work on projects. Workshop fee is $50. An Open Print Studio is on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those who want to work on linocuts or wood block prints and those who have taken a letterpress class are welcome. Assistance and some supplies are on site. | bonafidebooks.com

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New art around town South Lake Tahoe Tahoe Art League announces new art exhibits at several locations. A Cup of Cherries Café features wine and vineyards to celebrate the hosts’ expansion to an evening menu with wine. The art includes works by Rick Espinor, Nancy Lynch, Michael Schaer, Cheryl Lawson, Barb Gustafson and Donna Reid. Nancy Lynch’s works are now featured at Meyer’s Downtown Café, and Janet McDougall’s art students have an exhibition in El Dorado County Library until June 24. | talart.org

Kindred Art and Folk Institute will be taking an interactive public art piece to Burning Man and structural materials and donations are needed. The piece, called “Transcendent Souls,” will be a 20-foot-tall structure of trees sprouting two hands holding a glowing heart with a porch swing mounted between the two main tree trunks. It will be made of steel, foam, copper, glass, wood and chain with solar spotlights. The piece tells the story of existence through seven stages of evolution and gives a visual representation to knowing enlightenment and unconditional love. | gofundme.com/transcendent-souls or kindredtruckee.org

Popular summer art workshops

“Transcendent Souls” Kindred Art and Folk Institute

Inspired art

Great Basin, great art

Wide range of subjects

South Lake Tahoe Multi-talented Tahoe artist Donna Hughes’s work is being featured at the Lake Tahoe Community College Library through July 31. Hughes’ sculptures, gourd art, hand-woven pine needle baskets and horsehair Raku reflecting her Native American ancestry are featured in the glass cases within the library. | talart.org

Carson City, Nev. The Carson City Visitors Bureau presents the Great Basin Native Artists exhibit until June 19. The artists featured include Ben Aleck, Topaz Jones, Jack Malotte, Melissa Melero-Moose and Topah Spoonhunter. The Great Basin Native Artists was established in 2014, a collective group of indigenous artists, emerging and professional, residing in or originally from the Great Basin areas of Nevada, California, Southern Oregon, Southern Idaho and Utah. | visitcarsoncity.com

Carson City, Nev. Nevada Artists Association opens its annual “Landscape Show.” The exhibit features the paintings, photographs, sculptures and fine crafts of local and regional NAA member artists. Carson City photographer John Warden is presenting a special showing of his photography that covers a wide and diverse range of subjects. The exhibit runs through June 23. The NAA gallery is located at Brewery Arts Center. | nevadaartists.org

Politics and art

Area venues Tahoe Art League hosts a summer’s worth of Plein Air Painting. Painters meet from 9 a.m. to noon on Sundays at different locations until the end of August. Participants should bring a bag lunch for an informal noontime critique. Anyone may participate. A full schedule is online. | talart.org

Rugged and unforgiving Reno, Nev. Metro Gallery in City Hall hosts photographer Robert Rollins until June 16. Rollins, following in the footsteps of famous photographers such as Ansel Adams, seeks to tell stories with his iconic imagery of the American West — and in this case, historic Fort Churchill. His careful and considerate landscape photographs are often moody and emotional. | reno.gov

Inspired by wildlife Reno, Nev. McKinley Arts & Culture Center hosts two artists until June 16. “Animalia” by Jennifer Wildermuth Reyes is at Gallery West. Wildermuth Reyes, who resides in the Santa Cruz Mountains, made a long series of wildlife paintings after years of studying other expressions of twodimensional art. Her current pieces are placed against colorful geometric patterns, resulting in pieces that draw both on her current exposure to the natural world and her experience in urban living and artistic study. “My Nevada in Black & White” by Will Barber is at Gallery East. As an environmental scientist, Barber has a way of seeing the “ordered chaos” of one’s natural surroundings and visually expresses this concept through focusing on single elements. | reno.gov 26

Reno, Nev. Sierra Arts Gallery presents “My Body Your Body” until June 22 featuring professional teaching artists from Sierra Nevada College, Truckee Meadows Community College and University of Nevada, Reno. This multimedia exhibition examines the current political climate and its effect on personal rights. Participating artists include Chris Lanier, Julia Schwadron, Rick Parsons, Sheri Leigh O’Connor and Mary Kenny from Sierra Nevada College; Candace Garlock, Dean Burton, Mahsan Ghazainzad, Bahareh Shahrabi Farahani and Erin Shearin from TMCC and Tamara Scronce and Paul Baker Prindle from UNR. An artists’ reception will be on June 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. | sierraarts.org

A humorous twist South Lake Tahoe Bay Area artist Kathy Aoki’s exhibit, “Beauty Essentials: Artifacts from the Museum of Historical Makeovers,” will be in Haldan Art Gallery at Lake Tahoe Community College until June 23. Aoki addresses gender and pop-culture issues through approachable visual formats with a twist of humor. Installations of her current body of work are presented in the context of an ersatz beauty history museum. | talart.org

Fresh air, friends, painting

Public print shop Meyers Tahoe Letterpress will open its doors for a studio tour and reception on June 16 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Bona Fide Books. The print shop will offer hands-on demonstrations and free hand-printed souvenirs to take home. The event is free and open to the public. The working print shop will provide a letterpress print facility and teach people how to use it. Vintage equipment includes platen presses dating to the 1800s, as well as sign presses. The centerpiece is a collection of handset type housed in four wooden type cabinets. The type comes from the Virginia City “Territorial Enterprise,” the voice of the West during the Comstock era. Introduction to Letterpress workshops with Steve Robison are offered on June 17, July 22 and Aug. 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participants will learn how to use a

Incline Village, Nev. Registration is open for Sierra Nevada College’s 33rd annual Summer Visiting Artist Workshops, which will take place until the end of July. The variety of summer workshops are given by nationally known ceramists, glass artists, painters, sculptors, printmakers, digital artists, photographers, paper makers, jewelers and more. Participants can learn new techniques and expand their knowledge in the medium. The workshops are open to ages 16 and older. On Tuesday night at 7 p.m. each week during the workshops, “Meet the Artist” lectures will be held in the Prim Library, followed by an informal reception in the Tahoe Gallery. They are free and open to the public. | sierranevada.edu

Therapeutic exhibit Truckee Image Nation, a new art installation featuring Nevada County veterans, is on display at the Truckee Community Recreation Center until June 30. Image Nation is an initiative of the Nevada County Arts Council in partnership with Welcome Home Vets, funded in part by the California Arts Council and local contributions. The photographs, selfportraits and pictures of veterans’ hands are the result of a therapeutic workshop with veteran and master photographer Michael Llewellyn. Image Nation helps veterans express themselves and connect with each other and society, a key element in treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Llewellyn, a veteran himself, has been working in photography since 1988. “I have personal experience with the debilitating social isolation caused by episodes of trauma,” Llewellyn said in a press release. “The practice of photography offered me insight into understanding creative self expression, which contributed to the success of my career.” | tdprd.org

Burning for volunteers Reno, Nev. Peter Hazel Art Studio was awarded a large honorarium to build “Bloom” a 40foot tall sculpture of steel and glass. The sculpture will be interactive and visitors will be able to climb inside the piece and hang out in the viewing platform 30 feet in the air. This sculpture will be heading

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to Burning Man 2017 in late August and is currently in production at ArTech in Reno. Volunteers are needed to help to make fused glass discs and ceramic jellyfish medallions. No experience is necessary. | (775) 384-6820 or peter@peterhazel.com

Pics at the Brick Carson City, Nev. The Capital City Arts Initiative announces its exhibition, “High School Pic [ks] 2,” at the Community Development Building [the Brick]. More than 40 artists from Carson, Dayton, Douglas and Pioneer high schools have work in the exhibit, which includes a wide variety of art media including ceramics, collage, drawing, painting and photography. The exhibit runs until June 30. | arts-initiative.org

Are birds Sopranos? Truckee Atelier presents “Bird Mafia” by artist Emily Brown, who draws inspiration from the great outdoors, wildlife and her adventures. She shows her view of the world through meticulously cut lines and textures in her hand-cut paper art. She is best known for her layered cut paper shadow boxes series’ and animal cuts. Each bird mafia design begins as a paper cut.

Gathering of Artists Tahoe City Gathering of Artists is every first and third Wednesday of the month at North Tahoe Arts Center. Artists are welcome to drop in and share studio space from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | northtahoearts.com

Cobalt like the lake Incline Village, Nev. Cobalt Artist Studio presents Liz Paganelli and Jackson Lain until June 30. Paganelli has lived and worked in the Lake Tahoe area for 20 years. She has taught drawing and printmaking at Sierra Nevada College and Truckee Meadows Community College. From the fishing towns and seascapes of Alaska, to the mountains of Utah and the deserts of California, Lain looks to each region with a unique appreciation. Painting landscapes is a way to capture the extraordinary mood and atmosphere that each of these climates evokes for him. | cobaltartiststudio.com

Regional mindfulness Minden, Nev. Carson Valley Arts Council presents Nancy Florence, who will be displaying her photography at the Copeland Cultural Arts Center in Minden through July 1. Florence says she hopes her photographs will inspire viewers to explore and appreciate regional beauty; most of her photographs were captured within 50 miles of her home in Carson City. | (775) 782-8207

From the Bay Reno, Nev. Sierra Arts Gallery will exhibit “Strange Cousins from the West” featuring Joshua Coffy, Heather Robinson, Catherine E. Moore, Shane Izykowski and Maggie Hurley from July 1 to 31. This group exhibition is of contemporary, emerging artists from San Francisco. The guest curator is Joshua Coffy. An artists’ reception is on July 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. | sierraarts.org

natural earth pigments that he digs up from various sources in the western United States. He uses a starch paste made from corn meal as a binder and adds water to create a more or less viscous paint. | arts-initiative.org

Get ready, set, paint Reno, Nev. Competitors will have 24 hours to paint an original mural on a panel outside of Circus Circus casino from July 15 to 16. The paintings will be a permanent installation. Artists will compete for cash prizes. Virginia Street will be closed for the competition and spectators may enjoy live music and food. | circusreno.com

Cultures of the American West Reno, Nev. The paintings and rare drawings by Maynard Dixon, one of the premier artists working in the American West during the first half of the 20th Century, is on exhibit at the Nevada Museum of Art in “Maynard Dixon: The Paltenghi Collections” until July 16. Drawn from the private collections of Bruce C. Paltenghi and Dr. Richard Paltenghi, this exhibition offers an intimate look at Dixon’s life and creative process, providing insight into the passionate way he traversed and interpreted the world. For more than five decades, Dixon documented the landscapes and cultures of the American West with unparalleled passion and authenticity. Nevada especially appealed to the artist; he spent significant time

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exploring the state’s desert and mountain landscapes during the 1920s and 1930s. Inspired to begin collecting by their father, the California-based Paltenghi brothers have amassed a collection of more than 70 artworks that offer an intimate look at Dixon’s life in the American West between 1889 and 1944. Included are many never-before-seen drawings with subjects ranging from mountain and desert landscapes, to portraits and nude figure studies. | nevadaart.org

Mexican Art featured at NMOA Reno, Nev. The Nevada Museum of Art presents “Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art, Works from the Bank of America Collection” celebrates and reveals a variety of cultural aspects that emerged in the years after the Mexican Revolution to the present day. The exhibit will remain on view through July 16. “Miradas” consists of more than 100 paintings, prints and photographs created over the past 80 years by artists who have been attracted to and inspired by Mexico’s ancient civilizations and modern artistic theories. Highlights include works by some of the best-known Mexican artists, including Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo and Gabriel Orozco, as well as Mexican-American artists such as Judithe Hernández, Roberto Juarez and Robert Graham. The exhibit will include several educational and entertaining offerings through July with details online. | nevadaart.org

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What’s on tap at NMOA Untitled Donna Hughes | Lake Tahoe Community College Library

Her work is in shows from Seattle to Los Angeles. She is based in Portland. Ore. The exhibit will run until June 30. | ateliertruckee.com

Art classes for all Tahoe City North Tahoe Arts offers workshops for a fee and art talks free of charge. Fused Glass Pendants with Catherine Strand and Toni Rockwell is on June 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Corison Loft. Participants learn to make fused-glass pendants. NTA fused-glass artists Strand and Rockwell will teach basic glass properties and how to cut, shape and place layers of glass to make various pendants. All glass and tools are provided, as well as something to hang the pendants on. All pendants will be fired after class and can be picked up at North Tahoe Arts after July 7. The fee for the class is $45. Participants must be age 18 or older. Elemental Magic: Combining Art and Feng Shui with Catherine Strand is on Aug. 25 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Artisan Shop. This talk is those interested in the magic of balance using the Five Elements and Feng Shui. Strand will explain this approach using art and optimizing its placement. | northttahoearts.com

Reno, Nev. “The Altered Landscape: Selections from the Carol Franc Buck Altered Landscape Photography Collection” will be on display at the Nevada Museum of Art until July 5. In 1931, a group of civic-minded citizens led by humanities professor and climate scientist Dr. James Church and local art collector Charles Cutts established what is today known as the Nevada Museum of Art. Sixty years later, in 1993, a major endowment gift from the Carol Franc Buck Foundation established this collection that is one of the institution’s largest focused collecting areas with approximately 2,000 photographs.

A month to enjoy art Reno, Nev. The annual ARTown is from July 1 to 31. It encourages audiences to embrace multidisciplinary arts and works to strengthen the art industry in Northern Nevada with a month-long celebration of visual and performing arts. From live music to unique exhibits, enjoy the many variations of creative expression. | renoisartown.com

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Gemini (May 21-Jun 21)

When we go on a venture and round the final turn that swings the direction back home, emotions rise and the excitement parallels that prior to departure. Among other things, you want to get back to your projects and family and familiar friends. It’s like you love everyone and all is forgiven, for a while anyway.

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Inspirations to engage socially are pushing you to reach out. This momentum has been active for many months but the impulse is extra strong now. Behind the scenes and/or in the back of your mind, a deeper process is underway. You are both noticing and seeing the realities and effects of change both within and all around you. Trust the flow and focus to be here and now.

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Capricorn (Dec 21-Jan 19)

Despite a lingering mood to retreat, you also feel driven to push ahead as well. Such complex balances often simply require time management. But, tuning into these feelings can also support you to activate new initiatives. With your confidence levels steadily rising, you are in a good position to make a real impression, even if only to yourself.

Paying closer attention to the quality of your daily routine is important now. The main question you are asking yourself is how inspired do you feel? As well, are you living up to or according to your ideals? Only you can answer this question and no one can or will make the efforts necessary to adjust accordingly, for you.

Leo (Jul 22-Aug 23)

Aquarius (Jan 19-Feb 19)

By now, key projects should be underway, even if you are still at the beginning. However, if you are unclear or insecure you may find yourself escaping somehow. If so, try to break free of the inertia by clearing a space, within and without, to simply begin working on ‘that project’ or two that is virtually calling you by name.

A creative and playful cycle continues. It includes the urge to create beauty close to home. Yet this is where the plot thickens. There is work to do and this may well include deep cleaning, purging, and renovations. Circumstances may also require you to take a philosophical approach, to see the relativity of things. Life is change.

Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22)

Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20)

Advancing your position professionally and/or socially continues. If you were at hesitant before, circumstances will push you to take big action. Financial ambitions and responsibilities are part of this plot. Cultural interests are highlighted as well. Sweet dreams are made of these kinds of moment so make sure you are seen and heard.

A good deal of focus and energy on the home front continues. Sifting and sorting, cleaning and clearing, renovating and building and/or moving are all likely activities. This includes attending to a variety of fronts and multi-tasking. Meanwhile, many new thoughts and ideas are stirring. Your ambitions are leading you to reach out and, in some respects, to new directions.

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Aries (Mar 21-Apr 20)

Seeing a bigger picture includes seeing yourself and the world and yourself in the world in new ways. Opportunities to express yourself are available and feel important. You feel ambitious and this includes both learning and unlearning; letting go of old self-concepts, roles, attitudes and postures that are no longer relevant. Yet you remain eager to explore new territory.

On one hand, you feel light and social while on the other you are determined to dig deep. You want to get to the bottom of things. Yet your focus may be fitful and sporadic. This moodiness will linger well into July and may well reveal increased intensity. The good news is that it is all part of a process of laying claim to hidden elements of your creative power.

Scorpio (Oct 22-Nov 21)

A process of looking deeply within continues. This includes how you have expressed your personal power. You are especially focused on opportunities for creative self-expression. Pushing through old patterns and moving on from various relationship involvements or approaches is featured.

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June 17 | 3-5 p.m. | Peaks & Paws Festival | Olympic Village

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Rock River The Beacon 1 p.m. Aaron Oropeza Truckee Tavern 5 p.m. Dylan Jakobsen Downtown Truckee 6:30 p.m. Ben Martin & Angele Cottonwood 7 p.m. Mescalito Divided Sky 7 p.m. 80’s music night Mellow Fellow Truckee 8 p.m. Mic Smith McP’s TapHouse 8 p.m. Travis Hayes Moody’s 8 p.m. Rustler’s Moon Bar of America 8 p.m. Bobby G Cabo Wabo 9:30 p.m. Stan Charles Pastime Club 10 p.m. DJ Parties Roger That! The Loft 10:30 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Open Mic Northwoods Clubhouse 6:30 p.m. Open Mic Classic Cue 8 p.m. Open Mic Alibi Ale Works 9 p.m. Karaoke Fat Cat Bar 9 p.m. Karaoke The Grid 9:30 p.m. Lip Sync w/Dreu Murin MontBleu 10 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Magic Fusion The Loft 7 & 9 p.m. John Henton w/Avi Liberman The Improv 9 p.m. RENO & BEYOND

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ake no bones about it, Crow and the Canyon are headed south this month for their first official performance in the Tahoe Basin — tour dogs in tow. Fortunately for their canine companions, the Portland folk pickers will be playing at Squaw Valley’s 8th annual Peaks & Paws, a two-day, dog-friendly music, food, beer and wine festival to benefit the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe on June 17 and 18. “It’s actually kind of funny because we are totally dog people,” says Austin Quattlebaum. “At any given rehearsal, dogs are sleeping in the basement or running around the yard. The band mates without dogs will ask us if it’s going to a two-dog tour. At least my dog has a purpose: he’s the security dog. If you come anywhere near the van, he barks his head off. The other dogs will lick your head.” With the addition of Audra Nemir on upright bass, this up-and-coming band is beginning to run with the pack of the West Coast folk and bluegrass music scene. Nemir recently flew the kennel, as it were, for Portland after being hounded out by the ever-rising Bay Area cost of living. “I knew I couldn’t stay there long term, so I decided to bite the bullet and move,” she says. “Now I’m playing more than I ever have before. Having chosen to focus on music leaves me with more time to write and work on other projects. I’ve really clicked with the band members and I’m having a blast.” As far as her opinion of dogs in the tour van, Nemir maintains that it depends on the pooch. 30

“I love having my own dog in the bus, but he’s an older dog so he’s happy to just sit in laps for hours,” she says. “He’s so little and cute and outgoing that he makes friends everywhere we go. The more energetic the dog, the less fun it is to tour with it.” Even if they can’t quite agree on the pedigree, the band features a fine balance with Leigh Jones’ vocals complementing Quattlebaum on banjo, Ben Larsen on mandolin and Jeremy Elliot on guitar. “I think that bands can benefit from having some feminine energy in them to encourage some other creative forces,” says Quattlebaum. “Audra has been a good addition for us.” Crow and the Canyon describe their sound as lyric-driven folkgrass. “I think oftentimes we get put in the bluegrass category, but we’re definitely not your traditional Flatt and Scruggs,” says Quattlebaum. “A lot like the new acoustic music that’s out and about on the scene nowadays, we lean more towards a lyrical focus than a jamgrass band per say, but we do have those tendencies at a late-night live show.” The band is currently is the process of planning a followup to their 2015 debut “Leaving Soon.” “We’ve got a lot of new songs since that album came out, so it’s just a matter of timing right now,” says Quattlebaum. “I think we’ll be hunkering down sometime next winter.” Quattlebaum honed his love of roots music while growing up around music festivals at the Spirit of the Suwannee

Music Park in Live Oak, Fla., with his family. He began playing banjo during high school in Savanna, Georgia, before minoring in Appalachian folk music at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C. During an eight-year stint as an itinerant raft guide and van-touring musician, Quattlebaum was a member of California bluegrass staples such as Sam Chase & The Untraditional and Dead Winter Carpenters’ foremother, The Rusty Buckets. He was passing through Portland toward the end of that era when he connected with Larsen via mutual friend Allie Krall of Yonder Mountain String Band. The two had been collaborating at the time in Larsen’s nowdefunct progressive bluegrass project, The Giraffe Dodgers. “I met those folk singing and playing and the first time together we arranged a three-part vocal harmony,” he says. “I can’t speak for the whole band, but I’ve always enjoyed folk music because it’s such a family. You can go to a festival and there are bands sitting in with bands, people sitting in with people. You don’t go to rock fests like Coachella and see bands sitting in with each other like that. It’s all a big community.” Luckily, that community also has plenty of room for the likes of Wigglebear, Sadie and Barack Obama: Crow and the Canyon’s official tour dogs. Until then, “Woof !” | crowandthecanyon.com  For more information on Peaks & Paws, read the Event calendar in this edition.

Not Quite Ready for Carnegie Hall Players Carson City Senior Center 10:30 a.m. Gil Eldorado 4:30 p.m. Jason King Band Boomtown 6 p.m. Dave Leather Sassafras 6:30 p.m. Moon Gravy Wild River Grille 6:30 p.m. Terri, Craig & Mick Glen Eagles 7 p.m. Drinking with Clowns Peppermill 7 p.m. Justin Lee Band Carson Valley Inn 7 p.m. American Made Band Atlantis 8 p.m. Mescalito Divided Sky 8 p.m. Pseudo Studio on 4th 8 p.m. Frank Perry Jazz Combo 3rd Street Bar 8 p.m. Bobbie & Paul J. Eldorado 8:30 p.m. Boondoggle & Max Volume St. James Infirmary 9 p.m. Atomik Rodeo Circus Circus 9 p.m. Mike Reeves Eldorado 10 p.m. DJ Parties DJ & Dancing Gilley’s Nugget 5 p.m. DJ Punktematrix Silver Legacy 8 p.m. DJ Trivia Singer Social Club 8 p.m. DJ Bobby G Living the Good Life 8:30 p.m. Country Music Night Grand Sierra 10 p.m. DJ Montague Eldorado 10:30 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Karaoke Club Cal Neva 8 p.m. Karaoke West 2nd Street 8 p.m. Karaoke The Point 8:30 p.m. Karaoke Bottom’s Up Saloon 9 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Cirque Le Noir Silver Legacy 7 p.m. Jimmy Shubert Laugh Factory 7:30 p.m. “Stupid F***ing Bird” Brüka Theatre 8 p.m. Special Events Reno Cattle Drive Reno Rodeo Rodeo Grounds

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C A L E N D A R | JUNE 15-22, 2017 JUNE 16 | FRIDAY TAHOE & TRUCKEE Jody Sweet Piano Best Pies 11 a.m. Trippin King Snakes The Beacon 1 p.m. Rustler’s Moon Gar Woods 4 & 8 p.m. Tyler Stafford Nakoma Resort 6 p.m. Mozart in the Mountains South Lake Tahoe 7 p.m. Lisa Marie Cottonwood 7 p.m. Live music 968 Park Hotel Coffee Bar 7:30 p.m. Tahoe Dance Band South Lake Senior Center 7:30 p.m. Chris Costa Tahoe Biltmore 8 p.m. Blues Monsters Bar of America 8 p.m. Steve & Tom Gar Woods 8 p.m. George Souza Band Moody’s 8:30 p.m. Killer Dueling Pianos MontBleu 9 p.m. Live music Steamers Bar & Grill SLT 9 p.m. Front Country Crystal Bay Club 10 p.m. The Wizz Kid Cabo Wabo 10 p.m. DJ Parties Arty the Party Harrah’s 8 p.m. DJ David Aaron MontBleu 10 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Punk Rock Karaoke Tourist Club 9 p.m. MontBleu 9 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Magic Fusion The Loft 7 & 9 p.m. Luma: Art in Darkness MontBleu 8 p.m. John Henton w/Avi Liberman The Improv 9 p.m.

Aaron Watson & Clare Dunn TJ’s Corral 8 p.m. The Look Boomtown 9 p.m. Los Tigres del Norte Grand Sierra 9 p.m. Coverboy Silver Legacy 9 p.m. Atomik Rodeo Circus Circus 9 p.m. Blue Haven 3rd Street Bar 9 p.m. Reckless Envy Atlantis 10 p.m. Mike Reeves Eldorado 10 p.m. Lights Out Jub Jub’s 10 p.m. DJ Parties DJ & Dancing Gilley’s Nugget 5 & 11 p.m. DJ I Harrah’s 9 p.m. DJ Roni V & DJ Bob Richards Eldorado 10 p.m. DJ Romeo Reyes Lex GSR10 p.m. Country Music Nights Grand Sierra 10 p.m. DJ Mo Funk Circus Circus 10 p.m. Boggan and guest DJs 1 up 10 p.m. DJ Montague Eldorado 10:30 p.m. DJ Chris English Peppermill 1 a.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Karaoke Club Cal Neva 8 p.m. Karaoke w/Darren Castle Club Cal Neva 8 p.m. Karaoke West 2nd Street 8 p.m. Karaoke Bottom’s Up Saloon 9 p.m. Karaoke The Point 9 p.m. Karaoke Spiro’s Sports Bar 9 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Latin Dance Social Peppermill 7 p.m. “Comedy of Errors” Lear Theatre 7:30 p.m.

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RENO & BEYOND Jason King Band Eldorado 4th St. 3:30 p.m. American Made Band Atlantis 4 p.m. US Air Force Mobility Eldorado 3rd St. 4 p.m. Gil Eldorado 4:30 p.m. The Starlighters Boomtown 5 p.m. Maxx Cabello Jr. Eldorado 4th St. 5:30 p.m. Shane Dwight Eldorado 3rd St. 6 p.m. Live music David Walley’s Hot Springs 6 p.m. Craig, Terri, Rocky & D. Spiteri Glen Eagles 7 p.m. Alex Smith Wild River Grille 7 p.m. Corky Bennett Reno Senior Center 7:30 p.m. Tonic Eldorado 4th St. 7:30 p.m. Road Daddy Max’s Casino 8 p.m. Justin Lee Band Carson Valley Inn 8 p.m. Murderdock Danse Macabre Studio on 4th 8 p.m. Ray Renolds Silver Legacy 8 p.m. Drinking with Clowns Peppermill 8 p.m. Mike Greg Red Dog Saloon 8 p.m. Mr. Elevator Night Rooms and Applied Ethics The Saint 8 p.m. Viva Revenge, Prince Robot, Slutzville Jub Jub’s 8 p.m.

Jimmy Shubert Laugh Factory 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. Cirque Le Noir Silver Legacy 8 p.m. “Stupid F***ing Bird” Brüka Theatre 8 p.m. Patrick Garrity Pioneer Underground 9 p.m. Special Events Great Eldorado BBQ, Brews and Blues Festival Reno Stewart Father’s Day PowWow Carson City Reno Rodeo Rodeo Grounds Food Truck Friday Idlewild Park 5 p.m.

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JUNE 17 | SATURDAY TAHOE & TRUCKEE Jody Sweet Piano Best Pies 11 a.m. Gruve Nation The Beacon 1 p.m. MagnaKlash Funraiser 2.0 Cornice Cantina 3 p.m. Crow and the Canyon Squaw 3 p.m. New Wave Crave Bar of America 8 p.m. Chris Costa Tahoe Biltmore 8 p.m. George Souza Band Moody’s 8:30 p.m. Killer Dueling Pianos MontBleu 9 p.m.

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Live music Steamers Bar & Grill SLT 9 p.m. The Spazmatics Hard Rock 9 p.m. Achilles Wheel w/Mudrat Detector Crystal Bay Club 9 p.m. Two Peace & Northern Lights Whiskey Dick’s 9 p.m. The Wizz Kid Cabo Wabo 10 p.m. DJ Parties Arty the Party Harrah’s 8 p.m. DJ David Aaron MontBleu 10 p.m. Rookies 10 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke MontBleu 9 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Magic Fusion The Loft 7 & 9 p.m. John Henton w/Avi Liberman The Improv 9 p.m.

June 18 | 3 p.m. Commons Beach | Tahoe City

GROOVE FOUNDRY BRINGS their funky fun sound to the beach for the first Commons Beach concert of the season. With covers of songs, such as War’s “Low Rider” and Santana’s “Oye Como Va,” the band keeps the dance floor hopping. Matt Reardon & Friends will also perform. | concertsatcommonsbeach.com

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Jinco 1 Up 10 p.m. Caroline D’Amore Lex GSR 10 p.m. Reckless Envy Atlantis 10 p.m. Mike Reeves Eldorado 10 p.m. DJ Parties DJ I Harrah’s 9 p.m. DJ Roni V Eldorado 9 p.m. DJ R. Styles Living the Good Life 9 p.m. Country Music Nights Grand Sierra 10 p.m. DJ Spryte Peppermill 10 p.m. DJ Montague Eldorado 10:30 p.m. DJ Chris English Peppermill 1 a.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Karaoke w/Darren Castle Club Cal Neva 8 p.m. Karaoke West 2nd Street 8 p.m. Karaoke Bottom’s Up Saloon 9 p.m. Karaoke The Point 9 p.m. Karaoke Spiro’s Sports Bar 9 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Cirque Le Noir Silver Legacy 5:30 & 8 p.m. The Rat Pack Harrah’s 7:30 p.m. Jimmy Shubert Laugh Factory 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. “Comedy of Errors” Lear Theatre 7:30 p.m. “Stupid F***ing Bird” Brüka Theatre 8 p.m. Patrick Garrity Pioneer Underground 8:30 p.m. Special Events Great Eldorado BBQ, Brews and Blues Festival Reno Stewart Father’s Day PowWow Carson City

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JUNE 18 | SUNDAY TAHOE & TRUCKEE Jody Sweet Piano Best Pies 11 a.m. Blues Monsters The Beacon 1 p.m. Groove Foundry Commons Beach 3 p.m. Unkle Funkle McP’s TapHouse 9 p.m. The Irieites The Loft 9:30 p.m. DJ Parties Arty the Party Harrah’s 8 p.m. DJ Chris English Cabo Wabo 9 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Open Mic Pastime Club 9:30 p.m. Karaoke w/Andrew The Grid 9:30 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Magic Fusion The Loft 4:30 & 7 p.m. RENO & BEYOND Live music chez louie 10 a.m. Tristan Selzler Brasserie St. James 12 p.m. Eric Paul Wild River Grille 2 p.m. Mozart in the Mountains St. John Presbyterian Church Reno 4 p.m. Gil Eldorado 4:30 p.m.

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Blue Haven Blues Band Eldorado 3rd St. 12 p.m. 9BelowZero Eldorado 4th St. 12:30 p.m. Prey for Son Eldorado 3rd St. 2 p.m. US Air Force Mobility Eldorado 4th St. 2:30 p.m. American Made Band Atlantis 4 p.m. Jason King Band Eldorado 3rd St. 4 p.m. Gil Eldorado 4:30 p.m. Shane Dwight Eldorado 4th St. 4:30 p.m. The Starlighters Boomtown 5 p.m. Live music David Walley’s Hot Springs 6 p.m. Collin Raye Boomtown 6 & 8 p.m. Tommy Castro and the Painkillers Eldorado 3rd St. 6 p.m. GHI Jazz Living the Good Life 6 p.m. Corky Bennett Bavarian World 6 p.m. The Socks Wild River Grille 6:30 p.m. Five for Fighting Eldorado 4th St. 6:30 p.m. Craig, Terri, Rocky & D. Spiteri Glen Eagles 7 p.m. Collin Raye Boomtown 7 p.m. Road Daddy Max’s Casino 8 p.m. Ray Renolds Silver Legacy 8 p.m. Justin Lee Band Carson Valley Inn 8 p.m. Drinking with Clowns Peppermill 8 p.m. MusicCole Red Dog Saloon 8 p.m. DED Jub Jub’s 8 p.m. The Look Boomtown 9 p.m. Coverboy Silver Legacy 9 p.m. Tony Ghiglieri 3rd Street Bar 9 p.m. Atomik Rodeo Circus Circus 9 p.m. The Watchers, Four Stroke Baron, Kanawha Jub Jub’s 9 p.m.

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C A L E N D A R | JUNE 15-22, 2017 Deep Groove Red Dog Saloon 5:30 p.m. Crush Boomtown 6 p.m. Jack Danny Project Peppermill 6 p.m. Justin Lee Band Carson Valley Inn 6 p.m. Jack Danny Project Peppermill 6 p.m. Memphis May Fire & Blessthefall Jub Jub’s 6 p.m. Tristan Selzner Wild River Grille 6:30 p.m. Reckless Envy Atlantis 8 p.m. Bobbie R. & Paul J. Eldorado 8:30 p.m. Atomik Rodeo Circus Circus 9 p.m. Mike Reeves Eldorado 10 p.m. DJ Parties DJ & Dancing Gilley’s 5 p.m. DJ Kronik Silver Legacy 8 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Premier Karaoke Show The Point 6:30 p.m. Karaoke West 2nd Street 8 p.m. Karaoke w/Darren Castle Club Cal Neva 8 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Cirque Le Noir Silver Legacy 2 & 5:30 p.m. “Comedy of Errors” Lear Theatre 7:30 p.m. Jimmy Shubert Laugh Factory 7:30 p.m. Special Events Stewart Father’s Day PowWow Carson City Reno Rodeo Rodeo Grounds US Open of Watercross Sparks Marina

JUNE 19 | MONDAY TAHOE & TRUCKEE Jesse Kalin Carson The Beacon 1 p.m. Lee Jones Gunbarrel Tavern 3 p.m. Paul Covarelli Manzanita Restaurant 5:30 p.m. Mark Wilson McP’s TapHouse 8 p.m. Dragapella The Loft 9 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Open Mic Himmel Haus 9 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Magic Fusion The Loft 7 & 9 p.m. Line dancing Nakoma Resort 7 p.m. RENO & BEYOND CW & Mr. Spoons Comma Coffee 12 p.m. Gil Eldorado 4:30 p.m. Jack Danny Project Peppermill 6 p.m. Tandymonium Boomtown 6 p.m. Jack Danny Project Peppermill 6 p.m. Moon Gravy Wild River Grille 6:30 p.m. Cliff and Dave Carson Valley Inn 7 p.m. Tintabulations Total Wine & More 7 p.m.

Joey Carmon Band Atlantis 8 p.m. Bobbie R. & Paul J. Eldorado 8:30 p.m. Atomik Rodeo Circus Circus 9 p.m. DJ Parties Amp Ent DJ Silver Legacy 9 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Open Mic Java Jungle 7 p.m. Gold Hill Hotel 7 p.m. Karaoke West 2nd Street 9:30 p.m. Open Mic w/Tany Jane Sidelines 8:30 p.m. Blazing Mics! Jub Jub’s 9:30 p.m. Live Band Karaoke Eldorado 10 p.m. Special Events Reno Rodeo Rodeo Grounds Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping Livestock Events Center Reno

JUNE 20 | TUESDAY TAHOE & TRUCKEE Jesse Kalin Carson The Beacon 1 p.m. Dragondeer Village at Squaw 6 p.m. Buddy Emmer Band Harrah’s 8 p.m. Grey Mitchell McP’s TapHouse 8 p.m. Dragapella The Loft 9 p.m. AtYya & Goopsteppa, Sharu, Benjah Ninjah, Beatkarma MontBleu 9 p.m. DJ Parties Lip Sync w/Dreu Murin MontBleu 10 p.m. DJ Keenan Whiskey Dicks 9 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Open Mic w/Ryan Taylor Mellow Fellow Truckee 8 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Magic Fusion The Loft 7 & 9 p.m. Luma: Art in Darkness MontBleu 8 p.m. RENO & BEYOND John Shipley Eldorado 4:30 p.m. Jack Danny Project Peppermill 6 p.m. Cliff and Dave Carson Valley Inn 6 p.m. Jonathan Barton Boomtown 6 p.m. Jack Danny Project Peppermill 6 p.m. Canyon White Living the Good Life 6:30 p.m. Tyler Stafford Wild River Grille 6:30 p.m. Open Jazz Jam Sparks Lounge 7 p.m. Joey Carmon Band Atlantis 8 p.m. DG Kicks Big Band 3rd Street Bar 8 p.m. Black & Blues Jam Sidelines 8:30 p.m. Bobbie & Paul J. Eldorado 8:30 p.m. Atomik Rodeo Circus Circus 9 p.m.

DJ Parties DJ Chris English Eldorado 10 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Trey Valentine’s Backstage Karaoke Silver Legacy 8 p.m. Karaoke West 2nd Street 8 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Don Friesen Laugh Factory 7:30 p.m. Special Events Reno Rodeo Rodeo Grounds

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JUNE 21 | WEDNESDAY TAHOE & TRUCKEE Lee Jones Gunbarrel Tavern 3 p.m. Ike & Martin “M.S. Dixie” 5:30 p.m. Joaquin Fioresi CB’s Pizza 6 p.m. Jelly Bread Truckee Regional Park 6:30 p.m. Dirty Cello Valhalla Boathouse Theater 7:30 p.m. Dragapella The Loft 9 p.m. DJ Parties DJ Chris English Cabo Wabo 9 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Open Mic Mellow Fellow Truckee 8:30 p.m. Karaoke Classic Cue 9 p.m. Auld Dubliner 9 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Magic Fusion The Loft 7 & 9 p.m. Luma: Art in Darkness MontBleu 8 p.m. Allan Havey The Improv 9 p.m.

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RENO & BEYOND Dave Leather Comma Coffee 12 p.m. John Shipley Eldorado 4:30 p.m. Jack Danny Project Peppermill 6 p.m. Steve Lord Carson Valley Inn 6 p.m. Jack Danny Project Peppermill 6 p.m. Jason King Band Boomtown 6 p.m. Eric Strangeland Wild River Grille 6:30 p.m. Terri & Craig Glen Eagles 7 p.m. Rick Metz Blues Jam Sands Regency 7 p.m. Live blues The Saint 8 p.m. Joey Carmon Band Atlantis 8 p.m. Bobbie R. & Paul J. Eldorado 8:30 p.m. Branded Circus Circus 9 p.m. Left of Centre Eldorado 10 p.m. DJ Parties DJ & Dancing Gilley’s 6 p.m. CONTINUED ON PAGE 34

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June 20 | 6 p.m. Village at Squaw | Olympic Valley DENVER-BASED Dragondeer brings old-school blues and soul coupled with inspired improvisation. They have been performing on the blues circuit and now bring their signature sound to Tahoe for Tuesdays Bluesdays. | squawalpine.com

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DJ Jamie G John Ascuaga’s 7 p.m. Johnny Bailey Vinyl Club St. James Infirmary 8 p.m. Bingo & Country Rock DJ Silver Legacy 8 p.m. Justincredible DJ Carson Station 9 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Open Mic Red Dog Saloon 7 p.m. Open Mic Firkin & Fox 7 P.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Cirque Le Noir Silver Legacy 7 p.m. Don Friesen Laugh Factory 7:30 p.m. Special Events Reno Rodeo Rodeo Grounds

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magine traveling the world, listening to music and discussing it on a podcast as your life’s purpose. Gardnerville, Nev., native Fil Corbitt is doing just that and his podcast, “Van Sounds,” is making news. An idea inspired by his lust for life and travel, the podcast has received accolades from Outside Magazine, which called “Van Sounds” one of the best podcasts of spring and listed it as “Best Offbeat Travel Audio.” The concept for the podcast started while Corbitt was touring with a band in 2013.

interview radio stations. “I pick stories if I like an album or a band and I’ll reach out and find parallel themes,” he says. He plays music and his hobbies, interests and passions all feed off each other. He thinks a lot about the role of music and travel, which he says, is infectious. One of his podcasts called, “Dice Series,” was a six-part series conceived when Corbitt and a friend decided to roll the dice before they drove. The roll of the dice deemed which way they would travel.

“Engaging with new cultures, it informs the experience of what you hear when you’re traveling, whether you are in the middle of Nevada in South America or Asia.” –Fil Corbitt

Scott Pemberton Band Lakeview Commons 4:30 p.m. Aaron Oropeza Truckee Tavern 5 p.m. Jo Mama Downtown Truckee 6:30 p.m. 80’s music night Mellow Fellow Truckee 8 p.m. Mic Smith McP’s TapHouse 8 p.m. Rustler’s Moon Bar of America 8 p.m. Chuck Hayes Trio Moody’s 8 p.m. Dragapella The Loft 9 p.m. Bobby G Cabo Wabo 9:30 p.m. Stan Charles Pastime Club 10 p.m. Gappy Ranks, Soul Medic, DubFyah & DJ IJV Hacienda Del Lago 10 p.m. DJ Parties Roger That! The Loft 10:30 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Open Mic Classic Cue 8 p.m. Open Mic Alibi Ale Works 9 p.m. Karaoke Fat Cat Bar 9 p.m. Lip Sync w/Dreu Murin MontBleu 10 p.m. Karaoke The Grid 9:30 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Magic Fusion The Loft 7 & 9 p.m. Luma: Art in Darkness MontBleu 8 p.m. Allan Havey The Improv 9 p.m. ElectroSwing Burlesque The Loft 10 p.m. RENO & BEYOND

“I liked being in a tour van, but I don’t live in a van. ‘Van Sounds’ could be from a boat, pickup truck or just on the road,” says Corbitt. “Engaging with new cultures, it informs the experience of what you hear when you’re traveling, whether you are in the middle of Nevada in South America or Asia.” His nomad treks as a freelance travel writer lead him to interesting music wherever he ends up. According to Corbitt, “The reason I travel is to go and talk to new people and new bands. ‘Van Sounds’ is a podcast about movement, travel and music and the ethos behind the podcast is those things are connected.” His process for interviews or how he picks and chooses bands for his podcast is not typical. He’s not necessarily covering a new album or band but looking for a deeper story to talk about. His shows are themed based. “While in Hawaii I ended up talking with a guy in a punk band and realized how isolated it would be to be in a punk band in Maui. This got me to thinking about other bands on other islands,” Corbitt says. He chatted with the songwriter of “Who Let the Dogs Out,” who lives in Trinidad and also happened to be a musician performing Soca music, a genre of Caribbean music. “Van Sounds” includes a series of episodes in Peru where he was hired to

“If we rolled 1, we’d drive north; 2, we’d head east; 3, go south and so on. We’d find ourselves in Vegas or out west somewhere. It was a cool randomized adventure,” says Corbitt. “I thought I’d find big answers to some big questions and instead there were short glimpses, fleeting moments and ideas that came and went. I was constantly in pursuit but never catching it. The journey was to be in the moment and learning to be OK with it and enjoy it.” Corbitt is a musician and plays drums, banjo and guitar in a band called “People with Bodies.” While traveling with his band he writes his stories. The band released a new album entitled, “Con Querpo,” which means “with body” in Spanish. “There is really great music, really great people in a lot of places. The more you look, the more there is and if you dig through stuff, there is always something good,” he says. His hope is to explore what it’s like to be a band, playing music in another culture or another genre, such as punk, for instance — or as he puts it, “bringing the realm of culture the listener might not necessarily get otherwise.” He is working on a handful of stories and then will head back to South America in September. He’ll keep making episodes, writing stories and having fun.  For more information or to subscribe to his podcast, visit filcorbitt.com.

Not Quite Ready for Carnegie Hall Players Sierra Place 10:30 a.m. Gil Eldorado 4:30 p.m. Jason King Band Boomtown 6 p.m. Dave Leather Sassafras 6:30 p.m. Terri, Craig & Mick Glen Eagles 7 p.m. Jaime Rollins Silver Legacy 8 p.m. Frank Perry Jazz Combo 3rd Street Bar 8 p.m. Joey Carmon Band Atlantis 8 p.m. Bobbie & Paul J. Eldorado 8:30 p.m. Bazooka Zoo’s Groovy Good Time Bash St. James Infirmary 9 p.m. Redfield Clipper/Bazooka Zac/The Lique The Saint 9 p.m. Branded Circus Circus 9 p.m. Left of Centre Eldorado 10 p.m. DJ Parties DJ & Dancing Gilley’s Nugget 5 p.m. DJ Punktematrix Silver Legacy 8 p.m. DJ Trivia Singer Social Club 8 p.m. DJ Bobby G Living the Good Life 8:30 p.m. Country Music Night Grand Sierra 10 p.m. DJ Montague Eldorado 10:30 p.m. Open Mic & Karaoke Karaoke Club Cal Neva 8 p.m. Karaoke West 2nd Street 8 p.m. Karaoke The Point 8:30 p.m. Karaoke Bottom’s Up Saloon 9 p.m. Theater, Comedy & Dance Don Friesen Laugh Factory 7:30 p.m. Cirque Le Noir Silver Legacy 8 p.m. Special Events Reno Rodeo Rodeo Grounds Rockabilly Riot Carson City

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Dig that community vibe Truckee Truckee Demonstration Garden is hosting monthly dig-ins for community volunteers to help with getting the garden ready for planting, refurbishing damaged beds, weeding — anything that needs to be done. No experience is necessary. Dig-in dates are the third Saturday of every month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: June 17, July 15, Aug. 19 and Sept. 16. | truckeegarden@gmail.com

Take a stroll along the river Reno, Nev. The Downtown Reno Wine Walk along the Truckee River in the Riverwalk District is on June 17, July 15 and Aug. 19 from 2 to 5 p.m. Every third Saturday of the month visit any of the participating Riverwalk District merchants to get a map of Wine Walk merchants. Go to the participating merchant of your choice, and, for a $20 wine-tasting fee and valid photo ID, receive a wine glass and an ID bracelet to sample wine at any participating merchant. Strollers and pets are not advised because of large crowds. | renoriver.org

Rock on ribs Reno, Nev. The Great Eldorado BBQ, Brews and Blues Festival returns on June 16 and 17 as the unofficial kickoff to summer. The annual event is equal parts barbecue block party, microbrew tasting event and music festival with free, nonstop rock and blues throughout the weekend. Last year, more than 60 microbreweries participated including the Eldorado’s own The Brew Brothers, Saint Archer Brewing Company, Pyramid and Magic Hat Breweries, Stoney-head Brewery and Blue Moon Brewing Company. Tonic and Five for Fighting will headline the nonstop music on two stages. | eldoradoreno.com

Back the truck up Reno, Nev. Reno Street Food presents Food Truck Fridays at Idlewild Park from 5 to 9 p.m. every Friday until Sept. 29. There will be 30 deliciously packed food trucks, pop-up restaurants and food trailers along with local bands and artists featured each week. | Reno Street Food on Facebook CONTINUED ON PAGE 36

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Slow food gardening Truckee Slow Food Lake Tahoe offers a free workshop series at the Truckee Demonstration Garden throughout summer. The mission is to cultivate a community committed to local food production and increased food security. Composting Basics is on June 18 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Mindful Gardening is on July 9 from 10 a.m. to noon. Food as Medicine is on Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. to noon. High Sierra Edible Garden Tour is on Aug. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Allium Phenology is on Sept. 13 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. | slowfoodlaketahoe.org

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any homeowners generally frown upon the forsaken dandelion but this wildflower has a number of virtues. They are both edible and medicinal. Considered a weed in most parts of the country, they pop up in manicured lawns and multiply. Here in Tahoe, the dandelion is another one of the many beautiful wildflowers that dot the majestic landscape. In recent weeks, dandelions have popped up everywhere and are growing like weeds (pun intended). The word dandelion comes from “dent de lion” in French and means “tooth of the lion” named for the jagged, tooth-like edges of the leaves. It has been used as a medicinal herb for thousands of years. In fact, the entire dandelion is edible from the bright happy yellow flowers to the milky stem and serrated green leaves. The plant can be eaten raw or cooked. The root of the dandelion can be dried and roasted for a coffee-like beverage. To prepare the coffee substitute, clean the roots, chop and lay them out on a sheet pan and roast in the oven at 325 degrees F for 1.5 to 2 hours. Once roasted, steep them in boiling water for 10 to 15 minutes. The flowers of the dandelion can be used to make tea, which can be beneficial for digestion, detoxification and cleansing. The tea supports liver and kidney function and helps with hydration. Dandelion tea is readily available at health-food stores. The dandelion has also been used to treat a myriad of ailments including skin

The entire dandelion is edible from the bright happy yellow flowers to the milky stem and serrated green leaves. problems, anemia, muscle aches, appetite loss, flatulence, joint pain and bruising. The dandelion can also increase urine production and serve as a mild laxative. Rich in vitamin C, fiber, potassium, iron, calcium, magnesium, zinc and phosphorus, the dandelion leaves can be harvested at any point in the growing season and are great in salads. Add goat cheese, veggies, roasted almonds to the leaves and top with delicious honey Dijon dressing. As a side dish, sauté the greens in a touch of olive oil and garlic with a pinch of Himalayan sea salt before serving. The leaves can sometimes be a tad bitter; some people feel the younger leaves are the less bitter they are. Still, others enjoy the taste of bitter greens. Another recipe people make are fried dandelion fritters. They can be prepared savory or sweet and are a fun project to make with the kids. Dandelion wine is also made using the petals of the flower. There are a number of recipes floating around on the Internet.

Fentimans makes a fermented Dandelion & Burdock beverage, which is an infusion of dandelion leaves and burdock root, sweetened with pear juice and spiced with a touch of ginger and anise. There are some things to consider when using dandelions. Avoid picking dandelions in areas where pesticides may have been sprayed or that grow along the roadside. If you have allergies to ragweed, the dandelion may cause a reaction. Many of the local farmers’ markets sell dandelion greens. But, if you are looking for something fun to do, find a field, bring a basket and load up on the wildflower. Let us know what you create with your dandelion bounty. 

DANDELION PESTO 1-2 C dandelion leaves ¼ C olive oil ½ C pine nuts Lots of garlic ¼ C Parmesan cheese

Mix in a blender and serve over penne pasta or use as a sandwich spread. This is definitely a unique sauce to serve at a meal.

Priya Hutner is a writer, health and wellness consultant, and natural foods chef. Her business, The Seasoned Sage, focuses on wellness, conscious eating and healthy living. She offers healthy organic meals for her clients. She may be reached at pria78@ gmail.com or visit theseasonedsage.com. Visit TheTahoeWeekly.com to read more.

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SIP, SHOP, NOSH The annual Tahoe City Wine Walk is June 17 from noon to 4 p.m. This alfresco event features 30 tasting locations that showcase regional wineries and gourmet bites from top North Lake Tahoe restaurants and caterers. The event also includes craft brews and spirits, as well as non-alcoholic tasting options. Tahoe City’s boutique shops will be open for shopping and live music will provide entertainment and opportunities for dancing. Tickets are $45 per person in advance or $50 at the event. The price includes admittance, wine, beer, spirits and non-alcoholic tastings, commemorative wine glass, bitesized morsels and complimentary on-site parking. Designated driver tickets are $20 and include food sampling only. | Tickets tahoecitywinewalk.com The wine walk is part of the annual Tahoe City Solstice Festival from June 15 to 17 featuring the Tahoe City Farmers’ Market and Solstice Stroll Classic Car Show on June 15. The Trunk Show Sip ‘n’ Show and Broken Arrow Skyrace are on June 16. The Solstice Paddle is on June 17, with the kick off for the free Concerts on Commons Beach on June 18. | visittahoecity.org

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from June to August. Pick up a souvenir tasting glass before weaving throughout the Village shops, sipping wine and snacking on paired hors d’oeuvres. The wine selection and pairings offer a new experience each month with a different theme. The walks are on June 24, July 29 and Aug. 26. | northstarcalifornia.com

Little wings party hearty Reno, Nev. The Biggest Little City Wing Fest will celebrate its fifth year in downtown Reno from June 30 to July 1. Each year, 80,000 attendees kicked off Fourth of July weekend by eating more than 20,000 pounds of chicken wings slathered in sauce from more than 20 local and regional wing cookers, washed down with ice cold beer and craft cocktails and to the tune of free live entertainment. | silverlegacyreno.com

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nce upon a time in Spain, a creative party planner mixed some spicy red wine with fresh fruit and a pinch of spice and, ¡eso,! Sangria. A great basic Sangria is a classic, so our wine is Garnacha because it’s from Spain and because it’s almost always a dry wine with bright fruit and spice — the backbone of real Sangria. Evodia is a widely available version that rocks.

If you are going white, the fresh fruit palate changes to more yellow and green citrus, as well as peaches, apricots and apples. Next up is fresh fruit, starting with citrus. For red Sangria stay on the orange side of the street with slices of orange and tangerine and be sure to include the peel to get the zest. Next up are cherries and berries that bring more flavors and the skins bring more color and some tannin structure. Stop here because most other fruits clash with and muddle red Sangria. Also select only barely ripe fruit because this retains the freshness essential to true Sangria. Now, for the spices, we’ll go fresh and pungent: ginger, nutmeg and star anise work well. Use restraint to avoid overpowering the elixir. Other Spanish reds that rock are young Monastrells, Mencias and Tempranillos. More recently those prone to sacrilege have used white wine and you can’t go wrong with a Spanish Rueda, Viura and Cava. If you are going white, the fresh fruit palate changes to more yellow and green citrus, as well as peaches, apricots and apples. Avoid the spices with white Sangrias because you will bury the fruit and wine. If you want to add a spirit, stick with brandies, not sugary liqueurs. Remember, less is more. For bubbles, you can use Cava as a base and add your favorite sparkling water.

Last but not least is serving temperature. With logic as our guide, we’ll go chilled in summer and warm in winter. Winter Sangrias can also benefit from cookie spices such as a good pumpkin pie spice mix. You could find wines from these grapes from other regions, but don’t since the Spanish versions are great bargains and have the authentic tonguedancing characteristics we want for Sangria. Same thing for pre-made Sangrias — don’t. All this Spanish wine, fruit, spice and spirit just scream for a party — a Sangria party. Just as with a taco party, there is more fun to be had by creating a Sangria bar. Start with white and red wine options, throw in a bottle of sparkling water or wine, a variety of fruits, sweet tangy spices and maybe even some brandy. Now let the guests create and you’ve got a fiesta de Sangria. ¡Ole! 

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n the last issue, I talked about guacamole and how it is not just a chip dip. I’ve had a couple of inquiries about salsa; so as a follow up to guacamole, here is another chip dip that has so many more uses. Usually, when salsa is mentioned, the thought goes to a red tomato salsa. Look through some menus and you will see that there are a lot more ingredients for salsa than just tomatoes — even tomato salsa has many looks and tastes. There are some that are chunky and others that are pureed. Also, the spice level can vary greatly. Some, for instance, are smoky in flavor. So, salsa is not limited to tomatoes. There are salsas made with an array of vegetables that can be modified by changing the main ingredient. For example, a black bean salsa can contain corn, but if you add so much corn it overwhelms the black beans, then it’s a corn salsa. All the other ingredients can remain the same. In fact, the ingredients are interchangeable and in all salsas in some amounts. Another way to easily change a salsa is to change the herbs and spices. Using the corn salsa again as an example, add some cumin, chili powder and chipotle pepper for more of a Southwest-style salsa that goes great with a smoked or grilled pork chop. Salsa is not only relegated to vegetables. Although veggie salsas might seem more common and versatile, there is also the fruit salsa. To me, fruit salsa is one of the best. It is often used with fish or poultry, but is equally as good sitting on a chip. Just be sure to hide the bowls because people will want to eat it as they would a fruit salad. It is really a refreshing addition to the dinner menu on those hot summer nights. Like the vegetable salsas, fruit salsa will carry the name of the main ingredient. That does not mean there is the only one fruit in it. I will usually include a little cantaloupe and honeydew melon no matter what the main fruit is. Those melons have a fairly light and crisp flavor that will compliment a strong fruit such as pineapple, but will not overpower a lighter fruit such as a peach or plum. No matter what kind of salsa, some ingredients are always included. The only difference is the amount of each used,

which depends on individual taste. The ingredients in all of my salsas include olive oil and vinegar. I prefer to use rice vinegar, but will also use raspberry vinegar for some fruit salsas. The other ingredients are garlic, jalapeño pepper, hot sauce, sweet red onion, cilantro, and salt and pepper. To decide whether or not to add a little more of something, take a few tablespoons of your salsa and put it in another bowl. Slowly add the spice ingredients in question. Go light on the garlic and

Salsas made with an array of vegetables can be modified by changing the main ingredient. jalapeños in the fruit salsa and add more for some of the stronger salsas, such as black bean. Especially with fruit salsa, it is good to add the ingredients a little at a time, because the fruit is going to vary according to how ripe and sweet it is. Experiment with your salsas at your next summer meal and enjoy.  Smitty is a personal chef specializing in dinner parties, cooking classes and special events. Trained under Master Chef Anton Flory at Top Notch Resort in Stowe, Vt., Smitty is known for his creative use of fresh ingredients. To read archived copies of Smitty’s column, visit chefsmitty.com or TheTahoeWeekly.com. Click on Chef’s Recipe under the Local Flavor tab. Contact him at tmmsmitty@gmail.com or (530) 412-3598.

PEACH MANGO SALSA

From the kitchen of: Chef David “Smitty” Smith 1 C peaches, diced 1 C mango, diced 1 C cantaloupe & honeydew melon, mixed & diced 1 small clove garlic, mined 1 small jalapeño pepper, minced 4 T sweet red onion, diced E X C L U S I V E C O N T E N T AT 4 oz. olive oil 4 oz. rice or raspberry vinegar Try Chef Smitty’s recipe for guacamole 1 to 2 dashes hot sauce ½ bunch of fine cilantro, chopped Salt and pepper Combine all the fruit in a bowl and add the other ingredients a little at a time. Add other fruits if desired. For other salsas, add a little more garlic and jalapeños, but add everything a little at a time.

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