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It’s probably no surprise to anyone that knows me, that I was that kid in high school who enjoyed reading Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” while the same thought elicited groans from my classmates. Shakespeare was the expert on exploring the drama, the comedy, the romance, the dark themes of man at their best and worst. I was thrilled when my parents gave me his complete works for Christmas during my sophomore year in high school; a treasure that still sits on my bookcase to this day.

Shakespeare was as equally as skilled at writing such masterpieces as “Richard III” as the masterful comedy “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” which is currently being performed at Sand Harbor State Park through Aug. 27. With the combination of two of my

favorite things – Lake Tahoe and Shakespeare – the annual festival is a summer classic that should be on everyone’s bucket list. In fact, it’s No. 89 on our Ultimate Tahoe Summer Bucket List contest.

Find details at TheTahoeWeekly.com.

Writer Sean McAlindin agrees in his feature “Loves’ Labour’s Lost delights” in this edition. If you haven’t yet reserved your tickets, please do. I guarantee you will enjoy the performance, and then return for the festival’s other production of “Hound of the Baskervilles.” I’ve already enjoyed Shakespeare this summer, and am returning this month for the second production. n

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The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival season continues through Aug. 27 at Sand Harbor. On the cover, a scene from “Love’s Labour’s Lost” featuring the Princess of France and her entourage arriving at Navarre, from left, Katherine (actor Heather Thiry), Rosaline (actor Laura Welsh Berg), Princess of France (actor Erin Partin) and Maria (actor Mandie Jenson). See the feature in this edition. Photography by Joy Strotz | laketahoeshakespeare.com

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Views of the West Shore of Lake Tahoe as seen from above Blackwood Canyon, with Blackwood Creek weaving through the canyon in the center of the image. | Anne Artoux

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’

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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 6,228.91’ | Elevation in 2016 6,223.64’

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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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

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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

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 17,489 CAPACITY: 18,300

Truckee River

Tahoe City

Donner Memorial Visitor Center

North Shore

P Prosser 23,644 CAPACITY: 29,840

Donner 9,298

Olympic Museum

Emerald Bay

Tahoe City Field Station

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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 40,624 CAPA

Stampede 224,297

(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

Readings taken on Friday, July 28, 2017

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(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

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Marlette Lake

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Volume: 39 trillion gallons

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Maximum depth: 1,645 feet

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Age of Lake Tahoe: 2 million years

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South Lake Tahoe

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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

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

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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

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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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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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Join a naturalist at Taylor Creek to explore the aquatic animals of the area at 10 a.m. every Monday through August for ages 6 to 12 years old. Bring sturdy water shoes. | tahoeheritage.org

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Farmers’ Market Truckee

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

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

Naturalist walk South Lake Tahoe

Join a naturalist on the trail at Taylor Creek to explore the area, the Rainbow Trail and the Stream Profile Chamber at 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday through August. | tahoeheritage.org

Toddler Time Truckee

Picturesque Donner Lake lies at your feet and to the east, Mount Rose and its ancient volcanic ridge loom in the distance.

The best way to access the trailhead for Donner Peak is to drive up Donner Pass Road westbound past Donner Lake. When you reach the entrance to the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, turn in there and in about 100 yards make a left on Old Donner Summit Road (Pacific Crest Trail). Follow this for about 200 yards and then park on the north side of the road. The PCT trailhead for Donner Peak and points south is at the east end of this short dirt road.

The hike starts with a steep staircase climb on a trail cut into granite talus. It’s your first signal that sturdy walking shoes are recommended, along with the usual necessities such as hat, sunscreen, water, etc. When I was there in early July, patches of snow increased in size and frequency as I gained altitude. From the trailhead to Donner Peak, the elevation gain is nearly 1,000 feet. At that time, the approach to the summit itself required a traverse over snow for about 700 yards.

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he Donner Summit Historical Society calls it the most important historical square mile in California — and they’re probably right. Donner Pass is where the first westbound covered wagons crossed in 1844 to open the California Trail. The harrowing tale of the Donner Party entrapment occurred at the east end of nearby Donner Lake just two years later.

In the 1860s, Central Pacific Railroad blasted tunnels through obdurate Sierra granite and hard-working Chinese workers constructed a tenacious right-of-way on cliffs for the nation’s first transcontinental railroad. The convenience and economics of rail put an end to the Dutch Flat-Donner Lake toll road that existed to support wagon freight traffic between Virginia City, Nev., and Sacramento. Next came gravel and then paved roads to accommodate the booming popularity of the automobile in the early 20th Century. After airplane engines were beefed up during World War I, aviation took flight over the pass in 1919, establishing coast-to-coast airmail for the first time.

Amazingly, much of this transportation history is still visible on the hike to Donner Peak, along with the magical addition of colorful wildflowers, alpine landscapes and stunning views. No wonder hikers give this moderate, 7.5-mile, round-trip excursion a five-star rating.

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under the thinning veneer of snow. It’s easy to hurt a leg or ankle breaking through the snow. Also remember that stream flow is more robust in the afternoon heat. A trail that was dusty dry on the way up can turn muddy and slick on the way down, while a skip-along stream crossing earlier in the day may become more challenging on your way back to the car.

It’s a bit of a scramble over broken rock to the peak itself, but once you’re there you’ll experience a 360-degree view of Sierra beauty. Picturesque Donner Lake lies at your feet and to the east, Mount Rose and its ancient volcanic ridge loom in the distance. The city of Reno is on the other side. Look to the west toward Lake Van Norden and the lush meadows that surround it.

It’s easy to imagine covered wagons scattered across the rare flat terrain as pioneers let their exhausted livestock gain strength on the verdant grass in preparation for the final push down the west slope of the Sierra Nevada into the Sacramento Valley.

For more thrills and to extend your hike,

you can follow the Pacific Crest Trail south along the ridgeline toward Roller Pass.

Roller Pass was blazed as an alternative to the rock-strewn, cliff precipices that challenged the Stephens Party and made Donner Pass such a bear for westbound wagons before 1846. Roller is 800 feet higher than Donner, but California-bound emigrants created a system where teams of draft animals were chained to wagons hundreds of feet below the ridge. From there they pulled the loaded wagons up the steep incline. The ropes/chains that connected the yokes of oxen to the wagons slid over tree trunks that had been cut and positioned to keep the makeshift cable off sharp rocks that would fray and weaken them. Thus, the name “Roller Pass.”  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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Truckee Library hosts summer 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

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

Story time Zephyr Cove

The Zephyr Cove Library hosts a children’s story time every Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to noon. Enjoy stories, songs, activities and coloring. | (775) 588-6411

Read together Incline Village

Incline Village Library hosts Family Story Time on Wednesdays from 4 to 4:45 p.m. | (775) 832-4130

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

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

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Xcellent wine Xperience Incline Village

Tahoe WineXperience with sommelier Kristi Snyder is on Wednesdays at 6 p.m Snyder will show participants how to find joy in the feel, taste and finish of wine tasting. 21+. $120 person, $89 IVGID member. | Register yourtahoeplace.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

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 18 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

Drink to nonprofits Truckee

The Pour House hosts tastings every Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. through August to coincide with Truckee Thursdays. Patrons help support a series of The Pour House’s favorite nonprofits all summer. $10 includes tasting and light snacks and a $5 donation to the nonprofit of the week. | thepourhousetruckee.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. until Aug. 17.

All ages are invited to participate in the festivities. Free shuttle to downtown. | truckeethursdays.com

Get a green thumb Incline Village, Nev.

The North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden offers its 2017 Green Thumb Thursday Summer Series classes from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

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at the garden on the Sierra Nevada College campus. $5, free members. Until Aug. 10. | demogarden.org

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 Thursdays, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m., until Sept. 1. $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 until Sept. 9. | sierravalleyfarms.com

Naturalist walk South Lake Tahoe

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Senior Tuesdays 50+ can win their age in Free Slot Play and earn a free French Pot Roast Dinner.

Join a naturalist on the trail at Taylor Creek to explore the area, the Rainbow Trail and the Stream Profile Chamber at 10:30 a.m. every Friday through August. | tahoeheritage.org

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

Fridays are fun Truckee

Movie Night in the pool !

Aug. 26 | 21+ | 8-10 p.m.

Family Fun Fridays at KidZone Museum starts at 11 a.m. Play-based class designed to inspire exploration and discovery through art.

For ages 5 and younger. Free with admission. | kidzonemuseum.org

Bridal Gown Bailout

Follow the ranger South Lake Tahoe

Aug. 19 | 12 p.m.–4 p.m.

Hike with a ranger every Friday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Heavenly Mountain Resort. The moderate, guided hike is 1 hour. Closed-toed shoes and water are required along with a ticket to ride the gondola. First-come, firstserved basis. Meet the Forest Service ranger at the top of the gondola. Until Sept. 2. | (530) 543-2618 or mldee@fs.fed.us

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

Friday tastings Tahoe Donner

At Alder Creek Café each Friday there are free beer and wine tastings from 3 to 6 p.m. | tahoedonner.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., until Sept. 2. $40 adults, $20 12 and younger. | (530) 562-3000, ext. 3046

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Hike with a ranger every Saturday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Heavenly Mountain Resort.

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Golf clinics Tahoe Donner

Tahoe Donner Golf Course is offering daily golf clinics on chipping, pitching, bunker and sand basics, putting, driving and full-swing irons for junior and beginners until Sept. 30. $20. RSVP (530) 587-9443.

AUG. 3 | THURSDAY 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

What’s your story? Incline Village, Nev.

Sierra Nevada College MFA Residency Program is hosting Experiences in Creative Writing and Interdisciplinary Arts. The events are free and open to the public. An editing panel will be held at 4:15 p.m. in Prim Library.

A performance art installation by Aaron Czerny will be at 7 p.m. at Garage Door Gallery. An evening reading of MFA faculty members’ works will be at 8 p.m. in Prim Library. | sierranevada.edu

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¡Ole tequila! Kings Beach

Caliente offers tequila tastings on the first Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. Admission is complimentary if you purchase one fullpriced cocktail from the bar before the tasting.

21+. Complimentary appetizers included. | calientetahoe.com

MUSIC, ART IN THE MEADOWS Enjoy a Cultural Land Tour called Music in the Meadow on Aug. 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Perazzo Meadows near Truckee. Join a small audience for a half-day intimate experience of art in nature with extended music performances by New Vintage Baroque of New York, internationally acclaimed jazz harpist Motoshi Kosako, and local singer/ songwriter Angele Carroll.

The purpose of Music in the Meadow art in nature event is to bring the highest level of baroque and classical performance to the Tahoe Truckee region in an approachable and affordable way, as well as to showcase the Truckee Tahoe Land Trust acquisition of Perazzo Meadows. The event is a project of Trails & Vistas, Coburn Music series (see feature in this issue) and The Truckee Donner Land Trust.

Tickets are $35 for adults and $12 for ages 5 to 18. | Tickets trailsandvistas.org

EVERY SATURDAY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 a ticket to ride the gondola. First-come, firstserved basis. Meet the Forest Service ranger at the top of the gondola. Until Sept. 2. | (530) 543-2618 or mldee@fs.fed.us

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 Saturdays, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m., until Sept. 3. $40 adults, $20 12 and younger. | (530) 562-3000, ext. 3046

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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

Naturalist walk South Lake Tahoe

Join a naturalist on the trail at Taylor Creek to explore the area, the Rainbow Trail and the Stream Profile Chamber at 10:30 a.m. every Sunday through August. | tahoeheritage.org

Entrepreneurs welcome South Lake Tahoe

“Are you growing your dream business?”

The mentor-based Entrepreneurs Program meets the first Thursday of every month from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Aspen Room at Lake Tahoe Community College. Free to all. | Register tahoechamber.com

Families can chill Olympic Valley

In the Village at Squaw families can enjoy free outdoor movies at 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays until Aug. 31. Tonight’s feature is “Lego Batman.” Bring blankets and warm clothes for when the sun goes down. | squawalpine.com

AUG. 4 | FRIDAY Exclusive peak Truckee

Truckee Donner Land Trust offers guided hike to Lower Carpenter Valley that offers amazing scenery, lush meadows and wildlife in its natural environs. The Land Trust is in the process of acquiring the property so it will not be open to the public in 2017, with the exception of these exclusive 5-mile hikes at 9 a.m. | Register tdlandtrust.org

Play on the lawn South Lake Tahoe

Valhalla Tahoe will host Will’s Kids for the second year from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participants will watch a children’s version of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” put on by the Young Shakespeare Program. There will be food trucks available for lunch and snacks. The play will begin at noon on the lawn bet-ween the boathouse and Valhalla.

After the play, at 1 p.m., an art fair will begin. | liveviolencefree.org

Share and write Incline Village, Nev.

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 welcome. | (775) 832-4130

Summer Reading Party Kings Beach

Celebrate the end of the Summer Reading program at the Kings Beach Library from 2 to 4 p.m. with bingo, water balloon toss, face painting, hair chalking and more. | (530) 546-2021

Huskies like hops Truckee

On the first Friday of every month, Tahoe Mountain Brewing Co. Taproom hosts a Hops for Huskies event from 3 to 8 p.m. Tahoe Husky Rescue gets $1 for every beer purchased. | tahoehuskyrescue.org

Entrepreneur’s Roundtable Truckee

Tahoe Silicon Mountain hosts a monthly roundtable on the first Friday of each month from 5 to 6 p.m. at The Lift. It is an opportunity for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs to share what they are working on and ask for/ offer insights and resource suggestions to solve problems. | RSVP Silicon Mountain on Facebook

Whose night out? Tahoe Donner

From 5 to 9 p.m., children ages 4 to 9 are treated to a night out of games, dinner, arts and crafts, movie and bedtime story at Northwoods Clubhouse. Parents may enjoy a night out while the trained staff is on hand.

Space is limited. Pre-registration and payment is required at least one day in advance. | RSVP (530) 587-9437

Educational nights South Lake Tahoe

Lake of the Sky Amphitheater at Taylor Creek Visitor Center offers a summer speakers’ program. Tonight is author David Antonucci’s Amazing Tahoe Facts at 6 p.m.

Join Antonucci as he shares some of the most amazing facts about the Lake Tahoe Basin. | tahoeheritage.org

What’s your story? Incline Village, Nev.

Sierra Nevada College MFA Residency Program is hosting Experiences in Creative Writing and Interdisciplinary Arts. The events are free and open to the public. The Art of Reading with Pablo Cartaya will be at 7 p.m. in Prim Library. | sierranevada.edu

Maine lobsters in Tahoe Kings Beach

Tahoe City Rotary Club’s Tahoeritaville Lobster Feed at 7 p.m. at the North Tahoe Event Center. The feed benefits the club’s academic and vocational scholarships for local youth. $70. Tickets at North Tahoe Event Center, Swigard’s Hardware or by e-mailing pdboxeth@ charter.net.

AUG. 4-6 | FRIDAY-TUESDAY Tahoe City Day Celebrate Tahoe City’s founding on Aug. 8, 1863, with celebrations starting with the Tahoe City Poker Pub Crawl on Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. starting at Blue Agave. Join a Waterfront Walking Tour at 10 a.m. starting at the Gatekeeper’s Museum, with the Historic Golf Scramble on Aug. 5 at Tahoe City Golf Course at 2 p.m. Sunday features the free Concert at Commons Beach at 4 p.m. The Gatekeeper’s Museum hosts a lecture with Carol Van Etten at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The Ringing of the Bell is at Christ the King Lutheran Church on Tuesday. | Tahoe City Day Celebration on Facebook

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AUG. 5 | SATURDAY Colorful alpine meadows Incline Village, Nev.

Tahoe Institute for Natural Science naturalist Sarah Hockensmith will lead the way from the Mount Rose trailhead to Galena Falls at 8 a.m. Moderately difficult hike; 6.5 miles above 8,000 feet. Observe views of Galena Falls and the surrounding alpine meadows with colorful wildflowers. | RSVP tinsweb.org

Annual used book sale Truckee

Friends of the Truckee Library will hold its annual used book sale in the parking lot of TTUSD Administration building from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Volunteers are needed to move books from storage the night before and to move any leftovers back to storage at the end of the sale. | (530) 591-3656

A weed is a weed Tahoe Donner

Truckee River Watershed Council hosts Weed Walk: Tahoe Donner from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. You’ll learn how to identify, report, and treat noxious weeds, as well as the issues facing the Truckee River watershed. | RSVP (530) 550-8760, ext. 6

Choo-choo Truckee

Truckee Donner Railroad Society offers kiddie train rides at Regional Park’s Train Track Circles Playground. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Free. Donations accepted. | truckeedonnerrailroadsociety.com

Wet, wild carnival Incline Village, Nev.

Incline Parks & Recreation presents Water Carnival at Village Green from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Giant inflatable slides, water games and vendor booths. Free to adults, $5 child. | yourtahoeplace.com

Tea and scones South Lake Tahoe

Discover the lifestyles of both classes of the Pope Estate: the staff and the family. Bake scones from scratch in the early 20th-Century kitchen as a staff member. Transition to the wealthy class and sip tea from the porch of the house. Ages 12 and older. $15. | Tickets (530) 541-5227

Writers unite South Lake Tahoe

Young Adult Writers’ Meetup, on the first and third Saturday of each month, is from 3 to 4 p.m. at South Lake Tahoe Library. Meet with fellow writers for an afternoon of socializing, discussion and writing. Laptops available for use in the library. Snacks provided. | (530) 573-3185

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Farm to belly dinners Beckwourth

Sierra Valley Farms and chef Mike Trombetta of Farm to Belly Catering present Dinner in the Barn, a dinner series that celebrates food, farm and community. The four-course, farm-fresh dinners include wine, beverage and live music. $130 per person. | RSVP sierravalleyfarms.com

What’s your story? Incline Village, Nev.

Sierra Nevada College MFA Residency Program is hosting Experiences in Creative Writing and Interdisciplinary Arts. The events are free and open to the public. An evening reading with Isabel Quintero, Natalie Baszile and Sunil Yapa will be at 7 p.m. in Prim Library. | sierranevada.edu

AUG. 6 | SUNDAY Pancake breakfast Truckee

Benefit pancake breakfast is from 8 to 11:30 a.m. at Truckee Senior Apartments to benefit Senior Meals on Wheels. $10, $5 children younger than 12. | (530) 550-7600

Nature ramble Truckee

Will Richardson will be leading a birding/ wildflower walk/nature ramble in the Donner Summit Canyon at 9 a.m. Because of the snowpack this year, the trails should host some beautiful flowers. The birds should be great, as well. Park at the Truckee Donner Land Trust trailhead along Old Highway 40.

Expect rocky terrain and a slow pace. Group size limited to 15. | Register will@tinsweb.org

The meadow is alive Truckee

Music in the Meadow: Cultural Land Tour is at Perazzo Meadows from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Join a small group for a half-day experience of art in nature with performances by New Vintage Baroque of New York, jazz harpist Motoshi Kosako, InnerRhythms alumus Leigh Collins and local singer/songwriter Angele Carroll. To benefit Trails & Vistas, Coburn Music Festival and Truckee Donner Land Trust. $35 adult, $12 ages 5 to 18. | trailsandvistas.org

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What’s your story? Incline Village

Sierra Nevada College MFA Residency Program is hosting Experiences in Creative Writing and Interdisciplinary Arts. The events are free and open to the public. An afternoon reading and conversation with Benjamin Busch will be at 2 p.m. in Prim Library. | sierranevada.edu

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Calling All Kid Chefs Truckee

Northstar California and Project MANA are teaming up for the second annual Mountain Kids Cook-Off semifinal competition at the Zephyr Lodge. Teams of kid chefs, age 8 to 12, will be given a platter of secret ingredients with which to impress the judges. Tickets are $20 per adult and $10 per child and will include a gondola ride and lunch. Two teams will advance to the finals on Sept. 9. | projectmana.org

AUG. 7 | MONDAY Exclusive peak Truckee

Truckee Donner Land Trust offers guided hike to Lower Carpenter Valley that offers amazing scenery, lush meadows and wildlife in its natural environs. The Land Trust is in the process of acquiring the property so it will not be open to the public in 2017, with the exception of these exclusive 5-mile hikes at 9 a.m. | Register tdlandtrust.org

What’s your story? Incline Village, Nev.

Sierra Nevada College MFA Residency Program is hosting Experiences in Creative Writing and Interdisciplinary Arts. The events are free and open to the public. Two generative workshops on writing with Pablo Cartaya and Gailmarie Pahmeier are at 2 p.m. An evening reading with MFA alumni is at 7 p.m. in Prim Library . | sierranevada.edu

Maritime talks Tahoe City

Randy Walker and Mary Jo Shepard will discuss racing runabouts. At Tahoe Maritime Museum at 5 p.m. | tahoemaritime.org

Summer winemaker dinner Northstar

Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe presents Summer winemaker dinner series at Manzanita at 6:30 p.m. Guests can experience a four-course culinary and wine-pairing adventure in the mountains featuring regional and Northern California wineries and fresh local ingredients prepared by our chefs. | RSVP ritzcarlton.com/laketahoe

Moon over Tahoe Tahoe Vista

Tahoe Adventure Company offers a Full Sturgeon Moon kayak tour from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Trips include all kayaking equipment, guides, instruction, natural history and astronomy discussions and hot drinks and snacks.

Easy to moderate; 1 to 3 miles. $65. | tahoeadventurecompany.com

Howlin’ kayak tour Tahoma

Sierra State Parks Foundation offers a full moon kayak tour starting from Sugar Pine Point State Park at 7 p.m. $40 includes rental kayak, parking, life jacket, safety training and guided tour. No experience necessary for ages 12 and older. | sierrastateparks.org

AUG. 8 | TUESDAY Rise and shine Truckee

Good Morning Truckee is held from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at the Truckee Tahoe Airport on the second Tuesday of every month. The theme is Emerging Trends in Real Estate. Open to everyone. $12, $10 chamber members; includes breakfast. | (530) 587-8808

Mix and meet Truckee

Truckee Chamber of Commerce mixer is hosted by Bank of the West from 5 to 7 p.m.

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It’s only a sturgeon moon Incline Village, Nev.

Summer Moonlight Hikes with Wine and Cheese Socials for 55+ are moderate, 1-mile, paved-road hikes to the Crystal Bay lookout offered in collaboration with the National Forest Service. Participants should wear warm clothing and bring a flashlight. Transportation, wine, cheese and snacks are provided. Sturgeon Moon hike departs from Incline Recreation Center at 5 p.m. | yourtahoeplace.com

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The Biggest Little Bug Adventure with Nevada Bugs and Butterflies is at Incline Village Library at 3 p.m. A hands-on program with millipedes, beetles and more at a bug petting zoo. Learn how to build a better world for bees and butterflies in your own garden. | (775) 832-4130

Drive into Emerald Bay State Park to Vikingsholm Castle for a behind the scenes tour at 5 p.m. Helen Smith will host an informal conversation about her 14 summers spent at the castle while listeners have wine and hor d’ourvres. Receive a signed copy of her book, “Vikingsholm.” $65 person. | Register sierrastateparks.org

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All read together Incline Village, Nev.

TCPUD Parks and Recreation sponsors Tahoe City Lakeside Movie Series 2017 at Common’s Beach at dusk. Tonight’s free movie is “A Dog’s Purpose.” It gets cold, so bring sleeping bags, blankets, low-back chairs and flashlights. | tahoecitypud.com

Incline Village Library hosts Washoe Reads, a communitywide reading of Adam Johnson’s “The Orphan Master’s Son” at 6:30 p.m.

Discussions at later dates will follow. | (775) 832-4130

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AUG. 10 | THURSDAY Trees galore Tahoma

The Nature Center at Sugar Pine Point State Park offers Tree Hikes starting at 10 a.m.

Walk in the park for two hours to learn how to identify many trees, their histories and how to measure their heights. Free hikes; $10 parking. | (530) 525-7982

Dogs love books Incline Village, Nev.

Incline Village Library offers Paws To Read from 4 to 5 p.m. Children can practice reading to friendly therapy dogs and receive a free book. All ages. | (775) 832-4130

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In the Village at Squaw families can enjoy free outdoor movies at 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays until Aug. 31. Tonight’s feature is “Ghostbusters.” Bring blankets and warm clothes for when the sun goes down. | squawalpine.com

AUG. 10-13 | THURSDAY-SUNDAY Open-air art show South Lake Tahoe

Arts & Crafts show at the Middle School in South Lake Tahoe is an open-air village of artisans under the Tahoe sky. Peruse pottery, jewelry, sculpture, prints, paintings, photography, wearable art and woodwork and handcrafted items from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. | artisttoyoufestivals.com

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he par-72 championship course at Tahoe Donner offers a challenging, excellent golf experience in the heart of the Sierra Nevada. Massive pine trees dwarf narrow, challenging fairways while plenty of elevation change makes the undulating fairways seem all that much trickier. Not to worry though, the beauty of the surrounding area means that everyone will love this course, from the seasoned pro to the rank amateur.

Massive pine trees dwarf narrow, challenging fairways while plenty of elevation change makes the undulating fairways seem all that much trickier.

One thing I noticed about Tahoe Donner is that the course description really does come in handy. Though I generally prefer to shoot from the hip when playing, knowing the particular features of this course will really serve you well. From twotiered greens to hidden bunkers that seemingly come out of nowhere, knowing what lies ahead can definitely save you some frustration. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than on the par-5 second hole, a nice warm-up for the rest of the course.

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Perhaps in order to make things a bit easier for people, Tahoe Donner also offers golf clinics for $20. If you’ve ever wanted to shave a few strokes off your game with some professional instruction, that kind of price is really hard to beat and I highly recommend giving it a shot.

Speaking of fun things to do at Tahoe Donner, you’ll definitely want to come out for Glow Golf Family Fun on Sept. 2. This family-friendly event features dinner and drinks, followed by putting challenges and a closest-to-the-pin contest. As the name might suggest, it all takes place in the evening in order to utilize the glow-in-the-dark golf balls. With dinner provided and plenty of prizes to go around, this is sure to be an event you’ll want to put on your calendar.

If you’d like to help your youngster get up to speed before the big event, be sure to enroll him or her in Tahoe Donner’s Junior Golf School. These courses, designed for ages 8 to14, are the perfect way to learn the basics of swings, putting, chipping, as well as rules and etiquette. It’s never too early to learn a sport that they can play for the rest of their lives.

Since you likely won’t want to leave this gorgeous course, you’re in luck since Tahoe Donner offers great dining in the form of the T-9 Grill. It is open every day for breakfast and lunch, starting a half hour before the first tee time.  For more information or to book a tee time, call (530) 587-9440 or visit tahoedonner.com.

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Maintain your bike

Intro to mountain biking

Tahoe Donner Tahoe Donner Bikeworks offers Women’s Mountain Bike Maintenance Series from 4 to 6 p.m. on Aug. 3. This introductory class will help one learn how to take care of one’s bike before during and after rides. The class at Alder Creek Adventure Center is free to members and $10 for nonmembers. | tahoedonner.com

Tahoe Donner Women’s Introduction to Mountain Biking is at Alder Creek Adventure Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Aug. 5. Learn the basic skills of mountain biking in a women’s-only environment from certified mountain biking instructors. Learn the basic techniques including shifting, braking, ascending, descending and maneuvering around obstacles. Instructors will also share important communication skills and mountain biking trail etiquette with the aim of keeping multi-use trails open and safe for everyone. The cost is $149. | tahoedonner.com

Hoist up the sails

DOWNIEVILLE CLASSIC FOLLOWS GOLD RUSH ROUTE Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship hosts the 22nd annual Downieville Classic from Aug. 3 to 6 and registration is open now. The 29-mile course follows a rugged Gold Rush-era route that departs Sierra City (elevation 4,100 feet), climbs to the crest of the Sierra Nevada (elevation 7,100 feet), and plunges 5,200 vertical feet into Downieville. There are still a few cross-country slots open. The festival for spectators includes music from The Nibblers, Ron’s House of Big Air river jump, Cozmo’s Wild Island, bike expo, log pull, prize drawing and rides with Yuba Expeditions.

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.

The Stewardship is in need of volunteers to help during trail days on Sept. 9 and 23.

There will be more dates in October. | sierratrails.org

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Tahoe City Tahoe Community Sailing Program offers beginners’ Women’s Only Sailing Clinics for ages 18 and older on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Aug. 4 and 18.

Participants must be able to swim. | tcpud.org

Come clear with us Truckee Truckee Trails needs volunteers to help with the Upper Emigrant Trail/Alder Creek Trail project, including a major reroute and eventual installation of two new bridges. On Aug. 5 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the crew needs help finishing work on the new trail, naturalizing the area and building fence around a new parking lot.

Register in advance so there is a proper head count for equipment, tools and food; snacks and lunch are provided. Meet at the Donner Camp Picnic Area off of State Route 89 to carpool to the work location. | truckeetrails.org

Ski area names new ED

Mountains of run

Tahoe City Tahoe Cross Country board of directors announces that Ben Grasseschi is the new executive director of the cross-country ski area. Grasseschi’s passion for cross-country skiing began as a youngster in Idaho and continued in college where he pursued a post-graduate, ski-racing career.

In 2005, he began coaching full time, both domestically and internationally, from youth to World Cup athletes and master skiers. His main focus was coaching the Auburn Ski Club Juniors in year-round training for the Far West Nordic Division at USSA Junior Nationals. He was also the Nordic specialist/buyer and assistant manager at Alpenglow Sports in Tahoe City.

“I am excited to be given this opportunity to lead TXC into the future. It is my vision to enhance the current qualities of TXC — the top-notch grooming, the professional coaches and instructors, a supportive and caring staff — every day, in every way. I look forward to making a difference and to continue the fantastic legacy TXC has created,” he said in a press release. | tahoexc.org

Area venues Auburn Ski Club Training Center hosts the third annual Sierra Crest Ultra Run on Aug. 5. Participants can run the 30km or the 50km. Run the Runway is on Oct. 1 and Donner Lake Turkey Trot is on Nov. 4. | Register auburnskiclub.com

Racing series for bikers

Series takes a disc

Northstar The Northstar Downhill Mountain Bike Race Series offers competitions throughout the summer and features 20 different divisions for men, women and juniors to vie for the title. The top three racers in each division receive points-based awards at the end of each race, as well as the conclusion of the series. Northstar also hosts a series of Enduro and Cross Country races throughout the summer. Professionals and amateurs are invited to compete each month. | northstarcalifornia.com

Tahoe venues Sierra Tahoe Disc Golf Series announces its summer and fall events: The Mountain Mayhem is on Aug. 5 and 6 at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. King of the Lake is on 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

Barreling down Reno, Nev. The final event of the Barrel Racing season is until Aug. 6 at Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center. This event attracts top athletes from more than 10 states to compete in fast-paced barrel racing. A Western Trade Show also features saddles, tack, boots, hats and more. | burns1876.com

Focus on rebuilding Area venues Tahoe Rim Trail Association will be hosting days to work on rebuilding or rerouting the trail. Mott Canyon workdays are on Aug. 5, 8, 12, 15, 22, 26 and 29. The workdays are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit the Web site to register and learn what to bring and where to meet. | tahoerimtrail.org

New multi-use trail for Kings Beach Local agencies have approved funding the construction of a multi-feature trail in Kings Beach. The project aims to transform a current OHV trail with major erosion issues into a multi-feature trail for use by mountain bikes, motorbikes, hikers and equestrians.

The U.S. Forest Service will build the new trail with volunteers from the Tahoe Area Mountain Bike As-sociation (TAMBA).

The project is being funded by North Tahoe Public Utility District, Tahoe Fund and Truckee Tahoe Airport District.

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The newly designed trail, located off Beaver Street in Kings Beach, will help prevent the flow of sediment from the eroding trail into Griff Creek and Lake Tahoe. The Forest Service and TAMBA will hold a trail design workshop in September to solicit thoughts and ideas from the community for the trail reconstruction.

The Forest Service has been redesigning OHV trails in the Tahoe Basin to help reduce erosion and sediment flow into Lake Tahoe. Modeling of the Kings Beach trail by the Forest Service shows that up to a ton of sediment currently flows into Griff Creek. With similar trail redesigns, they have seen a 90 percent reduction of erosion.

Final alignments and engineering work will be completed later this summer. The majority of trail work is slated for the 2018 season. TAMBA will be looking for local volunteers. | tamba.org or e-mail info@ tamba.org

Muscle cars & hot rods Virginia City, Sparks & Reno, Nev. Take a step back in time to Hot August Nights from Aug. 8 to 13. Enjoy the beauty of classic muscle cars and events centered around them. | hotaugustnights.net

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Able, but not ready Truckee Community Pool is the scene of the Summer Swim Team on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 11 a.m. until Aug. 10. This is for children who are good swimmers but not ready or not inclined to make a club team commitment. Swimmers must be able to swim 25 yards in freestyle and backstroke. | tdrpd.org

Paddle camps make a splash

LOCAL CLIMBER HEADING TO WORLDS Stefan Fellner, a 16-year-old member of the High Altitude Fitness Competitive Youth Team Flash, placed 3rd at the USA Climbing Youth National Sport Climbing Competition in July. Fellner will move on to compete in the World Competition in Austria from Aug. 30 to Sept. 10. Alana Hendricks placed 8th in the nation for Female Youth at the July competition.

To support Fellner’s travel costs and the youth program, High Altitude Fitness is hosting a raffle featuring gear, gift certificates and more through Aug. 29.

The youth program has been in development for more than 5 years. The program accommodates climbers of all skill levels, starting with Little Sparks for beginners to Team Flash, the competitive climbing team. Team Flash is a group of strong, dedicated kids, with a deep passion for rock climbing. Team Flash has consistently preformed at local, regional and divisional competitions, sending at least one climber to the national level on a seasonal basis.

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Shakespeare for kids

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D. G. Menchetti offers the Young Shakespeare Program through Aug. 4. This is a free and family friendly adaptation of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” for kids. Experience an interactive, hour-long adaptation of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s main-stage production. Performances are at various venues at Sand Harbor, Valhalla Tahoe and in Reno. Performances are free, but registration is required due to limited space at some venues. A complete schedule is online. | laketahoeshakespeare.com

FUN-damental Mountain Biking Series for Kids ages 9 to 12 is at Alder Creek Adventure Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Aug. 5. Certified mountain-biking instructors will teach the fundamentals: body and pedal position, shifting, braking, climbing, descending and navigating minor obstacles on the trail. They will discuss trail etiquette and safety. Bike rentals are available. The cost is $149. | tahoedonner.com

Play on the lawn Valhalla Tahoe will host Will’s Kids on Aug. 4 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is a free and family-friendly event. Participants will watch a children’s version of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” put on by the Young Shakespeare Program at noon on the lawn between the boathouse and Valhalla. There will be food trucks available for lunch and snacks. After the play, at 1 p.m., an art fair with face painting, crafts, hula hooping, a silent art auction and more will begin. Workshops by various organizations and groups will also be available throughout the day. | liveviolencefree.org 16

Writers unite Young Adult Writers’ Meetup is on the first and third Saturday of each month from 3 to 4 p.m. at South Lake Tahoe Library. Meet with fellow writers for discussion and writing. Laptops available for use in the library. Snacks provided. | (530) 573-3185

Swing and swim Youth Golf Clinics, for ages 5 to 12, with Bobby Bonino will be at Tahoe City Golf Course on Monday and Thursday until Aug. 7. Participants will spend the morning on his or her golf skills and then be brought to Skylandia State Park for some beach time. | tcpud.org

Waterman’s Landing Beach Café and Paddle Headquarters, owned and operated by professional paddlers, Jay and Anik Wild, is offering its one-of-a-kind paddle club, Watergrom, for ages 7 to 14, from Aug. 7 to 10. | watermanslanding.com

Swing batter, better Tahoe City Parks and Recreation offers Baseball Skills and Development Camp from Aug. 7 to 11 at Pomin Park for ages 6 to 12. Coached by Marc Kaiser and CJ Lang, the camp will show kids how to improve their baseball skills and have fun.

The camp will increase baseball knowledge and mental focus and overall health.

North Tahoe Fall Baseball is for ages 8 to 14 starting in late August and running until mid-October. It is sponsored by the North Tahoe Little League. | tcpud.org

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. The camps are from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 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.

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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

Building structures and stories Tahoe City Parks and Recreation offers Energy Exploration with Lego for ages 8 and older from Aug. 7 to 10. Students will make solar cars, wind turbines and water wheels. | tcpud.org

Last-chance camps Tahoe City Parks and Recreation offers Animal Kingdom Camp for ages 8 to 10 on Aug. 8 to 10. Campers will observe and learn about animals of all shapes and sizes, participate in art projects and explore in the sun.

Explorer’s Adventure Camp for Grades 1 to 8 is from Aug. 14 to 18. This camp, the last before school starts, is designed for exploration and adventure with field trips and outdoor fun. | tcpud.org

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Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival “Love’s Labour’s Lost” & “Hound of the Baskervilles” Tuesday-Sunday until Aug. 27 | 7:30 p.m.

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SHAKESPEARE AT SAND HARBOR

‘LOVES’ LABOUR’S LOST’ DELIGHTS

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n the high-tech modern world of instant gratification and entertainment overload, is it still possible to be magically swept away by a drama written sometime in the early 1590s?

With this question in mind, I went to the opening weekend of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival at Sand Harbor State Park with my wife, Charlotte Semmes, and baby daughter, Penelope.

As this year’s production of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” begins, we find ourselves amid King Ferdinand’s lavish library, a 20-foot-tall bookshelf setting the backdrop with its ladders rising by volumes into the decadent pines glowing in the evening sun. The monarch, somewhat foolishly, decrees that all men of the kingdom shall set aside the next three years for the study of philosophical matters only and thereby abstain from any relations with women during this time. As the scene ends, a feisty squirrel runs across the stage in protest eliciting the first of many laughs from the crowd during this lighthearted production one of Shakespeare’s earliest and historically underappreciated comedies.

In short time the hapless, hilarious clown Costard played by Jeffrey C. Hawkins has violated the king’s proclamation from within his mint green overalls and is promptly starfish on the rug bubbling and babbling for mercy.

For punishment, he is put under the watch of the melodramatic Spaniard Don Armando played by a fantastic Lynn Robert Berg. It’s a pairing that begets a series of slapstick mistakes and raunchy one-liners while these characters and others futilely attempt to outdo their most human of desires.

The actors are charismatic, particularly Laura Welsh Berg and Christopher Tocco, with their spot-on delivery of the competitive flirting between Rosaline and Berowne, but what really stands out about this production is the stage, music and costume design. The first act ends as the actors clear the stage in bank robber attire to the sounds of vaudeville techno. When Lady Aquitaine and her maids enter in brilliantly eye-catching power dresses and jewel-toned berets, it’s plain to see that this play features a bright feminist flair.

High above the stage, colors further flit across the sky as a flock of paragliders circle the lake on their long flight down.

As seagulls soar overhead in the bending twilight, the beauty of Sand Harbor is contrasted only by the comical slapstick

STORY BY SEAN MCALINDIN | PHOTOS BY JOY STROTZ

Themes of honesty, truth, love and imagination intermingle as the party grows increasingly raucous and bawdy, wild juxtapositions of emotion shimmering like moonlight on the lake until the unbounded glee is interrupted by the sudden news of Lord Aquitaine’s death. of Costard eating a carrot in his red construction ear muffs while the monkish Holofernes and Nathaniel beat box to the bard’s verse with idiotic Officer Dull riotously raising the roof behind them.

Just as the act ends and intermission begins, a paraglider swoops by mere yards above the stage howling in delight and momentarily eclipsing the attention of a mirthful and captivated audience.

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When the lights drop on the final (and Shakespeare’s longest) act of the play, the hijinks and fun only seem to in-crease.

Ferdinand bawls as he climbs up the bookshelf to choose his next literary sentence whilst Berowne’s wails in unrequited agony, his regal necktie now round his profusely sweating forehead. When the men disguised as Russian hipsters burst in on the maidens with a rousing dance, Penelope bounces up and down in my lap with delight. If she is enjoying her first Shakespeare performance at only 6 months old, then you know it’s a veritable smash.

Themes of honesty, truth, love and imagination intermingle as the party grows increasingly raucous and bawdy, wild juxtapositions of emotion shimmering like moonlight on the lake until the unbounded glee is interrupted by the sudden news of Lord Aquitaine’s death. The maidens must depart in mourning and in

so doing assign their courtiers to a year and a day of silent hermitage in order to prove their love. The solemn final epitaph is played to chords of an understudy on Les Paul guitar as the characters sing their way through the crowd and out of sight.

“The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo,” says Holofernes to end the production. “You that way: we this way.”

And so we come back to reality as the dark waves of Tahoe lap against the golden shores of our imagination. Regrounding can be bitter, yet with this enchanting play inside our memories’ sweet recollections of flight do linger — if only in our oft-forgotten dreams.  For more information or for tickets, visit laketahoeshakespeare.com.

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Boca Reservoir | The road over the dam is closed until further notice. Inflow is at 96 cfs and the outflow is 105 cfs. Powerbait, nightcrawlers and lures are all working. Fly-fishers have been catching some fish near the inlet with nymphs, streamers and dries.

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t has been a warm summer and just as the river is beginning to round into shape, water temperatures are beginning to spike on the Truckee River. A busy early season and unusually high early-season flow has meant little early-season river fishing.

My preference is to dry fly-fish. As a result, my first fishing excursion to the river, now that the river has dropped to a more seasonal level, was surprising.

The water temperature was an eye popping 68 degrees F when we arrived at 6:30 p.m. As a result, I decided to fish in another location that provided much more flow. The water temperature there showed 66 degrees F. As the evening progressed, fish began to become active as a hatch of little yellow stoneflies and caddisflies began to occur.

The flows are key to finding active fish this time of year. Keeping an eye on water temperatures is also critical. With these temperatures, it is doubtful that we will be fishing the river much longer.

As water temperatures increase, the water holds less oxygen. Thus, fish are put into great stress when temperatures reach more than 65 degrees F. Carry thermometers and give fish a break when temperatures are too high.

While there is great debate as to exactly at what temperature one should quit fishing, erring on the conservative side is the best policy for me.

Catch-and-release fishing is predicated on releasing a fish back into the environment to be caught again. This may not be happening when water temperatures are high. A tired fish in warm water may not be able to be revived once caught. Even if the fish appears to be OK, it could die later.

Studies have shown that hooking mortality goes up as water temperatures rise.

This is the time of year that many anglers will concentrate on early morning hours or evenings to fish because of cooler water temperatures. Remember water temperatures spike during the day. With a thermometer an angler can always be certain of the water temperature.

After taking the temperature of the water, the angler must make a decision as to whether to fish or not. Being conservative may save a fish or two.

This time of year means that we get to fish for other species such as bass. We have some excellent smallmouth bass fishing opportunities in some of the local lakes and bass readily take flies.

Since being planted illegally in some of the local reservoirs, smallmouth bass have flourished. They provide excellent sport and fill a void during the dog days of summer.

It is a great alternative to fishing for trout when our local waters become too warm. 

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

Lake Tahoe | All tributaries are open to fish-

ing 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 is fair. Most shore anglers use inflated nightcrawlers.

Little Truckee River | The flow is at 96 cfs.

Nymphing and dries should both work at this level. Dry dropper rigs are also recommended.

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 the fall. Smallmouth bass are part of the fishery.

Prosser Reservoir | Fishing has been fair. 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 will be

closed over the dam for construction 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. Fly-fishers have been doing well near the inlets with nymphs and streamers. The kokanee fishing has slowed. Smallmouth bass fishing has been fair.

Truckee River | The flow out of the dam

in Tahoe City is at 86 cfs. The flows through Truckee are at 173 cfs. The flows are now fishable. Fishing has been fair for those working hard. Lots of bugs are appearing: caddis, PMD and little yellow stoneflies. Water temperatures have climbed. Carry a thermometer and do not fish if the water is 66 to 68 degrees F. This water is special regulation, artificial only with barbless hook. Catch-and-release fishing is encouraged, 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.

Boat, shore and fly anglers are catching fish. Reports from Davis are only fair at best. I suggest not fishing at either until the waters cool.

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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64-ACRES PARK & BELL’S LANDING

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ELIZABETH WILLIAMS PARK EMERALD BAY BEACH KILNER PARK

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MARIE SLUCHAK PARK MEEKS BAY

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Strenuous | 11.6 miles RT This is a challenging and exhilarating ride (sometimes referred to as Three Bridges Trail) that will afford you a fun downhill swoop and beautiful mountain views. You can ride it either way, starting on either side of the Midway Bridge between Alpine Meadows and Olympic Valley off Hwy. 89.

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Moderate-Strenuous | 6.2 miles Mr. Toad’s heads mostly downhill from the Tahoe Rim Trail with several options for making a loop. The upper section of this trail is much more technical than either section of the TRT and has many big drops and sections of nothing but rocks. There is also a huge stair step section that comes up on you quickly.

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Strenuous | 14 miles There are several mountain biking trails off the Flume Trail, but if you follow the Flume Trail the whole way you will be rewarded with magnificent views of Lake Tahoe and the surrounding mountains. The Flume Trail rises 1,600’ above the East Shore of Lake Tahoe. At the end of the Flume Trail, there is a 3-mile, 1,600’ descent down to Tunnel Creek Station on Hwy. 28. It is a moderately difficult ride at 7,000’ to 8,000’ in elevation with more than 1,000’ of climbing and 4.5-miles of single track. It has several steep sections.

Shuttle available at Tunnel Creek Café off Hwy. 28 in Incline Village to Spooner Lake State Park. Info (775) 298-2501.

Call for shuttle schedule.

Moderate | 15+ miles Offers rolling, wide, single-track through high desert, winding through sagebrush, seasonally wet meadows and Jeffrey Pine forests. North of Truckee on Hwy. 89 to Donner Camp picnic area. If too wet, proceed 2.5 miles on Hwy. 89 to Prosser Creek Bridge pullout. 15 miles to Stampede, but can continue on to other areas.

Strenuous | 20 miles The beginning of this beautiful section of the Tahoe Rim Trail is at 8,700’ above the Sheep Flats (aka Tahoe Meadows) on Mount Rose. The first part of the trail parallels the highway and then descends through the meadows and briefly joins the Ophir Creek trail. Look for Rim Trail signs, then after a quarter-mile up and to the right of the Ophir Creek trail (don’t stay on the Ophir Creek Trail). After a 300’ climb out of the meadows, you begin to contour your way to the Tunnel Creek road. At 9 miles, you will come to the Tunnel Creek Road. Follow it a half-mile with the Flume Trail on the right. Continue straight for an 800’ switchbacking climb. Near the top of the climb, consider taking the vista trail to the Sand Harbor overlook.

Once at the top, the trail winds down past the Marlette Peak campground to Hobart Road. The Rim Trail past this point is closed to bikes, so your only path back to Spooner is along this road to the right and down to Marlette Lake.

A short, but tough climb leads out of the Marlette basin and then it is downhill back to Spooner Lake. Mind the speed on this descent due to heavy equestrian and hiking use.

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DONNER SKI RANCH (530) 426-9350 | facebook.com/old40bikepark Donner Ski Ranch offers lift-accessed mountain biking on its trails with varied terrain and great views.

NORTHSTAR CALIFORNIA (530) 562-2268 | northstarcalifornia.com All levels | Varied terrain Northstar’s Mountain Bike Park boasts more than 100 miles of trails for mountain biking including its signature trail, LiveWire, and the most extensive life-accessed trail network in the Western United States. The park features Skill Development Areas and terrain features including jumps, rails and bridges. Rentals available in the Village at Northstar. Afternoon rates and season passes available. Downhill Mountain Bike Race Series and Cross-Country Race Series open to everyone. Bike Academy offers classes and private lessons.

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(530) 583-5475 | tahoexc.org All levels | Varied terrain Tahoe Cross Country offers marked mountain biking and hiking trails in the Burton Creek State Park area just north of Tahoe City. Trail access is free and the terrain is ideal for beginner and intermediate mountain bikers. Advanced riders can find challenging terrain on the Tahoe Rim Trail and around Mount Watson.

bijoubikepark.org The 5-acre park features pump tracks, BMX Track, striderfriendly pump track, jump lines and loop trail. Dawn-dusk.

CORRAL AREA TRAILS All levels | Varied terrain Corral area trails include Sidewinders, Cedar and Armstrong Connector. This area has a high density of trails for all ability levels and serves as the unofficial hub of mountain bike activity in the South Shore. Featuring log rides, jumps and rock rolls including the new jumps, berms, rollers and hips. The trails all run parallel to the Fountain Place paved road. These trails link to Armstong Trail, the Tahoe Rim Trail, Powerline, Railroad Grade and this is also where Toads ends.

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Sierra Arts Gallery | Aug. 3-25

“Mountain Picassos”

Weaving art into the community

Sparks Museum & Cultural Center Until Aug. 11

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Hans Siig and Francesca Saveri Metro Gallery | Until Aug. 11

Carole Ricketts and Lisa Jefferson McKinley Arts & Culture Center Until Aug. 11

Scott Forrest Lake Tahoe Community College | Until Aug. 16

“Spirit of America” Brewery Arts Center | Until Aug. 16

Scott Hinton and Paul Ford OXS Gallery | Until Aug. 18

Catherine Lynch Incline Village Library | Until Aug. 31

Dave Farrar Copeland Gallery | Until Sept. 4

Rachel Stiff Sierra Arts Gallery | Sept. 7-29

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

“The Pinhole Project Truckee” Community Rec Center | Until October

“Future’s Past” Mourelatos Lakeshore Resort | Until Oct. 1

“Holly Arts” North Tahoe Arts Center | Nov. 1-Dec. 30

Dylan Silver Carson City Community Center | Until Nov. 9

Andy Skaff Wolfdale’s Restaurant | Until January 2018

“City of Dust” Nevada Museum of Art | Until Jan. 7, 2018

“View From the Playa” Nevada Museum of Art | Until Jan. 7, 2018

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Tahoe Maritime Museum | Until April 2018

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“It’s done exactly what it is supposed to do and create conversations. It is very relatable to Tahoe and the impacts of mankind and Mother Nature, which controls all,” says Alex Mourelatos, owner of the resort and an active North Lake Tahoe community member. “We ourselves are a welltraveled family and public art is expected as a destination’s fabric. This is a great opportunity to collaborate with a great nonprofit.

You can see the structure from the water but it looks almost part of the tree line because of its natural colors.”

Around the time of “Future’s Past” installation, TPA also announced the launch of “Laka’lelup,” a floating multimedia art piece that will be the first of its kind in Lake Tahoe. When developing the idea for it, TPA began by reaching out to the Washoe tribe to get its blessing because they were much of Lake Tahoe’s history and regard it as sacred space. With their support, TPA began fleshing out the details.

“The point [of the floating art piece] is to show how fragile the lake is by climatechange threats and manmade impact,” says Hanak. “ ‘Laka’lelup’ means coming together for a common purpose. It’s perfectly in line with TPA’s mission. Just as the Washoe are excited with this method of communication, scientists are excited, too. This allows us to create data-driven storytelling.”

The geometric-shaped installation to be built on a barge was originally set to be launched in Lake Tahoe in August, but the launch was delayed after organizers with COP23, a United Nations climatechange conference, invited TPA to unveil the installation at the University of Bonn in Germany in November. “Laka’lelup” is expected to be unveiled on Lake Tahoe in the summer of 2018.

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he beach at Mourelatos Lakeshore Resort in Tahoe Vista is teeming with kids playing in the water as adults sip summery cocktails. At the entrance of the sandy shore, an intricately designed metal structure beckons to visitors. Standing at 23 feet tall and supported by an 8-foot-by-8-foot base, “Future’s Past” is a temporary art installation commissioned by Tahoe Public Art. Its laser-cut steel patterns were cut by Kate Raudenbush, who was inspired by ancient cultural remains such as the Mexican Mayan Ruins and the temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. The structure is topped with a metal treetop, its roots dripping down the sides.

Standing inside of “Future’s Past,” one gets a filtered view of the lake through its metal patterns. A chandelier hanging from the top represents the flower of life and an altar in the center of the small room holds a mirror for self-reflection. The art is meant to invoke a sense of balance between humankind, technology and the environment.

“Either in the day or night, you get an

illuminating experience,” says Tahoe Public Art executive director Mia Hanak.

Tahoe Public Art (TPA) works with private, public and resort properties around the Tahoe Basin to place works of art that can be displayed from two weeks to two years or permanently. The organization aims to enhance and preserve the beauty of Lake Tahoe through visual arts and promote environmental stewardship.

“Many resort towns have a thriving arts and culture community and there are many organizations doing fantastic things around Lake Tahoe. We want to bring it all together in a way that appeals to locals and visitors alike,” Hanak says.

According to Hanak, TPA secured Mourelatos as a location for an art installation, but said that it was initially hard to find a piece that resonated so well with its mission.

“Then we saw Kate’s piece and it blends in well with the environment. The temple and trees have many layers of meaning.

‘Future’s Past’ is symbolic for this location,” Hanak said.

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TheTahoeWeekly.com > Watch a time-lapse video of “Future’s Past”

> Read more about the planned “Laka’lelup” artwork

As Hanak and I walk back to our cars after spending the Sunday afternoon at Mourelatos, a couple carrying a Tahoe Weekly crosses our path and stops to gaze at “Future’s Past.”

“What a beautiful thing to look at,” the woman says. “It looks like it has to do with life — the roots, the patterns. I wish it would stay here forever.”

“Future’s Past” is located on private property, but the public is invited to view the sculpture on Aug. 17 and Sept. 21. The installation will be in place until Oct. 1.  For more information or to register for the public viewings, visit tahoepublicart.com.

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Tahoe Art League’s 11th Annual Artist Studio Tour continues from Aug. 4 to 6. The tour will feature 49 artists at more than 24 locations in South Lake Tahoe and Stateline and Zephyr Cove, Nev., allowing visitors to talk with local artists, watch them at work and to buy artwork directly from the artists.

Free maps and directions available online.

Read the feature on the Artist Studio Tour at TheTahoeWeekly.com | talart.org

From flowers to fine art Tahoe Vista The 9th annual Art in the Tahoe Garden is on Aug. 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the lakefront home of Laurie Gregory, 6550 North Lake Blvd. Local artisans will display their wares among the flower gardens, including garden art, jewelry, photography, ceramics and more. All are invited to enjoy the gardens, the art and the lake. | (775) 827-5757

Enter Photography Show Carson City, Nev. The Nevada Artists Association Gallery is inviting local and regional artist to enter its annual judged Photography Show. The entry deadline is Aug. 5. The exhibition opens on Aug. 6 and will run through Sept. 8. Judges will award 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. The exhibition is open to all photographers; membership in the NAA is not required. Entries are limited to two per photographer. For more information and show regulations, visit nevadaartists.org or call (775) 882-6411.

More to life Incline Village, Nev. Incline Village Library features “Wendy Lane 89451” by Catherine Lynch for the month of August. The exhibit is a series of water-soluble materials about the practice of painting and being present to reflect.

Lynch believes that there is more to life than self. Her creative drive is to understand and gain meaning from experiences lived. There is an artist’s presentation on Aug. 15 at 6:30 p.m. | (775) 832-4130.

Basque tree carvings Sparks, Nev. “Mountain Picassos: Basque Arborglyphs of the Great Basin” is at Sparks Museum and Cultural Center until Aug. 11. The Folklife Program of the Nevada Arts Council has collaborated with the Nevada Historical Society to present a traveling exhibition of the canvases of Basque tree carvings — or arborglyphs — from the collection of Jean and Phillip Earl, who have been documenting this folk art form of tree-trunk art for 40 years. | nevadahumanities.org 24

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Carson City, Nev. The 14th annual Jazz & Beyond Carson City Music Festival kicks off at Bliss Mansion with Art on the Porch on Aug. 4 from 4 to 8:30 p.m. There will be demonstrations of art sculpture by Mischell Riley and acrylic flow painting by William Smith, winner of the Jazz & Beyond cover art contest. Local artists will show and sell their work, including Kim VanZyll, Kristy Dial and Cyndy Brenneman. A festival favorite, Miss Dixie, the vintage art bus from Fallon, will also be there. The free event includes music, food and tours of the mansion built in 1879. | jazzcarsoncity.com

Carson City, Nev. Nevada Artists Association presents “Spirit of America” art exhibit until Aug. 4. The gallery is located at Carson City’s Brewery Arts Center. A judged show, which was open to all local and regional artists, members and non-members, drew out the best of the area’s newest fine art creations. People’s Choice awards went to Louise Kerr’s oil painting “Thru and Thru” and John Warden’s photograph “Band of Brothers.” First Place was awarded to Deborah Foster’s oil painting “Poppies,” William Smith’s acrylic painting “Sax” and his dry media “I Got This,” Donald Swezey’s photograph “Silent Hunter,” Trish Mann’s mixed media “Seeking Dinner” and Linda Townsend’s other media “Along the Pacific Coast.” Best Water Color went to Pat Holub’s “Comstock Mine” and Best of Show went to Betty Holmes for her oil painting “High, Wide and Lonesome.” | breweryartscenter.org

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

Conserving is an art Reno, Nev. Artists Co-op of Reno is hosting a benefit art show and sale, “The Art of Conservation,” for Nevada Land Trust until Aug. 31 to help save Nevada’s wild lands. There will be a reception on Aug. 6 from noon to 4 p.m. The Nevada Land Trust has worked for 21 years to protect state lands for all to enjoy now and in the future. | (775) 3228896 or artistsco-opgalleryreno.com

Developing art Reno, Nev. Sierra Arts Gallery presents a four-artist exhibit from Aug. 3 to 25. In January 2015, this group of artists spent 10 days in the desert at the Goldwell Open Air Museum in Rhyolite, Nev. This group, consisting of Jill Baker, Megan Berner, Nicole Donnelly and Jennifer Myers, used the time and space together to start new work and collaborate with each other, letting the work be influenced by the environment and conversation. Some individual pieces were completed during the residency, but a lot became starting points for larger ideas. An artists’ reception will be on Aug. 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. | sierraarts.org

Two artists, two views Carson City, Nev. Nevada artists Scott Hinton and Paul Ford have been honored with Governor’s Arts Award commissions and their work is being shown at an exhibit titled “Environmental Perspectives” at the Nevada Arts Council’s OXS Gallery. Both artists share a common concern for the environment in unique and contrasting ways. Hinton, a photographer and educator, has spent the past 20 years documenting urban sprawl through the use of panoramic photographs.

Ford has incorporated a lifelong interest in anthropology into his artwork. He mixes natural elements, such as sand and sticks along with some unnatural elements – plastic bottles and other man-made objects — into his art. The exhibit will be in place through Aug. 18. An artists’ reception and talk is on Aug. 8 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. | nvdtca.org/nevadaartscouncil

Fresh air, friends, painting Area venues Tahoe Art League hosts a summer’s worth of Plein Air Painting. Painters meet from 9 a.m. to noon on Sundays 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

Help local public art 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

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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.

(Read the feature at TheTahoeWeekly.com) | gofundme.com/transcendent-souls or kindredtruckee.org

Complementary combination Reno, Nev. Metro Gallery in Reno City Hall hosts “Defining Space Through Color and Form” by sculptor Hans Siig and abstract multimedia artist Francesca Saveri until Aug. 11.

The combination of Siig’s woodworking and Saveri’s colorful hanging work complements each other. | (775) 334-4636

Art from east to west Reno, Nev. McKinley Arts & Culture Center offers exhibits in two galleries until Aug. 11.

Gallery East is displaying the work of multimedia artist Carole Ricketts. Her work explores personal, cultural and adaptation challenges of changing land and language with the use of ceramics, paint, collage and printmaking. Ricketts masters the mixedmedia combination to express emotions across the board, specifically the meeting of harmony and difficulties.

Gallery West hosts watercolor painter Lisa Jefferson. Her paintings are a unique cross between hyperrealism and dreamlike imagery of the natural beauty of the West Coast. Her exhibit explores the delicate relationship that light plays with the outdoors, the soft glow behind foliage, the transparency of glass and crystal and the way the light bounces off a natural body of water. | renoculture.com

NTA looking forward Tahoe City North Tahoe Arts announces dates for 23rd annual ARTour are from Aug. 12 to 13. This popular annual event has been reinvented into a walking tour in downtown Tahoe City with artist vendors and art-related events throughout the weekend.

Artists will be gathered in several locations throughout the city demonstrating their artistic processes and offering their work for sale. A colorful map will guide visitors to all the locations. In addition, work from some of the artists will be exhibited in Corison Loft through Sept. 12, with a reception on Aug. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. In keeping with ARTour’s focus on local art, preference will be given to artists who reside within 50 miles of Tahoe City. There will be five locations with five artists each for a total of 25 artists. However, this may be expanded. | northttahoearts.com

Fun-loving exhibit South Lake Tahoe “Orange Sherbet,” “Dark Chocolate Fudge” and “Bubbles at the Starlight Lounge!” are part of an exhibit by Scott Forrest, a fun-loving artist with the Tahoe Art League. His mixed-media show will run until Aug. 16 in the library at Lake Tahoe Community College. | talart.org

Kings Beach debuts Art Walk The North Tahoe Business Association celebrates completion of the Kings Beach Core Improvement Project with 15 original art banners recently installed on the streetlights throughout downtown Kings Beach.

The new art banners are the result of a call to artists issued by NTBA, inviting

emerging and established artists, young and old, to submit their designs. The chosen art pieces represent artwork created by pre-kindergarten and elementary students from local schools, as well as by professional local and regional artists. The featured art banner artists are Jude Bischoff, Mike Bond, Anastiscia Chantler-Lang, Jennifer Eyzaguirre, Sue Gross, Pamela Hunt Lee, Kings Beach Elementary School students, Kaio Martin, Cathy McClelland, Tahoe Expedition Academy Pre-K Class, and Carrie White. | northtahoebusiness.org/ art-walk

Clearly Captivating Carson City, Nev. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents “Tahoe Clarity” by Dylan Silver at the Community Center’s Sierra Room. The exhibit will be in the gallery until Nov. 9.

Silver is a Lake Tahoe-based journalist and photographer. He first started exploring underwater at age 8. As a reporter for the Tahoe Daily Tribune, he picked up photography, documenting the people, environment and businesses of the basin. He always knew he wanted to take his camera into the water to photograph the beauty of the lake’s clarity. | arts-initiative.org

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1999 was captured by the 100-year-old technology of the pinhole camera Twelve pinhole cameras were created out of 50-gallon cardboard barrels. This size is uniquely suited for capturing the incredible scale and immense diversity of art and culture at Black Rock City. The subjects look familiar and at the same time completely foreign because the pinhole can extract an essential stillness through a primitive apparatus of reflected sunlight passed through a minute opening. The show will run through Octo-

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Blazing the art trail Sierra Valley Sierra Valley Art & Ag Trail is on Sept.

30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. View Sierra Valley barn quilts, visit market farms and working ranches and watch artists in wood paint, glass, ceramic, metal, fiber and more.

Three trailhead information centers will be located at the Sierra Valley Grange in Vinton, Sierra Valley Farms in Beckwourth and Sierraville School in Sierraville. At 4 to 6 p.m., the Plumas-Sierra Cattlemen’s Association and Plumas-Sierra Cattlewomen will be cooking a tri-tip dinner at the Sierra Valley Grange Hall. | sierravalleyartagtrail.org

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Aquarius (Jan 19-Feb 19)

Forging a new sense of identity is important to now. This cycle began a few months ago and will continue for many more yet. Deciphering if, where and how you have become too co-dependent is a feature of this process. Doing so now will leave you feeling impatient and dissatisfied. It is time to explore what constitutes a more genuine sense of authentic self-expression.

A process of deepening in your most intimate relationships has by now gained a lot of momentum.

This can apply professionally as well as personally.

It involves a deepening of communications.

Conversations and information exchanges are taking on more gravity. Positively, this will lead to the realization of important life goals.

Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20) Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22) You have arrived at a place on your path where you need to reach out to engage a new and perhaps wider network of associations. This could come in the form of making actual contacts with others or it could come by way of new knowledge presented by authors and teachers and so on. It may be described as a spiritual calling to commune with kindred spirits.

Getting down to business with your ideas, plans, goals and dreams is a central theme these days. A good deal of focus centers on home and family. Yet, as important as these areas are, they can also be understood as the setting for deeper work yet. If this deeper focus of purpose is not evident to you yet, now is the time to tune-in and identify what it entails.

Aries (Mar 21-Apr 20) Libra (Sep 22-Oct 22) Whether it is outer circumstances or inner compulsions, or both, something is pushing you to make a difference in the world. You could find yourself on a committee for the first time or perhaps you feel inspired to write a book. Whatever it is and however you decide to do it, doing so will feel right and satisfying despite the efforts required.

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Deciphering what makes you special and what or who excites you is a central theme these days. At worst, you feel like you are having an identity crisis. Old interests, passions and patterns of activity hold increasingly less appeal. You are ready for a whole new chapter and last week’s New Moon is activating your focus

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A summons has been sounded. It is calling you to assume a new level and quality of leadership. It includes getting public recognition.

This presents a big opportunity for you; if that is what you want. If you are hesitant or resistant, the synchronicity of circumstances can pull you into the limelight by default. Embrace this moment and opportunity deliberately for best results.

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You might be surprised to learn that hyenas are more closely related to cats than to dogs.

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In the state of Texas, it’s against the law to milk a cow that’s not your own.

Commitment is a keyword for you at this stage of your journey. Yet, it is not simply to another person or organization even, it is to your own higher mind; call it your soul. This commitment can manifest as a deep dedication to what constitutes what feels true and authentic and serves a higher purpose. It can also be described as a path with heart.

You yearn to get to the heart of matters these days. Refined simplicity appeals to you. Yet, beauty, balance and harmony are also high on your list. Directing a constructively critical perspective on your life has begun and will deepen this week.

Activate your heart beacon to decipher what and where constitutes home.

Gemini (May 21-Jun 21) Many realizations and epiphanies are running through your mind and you want to express and share them. Deciphering how is the tricky part.

Do you have the confidence, clarity and authority to do so? Engaging in meaningful conversation, at least, will prove satisfying. Get clear on what you think and what you believe and try to separate them to increase your objectivity.

Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22) Capricorn (Dec 21-Jan 19) Big changes are rolling in. These are invariably affecting your entire lifestyle. This may be the answer to your yearning for something deeper. As well, these changes will affect you very deeply. Years from now you will clearly recognize it as one of the most significant turning points in your life. Destiny is at play here and you are probably wise to gain more insight about it.

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Ma king movies in the Tahoe Sierra | P a r t I By 1922, the area had become a principal destination for motion-picture producers and directors. In an effort to further develop its business, Southern Pacific Railroad established a location bureau in Los Angeles to assist directors looking for appropriate landscapes and climates.

Conveniently, SP’s line went right through Truckee. When a movie company arrived by train, Maynard was ready to help with any arrangements: providing extras, laborers, carpenters, even the weather forecast.

The movie business was welcome because it generated much-needed work and money for local residents.

ate a boot for dinner — and comedy into a love story in the most elaborate and expensive film produced during the silent film era. Chaplin’s contemporaries claimed it was the movie that he most wanted to be remembered for.

Chaplin became fond of Truckee and over the years he returned often to visit. To accommodate his entourage, Chaplin had six rooms at the Sierra Tavern on Commercial Row permanently reserved.

In the late1980s, Truckee local Rob McCarthy of McCarthy Signs painted Charlie Chaplin’s mug, with his classic derby hat and short-cropped brush mustache on the wall of the Capitol building. Legend has it that Chaplin himself performed on stage there while in town.

If memory serves me correctly, among the many features of its quirky décor, the Capitol Saloon boasted a long, curved hardwood bar that had been shipped in one piece around Cape Horn from the East Coast in the 19th Century. The bar was still there supporting cheap drinks and cold beers when I arrived in the late 1970s, a time when red flannel shirts and faded biker leather were common at Truckee watering holes.

To promote movie making and to handle business arrangements for film companies operating out of Truckee, prominent local residents founded the Truckee Motion Picture Association. In the spirit of Maynard’s can-do attitude, on Feb. 28, 1935, the Truckee newspaper reported: “Otto Brower, director for the Twentieth Century Company, arrived Monday to make arrangements for filming scenes for the picture, “Call of the Wild.” One of the requirements of Mr. Brower was for 30 jack rabbits to be used in the picture and a party under the direction of Karl Kielhofer was engaged for several days near Loyalton securing these jack rabbits.”

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Truckee’s early entry into the movie business came as an offshoot of its annual Winter Carnival when town leaders began pushing winter tourism.

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ake Tahoe sparkles in the sun 500 miles north of Hollywood. However, worldclass movie making in the Truckee-Tahoe region goes back more than 100 years to 1910, when the Truckee Republican newspaper reported that a production company was in town to film winter scenes of an “Alaskan wilderness.”

The movie focused on an 1827 Arctic expedition by legendary British explorer Sir William E. Parry. The film’s director figured that winter conditions in Truckee fit the bill. The cast wore Eskimo-style fur/sealskin outfits and was accompanied by sled dogs and sleighs to portray heroic rescue scenes. The effort was a resounding success and in 1914, three more movies were filmed in the Truckee area: “Goodbye Summer,” “Burning Daylight” and “The Checkako.”

These early flicks are obscure today, but they represent the beginning of the region’s attractiveness for scenic beauty, a feature that has led to more than 120 movies or sequences being filmed on location in this region. And that doesn’t include television commercials or episodes from the popular TV series “Bonanza.”

More recent productions include the 2007 Sean Penn-directed film “Into the Wild,” “City of Angels” with Meg Ryan in 1998 at Fallen Leaf Lake and Michael Keaton in “Jack Frost,” filmed at North Lake Tahoe, also in 1998. Scenes from the 1994 classic “Godfather II” were shot at Henry J. Kaiser’s estate Fleur du Lac on Tahoe’s West Shore, featuring wooden boats, wealthy estates and a character getting whacked. Arnold “The Terminator” Schwarzenegger opened his 1994 hit movie “True Lies” with a rousing ski, snowmobile and helicopter chase sequence filmed on Old Highway 40 near the Rainbow Bridge overlooking Donner Lake.

Truckee’s early entry into the movie business came as an offshoot of its annual Winter Carnival when town leaders began pushing winter tourism. As manager of the 28

Charlie Chaplin in a scene from “The Gold Rush.”

Southern Pacific Hotel, Wilbur Maynard promoted Truckee to movie directors and Hollywood film companies as a convenient location for shooting films set in the frozen north. With easy access by rail from Southern California, the media exposure expanded awareness of the region’s potential among Hollywood studio moguls looking to avoid transporting an expensive cast and crew to far-flung destinations.

Representing Truckee’s Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Pacific Railroad, Maynard aggressively advertised Truckee’s mountain location and mostly sunny weather, an important combination for both outdoor-oriented tourists and directors looking to film realistic winter scenes. His efforts resulted in dozens of motion-picture companies, along with their cast and crew, coming to Truckee and Lake Tahoe during the 1920s and 1930s.

One of the first major motion-picture directors to use the Truckee-Tahoe region was the famed comedian Charlie Chaplin, who shot a lot of footage for his famous 1925 movie “The Gold Rush,” Hollywood’s most successful and highest grossing silent comedy. Not only did Chaplin and his film crew patronize Truckee businesses, but he hired more than 600 extras from Sacramento to work on the project, which pumped more money into the local economy.

An Alaskan gold rush town was built near what would become the Sugar Bowl ski resort on Donner Summit. Winter scenes representing the 1890s crossing of the Klondike’s famed Chilkoot Pass were filmed near Donner Summit. Truckee Ski Club members not only cleared and packed the snow trail, but they also entertained the film crew with ski-jumping exhibitions.

According to Donner Summit Historical Society historian Bill Oudegeest, Charlie Chaplin was inspired to film “The Gold Rush” near the summit after reading about the Donner Party and seeing images of Alaskan terrain, which he felt he could replicate in the Truckee region.

Chaplin wove starvation, cannibalism —in one scene Chaplin and his co-star

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FILMING IN TRUCKEE Hollywood movie stars such as Buster Keaton, Clark Gable and Charlie Chaplin were a common sight in Truckee’s restaurants, bars and hotels during the 1920 and 30s. Actors like Tom Mix and Mary Pickford arrived by train, as did author Jack London, who spent time in Truckee enjoying the town’s famous dog sled races while absorbing color and scenarios for his stories. Scenes from the movie version of London’s “Call of the Wild” were shot at Donner Lake and along the Truckee River.

Pictured is a comedy scene being filmed in Truckee by Keystone Movie Company.

Photograph and caption are from Tahoe historian Mark McLaughlin’s award-winning book “Longboards to Olympics: A Century of Tahoe Winter Sports” available in stores or at thestormking.com.

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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 10 p.m.

Theater, Comedy & Dance “Love’s Labour’s Lost” for kids Sand Harbor 10 a.m.

“Love’s Labour’s Lost” Sand Harbor 7:30 p.m.

Luma: Art in Darkness MontBleu 8 p.m.

The Magic of Rob Lake Harrah’s Tahoe 8 p.m.

Franciscos Ramos w/Dana Eagle The Improv 9 p.m.

Magic Fusion The Loft 9 p.m.

ElectroSwing Burlesque The Loft 10 p.m.

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The seven musicians in the group all write songs, individually and collaboratively.

“We each bring our input and different influences to our songwriting. And we respect each other musically,” says Doughty.

The band has it’s own recording studio back home in Ocean Beach and when they get off the road they spend time with their families and record new music.

“The band has been together for more than half of my life,” says Doughty. “I’ve grown a lot as an individual and being on the road that long. There’s a lot of sacrifice,

“ We are having fun and making music. What you see is what you get with Slightly Stoopid. How we are in life is how we roll on stage."

- Miles Doughty “It’s been fun jamming together with the bands that are touring with us,” said Doughty, who plays guitar, bass and lends vocals.

The San Diego-based band fuses many genres with a heavy reggae beat. It has produced 12 albums and is currently working a new album with a spring release. The surf-rock culture in Southern California is their sound. The group plays a cross-genre blend of reggae, rock, folk and blues with other elements.

including giving up time with family and friends. Most people look at the glam side of being a musician but there is a lot one gives up. We put our heart and soul into our music. We started as kids and now we all have kids. But I am blessed and grateful and appreciate my life. I get to be a maniac for half the year and then a normal guy for the other half.”

According to Doughty, the band has performed in Tahoe many times and he says, “Tahoe is always a good time. We love

the outdoors, being by the water and the vibes. People go intense there.”

Doughty emphasizes his appreciation for the band’s fan base during the interview, saying that without them the band wouldn’t exist.

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“It’s so special how they treat us,” he says. “Thanks to all the fans and everybody who supports us. Slightly Stoopid fans are called Stoopid Heads and are a lot like Dead Heads that support the band.”

Doughty honors his life as a musician and his fellow band mates.

“We are a well-oiled machine. We are having fun and making music. What you see is what you get with Slightly Stoopid.

How we are in life is how we roll on stage.

We are just a bunch of beach kids,” he says “I am living the dream. I get to play music with my best friends.”

The band has toured with some of musical greats, and Karl Denson is an honorary member of the band.

Slightly Stoopid performs the Sounds of Summer tour with Iration, J. Boog and The Movement at Harvey’s Outdoor Amphitheater in South Lake Tahoe.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit harveystahoe.com.

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A Labor of Love & Laughter

By William Shakespeare

A Hilarious Sherlock Holmes Whodunit

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Adapted by Steven Canny and John Nicholson

Through August 27

Sand Harbor at Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park Showcase Series (August 7): Reno Philharmonic - Out of This World

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Mick Clark Band The Beacon 1 p.m.

Jody Sweet Piano Best Pies 4 p.m.

Rustler’s Moon Gar Woods 4 & 8 p.m.

Left of Centre Heavenly Village 5 p.m.

Slightly Stoopid w/Iration Harvey’s Outdoor Arena 5 p.m.

Mojo Green Kings Beach State Rec Area 6 p.m.

Classical Tahoe Sierra Nevada College 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.

Christopher Hawley Moody’s 8 p.m.

Panda The Grid 8:30 p.m.

Killer Dueling Pianos MontBleu 9 p.m.

Origami Ghosts Bar of America 9:30 p.m.

Luciano & Trexx Crystal Bay Club 10 p.m.

DJ Parties Live DJ Northstar Village 5 p.m.

Arty the Party Harrah’s 8 p.m.

DJ David Aaron MontBleu 10 p.m.

Open Mic & Karaoke Open mic Art Truckee 7 p.m.

Punk Rock Karaoke Tourist Club 9 p.m.

MontBleu 9 p.m.

Theater, Comedy & Dance “Love’s Labour’s Lost” for kids Valhalla Tahoe 12 p.m.

Magic Fusion The Loft 7 & 9 p.m.

“The Hound of the Baskervilles” Sand Harbor 7:30 p.m.

Luma: Art in Darkness MontBleu 8 p.m.

Franciscos Ramos w/Dana Eagle The Improv 9 p.m.

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Carson City Music and Art Festival In-A-Fect Atlantis 4 p.m.

Kantu Inka Bliss Mansion 4 p.m.

Gil Eldorado 4:30 p.m.

Live music David Walley’s Hot Springs 6 p.m.

Take This Band Bliss Mansion 6:30 p.m.

Craig, Terri, Rocky & D. Spiteri Glen Eagles 7 p.m.

Solid Gold Soul Harrah’s 7:30 p.m.

Corky Bennett Reno Senior Center 7:30 p.m.

Johnzo West & the Wayward Souls Peppermill 8 p.m.

Dank Jewel The Saint 8 p.m.

The Giving Tree Band Red Dog Saloon 8 p.m.

Voodoo Cowboys Carson Valley Inn 9 p.m.

Gotcha Covered Circus Circus 9 p.m.

The Duevets Silver Legacy 9 p.m.

Just Us Atlantis 10 p.m.

Romeo Ryes Lex GSR 10 p.m.

Audioboxx Eldorado 10:30 p.m.

DJ Parties DJ Mo Funk El Jefe’s Cantina 9:30 p.m.

DJ Roni V Eldorado 10 p.m.

DJ Romeo Reyes Lex GSR10 p.m.

DJ Sam Forbes Circus Circus 10 p.m.

Country Music Nights Grand Sierra 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 w/Darren Castle Club Cal Neva 8 p.m.

Karaoke West 2nd Street 8 p.m.

Karaoke The Point 9 p.m.

Theater, Comedy & Dance First Friday Funnies Brewery Arts Center 7 p.m.

Ron White Silver Legacy 7 & 10 p.m.

Richie Minervini Laugh Factory 7:30 & 9:30 p.m.

Cort McCown Pioneer Underground 9 p.m. iCandy The Show Harrah’s 9 p.m.

Special Events Food Truck Friday Idlewild Park 5 p.m.

Reno Xtreme Barrel Race Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center Cowboy-Con 2017 Reno Sparks Convention Center Barracuda Championship Montreux Golf & Country Club

AUG. 5 | SATURDAY TAHOE & TRUCKEE Bread and Butter The Beacon 1 p.m.

Jody Sweet Piano Best Pies 4 p.m.

Revival Heavenly Village 5 p.m.

Coburn Music Series Cedar House Sport Hotel 5 p.m.

Classical Tahoe Sierra Nevada College 7 p.m.

Rustler’s Moon Gar Woods 8 p.m.

60’s Summer Love Hard Rock 8 p.m.

Mat Marucci Organ Trio Moody’s 8 p.m.

Panda The Grid 8:30 p.m.

Killer Dueling Pianos MontBleu 9 p.m.

Flow Tribe w/Groovesession Crystal Bay Club 9 p.m.

Special Blend Whiskey Dick’s 9 p.m.

New Wave Crave Bar of America 10 p.m.

DJ Parties Arty the Party Harrah’s 8 p.m.

DJ David Aaron MontBleu 10 p.m.

Rookies 10 p.m.

Roger That! The Loft 10:30 p.m.

Open Mic & Karaoke MontBleu 9 p.m.

Theater, Comedy & Dance Magic Fusion The Loft 7 & 9 p.m.

“Love’s Labour’s Lost” Sand Harbor 7:30 p.m.

Luma: Art in Darkness MontBleu 8 p.m.

The Magic of Rob Lake Harrah’s Tahoe 8 p.m.

Comedy Cage Match Winners Hard Rock 8:30 p.m.

Franciscos Ramos w/Dana Eagle The Improv 8:30 & 10:30 p.m.

RENO & BEYOND Carson City Music and Art Festival Mick Valentino NAA Gallery 1:30 p.m.

In-A-Fect Atlantis 4 p.m.

Gil Eldorado 4:30 p.m.

Live music David Walley’s Hot Springs 6 p.m.

GHI Jazz Living the Good Life 6 p.m.

Corky Bennett Bavarian World 6 p.m.

Craig, Terri, Rocky & D. Spiteri Glen Eagles 7 p.m.

Thee Commons Brewery Arts Center 7 p.m.

Night Fever Harrah’s Plaza 7 p.m.

Solid Gold Soul Harrah’s 7:30 p.m.

Rodrigo y Gabriela Grand Sierra 8 p.m.

Johnzo West & the Wayward Souls Peppermill 8 p.m.

James McMurtry w/Jonny Burke Cargo 8 p.m.

Voodoo Cowboys Carson Valley Inn 9 p.m.

Blue Haven 3rd Street Bar 9 p.m.

Gotcha Covered Circus Circus 9 p.m.

The Duevets Silver Legacy 9 p.m.

Just Us Atlantis 10 p.m.

Miles Medina Lex GSR 10 p.m.

Audioboxx Eldorado 10:30 p.m.

DJ Parties DJ I Harrah’s 9 p.m.

DJ Roni V Eldorado 9 p.m.

DJ Bobby G Living the Good Life 9 p.m.

DJ David Draven, DJ Rusty, DJ Skarkrow Studio on 4th 9 p.m.

DJ Mo Funk El Jefe’s Cantina 9:30 p.m.

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Country Music Nights Grand Sierra 10 p.m.

DJ Sam Forbes Circus Circus 10 p.m.

Four Color Zack 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 The Point 9 p.m.

Theater, Comedy & Dance Cort McCown Pioneer Underground 6:30 & 9:30 p.m.

Richie Minervini Laugh Factory 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. iCandy The Show Harrah’s 10 p.m.

Special Events Carson City Ghost Walk Downtown Wine Walk Carson City Reno Xtreme Barrel Race Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center Cowboy-Con 2017 Reno Sparks Convention Center Barracuda Championship Montreux Golf & Country Club

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Tristan Selzler Brasserie St. James 12 p.m.

Sunday Jazz Wild River Grille 2 p.m.

TOCCATA Bops St. John Presbyterian Church Reno 4 p.m.

Gil Eldorado 4:30 p.m.

Deep Groove Red Dog Saloon 5:30 p.m.

Kyle Willams Peppermill 6 p.m.

Steve Lord Carson Valley Inn 6 p.m.

Just Us Atlantis 8 p.m.

Bobbie R. & Paul J. Eldorado 8:30 p.m.

Audioboxx Eldorado 10 p.m.

DJ Parties DJ Ivan 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 Richie Minervini Laugh Factory 7:30 p.m.

Special Events Reno Xtreme Barrel Race Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center Cowboy-Con 2017 Reno Sparks Convention Center Barracuda Championship Montreux Golf & Country Club

AUG. 7 | MONDAY

TAHOE & TRUCKEE TAHOE & TRUCKEE Coburn Music Series Perazzo Meadows 9 a.m.

Cash Only The Beacon 1 p.m.

Jody Sweet Piano Best Pies 4 p.m.

Lebo & Friends Commons Beach 4 p.m.

Classical Tahoe Sierra Nevada College 7 p.m.

Coburn Station w/Bobcat Rob Armenti Moe’s BBQ 8 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 10 p.m.

Theater, Comedy & Dance Magic Fusion The Loft 4:30 & 7:30 p.m.

“The Hound of the Baskervilles” Sand Harbor 7:30 p.m.

Luma: Art in Darkness MontBleu 8 p.m.

The Magic of Rob Lake Harrah’s Tahoe 8 p.m.

Franciscos Ramos w/Dana Eagle The Improv 9 p.m.

RENO & BEYOND Carson City Music and Art Festival Classical Tahoe Nevada Museum of Art 10:30 a.m.

Jesse Katlin Carson The Beacon 1 p.m.

Lee Jones Gunbarrel Tavern 3 p.m.

Reno Philharmonic Sand Harbor 7:30 p.m.

Frank Benvenuto The Loft 9 p.m.

Open Mic & Karaoke Open Mic Himmel Haus 9 p.m.

Theater, Comedy & Dance Line dancing Nakoma Resort 7 p.m.

Magic Fusion The Loft 7:30 p.m.

The Magic of Rob Lake Harrah’s Tahoe 8 p.m.

RENO & BEYOND Carson City Music and Art Festival CW & Mr. Spoons Comma Coffee 12 p.m.

Gil Eldorado 4:30 p.m.

Kyle Willams Peppermill 6 p.m.

Steve Lord Carson Valley Inn 6 p.m.

Heroes of Rock and Roll Atlantis 7:30 p.m.

Be Like Max, Matamoska, Knocked Down, Prince Robot, Grimedog Jub Jub’s 8 p.m.

Bobbie R. & Paul J. Eldorado 8:30 p.m.

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Riverside Dining, Patio Bar & BBQ Patio open daily

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FLOW

TRIBE Aug. 5 | 9 p.m.

Crystal Bay Casino | Crystal Bay, Nev. FEW BANDS AROUSE a crowd into a collective shake like Flow Tribe. The sixmember band’s onstage chemistry reflects a seamless combination of soul and movement that hits the audience within the first few notes. Virgin listeners and avid fans alike are drawn in by the distinctive sound that feels both familiar and original.

Outfitted for each performance in colorful, carefully selected suits, it’s clear their focus is sharp and the party has begun. | crystalbaycasino.com

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FUNK

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Dunkirk through August 10 5pm & 7:30pm

The Hitman’s Bodyguard Sept. TBD

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Sept. TBD

Kingsman: the Golden Circle Sept. TBD

Visit TahoeArtHausCinema.com for showtimes, schedule, events + tkts

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NOW PLAYING

Tahoe 3-D Movie Science Center

Lake Tahoe in Depth See it at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center 291 Country Club Drive Incline Village, Nevada

Phone: (775) 881-7562 Email: tercinfo@ucdavis.edu Hands-on science activities, Web: terc.ucdavis.edu

Guided tours & 3-D movies Open Tues.—Sat., 1—5 p.m. (or by appointment, closed all holidays)

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DJ Parties Amp Ent DJ Silver Legacy 9 p.m.

Open Mic & Karaoke Open Mic Java Jungle 7 p.m.

Karaoke West 2nd Street 9:30 p.m.

Blazing Mics! Jub Jub’s 9:30 p.m.

Room to Move Karaoke Eldorado 10 p.m.

AUG. 8 | TUESDAY

AUG. 9 | WEDNESDAY TAHOE & TRUCKEE

TAHOE & TRUCKEE Jesse Katlin Carson The Beacon 1 p.m.

Pop-Up concert Riverside Studios 1 p.m.

Midnight North PJ’s 5:30 p.m.

Anthony Gomes Village at Squaw 6 p.m.

Classical Tahoe Sierra Nevada College 7 p.m.

Buddy Emmer Band Harrah’s 8 p.m.

DJ Parties Live DJ Northstar Village 5 p.m.

Lip Sync w/Dreu Murin MontBleu 10 p.m.

DJ Keenan Whiskey Dicks 9 p.m.

Open Mic & Karaoke Karaoke Pastime Club 9:30 p.m.

Theater, Comedy & Dance “The Hound of the Baskervilles” Sand Harbor 7:30 p.m.

Magic Fusion The Loft 7:30 p.m.

RENO & BEYOND Carson City Music and Art Festival John Shipley Eldorado 4:30 p.m.

Kyle Willams Peppermill 6 p.m.

Tyler Stafford Carson Valley Inn 6 p.m.

Canyon White Living the Good Life 6:30 p.m.

Heroes of Rock and Roll Atlantis 7:30 p.m.

Bobbie & Paul J. Eldorado 8:30 p.m.

DG Kicks Big Band 3rd Street Bar 8 p.m.

DJ Parties DJ Chris English Eldorado 10 p.m.

Open Mic & Karaoke Trey Valentine’s Backstage Karaoke Silver Legacy 8 p.m.

THEE COMMONS

Eric Matlock The Beacon 1 p.m.

Lee Jones Gunbarrel Tavern 3 p.m.

Ike & Martin “M.S. Dixie” 5:30 p.m.

Jo Mama Truckee Regional Park 6:30 p.m.

Dirty Revival River Ranch 8 p.m.

Coburn Music Series Moody’s Bistro 8 p.m.

Stan Charles Pastime Club 10 p.m.

DJ Parties DJ Chris English Cabo Wabo 9 p.m.

Open Mic & Karaoke Karaoke Classic Cue 9 p.m.

Theater, Comedy & Dance “The Hound of the Baskervilles” Sand Harbor 7:30 p.m.

Magic Fusion The Loft 7:30 p.m.

Jenny Zigrino The Improv 9 p.m.

PSYCHEDELIA/PUNK

Aug. 5 | 7 p.m.

Brewery Arts Center | Carson City, Nev. THIS EAST L.A. band unites its myriad influences from psychedelia, cumbia and punk music for a highly energetic, intoxicating live set that is taking the nation by storm. The band Whatitdo opens the show. | breweryarts.org

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RENO & BEYOND Carson City Music and Art Festival Dave Leather Comma Coffee 12 p.m.

John Shipley Eldorado 4:30 p.m.

Kyle Willams Peppermill 6 p.m.

Tyler Stafford Carson Valley Inn 7 p.m.

Terri & Craig Glen Eagles 7 p.m.

TOCCATA Bops Shepherd of Sierra Church Carson City 7 p.m.

Rick Metz Blues Jam Sands Regency 7 p.m.

The Shipleys Living the Good Life 7:30 p.m.

Heroes of Rock and Roll Atlantis 7:30 p.m.

Georgia Maestro & Kyra Gordon St. James Infirmary 8 p.m.

Bobbie R. & Paul J. Eldorado 8:30 p.m.

The Kingpins Circus Circus 9 p.m.

The Wiz Kid Eldorado 10:30 p.m.

DJ Parties Johnny Bailey Vinyl Club St. James Infirmary 8 p.m.

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Karaoke West 2nd Street 8 p.m.

Theater, Comedy & Dance Michael Finney Laugh Factory 7:30 p.m.

Special Events Hot August Nights

BLUES

Aug. 8 | 6 p.m.

Village at Squaw Valley | Olympic Valley THE TORONTO singer/songwriter and guitarist Anthony Gomes is propelling blues into the contemporary music culture with his unapologetic approach to reinventing the genre in relevant and fresh ways. “The blues is old, but not tired,” said Anthony. “It speaks as truthfully today and for this generation as it ever has.” | squawalpine.com

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Bingo & Country Rock DJ Silver Legacy 8 p.m.

Open Mic & Karaoke Open Mic Red Dog Saloon 7 p.m.

Theater, Comedy & Dance Michael Finney Laugh Factory 7:30 p.m.

Special Events Hot August Nights

AUG. 10 | THURSDAY TAHOE & TRUCKEE Coburn Music Series Coffeebar Truckee 12 p.m.

Jody Sweet Piano Best Pies 4 p.m.

Live music Chambers Landing 4 p.m.

Sam Chase & The Untraditional Lakeview Commons 4:30 p.m.

Heroes of Rock and Roll Atlantis 7:30 p.m.

Bobbie & Paul J. Eldorado 8:30 p.m.

Bazooka Zoo’s Groovy Good Time Bash St. James Infirmary 9 p.m.

The Kingpins Circus Circus 9 p.m.

The Wiz Kid Eldorado 10:30 p.m.

DJ Parties DJ Ivan Silver Legacy 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.

Theater, Comedy & Dance Comedy Night Lex GSR 7 p.m.

Michael Finney Laugh Factory 7:30 p.m.

Special Events Hot August Nights

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Internationally acclaimed Mexican acoustic-rock guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela bring their unique instrumental blend of metal, jazz and world music to the Grand Sierra Resort on Aug. 5.

Aaron Oropeza Truckee Tavern 5 p.m.

Paul David & the Drivers Downtown Truckee 6:30 p.m.

CloZee Tahoe Beach Retreat 8 p.m.

Jenni Charles/Jesse Dunn & Friends Moody’s 8 p.m.

DJ Parties DJ Click Pastime Club 9:30 p.m.

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 10 p.m.

Theater, Comedy & Dance Magic Fusion The Loft 7 & 9 p.m.

“Love’s Labour’s Lost” Sand Harbor 7:30 p.m.

Luma: Art in Darkness MontBleu 8 p.m.

The Magic of Rob Lake Harrah’s Tahoe 8 p.m.

Jenny Zigrino The Improv 9 p.m.

RENO & BEYOND Carson City Music and Art Festival Gil Eldorado 4:30 p.m.

Dave Leather Sassafras 6:30 p.m.

Terri, Craig & Mick Glen Eagles 7 p.m.

Drew Baldridge w/Mark MacKay Cargo 7 p.m.

Prozak Jub Jub’s 7 p.m.

Greg Austin Carson Valley Inn 7 p.m.

Kerry Pastime & the Crime Scene Peppermill 7 p.m.

Solid Gold Soul Harrah’s 7:30 p.m.

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HAWLEY

ROOTS POP

Aug. 3 & 4 | 8 p.m.

Moody’s Bar & Bistro | Truckee CHRISTOPHER HAWLEY is a devoted surfer, guitarist, singer-songwriter and a Venice musician through and through. His new album, “Stories,” reads like a series of miniature character studies, washed in California roots pop. He has mastered the perfect combination of genuinely positive vibes, inspiring lyrics, transcendent guitar work and danceable grooves within wellcrafted songs. | moodysbistro.com

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James McMurtry TRUE AMERICAN SONGWRITER STORY BY SEAN MCALINDIN

Aug. 5 | 8 p.m. | Cargo Concert Hall | Reno, Nev. | $32.50-$35 | 18+

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ne-of-a-kind country songwriter James McMurtry was at his home in Austin, Texas, passing time before his upcoming Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast summer tour when he talked to the Tahoe Weekly. He spoke of the influence — or lack thereof — of his famous father on his unique approach to songwriting.

Growing up in a series of rented ranch houses in 1970s northern Virginia, he was the son of the then-unknown, but now much-celebrated, Western author Larry McMurtry, who wrote“ Lonesome Dove,” “The Last Picture Show” and “Terms of Endearment,” among others.

“I would go to sleep to the sound of the typewriter, but Larry didn’t have a best seller until 86 by which time I was long out of the house” he says.

Instead, his father made his living as a screenwriter and bookstore owner while writing book reviews for the Washington Post at $100 a week.

“Back in those days rent was only $250, so that was a pretty good deal,” says McMurtry. “He eventually got fired and was so mad he went to work for the Washington Evening Star for free.”

James took a rebellious stance from early on regarding his ambivalent relationship with his father’s work.

“Well, I didn’t want anything to do with his books,” he says. “I had to move so many of ‘em over the years that I hated the damn things. For a writer, I sure didn’t like to read all that much. I never wanted to be a prose writer and I still don’t.”

Instead, James made it clear that he was going to be a poet and a songwriter. McMurtry recalls the grandiose front-porch stories his father would tell with family and friends on the warm Virginia evenings.

“Larry McMurtry was and is a storyteller,” his son says. “He is one of the last generations with that tradition. It’s an oral tradition that was passed on to me. And that’s where I got a lot of the details that shaped my imagination.”

It was McMurtry’s mother who taught him a few chords on the guitar and actively encouraged his innate interest in music.

“When I was a kid, I wanted to be Johnny Cash,” he says. “Then somebody turned me on to Kris Kristofferson. It was the first time I really thought of songwriting as something that people could do. I liked Cash for his voice and spare produc-

tion, but when Kris came along I sat up and paid attention.”

McMurtry’s mother and stepfather took him to see his two early heroes perform live at age 9 — first to a Cash show and then to Kristofferson around the time of his “Jesus was a Capricorn” album in 1972.

“I noticed that he and the band seemed to be having a really good time and I decided I wanted to do that,” he says.

He started scribbling down verses in his teens, but McMurtry didn’t finish a song he would play live until his mid-20s with “Talking at the Texaco” from his 1989 debut album “Too Long in the Wasteland.”

McMurtry’s method of songwriting is by his own admission a haphazard affair.

Fortunately, he was generous enough to share a few of his trade secrets.

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“My dad used to write every day, but I do mine in fits and starts,” he says. “I start with a couple lines and a melody and I think to myself, ‘Who says that?’ Then, if I keep going I can envision a character who may have said those lines.”

Part of his practice involves allowing songs to breath naturally and take on a life of its own.

“You have to listen to the song you started to write and see where it’s going,” he says. “You never force it where you want it to go. If you try to push your opinion on a song, you’ll come out with a sermon. Sometimes it can take years to get a song right.”

According to McMurtry, a hook is key, even if it doesn’t quite say what you originally thought you were writing about.

“The story will change according to rhyme and meter, but you have to let a song have its head,” he says. “You always go with the line that sounds better and sounds cooler even though it doesn’t make the point you set out to make. Sometimes happy accidents of mixed-up words can be your best friend.”  For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cargoreno.com.

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Music in the Meadow w/Trails & Vistas Aug 6 | 9 a.m.

Perazzo Meadows | Truckee From Castle to Club Aug 9 | 8 p.m.

Perazzo Meadows | Truckee Bach’s Coffee House Aug 10 | 12 p.m.

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“ Truckee is near and dear to my heart and I wanted to come home and build this amazing music series.”

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et ready Truckee, local born, Julliardtrained Lindsay McIntosh, founder of Coburn Music, is organizing the inaugural Baroque summer pop-up concert series. And it is tres HIP, meaning historically informed performances that are period ensembles, not the modern ensemble one would see at the Met, for example. At HIPs, musicians perform works from the 17th and 18th Centuries on instruments of the same century.

Coburn Music takes its name from the original name of the town of Truckee, Coburn Station (not the band of the same name).

“It’s a nod to us being historical nerds and to Truckee’s historical background,” says McIntosh.

McIntosh lives in Manhattan and received her master’s degree from Julliard in one of their newer, more competitive, historical performance programs.

“This is what the group is based upon.

We learned how to play on the instruments they were using during the Baroque time period from 1650 to 1780 — the types of instruments Handel, Bach and Vivaldi were using at the time. Gut strings — used on violins, cellos and bass, for instance — are made from goat that farmers in Italy have been making for over 300 years. The theorbo is a big bass lute from that era.

The bassoon and flute were very different back then,” says McIntosh. “The group uses replicas from that era. I play on a 1720’s Dresden oboe from Germany.”

McIntosh was in 7th grade when she told her first music teacher, Randy Humphreys from Alder Creek Middle School, that she wanted to be an oboe player.

“He handed me an oboe and I found my way to Baroque music,” she says.

During her time at Julliard, her tightknit class bonded and McIntosh founded the New Vintage Baroque. As the group evolved, so did McIntosh.

“I wanted to try my hand at programming. We took the group to Truckee in 2014 and toured around. I returned to New York and hit the ground running. I came back last summer and realized there was nothing like this happening in Truckee and nothing of this caliber,” McIntosh says.

The New Vintage Baroque is comprised of McIntosh on oboe and the executive director; McIntosh’s husband, Owen, tenor and the production manager; John Brancy, baritone; Esteli Gomez, soprano; Ben Matus on bassoon; Paul Holmes Morton on theorbo; Oliver Weston on cello; Laura Rubenstein-Salzedo and Toma Iliev on violin; and Emi Ferguson on flute.

“She’s a badass. Emi plays a historical flute and has a TED Talk about it,” says McIntosh.

Cedar House Sport Hotel will host the opening gala and Coffeebar will host two concerts – one in Truckee and one at the Village at Squaw.

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Watch New Vintage Baroque perform “Paune du Mariage du Roy Louis XIII”

“We strategically chose partners who wanted to partner with the Coburn Music series and we were met with such enthusiasm,” says McIntosh. “Ultimately, I plan to move back. I am a hometown girl. Our ultimate goal is to host three series a year: one in the summer, winter and spring.”

Her long-time high-school friend Brandon Dolph, owner of the Blue Note B’s Horn Shop in Reno, Nev., will also be involved with the series. Dolph repairs instruments, rents equipment and gives music lessons.

“He’s a partner in crime,” says McIntosh.

As part of the week-long series, New Vintage Baroque will offer a day of educational outreach on Aug. 7 for students. The day includes workshops, roundtables and a performance along with an opportunity for students in middle-school and high-school level to sign up for music lessons from the Julliard musicians.

“Truckee is near and dear to my heart and I wanted to come home and build this amazing music series,” says McIntosh.  For more information, visit coburnmusic.org and newvintagebaroque.com.

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Tahoe Art Haus to add wine service

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Tahoe City Tahoe Art Haus and Cinema, along with providing brews on tap, has been approved to sell wine. The Art Haus will be pouring glasses of vino in ealy August.

Look for wine specials and dates for a Welcome Wine celebration at facebook. com/tahoearthaus.

Xcellent wine Xperience Incline Village, Nev. Tahoe WineXperience with sommelier Kristi Snyder is on Wednesdays at 6 p.m until Sept. 28. Snyder guides will show participants how to find joy in the feel, taste and finish that is the art of wine tasting. Relax with friends and while tasting charcuterie platters of house-made treats, meats, cheeses, savory nuts and plenty of stellar wines. New wines are explored each week at either The Chateau or Aspen Grove. Participants must be age 21 or older. The fee is $120 per person or $89 per IVGID member. | Register yourtahoeplace.com

Walk and Wine Down Gardnerville, Nev. Main Street Gardnerville hosts Thirsty Third Thursday Wine Walk every third Thursday of the month. The next is on Aug. 17 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. A Wine Down is in Heritage Park with coffee and dessert until 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 per adult, which includes $5 for the “Forever Glass” that can be used at future events.

Registration tables are at the Main Street Gardnerville office and Big Daddy’s Bicycles or register online. | mainstreetgardnerville.org

Wine walk among the pines Northstar Northstar hosts an alpine-style Wine Walk on the final Saturday of the month at 3 p.m. 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 walk is on Aug. 26. | northstarcalifornia.com

Maine lobsters in Tahoe Kings Beach Tahoe City Rotary Club’s Tahoeritaville Lobster Feed is on Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. at the North Tahoe Event Center. The feed benefits the club’s academic and vocational scholarships for local youth. Tickets are $70 per person and can be purchased at the North Tahoe Event Center, Swigard’s Hardware or by e-mailing Patty Boxeth at pdboxeth@charter.net.

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he fennel plant with its feathery green leaves springing from the long stalks that grow out of a white or pale green bulb is an unusual plant. One often holds it up, examines it and has no clue what to do with it.

Fennel’s texture is similar to that of celery and is crunchy and crisp. Fresh fennel is delicious and offers subtle hints of licorice flavor. If you don’t like the flavor of licorice or anise you might not be partial to fennel. The root vegetable originated in the Mediterranean countries of Greece and Italy.

The whole plant is edible and full of vitamins, nutrients and minerals including vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, iron, folate and calcium. When the fennel plant goes to seed, it produces fennel seed, which is used in many Indian dishes. Fennel seed is also a digestive and the tea is great for healing a stomach ache. Fennel tea has been used for babies with colic. It is also said to help reduce congestion, increase the flow of breast milk and alleviate pain of insect bites and sore throats.

Slather it with your favorite blue cheese, herbed goat cheese or hummus and it will be a sure hit at your next potluck event.

Cool off with fennel. According to ancient, holistic Ayurvedic medicine, fennel has a cooling effect on the body.

Try some iced fennel tea to cool off on a hot summer day. Fennel is also known to calm nerves and promote mental clarity.

The calcium in fennel can help maintain bone health, reduce acne and lower blood pressure. With all these claims one might consider acquiring a taste for fennel Prepping fennel For the foodie in all of us, fennel can be prepared in many ways. But first start by

prepping it. Chop off the fennel stalks — they are a bit tough — but save them for soup stock. Trim the feathery frons, they can be used fresh or dried and added to soups, salads and fish for garnish. Peel off the marred or wilted outer layers of the bulb, if any. Then cut the bulb in half. Remove the hard middle core.

Summer dishes with fennel If you are using fennel for dips or in crudité, peel each stalk off the bulb. Slather it with your favorite blue cheese, herbed goat cheese or hummus and it will be a sure hit at your next potluck event. The cheese and licorice combo is delightful.

For salads take the bulb and cut the halves into quarters and slice the fennel crosswise. Fennel is excellent raw in salads and creates a flavorful boost to any summer salad. Tomato, fennel and avocado salad with a light vinaigrette dressing is light and refreshing.

Grilling fennel is amazing. Serve it with other veggies and it lends a unique flavor to a grilled veggie sandwich. It’s excellent served with pasta, too, and pairs well with fish, particularly salmon, but lovely with snapper, too. Summer calls for chilled soups. One to try is an asparagus and fennel soup with a hint of cream, salt and pepper.

Fennel is abundant during the year and fun to create cooling summer dishes with.

I recently prepared two delicious dishes with fennel: a fennel pesto and a fennel and snapper dish. I purchased the fresh snapper from the Little Fish Company at local farmers’ market.

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Watch Priya Hutner’s video tips for fennel:

> Prepping fennel > Making fennel pesto

Next on my list to prepare for a fall/ winter fennel dish is Fennel Al Forno, baked with mozzarella, Parmesan and bread crumbs.

Enjoy fennel and let us know what you do with it. Share your recipe at facebook. com/TheTahoeWeekly.  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.

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The four-course, farm-fresh dinners are offered on Aug. 5 and 19, and Sept. 9 and include wine, beverage and live music.

Dinners are $130 per person. | RSVP sierravalleyfarms.com

Summer winemaker dinner Northstar Ritz-Carton Lake Tahoe presents a summer winemaker dinner series at Manzanita at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 7, Sept. 4 and Sept. 9. Guests can experience a fourcourse culinary and wine-pairing adventure in the mountains featuring regional and Northern California wineries and fresh local ingredients prepared by our chefs. | RSVP ritzcarlton.com/laketahoe

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

Slow food gardening

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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.

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

Kings Beach Caliente offers tequila tastings on the first Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. Admission is complimentary if you purchase one full-priced cocktail from the bar before the tasting. Participants must be age 21 and older to attend. Complimentary appetizers are included. | calientetahoe.com

Huskies like hops Tahoe Mountain Brewing Co. Taproom in Truckee hosts Hops for Huskies on the first Friday of every month from 3 to 8 p.m.

Stop by and enjoy the local brews and $1 from every beer purchased benefits Tahoe Husky Rescue. | tahoehuskyrescue.org

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our wine mission, should you choose to accept it, is to spread your wings and try something new, expand your horizons.

If you follow this road map, the experience will be probably much to your liking.

Visit a dedicated wine purveyor. It can be a locally owned favorite. You know, the one with shelves full of treasures floor-toceiling and cases piled on the floor. It can also be a large wine retailer with neat rows of shelves and crisp and clear signage. It is highly unlikely that the local chain grocer or multi-department big-box store will be fertile hunting ground because they carry only the usual suspects.

Taylor Woollsey and Zach Lancaster’s wine adventure.

contains wine primarily from the Mourvèdre grape and will be dark and stout and probably just right for the roast-beast feast you have planned for the evening.

Ponder white treasures such as Italian Soave, Verdicchio or Greco di Tufo; Grüner Veltliners from Austria; Müller Thurgau from southern Oregon or a dry Mendocino Gewürztraminer. Explore red wines, such as a Bonarda from Argentina, a Teroldego from the Alto Adige, a Carménère from Chile or even a Norton from Missouri.

Trust that with your local wine guru or the Internet as your guide, you will at the very least know if the object of your interest is light and lithe or dense and musky, sweet as pie or dry and dusky. Well, bad rhyming notwithstanding, you get the idea.

Here are some more suggestions: Complex and yummy white wines include Argentinian Torrontés, Hungarian Furmint, Spanish Albariños and Oregon Pinot Gris.

There are myriad other great pours to be had by exploring the wine road less traveled.

The mysterious and the familiar.

Walk past the rows of Pinots, Chardonnays, Cabernets, Sauvignon Blancs, Shiraz, Malbecs, bubbles and blends — even past the usually smaller sections of Chianti, Rioja and Bordeaux — to deep, dark places marked by signs such as “Other Whites/ Reds” from places such as Austria, Campania or the Finger Lakes. There you will find bottles with mysterious labels listing grapes, such as Grüner Veltliner or Aglianico or some with no more information than the nearest village, Banyuls.

Fear not. Your wine mission has never been safer and easier. Even without an expert advisor in tow, you need only be armed with a smart phone to discover that the bottle of Bandol you are considering

On the red side, try spicy Austrian Blaufränkisch or Zweigelt, Northern Italian Dolcetto or Schiava, big and bold GSMs from Paso Robles or Monastrell from Jumilla in Spain.

Consider this as a starting point. There are myriad other great pours to be had by exploring the wine road less traveled. Bon voyage.  Lou Phillips is a Level 3 Advanced Sommelier and his consulting business WineProwest.com assists in the selling, buying and managing wine collections. He may be reached at (775) 544-3435 or lou@ wineprowest.com. Visit TheTahoeWeekly.com for more wine columns. Click on Wine Column under the Local Flavor tab.

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was sitting at work recently and asked if anyone had any requests for a recipe.

Two people at different times asked for a bean salad recipe, so I am granting them their wish.

For this salad, I use two kinds of beans.

One thing you want to remember is to go through your beans well before rinsing and soaking them to be certain there are no little stones in them, which is common, especially with black beans.

One thing you want to remember is to go through your beans well before rinsing and soaking them to be certain there are no little stones in them, which is common, especially with black beans.

Rinse, soak and cook the beans separately from each other. They should be allowed to soak overnight. As soon as they are done cooking, run them under cold water to stop them from overcooking. I use equal amounts of both beans and that it why it is a bean salad as opposed to a black bean salad that would have more black beans than navy beans.

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I add corn, red or green pepper, red onion, cilantro and jalapeños, which are optional. Once the beans are ready, you can place everything in a bowl and mix together.

For the vinaigrette, stir all the ingredients together except the oil. Once everything has been whisked together, slowly whisk in the oil.

A basic vinaigrette is made with a ratio of one part vinegar to three parts oil with Dijon mustard and some kind of sweetener, such as sugar, honey, maple syrup or frozen fruit juice concentrate. Those ingredients are in almost all vinaigrettes, but there are always exceptions to the rule as well as to the taste buds. For this particular salad, I do not use any additional sweetener.

In a vinaigrette, I will vary the oil I use to complement and maximize the flavor of that particular dressing. I use a nice extra virgin olive oil for the salad so no ingredients are overpowered and in the taste there is still a hint of olive.

Refrigerate the finished salad for at least an hour before serving to allow the flavors to absorb. Add a bean salad to your next cookout 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. Contact him at tmmsmitty@gmail.com or (530) 412-3598. To read archived copies of Smitty’s column, visit chefsmitty.com or TheTahoeWeekly.com. Click on Chef’s Recipe under the Local Flavor tab.

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From the kitchen of: Chef David “Smitty” Smith 8 oz. black beans 8 oz. navy beans 1 C corn 1 C red or green pepper, diced 1 C red onion, diced ¼ to ½ C chopped cilantro

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Pick out any stones from the beans; rinse and soak overnight. Cook the beans until tender and immediately run them under cold water to stop them from over cooking. Place in a bowl with the rest of the ingredients and mix together.

In a separate bowl whisk all the ingredients together except the oil. Slowly whisk in the oil.

Pour over the salad and mix. Place it in refrigerator for at least an hour before serving.

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