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Features Sierra Stories 14

Out & About Sightseeing 06 Lake Tahoe Facts 07 Events 08 For the Kids 11 Golf Column 13 Golf Courses 13 Wet ‘n’ Dirty 15

Arts & Culture Arborglyphs 16 The Arts 17

Fun & Games Puzzles & Horoscope 18

Music Scene Entertainment 19 Calendar & Live Music Spin Doctors 19 Truckee Improv Troupe 22

Local Flavor Tasty Tidbits 23 Bacchi’s 23 Wine Column 25 Chef’s Recipe 26

ON THE COVER Trail running is one of the myriad of human-powered activities offered during the annual Alpenglow Mountain Festival from June 16 to 24. Read about this year’s offerings in this issue and at TheTahoeWeekly.com. | Blair Lockhart, courtesy Alpenglow Sports

PRINT TARIFFS WILL HURT AMERICA FROM THE PUBLISHER

Print tariffs? What print tariffs? That’s the puzzled question posed to me each time I mention one of the unknown tariffs that will hurt American businesses directly and indirectly.

This proposed tariff has received little or no coverage on your TV news broadcast and is not well-known outside of regular newspaper readers, but this tariff will impact small businesses that rely on uncoated groundwood paper coming from Canada – newspapers, magazines, book publishers, printers that make products from playbills and yearbooks to church bulletins to scores of other businesses that in turn serve these small businesses.

Most publications, including Tahoe Weekly, are printed on groundwood paper, which is made from wood pulp. About 60 percent of this paper comes from Canada, and there are only a handful of paper mills in the United States that even produce this type of paper.

Earlier this year, North Pacific Paper Company, a paper mill in Washington state that employs 300 people and is owned by a New York private equity firm levied a claim that Canada was “dumping” paper in the United States and the Commerce Department reacted by levying duties that total 30 percent. The cost of paper, of course, went up.

As the Commerce Department prepares to make a final decision around Labor Day, publishers across the country are looking at 32 percent print tariffs to be imposed. Publishers have reacted with layoffs at newspapers ranging from small weeklies and dailies across the country up to larger newspapers like the Tampa Bay Times.

At Tahoe Weekly, we’ve had to make cuts to meet this attack on the publishing industry by cutting our summer fishing column, the charts we feature with local hiking and mountain biking trails, local boat ramps and public piers, kids activities and others, and cutting our Puzzles from two pages down to one. Fortunately, the Internet offers a limitless amount of publishing space, so readers will still find information on local beaches, disc golf courses, trails, boating information and much more at TheTahoeWeekly.com.

The decision from the Trump administration isn’t final and I’d urge everyone that reads the Tahoe Weekly or any publication or book, to write your legislator and oppose this tariff that will destroy publications across the country, and in turn tens of thousands of jobs.

You can find more information and join the coalition representing U.S. publishing companies at stopnewsprinttariffs.org. 

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… the mighty Sierra, miles in height, and so gloriously colored and so radiant, it seemed not clothed with light but wholly composed of it, like the wall of some celestial city... Then it seemed to me that the Sierra should be called, not the Nevada or Snowy Range, but the Range of Light.

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The wildflowers are emerging at Ward Creek State Park on Tahoe’s West Shore. | Katherine E. Hill

ATTRACTIONS Cave Rock

North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden

East Shore

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

Eagle Rock

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

West Shore

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

Explore Tahoe

North Tahoe Arts Center

Tahoe Art League Gallery South Lake Tahoe

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

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

Emerald Bay

Tahoe City

(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.)

TART/BlueGo

Heavenly

(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. Ticket required. BlueGo

Tahoe City Field Station

West Shore

Parking fee | parks.ca.gov (530) 525-7232 Park | (530) 583-9911 Tours Sugar Pine Point State Park is home to the historic Ehrman Mansion (summer tours), 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, events and more.

Ticket required. TART

Kings Beach

northtahoebusiness.org Kings Beach is a popular spot for dining and shopping with the North Shore’s largest sandy beach located in the heart of town.

Free parking at North Tahoe Beach, Brook Street, Minnow and the Christmas Tree lot on Hwy. 28. TART

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(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. (summer tours). TART

MUSEUMS Donner Memorial Visitor Center

Soda Springs

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

East Shore

Readings taken on Friday, June 8, 2018 ELEVATION :

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Olympic Valley

Tahoe Maritime Museum

Tahoe City

(530) 583-9283 | tahoemaritimemuseum.org Features guided tours, exhibits and hands-on activities for kids on Tahoe’s maritime history.

TART

Tahoe Science Center

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

Truckee

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

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

Incline Village 969 Tahoe Blvd.

(800) 468-2463

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 South Lake Tahoe

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

BlueGo

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 Rd. (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 Truckee

(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 (summer tours). TART

3080 N. Lake Blvd.

(530) 583-3593 (Fridays)

U.S. Forest Service | Truckee 10811 Stockrest Springs Rd. (530) 587-3558

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KidZone Children’s Museum

Old Jail Museum

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

Lake Tahoe Museum

FLOW AT FARAD

Tahoe City

Gatekeeper’s Museum

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Taylor Creek Visitor Center South Lake Tahoe

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

CAPACITY: C 226,500

CAPACITY: A 20,400

Emerald Bay

Donner Summit Historical Society

South Lake Tahoe

CAPACITY: 29,840

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

(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

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.

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DONNER 9,384

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

(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

RESERVOIR CAPACITY

STAMPEDE 223,236

Olympic Museum

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

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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

South Lake Tahoe

Hellman-Ehrman Mansion

Tahoe City

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

South Lake Tahoe

Fannette Island

Incline Village

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Maximum depth: 1,645 feet

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Age of Lake Tahoe: 2 million years

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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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CAVE ROCK

Zephyr Cove

Average Water Temperature: 42.1˚F

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

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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 69.2 in 2016. 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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fter we pull into the Prosser Hills OHV staging area a few miles north of Truckee on State Route 89, we are greeted by Off Road Tahoe owner Sean Field and communications manager Cassandra Walker. They direct us to a tent filled with snacks, helmets, waivers and, most prominently, state-of-the-art Utility Task Vehicles (UTV) ready to tackle any kind of terrain in the Tahoe National Forest.

Field, who grew up in North Lake Tahoe, has spent more than 15 years ripping around on dirt bikes, quad runners and rock-crawling vehicles. He used to go out on these trails with his friends in his 1985 Toyota and yearned to share this experience with other people. Last year, he invested in a few two- and four-seat 2018 Can-Am Commanders with all of the bells and whistles. “Like your Baja race dream come true,” Field says.

ANNIVERSARY OF

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TRUCKEE’S FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN

TOP: A forest road | Courtesy Off Road Tahoe; LEFT:

View of Prosser Reservoir | Kayla Anderson; FAR LEFT: Cruising along | Courtesy Kayla Anderson.

It is the perfect day to go off-roading in Tahoe because it rained the day before and the trail is a little damp. We have embarked on the three-hour tour that covers about 21 miles of terrain in the Sierra; Field and Walker set the pace.

I am the driver and within the first few minutes, I’m splashing through mud puddles, climbing over jagged rocks, going through stretches of pine needles, wood chips and brushing up against manzanita.

I try to keep up with Field; although he assures me several times that it’s OK to go at my own pace.

In the middle of nowhere, we come upon a beautiful paved bridge over Prosser Creek and stop to take some pictures.

Then, we hop back in the UTVs and do some hill climbing to creep up to the top of mountains. We admire the gorgeous vistas and beautiful meadows as we bump and fly through the back country. I must have said, “It’s so beautiful,” at least a dozen times.

We get to our second stop, a peak overlooking Prosser, Boca and Stampede reservoirs. It feels so secluded in this quiet natural environment.

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We admire the gorgeous vistas and beautiful meadows as we bump and fly through the back country.

“I like to think of this trail as the Overlook Playground,” Field says. He notes that he goes days without seeing anyone out here. You’re more likely to encounter a bear or deer on the trail.

Taking in the scenery, we hop back in the vehicles and careen over to our third overlook of the trip. We are in awe at the expansive scene in front of us. To the left we can see the backside of Tahoe Donner ski area, to the right is the backside of

Castle Peak Ridge; underneath us is a pristine green pasture. We take a moment to soak in the views.

My boyfriend gets behind the wheel and he’s like a bat out of hell, careening down the mountain and going as fast as he can. He looked like a kid in a candy store. We stop at Sagehen Creek on the way back and bask in the relaxing sound of rushing water. For groups that want to have a catered lunch on their tour, this is a good place to stop.

About 20 minutes later, we arrive back at the trailhead with huge smiles on our faces. I loved driving the UTV, the beautiful overlooks and even being a passenger, which is like being on a roller coaster.

Plus, Field and Walker are so friendly, accommodating and knowledgeable about the area; it’s comforting to know that all of Off Road Tahoe guides are Wilderness First Responder-certified and stewards of the land. The 4x4 vehicles are safe and comfortable — thanks to the automatic shock absorbers — and give you the chance to really explore.

When I travel to other places, I seek out activities like this, so it was great to get to do this locally. This is a must-do experience for adventure seekers visiting Tahoe or locals looking for a new experience. | offroadtahoe.com 

The Sierra State Parks Foundation hosts a talk by Jerry Blackwill of the Truckee Donner Railroad Society on June 16 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the 150th anniversary of the first passenger train arriving in Truckee from Sacramento.

On June 18, 1868, the Central Pacific Railroad train departed at 6:30 a.m. from Sacramento headed to Truckee. The train was led by the locomotive “Antelope” pulling a freight car, a baggage car and three loaded passenger cars. It went through the eight recently completed tunnels at Donner Summit and then down Coldstream Canyon to Truckee. After stopping in Truckee, the train continued on to Reno arriving about 8 p.m.

The program is at the Donner Memorial State Park visitor center. Complimentary refreshments will be served, with beverages available for purchase. A $5 donation is suggested for this free program. Parking is free after 5 p.m. | sierrastateparks.org

JUNE 14 | THURSDAY Conversation Café Aspen Grove Community Center | Incline Village This is a drop-in conversation forum every week except holidays. Participate with people sharing diverse views and a passion for engaging with others over topics and news.

10:15-11:15 a.m. | (775) 832-1310

Help with computers Kings Beach Library | Kings Beach

Ongoing computer held. First Thursdays of the month are “Exploring the Interweb,” second Thursdays are “Computers Questions with Carl LeBlanc,” third Thursdays are “Everything iPhone” and fourth Thursdays are differing themes about technology. 3-4 p.m. | placer.ca.gov

June 14-20, 2018

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EVENTS Truckee Thursdays

Cool Car Cruizen Fridays

Bar of America | Truckee

Heavenly Village | South Lake Tahoe

Current Thoughts on the Economy Donald W. Reynolds Community Non-Profit Center | Incline Village Current Thoughts on the Economy 2018 provides an economic overview of important trends, insights, and timely economic issues. Learn about the tax law changes and asset classes. And this year’s panel discussion about Bitcoin and Blockchain is sure to be spirited. The question and answer time is always a lively part of this interactive forum. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free | (775) 298-0184, parasol.org

Little Known Stories from Tahoe’s Past UC Davis Environmental Research Center Incline Village

UC Davis Environmental Research Center presents Bill Morgan talking about Little Known Stories from Tahoe’s Past. 6 p.m. | terc.ucdavis.edu

Tahoe Star Tours Northstar’s Dark Skies Cosmoarium Truckee

Northstar Dark Skies Cosmoarium offers star guide Tony Berendsen for an intimate look at the Sierra stars. View the cosmos through high-powered Celestron telescopes. 7-10 p.m. | eventbrite.com

JUNE 15 | FRIDAY Champions Plaza celebration Champions Plaza | South Lake Tahoe

Honor national and world champion athletes from South Lake Tahoe and celebrate their induction into the Walk of Champions, a paved walkway that will run through the Plaza and compliment the sculpture. The City will memorialize local champions by engraving their names and their highest achievements in the walkway. 12 p.m. Free | cityofslt.us

Lifescapes Incline Village Library | Incline Village

A memoir-writing program for seniors.

2-4 p.m. | (775) 832-4130

Join the fun every Friday until Oct. 12.

All cool vehicles welcome. 5-8 p.m. Free | goodsamsaferide.com

Summer Gala 2018 Wild West World Sierra Nevada College | Incline Village

Sierra Nevada College’s Wild West World.

Join us for an amazing evening in a meticulously crafted Wild West World. Immerse yourself in the world of SNC Tahoe, where our students have the freedom to become who they always wanted to be. 5:30-9 p.m. | (775) 831-1314, sierranevada.edu

Courtesy TCDA

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. 5-8:30 p.m. | barofamerica.com

Tahoe Star Tours Northstar’s Dark Skies Cosmoarium Truckee

Northstar Dark Skies Cosmoarium offers star guide Tony Berendsen for an intimate look at the Sierra stars. View the cosmos through high-powered Celestron telescopes.

7-10 p.m. | eventbrite.com

JUNE 16 | SATURDAY Day in the Paradise Tahoe Paradise Park | Meyers

A fun-filled event for the whole family featuring a pancake breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Followed by Duck Races, kids games with prizes, Car & Truck Show and Shine, a Luau with roasted pig, beer and wine garden, a silent auction and live music. 8 a.m.-7 p.m. | tahoeparadisepark.com

TA H O E C I T Y H O S T S

SOLSTICE FESTIVAL

One of Tahoe City’s signature events and a fundraiser for the nonprofit Tahoe City Downtown Association, the 13th annual Tahoe City Food & Wine Classic will return to the shore of Lake Tahoe on June 16 from 1 to 5 p.m. And, for the first time, the event has sold out. However, there are still many great events to enjoy throughout Tahoe City.

The four-day Solstice Festival brings together artisan food and wine, acclaimed musicians and artists, and the popular shops, restaurants and galleries that add to the character and charm of Tahoe City. Festival highlights include the North Lake Tahoe Plein Air through June 16, the Tahoe City Farmer’s Market on Thursday, Classic Car Stroll on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m., the Grab Your Glass event at Café Zenon on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. open to all, and the summer’s first Concert at Commons Beach featuring the Dead Winter Carpenters on Sunday at 4 p.m. | visittahoecity.org

Tahoe Star Tours Northstar’s Dark Skies Cosmoarium Truckee

Northstar Dark Skies Cosmoarium offers star guide Tony Berendsen for an intimate look at the Sierra stars. View the cosmos through high-powered Celestron telescopes. 7-10 p.m. | eventbrite.com

JUNE 18 | MONDAY Truckee Historic Walking Tour Truckee California Welcome Center Truckee

Historic Downtown Truckee comes alive during this free tour that includes stories of railroad barons, lumber mills, ice harvesting, and other characters. The tour includes architecture, history, stories, and facts.

Lasts 1.5 hours, less than 1 mile, mostly flat.

4-5:30 p.m. Free | (530) 448-4143, mountaintowntours.wordpress.com

Legal assistance

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North Tahoe Family Resource Center Kings Beach

Tahoe Mountain Lab | South Lake Tahoe

North Tahoe Family Resource Center offers legal assistance and mediation on family law, employment, landlord-tenant disputes and other civil issues. Those with questions must make an appointment.

JUNE 19 | TUESDAY Tahoe Regional Young Professionals mixer Caliente | Kings Beach

The TRYP North Shore mixer includes a free drink and appetizers for attendees. Attendees will have the opportunity to socialize with other professionals and expand their network.

5:30-8:30 p.m. | tahoetryp.org

Join a roundtable discussion for entrepreneurs. Talk about your latest endeavor, roadblock and success. Get help and advice or give some out to someone else. 6-8 p.m. | tahoemountainlab.com

JUNE 20 | WEDNESDAY Jibboom Street Toastmasters Truckee Regional Airport Conference room Truckee

Share interests and goals in a positive, supportive environment. Toastmasters helps expand one’s knowledge and horizons.

Guests welcome. 7:30-8:30 a.m. | chamber.truckee.com

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Safe Driver Course

Blair Lockhart | Courtesy Alpenglow Mountain Festival

Blair Lockhart | Courtesy Alpenglow Mountain Festival

Aspen Grove | Incline Village

C E L E B R AT I O N O F T H E TA H O E S I E R R A AT

MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL

The return of the sixth annual Alpenglow Mountain Festival marks the return of summer in the Tahoe Sierra with its celebration of human-powered mountain sports in the Tahoe Sierra designed to welcome outdoor enthusiasts to explore, learn and enjoy the Sierra Nevada. From June 16 to 24, the Mountain Festival features guided trail runs hikes, paddleboard, swimming and rock climbing clinics, wildflower walks and bird watching, talks and clinics and the Broken Arrow Skyrace (see Wet ‘n’ Dirty in this issue). This year also features a Van Life Rally. Most events are free, but advance registration is required to participate. | alpenglowsports.com

JUNE 15-17

Intro to Rock Climbing

JUNE 22

Broken Arrow Skyrace

8 a.m. | Donner Summit

Open Water Swimming for Beginners

Beginner’s Guide to Hiking

8 a.m. | Sugar Pine Point State Park

Squaw Valley

JUNE 16

9 a.m. | Tahoe City

Lakeshore Yoga 8 a.m. | Commons Beach | Tahoe City

Beginner’s Trail Run Beginner’s Backpacking

9 a.m. | North Lake Tahoe

9 a.m. | North Lake Tahoe

Wildflower Walk 9 a.m. | North Lake Tahoe

JUNE 17

Beginner’s Guided Hike Women’s Fun Run 5 p.m. | Tahoe Cross Country

Beginner’s Hike

JUNE 20

9 a.m. | Olympic Valley

Beginner’s SUP clinic 9 a.m. | Tahoe City

Intermediate Hike 9 a.m. | West Shore

9 a.m. | Ellis Peak

Wildflowers, Art & Tea 9:30 a.m. | Page Meadows

Van Life 9 a.m. | North Lake Tahoe

Women’s Fun Run 9 a.m. | Tahoe City

Backcountry Bartending

Tailgate Talk on Pacific Crest Trail

Wildflower Walk

6:30 p.m. | Alpenglow Sports | Tahoe City

9:30 a.m. | Desolation Wilderness

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JUNE 18

Salomon athlete Meet & Greet

Open Water Swimming for Intermediates

Beginner Trail Running clinic

4 p.m. | Alpenglow Sports

7 a.m. | Emerald Bay

Alpenglow Sports Fun Run

Lakeshore Yoga

5:30 p.m. | Tahoe Cross County

8 a.m. | Commons Beach | Tahoe City

JUNE 21

4 p.m. | Tahoe Cross Country

9 a.m. | Tahoe City

Wildflower Walk 9 a.m. | North Lake Tahoe

Incline Village Recreation Center offers AARP Safe Driver Course so older drivers can learn how to adjust to age-related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time. Course completion may qualify the driver for Nevada-based insurance company discounts. Meet in Aspen Grove. 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | yourtahoeplace.com

Meet the Mayor Senior Center | South Lake Tahoe

Join Major Wendy David for “Let’s Have a Conversation” with special guest Interim City Manager Dirk Brazil. 9 a.m. | cityofslt.us

Truckee Talkers Toastmasters Truckee Town Hall Conference Room | Truckee

Find a supportive learn-by-doing environment at Toastmasters to achieve personal goals. Guests welcome. 12-1 p.m. | chamber.truckee.com

JUNE 21 | THURSDAY River Talk Truckee River Watershed Council office | Truckee

Join a short, informational River Talk about past and present threats to the Truckee River and how to help restore and protect it. Learn how human impact has damaged the Truckee River Watershed and hear about the work the Watershed Council is doing to reverse this damage. RSVP (530) 550-8760, ext. 5. 8-9 a.m.

Free | truckeeriverwc.org

Conversation Café Aspen Grove Community Center | Incline Village

This is a drop-in conversation forum every week except holidays. Participate with people sharing diverse views and a passion for engaging with others over topics and news. 10:1511:15 a.m. | (775) 832-1310

Help with computers Kings Beach Library | Kings Beach

Ongoing computer held. First Thursdays of the month are “Exploring the Interweb,” second Thursdays are “Computers Questions with Carl LeBlanc,” third Thursdays are “Everything iPhone” and fourth Thursdays are differing themes about technology. 3-4 p.m. | placer.ca.gov

Truckee Thursdays Bar of America | Truckee

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 5-8:30 p.m. | barofamerica.com

Forest Futures 11012 DPR | Truckee

Trail Klean Up

Lakeshore Yoga

Basic Wilderness Aid for Your Dog

9 a.m. | Olympic Valley

8 a.m. | Commons Beach | Tahoe City

8 a.m. | Cedar House Sport Hotel | Truckee

Astro Photography & Light Painting workshop

Self Rescue for Rock Climbers

Intro to Rock Climbing

8 a.m. | Donner Summit

8 a.m. | Donner Summit

Birdwatching for Beginners

Beginner SUP

8 a.m. | Page Meadows

8:30 a.m. | Sugar Pine Point State Park

T50 Presents: Forest Futures, a salon series that explores investing in the future of our forests.

Conservation Science Partners: revealing new technology funded by TTCF and Martis Fund. Featuring Brett G Dickson, PhD, president and chief scientist; Tony Chang, PhD; David H. Smith conservation research fellow at CSP, which seeks to develop strategi 6-8:30 p.m. | eventbrite.com

Open Water Swimming for Beginners

Trail Running for Beginners

Tahoe Star Tours

JUNE 19 Lakeshore Yoga

8 a.m. | Sand Harbor State Park

4 p.m. | Tahoe City

Trail run beginner’s clinic 5 p.m. | Tahoe City

8 a.m. | Commons Beach

9 a.m. | Ellis Peak

JUNE 24

Beginner’s Guided Hike

Equipment Repair Workshop

Trail Running Photography workshop

9 a.m. | North Lake Tahoe

9 a.m. | Alpenglow Sports

8 a.m. | Tahoe City

Salomon Pub Run

Beginner’s Guided Hike

4 p.m. | Tahoe City

9 a.m. | Ellis Peak

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Northstar’s Dark Skies Cosmoarium | Truckee

Northstar Dark Skies Cosmoarium offers star guide Tony Berendsen for an intimate look at the Sierra stars. View the cosmos through high-powered Celestron telescopes. 7-10 p.m. | eventbrite.com

Visit the Event Calendar at TheTahoeWeekly.com for a complete list of events.

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June 14-20, 2018

For the Kids

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The annual Kids Fishing Derby sponsored by the Rotary Club of Truckee will be held on June 16 at the Coldstream pond behind Donner Memorial State Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for children ages 12 and younger. Both residents and visitors are welcome to this free event. There is limited gear available, so bring personal gear. There will be food and drinks available for purchase. | truckeerotary.org

Pre-Schooler Story Time

Mini-Munchkins tennis clinics

Tahoe City Library | Tahoe City | June 14, 21

Incline Tennis Center | Incline Village June 14, 18, 21

For ages 5 and younger. 10:30-11 a.m. | (530) 583-3382, placer.ca.gov

Toddler Story Time Incline Village Library | Incline Village | June 14, 21

A perfect opportunity to develop the aspiring tennis player, ages 3 to 4. Enrollment is available in monthly sessions or daily drop-in, if space is available. 3-3:30 p.m. | yourtahoeplace.com

With stories, puppets, music and movement for ages 18 months to 3 years. 11:1511:45 a.m. | (775) 832-4130

Paws To Read

Preschool story time

Children can practice reading to friendly therapy dogs and receive a free book. All ages welcome. 4-5 p.m. | (775) 832-4130

Truckee Library | Truckee | June 14, 21

For ages 3 years and older. A half-hour stayand-play after the reading. 11:30 a.m. | (530) 582-7846, mynevadacounty.com

Tea with Mrs. Tevis Tallic Historic Site | South Lake Tahoe | June 14

Join Mrs. Tevis, the second owner of the Pope Estate, on the front porch to hear about her life, her family and the estate while enjoying light refreshments; then, explore her Arboretum and learn about how it came to be. This is an outdoor program; quiet pets welcome. 2-3 p.m. | info@tahoeheritage.org, tahoeheritage.org

FREE BOWLING

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Incline Village Library | Incline Village | June 14

Bike Park Lessons River View Sports Park | Truckee June 14, 19, 21

Bike park classes that encourage all riders, 6 to 18, at every level, beginner, intermediate, or expert to build their skills, boost their confidence, and progress their riding in an inclusive, fun park environment. Helmets, elbow pads, knee pads, gloves are required. 5-7 p.m. | tdrpd.org

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Junior Mountain Riders

Summer Swim Camp

Tahoe Cross Country Ski Center Tahoe City | June 18

Truckee Donner Recreation & Park District Truckee | June 14

Get the swim boost you need before summer starts or use this class to see if Summer Swim Team will be the right fit for you. All ages. 6-7 p.m. | tdrpd.org

Ages 7 to 11 can build confidence and skills. Drop in or bike all season long every Monday at the Tahoe Cross Country Ski Center with Junior Mountain Bike Riders. Will ride for about 1.5 hours. Riders are grouped by ability and experience. $10 | tcpud.org

Family Fun Fridays

Preschool Story Time

KidZone Museum | Truckee | June 15

Kings Beach Library | Kings Beach | June 19

Play-based class designed to inspire exploration and discovery through art. For ages 5 and younger. 11 a.m. | kidzonemuseum.org

Make It! Take It! Tahoe City Library | Tahoe City | June 15, 19-21

$110/person Monday, tuesday, or Wednesday until july 11 at old greenwood and gray’s crossing Play Old Greenwood or Gray’s Crossing and experience the finest golf and course conditions in the High Sierra. Now until July 11 take advantage of our $110/person rate every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

The Courses Old Greenwood’s eighteen holes of mountain perfection are a ‘must-play’ for any serious golfer, while Gray’s Crossing features fast greens and tournament-like conditions every day. to book your tee time call (530) 550-7044

Old Greenwood | GolfinTahoe.com | Gray’s Crossing

Get your maker hat on at the library with crafts for elementary age kids on a drop-in basis. Each week a new project will be revealed.

Crafts can be done in the library or take it to go. 12-5 p.m. | eventbrite.com

Tallac Historic Site | South Lake Tahoe | June 15

This interactive program gives children ages 6 to 12 the chance to learn about baking and the busy atmosphere of our early 20th Century kitchen. They bake 1920’s recipes from scratch and when finished, enjoy their accomplishment or take home to family members to share their experience. 1-2 p.m. | info@ tahoeheritage.org, tahoeheritage.org

Teen Scene Kahle Community Center | Stateline | June 15

Kids in grades 6-12 can shoot hoops, play volleyball, climb the rock wall and play arcade or video games. 6:30-9 p.m. $5 | (775) 586-7271

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Truckee Library | Truckee | June 19

For ages 18 months to 3 years. A half-hour stay and play after the reading. 10:30 a.m. | (530) 582-7846

Tech Tuesdays Incline Village Library | Incline Village | June 19

Offers kids a fun way to explore different ways to learn about technology. A new activity each week. 4-5 p.m. | (775) 832-4130

Robots, Dive Gear & Bomb Suits Incline Village Library | Incline Village | June 19

Celebrate Navy Week as sailors provide robotic demonstrations allowing adults and children of all ages to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics with the Navy. 6:30 p.m. | (775) 832-4130, washoecountylibrary.us

Youth Backcountry Camps Tahoe venues | Tahoe City | June 19

A fun-filled event for the whole family featuring a pancake breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Followed by Duck Races, kids games with prizes, Car & Truck Show and Shine, a Luau with roasted pig, beer and wine garden, a silent auction and live music. 8 a.m.-7 p.m. | tahoeparadisepark.com

Youth participants will backpack 3 to 6 miles per day with Tahoe Rim Trail Association and Tahoe Institute for Natural Science for ages 12 to 14. Learn new back-country skills and support fellow adventurers in the wild while exploring the flora and fauna of the Tahoe Basin. All gear, food and instruction are provided. | tahoerimtrail.org

Lego Club

Story Time

Truckee Library | Truckee | June 16

Truckee Library | Truckee | June 20

Tahoe Paradise Park | Meyers | June 16

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Preschool Storytime is every Tuesday from 10:30-11am. Each week a different theme. Kids work on multi-sensory pre-literacy skills. Stop by for the fun and read books, sing songs, learn nursery rhymes, and do a fun and easy crafts.

10:30-11 a.m. Free | (530) 546-2021, placer.ca.gov

Ongoing for kids. 12-1 p.m. | (530) 582-7846, mynevadacounty.com

For ages 6 months to 2 years. A half-hour stay and play after the reading. 10:30 a.m. | (530) 582-7846, mynevadacounty.com

Young Adult Writers’ Meetup South Lake Tahoe Library South Lake Tahoe | June 16

Meet with fellow writers for discussion and writing. Laptops available. Snacks provided. 3-4 p.m.

Story time Zephyr Cove Library | Zephyr Cove | June 20

Enjoy stories, songs, activities and coloring.

11:30 a.m. | (775) 588-6411, catalog.douglas. lib.nv.us

Kids Night Out Northwoods Clubhouse | Truckee | June 16

Kids ages 4-9 are invited to an evening of fun at Northwoods Clubhouse while parents enjoy a night on the town. 5-9 p.m. | tahoedonner.com

Cooking For Kids Truckee Donner Recreation & Park District Truckee | June 18

In Cooking for Kids, children 9 to 12 will learn simple meals and snacks that take little time. Class time will include hands-on food preparation, clean up & tasting. Prepare dishes like pasta, burritos, baked goods, beverages & spreads. 4-5 p.m. | tdrpd.org

Kids playtime Truckee Library | Truckee | June 18

Truckee Library hosts an unstructured playtime for children and parents. Toys are provided. 4:305:30 p.m. | (530) 582-7846, mynevadacounty.com

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Mermaid Swim Truckee Donner Recreation & Park District Truckee | June 20

Drop-in swim time for mermaids without a Mermaid University Certificate. Mermaid time with certificate is any public swim times. 6-7 p.m. | tdrpd.org

Mountian Biking Adventures Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake Tahoe | June 21

Whether new to the sport or an advanced rider between the ages of 7 to 15, come join the adventure of mountain biking in Lake Tahoe. Various workshops ranging from the basics of mountain biking, racing, safety and bike maintenance to the technique of how to ride rough, technical terrain with more efficiency and confidence are being offered. $245 | ltcc.asap.connected.com

Visit the Event Calendar at TheTahoeWeekly.com for a complete list of events.

June 14-20, 2018

OUT & ABOUT

G R I Z Z LY R A N C H Gol f Cl ub

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BY JOHN DEE

Course Details 18 holes | par 72

Yardage 5374 to 7411

Slope 71.8 to 74.9

Ratings 130 to 140 The view from the 4th tee.

grew up in Milwaukee where I got used to driving 15 to 20 minutes to tee it up.

A trip of an hour plus is a real road trip.

That’s why it’s amazing that a course an hour and 18 minutes north of Truckee is such a hot spot for high-quality golf.

One of these courses is Grizzly Ranch Golf Club, which is a Bob Cupp design opened in 2005. I heard wonderful things about it and it has garnered numerous awards, such as 2014 Golf Digest’s No. 1 Best Public Access Course in the Sierras.

Grizzly has a lot of strong local competition, so it must have something really special to make it stand out.

A picturesque drive of 80 minutes takes you to Grizzly Ranch. Because it was originally a private club, amenities are top notch. The grass range has 30 stations to stretch the muscles and a wonderful practice green/short game area available. The course does not have the usual huge elevation changes like many mountain courses do, but most tees are elevated.

The fairways are wide and landing areas generous. Holes are tree lined, but only a very errant shot will be in serious trouble.

The fairway sand traps seem to me more as targets than real hazards. A stream

snakes its way throughout the property and comes into play on a few holes. Greens are large and usually two tiered — get on the same tier as the flag and your putt won’t break much.

There are many interesting holes at Grizzly Ranch, but the one that exemplifies it best is Hole 12, a par 5 of 546 yards from the whites to 649 yards from the blacks. A creek running along the left side must be avoided off the tee. Then it crosses the fairway just past the driving area to become a hazard along the right side for the second shot. It crosses back to the left short of the green catch, a pulled third shot. Sand traps guard the right side of the green. Many par 5s can be viewed as a scoring opportunity, but not this one.

Par is a good score.

The brochure for Grizzly Ranch says that it is “removed not remote” — what a perfect description. Yes, it is 45 minutes north of Reno and surrounded by farms.

It is very enjoyable to play; not so tough that a newer golfer would have a bad time, but a good challenge to a better player.

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SIERRA STORIES J ewish life in the Gold Rush

BY MARK McLAUGHLIN

Solomon N. Carvalho

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n 1848, news that gold had been discovered in California spread quickly around the world. Tens of thousands of people answered the siren call of the Gold Rush.

The surge became the largest voluntary migration in human history. Among the masses that rushed to California were many talented and skilled Jewish pioneers.

Most were recent arrivals to America from Germany and Central Europe.

Unlike traditional Jewish communities in Old Europe where family ties and institutions were so important, the primitive cultural landscape of early California offered little support to new immigrants.

The Jewish entrepreneurs who moved into towns and opened mercantile businesses helped expand growth in the mining districts. In fact, historians have pointed out that to a significant degree: “The credit for the settlement of urban areas in the mining regions of the West belongs to the Jewish merchants and not to the romantic miner or transient prospector.”

Despite a long history of religious persecution, during the California Gold

Rush there was little overt anti-Semitism.

One contemporary noted: “The mines put all men for once upon a level. Clothes, money, manners, family connections, letters of introduction, never before counted for so little. Social and financial inequalities between men were together swept out of sight.”

In his book, “Three Years in America,” Jewish travel writer Israel J. Benjamin wrote about early San Francisco: “Nowhere else are they [ Jews] accorded as much esteem by their non-Jewish brothers and nowhere else are they so highly valued in social and political circles.”

California historian Hubert H. Bancroft agreed: “Never since the great Egyptian exodus have the Hebrew race found a soil and society better suited to their character and taste.”

Jewish merchants served on civic committees and were also active in California’s earliest entertainment societies and amateur theatrical performances.

During the 1860s, the provocative Jewish actress Adah Isaacs Menken performed in New York City in the play “Mazeppa,” based on a narrative written by English poet Lord Byron in 1819. At the climax of the play, the Russian hero Ivan Mazeppa is stripped of his clothes by his captors and bound to the back of a wild horse, which dashes away and disappears off stage.

Traditionally a stuffed dummy was tied to the barebacked horse. Adah Menken, however, decided that she would ride the horse herself, dressed only in fleshcolored tights. Her seductive performance and skimpy attire so shocked the audiences in New York City that Ms. Menken said, “I’ll go to the one place where the audience demands real art. I’ll go to San Francisco.”

After her two-month engagement in San Francisco where she was paid a record sum of $500 per night, Menken took her act to the Nevada Comstock where she appeared at Maguire’s Opera House in Virginia City. Adah had already gained international fame for her striking beauty, artistic talent and scandalous, tempestuous love affairs. She was also the highest earning actress of her time. Nevada miners had been dreaming of “La Menken” ever since her arrival in California and they showed their appreciation by showering the stage with bags of gold dust. Men-

ken’s extraordinary beauty, her flamboyant style and daring display of her shapely figure made her the sensation of the staid Victorian Age. Another memorable Jewish sojourner was Solomon N. Carvalho, an oil painter, photographer and daguerreotyper, who spent the year 1853-54 in a treacherous expedition documenting the Far West with Col. John C. Frémont. Frémont, a celebrated American explorer credited with

“The credit for the settlement of urban areas in the mining regions of the West belongs to the Jewish merchants and not to the romantic miner or transient prospector.” being the first white person to see Lake Tahoe in 1844, planned his fifth and final expedition in the West to demonstrate the feasibility of a year-round transcontinental rail route along the 38th parallel.

Frémont had heard of Carvalho’s expertise with the paintbrush and daguerreotype camera and invited him along to chronicle the expedition. Frémont interviewed Carvalho, a Sephardic Jew whose family included rabbis, teachers, writers and merchants. As testament to the colonel’s powers of persuasion, young Solomon wrote, “After a short interview with Col. Frémont, I accepted his invitation to accompany him as artist of an exploring expedition across the Rocky Mountains. A half hour previously, if anybody had suggested to me the probability of my undertaking an overland journey to California, I should have replied that there were no inducements sufficiently powerful to have tempted me. I know of no other man to whom I would have entrusted my life under similar circumstances.”

In September 1853, Carvalho said goodbye to his wife and children and joined Frémont’s 22-man pack train. Carvalho’s book, “Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West with Colonel Frémont’s Last Expedition,” is based on his diary and letters from the trip. It describes many

hardships, but also offers insight into the dedication Carvalho brought to his assignment. To make daguerreotypes in the open air, in freezing temperatures and without any protection from the elements was nearly an impossible task, but Carvalho persevered by utilizing his scientific and practical knowledge of chemicals and theory of light.

A harsh winter set in and food supplies ran dangerously low. By the time the half-frozen group stumbled into Mormonsettled Utah, Carvalho weighed only 100 pounds, 50 pounds less than when he started. His feet and fingers were frostbitten from working camera equipment in the frigid cold, he suffered from diarrhea and scurvy, and his clothes were in tatters. Yet his precious daguerreotype plates were still safe and secure.

Carvalho spent three months recuperating in Salt Lake City, the only Jew in a city of Mormons. He did not approve of polygamy but possessed a deeply felt philosophy of religious tolerance. He wrote: “The religious teachers of Mormonism preach ‘Christianity in its purity.’ With their perfect right to imbibe new religious ideas, I have no wish to interfere, nor has anyone. All religions are tolerated, or ought to be, in the United States, and I offer these remarks as an apology for the masses of honest men that they were ignorant of the practice of polygamy before their arrival in the Valley. Surrounded as they are by hostile tribes of Indians and almost insurmountable mountains of snow, they are precluded from returning home, but live among themselves, practicing as well as they know how the strict principles of virtue and morality.”

Jewish pioneers in the Far West brought a love for education and knowledge of the religious practice of their parents and elders. Once settled, Jewish immigrants gave much to their communities and helped provide the economic stability needed by so many new towns thriving on the Pacific Coast.  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. Click on History under the Explore Tahoe tab.

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John Bidwell: A Natural

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John Bidwell was no frontiersman, but he certainly proved his mettle on the California Trail in 1841 when he helped lead 34 young emigrants to California without the loss of a single life. The 21-year-old ex-schoolteacher had no trail savvy, map or compass, but Bidwell’s group became the first to prove the feasibility of an overland crossing to California.

Bidwell served as a commanding officer in the 1846-48 Mexican-American War and was later promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the California State Militia. By age 45, he was a congressman and later made an unsuccessful run for president of the United States.

Photograph and caption are from Tahoe historian Mark McLaughlin’s book, Sierra Stories: True Tales of Tahoe, Vol. 2 available in stores or at thestormking.com.

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Wet ‘n’ Dirty Visit the Event Calendar at TheTahoeWeekly.com for a complete list of events.

Mount Watson Work Day

Mountain Bike Mayhem

Tahoe Rim Trail Tahoe City | June 14

Kingsbury South trailhead Stateline | June 16

Women’s Basic Bike Maintenance Clinic

Stanford Rock workday

Truckee | June 14

Standford Rock | Tahoe City | June 16

Demo Day

Volunteer Trail Work Day

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TD Trail System | Truckee | June 16

Guided Wildflower Hikes

Wilderness First Aid

Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Olympic Valley | June 16,-21

The Cedar House Sport Hotel Truckee | June 16

Routine bike maintenance keeps you riding smoothly and prolongs the life of your bike.

This introductory class will help you take care of your bike before, during and after rides.

4-6 p.m. | tahoedonner.com

Demo kayaks from Malibu, Cobra, Dagger and Perception, and SUPs from NSP, Wai SUP, Tahoe SUP and more. | tahoedonner.com

This summer enjoy daily guided hikes from June 16 to Sept. 3 at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at High Camp. Dogs are welcome and there are no reservations necessary. 11:30 a.m. | (800) 403-0206, squawalpine.com

Come to the trailhead in the Stagecoach parking lot with other obikers to talk about local trails, offer advice (and maybe even assistance) for your bike, and generally cele-brate the fantastic mountain biking opportunities in the Tahoe Basin. 10 a.m.12 p.m. Free

TAMBA has an ambitious schedule of weekend trail days this year scattered around the lake.Volunteers are needed to help to make new connections or to make old trails more rideable. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | tamba.org

Give back and help construct a new trail between the Teton and Glacier trailheads. | tahoedonner.com

This two-day Wilderness First Aid/CPR course is suited for outdoor adventurers.

Learn skills and techniques according to practice guidelines established by the Wilderness Medical Society. | (530) 582-5655, cedarhousesporthotel.com

Guided Wildflower Hikes

Scott Rokis | Broken Arrow Skyrace

Join Tahoe Rim Trail Association to help build new trail to address erosion issues near Mount Watson. Participants will hike up to 2 miles on the trail carrying tools to access the work location. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | tahoerimtrail.org

BROKEN ARROW SKYRACE The Broken Arrow Skyrace returns to Squaw from June 15 to 17 featuring four distances – 52k, 26k, 10k and Vertical Kilometer.

Designed in the vein of the classic European Skyraces, the Broken Arrow Skyrace represents a unique style of mountain running, characterized by off-trail scrambling on steep terrain with massive amounts of vertical gain and loss. Additionally, the event consists of exposure, bolted hand lines, an exposed alpine ladder and snow slopes thrown in for good measure. The majority of each distance is run at 6,000plus-feet and above treeline.

After each race enjoy food, craft beer, music, films and fun activities for the entire family. New for 2018 is a kid’s fun race. | brokenarrowskyrace.com

Wilderness First Aid & CPR

Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Olympic Valley | June 16-21

This summer enjoy daily guided hikes from June 16 to Sept. 3 at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at High Camp. Dogs are welcome and there are no reservations necessary. 2:30 p.m. | (800) 403-0206, squawalpine.com

Hiking with Dogs Van Sickle Bi-State Park | South Lake Tahoe | June 16

Join the TRTA and dog trainer Sandy Mathiesen for this fur-friendly hike to learn about new canine gear and techniques, learn how to support better trail dog behavior and meet other trail-loving dog owners. Starts at Heavenly Village followed by 3-mile hike at the park. Register online. 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | tahoerimtrail.org

Alpine Skills International Truckee | June 16

Wilderness First Aid is an entry level, two-day course for those who are involved in wilderness activities. Basic first aid skills will be taught in the classroom and practiced hands-on in the wilderness environment. This course also meets the requirements for a WFR Refresher. 8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. $250 | (530) 582-9170, secureserver.sierraweb.com

55+ Hiking Series Area Venues | Incline Village | June 19

Hikers age 55 and older can visit different Tahoe locales as part of IVGID Senior Programs. Meet in Incline Village Recreation Center lobby. Bring water, lunch and wear appropriate clothing and shoes. 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. | yourtahoeplace.com

Mountain Bike Skills Sessions Lower Carpenter Valley hikes Lower Carpenter Valley Truckee | June 17

Truckee Donner Land Trust hosts a guided hike in the Lower Carpenter Valley. Enjoy a docent-led, 5+mile hike on mostly flat terrain on somewhat rough ranch roads at about 6,200 feet in elevation. Participants should be able to hike about 2.5 hours at a moderate pace with some stops. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | eventbrite.com

Cyclepaths Bike Shop Truckee | June 20

Offered on the the first and third Wednesdays of the month until Aug. 15. Different skills covered each week to better improve bike handling skills and mental awareness on the bike. 4:30-6 p.m. $35 | chamber. truckee.com

Mountian Biking Adventures Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake Tahoe | June 21

Whether new to the sport or an advanced rider between the ages of 7 to 15, come join the adventure of mountain biking in Lake Tahoe. Various workshops ranging from the basics of mountain biking, racing, safety and bike maintenance to the technique of how to ride rough, technical terrain with more efficiency and confidence are being offered. $245 | ltcc.asap.connected.com

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STORY & PHOTOS BY TIM HAUSERMAN

F

rom the late 19th to mid-20th Centuries, herds of sheep roamed the High Sierra meadows, managed by sheepherders; most of them were Basque immigrants.

The sheepherders eased their boredom by making their mark on the landscape: carving symbols and artwork on aspen trees where the sheep grazed. I was recently given the opportunity to discover some of this artwork, known as arborglyphs, with two passionate devotees to the art.

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Similar to the mandala sand paintings of Tibetan Buddhist monks, arborglyphs are not

TOP: A couple in an embrace; LEFT: Carvings frequently are caricatures. And prominent noses are a common feature; FAR LEFT: Man on a horse.

designed to live forever.

Nancy Hadlock’s mother is Basque, but she didn’t dive into Basque culture until she attended the University of Nevada, Reno, home of the Center for Basque Studies and a Basque line of books published by University of Nevada Press. Richard Potashin is an artist who was interested in calligraphy and human-made art found in nature, such as pictographs. When he

was a ranger at the Manzanar National Historic Site near Lone Pine and she was a ranger at nearby Death Valley National Park; they met at an arborglyph gathering.

“It brought us together and for 16 years we have been pursuing this passion together,” said Hadlock.

I met Hadlock and Potashin on top of Monitor Pass on a late spring morning.

The pass is a beautiful wind-swept expanse of sage, grasses and scattered groves of aspens. While spending a few hours here is a relaxing experience, I could see how spending a few months might get tedious.

The artwork we found on the trees included caricature-like carvings of faces, calligraphic cursive of the artists’ names, carvings of hands wrapped around trees and odes to boxers. There were also quite a few expressions of loneliness in the form of 16

a seductive woman, a couple in an embrace and this message under someone’s name: “No mas Nevada.”

Hadlock and Potashin view the artists as old friends. Several times they noted the work of the same artist 1 mile apart. They could tell who it was because of his style.

The sheepherders would come to America on a contract over several years and would often return to the same locale year after year. While many of the Basques would say, “No mas Nevada,” after a few years, some remained in the region, as evidenced by the Basque restaurants throughout western Nevada and the prominence in the region of the Laxalts, a Basque family whose members include former Governor Paul Laxalt, who was also a senator; a writer, Robert Laxalt, who started University of Nevada Press, and Adam Laxalt, the current Nevada Attorney General.

While the carvings themselves are fascinating, for Hadlock and Potashin they are a window into who these people were. One carving showed all the years that a carver had been coming to that location starting in 1949 into the early 1950s. Other carvings show the heritage and language, interest in sporting activities and, of course, depictions of naked women.

Similar to the mandala sand paintings of Tibetan Buddhist monks, arborglyphs are not designed to live forever. Individual

aspen trees, unlike larger pine trees nearby, are relatively short lived; few last more than 100 years. Also, their thin bark and the harsh conditions at high altitude change the trees over the years and modify the appearance of the carvings. Some trees have morphed in a few decades to the point where the original carving is unrecognizable. Surely, many wonderful carvings from the early 20th Century have disappeared as the trees died, rotted and returned to the ground.

The carvings that seem to have held up the best are the ones that were lightly carved into the bark because the deeper gouges tend to scar the tree more rapidly.

“Aspen bark is thin, so the artists just used their old jackknifes or a nail, piece of obsidian or even a thumbnail,” said Richard.

Historical carvings can be found throughout the Sierra. Some carvings are along travel routes between the winter home of the sheep in Nevada or California valleys. Perhaps the most detailed carvings are in the High Sierra where the sheepherders spent an extended period in the same location. In the Tahoe region, carvings can be found in Aspen groves at Page Meadows, Marlette Lake, Hope Valley, Palisade Creek trail on Donner Summit and Red Lake.

The artwork is a fascinating connection to a previous time and lifestyle in the Sierra. If you locate a carving, treat it with respect and don’t add your own to the work.

Fortunately, most of the carvings are not located along a trail and can only be found by some slow and gentle exploring through the aspen groves. I found it an enchanting way to spend a few hours.

Rubbings made of arborglyphs by Hadlock and Potashin are featured in the traveling exhibit “Mountain Picassos,” which will be on display from July 16 to Sept. 7 at the Nevada Arts Council OXS Gallery in Carson City. | (775) 687-6680, nvculture.org 

Bill Oudegeest has released “Extraordinary Crossings: Stories of Crossing Donner Summit,” a collection of stories, pictures, quotes and tales of the human spirit of those taking on the daunting crossing of the Summit.

“The Sierra is a great barrier and there are only a few passes through the great barrier to connect California with the rest of the country,” reads the book’s introduction. “One of those passes is Donner Pass, the area colloquially known as Donner Summit. Through that pass have funneled many stories – stories of heroism, adventure, excitement, pathos, courage, and tenacity. Those stories encompass the very best of the human spirit.”

The book is available for purchase from the Soda Springs General Store, the Donner Summit Historical Society or online. | donnersummithistoricalsociety.org

MacDonald releases poetry book

“The Meeting Place,” a new book of poetry by author David MacDonald has been released by RoseDog Books. The new poetry collection will “discover hidden human connections,” according to the publisher. | rosedogbookstore.com

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Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake Tahoe | June 14-28

Carson City Community Center, Sierra Room Carson City | June 14-29

“From Dust To Water” Nevada Arts Council Carson City | June 14-July 13

In Matthew Couper’s exhibition, “From Dust to Water,” the Las Vegas-based artist uses the language of symbols – skeletons and cacti, blenders and playing cards – to combine pictorial elements in witty and incisive visual narratives. Social commentary is the emphasis in the Couper’s works.

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Landscape Show exhibit Nevada Artists Association Art Gallery’s Carson City | June 14-15

Featuring the works of Nancy Clark and Susan Christopher. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free | (775) 882-0189, nevadaartists.org

‘True Grit’ Art Exhibition Western Nevada College: Bristlecone Gallery Carson City | June 14-July 6

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North Lake Tahoe Plein Air Open gallery reception North Tahoe Arts | Tahoe City | June 15

Join artists at North Tahoe Arts’ Corison Gallery to celebrate art created in the great outdoors with a gallery reception to honor the works of the participants in the North Lake Tahoe Plein Air Open. Refreshments will be served.

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Gemini (May 21-Jun 21)

Sagittarius (Nov 21-Dec 21)

Inspirations to investigate new territory are yours to enjoy. These may come in the way of creative ideas to make money. Yet, there is the possibility that a new love interest has caught your fancy. Not that your love is directed at a person, per se’… In fact, the love could be based on what more than who. Then again, it is spring, so a crossover is a distinct possibility.

A process of building upon new foundations continues. A process of renovation is implied. It is the sort where the deadwood is replaced with the new. It will take time, upwards to a couple of years anyway. This time period can be described as one of ‘paying your dues’. The focus now is to nurture your connections and make friends.

Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22)

A busy time behind the scenes continues.

Then again, you could be busy catching up on sleep.

That still counts for doing something, actually. Yet, you also yearn to express yourself somehow. The downside is that you have to make extra efforts while you otherwise simply want to be playful and adventurous.

How to reconcile these conflicting desires… that is the question?

Capricorn (Dec 21-Jan 19)

Whether by choice or circumstance, or both, you have entered new territory. If ever there was a time to take a powerful lead, this is one of them. Yet, you might not feel entirely sure of your direction. You might even describe it as something of an identity crisis. However, it could better be described as a forging a new identity.

Leo (Jul 22-Aug 23)

One way or another you have entered an apprenticeship phase in your life. It includes the processes of developing more confidence. This is as much a spiritual process as anything else. In other words, you are meant to exercise surrender and faith in your destiny. Of course, you are the co-creator of your life. For now, keep focusing on the details.

Aquarius (Jan 19-Feb 19)

The past that is steadily dissolving can be understood as a liberation process. It is not over yet, not at all actually, but it does not mean that you are not in a progressive mode. In fact, it may be just the opposite. For most, it would usually manifest as a time of disintegration. That is the advantage of having your Sun in Aquarius: everything is reversed.

Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22)

Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20)

Your career is getting a boost. That you are the one boosting it is the fine print. A slow but sure pace is ideal these days. The main thing is that you recognize that you are supposed to step more fully into your power. This is the visionary foundational phase.

So, trust those intuitive ideas and act on them. As the saying goes, if you think you might fail, focus to fail big!

A steady flow of returns for past efforts has begun to flow in. It still remains important that you act on them. In fact, there are indications that the time is right to invest in them fully. This is your chance to advance to the next level. So, think risk and advancement and be willing to do the necessary groundwork. PS, when you think or say the word ‘should’ take a good look in the mirror.

Libra (Sep 22-Oct 22)

Aries (Mar 21-Apr 20)

A series of powerful processes continue to rumble within. These are linked to your personal power.

You are destined to answer to your inner authority above all. So, what is it saying? It is true that it can sometimes be a bully. Like a military sergeant, it wants you to acknowledge and confront your fears. If you are wondering how, start with acknowledgment.

Your charisma continues to rise steadily. At least this is true in as much as you have come realize that taking a ‘my way or my way’ rebellious and headstrong approach usually backfires…. Besides, focusing more attention on home and family where you are in the mood to nurture harmony and beauty might keep you out of trouble. Get creative!

Scorpio (Oct 22-Nov 21)

For the past… oh… decade or so… destiny has been guiding you to open your mind. We are all subject to subconscious beliefs ingrained in our formative years. As tenacious as these often are, they are not invincible. This is where that notion of annihilating the ego comes to the fore. What this means is learn to become soul-centered as opposed to ego-centered. This is the key to intuition.

Taurus (Apr 20-May 21)

Although you are charging ahead externally, an inner healing process is also underway. This healing process will last a while, several years in fact.

It appears that it is linked to your nervous system… so perhaps take a deeper look. This is also an invitation to look beyond traditional approaches. Embrace the emerging global village and investigate other philosophies.

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DJ Trivia MidTown Wine Bar, Reno, 7 p.m.

Classical Open Mic Night Fine Vines, Reno, 7-10 p.m.

Line Dancing with DJ Trey Hellfire Saloon, Reno, 7-9 p.m.

Magic Fusion The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7-8:15 p.m.

Ike & Martin Riva Grill, South Lake Tahoe, 7-10 p.m.

Denver Saunders Duo Carson Valley Inn, Minden, 7 p.m.

Simply the Best – A Tribute to the Music of Tina Turner Harrah’s, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

The Taming of the Shrew The Lear Theater, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Acoustic Wonderland Sessions Paddy & Irene’s Irish Pub, Sparks, 8 p.m.

Thirsty Thursday W/DJ Bobby G! Polo Lounge, Reno, 8 p.m.

Abducting Diana Bruka Theatre, Reno, 8-10 p.m.

Comedy Night Lex Nightclub, Reno, 8-9:30 p.m.

Karaoke The Pointe, Reno, 8:30 p.m.

Karaoke 5 Star Saloon, Reno, 9 p.m.

An Evening At the Improv Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 9 p.m.

Magic Fusion The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9-10:15 p.m.

Ghastly ‘The Mystifying Oracle’ Tour 1up, Reno, 9 p.m.

Acoustic Open Mic The Library, Reno, 9:30 p.m.

Student Body Thursdays The Brew Brothers, Reno, 10 p.m.

Grand County Nights with DJ Jeremy Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, 10 p.m.

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Barron dove headfirst into his original calling of singer/songwriter troubadour. Alone on the road, he plays a bluesy, rootsy style of guitar influenced by the likes of John Lee Hooker, Reverend Gary Davis and young Bob Dylan.

“Being in a band, for better or worse, is like being with siblings,” says Barron.

“We definitely drive each other a little bit

“Part of me that likes the role of the larger-than-life frontman jumping all over the stage and singing over a loud band. Then there’s another part of me that is poetic and introspective.”

–Chris Barron

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Songwriters in the Round Fine Vines, Reno, 7 p.m.

Latin Dance Social Peppermill Casino, Reno, 7 p.m.

Open Mic Night Art Truckee, Truckee, 7-10 p.m.

Simply the Best – A Tribute to the Music of Tina Turner Harrah’s, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

The Taming of the Shrew The Lear Theater, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

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“It was still relatively early in most of our careers,” he says. “It was certainly the beginning of whatever success we had.

It was really very exciting and also very inspiring to be commiserating and comparing notes with the other up-and-coming bands at the time.”

Barron still feels happy every time he happens to hear “Two Princes” or “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” on the radio. These breakout singles from the Spin Doctors’ debut album. “Pocket Full of Kryptonite” peaked at No. 7 and No. 17, respectively, on the U.S. Billboard Chart during 1992-93.

“I’m like cha-ching!” he says. “Of course, it’s lucrative for me, but most of all I’m just proud. I like those songs. I think they’ve really held up well over time.”

When the band went on hiatus in 1999,

apeshit, but you get used working with the same people day in and out. You put up with each other’s bullshit. When you get out on your own, you have to meet a public standard of professionalism and be a normal human instead of just a guy in a band. It was little bit of a wake-up call.

I had to grow up.”

Barron continues to tour solo throughout the fall and winter while hitting the boutique festival circuit with The Spin Doctors original lineup in the summer.

“I’m really enjoying this phase of my career,” he says. “Part of me that likes the role of the larger-than-life frontman jumping all over the stage and singing over a loud band. Then there’s another part of me that is poetic and introspective.

“I like playing guitar a lot, too,” he adds,

“and the Spin Doctors were never a twoguitar band. Our model was always styled after Led Zeppelin or The Who. We are a power trio with a lead singer.”

Little known fact: “Two Princes” hit No. 1 in Sweden. No wonder the third aspect of Barron’s current career path comes as a member of super-group The Canoes with three Norwegian rock stars from the 1990s.

“That’s my buddy band,” says Barron.

“The Spin Doctors are friends because we’ve been in a band together for many, many years. [The Canoes] are in a band because we are friends. Everyone in that band is the principal singer/songwriter in his own band. We do really strong, beautiful four-part harmonies and everybody takes a role in composing.”

When he’s not in Stavanger, Norway, with three Norwegian jam buddies he met on a canoeing trip, Barron is most likely busy working on his next big idea.

“I do a lot of freewriting,” he says. “I wake up and write three pages. I give myself permission to write the worst crap. I just get the pen moving and write what I need to get out. A lot of times, after a page or two, I get an idea. There has always been a conveyor belt of ideas going through my brain for as long as I can remember. I’m a creative manic.”

The Spin Doctors will perform June 16 at The Great Eldorado BBQ, Blues, & Brews Festival. The festival runs from June 15 to 16; other performers include Vanilla Ice, Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, Shane Dwight, Jason King Band, Maxx Cabello Jr., Buddy Emmer, AC Miles and the U.S. Air Force Mobility Band. | eldoradoreno.com 

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Vanilla Ice Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, 7:45-9 p.m.

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Steel Rockin’ Karaoke Ponderosa Saloon, Virginia City, 8 p.m.

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Maxx Cabello Jr. Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, 9 p.m.

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Dance party 5 Star Saloon, Reno, 10 p.m.

Grand County Nights with DJ Jeremy Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, 10 p.m.

The Beat The Bluebird, Reno, 10 p.m.

Soul Funk Disco The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 10 p.m.

Jelly Bread Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, 10 p.m.

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Hunter’s Review Fine Vines, Reno, 7 p.m.

TCT Improv Troupe Art Truckee, Truckee, 7-8:30 p.m.

Magic Fusion The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7-8:15 p.m.

Mark Twain & Sarah Winnemucca Tunnel Creek Lodge, Incline Village, 7-8:30 p.m.

Simply the Best – A Tribute to the Music of Tina Turner Harrah’s, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

The Taming of the Shrew The Lear Theater, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Carla Rea Reno Tahoe Comedy, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Aaron Watson Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, 8 p.m.

Sextile The Holland Project, Reno, 8-11 p.m.

Abducting Diana Bruka Theatre, Reno, 8-10 p.m.

The Von Howlers, The Habituals Shea’s Tavern, Reno, 8-11 p.m.

Solid Gold Soul Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Greg Austin and The Southern Justice Band Ponderosa Saloon, Virginia City, 8 p.m.

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June 14-20, 2018

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All Jacked Up Saturdays NoVí, Reno, 9-11 p.m.

Karaoke Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, Sparks, 9 p.m.

Saturday Dance Party St James Infirmary, Reno, 9 p.m.

Seduction Saturdays Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 9 p.m.

Keith Shannon Ceol Irish Pub, Reno, 9 p.m.

Saturday Night Karaoke at Farah & Sons Farah & Sons, Sparks, 9 p.m.

Maxx Cabello Jr. Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, 9 p.m.

Ray Reynolds Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 9 p.m.

Akasha, Qarin and Ghost Lives Matter Davidson’s Distillery, Reno, 9 p.m.

Deep House Lounge The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m.

DJ Roni V Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, 10 p.m.

DJ in Center Bar Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Stateline, 10 p.m.

Dance party 5 Star Saloon, Reno, 10 p.m.

Grand County Nights with DJ Jeremy Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, 10 p.m.

Mystic Roots Band, Jras & Higher Elevation, Bukue-One MontBleu Resort, Stateline, 10 p.m.

Tupac B-Day Jam/ 90’s hip hop Dj Gill T & DocAndre Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, 10 p.m.

BBQ, Brews & Blues Festival Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno Chris Costa Tahoe Biltmore Lodge & Casino, Crystal Bay

JUNE 17 | SUNDAY Sunday Music Brunch Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sunday Gospel Brunch The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 12-3:30 p.m.

Write Me a Murder Theatre Palisades, Pacific, 2 p.m.

Art In Motion Recital Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, Reno, 3 p.m.

Concerts at Commons Beach Commons Beach, Tahoe City, 4-7 p.m.

Chris Costa Polo Lounge, Reno, 7 p.m.

The Taming of the Shrew The Lear Theater, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Canyon White 3-peat Victory Tour Hangar Bar, Reno, 8 p.m.

Open Mic Comedy The Library, Reno, 8 p.m.

Olden Yolk + Mega Bog The Holland Project, Reno, 8-11 p.m.

Solid Gold Soul Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8 p.m.

An Evening At the Improv Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 9 p.m.

Ray Reynolds Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 9 p.m.

Audioboxx Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, 9 p.m.

JUNE 18 | MONDAY Song Group Tahoe Truckee School of Music, Truckee, 5:30-6:45 p.m.

West Coast Swing Social Dance Brewery Arts Center, Carson City, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Magic Fusion The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7-8:15 p.m.

Solid Gold Soul Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Open Mic Whiskey Dicks, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

Live Band Karaoke Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, 10 p.m.

Rock-N-Roll Experience The Brew Brothers, Reno, 10 p.m.

JUNE 19 | TUESDAY Summer Concert Series PJ’s at Gray’s Crossing, Truckee, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Bluesdays Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, Olympic Valley, 6-8:30 p.m.

Ross Lewis Boomtown Casino, Verdi, 6 p.m.

Canyon Jam/Open Mic Living the Good Life Nightclub-Bistro-Lounge, Carson City, 6:30 p.m.

Traditional Irish Session Ceol Irish Pub, Reno, 7 p.m.

Magic Fusion The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7-8:15 p.m.

Blue October, Kitten Cargo at Whitney Peak Hotel, Reno, 8 p.m.

Buddy Emmer and guest Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Comedy Night The Jungle, Reno, 9 p.m.

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Truckee Music in the Park Truckee River Regional Park, Truckee, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Open Mic Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City, 7 p.m.

Violent Femmes Cargo at Whitney Peak Hotel, Reno, 7-11:30 p.m.

Bill Dawes Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Navy Band Southwest Wind Ensemble Mountain Music Parlor, Reno, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Wednesday Night Jam Paddy & Irene’s Irish Pub, Sparks, 8 p.m.

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JUNE 21 | THURSDAY Truckee Thursdays Bar of America, Truckee, 5-8:30 p.m.

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DJ Trivia MidTown Wine Bar, Reno, 7 p.m.

Line Dancing with DJ Trey Hellfire Saloon, Reno, 7-9 p.m.

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ome people paint, some people write music, I do improv,” says Truckee Community Theater Improv Troupe member Brooke Borchert.

Borchert moved to Truckee in at the beginning of the winter of 2015 before meeting Loren McCormack through her job at the front desk of Clear Capital.

“We developed a fast friendship and realized we enjoy making each other laugh,” she says. “Loren said, ‘You should really come to our improv class.’ I decided to break out of my comfort zone and go for it. I went for it and I loved it.”

Being a new kid in town, Borchert sometimes struggled to get out and meet like-minded people. She had acted in high school theater and improv gave her an in at a place she finally felt at home.

“I found a space where I didn’t need to have a filter or be contained in a box,” she says. “I felt like I was able to be open and let my true colors shine. That was big for me. Now I can embrace my wit and put my sarcasm toward good use.”

“What’s the point of life if you can’t laugh?” she asks. “It’s almost therapeutic in a sense.”

Every Monday from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., an improv class hosted by troupe founder Carrie Haines meets at the Community Arts Center on Church Street in Truckee.

“We have games with some guidelines that we do, but from there we just go with it,” Borchert explains. “For example, we play a game called ABC where somebody shouts out a letter from the alphabet. Then we decide on a topic. Maybe it’s the letter ‘T’ and the topic is hats. So we would have start with ‘T’ and each line has to start with the next letter of the alphabet. It’s a great non-judgmental space to express your inner weirdo.”

When they take the stage at Art Truckee for their third performance of the year, they’ll have an outline of how things might go. However, coerced audience participation and random coincidence will determine the unpredictably hilarious results.

“We don’t have a script, but we have a gist,” Borchert explains. “We know what games we are strong at doing as a group.

From there, we get a topic and go with it.

We just get up there and honestly we come up with whatever comes from our heads.

Sometimes it hits and sometimes it sinks, but you just keep the show moving.”

“Sometimes when you plan what you’re going to say it’s not as funny as accidentally saying something,” she notes. “I’m exhausted by the end because I give it my all and I feed off everybody else’s energy.”

Borchert grew up in Baltimore, Md., before playing Division I lacrosse at Virginia Tech University. She is now the coach of the Truckee Tribe under-12 girls lacrosse team. Like so many Tahoe transplants, community connections have helped Borchert to feel at home on the other side of the country.

“I feel like everybody is here by choice,” she says. “People are more concerned here with your character than back East when it’s all about your pedigree, your last name and where you went to school. Here they only care if you’re a good person. You find that people are so much happier and welcoming for it. I’ve made some lifelong strong bonds and friendships with people who are now family to me. I’ve really discovered a lot about myself out here by myself. It’s a great place to clear you’re head, figure things with life, but I also know that I have friends out here who genuinely care.

They want to know what’s going on with me and be involved in my life. We’re just one big happy, dysfunctional family and that’s how our improv group feels, too.”

Borchert wants to make sure people know the improv troupe in not a closed group.

“We are always welcoming the next fellow improver and weirdo because the more the merrier,” she laughs.

The drop-in charge for classes in $5 and the proceeds go to Truckee Community Theater. | Art Truckee on Facebook 

and let my true colors shine. That was big for me. Now I can embrace my wit and put my sarcasm toward good use.”

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The Taming of the Shrew The Lear Theater, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Bill Dawes Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Acoustic Wonderland Sessions Paddy & Irene’s Irish Pub, Sparks, 8 p.m.

Trampled By Turtles MontBleu Resort, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Thirsty Thursday W/DJ Bobby G! Polo Lounge, Reno, 8 p.m.

Abducting Diana Bruka Theatre, Reno, 8-10 p.m.

Comedy Night Lex Nightclub, Reno, 8-9:30 p.m.

Now You Has Jazz Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats, Truckee, 8-11 p.m.

Karaoke The Pointe, Reno, 8:30 p.m.

Karaoke 5 Star Saloon, Reno, 9 p.m.

Magic Fusion The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9-10:15 p.m.

Student Body Thursdays The Brew Brothers, Reno, 10 p.m.

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walk through the thick floor-to-ceiling, double wooden doors into a dimly lit restaurant. In the foyer is a pool table and some bar tables in a space that used to host a dance floor. It feels like a throwback to the 1940s with its burgundy carpet and a dining room with tables covered in whiteand-red checkered tablecloths.

This is the place where Lucille Ball used to smoke up a storm. Tom Selleck came in with his new bride. Mama Cass sat at the bar two weeks before she died. Peter Graves got in a paper airplane-throwing contest with the staff and Al Pacino was turned away and told to come back the next night, which he did.

Built in 1932, Bacchi’s still serves family-style meals and has kept its old-school charm.

Tucked into the Lake Forest neighborhood outside Tahoe City on what used to be a main road, is one of Tahoe’s longest standing, family-owned Italian restaurants called Bacchi’s Italian Dining. Built in 1932, Bacchi’s still serves family-style meals and has kept its old-school charm.

George and Josephine Bacchi emigrated from Sicily to America in 1905. They eventually made their way to Sacramento.

In 1923, George Bacchi hauled freight — mostly vegetables — up to Tahoe and sold it to restaurants and stores. He also kept a fruit stand in Tahoe City. Meanwhile, Josephine cooked Italian dishes for wealthy families around Tahoe. Lora Knight, the owner of Vikingsholm, used to send someone across the lake just to pick up Josephine’s meals. Knight finally suggested that the Bacchis open a restaurant. The Italian couple bought land in Lake Forest and built a log cabin on it. They opened Bacchi’s restaurant in 1932.

“There were a lot of locals and no places to eat,” current owner and grandson Bill Hunter says. “This used to be a thriving blue-collar business. We have quality food, serve family meals; this is what an Italian family would serve you if you went to their house. There’s food, wine and water on the table and you would spend two to three hours talking and eating.”

The Bacchis ran the restaurant until 1949; then William and Sara (nee Bacchi) Hunter took over. Their son Bill started washing dishes from the time he could reach the sink, eventually taking over the business in 1978.

Bill’s son Everett also works at Bacchi’s, keeping the family tradition alive.

“A family business is a family business,” Bill says.

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While food trends and practices have changed over the last few decades, Bacchi’s has kept the quality and traditional Italian family-sized servings at a decent price.

Bacchi’s still serves meatballs the size of a small fist and specials for those who don’t come in with an appetite for a five-course meal: a bar special, of spaghetti or ravioli with beer or wine for $12.95 or an all-youcan-eat soup and salad special for $14.95.

Personally, I’ve been wanting to eat at Bacchi’s ever since I moved to Lake Tahoe 10 years ago, so I went in hungry with high expectations. It did not disappoint.

At 5:45 p.m. on a Sunday evening, we’re some of the first to arrive. We saddle up to the bar and order a Peroni and an Old Fashioned. The Old Fashioned goes down smoothly. We are given lots of cutlery — three spoons, two forks and a knife — and intricately patterned dishes. Soon the waitress brings a basket of bread, soft, flaky, French bread, followed up by a gigantic trough-like bowl of housemade minestrone soup with big chunks of zucchini and

pasta that fall apart in my mouth.

Next, a bowl of salad is served of Iceberg lettuce, red onions and a housemade dressing that’s light, yet full of flavor. All of the salad fixings, such as garbanzo beans, beets, olives, banana peppers and slices of salami, are served on the side. I’m starting to fill up and we haven’t even gotten to the main course yet.

After our table is cleared, the entrees are served — tender slices of veal bathed in a rich lemon butter sauce that looks like gravy and a side of housemade raviolis. We eat as much as we can, but it hardly looks like we made a dent in all the food. We box the leftovers up to take home.

However, we don’t leave without trying a healthy scoop of spumoni, a pistachio ice cream with cherries in it. Even though I’m full, I manage to eat the entire dessert while Bill tells me about how a bear broke into Bacchi’s four times, ate pounds of ice cream in the walk-in, curled up and went to sleep.

We leave Bacchi’s at 8 p.m., full and happy. Now that I’ve been to North Lake Tahoe’s oldest restaurant, I can’t wait to go back. Call ahead to make sure there’s room. | (530) 583-3324, bacchistahoe.com  23

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The annual BBQ, Brews and Blues Festival returns on June 15 and 16 to Reno, Nev., featuring free concerts from Vanilla Ice and The Spin Doctors (read the feature in this issue and at TheTahoeWeekly.com), the annual event is equal parts barbecue block party, microbrew tasting event and music festival with two stages featuring nonstop rock and blues. Wash down the BBQ goodness with one of more than 50 ice cold microbrews including a special blood orange wheat brew made exclusively for the annual event by The Brew Brothers own brewer Greg Hinge. Tickets are $45 for one day or $75 for two. | eldoradoreno.com

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Tahoe City Farmers Market Commons Beach | Tahoe City | June 14, 21

Thursday mornings through Oct. 11. Enjoy fresh local produce, delicious food and incredible lake views. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Free | (530) 5833348, tahoecityfarmersmarket.com

Father’s Day Celebration Dinner Thunderbird Lodge | Incline Village | June 17

Thunderbird’s Chef Darren Weston, in honor of Father’s Day, will create a multi-course meal paired with some of the world’s finest spirits. 5 p.m. $495 | (775) 828-3536, thunderbirdtahoe.org

Truckee Tuesday Farmers Market Ski Run Farmers Market Ski Run Farmers Market South Lake Tahoe | June 15

The market will feature more than 35 vendors.

There is something for everyone. Ski Run market offers Organic farm fresh produce, local eats, a bounce house for kids, live music and locally made arts and crafts. 3-8 p.m. | skirunfarmersmarket.com

Grab Your Glass party Tahoe City | June 15

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Cafe Zenon hosts the Grab Your Glass party for the Tahoe City Food & Wine Classic.

Ticketholders can come and grab their glass and wristband for the June 16 event. 6-8 p.m. | visittahoecity.org

Winery Grand Opening Basin and Range Cellars | Reno | June 16

After more than two years of farming, winemaking, cellaring and bottling Basin and Range Cellars is ready to open to the public at the Wineries on 4th tasting room. 1-10 p.m. Free | (775) 750-2427, basinandrangecellars.com

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The market supports local farms and producers within 125 miles of the Town of Truckee. Shop for regional produce, pastured meats, wild s 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free | (530) 4149181, slowfoodlaketahoe.org

Truckee River Regional Park | Truckee | June 19

Come to the Farmers’ Market each Tuesday for fresh produce, prepared foods, crepes, baked goods, fish and meat, olive oil, and artisan goods. 8 a.m. | chamber.truckee.com

Wine Wednesdays The Loft | South Lake Tahoe | June 20

Free wine tasting from different featured winery each week. Enjoy free guest speaker and/or tasting notes from the featured winery.

4-7 p.m. | (530) 523-8024

High-altitude growing Truckee Regional Park | Truckee | June 20

Master Gardeners with Slow Food Lake Tahoe present High Altitude Food Growing workshops at the Demonstration Garden.

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Volunteer Gardeners Truckee Demonstration Garden Truckee | June 21

Volunteers are welcome for a community dig in. Build and refurbish beds, prune, weed, plant, transplant; whatever needs to be done.

No experience necessary. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | slowfoodlaketahoe.org

Wine Tasting The Pour House | Truckee | June 21

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WHITECAPS PIZZA: STORY BY LOU PHILLIPS

Affordable Beachfront Dining

W

e all know that typically in Lake Tahoe beachfront dining is not always affordable. If we add quality food with creative twists to the equation, we have a true unicorn. Well, welcome to Whitecaps Pizza in Kings Beach.

For co-owners Lanay and Bryant LaFerriere, Whitecaps Pizza is a return to their roots because they founded the original Steamers restaurant here decades back. The other half of the owner/operator team is Elisa Chapman and Oscar Havens, a veteran couple of North Tahoe’s fine-dining and wine scene. The team has revitalized the building and modernized the business with a bistro-style menu and creative wine and beer selections. As before, pizza is a big part of the program but be sure to explore the other dining options.

You’ll find creativity and fresh ingredients are the order of the day.

We enjoyed a surprisingly complex Villa Sandi Prosecco, an old-vine Cinsault Rosé from the south of France, a Barbera d’Asti and a Bonny Doon’s “Clos du Gilroy” Grenache on tap. The food and wine played like an Italian arietta. If you are in a beer mood, you can trust that these guys are just as adept at matching their wide range of brews with your meal.

Come in for some Fish ‘n’ Chips or a Lobster Reuben!

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Elisa Chapman shows off the Arugula, Pear and Bacon salad with the view. | Courtesy Whitecaps

After seeing a Banana Bread Pudding headed for another table, we had to indulge and were pleased with our dessert.

Roasted Jalapeño and Crab Skillet. | Courtesy Whitecaps

On our visit, we asked to have service family style, all at once. We ordered the Kale, Brussel Sprouts and Pine nuts salad topped with sprouts, raisins, parmesan and a refreshing lemon dressing, and an Arugula, Pear and Bacon salad that was treat for the eye, as well as the palate. We also had a couple of small plate-standouts in the roasted Jalapeño and Crab Skillet with bacon and three cheeses, and the Roasted Brussel Sprouts with pancetta and a maple glaze.

We had to get the crunchy thin-crust pie. We ordered a half Pesto Artichoke with roasted red peppers and mushrooms and half The Italian, a myriad of Italian cured meats, pickled cherries and bell peppers. It not only crushed, it rocked.

Since Chapman is a bit of a wine guru, we let her lead the vino way. Because we ordered and ate family style, she brought a mix of glass pours to match the food.

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You’ll find creativity and fresh ingredients are the order of the day.

Chapman shared that they are committed to honoring the Italian tradition of making the wine and beverage complement each other to raise the dining experience. Whitecaps Pizza is also committed to an affordable dining experience so Chapman curates a rotating selection of wines and beers that offer value to stay true to that philosophy. We second that emotion and can attest that Whitecaps delivers on that promise. |(530) 546-2200 or whitecapsizza.com.  Lou Phillips is a Level 3 Advanced Sommelier in Tahoe and his consulting business wineprowest. com assists in the selling, buying and managing wine collections. He may be reached at (775) 5443435 or wineguru123@gmail.com. Visit TheTahoeWeekly.com for more wine columns. Click on Wine Column under the Local Flavor tab.

Banana Bread Pudding. | Courtesy Whitecaps

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was going to cook indoors after hearing it might be windy, but after some inquiries, however, I decided to venture back out into the back yard.

So what were these inquiries about?

Roasts — that’s right, those big chunks of meat meant to feed a small army or at least more than one. A friend told me he was having a party and he sounded disappointed. When I asked why, he said he wanted to grill out but his friends were set on having a roast. I asked why not just grill the roast and he looked at me as if I was nuts. Maybe I am nuts, but it is definitely not because I grill roasts.

Most people like their steaks, chops and chicken better when cooked on the grill, but when it comes to a roast, they’ll quickly move back into the kitchen and use the stove. The oven is cooking with indirect heat because you put the roast in a pan and the hot air circulates around it to cook it from all sides.

For a nice, juicy roast you always want to sear the outside first to keep as much of the juice inside. Get the pan hot on the stovetop and then put in the meat and sear all sides. Then, put it into the oven at 350 F degrees or lower if you want to slow roast it.

You can do the same thing outside on the grill, which will allow you to get that nice grilled flavor. It is quite simple and doesn’t take any more time or effort.

There are a few little things I’ll do different, such as how I set the charcoal up in the grill. and how I use the pan. Also, I will sometimes use a slightly different technique in seasoning the meat if garlic is involved, but like I said, none of these different steps really adds much more time or effort to the prep.

First, set up the grill. Instead of mounding the charcoal in the middle of the grill, put two smaller piles on each side leaving the middle open. If this is a roast such as a prime rib or something you would like to use the juice with, then place a small pan under the center of the grill. If you only have a small grill, place all the charcoal on one side and place the pan under the other.

By now I’m sure you are starting to see the desired outcome — you are turning your grill into an oven.

Sear the roast over the open fire just like you would do in the hot pan. Then, once seared, move the roast to the middle of the grill over the pan, which will catch all the drippings. Put the cover on the grill and you are now roasting the meat as if you were cooking it in the oven.

You will have to check on it a little more often and maybe rotate it more often so the same points of the roast are not always the closest to the flame, but the added flavor makes this method of grill-

For a nice, juicy roast you always want to sear the outside first to keep as much of the juice inside. ing worthwhile. If you would like to add a little smoky flavor to whatever it is you are cooking, simply soak a few pieces of hickory, cherry or whatever flavor you want and toss them on the charcoal.

Use this same method if your grill is a gas grill by simply lighting only one side of the grill. If there is no room for a pan, make a small catch pan out of tin foil.

The foil catch will work as good for the charcoal grill.

If the roast starts to get too brown or burnt, wrap it in foil to finish. No matter whether you are using a gas or charcoal grill, you want to use smoke chips or just the natural fire flavor. The next time you are cooking a roast this summer, try grilling it and enjoy.

ROAST ON THE GRILL Prepare the roast the way you normally would unless you are using garlic. Because burnt garlic is bitter, make a salt and garlic paste to lessen the chance of burning it during the searing.

Chop your garlic as usual and then pour salt over it while it is still on the cutting board. Use the back of the knife to rub the salt into the garlic to create a paste. Then rub this onto the roast and season with your pepper and anything else you are using.

Sear the roast over the open flame, then move it to the middle or side of the grill where there is no charcoal. Rotate the roast often, especially if all the fire is on one side, to insure even cooking all the way around.

Use the cover to keep the heat in.  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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