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I was gobsmacked to see a Tahoe publication recently proclaim that summer was almost over (on Aug. 24, no less). What? Are they not living, working, visiting and playing in the same Tahoe as the rest of us?

Let me set the record straight – summer fun is far, far from over in the Tahoe Sierra.

Yes, there’s a slow down after the Labor Day weekend as kids return to school, but chambers, visitor authorities and business associations across the Tahoe Sierra have funneled millions of dollars and tens of thousands of hours of volunteer time into making sure the summer fun doesn’t stop in Tahoe with the Labor Day holiday.

In fact, I’ve heard from many local businesses and vacation rental agencies that they expect to have steady business through September and into October.

The weather is beautiful, the mountain trails are calling, the lakes are brilliant shining in the sun, and some of the best events of the season are yet to come.

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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.)

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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

North Shore

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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Watson Cabin

(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

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KidZone Children’s Museum

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

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 State Rec. Area (Thurs.-Mon., summer)

Incline Village 969 Tahoe Blvd.

(800) 468-2463

South Lake Tahoe 3066 Lake Tahoe Blvd.

(530) 541-5255

Stateline 169 Hwy. 50 (775) 588-4591

Tahoe City 100 North Lake Blvd.

(530) 581-6900

Truckee 10065 Donner Pass Rd. (Depot) (530) 587-8808

U.S. Forest Service | Incline Village 855 Alder Ave., (775) 831-0914 (Wed.-Fri.)

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

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U.S. Forest Service | South Lake Tahoe

Old Jail Museum

3080 N. Lake Blvd.

(530) 583-3593 (Fridays)

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

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Tahoe City

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

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35 College Dr. (530) 543-2600

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

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Tahoe Maritime Museum

Kings Beach Soda Springs

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

East Shore

Olympic Valley

Truckee

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

Lake Tahoe Museum

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Tahoe City

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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

Taylor Creek Visitor Center South Lake Tahoe

CAPACITY: 9,500 C 50

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Emerald Bay

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

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Vikingsholm Castle

(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

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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

Donner Summit Historical Society

South Lake Tahoe

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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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

Tallac Historic Site

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Olympic Museum

(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

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North Shore

Truckee

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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North Shore

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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North Shore fireworks | Gar Woods and The Monte Foundation will be hosting the 6th Annual Fireworks Spectacular on Sept.

2 in Carnelian Bay at 8:30 p.m. to benefit North Tahoe-Truckee area sports programs.

In the last five years, this event has raised more than $85,000. As well, high school athletes will be selling glow sticks, flashing headbands and other fireworks schwag. Donations will also be accepted at Gar Woods.

Reservations are recommended. | (530) 546-3366, garwoods.com South Shore laser show | Labor Day Lasers at Lakeview returns to Lakeview Commons on Sept. 2 from 4:30 to 9 p.m. With a dozen local vendors, patrons can purchase handcrafted goods and clothing, nosh at food trucks and imbibe from the beer and wine garden. Once the sun sets at 8:30 p.m. lasers will flash through the sky reflecting on the towering pines and the lake while a live DJ synchronizes the show to music. | tahoesouth.com

AUGUST 30 | THURSDAY Professional Ski Boot Fitting Incline Village Location | Incline Village

Alan Trimble will host boot fitting sessions to benefit the Diamond Peak Ski Team.

Trimble, the inventor of the Floating Ski Plate, is a professional boot designer. Registration required. 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. | Diamond Peak Ski Team on Facebook

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 en-gaging with others over topics and news.

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

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n the last few years, bike riders around Tahoe have experienced something new.

While riding along at a decent clip on the bike trail, they are being passed by folks who not only don’t seem to be peddling that hard but are barely breaking a sweat.

These would be folks using a pedal-assisted electric bike. These bikes still require pedaling, but the small electric motors make it much easier, which makes many riders much happier.

For my sister, Julie Perachiotti, and her husband Frank, who are 68 and 70 years old, respectively, electric bikes have been one way to extend their bike-riding opportunities at Lake Tahoe.

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“ Some people can’t get over the hump fitness wise (at high elevation), but they still want to be out there, get out of the car and get some exercise benefits.”

–John Percy “We like how you get to decide how intense to ride, mostly because it makes the hills easier. We still get the exercise, but now Sunnyside (on the West Shore) hill is a breeze,” said Julie.

For Tahoe City resident Michelle Allen, her tricycle-style electric bike has been a godsend. She has a degenerative eye disease and can’t drive, but she has enough vision to ride the electric bike.

“I commute to and from work or the farmers’ market when the weather is nice,” said Allen.

Her boss Jim Phelan at the Tahoe City Marina also has one that he uses to beat the Tahoe City traffic and parking issues during the busy summer months.

“It’s faster and easier than a pedal bike and you don’t get sweaty before you get to work,” he said.

The high altitude and hilly trails of the Sierra make bike riding in the area a challenge for visitors from lower elevations.

“Some people can’t get over the hump fitness wise (at high elevation), but they still want to be out there, get out of the car and get some exercise benefits,” said John Percy from Olympic Bike Shop in Tahoe City.

Electric bikes have been around for a number of years, but Percy says he has seen significant growth in just the past

two years. There are two types of electric bikes seen most often: one is a cruiser-type bike, primarily designed for bike trails and neighborhood roads, the other style is a mountain bike with full suspension designed to conquer dirt trails.

The bikes attract two different audiences.

The more popular cruiser bikes are geared toward folks who want to commute to work, head to town or just get outside.

Designated as Class 1 bikes, they only assist the rider while pedaling and have a maximum speed of 20 mph. These bikes are allowed on bike trails. The electric mountain bikes, on the other hand, are focused on getting people farther or faster on dirt than they might otherwise be able to pedaling without a motor.

“We keep our mountain bike rentals limited,” said Percy. “Most singletrack trails in the area are off limits to electric bikes.”

In fact, the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit has declared that electric bikes are like other motorized vehicles and thus are allowed only on trails that allow motorized use.

U.S. Forest Service does, however, know that electric bikes are a growing form of recreational use and new regulations may be necessary in the future.

Electric bikes are also not allowed on California State Park lands, except in areas that allow motorized vehicles, which on the dirt is limited. For example, in Burton Creek State Park, a very popular

Michelle Allen uses her electric tricycle to commute and run errands around Tahoe City. | Alyssa Ganong

mountain-biking area, motorized vehicles are not allowed.

“The mountain e-bikes are not going away. The people who might struggle climbing for 2,000 feet or more are doing it.

The technology is there,” says Mike Miller from The Gravity Shop in Tahoe City.

Miller is a strong rider and former mountain-bike downhill racer who says he does feel a bit guilty riding one of the electric mountain bikes.

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“You still have to peddle hard to get the speed up, but it certainly makes it easier. I felt spoiled being able to cover a lot of terrain in a short amount of time,” he says.

While access to the back country for electric mountain bikes is limited, the cruiser-style electric bikes are becoming increasingly popular. And, they also have the potential to alleviate congestion during Tahoe’s busy summer months. 

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THE LINE FOAMS HERE Achieve Tahoe hosts the 29th Foam Fest fundraising event on Sept. 1 from 2 to 6 p.m. in the Village at Squaw Valley. This highly anticipated annual festival brings people together for a great afternoon of beer tasting and world-class live music, featuring openers Mojo Green and headliners The California Honeydrops (see the feature in this issue). There will be more than 25 craft-beer breweries to sample from and raffle prizes including a California Gold Pass. Proceeds from the event support Achieve Tahoe’s yearlong one-to-one adaptive sports program for individuals with disabilities of all ages, including disabled veterans.

There is a $10 entry donation. The all-inclusive beer-tasting tickets are $35 in advance online and $40 at the door and include the $10 entry donation. Beer ticket holders must be age 21 or older. | achievetahoe.org The weekend features the Foam Fest on Sept. 1 and the Alpen Wine Fest on Sept. 2 (see Tasty Tidbits in this issue for details) at Squaw Valley. Combo tickets for both events are $60. | squawalpine.com

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Help with computers

Professional Ski Boot Fitting

Kings Beach Library | Kings Beach

Incline Village Location | Incline Village

Ongoing computer help. 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

Alan Trimble will host boot fitting sessions to benefit the Diamond Peak Ski Team.

Trimble, the inventor of the Floating Ski Plate, is a professional boot designer. Registration required. 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | Diamond Peak Ski Team on Facebook

Tahoe City Historic Walking Tour A Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences Incline Village

Former EPA Region 9 Administrator Jared Blumenfeld discusses walking from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail and how it opened up new ways of thinking about our relationship with nature.

Blumenfeld’s talk will combine his hiking photographs, stories of adventure and insights about the current state of environmental politics. 5:30-7 p.m. | (775) 8817560, tahoe.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

Outside Blue Agave Restaurant Tahoe City

Tahoe City Historic Walking tour includes facts and figures about beautiful Lake Tahoe, as well as information about the wilderness that surrounds. Lake Tahoe’s colorful history will unfold in fun stories and legends.

Meet outside the Blue Agave Restaurant.

10-11:30 a.m. Free | (530) 448-4143, mountaintowntours.wordpress.com

Heavenly Village Midway Art & Music Festival Heavenly Village | South Lake Tahoe

Dreu Murin Productions presents the 2018 Midway Art and Music Festival. Events include a Classic Car Show & Shine, midway rides, plein air artists, caricature artists, balloon art, jugglers and live music. 1-9:30 p.m. Free | (775) 265-2087, theshopsatheavenly.com

Cool Car Cruizen Fridays Heavenly Village | South Lake Tahoe

Join the fun every Friday until Oct. 12.

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

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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

Stargazing Guided Tour Resort at Squaw Creek | Olympic Valley

Come gaze into the vast beyond and learn about constellations, the history of reading stars, and perhaps a bit about your astrological sign. Reservations are required in advance.

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SEPTEMBER 1 | SATURDAY Heavenly Village Midway Art & Music Festival Heavenly Village | South Lake Tahoe

Dreu Murin Productions presents the 2018 Midway Art and Music Festival. Events include a Classic Car Show & Shine, midway rides, plein air artists, caricature artists, balloon art, jugglers and live music. 1-9:30 p.m. Free | (775) 265-2087, theshopsatheavenly.com

Wild West Fest

Truckee Sports Programs. Donations are tax deductible. 8:30 p.m. | (530) 581-8778, garwoods.com

SEPTEMBER 3 | MONDAY Keep Tahoe Blue Labor Day Cleanup Tahoe City

The beaches can get thrashed with trash after the popular holiday weekend festivities.

Help keep the beaches clean. We provide cleanup materials, refreshments and a prize.

Ride your bike to receive a special gift. 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | takecaretahoe.org

SEPTEMBER 4 | TUESDAY Tuesday Morning Breakfast Club Granlibakken | Tahoe City

The NLTRA hosts this monthly event on the first Tuesday of every month. All community members are invited to attend for the latest in community news and projects. 7-8:30 a.m. $15 | gotahoenorth.com

Tahoe Pitch Camp and Showcase Area Venues | Truckee

Join cowboys, cowgirls and community for a Labor Day Weekend celebration for all ages outdoors in the mountains of Tahoe Donner.

Live music, performances, dancing, Southern BBQ dinner, pony rides and more. 3-8 p.m. | (530) 587-9470, tahoedonner.com

Tahoe Star Tours

Startup Incubator Roundtable

Northstar’s Dark Skies Cosmoarium | Truckee

Sierra Nevada College | Incline Village

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

River Walk with the Watershed Coucil Truckee River | Truckee

Would you like to learn more about the Truckee River Watershed? Then join the Friends of Tahoe Donner Trails and the Truckee River Watershed Council for an informational River Walk. | tahoedonner.com

SEPTEMBER 2 | SUNDAY Heavenly Village Midway Art & Music Festival Heavenly Village | South Lake Tahoe

Dreu Murin Productions presents the 2018 Midway Art and Music Festival. Events include a Classic Car Show & Shine, midway rides, plein air artists, caricature artists, balloon art, jugglers and live music. 1-9:30 p.m. Free | (775) 265-2087, theshopsatheavenly.com

Laser Day Lakeview Commons | South Lake Tahoe

Laser Day, also known as Labor Day Lasers is a free, family-friendly event with music, local vendors, food vendors, beer and wine garden and an after-dark laser display. 4:30-9:30 p.m.

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Sierra Business Council and Tahoe Silicon Mountain announce the return of Tahoe Pitch Camp and Tahoe Pitch Showcase, a series of workshops culminating in a showcase for Tahoe/Truckee entrepreneurs, startups and founders to present to the community innovative companies and ideas. 6-8 p.m. | tahoesiliconmountain.com

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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

Family Adventures Team Building Group Events

Help with computers

Thunderbird Lodge Kayak Tour

Kings Beach Library | Kings Beach

Ongoing computer help. 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

Educator Open House Incline Village Library | Incline Village

Educators, come acquaint yourself with how the library can support your classroom. Library staff will provide a tour of the library and introduce you to digital resources and research databases available to card holders. Also receive information about our friction free library cards for educators. 4-5:30 p.m. | (775) 832-4130, libraryaware.com

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Gar Woods Fireworks Spectacular Gar Woods | Carnelian Bay

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

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n a sunny weekend morning, 32 kids are sitting on the Hole 1 tee box at Tahoe City Golf Course patiently waiting to get a free lesson from Annika Sorenstam, one of the world’s best golfers. This is a special occasion on Aug. 18 as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the Tahoe City Golf Course. The course was designed by a woman – May “Queenie” Dunn – in 1917 and on this day Tahoe resident and golf icon Sorenstam has come to offer tips to the next generation of golfers.

More than 100 adults are sitting behind the kids watching the demonstration in a staging area, eager to pick up some of Sorenstam’s juju, as well.

Before giving a demo and hitting a few balls off of the first tee box into the baseball mitt of her husband, Mike McGee (who hit a hole-in-one at the Incline Village Mountain Course a few days prior), Sorenstam sits down with Tahoe Weekly for an exclusive interview first reported at TheTahoeWeekly.com to talk about family, her tips for success, traits for being a top golfer and maintaining balance between her career and personal life while living in the Tahoe Sierra.

“You have to ask yourself, ‘where is your passion?’ and then follow it.”

–Annika Sorenstam

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Born in Sweden, Sorenstam started playing golf when she was 12 years old and has played hundreds of golf courses around the world throughout her 17-year career.

As a professional golfer, she has won more than 90 international tournaments and 72 LPGA tournaments. One of her most memorable personal moments – and one that made history – was when she shot a 59 at Moon Valley Country Club in Phoenix, Ariz., in 2001. She is still the only female golfer to shoot a score that low in competition (she gave away autographed Callaway “59” golf balls to the kids at Tahoe City Golf Course).

After retiring from the LPGA in 2008, Sorenstam transitioned into becoming the face for the ANNIKA Foundation, an organization committed to help provide opportunities in women’s golf while also instilling lifelong values for a younger generation by sharing what she’s learned over the years.

“I enjoy working with young kids. Now I’m more about being a role model and teaching them lessons that they can use down the road. Golf has many synergies with life, but it’s just a tool to help give confidence, strength, approach a broader view,” she says.

While not designing golf courses or hosting events with the ANNIKA Foundation, Sorenstam has been coming home to Tahoe to spend time with her family and enjoy other activities such as hiking, biking and skiing.

“This is my resting place, where I recharge,” Sorenstam says. Sorenstam has been coming to North Lake Tahoe on and off since 1995, but her family recently moved here permanently.

“Every summer we come here, but now we’re here year-round; the kids start school on Monday,” she says.

As far as where she likes to play in the Tahoe Sierra, Sorenstam says she enjoys the layout of Old Greenwood and adds, “I’ve been fortunate enough to play Martis Camp, Lahontan and Montreux. I love the variety, and looking up at the tree line, it’s like where I grew up playing,” she says.

“I like a course that’s put in a place where it’s natural,” Sorenstam offers about what draws her to the Tahoe area.

When asked if she notices major differences in golfing in the Tahoe Sierra compared to other places (for instance, rumors that you can drive the ball farther at higher altitudes and that the ball tends to break toward the lake), Sorenstam nods her head.

“Being at any new place, you have to understand where you are. Up here, you are going to hit a minimum 10 percent farther.

You have to know distance control; if it’s 100, remove 10,” she says.

“I just love being outside, every course is different and every day is different with the weather and where the pins are placed. When I was younger and played tennis, the court was always the same,” Sorenstam adds.

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TheTahoeWeekly.com Read about golf pioneer May “Queenie” Dunn

No matter where she is, much of her pre-shot routine is picking a target and aiming toward it. She tells the kids in Tahoe City that her pre-shot routine is 24 seconds long, which involves her making a decision and committing to it. “(My thought process) is a lot of technique. Once you take a lesson it becomes robotic, a lot of it is about maintaining a rhythm and tempo. Trust yourself, stay relaxed and execute; just do it. Don’t worry about the result before you hit it,” she says.

“A lot of practice causes it to be second nature. What I think about (playing golf ) is that I see this beautiful shot and then I’m relaxed when I do it.”

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through her career as a top female golfer, Sorenstam says that it’s more than just hitting a 7 iron.

“It takes patience, the Great Wall of China wasn’t built overnight,” she says with a smile. “To be successful, it takes time, commitment and sacrifice. Your life’s path is not a straight line.”

So with her foundation, clothing line and Annika-designed courses around the world, how does she maintain her balance?

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“I know what I want and I go after it.

I came from Sweden and couldn’t golf there as often as I wanted to, so I moved to Arizona to play golf year-round,” she says of one of the sacrifices she had to make to become one of the best golfers of her time.

As far as her number one tip to aspiring golfers, Sorenstam says, “You have to ask yourself, ‘where is your passion?’ and then follow it. I’ve learned more from my mistakes than my successes. I’m shy, and I gave a commencement speech to 10,000 people. I forced myself to get better at public speaking,” she says. Working

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Resort at Squaw Creek Olympic Valley | Aug. 30

Hike with a Ranger Heavenly Mountain South Lake Tahoe | Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1, 2

Hikes begin at the top of the gondola every day at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. until Sept. 2.

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A short walk onto Resort at Squaw Creek golf course will place you right in the middle of the Olympic Valley. Watch a beautiful sunset while learning about the history of the valley.

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Backcountry Trail Weekend

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Echo Summit | Echo Lake | Aug. 31, Sept. 1-3

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Hike up Shirley Canyon for amazing vistas of Lake Tahoe past wildflowers, waterfalls and granite walls. Take the tram down after this 3.6-mile moderate hike. Includes lunch and naturalist guide. Reservations are required in advance. 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. $50-$80 | (866) 791-7417, destinationhotels.com

Sky Tavern | Reno | Aug. 31

Sky Tavern will be hosting a Grassroots Bike Series. It will be fun for the entire family. All age groups and levels welcome. Come on up for some good ol’ family fun. Project Discovery will be offering Zip-line rides. 4:30-9:30 p.m. | skytavern.com

Late summer and early fall is migration season, which means there are a lot of opportunities to go birding with Tahoe Institute for Natural Science. Birding tours cater to beginner birders, as well as advanced avian enthusiasts. Check out the tours below and get involved during this busy birdwatching time of year. It is never too late to start your Tahoe Big Year list.

Donner Summit Motorcycle Trials National

Tahoe Big Year celebrates the hundreds of bird species that make the Tahoe region their home all year-round, during summer or winter, or while passing through to other destinations.

Boreal Mountain Resort | Soda Springs | Sept. 1, 2

The Sacramento Pacific International Trials Society presents the Donner Summit Motorcycle Trials National. Watch the nation’s best trials riders compete at the highest level for a spectacular weekend of top-level competition.

8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $15-$25 | (415) 806-8637, sactopits.org

Take a stroll with TINS and Bird Tahoe during a quick morning of birding from 8 to 10 a.m. on Sept. 5 at Cove East. This relaxing communal birding group will search for shorebirds and sparrows in various habitats found at the end of Venice Drive in the Tahoe Keys. Other birding dates are Sept. 16 at Spooner Lake and Sept. 18 at Pope Marsh/Baldwin. | Register (775) 298-0067, tinsweb.org

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Truckee Vigilantes | O r i g i n s o f t h e 6 0 1 M o v e m e n t , P a r t I I The Old Jail in downtown Truckee.

ishment. Ineffective law enforcement and a lack of secure jails offered bad men a chance to escape, even for capital crimes.

In 1863, Aurora was a rich Nevada mining community east of the Sierra Nevada near the border of California and Nevada Territory. A dispute over mining rights broke out that year and a handful of ruffians were hired to settle the matter. After they resolved the quarrel, the shady characters remained in town and ran things

Unlike in 1851, this committee worked closely with the city government and California Governor J. Neely Johnson. This movement was so successful that political power in San Francisco transferred to the new People’s Party established by the Vigilance Committee, thus weakening the Democrat Party’s stranglehold on city politics and its judiciary. And once again, when crime fell dramatically the committee disbanded, also after just four months of assertive militancy.

The men in the 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committee quickly returned to their normal daily business, but over subsequent decades similar resident-based groups were organized in towns throughout the West to bring prompt justice to violent criminals who often avoided pun-

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In 1856, violent crimes

uring the second half of the 19th Century, there was a vigilante culture in western American towns and cities. When crime or corruption reached the point where it compromised the safety of a community, business leaders and angry residents organized vigilance committees to take back their neighborhoods. One vigilante movement erupted in San Francisco in 1851 in response to murder, mayhem and arson that nearly destroyed the city.

In 1856, violent crimes plus blatant and entrenched political corruption galvanized San Francisco residents to organize another Vigilance Committee. This time more than 5,000 men signed up.

Four suspected murderers were executed in 1856, but one of the victims committed suicide after being terrorized and jailed.

plus blatant and entrenched political corruption galvanized San Francisco residents to organize another Vigilance Committee — more than 5,000 men signed up. as they liked through intimidation and brutality. On Feb. 1, 1864, four of the thugs murdered W. B. Johnson, a prominent citizen who lived on the Walker River.

Johnson’s brazen killing shocked the community and a Citizen Safety Committee was quickly organized.

Meanwhile, a sheriff ’s posse had captured the ruthless gang, arrested them for murder and thrown them in jail. But residents were concerned that in a regular court of law, the criminals would produce witnesses who would offer perjured testimony and thereby gain acquittal. They had seen it before many times. The townspeople felt that justice would be better served in a trial held by the safety committee.

Members of the vigilante group quickly seized a quantity of guns from the local military armory and stormed the county jail. They snatched the accused men and held their own tribunal. Prominent lawyers took an active part in the deliberations, which gave the lynch court a quasi-legal aspect.

A speedy trial convicted John Dailey, William Buckley, James Masterton and John McDowell (alias Three-Fingered Jack) and all were sentenced to death. The condemned men were marched to a hill in the center of Aurora where a scaffold large enough for a quadruple execution had been built. Nearly 5,000 people showed up for the grisly spectacle. Meanwhile, the overpowered sheriff at the jail had telegraphed Territorial Governor James W. Nye alerting him to the forced breakout of his prisoners. Gov. Nye contacted the Commissioner of Esmerelda County and told him to stop the hanging, but the order came too late. The trap doors were tripped and the four desperadoes dropped and jerked at the end of a hemp rope.

A terse reply was sent back to Gov. Nye: “The men have just been hanged. Peace and order now prevail.”

Ultimately, many vigilance movements in the West took on the ominous name of 601, a moniker allegedly dreamed up in 1871 by angry residents in Virginia City, Nev., when a mob of armed masked men broke into the jail one night and hanged

a prisoner. There was no deliberation: 601 stood for 6 feet under, zero trial, one bullet or one rope.

Vigilante activity chased criminal miscreants and wandering vagabonds from town to town. Consider this editorial in the Reno Evening Gazette: “Whenever Sacramento gets a move on and attempts to handle the tramp element vigorously, Reno gets the benefit of the influx of as worthless an element as the world ever produced, and unless our people get together and take steps to rid the town of that vicious element, it will bankrupt the county to look after them. There are 17 in the jail now and more coming in every day.”

Situated on the railroad, the town of Truckee was also the reluctant recipient of criminal vagrants banished from other communities.

Reno had its own secretive 601 Vigilance Committee that issued “tickets of leave” — black-bordered cards printed with the recipient’s name, crime history and a warning to leave town. Targeted criminals were given 24 hours to quit Reno or the next day be beaten, tarred and feathered and then given a free train ride in a box car back to California. Tarring and feathering was a favorite technique in America’s frontier mob violence to humiliate and torture a victim.

A bucket of coal tar was heated over a fire and then poured or applied to the victim, followed by the addition of hundreds of poultry feathers that stuck to the tar. It was a painful experience, yet the removal of tar from the skin was even worse.

By the early 1870s, street shootouts and violent crime in Truckee had gotten so out of hand that the town’s male business leaders organized a Vigilance Committee of their own. Unlike San Francisco where vigilantes signed a registrar to join and did not disguise their identities, Truckee’s 601 members kept their association a close secret. They ran their cleanup operations late at night, wore low hats and bandannas to conceal their faces and sported long duster overcoats that hid their street clothes.

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Usually the Truckee 601 gave fair warning of potential action against undesirables.

No-nonsense warnings were posted around town, on saloon and brothel doors, and the committee even published the same blunt message in regional newspapers. In August 1889, the Reno Evening Gazette printed a notification from the Truckee 601 that warned: “All thieves, vagrants, pimps, opium fiends and disreputable characters without exception are hereby notified to leave Truckee within 24 hours after the posting of this notice. FAIL NOT AT YOUR PERIL! 601” Stay tuned for Part III in the next issue and at TheTahoeWeekly.com.  Tahoe historian Mark McLaughlin is a nationally published author and professional speaker. His award-winning books are available at local stores or at thestormking.com. You may reach him at mark@ thestormking.com. Check out his blog at tahoenuggets.com or read more at TheTahoeWeekly.com.

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Hike in Lower Carpenter Valley The Lower Carpenter Valley Truckee | Sept. 2, 3

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. | tdlandtrust.org

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This difficult hike is extremely rewarding and has an amazing view of Lake Tahoe.

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HELLO,

HUNGALELTI It had been a few years

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Below Thunder Mountain; Lisa Michelle enjoys the view of Silver Lake from Hungalelti Ridge; Take a side trip to swim in Scout Carson Lake; Mountain bikers along the trail.

INSET: Half way along with trail.

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since I hiked up to Squaw Ridge so I was surprised to learn that it no longer existed.

One of the best day hikes in the Sierra Nevada had officially been renamed Hungalelti Ridge. The name means “up there” in Washoe, but also signifies Southern Washoe. Up there is a good description of the ridge that follows the boundaries of the Mokelumne Wilderness. The ridge starts east of Bear River Reservoir, heads northeast past Silver Lake and ends in the West Pass area.

It is my third attempt to hit Hungalelti Ridge (pronounced Hung-A-Lel-Ti) via Horse Canyon Trail. Topping out at 9,200 feet, snowpack from early to mid-June had caused me to turn back. July through October is the best time to enjoy this 12-mile, out-and-back journey. With an elevation gain of 2,200 feet, hiking Hungalelti Ridge is no walk in the park, but well worth the effort. My trek begins at the Horse Canyon trailhead parking 4 miles west of the Kirkwood Ski Resort on the south side of State Route 88. The first mile of this trail is easy to under appreciate. Here the forest is littered with decaying timber but serves as a hub for wildlife. A cinnamon-colored bear grubbing on a rotten log reminds me that dead trees are vital to many animals and their habitat.

At 1.5 miles glimpses of Thunder Mountain are barely visible. Towering above the treetops like a dark mosaic of deteriorating high rises. Next, the trail winds through a maze of basalt rock that tempts my inner explorer. I wander through back alleys and tunnels of this development, inspect the various shapes and sizes of these volcanic

structures and consider that they were formed 6 to 15 million years ago. After touring the maze, I move on. Looming ahead is Thunder Mountain — fully exposed. Spires and caves atop the massive cliff have survived eons of storms. Like a colossal fortification, the wall seems to stretch for miles.

The narrow path opens up to seasonal streams where hundreds of bright orange and purple butterflies gather on a patch of wildflowers. This hike would not be rated difficult and strenuous if it weren’t for several rocky ascents. Mountain bikers should obtain some technical skills before heading up or down this trail.

“The trail is awesome, but sketchy in places. You should possess better-thanaverage skills,” says mountain biker Sophie Facchini, who admits to “bike hiking,” a few sections.

Facchini started her ride at Thunder Mountain trailhead and completes a loop

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by taking the junction down Horse Canyon Trail. Bikers are not the only riders on this trail. Horses are also allowed to enjoy the scenery. Hikers or riders heading up Horse Canyon can access Thunder Mountain via the junction at just more than 3.5 miles.

As I crest the first ridge, the trail turns from powdery chestnut to soft granite

sand that crunches like snow beneath your boots. Bleached and twisted trees dot the hillside. A stout, but stunted juniper resides alone on the ridge. I crawl under its shade and rest against its trunk. The views are spectacular. Silver Lake is sprinkled with gold. Then, like a ruby set in miles of granite, I spot the hidden treasure that is Machado’s Postpile. This is a good place to take a break, savor the skyline and the fact that the hardest section of trail is behind you.

With the backside of Kirkwood to the north and a ridgeline of granite to the south, I stroll along a pleasingly level

surface before spooking a covey of quail.

Chicks and adults flap overhead and I duck. A perturbed hen zigzags my path while squawking: ru-rar-ow, ru-rar-ow.

The shrill must have alerted an oversized colony of marmots. They scurry across polished granite in every direction. Most take cover in nooks and crannies, but several vigilantes stand their ground and appraise me as I walk by. I’ve never seen such a large amount of quail and marmots in one place.

The last half-mile push up to Hungalelti Ridge is from the junction to Scout Carson Lake. I recommend a side trip dip in this little lake. A massive downed tree blocks the trail and with branches still attached, I decide to work my way around it. I’m up and over boulders with little effort. The trail is severely damaged and deeply rutted from what appears to be motorcycles, which are prohibited according to the U.S. Forest Service.

The panorama atop Hungalelti Ridge is magical. Miles of spectacular mountain range and deep-blue sky. It’s hard to imagine that in 1850 more than 50,000 people traveled along this pass in search of gold.

Wagon trains and immigrants have left their mark on the granite beneath my feet.

After exploring the area for artifacts, I nap in the high alpine meadow. I wonder about the Washoe people that spent summers here. What did they encounter with the immigrants traveling west? How did the name Squaw Ridge originate? I awake to thunderheads and realize I am Hungalelti — up there — and glad that Squaw Ridge no longer exists. 

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*Trails open depending on conditions.

Mileage is roundtrip, with levels based on family access.

All trails are more heavily used on weekends.

TAHOE RIM TRAIL

EMERALD BAY & VIKINGSHOLM CASTLE

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

GRANITE LAKE

LAKE TAHOE EAST SHORE

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

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

SKUNK HARBOR Moderate | 2.8 miles RT This interesting hike ends at a beautiful cove lined with boulders and a luxurious sandy beach on the edge of Lake Tahoe with some of the warmest waters around the lake.

Visitors can look inside the historic party house owned by George and Caroline Newhall in the 1920s along beach.

Park north of gate; do not block gate off Hwy. 28.

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

NORTH SHORE

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

STATELINE LOOKOUT Easy | .5 miles RT This short hike offers superb views of Lake Tahoe.

A short, self-guided nature trail explains the history of the North Shore. Hwy. 28 in Crystal Bay.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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LOWER & UPPER ECHO LAKES Easy | 2.4-4.8 miles RT Lower and Upper Echo Lakes is a little-known paradise perched atop Echo Summit, 5 miles west of Meyers on Hwy. 50. The trailhead begins next to the dam. Once you reach Upper Echo Lake, 2.4 miles from the start, you’ll see a kiosk at a dock for a water taxi. You can take a taxi back or return the way you came, or continue into Desolation Wilderness.

The ride is a relaxing 20-minute tour through the channels connecting the two lakes. Taxi, cash only. (530) 659-7207.

WEST SHORE

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

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

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

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

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

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EAGLE ROCK

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

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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

Family Movie Night Northwoods Clubhouse | Truckee | Aug. 31

Bring a favorite pillow and blanket and enjoy classic and new movies. All films are rated G or PG. 6:30 p.m. Free | tahoedonner.com

Sensory Time Truckee Library | Truckee | Sept. 1

A relaxed story time open to all, designed to accommodate the needs of children with sensory processing sensitivities. 10:30 a.m. | (530) 582-7846, mynevadacounty.com

Lego Club Truckee Library | Truckee | Sept. 1

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Kids playtime Truckee Library | Truckee | Sept. 3

Truckee Library hosts an unstructured playtime for children and parents. Toys are provided. 4:30-5:30 p.m. | (530) 582-7846, mynevadacounty.com

Toddler Time Truckee Library | Truckee | Sept. 4

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 | Sept. 4

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

Story Time Truckee Library | Truckee | Sept. 5

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

Story time Zephyr Cove Library Zephyr Cove | Sept. 5

Enjoy stories, songs, activities and coloring.

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

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

Weird Science Wednesday

Young Adult Writers’ Meetup

Come join the fun and experiment with weird wacky science. 4-4:45 p.m. | events. washoecountylibrary.us

South Lake Tahoe Library South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 1

Incline Village Library Incline Village | Sept. 5

Meet with fellow writers for discussion and writing. Laptops available. Snacks provided.

3-4 p.m.

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

Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2018

Pounding granite O N T H E TA H O E R I M T R A I L

FEATURE

The view south along the Pacific Crest from Andesite Peak.

STORY & PHOTOS BY LISA MICHELLE

In the middle of

a dusty section of the Tahoe Rim Trail in Desolation Wilderness, I sit hammering chunks of granite into smaller chunks of granite known as crush. There is something oddly enjoyable about crushing granite.

“You serving a sentence or volunteering?” a hiker with a stubbled face asks.

A grin cracks the crust on my dirty lips: “Not sure,” I answer.

Is volunteering to serve a self-imposed sentence a thing? I’ve hiked this section of the Tahoe Rim Trail, also part of the Pacific Crest Trail, many times. It’s one of my favorites and I’m embarrassed to admit that I never appreciated the amount of time and hard

CLOCKWISE TOP: Camping at Middle Velma Lake; BOTTOM: The trail before the steps were installed by the crew; LEFT: The crew.

I’M EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT Tahoe Rim Trail work days

T H AT I N E V E R

Aug. 31-Sept. 3 | Echo Summit

A P P R E C I AT E D T H E

Backcountry Camp Sept. 8 | North Canyon Workday

AMOUNT OF TIME

Sept. 18 & 22 | Spooner Summit Workdays Sept. 25 & 27 | Echo Summit Workdays

labor that goes into building miles and miles of trail.

My hiking debt was long overdue.

The sentence is four days. We meet early at the Bayview Trailhead. Chris Binder, director of Trail Operations for the Tahoe Rim Trail Association, goes over the plan. We are an even dozen and will split up into three groups of four in order to repair the worst sections of trail north of Fontanillis Lake. Each group will have a leader, a volunteer who has spent hundreds of hours obtaining trail-building skills.

Horses hit the trail an hour ahead of us. I’m grateful they’re packing the heavy tools up (and I do mean up) the 6-mile trail. We cinch on our bulky backpacks and climb nearly 1,000 feet up a never-ending mile of switchbacks. At an overlook with impressive views of Emerald Bay, we take a break and catch our breath. I learn that much of the crew have volunteered before. This news reassures my apprehension — this gig may not be a suffer-fest after all.

At Middle Velma Lake we spread out like soldiers across the granite, searching the area for that perfect tent site. The high-alpine lake distracts me. A swim in that cool jade water would be invigorating, but duty calls so I avoid eye contact. In no time, my camp is set under a grove of stunted junipers, but the shade offers little relief from the swarming mass of mosquitos. I retreat to my tent, coat myself with repellant and zip pant legs onto my shorts.

We assemble after lunch and hike to the Fontinillas Lake trail junction. Hard hats are handed out and we learn about the safe use of trail tools. Desolation Wilderness, like all wilderness areas, is a specially

designated place that is protected under the Wilderness Act of 1964, which bans the use of all motorized equipment. We fill our gloved hands with sledgehammers, axes, McLeods and tamping bars, before marching about a mile to the worksite. Amid the vast array of volunteers are teachers, techies and professional tourists — all willing to spend long, hard days working in the back country so hikers and horses have a better place to walk.

With heavy tamping bars, Larry Green, an instructor at Lake Tahoe Community College, and I are stockpiling boulders that outweigh the both of us. The guy is a ninja and at this pace, I doubt I’ll last three more days. Green and I free a massive boulder from its grave and push it through the forest by sitting on our rears and using our legs in unison. Our battle cry is “ki-ai,” used in martial arts to declare your fighting spirit and desire to prevail. With only another 10 feet to go, dirt builds up in front of the rock, preventing progress. We strategize. “Get the sling,” says Green.

I not only find the sling, I find reinforcements.

Michelle Edmonson, our crew leader, who “loves playing in the dirt” and has been doing it well for four years, comes to our rescue along with Kerry Koenig, a school teacher from Folsom. After situating the sling — imagine a nylon cargo net with handles — next to the rock, Green and I use our legs to flip the thing onto the contraption. As a team, we drag our captive to its new home on the trail and share high fives.

The next two days are spent digging and telling stories, pounding granite into crush, sharing leathery jerky, picking and placing boulders, bandaging each other’s grubby fingers and high-fiving hikers, who

AND HARD LABOR T H AT G O E S I N T O BUILDING MILES AND MILES OF TRAIL.MY H I K I N G D E B T WA S LONG OVERDUE. never fail to smile and say thanks.

Before dinner, we wash away the filth and sweat with a swim to a tiny island in Middle Velma. Days are strenuous but primarily spent connecting with like-minded folks who want to give something back and preserve a place they love. When you volunteer, you get more than you give. This may be cliché, but it’s true. I look forward to serving my sentence again next summer.  To volunteer to be on a trail crew with Tahoe Rim Trail Association, visit tahoerimtrail.org. Other local organizations in need of volunteers to help with trail building and maintenance include the Truckee Donner Land Trust (tdlandtrust.org), Truckee Trails Foundation (truckeetrails.org) and Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association (tamba.org).

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FUN & GAMES

TheTahoeWeekly.com

Horoscopes

FIRE

EARTH

AIR

WATER

Puzzles

Michael O’Connor is an astrologer, counselor and life coach | SunStarAstrology.com

Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22) The Sun entering your sign is like the gunshot at the beginning of the race. As ready as you may be, it may seem like you are off to a slow start. But this will soon change and you will be able to make up for lost time, but it could take a couple of weeks.

To compensate, focus on your communications and negotiation processes with other key players.

Libra (Sep 22-Oct 22) A retreat cycle has begun. The urge for it will grow progressively over the coming weeks. In the short term, you still feel social and eager to express yourself. If so, pay attention to your energy levels and avoid trying to over deliver. Meanwhile, opportunities continue to knock and you are determined to act on them.

Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20) Weaving work and social activities are an important focus now. Behind it, a strong wave of creative inspiration continues to provide a positive influence as well. Breaking through blocks and barriers of any kind is also featured and success is indicated.

These may be especially evident on relationship fronts. Get clear on what you want and need.

Aries (Mar 21-Apr 20) Discovering what makes you special has been a strong background theme for well over a year.

This focus has been especially emphasized in the past several weeks. There remains some flow of inspiration yet. But now it is time to implement these into expression. If all you did was play more, that’s great. But if you want to do more with it, now is the time to do the groundwork.

Scorpio (Oct 22-Nov 21)

Sagittarius (Nov 21-Dec 21) This week begins on a rather high note, even though your workload may be a bit heavier of late. This trend to more sober and serious at work will continue this week and for the coming few. So, it will seem like summer is ending early for you. Yet, there will remain opportunities for social perks to see you through so stay alert and make the most of them.

Capricorn (Dec 21-Jan 19) An expansive and exciting cycle has begun.

It could well include travel. If not, local social and cultural activities could suffice. A learning curve is also implied. This is the perfect recipe for visiting museums and/or art galleries. Variety of this kind will prove important. Avoid activities that host singular events.

Get into social butterfly mode!

Aquarius (Jan 19-Feb 19) Relationship opportunities continue to percolate. Yet, these will include some deeper, emotional currents as well starting this week. Positively, you may be able to identify and clear long-standing limiting patterns, self-concepts and/or attitudes. You will become increasingly interested in this psychological perspective and may even conduct some research into it.

Taurus (Apr 20-May 21) A process of reconnecting to your core nature continues. As you do, you discover just how passionate you truly are. It is tempting to mistaken slow-butsure Taurus as a docile creature until the realization of the charge of the Bull is reconsidered. Fire runs through your veins and is the element that pounds in your heart.

Gemini (May 21-Jun 21) Playful, artistic, versatile, clever, whimsical, witty, impish and curious are keywords that many will recognize in your personality. That you can also be righteous and opinionated is also in there. All of these attributes are being activated now. With awareness, you can bring the best of these to the fore and soften the edges on those that get you into trouble.

Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22) A busy cycle begins and it will get progressively busier over the coming few weeks. Making key changes and investments continues. These could include ticking off activities on your bucket list. You are generally in an expansive and creative cycle that began almost a year ago. Use it to build momentum as you as you may need it in the coming months.

Leo (Jul 22-Aug 23) You have likely taken some measurable leads and strides over the past few weeks. Now you have to take a more practical and realistic approach or follow-through. This includes a balance between paying closer attention to the details and diplomatic correspondences. This could also prove to be a lucrative cycle, over the coming weeks.

CryptoQuip

Fresh starts in your public and professional life could well imply a breakthrough, or a promotion and raise or a sudden and unexpected turn. Generally, it looks like it is in your favor but the closer details of your destiny and circumstance could produce unexpected results too. Dealings with others may be rather challenging of late and you are wise to keep an open mind.

When you suddenly get a great idea about a cloudburst, would you call that a rainstorm brainstorm?

Hocus Focus differences: 1. Picture is missing, 2. Skirt is different, 3. Card is different, 4. Neckline is different, 5. Card sign is missing, 6. Envelope is missing.

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Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2018

Arts

& CULTURE

THE ARTS

CREATIVE AWARENESS

Ritual Remains I N S P I R E D B Y N AT U R E S T O R Y B Y K AY L A A N D E R S O N

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Helen Corley holds a jeweler

he metal earrings and pendants con tain detailed landscapes reminiscent of Desolation Wilderness and other natural environments. Tiny fern leaves, shadows, crescent moons and lakes are etched into an inch-long piece of metal. You can see the Tahoe Sierra in Ritual Remains’ work, which was created for people who want a unique heirloom of the Sierra Nevada or want to show off a one-of-akind piece of jewelry.

saw, one of her main tools. | Kayla Anderson; BOTTOM: Pendants by Helen Corley. | Courtesy

Ritual Remains.

They talk pretty much every day, sharing equal operational sides of the business.

“My favorite is to play with photos taken in nature or plants. I like experimenting and playing, drawing what I see straight onto metal,” Montavo says.

Montavo also stresses the luxury of having someone to lean on when one of them needs to get away for a while.

“We’re just small business people following a dream, being thinkers and got lucky in finding each other. It’s a lot of hard work, successes and failure, but it’s beneficial to never give up and keep the seeds of intention.”

- Helen Corley Helen Corley and Tavo Montavo of Ritual Remains launched their jewelry business in 2014, scraping together every last penny they had from their jobs, using them to turn their jewelry-making hobby into a business. They had lived together in Oakland and were best friends for years.

Corley began collecting bones and recycled materials and making things inspired by her hikes. She soon discovered silversmithing and media tempering for metal processing using brass and silver sheet.

“We don’t do any casting, it’s all hand cut,” Corley says.

She pulls out a few tools from a leather handbag —hammers and Dremels — to show how she applies forming, chasing and texture. Both she and Montavo loved creating jewelry and say it was easy to continuously bounce ideas off each other, so they started Ritual Remains.

“Our styles sync up together. We had a shared path and were both self-taught. We watched a ton of YouTube videos to learn how to do this,” Corley says.

As a child, Corley learned to ski at Homewood Mountain Resort. As an adult, she continued to visit the Sierra to go hiking and backpacking and moved to Tahoe permanently in December 2016. She came at the start of one of Tahoe’s biggest winters and had never lived in snow before, but fell in love with the area.

“There’s so much to explore. I love Desolation Wilderness,” she says.

She spends around seven to eight hours a day, five days a week, making jewelry in her South Lake Tahoe home and hiking in her free time. Looking at an intricately cut fern pendant, Corley says that it took her three hours to make.

“Sometimes I get in the mood and will be up until 3 a.m. It’s so fun. I just can’t stop making things,” she says.

Corley will venture into Desolation Wilderness, Fallen Leaf Lake and other remote areas and take photos, then come home and try to recreate some of those scenes in metal.

In one pendent, a crescent moon shines above a silhouette of pine trees and stars dot a clear sky.

“This one reminds me of when my boyfriend and I hiked Pyramid Peak in Desolation and there was a meteor shower that night. You could see the silhouette of the trees, stars and moon,” she says.

She likes it when it’s just her surrounded by wilderness and tries to capture the experience to transfer onto metal later.

Sometimes she names her designs and sometimes she lets them be. One of her pendants is called “Lake of the Woods.”

She admits that the three elements that show up most often in her work are pitrees, mountains and the moon.

Montavo, who lives in Oakland, also draws jewelry pieces off of wild and rural places. Montavo focused on componentbased pieces until five years ago during a randomly overheard conversation.

Someone was talking about a jeweler saw and Montavo rounded up the money to get one.

While they both reside in different places, the distance apart doesn’t faze the business partners.

“I wish I could come up a lot more often and escape the city,” Montavo says.

“We can talk through technique and have emotional support. It’s just a close connection with everything. When [the business] gets overwhelming sometimes, Helen can just go hike and I’ll hold down the fort,” Montavo says.

“We’re just small businesspeople following a dream, being thinkers and got lucky in finding each other. It’s a lot of hard work, successes and failure, but it’s beneficial to never give up and keep the seeds of intention,” says Corley.

“And never underestimate the power of YouTube videos,” Montavo adds.

One can sense a kinship between the two of them that shows through in how they create together and share a single purpose. | facebook.com/ritualremains, etsy.com. 

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THE ARTS

Arts

TheTahoeWeekly.com

THE FROM

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART’S

COLLECTION “Manet to Maya Lin” presents artworks drawn from the collections of the Nevada Museum of Art, augmented by select loans from private collections. These include paintings by artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Mark Rothko, among others, on display until Sept. 2.

Through personal engagements with both historically significant and experimental contemporary artists, one learns to look for details and recognize important artistic processes and techniques. Most importantly, one learns to actively construct meaning through conversation. “Manet to Maya Lin” has the power to show the ways to create meaning from art: By walking through the galleries and experiencing the works of art on display, visitors open themselves to the possibilities of a visually literate society. | nevadaart.org

“Untitled III” Willem de Kooning | Nevada Museum of Art “Coexisting” exhibit

POD Exhibition: Collyn Aubrey

Pacific Fine Arts Festival

North Tahoe Arts Center | Tahoe City Aug. 30-Sept. 7

Sierra Nevada College | Incline Village Aug. 30-Sept. 28

Homewood Mountain Resort | Homewood Aug. 31-Sept. 2

North Tahoe Arts presents “Coexisting.”

Now, more than ever, it is the time to coexist with Mother Earth. “Coexisting” documents and addresses environmental issues and offers a solution to inform, challenge and take action.| northtahoearts.com

Dealers of Dreams 1960 Winter Olympics Exhibit Community Recreation Center | Truckee Aug. 30-Sept. 30

The Truckee Public Arts Commission is hosting a new exhibit that displays a variety of art and artifacts from the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics. The display includes rarely seen photography of the 1960 Winter Olympics and other memorabilia including flags, uniforms, banners, pins, publications and more on display. Free | (530) 587-2757, chamber. truckee.com

Andy Skaff exhibit Wolfdale’s | Tahoe City Aug. 30-Dec. 31

Andy Skaff’s love of the West provides the inspiration for his light-filled, vibrant landscapes and cityscapes. His work ranges from classic, impressionist paintings to abstract distillations of familiar subjects. | askaff.com

Celebration of the Reno Philharmonic Nevada Historical Society | Carson City Aug. 30-March 2

Historical Society exhibit celebrates 50 years of “The Biggest Little Orchestra in the World: the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra.”

The Reno Philharmonic Orchestra positively impacts quality of life in Northern Nevada. The orchestra promotes understanding of other cultures and provides educational outreach to children across Northern Nevada. 10 a.m.4:30 p.m. | (775) 687-0646, nvculture.org

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Tahoe Maritime Museum | Tahoe City Aug. 30-Jan. 6

So popular was the Lake among boaters that many local marinas partnered with some of the most prestigious builders in the country in order to satisfy the needs of the Tahoe boating community. This exhibition explores the special relationship between boats, buyers and Tahoe, and the people that brought them together. | tahoemaritimemuseum.org

Jenny Raven The Creative Growth Years 1979 Community Center Sierra Room | Carson City Aug. 30-Oct. 18

The Capital City Arts Initiative presents, “Jenny Raven: The Creative Growth Years 1979-1984.” | (775) 283-7421, arts-initiative.org

This exhibition is a collection of artifacts from the artist’s personal therapeutic processes. “To My Brother” examines Collyn Ahren’s experiences with the lack of communication and certainty she experienced when her brother was sent away to U.S. Army Basic Combat Training. Reception on Aug. 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. with Artist Talk at 5:30 p.m. | sierranevada.edu

The T-Files: the Search for Tessie Tahoe Maritime Museum | Tahoe City Aug. 30-Jan. 6

This exhibits presents the stories of monsters that have a significant history, passed down from indigenous peoples, medieval travelers or reputable explorers. Along the way, the museum invites visitors to join us in the search for Lake Tahoe’s own monster, Tahoe Tessie. | tahoemaritimemuseum.org

Pacific Fine Arts Festival features paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture, ceramics, graphics, and jewelry and arts and crafts including handmade clothing, leather goods, wooden toys and more with dates throughout the summer. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | pacificfinearts.com

Knitting Group Atelier | Truckee | Sept. 4-Dec. 31

The group is open to all knitters, crocheters, loom artists every Tuesday. whatever your thread, you are welcome. This is a not a class, it’s a group intended for individuals who enjoy the company of other yarn artists. Bring a project or start a new one. 4-6 p.m. Free | (530) 386-2700, ateliertruckee.com

Gathering of Artists North Tahoe Arts | Tahoe City | Sept. 5-April 1

Curated by Ashley Stull Meyers Featuring work by Karen Krolak, Sarah Lillegard, Chelsea Mandell and Sam Shear. | sierranevada.edu

This free program offers artists the opportunity to meet other artists and work together in a shared studio space. Artists are invited to bring their latest projects to work on in shared studio space. On first and third Wednesdays.

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free | (530) 581-2787, northtahoearts.com

Visual Oasis: Creative Growth

Art of the Greater West

CCAI Courthouse Gallery | Carson City Aug. 30-Sept. 27

Nevada Museum of Art | Reno | Aug. 30-Oct. 26

Theses Exhibit Sierra Nevada College | Incline Village Aug. 30-31

Mountain Picassos OXS Gallery | Carson City Aug. 30-Sept. 7

Basque tree carvings, or arborglyphs, have long been of interest to historians, Basque scholars, foresters and hikers carved by Basque sheepherders tending their flocks.

The carvings are the subject of the exhibit, “Mountain Picassos: Basque Arborglyphs of the Great Basin.” 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | nvculture.org

The Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] presents its group show, “Visual Oasis: Works from Creative Growth.” The exhibit includes mixed media, 3-D art and 2-D works. Creative Growth Art Center has played a significant role in increasing public interest in the artistic capabilities and achievements of people with disabilities. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Free | arts-initiative.org

The artworks encourage conversations surrounding indigenous cultural practices such as mark-making and mapping; visual representations of settlement and expansion; and depictions of changes to the landscape brought about by colliding cultures. 10 a.m. | (775) 329-3333, nevadaart.org

Art Workshop for Veterans The Potentialist Workshop | Reno Aug. 30-Sept. 29

The David J. Drakulich Foundation Art Foundation for Freedom of Expression hosts open studio hours for war veterans. 1-4 p.m. | (775) 686-8201, potentialistworkshop.com

THE ARTS

Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2018

Bloom constrasts in environments

James Turrell: Roden Crater

The Nuclear Landscape

Nevada Museum of Art | Reno Aug. 30-Dec. 30

Nevada Museum of Art Reno | Aug. 30-Dec. 14

Nevada Museum of Art Reno | Aug. 30-Oct. 26

Bloom is an internet-based Earthwork that transforms data into an experience of playfulness and unpredictability. A seismograph measures the Hayward Fault’s movements and the data sets are captured and run through a computer program designed by the artists. | (775) 329-3333, nevadaart.org

Celebrating Israel’s 70th Anniversary Nevada Museum of Art | Reno | Aug. 30-Oct. 14 Te Nevada Museum of Art presents exhibitions by Israeli artists Michal Rovner and Tal Shochat. These contemporary artists create work grounded in the history of photography, while delivering a fresh and independent viewpoint to the dialogue surrounding art and environment. | nevadaart.org

Hans Meyer-Kassel: Artist of Nevada Nevada Museum of Art Reno | Aug. 30-Sept. 2

This exhibition includes more than 50 drawings, pastels and oil paintings drawn from private and institutional collections. Particular emphasis is placed on Meyer-Kassel’s romance with Nevada. | (775) 329-3333, nevadaart.org

History of Transportation: A Mural Study by Helen Lundeberg Nevada Museum of Art | Reno | Aug. 30-Jan. 6 American artist Helen Lundeberg’s “History of Transportation” traces a progression of labor from the Native American era to the dawn of the airline industry in the 1940s. On view through Jan. 6, 2019. | (775) 329-3333, nevadaart.org

James Turrell is an artist whose media are light and space, and for the last 40 years he has been carefully sculpting the cinder cone of an extinct volcano near Flagstaff into one of the world’s largest and most-important land based sculptures. Turrell first studied psychology and mathematics before earning a Masters of Fine Arts degree in 1966. | (775) 329-3333, nevadaart.org

Judith Belzer: The Panama Project Nevada Museum of Art Reno | Aug. 30-Nov. 11

Painter and Guggenheim Fellow Judith Belzer visited the recently expanded Panama Canal Zone in 2015. Spending time both in Panama City and aboard a tugboat in the canal, her paintings deal with what she calls a “landscape of the Anthropocene.” | (775) 3293333, nevadaart.org

Nevada’s past and future are intertwined with the nuclear history and politics of the United States, and visual artists from around the world have responded in a myriad of ways to this nuclear legacy. | (775) 329-3333, nevadaart.org

Art sought

for fundraiser

Simon Dinnerstein and The Fulbright Triptych Nevada Museum of Art Reno | Aug. 30-Jan. 6

The Lasting World: Simon Dinnerstein and “The Fulbright Triptych” explores the noted New York artist’s creative arc from early, hyperrealist works through more introspective and fantastical later works. The exhibition’s centerpiece is “The Fulbright Triptych,” a monumental three-part work. | (775) 329-3333, nevadaart.org

Trevor Paglen: Orbital Reflector Maya Lin: Pin River—Tahoe Watershed Nevada Museum of Art Reno | Aug. 30-Dec. 20

“Pin River—Tahoe Watershed” is a largescale wall installation made from thousands of straight pins showing the perimeter of Lake Tahoe and its tributaries. 10 a.m. | (775) 3293333, nevadaart.org

Nevada Museum of Art Reno | Aug. 30-Sept. 23

The 14-foot diameter Mylar balloon is a model for a future artwork by contemporary artist Trevor Paglen. Paglen will launch a similar balloon into orbit as a purely artistic gesture. | (775) 329-3333, nevadaart.org

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

North Tahoe Arts is seeking art donations for the Monet’s Table art sale on Sept. 16 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Gatekeeper’s Museum. Art can be donated directly from artists and from personal collections of NTA supporters who want to pass on artwork for another to enjoy. Donations may be brought to North Tahoe Arts Center in Tahoe City.

Tickets to the fundraiser are $50 and are available online. | (530) 581-2787, northtahoearts.com

Sept 15

2018

Stroll through downtown TRUCKEE during the 4th Annual Art & Soul ArtWalk! Enjoy live art demonstrations and music while tasting and sipping your way through small bites, craft beer and wine.

Advance tickets at Historictruckee.com

Tickets: $35 in adv. / $40 day of or 4 for $120.

Available locally at Cooking Gallery

Tech

int & Pr

Small Bites Provided by

Morgan’s Lobster Shack Jax at the Tracks Best Pies Burger Me! S i p s

Moody’s Bistro Bar & Beats Northstar Philosophy P r o v i d e d

Cottonwood Bar of America and Tahoe Oil & Spice b y

Anderson Valley 21st Admendment FiftyFifty Truckee River Winery Brewing Co. Miller Coors Mike’s Hard Bluestone Jewelry: Lemonade Alibi Ale Works Deschutes The Bull and Anchor Brewing Drake Brewing Co. Saint Archer Binz Zinfandel Hope Valley Crispin Cider The Brewer’s Art Truckee: Cabinet Samuel Adams Uncorked Nevada City Wine

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MUSIC SCENE

Music SCENE TheTahoeWeekly.com

LIVE MUSIC, SHOWS & NIGHTLIFE

Living in the Moment THE CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS STORY BY SEAN McALINDIN

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Sept. 1 | Foam Fest | Village at Squaw

hen The California Honeydrops co-founders Lech Wierzynski and Ben Malament first got together, they wandered innocently down into the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in San Francisco and started to make live music for the people.

“We learned a lot busking in the BART back in the day,” says the drummer, Malament. “We still pretty much adhere to the fact that you have to play to your audience.

If people are hustling and bustling every

“ We go for the room.

Keith Berson

We go for the moment.

We play from the heart and the gut and I think that is what really hits.

The energy we give is real. That’s what resonates with people and keeps bringing them back.”

–Ben Malament day and they see you playing, you need to connect with them directly through whatever kind of instrument you are playing. As long as you’re there and present in the moment, you can make a special experience wherever it is.”

Ten years later, these two wild souls recently released their seventh studio album, a double-LP entitled, “Call It Home: Vol. 1 & 2.”

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“A short attention span is pretty prevalent in music these days,” says Malament.

“But Lech was writing his ass off and we just had a ton of material. I think this album portrays all the different styles we’ve come from. We share many musical interests, but it all comes from the same place. For this album, we dug in deep into history and tradition and we love how it all came together.”

The Honeydrops are like a 1930s jug band transported into the future. Known for the high-energy, lay-it-all-out-there zaniness of their live performances, they never fail to whip an audience in a tizzy of positive vibes and jubilation. When they performed at High Sierra Music Festival in July, they wore matching overalls on the main stage and zebra costumes late night just for fun.

“We feed into each other and the audience when we’re on stage,” says Malament.

“We make it clear that it’s not just a show; it’s about everyone in the crowd, too.”

Although making music may be a way

of life for these East Bay minstrels, it’s the connections they form with people on the road that make it all worth it.

“It’s awesome to show up somewhere where people don’t know who we are and they feel like they found something new they are into, something they really like, something special,” says Malament. “It’s that feeling of knowing that people are getting something out of it — that all of our energy is being put to good use.”

A good amount of The Honeydrops’ charm comes from the splendid integration of an assorted gamut of American-roots music traditions spanning back through 1970s R&B, Motown funk, Southern soul, Delta blues, New Orleans second-line and Appalachian folk. It’s easy to imagine all seven musicians marching down Bourbon Street in an jazz funeral, lighting up the neighborhood with supernatural harmonies as they pass on by.

“Part of our appeal is that we don’t try to do anything too fancy,” says Malament.

“In this day in age, it’s really easy to find

the cookie-cutter musical events with laser shows and super-loud volumes. We get beat in the head every minute of every day with pop culture and what’s supposed to be cool. We’ve started to go against that grain and I think people appreciate that.”

The band members don’t make a set list before shows or cut off at a certain time.

Every time they take the stage, they play to the masses and work hard to make each show a special experience.

“A lot of it is based off the basic music of communication,” says Malament.

“We go for the room. We go for the moment. We play from the heart and the gut and I think that is what really hits.

The energy we give is real. That’s what resonates with people and keeps bringing them back.”

Having just returned from a summer cross-country tour, they’ve been laying low in the Bay for the past few weeks before a handful of California shows lead them to Colorado for performances at Telluride Blues & Brews Festival and Red Rocks Amphitheatre in support of Greensky Bluegrass.

“A huge goal for us is just to keep making the music better, keep being creative and open with our live shows and to not get musically lazy,” says Malament.

“We want to keep expanding and working with other musicians that we love, having fun and bringing good live music to the people. You can’t do the same show night after night and expect to sustain the energy and the spirit. It’s an accomplishment if we feel like we’ve done something new each night.”

The California Honeydrops will be performing at the 29th annual Foam Fest on Sept. 1 at the Village at Squaw Valley. | squawalpine.com 

Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2018

SAMANTHA

E N T E RTA I N M E N T

CALENDAR

FISH

A U G . 3 0 - S E P T. 6 , 2 0 1 8

Aug. 30 | 9 p.m.

Crystal Bay Casino | Crystal Bay, Nev.

AUGUST 30 | THURSDAY

AUGUST 31 | FRIDAY Heavenly Village Midway Art & Music Festival Heavenly Village, South Lake Tahoe 1-9:30 p.m.

A-Fect Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, Reno, 4 p.m.

Paul Covarelli Boomtown Casino, Verdi, 5-9 p.m.

Comedy Happy Hour Lex Nightclub, Reno, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

Guitarist Jack Di Carlo Gold Hill Hotel, Gold Hill, 5:30-8 p.m.

Heavenly Village Concert Series Shops at Heavenly Village, South Lake Tahoe, 5:30 p.m.

Music on the Beach Kings Beach State Recreation Area, Kings Beach, 6-8:30 p.m.

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

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

Numaga Indian Days Pow Wow Hungry Valley Pow Wow Grounds, Reno, 7 p.m.

Brother Dan Palmer Washoe Camp Saloon, New Washoe City, 7 p.m.

E-40 Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Nick Guerra Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Legally Blonde - The Musical Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Tierney Sutton and Reno Jazz Orchestra Cargo at Whitney Peak Hotel, Reno, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Yuba Theater, Loyalton, 7:30 p.m.

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

AFTER LAUNCHING HER recording career in 2009, Samantha Fish quickly established herself as a rising star in the contemporary blues world. Since then, the charismatic young singer-guitaristsongwriter has earned a reputation as a powerful live performer, while releasing a series of acclaimed albums that have demonstrated her restless creative spirit . She will be joined by Southern California blues guitarist Alastair Greene. | crystalbaycasino.com

SCORPIONS BLUES

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

The O’Jays Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, Reno, 8 p.m.

Combo Chimbita The Holland Project, Reno, 8-11 p.m.

Live music Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats, Truckee, 8-11:55 p.m.

Chris Costa Tahoe Biltmore Lodge & Casino, Crystal Bay, 8 p.m.

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

Dylan Jakobsen Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats, Truckee, 8:30-11:30 p.m.

Cirque Paris Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, 8:30 p.m.

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

Guest DJs St James Infirmary, Reno, 9 p.m.

Rock-N-Roll Experience Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 9 p.m.

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

Hight & Tight, Friday Night Pignic Pub & Patio, Reno, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Squaw Valley Electric Bar of America, Truckee, 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Nick Guerra Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 9:30 p.m.

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

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

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

DJ Show Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Stateline, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

The Humidors Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, 10 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 1 | SATURDAY Heavenly Village Midway Art & Music Festival Heavenly Village, South Lake Tahoe 1-9:30 p.m.

A-Fect Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, Reno, 4 p.m.

Cirque Paris Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, 5 & 8:30 p.m.

Heavenly Village Concert Series Shops at Heavenly Village, South Lake Tahoe, 5:30 p.m.

Extreme Midget Wrestling MontBleu Resort, Stateline, 7 p.m.

Numaga Indian Days Pow Wow Hungry Valley Pow Wow Grounds, Reno, 7 p.m.

Micro Championship Wrestling Circus Circus, Reno, 7 p.m.

Beatles Flashback Concert Great Basin Brewing Company, Sparks, 7-10 p.m.

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

Hot Jersey Nights Harrah’s, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Reno Jazz Orchestra: An Evening with Tierney Sutton Sand Harbor State Park, Incline Village, 7:30 p.m.

Nick Guerra Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Legally Blonde - The Musical Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Thu Tinh Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 8-10:30 p.m.

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

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

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

Saturday Night Karaoke Farah & Sons, Sparks, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Rock-N-Roll Experience Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 9 p.m.

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

Mystic Braves with Creation Factory The Loving Cup, Reno, 9 p.m.

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

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

Squaw Valley Electric Bar of America, Truckee, 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Nick Guerra Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 9:30 p.m.

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

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

DJ Show Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Stateline, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

An Evening At the Improv Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 10:30 p.m.

Civil War Days C Street, Virginia City

SEPTEMBER 2 | SUNDAY Sunday Gospel Brunch The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 12-3:30 p.m.

Heavenly Village Midway Art & Music Festival Heavenly Village, South Lake Tahoe 1-9:30 p.m.

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Cirque Paris Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, 12 a.m.

Live at Lakeview Lakeview Commons, South Lake Tahoe, 4:30-8:30 p.m.

Tuck Wilson Steamers, Kings Beach, 6-8:30 p.m.

Erica “Sunshine” Lee Cottonwood Restaurant & Bar, Truckee, 6 p.m.

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

Cirque Paris Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, 7 p.m.

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

Hot Jersey Nights Harrah’s, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Nick Guerra Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

Legally Blonde - The Musical Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

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

Dylan Jakobsen Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats, Truckee, 8-11 p.m.

Greg Brown Miners Foundry Cultural Center, Nevada City, 8-11 p.m.

A-Fect Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, Reno, 8 p.m.

Chris Costa Tahoe Biltmore Lodge & Casino, Crystal Bay, 8 p.m.

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

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

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

Samantha Fish w/ Special Guest Alastair Greene Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, 9 p.m.

LEX Unplugged Lex Nightclub, Reno, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

MUSIC SCENE

ROCK

Aug. 31 | 7:30 p.m.

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe | Stateline, Nev. MORE THAN 50 YEARS have gone by since the juvenile Scorpions Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs wandered the streets of post-war Hanover, Germany with their amplifiers in a wheelbarrow. Since then, they’ve sold more than 100 million records and penned legendary classics such as “Rock You Like a Hurricane” and “Winds of Change.” They will be supported by Washington heavymetal icons Queensryche. | caesars.com/ harveys-tahoe

Major Motion Pictures · Independent Films Live Music · Dance Performances

BlacKkKlansman Through Sept. 6 5 pm & 8 pm 2 pm matinees on weekend 3100: Run and Become Sept. 28-30 Venom Sept. TBD Visit TahoeArtHausCinema.com for showtimes, schedule, events + tkts

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THIEVERY

DYLAN

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CORPORATION

Aug. 30-31 | 8 p.m.

Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats | Truckee

MADNESS

FUNK & SOUL

Sept. 2 | 4 p.m.

Commons Beach | Tahoe City LED BY DYNAMIC frontman Hans Eberbach, Sacramento soul stars Joy and Madness deliver infections melodies, wild horns and humming rhythm to the final summer concert of the year at Commons Beach. | concertsatcommonsbeach.com

ELECTRONICA Sunita Martini

JOY &

ROB GARZA OF THEIVERY CORPORATION

DYLAN JAKOBSEN isn’t your typical country boy. He didn’t grow up on a farm and he doesn’t drink. Raised outside of Seattle, Wash., his love of country music stems from artists such as Eric Church, Chris Stapleton and Tom Petty whose lyrics helped him find his voice as a writer and shape his career. | moodysbistro.com

CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY

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Joy & Madness Commons Beach, Tahoe City, 4-7 p.m.

9/11 Memorial Concerts St. Gall Catholic Church, Gardnerville, 4 p.m.

Magic Fusion starring Nick Paul The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 4:30-5:45 p.m.

Heavenly Village Concert Series Shops at Heavenly Village, South Lake Tahoe, 5:30 p.m.

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

Hot For Teacher: Van Halen Tribute Carson Nugget Casino & Hotel, Carson City, 7-8 p.m.

Numaga Indian Days Pow Wow Hungry Valley Pow Wow Grounds, Reno, 7 p.m.

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

Nick Guerra Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

MerryGold and Special Guest Kentucky Mine, Sierra City, 7:30 p.m.

Home Grown Talent The Yuba Theatre, Loyalton, 7:30 p.m.

Jeff Chang Reno Events Center, Reno, 8 p.m.

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

Canyon White The Hangar Bar, Reno, 8-11 p.m.

The BoDeans w/ Tolan Shaw + After Party tba Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, 9 p.m.

Hot For Teacher: Van Halen Tribute Carson Nugget Casino & Hotel, Carson City, 9-10 p.m.

Rock-N-Roll Experience Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 9 p.m.

Civil War Days C Street, Virginia City

SEPTEMBER 3 | MONDAY

9am 1pm

to

Labor Day Parade Virginia City, 12-1:30 p.m.

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

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

M.A.N.D.Y. and Friends Great Depressurization Welcome Party 1up, Reno, 10-11:30 p.m.

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Celebration of the Reno Philharmonic Nevada Historical Society, Carson City, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

BINGO Tuesdays with T-N-Keys MidTown Wine Bar, Reno, 4:30 p.m.

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

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

Cirque Paris Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, 7 p.m.

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

Greg Hahn Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

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

Emancipator Cargo at Whitney Peak Hotel, Reno, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

Thievery Corporation Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, 9 p.m.

Worthy b2b Christian Martin w/ MANSION Great Depressurization 1up, Reno, 10-11:30 p.m.

Cirque Du Freakz - AfterBurn Reno Faces NV, Reno, 11-11:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 5 | WEDNESDAY Concert on the Green Genoa Park, Genoa, 12 a.m.

Mr. Tahoe Cruise “Sierra Cloud”, Incline Village, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Cirque Paris Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, 7 p.m.

Greg Hahn Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

The Untz x Wormhole Tahoe Takeover Great Depressurization The BlueBird Nightclub, Reno, 10-11:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 6 | THURSDAY Celebration of the Reno Philharmonic Nevada Historical Society, Carson City, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Cirque Paris Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, 7 p.m.

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

Greg Hahn Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, 7:30 p.m.

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

Steve Hofstetter Reno Tahoe Comedy, Reno, 8-9:30 p.m.

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

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

Keely - “Relations” Dance Practice The Generator, Sparks, 9-10:30 p.m.

Steve Hofstetter Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, 9:30-11 p.m.

Sept. 4 | 9 p.m.

Grand Sierra Resort | Reno, Nev. WHAT DO YOU DO the day after Burning Man? Depressurize, of course.

Several dance parties to that end will be happening in Reno including mainstays Thievery Corporation at Grand Sierra Resort. | grandsierraresort.com

MARCY

PLAYGROUND

ALTERNATIVE ROCK

Aug. 30-Sep. 1 | 9 p.m.

Eldorado Resort Casino | Reno Nev. DO I SMELL “Sex and Candy?” The 1990s rockers Marcy Playground are celebrating their 20th anniversary with the release of their eponymous debut album on vinyl. The hit single sold 1.4 millions copies and spent 15 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart.

The shows at The Brew Brothers are free. | eldoradoreno.com

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WRINKLE

BLUEGRASS

Aug. 31 | 6 p.m.

Kings Beach State Recreation Area Kings Beach LOCAL BLUEGRASS BAND The Wrinkle is comprised of homegrown talent including Truckee High’s favorite history teacher, the amazing Mr. Mike Mazzie on mandolin. | northtahoebusiness.org

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The 18th annual Thin Air Chili Cook-Off is on Sept. 1 from noon until 4 p.m. at the Village Plaza at Kirkwood. The event, sponsored by the Kirkwood Community Association, features the region’s top chili makers, beer and wine tasting and a Kid’s Zone with face painting, a bounce house, games and arts and crafts. Live music will be supplied by the Wesley Orsolic Band. Chili, beer/wine tasting kits include a commemorative glass and cost $35 for adults age 21 and older.

Chili tasting kits without beer and wine tasting are $20.

Purchase tickets on the Village Plaza on the day of the event. Cash prizes awarded for Best Chili, Crowd Favorite and Best Booth. The proceeds will benefit the Kirkwood Volunteer Fire Department and Kirkwood Rescue Avalanche Dog Foundation. | www.thekca.org

Tahoe City Farmers Market Commons Beach | Tahoe City | Aug. 30, Sept. 6

Thursday mornings through Oct. 11. Enjoy fresh local produce, delicious food and incredible lake views. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Free | (530) 583-3348, tahoecityfarmersmarket.com

Romano’s Farmers’ Market Sierra Valley Farms | Beckwourth | Aug. 31

A one-stop shop for patrons who can get seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables, local meats, fresh fish from pacific coast, baked goods, mushrooms, condiments, wines and wine tasting, deli meats and cheese, organic milk and dairy, and many other locally crafted artisan value-added products and crafts. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | (530) 832-0114, sierravalleyfarms.com

Ski Run Farmers Market Ski Run | South Lake Tahoe | Aug. 31

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

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n the outskirts of Tahoe City, a German-style restaurant has been serving schnitzel, escargot and traditional European dishes since 1939. Ute Fassbender greets me an hour before Pfeifer House opens, sharing memories and stories of her late husband, Franz, about his lifelong love of creating traditional German cuisine and how she ended up in Tahoe from their hometown Düsseldorf, Germany. Her son and sous chef, Kirk, and his wife, Angela, are in the kitchen, busily preparing for the night ahead.

“ We try to work our hardest and do our best. It’s been the same owner for 45 years TOP TO BOTTOM: The Pfeifer House; Pfeifer House escargots in bubbling garlic butter sauce; Cordon Bleu Schnitzel.

and the family is trying to keep it going.”

–Angela Fassbender Ute came to the Tahoe Sierra in 1972 when Franz was invited to spend a summer at the Pfeifer House (then called the Tahoe Inn) by fellow German and previous owner Herman Schaeffer and his wife Lois Pfeifer for which the restaurant is named.

Franz had been a cook and took him up on the offer. The couple bought the business from Schaeffer, along with another German, Henry Obermueller.

In the late 1970s through the 1980s, business at the Pfeifer House was booming because they were one of the only restaurants in the area.

“There were not a lot of new ideas and different ways of eating. There wasn’t even a Safeway here. The only places to eat were at River Ranch, Bacchi’s, Swiss Lakewood and us,” Ute says. While food trends have changed a bit, people still come to Pfeifer House for its staple items that can’t be found anywhere else, such as the many variations of schnitzels and traditional German-style dishes.

With all of the competition, Ute says that what keeps people coming back is the traditional food and full-sized meals included in a single cost. Most dinners come with a soup or salad and a main course served with a vegetable available from $22 to $42.

“Escargots are very popular, even the kids like them,” Ute says.

Throughout the years, Pfeifer House has served famous faces — Lucille Ball, Rock Hudson, Dan Blocker and Ted Kennedy. It was also a filming location for the 1982 movie “Forbidden Love.”

Franz died in 2012 and Obermueller retired years ago. Ute says that what keeps her around is all of the nice people she met over the years and the support she’s receiv-

ed from the local community. She adds that she loves seeing the generations of families that keep coming back, although she doesn’t recognize some of the faces of the kids after 20 years have gone by. She also admits that she couldn’t have kept Pfeifer House going without her son Kirk stepping in and picking up where Franz left off.

During our conversation, Pfeifer House opens and people start filtering in. Angela brings out some potato pancakes served with applesauce followed by escargot and Bismark Herring Garnie for Ute. This is the first time I ever had escargot aka snails served in a bubbling garlic butter sauce.

They have the consistency of a mussel matched with a stringent earthy aftertaste.

Longtime Tahoe resident Herbert “Hubie” Alber and his friends have come in to celebrate his 68th birthday. The group called in two days before and special ordered a Long Island Duckling Feast for two to mark the occasion. Alber has been visiting the Pfeifer House since the Fassbenders took it over. Meanwhile, Angela comes to our table with Pfeifer House’s famous potato leek soup. It is creamy, hearty and

simple with big chunks of potato swimming in a thick broth.

“It’s even popular in the summer, a big party just came in and they all ordered the soup,” Angela says. “Ninety percent of our things are made in house. And Kirk picks out the meat and hand cuts it every day.”

The main course is the Cordon Bleu Schnitzel, which consists of a huge chunk of breaded pork loin full of Swiss cheese and ham served alongside a decent-sized portion of zucchini, multi-colored bowtie pasta and a group of thinly sliced potatoes doused in a flavorful demi glaze sauce.

At the table next to us, a scoop of vanilla ice cream comes out with a birthday candle on top and everyone starts singing to Hubie. He yodels loudly.

After finishing an incredibly flavorful and full plate of food coupled with a Top Notch Manhattan, I feel too full to move. Somehow I waddle out the door, already planning what schnitzel I’m going to have next.

“We try to work our hardest and do our best. It’s been the same owner for 45 years and the family is trying to keep it going,” Angela says.

The Pfeifer House is open for dinner Wednesday through Sunday from 5:30 to 9 p.m.; reservations are recommended. | (530) 583-3102, pfeiferhouse.com 

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Tickets for unlimited wine tastings are $40 in advance and $50 at the door. Guests who purchase the unlimited wine-tasting ticket receive a crystal souvenir glass. The event is open to all ages but tickets holders for wine tasting must be age 21 or older.

Labor Day Weekend at Squaw Valley features Foam Fest on Sept. 1 and Alpen Wine Fest on Sept. 2. Combo tickets for both events are $60. | squawalpine.com

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Eclectic old world Ambiance Home made Pastas Wide-ranging Wine list

EpicPromise Farm Stand

Reservations Recommended

Happy Hour

Northstar California and Tahoe Food Hub provide organic fresh fruits and vegetables for purchase every Friday throughout summer to employees and guests. 5-7 p.m. | chamber.truckee.com

Cowgirls and Cocktails

Garden Work Days

Tahoe Donner Equestrian Center Truckee | Aug. 31

Slow Food Lake Tahoe | Truckee | Sept. 3, 5

Cowgirls and cowboys are invited to gather for an early evening trail ride followed by a social hour with beer, wine and appetizers.

5-7 p.m. | tahoedonner.com

Sun-Thurs | 5-6 pm

Downtown Truckee | (530) 587-4694

29th Annual Foam Fest The Village at Squaw Valley Olympic Valley | Sept. 1

Enjoy an afternoon of craft beer tasting and live music in The Village at Squaw Valley. Enjoy live music by The California Honeydrops and Mojo Green while sampling craft beer from more than 25 breweries with 50 different types of beer. All proceeds from the event benefit Achieve Tahoe. 2-6 p.m. | (530) 9992264, achievetahoe.org

Tricounties Bank Plaza | Truckee | Sept. 2

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American Legion Hall Parking Lot South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 4

Enjoy the weekly farmers’ market every Tuesday until Oct. 9. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. | (530) 6221900, eldoradofarmersmarket.com

Wine Wednesdays The Loft | South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 5

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

Truckee Community Farmers Market

Voted Best Place to Take a Date for 17 years

Open nightly at 6 p.m.

Get your hands in the soil, learn about mountain growing and make some new friends. All food grown goes to local seniors. | slowfoodlaketahoe.org

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CREATIVE AMERICAN DINING

Martis Valley Grille | Truckee | Sept. 2

Executive Chef Steve Anderson partners with local breweries to artfully pair five courses of seasonally inspired dishes with craft beers. Guests are led through a different flavor journey guided by the brewmaster in an al fresco setting overlooking the sunset.

5-7:30 p.m. | eventbrite.com

Village at Northstar | Truckee | Aug. 31

DINNER AND BAR NIGHTLY FROM 5-9 PM

Brewmaster Dinner Series

Famous for our Mexicans!

Truckee Community Farmers’ Market Sundays until Sept. 30. The Truckee Community Farmers Market, is a California Certified Farmers Market, is committed to showcasing locally grown and artisan-quality foods.

9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free | (530) 414-9181, slowfoodlaketahoe.org

Tequila tastings Caliente | Kings Beach | Sept. 6

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SECOND FIDDLE WINES STORY BY LOU PHILLIPS

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n the last edition of Tahoe Weekly, I began an exploration of the concept of second fiddles, which are unique and tasty alternatives to certain country’s signature wines. They are made from different grapes than their better-known counterparts or from the same, but in drastically different styles and are often even more unique and yummy than the signatures at greater bargains.

I featured examples from so-called New World countries such as New Zealand and Argentina, and this week features older regions.

is known in Germany. The best of these are quite dry, fleshy and downright delicious. Look for the Villa Wolf label because its creator Dr. Loosen is a magician with these grapes and the values are downright amazing.

When it comes to Italy, we will be a little broader in relation to the wing-men wines that complement the myriad San-

South African Cabs are classics with Cassis, dark berries, fine tannins and an earthy soul. gioveses. An easy guide is to look for the specialty reds from lesser-known regions, especially the underrated and value-priced wines. These include, but are certainly not limited to: Aglianico from Campania, Nero d’Avola and Nerello Mascalese from Sicily, Negramaro from Apulia and Montepulciano from Abbruzzo.

Remember, as with all things wine, when exploring second fiddles, let fun be your muse and joy be your guidepost.

Cheers. 

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Let’s start in a country rarely explored

by American wine lovers. Hungary is most well-known for intense desert wines called Tokaji (pronounced toe-kie), which are created by a long and labor/resourceintensive winemaking process from primarily the Furmint grape. Tokaji’s second fiddle is also made from Furmint grapes but in a bone-dry style. These wines are just coming to popularity in the U.S. and are therefore mainly available at large wine stores, but are so worth the search.

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For decades South Africa has tried to convince the rest of the world that Pinotage consistently produces palatable wine.

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South Africa’s second fiddle of Cabernet Sauvignon, however, sits 180 degrees from Pinotage in that with little promotional push it wows oenophiles everywhere.

These Cabs are classics with Cassis, dark berries, fine tannins and an earthy soul.

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You can make the prep easier by taking a minute and writing out what you are going to make, down to each course. This might seem like a waste of time, but it will save a lot of time, effort and cleaning later. After doing this a few times, you become more aware of the process and will naturally follow the steps without writing everything out. The list also allows you to prep food at one time that will be used in multiple recipes. The other important step is to clean as you go. This will give you more space to use for prep and laying out your ingredients, but that space and empty sink can become crucial once you start cooking.

And now let’s move to dinner. As I so often say, think of the recipe as a guide and not as law. Only really in baking is it necessary to stick to the recipe. That is because baking is a lot more science and cooking is more taste and using your senses. You can see, smell, taste, feel and even hear what is going in the pan, so use these senses to

your advantage. Since you are the one in charge, change the recipe so it tastes good to you.

If the recipe calls for thyme but you are way more of a basil fan, by all means, use the basil. Do you like your mashed potatoes skin on or off, lumpy or smooth?

The original recipe for the pasta in this article called for sautéed veggies. I happen to think baked veggies add more flavor, so I changed the recipe. And don’t forget, no matter how much you cook, there will always be that occasional meal that just doesn’t work.

I recently made two of the worst meals I’ve made in a long time and they were back to back, breakfast and dinner. I left out one key ingredient in the French toast somehow (should have written it down) and added too much salt to the potatoes and sauce for dinner (seasoned too soon).

The toast was awful but I ate mine because it had real maple syrup. The sauce wasn’t too bad and since no one said anything about the salt until the next day after a keg party when they were hammered, oh well.

I won’t lose sleep and if they turn down the next dinner invite, it means less work for me. Don’t worry, they’ll be back. The moral is to know everything you are going to be making, feel free to change things for your taste buds and season at the end a little at a time. Give this simple pasta a try and enjoy. 

ROASTED VEGETABLE PASTA From the kitchen of: Chef David “Smitty” Smith

1 box fussily or penne, cooked al dente 1 red pepper ½ zucchini sliced in half- inch wheels, then halved ½ yellow squash sliced in half-inch wheels & the large wheels halved ½ red onion, sliced 8 whole cloves garlic 8 asparagus, cut in half 1 carrot, sliced 1/3 head cauliflower cut into small flowerets Add green beans or any other of your favorite veggies if desired ½ bunch fresh basil, chopped ¼ C olive oil 1 C mozzarella cut into small cubes ¾ C fresh grated Parmesan Turn your oven to 450 degrees and roast the red peppers in a pan until dark and burnt looking. Roll them once the top is black so the bottom also will turn dark. Remove the peppers from the oven, place in a small bowl, cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator.

Salt and bring your water to a boil. Cook off your pasta to al dente and strain, but keep the water hot on the stove.

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