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STATELINE, Nev. - It's that time again, when friends of Dat Phan start making their annual pilgrimage to Lake Tahoe to see their favorite performer on stage. Has it been that long? Dat really ha...

British writer-director Christopher Nolan imagines fascinating scenarios and has a knack for presenting them onscreen. At just 42, his credits include "Memento," "The Prestige" and my personal f...

The South Tahoe Wooden Boat Classic, a Vintage Boat Show for Charity is the Antique and Classic Boat Society, Inc., Northern California/Lake Tahoe Chapter's only ACBS-judged boat show. The 5th annual 2012 boat show is featured July 27-28 at the Tahoe Keys Marina & Yacht Club will display 70 antique and classic boats and gift $12,250 to local charities.

Market on the Run Farmers' Market on Ski Run Boulevard runs Fridays through summer from 3-8 pm. The boulevard is closed between Birch and Larch streets. Live music, a beer garden in front of the Blue Angel cafe, organic local produce, unique food vendors, locally made bread and other local products and goods. Also face painting and other things for kids.

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Lake Tahoe residents and visitors are invited to take a LEGO® Brickation. This pop-up LEGO Experience at Heavenly Village Center beginning July 25, is a fun, free event for the entire family. Help create a custom LEGO Lake Tahoe Mosaic, challenge a family member on the LEGO Race Ramp or capture a photo with life-size LEGO models. Hands-on DUPLO play zones engage even the youngest members of the family. The event runs July 25 through Sep. 4. Sunday -Thursday: 10:00 am to 7:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Heavenly Village, 1001 Heavenly Village Way.

The Summer Keynote Speaker Series at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center continues every Thursday evening through August at the Lake of the Sky Amphitheater. The programs are sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service and the Tahoe Heritage Foundation, a non-profit organization that works with the Forest Service to conduct interpretive and environmental education programs in the Tahoe. Donations to the Tahoe Heritage Foundation are welcomed.

Returning to Tennessee for some rest after the Telluride Bluegrass festival, Sam Bush found himself surrounded by activity. The "king of newgrass" was surrounded by contractors gutting and remodeli...

How did both John Caponera and David Gee manage to be at Harveys Improv comedy club the week of the American Century Golf Championship?It's no coincidence, because they were up here together exactl...

Building on its Fourth of July weekend concert series, Toccata, the Tahoe Symphony Orchestra, will continue its 21-concert 2012 Tahoe Summer MusicFest with a series that celebrates the seventh anni...

The Wanderlust Festival, a one-of-a-kind yoga and music festival, returns for a fourth year to the picturesque setting of Squaw Valley Thursday, July 26 through Sunday, July 29.

The annual event, sponsored by the North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association, will host a number of acitivites specifically for kids in addition to its yoga classes, talks, healing services and live concerts.

It's concert time when 40 Watt Hype will bring its Latin Fusion to Lakeview Commons and El Dorado Beach beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday as part of the Live at Lakeview Concert series.

Only five days but still so much to do: Studying scripts, learning choreography and singing songs were on the list Tuesday for children involved in the production of "The Wizard of Oz," which th...

Heavy-hitting comedy, celebrity golf and blockbuster concerts make for a sizzling summer at Tahoe South with an dynamic lineup that includes legendary actor-comedian Robin Williams; hall-of-fame athletes teeing it up at the American Century Championship and Grammy award-winning pop-rock group, Maroon 5.

The Sierra Nevada Ballet takes the stage this summer to present "Giselle," which is possibly the best-loved of all the world's ballets. This profound folk tale comes to life through music, drama and over 30 professional dancers who will share this story of doomed love ... complete with jealousy, madness and vengeful ghosts. According to the ballet’s artistic director Rosine Bena, “Giselle is steeped in the tradition of ballet and conveys the poetry that makes this great production a must see this summer.”

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On Monday August 13, 2012 at the Valhalla Boathouse Theatre in South Lake Tahoe, Jesse Kalin will take center stage performing his original music in an intimate concert setting. With over 20 original songs written, Jesse will share material that has not been heard before.

ZEPHYR COVE, Nev. - Sometimes the band credit must be shared with the fans because they're the ones who often make the experience. Fans of nearly 50 years came out last Tuesday to see the legend...

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors will begin its July 17 meeting with a Hindu invocation with verse from the world's oldest existing scripture, the first time since its 1850 incorporation. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the opening prayer from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the leaders. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English translation of the prayer. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages.

We're having a heat wave in the Sierra. To me that spells it's not the time to hit the kitchen. It's more fun to take a dip in the pool or Lake. Still, I have to eat; so a homemade stir-fry with...

When Pat Simmons wrote "Black Water," musical floodgates opened, inundating the Billboard charts with high-rising albums and singles."It was all just part of a flow that we had going at the time...

As late as last summer, it looked like this year's 50th anniversary of the Beach Boys wouldn't offer much reason for fans to get excited.Yes, rumors of a 50th anniversary tour were flying, but a...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Nkulee Dube performs Thursday and Friday at Lake Tahoe along with Tosh Meets Marley, an all-star band featuring Fully Fullwood, Tony Chin, Jawge Hughes, Vince Black an...

Oliver Stone carefully coordinates a culture-clash between drug dealers to observe its effect on three young protagonists. In this, his adaptation of Don Winslow's novel, part pulp fiction and p...

This July, Squaw Valley saddles up again for Wild West Weekend with a host of western-themed events high in the Sierra. Wild West Weekend offers adults and kids the opportunity to channel their inner-cowboys at the High Camp Corral for western-style fun. Pony rides, a petting zoo, western shoot-outs, and two days of live music are all part of the western weekend on July 21 and July 22.

Every summer writers of all stripes — poets, novelists, screenwriters and writers of memoirs, histories, essays and short stories — descend on Squaw Valley and Lake Tahoe for a week of intensive literary activity. The valley buzzes with metaphors flying and manuscripts flapping, as over 250 writers, editors and publishers convene in two separate week-long workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoir and screenwriting.