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Lake of the Sky Outfitters and Unity at the Lake invite you to be part of a nationwide viewing circle orchestrated by Native Wild Horse Protection and American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign.

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The Lake Tahoe Community College Writers’ Series will proudly celebrate National Poetry Month on Friday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the LTCC Library.
Three award-winning poets — Kelle Groom, Lexa Hillyer, and Krista Lukas — will read from their works, engage the audience with a Q and A, and sign books. The event is free and open to the community. Books will be available for purchase.

From Mark Twain and Frank Sinatra to teamsters and tourism, the history of Lake Tahoe recorded in a new book by Michael J. Makley brings the region’s many dimensions to life. The noted local author is the featured speaker at the February Frances Humphrey lecture series from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City, where he will explore the geology and natural history of Lake Tahoe and the people who shaped its history.

Author, Helen Simonson, writer of "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand," will meet with the South Lake Tahoe Friends of the Library monthly Book Club on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 3 p.m. via Skype.

Ms. Simonson's book as been highly reviewed, "In the noisy world of today it is a delight to find a novel that dares to assert itself quietly with the lovely rhythm of Helen Simonson’s funny, comforting and intelligent debut..."

Join us for tea and lively discussion of this interesting book with its interesting author. This event is free and open to the public event.

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The new year has arrived and many people are making resolutions, hoping for a fresh start. Successful business entrepreneur and author Robert D. Kintigh offers to redesign your life with 10 esse...

Thirteen years ago, I moved to the South Shore because I love the mountains and I wanted to transition from magazine health journalist to cookbook author. I did that. But every winter I wonder, "Wh...

Sierra Nevada College professors and editors evaluated over 500 submissions to choose the top winners for the 2012 High School Writing Contest, a national competition that produced exceptional stories, poems and creative nonfiction from high school juniors and seniors.
“The level of talent was extraordinary, making it tough for the judges,” said June Saraceno, English Department chair at Sierra Nevada College, a four-year private college in Incline Village, Nev.

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Chris Field, a 2007 Nobel Prize team winner and lead author of the study on the effects of global climate change will be the keynote speaker at Tahoe South's Operation Sierra Storm Meteorologist Conference, Jan 10 at South Shore Lake Tahoe.

When the Sutter Mill’s meteorite streaked across the Nevada sky in April, it made a loud boom and shook homes throughout the region. Ken Smith, associate director for the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno heard it and felt it that Sunday morning. His scientific curiosity drew him right to the lab’s earthquake monitoring network to see what registered on the more than 150 reporting stations. He found an astonishing series of registrations.

Author Suzanne Roberts set out along a month-long trip through the Sierra Nevada in 1993 with two other women. Almost 20 years later, Roberts published the story of that hike in her book, "Almos...

Turning Your Trips into Tales: The Art of Travel Writing. Join award-winning author Suzanne Roberts for a one-night travel writing workshop. In this workshop, the basics of writing travel and adventure essays, including crafting your work for an audience, basic revision strategies, and publishing opportunities are discussed. $40/class size is limited, go here to sign up. The event is Oct. 11 and runs from 6 to 9 p.m.

In "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," author Robert M. Pirsig describes being on a motorcycle as being "completely in contact with it all. You're in the scene, not just watching it any...

The public is invited to be entertained and educated with Bill Nye the Science Guy Sept. 6, the first of several presentations in the annual Discover Science Lecture Series at the University of Nevada, Reno. The College of Science and Associated Students of the University of Nevada are bringing Nye to the University’s Lawlor Events Center at 7 p.m. All tickets are $5 per person, available through the Lawlor box office.

Democratic California state Sen. Joe Simitian probably is best-known as the author of California's bill to ban the use of hand-held cellphones while driving. After Friday's vote, Simitian may be be...

For the second time in less than a year, Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III will speak at Lake Tahoe, this time as a special guest speaker of the 2012 Lake in the Sky Air Show, Aug. 24-26 at the Lake Tahoe Airport.
Sullenberger gained fame when he successfully landed US Airways Flight 1549, which had been disabled by striking a flock of Canada geese, in the Hudson River off Manhattan, New York City, on January 15, 2009. All of the 155 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft survived.

The 43rd annual Squaw Valley Community of Writers will convene again this summer with acclaimed workshops in Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction and Screenwriting. As part of the workshop, the Squaw Valley Community of Writers will be hosting an extraordinary evening of poetry readings on Thursday, June 28, at 8 p.m. in The Olympic Village Lodge at Squaw Valley.

As part of the evening of poetry, Kazim Ali, Robert Hass, Sharon Olds, Claudia Rankine and C.D. Wright will read from their published and unpublished work, including poems written in Squaw Valley just days before.

CARNELIAN BAY — Results of a new U.S. Geological Survey study found that faults west of Lake Tahoe, Calif., referred to as the Tahoe-Sierra frontal fault zone, pose a substantial increase in the seismic hazard assessment for the Lake Tahoe region of California and Nevada, and could potentially generate earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 6.3 to 6.9. A close association of landslide deposits and active faults also suggests that there is an earthquake-induced landslide hazard along the steep fault-formed range front west of Lake Tahoe.

Join UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) researchers for an Open House at the Tahoe City Field Station (Historic Hatchery) at 2400 Lake Forest Road from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 2, 2012. Tour the historic building, talk to scientists about their work, and learn something new about Lake Tahoe.

Dr. David Borges, D.C., author, lecturer and historian will show homes and places of historical interest and other highlights in Tahoe's oldest neighborhood as part of the Lake Tahoe Historical Society lecture series.
We'll meet at 7 p.m. in the lodge at Camp Richardson. Free. refreshments served. Open to the public, bring your For information go to www.laketahoemuseum.org or call (530) 541-5458.

Author and futurist Jason Mallory of South Lake Tahoe talks about his second book "Proxy" with Lake Tahoe Television.

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