Kim Wyatt
Free writing workshop for veterans in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Fri, 09/07/2018 - 8:05am
The El Dorado Arts Council is expanding their Veterans’ Voices Writing Workshop to South Lake Tahoe beginning Oct. 1. The free, drop-in workshop is open to all veterans and all skill levels are encouraged. The workshops will be held on Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Lake Tahoe Community College, Room A206, near the LTCC Veterans Resource Center.
Hands-on tour and demonstration of letterpress at Bona Fide Books
Submitted by paula on Thu, 05/25/2017 - 9:16am
Event Date:
June 16, 2017 - 5:00pm
Tahoe Letterpress will open its doors for a studio tour and reception Friday, June 16, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 pm. Located at Bona Fide Books in Meyers, the print shop will offer hands-on demonstrations and free hand-printed souvenirs to take home. The event is free and open to the public.
Meyers OMG Fun Run
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/07/2017 - 8:16pm
Event Date:
June 4, 2017 - 10:00am Everyone is invited to join in the fun at the second Old Meyers Grade Fun Run to start off the summer. The day will be filled with community, competitions, music, and a run up the old grade! The OMG Fun Run is hosted by the Meyers Community Foundation.
There are also sponsorship opportunities available so they can continue to host these exciting community events in Meyers all year round.
Event details:
June 4, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.
There are three divisions for prizes:
Kids
Costumes
Competitive
Family creates "Little Library" for the Lake Tahoe Community
Submitted by paula on Mon, 11/28/2016 - 8:24pm
The South Lake Tahoe community is invited to attend the grand opening of a new, free "Little Library" on Saturday, December 3 at noon outside BioSpirit, located at 1116 Ski Run Blvd.
The Haven family, Kathy and Nick, along with their children Alexi (12), Christopher (11) and Marcus (8) created the free lending library, the first of what they hope will be many around the community.
"We are making a little library so that whoever wants a book can have a book," said Alexi. "Also, people who have extra books, they can donate them to the library. That way everyone has books!"
City of South Lake Tahoe celebrates first 50 years
Submitted by paula on Sun, 11/08/2015 - 12:29pm
"South Lake Tahoe, you should be proud of yourself."
Those words, said by South Lake Tahoe Police Sgt. Brian Williams, were echoed throughout the evening as the City of South Lake Tahoe celebrated its first 50 years with a golden anniversary gala Saturday night.
Almost 300 people were at the Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel to share memories of the past, review of the present, and a look towards the future of a city that was formed because many of the residents were tired of being represented by a government in Placerville.
Tahoe WordWave: Inaugural literary festival gaining national attention
Submitted by paula on Tue, 10/06/2015 - 1:58pm
Get ready for Tahoe WordWave, a literary event the likes of which has never before been seen in South Lake Tahoe, and the rest of the country is taking note.
Modeled after San Francisco's LitQuake, organizers of Tahoe WordWave have gathered creative and inspiring writers, musicians, and performers from around the country to share their talents over a three day experience at Tallac Historic Site. The festival will be interactive, featuring readings, workshops, plays, open mics, guided hikes, and oral storytelling.
Author reading on brain injury tonight at Bona Fide Books
Submitted by paula on Thu, 08/13/2015 - 7:04am
Author Mojie Crigler will be reading from her new book, Get Me Through Tomorrow: A Sister's Memoir of Brain Injury and Revival, tonight at Bona Fide Books in Meyers at 7 p.m.
Women as Change Makers : Building community from the ground up
Submitted by paula on Sat, 07/25/2015 - 7:39pm
Event Date:
October 2, 2015 (All day)
Join Zawadisha and influential women from around the Tahoe/Truckee/Reno region on October 2 as they cultivate self-reliance, creativity, and collaboration to catalyze intentional change.
This full-day event overlooking Lake Tahoe will provide you with the tools and inspiration to create vibrant and resilient communities on a personal, local, and global level. Through authentic dialogue and meaningful interaction with women who have forged their own paths of change, you will leave with an expanded sense of possibility.
Celebrate May Day with Art Reception at Bona Fide Books
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/17/2015 - 4:19pm
Event Date:
May 1, 2015 - 6:30pm Bona Fide Books will host an art reception for plein air painter Claudia A. Garza on Fri., May 1, 6:30-8:30 pm at its shop in Meyers. This event is free and open to the public.
Raised in Chicago, Garza is a longtime art lover who began studying with Phyllis Shafer and Dave Russo at Lake Tahoe Community College when she moved to South Lake Tahoe in 2004.
Plein Air painter holds reception Friday at Bona Fide Books in Meyers
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/06/2015 - 7:48am
Event Date:
March 6, 2015 - 6:30pm
Bona Fide Books in Meyers will celebrate "Have Paints, Will Travel" on Friday night. Plein Air painer Ginny Schakerman's art will be on display during the reception which will include music and libations from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. March 6.
The reception is a kick off to Bona Fide's new community mercantile and print shop. Owner Kim Wyatt has been offering class at the store, from book making to prints.
Schakerman's art will be on display all month at the Meyer's book store.
New "Do It Yourself" boutique opens in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sat, 01/17/2015 - 10:31pm
The resurgence of small and unique businesses in South Lake Tahoe continues with the opening of the Wildwood DIY Boutique.
Owner Liza Utzig Schafer, a long time local resident, opened the shop in December and she says she's been busy ever since.
One can call her store an "in-person" Etsy, which is an e-commerce website full of handmade, unique and vintage items and supplies. Schafer's store is full of craft items, locally handmade items as well as things from independent artists.
Award-Winning Writer To Read at LTCC Writers’ Series June 13
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/29/2014 - 12:05pm
Event Date:
June 13, 2014 - 7:00pm On June 13 at 7 pm Bona Fide Books will launch award-winning author Ann Gelder’s “Bigfoot and the Baby” as part of the Lake Tahoe Community College’s Writers’ Series. The event is free and open to the public.
County Arts Council Adds Lake Tahoe Board Member
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/13/2014 - 4:57pmPLACERVILLE, CA - El Dorado Arts Council (EDAC) announced today that Kim Wyatt, publisher of Bona Fide Books, was appointed to the nonprofit arts organization’s board of directors.
“We are excited to have Kim Wyatt join our board as EDAC prepares to launch exciting initiatives in 2014,” says Dan Cattone, EDAC board president. “The support and nurturing of the South Lake Tahoe art community is critical to our mission of ‘More Art in More Places.’ Kim will help us energize that effort and insure that EDAC brings relevant support and value to the South Lake Tahoe art community.”
Bona Fide Award Winner to Read at LTCC Writers’ Series Oct. 11
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/04/2013 - 4:31pm
Event Date:
October 11, 2013 - 7:00pm On Oct. 11 at 7 pm Bona Fide Books will launch poet Robert Krut’s award-winning collection “This Is the Ocean” with a reading and book signing as part of the Lake Tahoe Community College’s Writers’ Series. The event is free and open to the public.
Lake Tahoe publisher launches feminist collection on 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 01/20/2013 - 10:59amSouth Lake Tahoe publishing house Bona Fide Books will release “Get Out of My Crotch! Twenty-One Writers Respond to America’s War on Women’s Rights and Reproductive Health,” by its new imprint Cherry Bomb Books Jan. 22, the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
Award-winning Brooklyn Poet Book Launch at LTCC Nov. 2
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/15/2012 - 10:25am
Event Date:
November 2, 2012 - 7:00pm On Nov. 2 at 7 pm Bona Fide Books will launch Brooklyn poet Lexa Hillyer’s award-winning collection “Acquainted with the Cold” at a reading at the Lake Tahoe Community College’s Writers’ Series. The event is free and open to the public.
“Acquainted with the Cold” is Hillyer’s first collection, and it won Bona Fide’s 2011 Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize, offered annually in honor of the local artist who died in 2009. The book is concerned with the intersection of nature and city, and takes the reader on an invigorating ode to the seasons.
Location
Lake Tahoe Community College
1 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe
United States
38° 55' 38.532" N, 119° 58' 23.6208" W
See map: Google Maps
Graphic Novelist Inks the Walls of Bona Fide Books
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 1:25pm
Event Date:
August 1, 2012 - 6:30pm On Wed. Aug. 1, Bona Fide Books will host a reception for graphic novelist and artist Jared Manninen and his collection "Based on a Dream" at Bona Fide HQ in Meyers from 6:30-8:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided.
Location
Bona Fide HQ
1069 Magua St. #4
Meyers, CA
United States
38° 51' 11.754" N, 120° 1' 12.936" W
See map: Google Maps
Publisher to speak about 'Tahoe Blues: Short Lit on Life at the Lake'
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 07/20/2012 - 9:08am
Kim Wyatt, local publisher and editor, will talk about Tahoe Blues ("Short Lit on Life at the Lake) and other forthcoming events at Bona Fide books. She will have books available for purchase. FREE. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the El Dorado County Friends of the Library.
Reno Writers Read 'Tahoe Blues' at Sundance Books
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 12:03pm
Event Date:
June 20, 2012 - 6:30pm On Wed. June 20, Sundance Books in Reno will host a reading for “Tahoe Blues: Short Lit on Life at the Lake” at 101 California Street, 6:30 p.m.. The event is free and open to the public.
Location
Sundance Books
121 California Ave.
Reno, NV 89509
United States
35° 22' 5.8944" N, 119° 0' 13.7232" W
See map: Google Maps
'Tahoe Blues' Book Launch at LTCC June 8
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 9:39am
Event Date:
June 8, 2012 - 7:00pm On Fri. June 8, Bona Fide Books will host a book launch and reading for “Tahoe Blues: Short Lit on Life at the Lake” at Lake Tahoe Community College, 7:00 p.m. The event is part of the LTCC Writers’ Series and is free and open to the public.
Artist Reception at Bona Fide Books May 5
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 12:10pm
Event Date:
May 5, 2012 - 5:30pm An Artist Shows “What Remains” at Bona Fide HQ May 5
On Sat. May 5, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 p.m. Bona Fide Books will host an art reception for local photographer and writer Stacy Hicks, featuring her collection “What Remains.” Free and open to the public, the exhibit will feature 16 black and white images. Refreshments will be served.
Hicks, who lives in Strawberry, CA with her son, says that her photographs reveal the things that people often don’t see, and this is what she finds most interesting in her subjects. She favors black and white film, because “It’s more honest.”
National Poetry Month Kickoff at Bona Fide Books
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/23/2012 - 1:22pm
Event Date:
April 7, 2012 - 7:00pm Bona Fide Books is hosting an art reception, poetry slam and reading for Reno-based poet and artist Benjamin Arnold Sat. Apr. 7, 7-10 p.m. at Bona Fide HQ. This event is free and open to the public. Singer/songwriter Athena McIntyre of Rockin’ Minerva will provide music starting at 9 p.m.
Award-winning Poet to Lead Workshop at Bona Fide Books
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 12:48pm
Event Date:
March 31, 2012 - 3:00pm Award-winning poet and editor Ravi Shankar will be in South Lake Tahoe on Saturday, March 31 to give a poetry workshop from 3-6pm at Bona Fide Books in Meyers. The cost is $25. Interested participants should bring 10 copies of a poem to workshop. Advance reservation is necessary, as space is limited. To sign up, please call or email Suzanne Roberts: 530-541-4660 X708 or robertss@ltcc.edu. All abilities and aesthetic stances are welcome.
Grandma Went to Woodstock: Writing Your Family History
Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 10:09am
Come to Bona Fide HQ Saturday and Sunday, November 19 and 20 from 10am to 2pm for this hands-on workshop with publisher Kim Wyatt.
Grandma Went to Woodstock: Writing Your Family History offers writers techniques and tools to bring your family history to life, how to create a compelling outline, and how to research your family history. The cost is $49, payable online. Please see the Events page at Bona Fide Books for register.
Writers Workshop: "The Hook, the Twist, and the Cliffhanger"
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 1:12pm
Bona Fide Books, Lake Tahoe's own independent publisher, is hosting Author Todd Borg for a weekend workshop, "The Hook, the Twist, and the Cliffhanger" - What Works and What Doesn't in Entertainment Fiction
Workshop hours are Friday, Oct. 14 through Sunday, Oct. 16 from 10 AM to 5 PM with an hour break for lunch.
Cost is $250. In order to ensure the best-quality workshop experience, space is limited.
Series of writing, literary events in Tahoe this fall
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 12:37amBona Fide Books' fall line-up includes writing classes for newbies, craft classes for the experienced, and art and music for all. On Sept. 14 at 6:30pm, Bona Fide Books Publisher Kim Wyatt will sp...
Series of writing, literary events in Tahoe this fall
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/06/2011 - 5:09am14 at 6:30pm, Bona Fide Books Publisher Kim Wyatt will speak at the South Lake Tahoe Branch Library about starting her small press and publishing today. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../series-of-writing-...
