Beginners

The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (US Forest Service/LTBMU) and the Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association (TAMBA) have been working together for a couple of years to improve mountain bike trails all while protecting the natural resources of our local forests. Lake Tahoe is a special place, loved and used by millions of visitors each year from around the world. The local forest service has been at the forefront of working collaboratively with user groups and the public to ensure that protecting the environment of this special place, still allows for uses that are compatible and fun.

Are you wondering what this yoga thing is all about?

4-SESSION YOGA 4 BEGINNER'S WORKSHOP

Carson City geocachers get ready. Saturday, April 27 is your day. The Geocache Adventure, a second-annual event hosted by the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Unit, will provide a day's worth of searching for participants and $1,000 in prizes.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. with a 10 a.m. start time. The gathering will meet at Bully's Sports Bar and Grill, 3530 N Carson Street. Cost: Kids under 15: $12 Adults: $20 Team of 4 any age: $60

Entry fees:

Have a fun time learning to play your fiddle, mandolin,
bass and/or guitar from Cindy Gray, faculty member of the
“Steve Kaufman Acoustic Camp” in Maryville, Tennessee.
Learn to play “mountain music” on your instrument, so that
you can join-in on the many bluegrass and/or old time jam
sessions that take place in our area. All students will receive
individualized training.

Tuition: $150 ($120 BAC Members)
Saturdays 11:00am-1:00pm
April 20–June 1 (6 weeks, no class May 25th for Memorial Day)
Instructor: Cindy Gray
Location: Ballroom

Granlibakken Conference Center and Lodge has answered the arrival of 2013 and ideal conditions at Lake Tahoe with the area’s most attractive ski and stay packages now through spring.

This course will teach you to recognize and overcome the common problems facing everyone starting in photography. You will be entertained by your instructor as he shares over thirty years of adventures and misadventures as an international photo-journalist. Topics covered: The art of seeing, equipment, photographing people (formal & candid), working with children and pets, scenic (seascapes/landscapes), and introduction to Photoshop. The course is open to beginners and anyone needing a review. For registration go to www.breweryarts.org.

Tuition: $100 ($90 BAC Members)

This course covers the same material as the original Adventures in Photography but with greater emphasis on using all that new equipment you got from Santa! This course will teach you to recognize and overcome the common problems facing everyone starting in photography. You will be entertained by your instructor as he shares over thirty years of adventures and misadventures as an international photojournalist. Topics covered: The art of seeing, equipment, photographing people (formal & candid), working with children and pets, scenic (seascapes/landscapes), and introduction to Photoshop.

Join potter Sharon Randall for 6 weeks of clay experience, beginning or intermediate instruction in handbuilding techniques including coils, slabs, pinch and extruder techniques. Create your own slab plate, soap dish, coiled vessel, wall vase, or sculptural piece. No previous experience with clay necessary. Class includes all materials: one bag of clay, glazes, and firing. Some tools available; tool sets available for purchase for $16.
For registration or for more info go to www.breweryarts.org.

Tuition: $150 ($140 BAC Members)
Monday afternoon weekly from 1:30p.m. to 4:30pm

With several early-season Lake Tahoe snowfalls, including 24 inches in the past two days, and plenty of cold weather days and nights, Sierra-at-Tahoe resort will open its mountain from top to bottom including the West Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 15.

West Bowl offers long cruisers and intermediate to advanced runs, along with unbeatable views of Pyramid Peak and Desolation Wilderness. Beginners to experts now have the opportunity to enjoy over 2,212 feet of vertical terrain, three terrain parks, and lessons for all ages and ability levels.

It might have been raining across much of Northern California, but last week’s storm brought snow to Lake Tahoe ski resorts – more than 3.5 feet of the white stuff, making for a great ski weekend.

“You just never know how these storms are going to play out,” said Chief Marketing Officer Andy Chapman of the North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association. “But Mother Nature cooperated and we’ve got new snow on the mountains.”

"The Ring"- New to the BAC, this class is a favorite and is great for experienced and beginners alike! In this two-hour class you will learn to make rings out of wire and beads. They are precious and surprisingly durable. In the last class we were able to make two rings each and every one of them was darling and reflected their artist! This let's you keep one and give one as a gift...or keep them both. :) (Class size limited to 15.)

Tuition: $25 (Plus $5 in class to instructor for materials)

Thursday Oct. 11, 2012, 5:30pm–7:30pm

Instructor: Kym Maehl

Location: Art Room

Mother Nature and the lucky Leprechaun found powder at the end of the rainbow with a late season storm that dropped 5-9 feet of new snow at Tahoe South resorts this past weekend, which will provide great spring skiing conditions through Easter and beyond. Forecasts predict sunny skies throughout the week.

Pete Livermore has announced he will be running for a second term representing Assembly District 40, which encompasses most of Carson City.

Livermore served on the Carson City Board of Supervisors until he was elected to the Assembly in 2010, edging out fellow supervisor Robin Williamson.

The following is the text of a press release sent out by Livermore today:

This weekend, beginner skiers and riders can take their first turns on the snow at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows for just $30 including a beginner lift ticket, rental equipment and lessons during the 12th Annual Learn to Ski and Board Weekend.

Washoe Lake State Park will host a Dutch-oven cooking course on Saturday, August 20, 2011, according to the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources website.
Local Dutch-oven experts Doug Thomas and John Collier of the Northern Sierra Dutch-Oven Group will lead participants in preparing appetizers, main entrees and desserts.
The public is invited to attend. Call 775-687-4319 to reserve a space.
WHAT: Dutch-Oven Cooking for Beginners

I haven't been doing hiking of late because of a back problem, but with my new electronic "tickle belt" I'm able to hit the hills again.

I recently returned to my old favorite Dead Man's Creek on Eastlake Boulevard about 5 miles from downtown Carson. It was 90-plus that day so I turned back burned out before reaching the gazebo that perches at the end of the trail, but I did discover a new sign at the trailhead, courtesy of Nevada Division of State Parks. It's one of the best trail signs I've seen in recent times.

In Carson City and Carson Valley, golf courses are vibrant green, fairways lush and putts are rolling smoothly at Divine 9 layouts – the golf season is here and the big winter a distant memory.

A handful of Lake Tahoe ski resorts prepare to open for the season this weekend thanks to an early snowfall, snowmaking guns and a fairly large storm set to punch the Sierra.

Around a foot or more of natural snow across the Sierra earlier this month certainly helped get things moving. With this weekend's anticipated storm, which may bring anywhere from 2-4 feet of snow to the Sierra, resorts should get a nice healthy boost just in time for the holiday season.

Here's what we know:

Join us every Wednesday for Country Line Dancing Lessons with Cowboy Bob in our fabulous new Eleventh Frame Winner's Lounge @ Carson Lanes. Beginners to Advanced welcome. No Cover & Smoke-Free. Happy Hour Daily from 5-6pm. Buy one, Get one FREE.

Carson City Art Gallery & Pottery Studio offers classes in working with clay. The class sizes are small, so that individual attention may be paid to each student. Classes are ongoing at levels from beginner through advanced. Please visit Carson City Pottery on Facebook for more information.

We are located at 110 South Curry Street. Contact: 775-313-8628, or carsoncityart@yahoo.com

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News Release:

Carson City and Lyon County officials will cut the ribbon May 22 to ceremonially launch new boating facilities for whitewater rafting and kayaking that have opened on the Carson River Aquatic Trail between Carson City and Dayton.

by NevadaCulturalAffairs