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Ridgestock to celebrate 11 years with live music, green speakers

“Ridgestock has developed a life all of its own and it has really blossomed over the past decade.” Roo Cantada, founder and producer of the annual Ridgestock Music and Sustainability Expo.
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CATS to hold auditions for ‘The King and I’

Auditions will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 28 and Aug. 29, at St. Joseph’s Cultural Center in Grass Valley. Callbacks will be scheduled shortly thereafter, and dates, times, and venue will be advised. Rehearsals commence in December. ...
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Rocking ‘n’ rolling again: Bob Woods Trio works its magic at the Geezers Gig

From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Fridays, they play kickass country rock ’n’ roll. The no-cover gig definitely draws an over-40 crowd – but these “geezers” are way too busy proving you’re never too old to rock ’n’ roll. ...
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Salmagundi! A Mid-Summer Variety Show to be held in Grass Valley

Perhaps you’ll remember the days or Sid Caesar's Show of Shows or The Ernie Kovaks Show; well, blend a bit of that kind of outside theater, mixing arts forms like spoken word, poetry, music and dance, and all with a twist, and you will begin to get a grip on where these Two Minds are Working from. ...
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St. Josephs Cultural Center benefit to be held Sunday, June 27

The Benefit to Preserve and Restore St. Joseph's Cultural Center will feature many of Nevada County's musicians, poets and public speakers....
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Café Community to debut on June 7 on NCTV

Café Community will continue the mission of “Mission: Possible” by featuring people who make a difference in the community as well as offering a variety of resources to survive and thrive together. ...
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Amgen part of a busy weekend in Nevada City, Grass Valley

Live music, theatre and events mark this weekend in the area. The highlight is the beginning of Stage 1 of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California bicycle race that starts at 11:45 a.m. Sunday on Broad Street in downtown Nevada City. What follows is the weekend calendar of events. ...
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Greenberg new board president for Center for the Arts in Grass Valley

Hindi Greenberg, who moved to the area in 2001 from San Francisco, has been on the Center’s board of directors for the past four years. She is the president of her consulting and speaking business, Lawyers in Transition, and is a former trial lawyer. ...
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The Cheatin’ Buzzies headline Cooper’s Amgen weekend

Performing all original music, The Cheatin’ Buzzies is considered one of the area’s most solid rock groups that blends strong lead vocals with edgy guitar riffs. They have refined a unique style in their five years of playing, and in 2008 they received the Northern California Artistic Achievement Award for Best Independent Band. ...
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Coco Montoya performing this Saturday in Grass Valley

The legendary blues rocker will perform at a dance party at 8 p.m. at the Center for the Arts in downtown Grass Valley. ...
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Nevada County calendar of events, entertainment for April

The Artists Studio in the Foothills will display the work of local artists at its 21 Buddhas show until April 24 at ASIF Studio at 940 Idaho-Maryland Road in Grass Valley. For more information, call 530-274-7000 or e-mail mpaoletti@asifstudios. ...
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Renowned baritone to help Music in the Mountains kick off SpringFest

Richard Zeller has performed this season with the Charlotte Symphony, the Portland Symphonic Choir and at the Opera Gala in Lodz, Poland. He has also performed for 12 seasons at the Metropolitan Opera. ...
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Jazz musician part of a busy lineup at the Crazy Horse

Celia Slattery's performance is part of a full week of live music at the saloon in downtown Nevada City. The line up includes ..... ...
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Blues legend James Cotton to perform at Center for the Arts

Blues legend and superharpist James Cotton will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Center for the Arts in downtown Grass Valley....
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‘Snow Falling on Cedars’ opens CATS 16th season on March 18

The cast, which plays 44 roles, includes: Tucker Braga, Lyra Dominguez, Vann Dart, Ron Sasaki, Tucker Braga, Jed Dixon, Scott Young, Darryl Stines, Andrew Kerr, Diane Fetterly, Lisa Moon, Kerri Fulton, Allison Chan, Jez Freeman, John Bush and Virgil Wong. ...
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Nevada County Composers bringing multi-media show to Miners Foundry

The event is billed as a multimedia evening featuring new music in collaboration with film, dance, poetry, painting, sculpture and the spoken word. ...
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Center for the Arts bringing the Kingston Trio to Grass Valley

The Kingston Trio spearheaded a boom in the popularity of folk music that continues today....
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Music in the Mountains plans to waltz into its spring season

Conductor Gregory’s Vajda’s 2010 season begins on March 24 with Wine, Women and Song ...
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Nevada County's Ivan Nájera brings all-star band to Center for the Arts

Nevada County guitarist/singer/songwriter Ivan Najera brings an all-star collection of friends to the Center for the Arts for a stellar evening of original music on Saturday, Jan. 30 ...
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Bee Eaters hope to create a buzz at Grass Valley performance

The quartet combines the strong, striking music of hammered dulcimer virtuoso Simon Chrisman and banjo phenomenon Wes Corbett with the inimitable sound of brother-sister fiddle duo Tristan and Tashina Clarridge. ...
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Hawaiian musician to play Saturday night at Nevada Theatre

"Led Kaapana is a flat out genius at just about any stringed instrument that can be finger-picked." - Honolulu Advertiser. ...
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David Lindley of Jackson Brown to perform Friday at Nevada Theatre

Lindley, well known for his many years as the featured accompanist with Jackson Browne,and as leader of his own band El Rayo-X, has long championed the concept of world music. ...
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NCTV to televise, stream live interviews from Wild & Scenic Film Festival

For the first time NCTV, in conjunction with Cognizant Productions, will broadcast live interviews with over 35 filmmakers, environmental activists and festival-goers from the site of the new Media Lounge at the 8th Annual SYRCL Wild and Scenic Film Festival. ...
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16 film reviews for the 2010 Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City

Film critic and Film Festival Head Juror Chuck Jaffee shares another 16 reviews exclusively with the Nevada City Advocate. The 8th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival starts this Friday, Jan. 15, in Nevada City. ...
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Film Festival review: ‘Taking Root’ shows how a woman changed a nation

Film critic and SYRCL Wild & Scenic Film Festival Head Juror Chuck Jaffee had done more than 20 film reviews exclusively for the Nevada City Advocate. We will be posting these reviews thoughout the week or you can find them in the January edition of the Advocate, a free newspaper found in locations throughout Nevada City, Grass Valley and the San Juan Ridge....
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Film Festival review: ‘A Sea Change’ warns of our dying oceans

Film critic and SYRCL Wild & Scenic Film Festival Head Juror Chuck Jaffee had done more than 20 film reviews exclusively for the Nevada City Advocate. We will be posting these reviews thoughout the week or you can find them in the January edition of the Advocate, a free newspaper found in locations throughout Nevada City, Grass Valley and the San Juan Ridge....
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‘The Legend of Pale Male’ named best film at Wild & Scenic

'The Legend of Pale Male' was just named the best film of the 2010 SYRCL Wild & Scenic Film Festival. A review of the film done exclusively for the Nevada City Advocate follows this update. Other award winners named on Saturday afternoon at Miners Foundry include: 'A Simple Question,' 'No Impact Man,' 'Fresh,' 'The First Ascent,' 'Lords of Nature,' 'The Cove,' 'The First Asent,' 'Taking Root,' and 'Finding Farley.' In addition, Film Festival Director Kathy Dodson received a Lifetime Acheivement Award. ...
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Classic play ‘Cyrano’ now playing at Nevada Theatre

“Its values and virtues are theatrical. It’s larger than life. It’s up there with Hamlet, King Lear and Oedipus. This is one of the greatest plays of all,” said John Deaderick, who will star as Cyrano, a character with an extraordinarily long nose that serves as a burden and a motivator for this ultimate renaissance man. ...
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Award-winning artists to perform at Hawaiian concert

Darlene Ahuna is a multiple Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner and a “Female Vocalist of the Year,” which is the Hawaiian music industry’s highest honor. She is best known for her seamless falsetto renditions of traditional Hawaiian, hula and hapa-haole standards. ...
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Nevada County to get sneak peek at Voodoo Queen CD

On Friday, Nov. 27, Renee Wilson is going to celebrate her birthday, her marriage, her first CD and her first film at the Voodoo Queen Advance CD Release Party. It starts at 8 p.m. at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley. ...
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