Entertainment
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.
‘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. ...
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. ...
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....
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
Actor Patrick Stewart makes appearances at Wild & Scenic Film Festival
The casually clad Sir Patrick made his second appearance Saturday at the awards ceremony that started around 4:30 p.m. at the Great Hall in Miners Foundry. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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....
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....
‘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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
SYRCL announces its featured guest for January's film festival
From Shakespearean theatre to Star Trek's Jean Luc Picard to the X-Men, Patrick Stewart is now doing his part on the green screen as the narrator for the new environmental adventure film, Nature Propelled, which will premiere at the Wild & Scenic film festival. ...
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. ...
Slide guitarist Roy Rogers & Delta Rhythm Kings to play in Grass Valley
Roy Rogers is one of the premier slide guitarists performing today. With eight solo recordings, he has also been nominated for two Grammy Awards and 6 Grammy credits as the producer of John Lee Hooker and Ramblin' Jack Elliott releases....
Sky Dog Entertainment presents Gold Rush Musical Festival at Miners Foundry
Doug Ellington and A New Urban Groove, The Pyronauts, Remley, Fox Trot Mary, Leah Tysse, Analog Jazz, Shay Dillon, Anna Lisa are among the artists who will be featured at the first annual event. ...
Second City returns to Nevada Theatre in November
America’s premier comedy troupe returns to the Nevada Theatre in downtown Nevada City for two shows at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, and Saturday, Nov. 14. ...The 'War of the Worlds' is coming to Grass Valley
The Community Players of Nevada County are taking audiences back to that time with “War of the Worlds: The Radio Play.” It opens at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct 29, at St. Joseph’s Cultural Center, 410 South Church Street in Grass Valley. ...
A laughing matter: Smothers Brothers attract big crowd in Grass Valley
Tom and Dick Smothers were dressed in suits and wearing bow ties. Dick was leaning on his bass cello; Tom had his guitar in hand. Many in the audience started laughing as soon as Tom uttered his first word. ...
Blues concert series coming to Nevada County
“I want to bring the very, very best blues, rhythm and blues, and soul music to Nevada County.” - Paul Emery...
Pianist's performance will bring a dream one step closer to reality
George Winston, who does more than 100 concerts a year, will perform on Monday, Sept. 21, in Grass Valley at a fund-raiser for the Greenhouse School of Music, which hopes to open its doors in 2010. ...
Famous Marching Presidents to return to Constitution Day Parade
The parade is just one slice of a weekend-long celebration of history that starts with a Civil War battle at 1 p.m. on Saturday and ends Sunday afternoon with the parade of more than 100 units on Broad Street. ...
Famed San Francisco Mime Troupe coming to Nevada City
The San Francisco Mine Troupe will be performing at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday this week at Miners Foundry on Spring Street in downtown Nevada City. ...