Kids
Parent Predicament Lift Tickets
These tickets at Northstar offer a great option for tag-team childcare allowing parents to share a lift ticket for the day. As one parent skis or snowboards, the other stays with the child until they’re ready to trade duties, northstarattahoe.com, 800-gonorth.
Snow Festival Events for Kids
•Paint the Animal (March 1) – Kids receive a small, flat, wooden bear and acrylic paints to paint any way they’d like. Children of all ages welcome. Free. From 12 to 2 p.m. North Tahoe Art Center, 380 North Lake Blvd in Tahoe City, allison @nothtahoearts.com, 530-581-2787.
•Tahoe Tots Disco Dance (March 1) – Bring the little ones to dance the afternoon away at the Deep End, Tahoe City’s under-21 Nightclub. Food and drinks provided. Parents with kids 6 and under welcome from 2 to 5 p.m. Lower floor, Lighthouse Center. Behind Safeway in Tahoe City. 530-581-4363.
• Lake Tahoe School Science Expo (March 5) – An afternoon of hands-on science experiments, featuring snow, ice, water and sand. Make a 5-foot bubble, analyze snow, make layers of water and get up close with a snowflake. Free. From 2 to 5 p.m. Lake Tahoe School, 995 Tahoe Boulevard in Incline Village, 775-831-5828.
Leapin’ Lizards, Get Your Tickets
Tickets go on sale March 3
Little Orphan Annie is back. Boasting one of Broadway’s most memorable scores, including ‘It’s a Hard-Knock Life,’ ‘Easy Street,’ and the ever-optimistic ‘Tomorrow,’ Annie will delight the entire family. Performances are Friday, April 18 at 8 p.m,, Saturday, April 19 at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 20 at1 and 6 p.m. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 South Virginia Street, Reno. Tickets $40 to $70, pioneercenter.com, 877-840-0457.
The Playground is Buried Under Snow, But…
My Playground offers active movement and gymnastics classes for children ages 1 through 13. Physical activity is critical to a healthy and enjoyable life, and the goal at My Playground is to serve children with programs designed to promote motor skills development and self-confidence. Young children learn best through fun and play. Older children learn best through excellent instruction and successful mastery of physical movement. My Playground’s talented staff will help your child to experience their bodies as both strong and capable. 10775 Pioneer Trail, Suite 106, Truckee, playgroundcentral.com, 530-587-7404.
Outdoors
Ski the Royal Gorge Huts
February 24
Challenge yourself and friends to a one-day ski of the Royal Gorge warming huts. How many can you get to in five and a half hours? Collect a ticket in each hut you visit and turn in for rewards, raffles and prizes at 3 p.m. Registration starts at 9 a.m. and skiing starts at 9:30 a.m. $30 includes your trail pass and entry fee, $10 for season pass holders. royalgorge.com, 800-500-3871.
North Lake Tahoe Snow Festival
February 29 through March 9
Celebrate Tahoe’s signature season with a week of festivities, including a polar bear swim, parties, parades, ski and boarding challenges, wacky competitions, concerts and special outings and activities. A torchlight parade and fireworks extravaganza, with a laser display, kicks off the annual North Lake Tahoe Snow Festival at Squaw Valley after dark on February 29. The Snowfest Queen Coronation at 6:30 p.m. The candidates compete in three categories: ticket sales, community involvement, and a final interview. Beneficiaries are local non-profit organizations the candidate represents. For a complete event schedule visit tahoesnowfestival.com, 530-583-7167.
South Lake Tahoe Gay and Lesbian Ski Week
March 2 through 9
South Lake Tahoe’s Gay and Lesbian celebration is 24/7 non-stop action on and off the slopes. The celebration includes world class skiing, a cruise on the Tahoe Queen, all-night dance parties, comedy and the ‘Queen of the Mountain’ competitive Drag Race. laketahoewinterfest.com, 800-AT-TAHOE.
Winter Blue Adventure Race
March 9
The Big Blue Adventure Series begins the season with a race set in Northstar’s backcountry. It challenges adventure racers and winter athletes to use navigational skills to find specific checkpoints while making their way via snowshoes or free-heel skis. The race is open to teams of two and has estimated finishing times of three to five hours.
Teams (coed, all male, all female and masters) can register through March 8, with late fees applying after March 2. bigblueadventure.com, 530-546-1019.
Free Avalanche Transceiver Workshops
First and 15 of the Month
Do you have an avalanche transceiver? Do you know how it works and how to use it? On the first and 15 of each month, throughout the season, the Squaw Valley Ski Patrol hosts classes to help you understand the benefits and correct use of a transceiver, an important tool for backcountry skiing, snowboarding and snowmobiling. Workshop topics include basic avalanche awareness, rescue techniques, search methods and useful tools and procedures for backcountry rescue. Classes are held at Ski Patrol/First Aid in the third grey building near the snow removal equipment. Bring your own transceiver if you have one and dress warmly. Part of the class will be outside. Free. From 5:30 to 7 p.m. squaw.com, 530-452-7260 to reserve your spot.
Classes
Breathe
Every Couple of Seconds
Explore ways to deepen your meditation practice. Make a commitment to take time for yourself and bring peace and more creativity into your life and the world around you. For Goodness Sake has several meditation classes every week. Jon L. teaches Mondays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cathy Nason is holding a weekly Spanish speaking meditation class every Wednesday morning from 7 to 8 a.m. and a guided meditation every Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. The Thursday Lunchtime Meditation is from 12:15 to1 p.m. Free. CDs with a simple and effective technique to get anyone started are available for $5, which goes to the author Diksha McCord. 10157 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, goodnesssake.org, 530-550-8981.
Be Good To Your Heart
February
February is Heart Month and Tahoe Forest Hospital and Tahoe Center for the Health and Sports Performance are offering several programs and services geared toward achieving and maintaining good heart health.
Y Heart To Heart – A fun series of workshops offered Wednesday mornings at 9:30 a.m. Cooking classes, heart workshops Questions for the Cardiologist – Dr. Tim Lombard, tips on medication and stress management. All workshops are free during the month of February in honor of Hearth Month. 530-582-3285.
Y Coronary Calcium Screening – a painless, non-invasive scoring assessment which measures coronary artery calcification utilizing a state-of-the-art multi-slice CT scanner. $250 throughout the month of February. 530-582-6510.
Y Nutrition 101 – Lunch & Learn: A four-part nutrition series lead by a registered dietician. Thursdays in February from 12 to 12:45 p.m.
February 14 – Eating to Optimize your Health
February 21 – Defensive Eating
February 28 – Healthy Cooking
$50 for Fitness Center/Program members and $75 for non-members. Register at 530-587-3769.
Y Silver Steps Program -a 12-week fitness program especially for seniors including cardio-respiratory endurance, muscular strength training, flexibility and cognitive activities. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. or 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. $150 for three months including a complete fitness assessment and personalized exercise counseling. Cardiac Rehabilitation Department in Tahoe Forest Hospital, 10121 Pine Avenue, Truckee, tfhd.com, 530-582-3285.
Gioielli Beading Classes
February 27 and March 13
• Intermediate Vintaj Wire Working – Learn wire working techniques to make a necklace using our Vintaj findings and your choice of beads. February 27, 6 to 8 p.m.
• Intermediate Wire Working Bracelet – Learn how to wind wire to make unique links and clasps. Combine with beads to make a fun bracelet. March 13. From 6 to 8 p.m. $15 plus beads and findings (or use your own). Twenty percent discount given on all beads, tools, and supplies on the night of the class. Beading parties also available. 10280 Donner Pass Road, Truckee. Call to reserve a space. 530-582-4464.
Jibboom Street Toastmasters Club
Wednesdays
Uh..Umm..well, you know. Learn to speak with confidence. Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. Whether you are a professional, student, stay-at-home parent or retiree, Toastmasters is the most efficient, enjoyable and affordable way of gaining great communication skills.
Meetings every 7:30 a.m. at the Truckee Airport Board Room, 10356 Truckee Airport Road, jibboom.freetoasthost.net, 530-550-5192.
Photographing Winter’s Splendor
February 28
Capture the essence of our photogenic winter season in this unique clinic. Using his own award-winning work in a multimedia slide presentation, photographer/author Mark Vollmer will illustrate methods to create a powerful winter photograph. This free class is open to film and digital photographers of all levels wanting more knowledge in negotiating the challenges and opportunities of winter photography. 6:30 p.m. at REI, Reno, 2225 Harvard Way (across from Costco), 775-828-9090.
Deciphering Your Life Purpose from Your Fingerprints
March 14 and 15
LifePrints is a groundbreaking scientific method of self-discovery that provides a profoundly accurate means of mapping one’s fullest potential and life purpose. In your fingerprints is a coded picture of the person it was always in you to become. To learn more, there is a lecture and book signing on March 14, from 7 to 9 p.m. and cost is $20 in advance or $25 at the door. A one-day workshop, on March 15, is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., $75 in advance or $85 at the door. Unity In the Gold Country, 500 Crown Point Circle, Grass ValleyTickets available online, or at BriarPatch, The Book Seller and Auburn Alchemy after April 10. 530-265-9255.
