It is time for some spring cleaning at the lovely North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center and we need your help! Join us on the 12th of April, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a fun filled day of clean-up, touch-up and general sprucing. Bring your tools, your gloves and your friends. Lunch will be […]
NOTE: This event takes place at Oak Tree School (now operated by the Family Resource Center) on the San Juan Ridge, 18847 Oak Tree Rd, Nevada City, CA 95959. The story of Oak Tree School emerged as a significant event in many of the interviews we conducted in our initial Cal Humanities-funded project, A Landscape Full […]
Join the artists of the Body/Form Art Show to celebrate their work. This show features work from a local figure drawing class as well as other submissions exploring the body and its form. 5 to 8 p.m. Light fare and refreshments “Chest” by Patrick Brandt
It is time to get ready for another Plant Sale and Flea Market! This annual event will be held on Sunday, May 17th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition to plant and flea market vendors, artists and craft vendors are encouraged to attend as well. Please fill out the online registration form below, or download the form and return with […]
Join friends and family to celebrate the life of Steve Sanfield. This memorial is scheduled to take place in the amphitheater that Steve helped to create. A tent will be placed on the lawn in case of inclement weather. Please carpool. 1 to 4 PM Open to the Public
Sekar Jaya’s gong kebyar, angklung, gender wayang and dancers present a blissful evening of new and traditional gamelan works. Enjoy the celestial sonorities of gamelan as they are cradled in the arms of Nevada City’s tall pines. Gamelan Sekar Jaya, a sixty-five member company of musicians and dancers based in the San Francisco Bay Area, […]
Join us for a journey into the Blues. David Evans, Professor (A.B.-Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D.-University of California, Los Angeles), directs the Ethnomusicology and Regional Studies doctoral program at the University of Memphis. Dr. Evans is a specialist in American folk and popular music, particularly blues, spirituals, gospel, and African-American folk music. He is the author […]
Join Amigo Bob Cantisano for a visual and oral journey through Northern and Central Italy and Greece. Amigo visited many organic farmers during a six week sojourn this fall. You will learn the latest from Terra Madre, the Salone del Gusto, Slow Food, pioneering organic farmers, the worlds largest farm equipment show, life in the […]
We continue to broaden the scope of our traditional February show to focus on studies of the body as form. This can be interpreted to mean figure drawings, interpretations of the body, formal expressions inspired by the body, and other art that express the body as a sensual and psychological subject. Erotic art is still allowed to be […]
Tracing the banjo from its West African roots to the New World, UC Berkeley-trained ethnomusicologist Bill Evans performs musical examples from the 1700’s to the present day on a variety of vintage instruments, ranging from an African ekonting to a mid-19th century minstrel banjo, a modern bluegrass banjo and even an electric banjo. From an […]
