Probosci is a collaboration between violinist Timba Harris (Secret Chiefs 3, Estradasphere) and guitarist Gyan Riley (Eviyan, Terry Riley). Both composers, whose work is featured in John Zorn’s Tzadik Records Composers’ Series, contribute to the interplay between composition and improvisation, steeped with intricacy and shape-shifting energy. On this duo’s debut album, Time to Feed, they […]
In honor of Black History Month, Bill Drake will present “Almost Hereditary: The Roots of Racism in My Southern Family,” a rich presentation with stories, readings, poems, and slides. The readings will be from the diary of Bill’s great-great-grandmother whose sons fought in the Civil War and whose family owned slave plantations in Mississippi. Bill […]
The Valentine Erotique variety show returns. An annual benefit for the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center, this erotic extravaganza features an array of poetry, a chocolate dessert contest and other sensuous entertainment that you won’t want to miss. Bill Gainer, Lytton Bell and Bo the Whiskey Yogi will headline the poetry and be accompanied by […]
SHOW IS CONTINUING AS SCHEDULED. WE ARE ON GENERATOR POWER. “I believe every sound you listen to informs your ears, and therefore your musical perspective. We grew up hearing the sounds of nature, rather than the sounds of cities,” says Bee Eaters co-founder Tristan Clarridge. Perhaps it was their free lifestyle growing up in a […]
The traditional Saturday morning wild mushroom hunt and identification will wrap up with an afternoon of displayed discoveries and identification workshops. Bring a lunch and be prepared to walk in the damp woods. Also useful: collection basket, waxed paper bags, knife, and hand lens. Participants will drive to sites 10 to 30 minutes away. Please […]
Pure Gold, Just Like My Hands is a group show curated by Molly Jochem, which will explore the Diggings on the San Juan Ridge. These stark landscapes bring up issues around the balance of old technology and new ways of life, the tension between individual freedom and corporate power, the value of people, profits, progress, […]
Water for Gold, a locally produced film about the San Juan Ridge community and the Yuba watershed is finished! We are celebrating at the Schoolhouse with a screening and a live music concert. SYRCL is proud to partner with SJRTA and the filmmakers, Tom and Debra Weistar, to proactively address this proposed gold mine. Committed […]
Join us for an evening with poet, author, storyteller, and folklorist, Steve Sanfield. Considered to be one of the founders of the American Storytelling Renaissance, Mr. Sanfield became the first storyteller-in-residence in the United States in 1977. He is also the founder of the Sierra Storytelling Festival. Mr. Sanfield is the author of more than […]
Following last year’s inaugural event, Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour will be making another appearance on the San Juan Ridge at the historic North Columbia Schoolhouse near Nevada City. SYRCL and the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center have partnered to bring the local community an encore presentation of films on Friday, November 14. […]
Shoppers will have a chance to experience the works of talented craftspeople, shop for some gifts, and savor soups and hot drinks at this annual craft event set within the one-room schoolhouse on the San Juan Ridge. Admission is free. The fair will open at 10 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. on Saturday and […]
