NEVADA COUNTY

PLAY WRITING WORKSHOP
The Artful Dialogue with Sandra Rockman
5 Thursdays: February 4 - March 4, 2010 - 7:00 - 9:00 PM. $90. For additional information about this or her acting workshops, email sandrarockman@sbcglobal.net or call 530-265-6514.

What is Water Sustainability? The APPLE Center for Sustainable Living announces an important community education program on February 9th from 7-9 PM at City Hall in Nevada City examining the question, What is Water Sustainability? Nevada City, City Hall Council Chambers. Suggested donation $5.00.

The APPLE Center has assembled a panel of five local and regional water experts who will tackle the complex terrain of California water policy and management. While addressing the spectrum of statewide water issues from water quality and supply, agriculture, energy production and ecosystem collapse, the panelists will bring it home by exploring some possible solutions to this water crisis that may reside within the Yuba and Bear River watersheds of Western Nevada County. Ample time will be granted for audience Q&A. [MORE]

Cyrano de Bergerac. One of the greatest plays ever written and has inspired actors and theatre patrons for over 100 years since it opened in Paris in 1898.

Thursdays 7:30 pm
Friday & Saturday 8:00 pm
Saturday matinee 2:00 pm

Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad Street, Nevada City
Ticket prices $15 Thursday, $20 Friday & Saturday.
Tickets online at www.brownpapertickets or go to the
Book Seller, Yabobo, BriarPatch, Cherry Records
Tickets at the door 1 hour before show time
Opening Night Performance & Gala Celebration
$90/couple or $50/individual. Opening Night Performance 8:00 pm, doors open at 7:30. Gala Celebration immediately after the play in the Stone Hall at Miners Foundry.

The Nevada Union Theatrical Society presents Charlotte’s Web a play by Joseph Robinette adapted from the book by E.B. White. Reservations and information by calling 273-4431 ext. 1033. Nevada Union Black Box Theatre. 7:00PM (and 2:00PM on the 13th and 20th). $8 for students and seniors and $10 for adults, $5 for Thursday evenings and matinees.

EMERALD BALL a fundraiser for PAG & the Center for the Arts
314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley

Valentine's Weekend in Oz
7:00 to 10:00 pm
The Center for the Arts – 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley
ADMISSION: $20 Adults, $8 Children 12 and under.

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FOLKDANCE INSTRUCTION

Friday, Feb 12, 7 to 8 workshop with Roy Butler. New and experienced dancers are all invited.
Then from 8 to 10:30 or so, the Village Folk Orkestra plays live and Podruzhki sings in several languages and great harmonies.

Doors open 6:30, listeners and dancers will all have a good time. NOTE: Other live music dates: March 26, May 21.
Place: Nev. City United Methodist Church, 433 Broad Street, side door entrance at street level. Donation requested at the door.

Friday, Feb 19--7 pm to 9 or so--Practice dances learned from Roy, dancers of all levels are welcome. Also, dancing your requests from our collection. If there is interest, we can keep meeting and working on new and old dances.

Your ideas and feedback are invited! Maybe you know of a group of school age people who want to be exposed to folk dancing.
Phone is 530 272 2149 Facebook group is "Nevada County International Dance"

Films on Fridays. So many amazing films, so little time – this is usually the main disappointment with festivals. This year, BriarPatch is giving you a second chance to see some of the films focused on food and agriculture.

Starting February 12 at 6:30, and continuing for seven weeks, the Patch will be showing films on Fridays in the Community Room. First up is “Nourish,” a 26 minute journey into what we eat and why we eat it. “Nourish” will help you learn where your food comes from. More information can be found at www.nourishlife.org.

February 19 brings “Tapped.” Declared the Best Documentary of the Eugene International Film Festival, “Tapped” discusses making clean drinking water a commodity. Focusing on bottled water and the industry that creates it, this film is an eye-opening experience.

BriarPatch Co-op, 290 Sierra College Drive, Suite A, Grass Valley. Keep checking back with BriarPatch’s website, www.briarpatch.coop, for more films in the upcoming weeks. 272-5333 x129

The Yuba Watershed Institute presents, "Our Ecological Puzzle," a three part series on putting the pieces together that inform our conservation efforts. Join us for Part 1: Influential Plants and Animals of the San Juan Ridge, where four experts discuss the natural history and conservation challenges facing ecologically significant species of our area. Friday, February 12th from 7:30-9:00 pm at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center. For more information visit www.yubawatershedinstitute.org or call 530-265-4459. $7.00 YWI Members; $10.00 General Admission.

Mardi Gras Valentines Day Costume Ball
Dinner 7 PM Show 8:30 PM
Ticket Includes Dinner and The Show

Music By Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings With Special Guest Carlos Reyes

$75 Per Person/ $125 VIP Guest Package
No Host Bar
Location at A Beautiful Private Estate River Highland Ranch & Vineyard, Smartsville, California
Tickets At www.sierramountainproductions.com
530.478.1523 full press release

Twin Cities Concert Association and The Center for the Arts present
Mads Tolling Quartet
Mads Tolling (violin), Mike Abraham (guitar),
George Ban-Weiss (bass) and Eric Garland (drums). 6:15 pm pre-concert forum with Aileen James

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Mardi Gras Valentine’s Day Costume Ball. Feb. 13. Dinner 7pm. Show 8:30pm. Ticket Includes Dinner and The Show Music By Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings With Special Guest Carlos Reyes $75 Per Person/ $125 VIP Guest Package. No Host Bar. Location at A Beautiful Private Estate River Highland Ranch & Vineyard, Smartsville, California Tickets At www.sierramountainproductions.com For more information please contact Gaynell Rogers 530.478.1523 or Cynthia Stewart at
530.277.3831

Mardi Gras Celebration in Historic Nevada City Gaily masked characters, pirates, Cajun cookin’ and midwinter fun come to the Sierra foothills Feb. 13-14 as Mardi Gras 2010 is celebrated with Old West style in historic Nevada City. Nevada City’s main drag, Broad Street, becomes a West Coast Bourbon Street as merry spectators fill the downtown historic district for the annual Mardi Gras parade. The Sunday afternoon Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) family parade moves down Broad Street beginning at 2 p.m.   Colorfully masked and costumed characters and societies ride, march, dance and strut through an appreciative crowd, handing out beads, trinkets, bangles and more.  Everyone is encouraged to wear their own festive Mardi Gras attire.

For more information, contact the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce at (530) 265-2692 or (800) 655-NJOY or see www.nevadacitychamber.com.

The Nevada Union Theatrical Society presents Charlotte’s Web a play by Joseph Robinette adapted from the book by E.B. White. Reservations and information by calling 273-4431 ext. 1033. Nevada Union Black Box Theatre. 7:00PM (and 2:00PM on the 13th and 20th). $8 for students and seniors and $10 for adults, $5 for Thursday evenings and matinees.

Volunteer Training. Come learn about volunteer opportunities at the APPLE Center. This two hour training starts with the background of the Center and APPLE, then goes through needed jobs and tours the center. Please sign up if you'd like to attend by sending an email to Info@APPLECenter.org. APPLE Center for Sustainable Living, 412 Commercial Street, Nevada City. 3pm – 5pm. 530-478-1700.

Garden Survey Canvassing. APPLE Center volunteers will be canvassing Nevada City Residents to find out who's growing food and what types of workshops would be most valuable to learn to grow food or improve our community's gardening skills. We'll need 60 canvassers per day. To volunteer for a 4hr shift, email info@APPLECenter.org or call 478-1700.