Laura Petersen
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Hank Meals’ Just Enough Regional History series continues with After the Gold Rush on Nov. 19
November 19, 2019 – The Yuba, Bear and American Rivers have played a major role in California’s history. Personalities and incidents in this dramatic story have influenced science, industry and ethics on a world-wide scale with good and bad consequences. With so much heritage surrounding us how can a person begin to appreciate it? Local history buff, archaeologist and author, Hank Meals is… → Read More
Hank Meals: Before the Gold Rush presentation on Oct. 22
Nisenan Huts on the Feather River near the mouth of the Yuba River NORTH COLUMBIA, Calif. October 17, 2019 – The Yuba, Bear and American Rivers have played a major role in California’s history. Personalities and incidents in this dramatic story have influenced science, industry and ethics on a world-wide scale with good and bad consequences. With so much heritage surrounding us how can a person… → Read More
North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center presents a 5-part series by Hank Meals: “Just Enough History”
NORTH COLUMBIA, Calif. October 4, 2019 – The Yuba and Bear Rivers have played a major role in California’s history. Former players and incidents in this dramatic story have influenced science, industry and ethics on a world-wide scale with good and bad consequences. With so much heritage surrounding us how can a person begin to appreciate it? Local history buff, archaeologist and author, Hank… → Read More
Hiking For Good and Hank Meals team up for another adventure into the Sierra Nevada
Photo Hank Meals June 6, 2019 – Archaeologist Hank Meals will lead a hike on the Spaulding Trail to Fordyce Creek this Saturday, June 8. The six-mile moderate to challenging outing is part of an ongoing year-long series exploring cultural landscapes at different elevations within the Yuba, Bear and American River Watersheds called Yuba Trails and Tales exclusively for Hiking For Good and… → Read More
BriarPatch donates 300 pounds of butter to Interfaith Food Ministry
Phil Alonso, Executive Director of Interfaith Food Ministry and Steve Martin, Perishables Assistant Manager of BriarPatch Food Co-op. June 3, 2019 – A mistaken delivery at BriarPatch Food Co-op last week will help supplement food packages to area families experiencing food insecurity. On Friday, BriarPatch Food Co-op and Clover Sonoma donated 10 cases totaling 300 pounds of butter to Interfaith… → Read More
Hiking For Good series continues with a river hike and epic views
NEVADA CITY, Calif. April 9, 2019 – Join Archaeologist Hank Meals on Saturday, April 20 for a hike along the rugged South Yuba Trail to the dramatic view of Long Point, a horseshoe bend in the river where in 1927 a dam was proposed by the Hydraulic Mining Commission. It’s the second offering in a year-long, monthly series offered by Hiking For Good and Outlandish Experiences exploring cultural… → Read More
Woolman at Sierra Friends Center to host 2019 Salmon Run & Spring Festival
March 27, 2019 – Runners and lovers of the South Yuba River are gearing up for the 2019 Annual Salmon Run and Spring Festival organized by Woolman at Sierra Friends Center. The 10k event, known by serious runners who like the challenge of rugged natural terrain and epic views, takes place April 20 followed by a Community Spring Festival, part of the Know Your Watershed Month. The race promotes… → Read More
Hiking for Good: Get outdoors with waterfalls & wildflowers this spring
Nevada City, Calif. March 22, 2019 – Just in time for spring, Hiking For Good is offering two special field trips in March that explore Northern California’s rich history and biodiversity, wildflowers and waterfalls while giving back to a local nonprofit. Local Archaeologist Hank Meals will lead a 6 – 8 mile walk at Spenceville Wildlife Area to Fairy Falls and beyond on Sunday, March 24. On… → Read More
Hank Meals shares 55 year retrospective through the camera lens March 14
Hank Meals (pictured here with his wife Carol Meals) will present “Dreams, Themes, Memes and Caffeine: Photography as Folk Art” a 55 year photographic retrospective of Nevada County on Thursday, March 14 at the Nevada Theatre. NEVADA CITY, Calif. March 5, 2019 – Over the past 55 years, Hank Meals has remained an active participant with camera in hand documenting the people, places, and… → Read More
Archeologist Hank Meals to lead talk on Cultural Landscapes for Sierra Club
Omega Hydraulic Mine, South Yuba. Photo by Hank Meals February 18, 2019 – Historic and ongoing attempts to domesticate the environment, both with and without intention, have created much of the landscape that we know today, says Archaeologist Hank Meals. This theme will be the topic of a presentation for the Sierra Club – Sierra Nevada Group by Hank Meals called “Cultural Landscapes: How Humans… → Read More
Hiking For Good & Outlandish Experiences offer community adventures
Fairy Falls. Photo Hank Meals January 28, 2019 – This weekend, nature and history lovers have two excuses to get outdoors. Hiking For Good and Outlandish Experience will offer two guided outings on local trails. The first outing at Purdon Crossing on Saturday, Feb. 2 is part of an ongoing monthly “Sauntering” Series with Certified California Naturalist Steve Roddy. On Sunday, Archeologist and… → Read More
Fire and art bring potters back to Woolman at Sierra Friends Center in Nevada City
On a cold, December day, potters and artists from around the country gathered at the Woolman campus of the Sierra Friends Center in rural Nevada County — as they → Read More
Community’s favorite storyteller brings back Kids Cabaret to Nevada Theatre on Nov. 3
NEVADA CITY, Calif. October 29, 2018 – Internationally renowned and locally loved vaudevillian entertainer Izzi Tooinsky is bringing back his “heartchild” to the Nevada Theatre – Kids Cabaret, a variety show featuring young local performers. Kids Cabaret is a showcase of music, live theater and dance performed by some of the most inspired young entertainers, ages six to 15, living in Nevada… → Read More
Haute Trash celebrates 30 years of saving the planet with October shows
October 4, 2018 – Kathi Griffis “Prima Debris” will never look at trash the same way again. As a seamstress, designer, and Haute Trash Fashion Show Producer, Griffis sees every empty bag of dog food, bottle cap, and used coffee filter as a promising material to reclaim and repurpose for haute couture runway styles. Griffis is the producer of this year’s show, “Haute Trash – Planet or Plastic –… → Read More
Spooky is on tap – Outlandish Experiences unveils new fall line-up
Outlandish Experiences, a Nevada City-based online platform for local tour guides, is unveiling a new Autumn calendar for the whole family now through Thanksgiving weekend. Nevada City, Calif. September 26, 2018 – As the days grow shorter and the nights longer, the first chill of fall is creeping in with the shadows. Ready for haunting stories of the supernatural, spellbinding magic shows,… → Read More
Hiking For Good and Nisenan’s Shelly Covert team up for walk on Deer Creek Sept. 7
NEVADA CITY, Calif. September 5, 2018 – The human spirit is resilient. So is nature. That is the timeless theme of this unforgettable three-mile walk and talk along the Deer Creek Tribute Trail offered through the new online platform, Outlandish Experiences.com. Since time immemorial, the Deer Creek watershed has been a place where the local Nisenan thrived in village sites before the greed of… → Read More
Grace Lutheran Church celebrates a decade of youth service at The Hangout
Deaconess Elizabeth Froh provides consistency and a big heart to high school students who visit The Hangout at Grace Lutheran Church on Ridge Road. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the program that provides a safe place after school with free food, games and a family style atmosphere. Photo by Laura Petersen GRASS VALLEY, Calif. August 17, 2018 – It’s about love. A decade ago when retired… → Read More
Caterer and cheese monger team up to launch Feast & Gather Provisions
Photo by Laura Petersen NEVADA CITY, Calif. June 25, 2018 – Chef Shanan Manuel of Feast & Gather and award-winning master cheese maker Barbara Jenness of Wheyward Girl Creamery share similar philosophies on eating. Both women remark on the need for our culture to slow down and make time for food and loved ones. They both have established businesses with this ethic at the core, alongside a… → Read More
This land was made for you and me: Bear Yuba Land Trust’s Celebration of Trails Weekend kicks off Thursday
Since the late 1960s, local writer, historian and photographer Hank Meals has explored the trails, epic landscapes, stories and people of the South Yuba River watershed. For 25 years, → Read More
Language of taste: Caterer and cheese monger team up to launch Feast & Gather Provisions
Chef Shanan Manuel of Feast & Gather and award-winning master cheese maker Barbara Jenness of Wheyward Girl Creamery share similar philosophies on eating. Both women remark on the need → Read More