Every fall, usually in late October, after the aspen leaves have floated to the forest floor, I ache for winter. Days become shorter, the hue of Lake Tahoe takes on a paler, subdued personality, and I often gaze west in an attempt to remember impending...

Before Robert Erickson’s handmade furniture caught the eye of national collectors, before his three-legged Van Muyden chair joined the Yale University Art Gallery collection, before his fiddleback maple rocking chair was added to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Nevada City-area craftsman tried his hand...

Hundreds of people spread out on blankets and beach chairs are swaying in the sun, smiling as they stare at the stage, fascinated with the band. A crowd of dancers moving to the beat forms up front, cheering and spinning in rhythm to the music....

Lauren Bobowski went to the Arizona high desert looking for treasures. February in Tucson is perfect, when the dry, warm climate lures winter-weary travelers to the land of cacti and color-streaked sunsets. For jewelry makers and seasoned travelers like Bobowski—whose Carnelian Bay home on Tahoe’s North...

As any business owner can attest, the past few years have been rocky at best. And yet, in the face of a global pandemic and economic uncertainty, a new wave of fine art galleries has sprung onto the Truckee-Tahoe scene—with their owners not only supporting...

Nestled in a quaint corner of Truckee, a two-story building clad in rusted corten steel resides harmoniously among its surroundings—aspens quaking gently in the breeze, sturdy pines stretching skyward, a bountiful garden. ...

Water is notoriously tricky to capture in art. Its translucent shimmers and shadows, ebbs and flows, and everchanging nature make it challenging to translate to a static medium. Perhaps that’s why Megan Smith is so successful in her artwork. Using a medley of homemade iridescent paints,...

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