27 Sep Forging into the Future
Founded more than 50 years ago by a charismatic Austrian ski coach, Tahoe’s oldest blacksmith shop continues to build upon its reputation as the best in the business at an ancient craft...
27 Sep Landscape Legacy
How a watercolorist influenced Reno’s art scene and generations of painters...
25 Jun Exploring a Forest, One Word at a Time
This summer, visitors to Taylor Creek on Tahoe’s South Shore will look down at their feet and see the tree rings of a forest embedded with a spiraling pattern of words....
23 Apr Bonsais from Behind the Lens
I have a confession: I give names to trees around Lake Tahoe. There is The Jumping Tree, The Sergeant, The Old Friend, The Snag, Master Blaster, The Rock Tree, Island Tree and many others....
19 Feb Enter TQ’s 2021 Best of Tahoe Photo Contest
Welcome to Tahoe Quarterly’s 2021 Best of Tahoe Photo Contest, which runs from February 17 through March 9. Winning entries will be showcased in Tahoe Quarterly’s 2021 Best of Tahoe issue, while winners will also receive a three-year subscription to the magazine (note that submitted photos will...
01 Dec Tahoe Author Chronicles the Trials of Her World Travels
In her new book, Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel, South Lake Tahoe-based author Suzanne Roberts entertains readers with brutally honest storytelling from her extensive world travels....
01 Dec Burning Man’s New Reality
Over Labor Day weekend, when caravans of cars, RVs and art-filled trailers traditionally stream onto the Black Rock Desert for the annual Burning Man festival, a group of revelers descended haphazardly onto the playa for an unsanctioned celebration. Meanwhile, thousands of burners were beaming into...
24 Sep Capturing Autumn’s Art
Maine. Vermont. The Great Smoky Mountains. These are the places that come to mind when people think about fall foliage at its best. California and Nevada? Not so much....
24 Sep The Book That Takes You Beneath Big Blue
Clarity. For Lake Tahoe, it’s a word that evokes pride in Big Blue’s crystalline waters. It’s a measuring stick for the lake’s health, tested regularly as a gauge for all that’s happening to the region’s environment. It’s a source of wonder for those who stare...
25 Jun Explore The World Stage at the Nevada Museum of Art
[caption id="attachment_14539" align="alignleft" width="232"] Kehinde Wiley, Marechal Floriano Peixoto II, from The World Stage: Brazil series, 2009, Oil on canvas, 107 x 83 inches. Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation. © Kehinde Wiley. Courtesy of Roberts Projects[/caption] The voices of rising contemporary American artists converge...