Arts for the Schools
Wooden Boat Challenge
West End Beach 15888 S. Shore Drive, Truckee, CA, United StatesArts For The Schools will present the second annual festival and Wooden Boat Challenge on Donner Lake. Tickets are $10 per person or $25 for a family. Shop from local artisans and vendors, eat, drink (choose booze or non-alcoholic drinks), enjoy kids activities, listen to live music, and watch teams try to build and race […]
Rahim Alhaj
Truckee Community Arts Center 10046 Church Street, Truckee, CA, United StatesArts for the Schools presents Rahim Alhaj at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 in the Community Arts Center Truckee. An Iraqi political refugee, he is a virtuoso oud player and composer. Alhaj studied under the renowned Munir Bashir and Salim Abdul Kareem, at the Institute of Music in Baghdad, Iraq. AlHaj won various awards at […]
Contra-Tiempo
Truckee High School 11725 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee, CaliforniaArts for the Schools presents a multilingual Los Angeles-based dance company, Contra-Tiempo, at 7 p.m. in the Truckee High School Theater. Contra-Tiempo is a bold, multilingual dance company creating physically intense & politically astute performance work that moves audiences to imagine what's possible.
Wooden Boat Challenge
Commons Beach Tahoe City, CA, United StatesThe third annual Arts For The Schools' Wooden Boat Challenge fundraiser combines the festival culture of Lake Tahoe's lively region with a unique new competition event that promotes community involvement. Come to the beach for food, drinks, live music, kids activities and a competition that requires teams to build and race their own wooden boat […]
Emi Sunshine
Truckee Recreation Center 8924 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CaliforniaArts For The Schools presents Emi Sunshine, a 14-year-old prodigy singer from Tennessee, combines her youthful, bubbly disposition with deep, meaningful song content at the Truckee Recreaton Center at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and $5 for children.
Ririe-Woodbury
Truckee High School 11725 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee, CaliforniaArts for the Schools presents Ririe-Woodbury, a renowned contemporary dance company, will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, in the Truckee High School Theater. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 seniors, $5 children.
Okaidja Afroso
Truckee Community Arts Center 10046 Church Street, Truckee, CA, United StatesArts for the Schools presents Okaidja Afroso, a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist form Ghana, West Africa, performs at 7 p.m. Friday, January 18, in the Community Arts Center. Okaidja is an Afro-pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Ghana, West Africa. His unique artistic vision has led him to combine his native rhythms with unforeseen pairings of musical […]
Nation Beat: New Orleans meets NOLA Carnival Dance Music
Truckee Community Arts Center 10046 Church Street, Truckee, CA, United StatesArts for the Schools: The Community Arts Center in Truckee is the site on April 5 for Nation Beat, Brazil drumming, propelled by sounds of New Orleans-flavored brass. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Ticket LINK Borrowing, mixing and adapting musical traditions is at the heart of music. Nation Beat singularly conjures up this elemental musical […]
Wooden Boat Challenge
Commons Beach Tahoe City, CA, United StatesArts for the Schools' fourth annual Wooden Boat Challenge is from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 at Commons Beach in Tahoe City. There will be live music, a beer garden, food and children's activities. Free. Details: Three hours, teams of four build a boat, no power tools. What could go wrong? Join […]
Arts For The Schools: Ron Artis & The Truth
Alibi Ale Works - Truckee Public House 10069 Bridge Street, Truckee, CaliforniaArts For The Schools presents the Hawaii band Ron Artis & The Truth. To say that Ron Artis II plays music from his heart and soul would be a bit of an understatement. According to Glider Magazine, Ron Artis II “rips, and has a voice to match the big sounds coming from his guitar.” Ron […]