Nation Beat: New Orleans meets NOLA Carnival Dance Music

Truckee Community Arts Center 10046 Church Street, Truckee, CA, United States

Arts 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 […]

$5 – $20

Okaidja Afroso

Truckee Community Arts Center 10046 Church Street, Truckee, CA, United States

Arts 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 […]

$5 – $20

Rahim Alhaj

Truckee Community Arts Center 10046 Church Street, Truckee, CA, United States

Arts 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 […]