Lake Tahoe Activities and Events- Sept 2009

Weekly Fun Run
Every Thursday at 6PM. Come do a 4-6 mile walk/run at Sawmill Pond on Lake Tahoe Blvd. Questions? E-mail them at brillianteileen@aol.com or call at 775-588-5138

Kids Night Out
Every Wednesday 6-11PM. If you want a nigh out without your kids? Do you want your kids to have fun meeting other kids there age? Any kid who is potty trained is welcomed to a night with family movies, pizza and games. Bring them to 867 Eloise Ave. Suit B South Lake Tahoe CA, 96150. Email them at tahoegymnastics@yahoo.com, call them at 530-544-7314 or visit their website at www.tahoegym.net.

Swing Dancing
Every Tuesday, 6:30PM-9:30PM. Come and show your best swing dance move, every Tuesday at El Charro Avitia’s Restaurant, 4389 S. Carson St., Carson City. No partner is required. Call 629-9369 or go to www.highsierrasdc.org.

Sept 23-27-Lake Tahoe Marathon Week 2009
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150.  The 3-Day Lake Tahoe Triathlon, Marathon, Marathon Relays, 1/2 marathon, 10K, 5K, Bike, Kayak, Swim events, 20 Mile Power Walk and Extreme Golf on Wednesday & more! And the new 72 mile Tahoe Ultra Marathon which runs around Lake Tahoe. Optional activities include: 2 Day Sports & Fitness Expo, Around the Lake & Course Tour, Sunset Pasta Cruise; Gourmet Finish Line Brunch, Saturday Night Awards Party and a Spectator Bus. Email: leswright@sbcglobal.net Phone: (530) 544-7095

Sept 3-5-Valhalla Theatre Presents: “The Rabbit Hole”
Presented by the Dakota Organization. Boathouse Theatre 7:30 pm. $18/15/5 Valhalla Arts and Music Festival. Call (530) 541-4975 for more information.

Sept 5-Thin Air Chili Cook-Off-Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Noon.To enter contest please e-mail jkoster@kirkwood.com

Sept 5-Chickenfoot/Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagars new band features Joe Satriani, Chad Smith and Michael Anthony. Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys. Call (775) 588-2411 for more information.

Sept 6-Labor Day Weekend Fireworks Extravaganza
Pyrotechnic exhibition over South Lake Tahoe after dusk. The show will be synched to music on local radio stations KOWL-AM 1490 and KRLT-FM 93.9 Approximately 8:30

Sept 6-Israel Vibration and The Roots Radics Band
Live music at Bar 24 inside Bill’s Casino. 10pm. Call (775) 588-6611 for more information

Sept 12-Bijou Bash
11-4pm Bijou Community Park on Al Tahoe Blvd. A fun day for the entire family with musicians, skateboard contests and much more. FREE. Contact the City of South Lake Parks and Recreation (530) 542-6056 or visit www.recreationintahoe.com

Sept 13-Tour de Tahoe-Bike Big Blue
7th annual ride around Lake Tahoe’s beautiful 72 mile shoreline. The tour de Tahoe will offer spectacular scenery, awesome food and generous support. There is a limit of 2000 participants. Start and finish at the Lake Tahoe Horizon Casino Resort. Call (800) 565-2704 for more information.

Sept 13-TOCCATA Presents Annual 9/11 Memorial Concert Series
3-5PM. Come have fun with an Orchestra and Community Choral Artists of the Tahoe Area wraps up its 2009 Big Blue Summer Music Fest with a 9/11 Memorial Concert Series dedicated to those who lost their lives in the 9/11 disaster. The program includes the Mendelssohn String Symphony, Bach Brandenburg Concerto #3 and concludes with theFaure Requiem featuring the TOCCATA Chorus. The South Lake performance is the final concert in the series on September 13. Other performances are Wednesday, September 9 at 5:00 pm at Squaw Valley Chapel; Thursday, September 10 at 7:30 pm at St. Patrick’s Church in Incline Village; Friday, September 11 at 7:30 pm at Trinity Episcopal in Reno. Tickets are available at www.activitytickets.com or at the door – $15 adults, $12 seniors, $5 students, and children under 12 are free with a paying adult. If there are any more questions, email them at:jamesrawietoccata@gmail.com, Call: 775-313-9697 or visit the website: www.toccatatahoe.com

Sept 17-Handful of Luvin’ at The Boathouse Theater
Gypsy Folk Rock Concert. Fiddle driven folk/rock from Seattle. Sold out last year so get your tix early! 7:30pm $15/12/5 Valhalla Arts and Music Festival. Call (530) 541-4975 for more information

Sept 17-20-23rd annual Cool September Days Car Show
Horizon Casino Resort. Call (530) 541-7300 for more information

Sept 18-Tahoe Writers Block
A celebration of all writers who call Lake Tahoe home and those who are or have been inspired by The Lake. $10 includes wine reception 7pm Valhalla Arts and Music Festival. Call (530) 541-4975 for more information.

Sept 19-Photo Retreat with Terry Nathan
Join photographer Terry Nathan to learn techniques for capturing Sierra images. One day workshop which includes fieldwork. www.terrynathanphoto.com Sorensen’s Resort 9am-2pm. $50 guests/$75 non-guests. For class reservations and lodging (800) 423-9949.

Sept 19-Tingstad and Rumbel
Boathouse Theater. Grammy Award winning American fingerstyle guitar, double reeds, ocarina and expanded world style ensemble in a mix of original and covered tunes including Tex-Mex stylings, Caribbean rhythms, American fingerpicking and devotion to the American songbook. 7:30pm $15/12/5 Valhalla Arts and Music Festival. Call (530) 541-4975 for more information

Sept 21-Explore the Emigrant Trail
Join this tour through Hope Valley and over Carson Pass and learn about the early Pioneers. Sorensens Resort. 8:30am-3:00pm $50 guests/$75 non-guests (includes lunch) $25 ages 6-13, under 6 free w/o lunch. Call (800) 423-9949 for more information.

Sept 21-25-Hope Valley Fall Watercolor Workshop
Paint on location with Jill Mueller at 7.000 feet in the High Sierra. Demonstrations and class participation included. www.ladyjill.com or (800) 423-9949 for more information. Sorensen’s Resort. 9am-1pm daily. $325 guests/$395 non-guests.

Sept 23-27-Lake Tahoe Marathon Week
The 3 day Tahoe Triple Marathon, Lake Tahoe Triathalon, The 3 day Lake Tahoe Triathalon, Narathon,Marathon Relays, 1/2 Marathon, 20 mile Power Walk, 10K, 5K, Bike, Kayak, Swim events. Extreme Golf as well! Call (530) 544-7095 for more information

Sept 26-Free Kids Fun Run
Lake Tahoe Marathon. Series of free Kids Fun Runs for toddlers to age 12. 1pm at Pope Beach. Call (530) 544-7095 for more information

Sept 26-The Black Irish Band
The band excels at Irish,Italian and American Folk music with an assortment of original songs and traditional western ballads. Boathouse Theater. 7:30pm $15/12/5 Valhalla Arts and Music Festival. Call (530) 541-4975 for more information

Sept 27-Sketching in the Sierra Workshop
Join John “jack” Muir Laws, author of Laws Field Guide to the Sierra. Learn the tricks of drawing in the field and how to use watercolor and pencil. Sorensen’s Resort. 9am-1pm. $50 guests/$75 non-guests. Includes lunch. For class and lodging reservations call (800) 423-9949

Sept 29-Bare Bones Open Mic Night at the Valhalla Grand Hall
Music, comedy,spoken word. Creative stage for musicians, writers,comedians and all other performing artists wanting to be seen and heard. 7:30pm. FREE Valhalla Arts and Music Festival. Call (530) 541-4975 for more information.

Sept 29-Closing the Garden
6:30PM. A local gardener, Carolyn Meiers, will teach you how to put your garden to sleep for the winter. Join her at South Lake Tahoe Branch Library, 1000 Rufun Allen Blvd. South Lake Tahoe,CA 96150. Have any Questions call 530-573-3185.