Community Baby Shower Truckee
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Join us for a joyful celebration at our upcoming Community Baby Shower—a free, family-friendly event for expecting parents and families with young children! Enjoy giveaways, games, local resources, and connections with other families in a warm, supportive space. Whether you’re preparing for your new arrival or already parenting little ones, this event is for you. Come celebrate with us—we can’t wait to see you there!
Type of Event: Children / Family. Community. Health / Wellbeing. Event location: Other. City/Area: Truckee. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Truckee Regional Park- Rodeo BBQ Area.
Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
The Rise & Speak Experience
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Are you ready to turn your life story into a message that moves hearts and minds?
Type of Event: Community. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Other location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: $260 (payment plans available), $60 deposit required to hold your spot. Age range: Adult. Event details: The Sierra Center for Spiritual Living is proud to host the Rise & Speak Experience, a transformative 7-week public speaking workshop designed to help participants uncover their life’s defining moments and craft messages that uplift, inspire, and educate.Created and facilitated by Mitch Austin, a certified Master Storyteller with over 15 years of public speaking experience, this immersive journey guides participants through a process of personal reflection, storytelling mastery, and stage presence. The prog…
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
119 Florence Ave.
Grass Valley, CA 95945.
For more info visit sierracenter.org. Spring Street Swing Out
Nevada City Chamber
Come join us for our monthly swing dance and lindy hop event. Our evenings begin with an intro lesson followed by a couple hours of DJ’d music or a live band- depending on the month. No partner or experience required.
Type of Event: Community. Music / Concert. Event location: Downtown Nevada City. Other location: Odd Fellows Hall. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: $10-15. Age range: All Ages.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Nevada City Odd Fellows Hall.
For more info visit www.nevadacountyswings.org. Watercolor classes
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Price: $140.00 for a series of 4 $45.00 drop ins. Phone: 530-305-5566. Email: cheri@artspioritstudios.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Venue: Asif Studios. Event location: ASiF Artists Studio. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Learn basic watercolor techniques while completing a 9X12 painting.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Asif Studios, 940 Idaho Maryland Road, Grass Valley.
Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
The paintings in Richard Swayze’s exhibit “paintings and drawings” speak mountain language fluently and his drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Richard Swayze has hiked, climbed and traversed many of the mountains, or in some cases longs to, in his paintings. Each drawing has a kind of layered haziness, there are refined details as well as natural earthiness. This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Playwrights Group
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Meet with fellow playwrights twice a month to discuss tools of the trade, playwriting tips, provide and receive feedback, and share in the process of creating plays or musicals for the stage.
Price: 0. Phone: 7072929498. Email: marionsfirebykimberly@gmail.com. Type of event: Literary Arts. Theatre. Venue: Private Residence. Event location: Grass Valley. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: All playwrights welcome! Whether playwriting is new to you or you're already an accomplished playwright, come join this on-going writers' group. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Weds of every month. On the 1st Weds one member of the group provides a brief presentation or leads a discussion on some aspect of playwriting. After the presentation/discussion, we'll do a brief check-in, and then spend the rest of our time writing in silence. and check-out at the end of our session. On the 3rd Weds, we read a play of on…
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 4:30 PM.
Private residence in Grass Valley. Email Kimberly at marionsfirebykimberly@gmail.com.
For more info visit www.facebook.com. Conductor's Spellbook Musical Performance for Children
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An interactive family concert that brings music and storytelling together! Follow the adventures of Tony Stradivarius, a boy who discovers a magical spellbook that lets him control the orchestra. Narrated by audience favorite Omari Tau, this 50-minute performance introduces children to orchestral instruments, conducting, and the magic of live music. Perfect for elementary students and families.
Price: free/$10. Phone: 530-265-6174. Email: info@musicinthemountains.org. Type of event: Music. Venue: Center for the Arts. Event location: Center for the Arts. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Children.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
The Center for the Arts, Grass Valley
314 W. Main St. Grass Valley, CA 95945.
For more info visit musicinthemountains.app.neoncrm.com. Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
Richard Swayze has hiked and climbed many of the mountains in his paintings. Reminding him of places he's been and places he wishes to experience. His drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur.This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. CANCELLED - BrewHaus Kid's Weaving Workshop with Wolf Craft
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Children / Family. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Event location: Downtown Nevada City. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: $25 (includes one beer/wine for the adult). Online ticket: https://wolfcraftcollective.com/products/kid-s-weaving-at-brewhaus-thursday-september-18-4-5-30pm. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Join us for a fun afternoon of creativity at BrewHaus! In this family-friendly workshop, kids will learn the basics of weaving on a cardboard or wood loom that they’ll get to take home. Using a colorful mix of yarns, they’ll explore textures, patterns, and design while creating their own woven masterpiece.Cost: $25 (includes one beer/wine for the adult) Each ticket includes the class for one child plus a beer or glass of wine for the accompanying adult. It’s the perfect way to relax, craft, and enjoy the ou…
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
For more info visit wolfcraftcollective.com. Nevada City Winery Live Music with George Souza
Nevada City Chamber
Locals’ Night at the Winery! $2 off select wines, Tailored Tidbits charcuterie, local art, and live music. This week: the high-energy, multi-talented George Souza!
Type of Event: Music / Concert. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Nevada County local George Souza is a talent you won’t want to miss. Playing flamenco, jazz, blues, and contemporary hits on his guitar, he brings a wonderful energy to every room he plays in.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Parsonage Annex Gallery Pop-up + live music
Nevada City Chamber
Winona is a musician, songwriter, and performer based in Northern California. Her songs are mythic, her vocals haunting, full of melancholic longing and timeless beauty. Rooted in the folk music of the 1960s and inspired by modern indie songstresses, Winona’s sound is at once nostalgic and dew-fresh unique. Her influences include Feist, Kate Wolf, Courtney Marie Andrews, and (of course) Joni.
After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by her upbringing as a first generation Palestinian American who grew up gathering around food and family. In 2020, Lei…
Type of Event: Music / Concert. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Come see large form ceramic pieces by Leila Srouji and underwater photography by Jessie McCall and enjoy the pleasing acoustic sounds of Winona as she plays from the porch of The Parsonage. Event is from 6-9pm and is free to the public.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Friday, September 19, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
In both his paintings and drawings Richard Swayze speaks of observation and stillness.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Each drawing has a kind of layered haziness, there are refined details as well as natural earthiness. Old postal stamps, chalk, and ink markings broaden the scene or place, inviting speculation.The paintings in this current exhibit speak mountain language fluently. It is a silent language coming from study, personal experience, love and respect. This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
Meet the artist, enjoy a glass of fine wine or a wine cocktail, and celebrate early fall.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur. He has hiked, climbed and traversed many of the mountains or in some cases longs to, that he paints. His mountain paintings might be compared to a painter who falls in love with their model and thus renders their subject’s figure perfectly, because the artist knows their body a…
Friday, September 19, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Fall Equinox Women's Group & Flower Essence Journey
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Health / Wellbeing. Community. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: $33. Online ticket: https://www.michelewellington.com/upcomingevents. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Women and Plants hold ancient wisdom and teachings. Combine the two and remarkable things can happen.PORTAL is a monthly women’s group and flower essence journey circle. PORTAL is led by me, Michele Wellington who is a Flower Essence Practitioner in Training. PORTAL combines community, journey and self-discovery.The PORTAL Experience✿ Community: Opportunity to connect, share, and immerse yourself in the company of other women✿ Journey: An intentional slowing down + tuning in to self and the featured flower…
Friday, September 19, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Inner Path Yoga & Meditation Center.
For more info visit www.michelewellington.com. An Intimate Evening with Shovels & Rope
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Price: $30-$75. Phone: 530-274-8384. Email: boxoffice@thecenterforthearts.org. Type of event: Music. Venue: The Center for the Arts. Event location: Center for the Arts. City/Area: Grass Valley. Online ticket: https://thecenterforthearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SUZ000003uE092AE. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Presented by The Center for the Arts
Friday, September 19, 2025
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
The Center for the Arts | 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, CA
Tickets: Reserved Seating & Standing Room
Genre: Folk, Indie Rock
About new album, SOMETHING IS WORKING UP ABOVE MY HEAD
One night in the middle of the night there were a series of noises coming from above which lead to a series of thoughts. It sounded like something was working. Building something… A nest for its family? A trap for its prey? This…
Friday, September 19, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
The Center for the Arts | 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, CA.
For more info visit thecenterforthearts.my.salesforce-sites.com. STEAM Exploration Saturdays
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Type of Event: Children / Family. City/Area: Truckee. Price: Starting at $35 per day per child ages 4-7. Online ticket: kidzonemuseum.org. Age range: All Ages.
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Kidzone Museum
11711 Donner Pass Rd
Truckee, CA 96161.
SYRCL's Annual Yuba River Cleanup 2025
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Since 1997, the Yuba River Cleanup has brought people together not just to remove trash, but to build a healthier watershed and a stronger community.
Price: Free. Phone: 1530265596. Email: emily@yubariver.org. Type of event: Organizations and Facilities. Fair / Festival / Gala. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: Register to volunteer with South Yuba River Citizens League via VolunteerLocal. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Each fall, something extraordinary happens along the banks of the Yuba River and its tributaries. Hundreds of volunteers — from toddlers to retirees, families to fishing clubs — unite for one purpose: to care for the river that runs through the heart of our community. Since 1997, the Yuba River Cleanup has brought people together not just to remove trash, but to build a healthier watershed and a stronger community.
What began over 25 years ago as a grassroots effort has blossomed into one of the largest s…
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Throughout the Yuba River Watershed.
For more info visit yubariver.org. Keystone Plants with Golden State Naturalist’s Michelle Fullner and Native Plant Sale
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Come learn from the host of the Golden State Naturalist podcast, Michelle Fullner. the value of creating habitat to attract and support wildlife in your own backyard. She’ll introduce you to the ecological superstars called keystone plants! The Redbud Chapter will have locally native plants for sale to get you started. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1393021838819?aff=oddtdtcreator.
Type of Event: Outdoors / Recreation. Health / Wellbeing. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Other location: Regional Park Lakeside Room, 3770 Richardson Dr. Auburn, Ca. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: Donation of choice. Online ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1393021838819?aff=oddtdtcreator. Age range: All Ages. Event details: The local Redbud Chapter of the California Native Plant Society is honored to host Michelle Fullner of the Golden State Naturalist podcast to speak about Keystone plants and how they benefit the ecosystem on September 20 at the Regional Park Lakeside Room in Auburn. Michelle Fullner is an educator, California Naturalist, and host of the Golden State Naturalist podcast, which is now ranked in the top 1% of podcasts globally. Growing native plants brings the butterflies to the yard. And the bees. And the bird…
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Regional Park Lakeside Room, 3770 Richardson Dr. Auburn, Ca.
For more info visit www.eventbrite.com. Save our Seeds Workshop
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September 20
Free Workshop: S.O.S. Save Our Seeds
Saturday, September 20, 10am-12:00 pm
Demonstration Garden – 1036 W. Main Street – NID Grounds – Grass Valley
Join us for an interactive workshop on seed saving, where you’ll learn how to collect, store, and preserve seeds from your favorite plants! Discover the techniques needed to ensure seed viability, proper storage methods, and how to select the best seeds for future planting.
Always check our website for the latest schedule updates: ncmg.ucanr.edu.
Visit our webpage at any time at: https://ncmg.ucanr.edu/
UCCE Master Gardeners are volunteers trained and certified by the University of California to provide research-based information about home horticulture and pest management. We help home gardeners and community organizations garden sustainably and create a healthy environment.
Connect with us on social media:
https://www.facebook.com/UCCEmastergardeners.nevadacounty
https://www.instagram.com/nevadacountymg/
Listen to us: Master Gardeners and F…
Type of Event: Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Event location: Other. Other location: Master Gardeners of Nevada County Demonstration Garden (NID Grounds). City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: 0. Age range: All Ages. Event details: September 20Free Workshop: S.O.S. Save Our SeedsSaturday, September 20, 10am-12:00 pmDemonstration Garden – 1036 W. Main Street – NID Grounds – Grass ValleyJoin us for an interactive workshop on seed saving, where you’ll learn how to collect, store, and preserve seeds from your favorite plants! Discover the techniques needed to ensure seed viability, proper storage methods, and how to select the best seeds for future planting. Always check our website for the latest schedule updates: ncmg.ucanr.edu.Visit ou…
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
1036 W. Main St. Grass Valley, CA 95945.
For more info visit ucanr.edu. Nevada County hosting oil filter exchange Sept. 20
Nevada City Chamber
Used oil filters swapped for $15 vouchers toward new filters.
Type of Event: Community. Event location: Other. Other location: O'Reilly Auto Parts, 742 Freeman Lane. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Nevada County residents can swap out used motor oil filters for new ones during the county’s Oil Filter Exchange event Saturday, Sept. 20.The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at O’Reilly Auto Parts, 742 Freeman Lane, next to Raley’s. Residents who bring in a used oil filter will receive a $15 voucher toward the purchase of a new filter. Exchanges and purchases must be completed during the same visit.Each resident may recycle up to two used filters, while supplies last. A limited number of free oil change k…
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
O'Reilly Auto Parts, 742 Freeman Lane, Grass Valley.
For more info visit www.nevadacountyca.gov. Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
The paintings in Richard Swayze’s exhibit “paintings and drawings” speak mountain language fluently and his drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur. This is Swayze’s third solo show at the Nevada City Winery Gallery and runs through November 17.
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. BrewHaus 2nd Annual Oktoberfest
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Children / Family. Fair / Festival / Gala. Event location: Downtown Nevada City. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event details: 🥨The countdown is ON! Our second annual BrewHaus Oktoberfest is right around the corner! 🥨📅 Mark your calendars for Saturday, Sept. 20th | Festivities start at 2PM Join us for the ultimate day of Bavarian fun — from Hammerschlagen to Stein Holding — so you might want to start working those stein-holding arms now. 💪🍺We’ll kick things off by tapping the gravity keg of our seasonal Royal Event Festbier fresh from the tank 🍻 then dive into the games with huge pri…
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
BrewBilt BrewHaus
300 Spring Street Nevada City, CA 95959.
For more info visit www.facebook.com. Constitution Day Pops Concert
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Type of Event: Music / Concert. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: FREE! Age range: All Ages. Event details: The 60-piece Nevada County Concert Band performs this street concert as part of the weekend’s Constitution Day Celebration activities. This amazing venue is lined with brick buildings, stone masonry, and road asphalt, the acoustics are fantastic. And the tilt of North Pine Street provides the entire audience with an unimpeded view.
This is the final concert in the Nevada County Concert Band's 2025 summer season.
Enjoy big band, classical, toe-tapping marches, familiar movie music, pop song classics, a…
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
N. Pine Street
Downtown Nevada City.
For more info visit nccb.org. Black Hats & Silver Buckles
Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Community. Fundraiser. Music / Concert. Event location: Penn Valley Rodeo Grounds. City/Area: Penn Valley. Price: $80. Online ticket: https://www.pennvalleycf.org/event-details-registration/black-hats-silver-buckles. Age range: Adult. Seniors. Event details: Kick up your heels at the September 20th Fundraiser for the Donald W. Young Penn Valley Community Center!
Hosted by the Penn Valley Community Foundation, Black Hats & Silver Buckles promises an unforgettable evening of music, food, and community spirit—all in support of bringing our long-awaited community center to life. The event takes place from 6:00–10:00 PM at the Penn Valley Rodeo Grounds.
Guests will enjoy a professionally catered gourmet BBQ dinner, a lively silent auction filled with unique lo…
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Penn Valley rodeo Grounds.
For more info visit www.pennvalleycf.org. Sound Blessings With Robin
Nevada City Chamber
Come experience a magical sound journey where your personal intentions are woven into crystal bowls, voice and sacred vibrations.
Type of Event: Music / Concert. Event location: Other. Other location: Inner Path, 300 Commercial Street, Nevada City, CA. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Suggested Donation: $10-$35. Age range: Adult. Event details: Come rest comfortably on your back, close your eyes, and allow yourself to be carried by a gentle sound journey. Through crystal singing bowls, voice, and other instruments, a soundscape will be created—infused with your own personal blessings. Before we begin, each participant will be invited to share a blessing or intention they would like woven like a thread into the experience. As the vibrations move through and around you, the invitation is simple: relax, let go, float on waves of healing sound. A mag…
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Inner Path, 300 Commercial Street, Nevada City, CA.
Autumn Equinox Kirtan with Govind Das + Friends
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Community. Music / Concert. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: 40. Online ticket: https://momence.com/s/122648545. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Autumn Equinox Kirtan with Govind Das & FriendsJoin us for a special evening of music and community in celebration of the Autumn Equinox. Internationally renowned kirtan leader Govind Das, co-owner of Bhakti Yoga Shala in Los Angeles, will be joined by an ensemble of talented musicians for a heart-opening night of devotional chanting.📅 Saturday, September 20th | 7–9pm📍 Soulspace Collective, 206 W Main Street, Grass Valley🎟 $40 Kirtan is a joyful practice of call-and-response chanting…
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 7:00 PM.
206 W Main St Grass Valley CA.
For more info visit momence.com. Tom Rigney & Flambeau – Live in Grass Valley
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Tom Rigney & Flambeau, 7 PM, Grass Valley United Methodist Church. Cajun, Zydeco & roots music. $25 adults / $10 kids. churchstreetconcerts.com.
Type of Event: Music / Concert. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: $25 adults, $10 children 12 and under. Online ticket: https://churchstreetconcerts.com. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Get ready for an unforgettable evening of soul‑igniting roots music when Tom Rigney & Flambeau hit the stage. From blazing Cajun two‑steps to funky New Orleans grooves, high‑energy blues, and lush waltzes, they deliver a musical gumbo that’s as authentic as it is electrifying. About Tom Rigney, A Bay Area native with a Master of Fine Arts from Harvard, Tom burst onto the scene with the legendary Western Swing band Back in the Saddle, winning a Bammie award in 1981 for their debut. He later joined Queen…
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
236 South Church Street, Grass Valley, CA 95945.
For more info visit churchstreetconcerts.com. Autumn Equinox Kirtan with Govind Das + Friends
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Autumn Equinox Kirtan with Govind Das & Friends
Join us for a special evening of music and community in celebration of the Autumn Equinox. Internationally renowned kirtan leader Govind Das, co-owner of Bhakti Yoga Shala in Los Angeles, will be joined by an ensemble of talented musicians for a heart-opening night of devotional chanting.
Kirtan is a joyful practice of call-and-response chanting that uplifts the spirit and connects people in song and community. All are welcome—no experience needed.
Type of Event: Community. Music / Concert. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: 40. Online ticket: https://momence.com/s/122648545. Age range: All Ages. Event details: 📅 Saturday, September 20th | 7–9pm
📍 Soulspace Collective, 206 W Main Street, Grass Valley
🎟 $40.
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
206 West Main Street Grass Valley Ca.
For more info visit momence.com. The Next Great Show presents WOKE CRYSTAL 3.33
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Comedy / Improv. Theatre / Film. Event location: Downtown Nevada City. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: 33-60. Online ticket: https://www.ambrosia.events/lord-of-the-schwings/events/the-next-great-show-presents-woke-crystal-333. Age range: Adult. Event details: The next great show presents one night of all original unforgettable sketch comedy WOKE CRYSTAL 3.33 – BIGGER. BADDER. STICKIER.One Night Only • Saturday, September 20th • Doors 7pm | Show 8pm The Historic Nevada Theatre | 401 Broad Street | Nevada City, Ca ONE NIGHT OF UNFORGETTABLE SKETCH COMEDY THAT ROASTS PERFORMATIVE WOKENESS AND THE CULT OF WOO. NOTHING CENSORED. NOTHING REDACTED. NOTHING COLONIZED.+ HOSTED & PRODUCED BY JUDY MERRICK & RENA BLAIR+ FEATURING THE NEXT GREAT SHOW CAST — RYAN WINK, ALE…
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM.
401 Broad St, Nevada City, CA, 95959, US.
Penn Valley Farmers Market
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Penn Valley Farmers' Market
Sundays, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
May 4th to October 26th
At the Solar Array.
Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Children / Family. Community. Event location: Western Gateway Park. City/Area: Penn Valley. Price: 0. Age range: All Ages. Event details: The 2025 Penn Valley Farmers' Market begins on Sunday, May 4th! We're so excited! This year the Farmers' Market will be on Sundays, from May 4th to October 26th. Great selection of foods, crafts, body products, etc. We will have our wonderful certified producers as well as Wyld Tiger Sourdough, Calolea Olive Oil, High Mountain Grill, Zena Hummus, Naan Tikka, Reflections for You Jewelry, Sweet & Savory, Habibi Bites and more! Come for breakfast or lunch and stock up on your favorite fruits and vegetables!
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
18560 Penn Valley Drive
Penn Valley 95946.
For more info visit bit.ly. Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Each drawing has a kind of layered haziness, there are refined details as well as natural earthiness. Old postal stamps, chalk, and ink markings broaden the scene or place, inviting speculation.The paintings in this current exhibit speak mountain language fluently. It is a silent language coming from study, personal experience, love and respect.The exhibit runs through November 17.
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Ananda Meditation Course
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Community. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Health / Wellbeing. Event location: Ananda Village. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event details: 🧘 Ananda Meditation Course📍Expanding Light, at Ananda Village📅 Sundays, September 7th – October 14th | ⏰ 2:00 – 3:30 pmA 6-week course in meditation, with childcare available for parents who wish to participate.
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Ananda Village
14618 Tyler Foote Road
Nevada City, CA.
For more info visit www.ananda.org. Nevada City Winery Live Music with the National Celtic Sessions Group
Nevada City Chamber
The National Celtic Sessions Group is set to fill the winery with their lively, toe-tapping tunes
from some of the finest traditional Celtic musicians in the county.
Type of Event: Music / Concert. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Come dance a jig or two or join in singing classic Celtic songs while sipping on our award-winning wines!
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Music in the Meadow: Featuring Boot Juice with Special Guests Dellow and Friends
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Jamming with Boot Juice and Dellow & Friends at this end of summer, outdoor concert.
Price: Free. Email: info@bylt.org. Type of event: Music. Venue: Mountain Bounty Farm. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/music-in-the-meadow-featuring-boot-juice-with-dellow-friends-tickets-1579363040369?aff=oddtdtcreator. Age range: All Ages. Event description: What better way to mark the closing of summer than a live outdoor concert!? To celebrate the fall equinox and the changing of seasons, BYLT is partnering with our Forever Farm, Mountain Bounty, to bring you an evening of music, dancing, and amazing community and friends. With the energetic stylings of the Auburn-based band Boot Juice and local favorite Dellow & Friends, we’ll be jamming the evening away.
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Mountain Bounty Farm
11438 Birchville Rd, Nevada City, CA 95959.
For more info visit www.bylt.org. Dog Day Afternoon
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When inexperienced criminal Sonny Wortzik (Pacino) leads a bank robbery in Brooklyn, things quickly go wrong and a hostage situation develops. As Sonny and his accomplice Sal (John Cazale) try desperately to remain in control, a media circus develops and the FBI arrives. Directed by the legendary Sidney Lumet, and based on true events, DOG DAY AFTERNOON is a crime drama fever dream that is best experienced on the big screen.
Rated R.
Price: 10.00. Phone: 530-265-8262. Email: info@theonyxtheatre.com. Type of event: Film. Venue: The Nevada Theatre. Event location: Nevada Theatre. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://booking.theonyxtheatre.com/tickets/756038/005296000003. Age range: Adult. Seniors. Event description: NEVADA THEATRE 9/21: The Onyx Downtown celebrates the “Al-iversary” of two cinematic gems, both starring the incomparable Al Pacino!
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Nevada Theatre
401 Broad Street
Nevada City, CA.
For more info visit booking.theonyxtheatre.com. Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Monday, September 22, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Monday, September 22, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
The paintings in this exhibit speak mountain language fluently. It is a silent language coming from study, personal experience, love and respect. His drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur.This is Swayze’s third solo show at the Nevada City Winery Gallery and runs through November 17.
Monday, September 22, 2025, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Watercolor classes
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Price: $140.00 for a series of 4 $45.00 drop ins. Phone: 530-305-5566. Email: cheri@artspioritstudios.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Venue: Asif Studios. Event location: ASiF Artists Studio. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Learn basic watercolor techniques while completing a 9X12 painting.
Monday, September 22, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Asif Studios.
Open Mic
Nevada City Chamber
For singers, musicians, song-writers, poets, story-tellers and everyone else
Share your talent, or just come and enjoy some of the best entertainment value in Nevada City.
SEE YOU THERE!
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Type of Event: Community. Literary Arts. Music / Concert. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Voluntary: Suggested Donation $5 - No One Turned Away-. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Sponsored by Nevada City Odd Fellows
When: EVERY Monday, 6:30-9:00pm.
Monday, September 22, 2025, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
The Rise & Speak Experience
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Are you ready to turn your life story into a message that moves hearts and minds?
Type of Event: Community. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Other location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: $260 (payment plans available), $60 deposit required to hold your spot. Age range: Adult. Event details: The Sierra Center for Spiritual Living is proud to host the Rise & Speak Experience, a transformative 7-week public speaking workshop designed to help participants uncover their life’s defining moments and craft messages that uplift, inspire, and educate.Created and facilitated by Mitch Austin, a certified Master Storyteller with over 15 years of public speaking experience, this immersive journey guides participants through a process of personal reflection, storytelling mastery, and stage presence. The prog…
Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
119 Florence Ave.
Grass Valley, CA 95945.
For more info visit sierracenter.org. Watercolor classes
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Price: $140.00 for a series of 4 $45.00 drop ins. Phone: 530-305-5566. Email: cheri@artspioritstudios.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Venue: Asif Studios. Event location: ASiF Artists Studio. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Learn basic watercolor techniques while completing a 9X12 painting.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Asif Studios, 940 Idaho Maryland Road, Grass Valley.
Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Community Baby Shower
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Join us for a joyful celebration at our upcoming Community Baby Shower—a free, family-friendly event for expecting parents and families with young children! Enjoy giveaways, games, local resources, and connections with other families in a warm, supportive space. Whether you’re preparing for your new arrival or already parenting little ones, this event is for you. Come celebrate with us—we can’t wait to see you there!
Type of Event: Children / Family. Community. Health / Wellbeing. Event location: Other. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Grass Valley Library.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
The paintings in Richard Swayze’s exhibit “paintings and drawings” speak mountain language fluently and his drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Richard Swayze has hiked, climbed and traversed many of the mountains, or in some cases longs to, in his paintings. Each drawing has a kind of layered haziness, there are refined details as well as natural earthiness. This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. For the Love of Birds
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Want to learn about local birds? Ever wonder about that bird tapping on your trees (or house), which birds are eating at your bird feeder, or what the large blue colored birds with the top knot are called? Our new Sierra Foothills Family-Friendly Event will focus on local backyard bird species. We'll help you to identify birds by their markings, songs, and behaviors. There will be resources, apps, and handouts to further your enjoyment. You'll have the opportunity to ask questions and share your stories about birds you see and hear. You can help yourself and your family develop knowledge and a sense of wonder about wild creatures that live close by. Please join us for this event, which is free to the public. No previous 'birding' experience is necessary. No registration is required. This event will be held on Wednesday, September 24, from 4:00-5:30 PM at the Madelyn Helling Library, Community Room in Nevada City. Hope to see you there!
Type of Event: Children / Family. Community. Health / Wellbeing. Event location: Madelyn Helling Library. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: 0. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Family-friendly event, taking place on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, from 4:00-5:30 pm at Madelyn Helling Library, Community Room, Nevada City.
Sierra Foothills Audubon Society is pleased to present For the Love of Birds, a family-friendly event.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
980 Helling Way, Nevada City, CA 95959.
For more info visit sierrafoothillsaudubon.org. Playwriting Group
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All playwrights welcome! Whether playwriting is new to you or you're already an accomplished playwright, come join this on-going bi-weekly writers' group. We'll spend our time focusing on our writing, but with that magical element of doing so within the presence of others. Come discover the amazing experience of writing within the context of a group. Bring your computer, notebook, iPad, or whatever you like to use for writing. We share resources, discuss our goals and challenges, even provide feedback, but the primary focus of the group is to work on your own play! We'll do a check-in/discussion at the beginning of the meeting, then write in silence, and check-out at the end of our session. Contact Kimberly for the location and to answer any questions you may have.
Price: Free. Phone: 7072929498. Email: marionsfirebykimberly@gmail.com. Type of event: Literary Arts. Theatre. Venue: Members homes. Event location: Grass Valley. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: Teens. Adult. Seniors. All Ages.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
Sent upon request. (We meet in each other's homes.).
We Are Guardians
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We Are Guardians tells the story of Indigenous forest guardians fighting to protect their ancestral lands in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest from relentless invasions and deforestation. As more and more people illegally invade their lands each year, devastating centuries-old forests for resources and fast profits, these small groups of guardians risk everything to protect their forest and way of life. Now, as the health of the entire Amazon teeters at the edge, will Brazil and the world take notice? We Are Guardians offers an intimate portrayal of the lives ensnared within this crisis, bringing a multitude of voices from this complex landscape to the forefront. Indigenous forest guardian Marçal Guajajara and Indigenous leader Puyr Tembé stand at the frontlines of this fight, risking everything to protect their ancestral lands and way of life from relentless invasions and deforestation. To them, the Amazon is not just home—it is life itself, worth every sacrifice to ensure its survival for future generation…
Price: 13.00. Phone: 530-265-8262. Email: info@theonyxtheatre.com. Type of event: Film. Venue: Onyx Theatre. Event location: Onyx Theater. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://booking.theonyxtheatre.com/tickets/756038/005346000003. Age range: Teens. Adult. Seniors. Event description: NEVADA THEATRE, Wednesday, 9/24: Please join Onyx Downtown and Wild & Scenic Film Festival as we co-present this acclaimed new documentary. From Academy-Award winning producer Fisher Stevens (The Cove).
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Nevada Theatre
401 Broad Street
Nevada City, CA 95959.
For more info visit booking.theonyxtheatre.com. Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
Richard Swayze has hiked and climbed many of the mountains in his paintings. Reminding him of places he's been and places he wishes to experience. His drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur.This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Nevada City Winery Live Music with Brandon Dannals
Nevada City Chamber
Locals’ Night at the Winery! $2 off select wines, Tailored Tidbits charcuterie, local art, and live music. This week: the get-on-your-feet sounds of Brandon Dannals!
Type of Event: Music / Concert. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Brandon Dannals has been a solo guitarist, singer/performer/entertainer for 28 years and counting! His warm sky energy is sure to make you smile and also get you off your seat and dancing.Standing by his phrase “Music to Capture Your Heart Yet Rock Your Socks Off!” offers constant invitations to sing along! Get your oldies, folk-rock, and rock n’ roll requests out there because he is often called the “Human Jukebox Experience”.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Nevada City Winery Live Music with SR Laws
Nevada City Chamber
Wrap up your weekend at the winery with the soulful sounds of S.R. Laws. Enjoy his original tunes while sipping on our award-winning wines!
Type of Event: Music / Concert. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Scott Ray Laws approaches songwriting with a slow-burning passion, thoughts and experience written down in word, melody, and chord progression. His inspiration stems from the incredible storytelling abilities of artists such as John Hiatt, Rodney Crowell, Neil Finn, Chuck Prophet, and Ron Sexsmith. Their music has shaped his artistic journey.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Karaoke - Grass Valley Brewing Co.
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It’s Karaoke Night at GVBC with DJ Kenn! You know what that means; bring your song choices, your voice and your friends. We’ve got the DJ, the tunes and the beer. It’s going to be a great time, come on down and sing your heart out! All ages welcome.
Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Music / Concert. Event location: Downtown Grass Valley. Other location: Grass Valley Brewing Co. City/Area: Grass Valley. Event details: It’s Karaoke Night at GVBC with DJ Kenn!
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
141 E Main St, Grass Valley, CA.
For more info visit www.gvbrew.com. Get the Led Out
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Price: Tiered Seating: $70, Members $60* Standing Room: $52, Members $42*. Phone: 530-274-8384. Email: boxoffice@thecenterforthearts.org. Type of event: Music. Venue: The Center for the Arts. Event location: Center for the Arts. City/Area: Grass Valley. Online ticket: https://thecenterforthearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SUZ000003CrRp2AK. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Presented by The Center for the Arts,
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm
The Center for the Arts | 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, CA
Tickets: Reserved Seating & Standing Room
Genre: Rock Tribute
From the bombastic and epic, to the folky and mystical, Get The Led Out (GTLO) have captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage. The Philadelphia-based group consists of six veteran musicians intent on delivering Led Zeppe…
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Center for the Arts | 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, CA.
For more info visit www.gtlorocks.com. Creative Capital | Cultivating Community with ASiF - Artists’ Studio in the Foothills Exhibition
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Through this multi-media exhibition, Creative Capital highlights the importance of creative hubs as catalysts for commerce and social well-being. It takes a close look at how creative spaces serve as essential vehicles for developing and sustaining professional artists.
Type of event: Art & Gallery. Visual Arts. Venue: Eric Rood Administrative Center. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event description: By partnering with ASiF, this exhibition takes a behind-the-scenes look at just one of the many makers’ spaces that make Nevada County a thriving arts ecosystem—by providing access to a network of resources and relationships within the community. Celebrate ASiF’s community and learn more about the powerful impact these creative hubs have within our Cultural Districts, east and west.
Art in Public Spaces is a program of Nevada County Arts Council, presented in partnership with the County of Nevada.
Exh…
Friday, September 26, 2025, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Rood Center
950 Maidu Ave, Nevada City 95959.
For more info visit www.nevadacountyarts.org. Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Friday, September 26, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Friday, September 26, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Friday, September 26, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
In both his paintings and drawings Richard Swayze speaks of observation and stillness.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Each drawing has a kind of layered haziness, there are refined details as well as natural earthiness. Old postal stamps, chalk, and ink markings broaden the scene or place, inviting speculation.The paintings in this current exhibit speak mountain language fluently. It is a silent language coming from study, personal experience, love and respect. This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Friday, September 26, 2025, 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. STEAM Exploration Saturdays
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Type of Event: Children / Family. City/Area: Truckee. Price: Starting at $35 per day per child ages 4-7. Online ticket: kidzonemuseum.org. Age range: All Ages.
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Kidzone Museum
11711 Donner Pass Rd
Truckee, CA 96161.
‘Water’ you waiting for? Nevada County Wastewater tours are here
Nevada City Chamber
Nevada County is opening the Lake of the Pines Wastewater plant for free public tours.
Type of Event: Community. Event location: Lake of the Pines. City/Area: Lake of the Pines. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Curious about what happens after a flush? 🚽Nevada County Wastewater team is opening the gates and offering public tours of the Lake of the Pines treatment facility.👉Tours will take place 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 27 at 10984 Riata Way, Auburn.Nevada County Sanitation District handles nearly 1 million gallons of water daily through more than 110 miles of pipe and treats it all at 10 treatment plants in Western Nevada County. Treatment plants operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.🚿Th…
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
Lake of the Pines Wastewater Treatment Plant, 10984 Riata Way, Auburn.
For more info visit www.nevadacountyca.gov. Spanish story time
Truckee Chamber
Call 530-582-7846 for more information.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Health / Wellbeing. City/Area: Truckee. Price: Free. Age range: Children. All Ages. Event description: Monthly bilingual story time with Reyna Sanchez-Lopez. Enjoy lively books and activities to introduce children to the wonders of reading and books.
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM.
Truckee Library
10031 Levon Ave
Truckee, CA 96161.
Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
The paintings in Richard Swayze’s exhibit “paintings and drawings” speak mountain language fluently and his drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur. This is Swayze’s third solo show at the Nevada City Winery Gallery and runs through November 17.
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Paws and A Cause 2025
Nevada City Chamber
“Paws and A Cause” is back—bigger and better. This family-friendly celebration brings together animal lovers, local businesses, pet services, and rescue organizations for an unforgettable afternoon of community spirit and furry festivities. Games, competitions, drawings, prizes and more!
Animal lovers, get ready for a dose of nostalgia! We’re thrilled to welcome Jon Provost, the original Timmy from the beloved TV series Lassie, as a special guest. Don’t miss your chance to meet a television legend and lifelong advocate for animals.
Type of Event: Fair / Festival / Gala. Event location: Pioneer Park. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: $5 person/ $10 dog + pal / $20 dog + family. Online ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paws-and-a-cause-2025-tickets-1493262300739. Age range: All Ages. Event details: A Tail-Wagging Afternoon of Family Fun at Pioneer Park! Get ready for an afternoon of four-legged fun! The Nevada City Rotary Club is thrilled to announce the 2nd Annual “Paws and A Cause” Community Event is taking place Saturday afternoon, September 27 in Pioneer Park.Following the enthusiastic turnout at last year’s inaugural event, “Paws and A Cause” is back—bigger and better. This family-friendly celebration brings together animal lovers, local businesses, pet services, and rescue organizations for an u…
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Pioneer Park - Bandstand.
For more info visit nevadacityrotary.org. Seasonal Invocations Art Exhibits
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Descent Art opening is a family friendly gathering. Koya is known for her hosting magick. This independently organized art collective of seven has found a very unique way to walk with the seasons through their artisty. With seasonal refreshments, cozy couches, and deep conversation this afternoon is sure to leave you feeling held and in community.
Price: Free Entry. Email: edelta74@gmail.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Literary Arts. Music. Visual Arts. Organizations and Facilities. Venue: Lobby of the the 3rd floor, artist residence. Event location: St. Josephs Cultural Center. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Seasonal Invocations Art Exhibits were dreamed up by Meegan and Koya at the end of 2024. Based on the annual channeled frequencies of @madame.moonflower, these eight attunement themes observe the turning of the Sun Wheel. Saturday September 27th art opening named Descent is stepping into the Autumn Equinox. Seven local artists have dedicated an entire year to walking with the seasons bringing inspiration, healing and revolution through their artisty. What started out as 'lets do art together ' has turned…
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
410 S Church St Grass Valley CA.
For more info visit www.instagram.com. Jon Lovitz
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Price: $63-$88. Phone: 530-274-8384. Email: boxoffice@thecenterforthearts.org. Type of event: Comedy/Improv. Venue: The Center for the Arts. Event location: Center for the Arts. City/Area: Grass Valley. Online ticket: https://thecenterforthearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SUZ000003vag92AA. Age range: All Ages. Adult. Event description: Presented by The Center for the Arts
Saturday. September 27, 2025
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
The Center for the Arts | 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, CA
Tickets: Reserved Seating
Genre: Comedy
Jon Lovitz is a comedy legend and Emmy-nominated Saturday Night Live alum, known for iconic characters like Tommy Flanagan, Master Thespian, and Hanukkah Harry. He’s appeared in over 40 films, including A League of Their Own, The Wedding Singer, and Big, working with directors like Woody Allen, Rob Reiner, and P…
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
The Center for the Arts | 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, CA.
For more info visit thecenterforthearts.my.salesforce-sites.com. Rockin' the Gateway presents "The Sky Kings"
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What do you get when you combine Classic Country: Hank Williams, Brooks & Dunn, with a sprinkle of Southern California Country Rock of the 70’s, Poco, Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and a dash of Classic Rock, CSN, The Byrds, Jackson Browne, Billy Joel, John Hiatt and Steely Dan? The answer is a night with The Sky Kings.
Price: $25 online $30 in person. Phone: 530-906-5371. Email: yourtownepro@gmail.com. Type of event: Music. Dance. Venue: Nancy Pierce Pavilion. Event location: Western Gateway Park. City/Area: Penn Valley. Online ticket: https://rockinthegateway.com/. Age range: All Ages. Event description: What do you get when you combine Classic Country: Hank Williams, Brooks & Dunn, with a sprinkle of Southern California Country Rock of the 70’s, Poco, Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and a dash of Classic Rock, CSN, The Byrds, Jackson Browne, Billy Joel, John Hiatt and Steely Dan? The answer is a night with The Sky Kings. The Sky Kings is a classic Rock Americana band with a signature blend clear vocal harmonies and lush instrumentation. The Sky Kingsdeliver a powerful mix of vocal stylings, soulful melodic and hot…
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM.
Western Gateway Park
18560 Penn Valley Drive
Penn Valley, CA.
For more info visit rockinthegateway.com. Penn Valley Farmers Market
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Penn Valley Farmers' Market
Sundays, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
May 4th to October 26th
At the Solar Array.
Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Children / Family. Community. Event location: Western Gateway Park. City/Area: Penn Valley. Price: 0. Age range: All Ages. Event details: The 2025 Penn Valley Farmers' Market begins on Sunday, May 4th! We're so excited! This year the Farmers' Market will be on Sundays, from May 4th to October 26th. Great selection of foods, crafts, body products, etc. We will have our wonderful certified producers as well as Wyld Tiger Sourdough, Calolea Olive Oil, High Mountain Grill, Zena Hummus, Naan Tikka, Reflections for You Jewelry, Sweet & Savory, Habibi Bites and more! Come for breakfast or lunch and stock up on your favorite fruits and vegetables!
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
18560 Penn Valley Drive
Penn Valley 95946.
For more info visit bit.ly. Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Eleven Visions in Seven Stars
Nevada City Chamber
Gallery open Thursday-Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
Artists reception Thursday September 11, 6 - 8 PM.
Type of Event: Children / Family. Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free - donations welcome. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Artists Include:Mira Clark Gary GrahamDella Heywood Molly JochemJohn Michael Keating Alison Kenyon Aram Larsen Margaret LindseyLil McGill Douglass Truth Ben Vierling.
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Each drawing has a kind of layered haziness, there are refined details as well as natural earthiness. Old postal stamps, chalk, and ink markings broaden the scene or place, inviting speculation.The paintings in this current exhibit speak mountain language fluently. It is a silent language coming from study, personal experience, love and respect.The exhibit runs through November 17.
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. SoCo Chamber 1st Anniversary Summer Social
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The South Nevada County Chamber of Commerce is turning ONE!
We invite our community to join this family-friendly event for a delightful afternoon of
laughter, connections, and entertainment including:
Corn Hole Tournament,
food trucks and vendors,
music & dancing,
craft corner,
kid zone,
raffles,
& more!
Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Children / Family. Community. Fair / Festival / Gala. Fundraiser. Music / Concert. Other location: Combie Plaza. City/Area: Lake of the Pines. Price: 0. Age range: All Ages.
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Combie Plaza
10556 Combie Dr.
For more info visit ncsouthchamber.com. Speaker Series: Sands Hall – The Scandal Behind Angle of Repose
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Step into history at North Star House for an extraordinary Speaker Series event with Sands Hall, renowned author, playwright, and director. Sands will uncover the fascinating scandal surrounding Wallace Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Angle of Repose, and its connection to the life and writings of Mary Hallock Foote, whose legacy is deeply intertwined with our history.
Type of Event: Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Event location: North Star House. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: $15 early bird - $20 at the door. Online ticket: https://www.northstarhouse.org/event-details/speaker-series-sands-hall-the-scandal-behind-angle-of-repose. Event details: Step into history at North Star House for an extraordinary Speaker Series event with Sands Hall, renowned author, playwright, and director.Join us on Sunday, September 28th at 2pm where Sands will uncover the fascinating scandal surrounding Wallace Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Angle of Repose, and its connection to the life and writings of Mary Hallock Foote, whose legacy is deeply intertwined with our history. Mary Hallock Foote’s work and life, much of which unfolded right here in Nevada County…
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
12075 Auburn Road, Grass Valley, CA, USA.
For more info visit www.northstarhouse.org. Ananda Meditation Course
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Community. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Health / Wellbeing. Event location: Ananda Village. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event details: 🧘 Ananda Meditation Course📍Expanding Light, at Ananda Village📅 Sundays, September 7th – October 14th | ⏰ 2:00 – 3:30 pmA 6-week course in meditation, with childcare available for parents who wish to participate.
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Ananda Village
14618 Tyler Foote Road
Nevada City, CA.
For more info visit www.ananda.org. Animal & Nature Communication Group Session & Class
Nevada City Chamber
Experience a deeper connection with your beloved animals, guides in the spirit realm, or any being of nature.
Type of Event: Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Community. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: $50. Online ticket: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd79NRAIaxx_3ZnhcKS-ZVpYbqsb5S4tbzAHu8oyWIvPOhQWQ/viewform. Age range: Adult. Event details: Experience a deeper connection with your beloved animals, guides in the spirit realm, or any being of nature.2:00-3:00 Group Session: I will communicate with beings (animals, plants, guides, etc..) that individuals in the group would like me to speak with.3:00-4:00 Class: I teach you to speak with any being of nature.Come to one or both!https://earthbeingcommunication.com/events-and-classes/$33 eachGroup Session & Class.
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Inner Path
200 Commercial St.
Nevada City, CA 95959.
For more info visit earthbeingcommunication.com. Two Pianos featuring Vijay Venkatesh & Eva Schaumkell
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Price: $23-$72. Phone: 5302656124. Email: info@musicinthemountains.org. Type of event: Music. Venue: Center for the Arts. Event location: Center for the Arts. City/Area: Grass Valley. Online ticket: https://musicinthemountains.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F13171. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Two Pianos featuring Vijay Venkatesh & Eva Schaumkell.
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Center for the Arts.
For more info visit musicinthemountains.org. Jazz Jam @ Grass Valley Brewery
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Price: Free. Phone: (530) 271-2739. Email: rich.celio@icloud.com. Type of event: Music. Event location: Grass Valley. City/Area: Grass Valley. Online ticket: This is not a ticketed event. Age range: All Ages. Event description: The house trio will be Al Feeney, keyboards; John Lace, bass, Karl Chelette, drums, MC and your host for the evening. Drinks and great food available.
If you would like to sit in, bring charts if not readily available in fake books, vocalists need to have music, or know it, in their key and bring their own microphone. Guitarists could bring a small amp. You may play solo with the trio or add others to your combo. Bring a friend, tell a friend and help this great local jazz jam session grow!!! Ho…
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Grass Valley Brewery
141 E Main St
Grass Valley, CA 95945.
For more info visit sierrajazzsociety.com. Heat
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Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) leads a group of professional bank robbers, taking down major scores around Los Angeles. But when McCauley and company botch a major heist, they are pursued by Lt. Vincent Hanna (Pacino) and his team of cops in the LAPD. Directed by Michael Mann and considered one of the most influential films of all time, HEAT is the ultimate game of cat-and-mouse, with deadly consequences.
Rated R.
Price: 10.00. Phone: 530-265-8262. Email: info@theonyxtheatre.com. Type of event: Film. Venue: The Nevada Theatre. Event location: Nevada Theatre. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://booking.theonyxtheatre.com/tickets/756038/005297000003. Age range: Adult. Seniors. Event description: NEVADA THEATRE 9/28: The Onyx Downtown celebrates the “Al-iversary” of two cinematic gems, both starring the incomparable Al Pacino!
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Nevada Theatre
401 Broad Street
Nevada City, CA.
For more info visit booking.theonyxtheatre.com. Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
The paintings in this exhibit speak mountain language fluently. It is a silent language coming from study, personal experience, love and respect. His drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur.This is Swayze’s third solo show at the Nevada City Winery Gallery and runs through November 17.
Monday, September 29, 2025, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Intro to CAD Design for 3D Printing Using Onshape
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This introductory class is for students who have little or no experience with 3d CAD and will teach you how to create your own designs using a free program called Onshape that you will enable you to use Onshape at home to continue to create designs in 3d that can be used for digital fabrication on 3d printers, CNC machines or plasma cutters etc.
Price: $245. Phone: 530-446-2777. Email: Spark@thecuriousforge.org. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Visual Arts. Workshop. Venue: The Curious Forge. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://thecuriousforge.org/product/intro-to-cad/. Age range: Adult. Teens. Seniors. Event description: Introduction to CAD Design for 3D Printing using Onshape – 2-session class
2-session class. This introductory class is for students who have little or no experience with 3d CAD and will teach you how to create your own designs using a free program called Onshape that you will enable you to use Onshape at home to continue to create designs in 3d that can be used for digital fabrication on 3d printers, CNC machines or plasma cutters etc. In this workshop, our experienced instructor will guide you, step by…
Monday, September 29, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
The Curious Forge
13024 Bitney Springs Rd Bldg 9
Nevada City, CA 95959.
For more info visit thecuriousforge.org. Watercolor classes
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Price: $140.00 for a series of 4 $45.00 drop ins. Phone: 530-305-5566. Email: cheri@artspioritstudios.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Venue: Asif Studios. Event location: ASiF Artists Studio. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Learn basic watercolor techniques while completing a 9X12 painting.
Monday, September 29, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Asif Studios.
Open Mic
Nevada City Chamber
For singers, musicians, song-writers, poets, story-tellers and everyone else
Share your talent, or just come and enjoy some of the best entertainment value in Nevada City.
SEE YOU THERE!
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Type of Event: Community. Literary Arts. Music / Concert. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Voluntary: Suggested Donation $5 - No One Turned Away-. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Sponsored by Nevada City Odd Fellows
When: EVERY Monday, 6:30-9:00pm.
Monday, September 29, 2025, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Tuesday Morning Ceramics – Hand-Building Techniques
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In this Ceramics and Pottery Class, we will use hand-building techniques to make functional and non-functional ceramics and pottery projects using slabs and coils.
Price: $245. Phone: 530-446-2777. Email: Spark@thecuriousforge.org. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Visual Arts. Workshop. Venue: The Curious Forge. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://thecuriousforge.org/product/tuesday-morning-ceramics-2/. Age range: Adult. Teens. Seniors. Event description: Tuesday Morning Ceramics and Pottery Class with Pamela Montalbano
6 class series, Tuesday Mornings 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Price: $245 Public ($195 for 6 classes + $50 materials)
Discover your creativity, engage your mind, and come play with clay! In this Ceramics and Pottery Class, we will use hand-building techniques to make functional and non-functional ceramics and pottery projects using slabs and coils. Clay, Glazing, and firings are included in the materials fee. Participants can sign up for addit…
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
The Curious Forge
13024 Bitney Springs Rd Bldg 9
Nevada City, CA 95959.
For more info visit thecuriousforge.org. The Rise & Speak Experience
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Are you ready to turn your life story into a message that moves hearts and minds?
Type of Event: Community. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Other location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: $260 (payment plans available), $60 deposit required to hold your spot. Age range: Adult. Event details: The Sierra Center for Spiritual Living is proud to host the Rise & Speak Experience, a transformative 7-week public speaking workshop designed to help participants uncover their life’s defining moments and craft messages that uplift, inspire, and educate.Created and facilitated by Mitch Austin, a certified Master Storyteller with over 15 years of public speaking experience, this immersive journey guides participants through a process of personal reflection, storytelling mastery, and stage presence. The prog…
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
119 Florence Ave.
Grass Valley, CA 95945.
For more info visit sierracenter.org. Watercolor classes
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Price: $140.00 for a series of 4 $45.00 drop ins. Phone: 530-305-5566. Email: cheri@artspioritstudios.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Venue: Asif Studios. Event location: ASiF Artists Studio. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Learn basic watercolor techniques while completing a 9X12 painting.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Asif Studios, 940 Idaho Maryland Road, Grass Valley.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
The paintings in Richard Swayze’s exhibit “paintings and drawings” speak mountain language fluently and his drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Richard Swayze has hiked, climbed and traversed many of the mountains, or in some cases longs to, in his paintings. Each drawing has a kind of layered haziness, there are refined details as well as natural earthiness. This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
Richard Swayze has hiked and climbed many of the mountains in his paintings. Reminding him of places he's been and places he wishes to experience. His drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur.This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Just Enough Regional History: A Short Course by Hank Meals
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Local history buff, archaeologist, photographer and author, Hank Meals will offer an introductory series of audio-visual presentations on regional history at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center on San Juan Ridge. The presentations will be on the consecutive Thursdays of 10/2, 10/9 and 10/16 at 7PM.
Price: $15. Phone: (530) 265-2826. Email: schoolhouse@ncscc.us. Type of event: Conference / Lecture. Theatre. Workshop. Venue: North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center. Event location: North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: www.northcolumbiaschoolhouse.org. Age range: All Ages. Event description: WHEN: Thursdays at 7 pm, October 2 Before the Gold Rush to the Transcontinental Railroad, October 9 The Railroad, Resource Management & the Gilded Age, October 16 Public Land & Environmental Awareness, ADMISSION: $15 at the door (No advance tickets available), The Yuba and Bear Rivers have played a major role in California’s history. Former players and incidents in this dramatic story have influenced science, industry and ethics on a world-wide scale with good and bad consequences.…
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center
17894 Tyler Foote Road
Nevada City, CA 95959.
Creative Capital | Cultivating Community with ASiF - Artists’ Studio in the Foothills Exhibition
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Through this multi-media exhibition, Creative Capital highlights the importance of creative hubs as catalysts for commerce and social well-being. It takes a close look at how creative spaces serve as essential vehicles for developing and sustaining professional artists.
Type of event: Art & Gallery. Visual Arts. Venue: Eric Rood Administrative Center. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event description: By partnering with ASiF, this exhibition takes a behind-the-scenes look at just one of the many makers’ spaces that make Nevada County a thriving arts ecosystem—by providing access to a network of resources and relationships within the community. Celebrate ASiF’s community and learn more about the powerful impact these creative hubs have within our Cultural Districts, east and west.
Art in Public Spaces is a program of Nevada County Arts Council, presented in partnership with the County of Nevada.
Exh…
Friday, October 3, 2025, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Rood Center
950 Maidu Ave, Nevada City 95959.
For more info visit www.nevadacountyarts.org. Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Friday, October 3, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
In both his paintings and drawings Richard Swayze speaks of observation and stillness.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Each drawing has a kind of layered haziness, there are refined details as well as natural earthiness. Old postal stamps, chalk, and ink markings broaden the scene or place, inviting speculation.The paintings in this current exhibit speak mountain language fluently. It is a silent language coming from study, personal experience, love and respect. This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. October 3rd First Friday Pop Up
Nevada City Chamber
Fall is here, and so is comfort food season.
Join us for Emily’s First Friday Pop-Up on October 3rd from 12–6pm in Grass Valley. A cozy, seasonal menu is on the way—perfect for sharing, savoring, and settling into autumn.
Pre-orders available at emilyscateringandcakes.com.
Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Event location: Grass Valley. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Autumn is in full swing, and there’s no better way to celebrate the season than with a comforting, homemade meal from Emily’s. Join us for our First Friday Pop-Up on October 3rd, from 12 to 6pm at 421 Colfax Ave. in Grass Valley.As the days grow cooler and the leaves start to turn, we’re planning a menu filled with the deep, rich flavors of fall—think roasted vegetables, slow-cooked favorites, and baked-from-scratch desserts that bring warmth to the table. Whether you’re looking for a cozy weeknight dinner,…
Friday, October 3, 2025, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
421 Colfax Ave. Grass Valley.
For more info visit emilyscateringandcakes.wpcomstaging.com. Sierra Harvest Presents: FOOD FIGHT - A culinary challenge!
Nevada City Chamber
Tickets are now on sale for the inaugural Food Fight fundraiser for Sierra Harvest!
Come take a culinary journey, tasting your way through our region's exceptional foods, expertly prepared by top local chefs and mixologists. Ticket sales will support our continued work serving as a central hub for building a resilient, equitable local food system. Celebrate with us, under the Harvest moon!
GET YOUR GARDEN-CHIC ATTIRE READY!
Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Community. Fundraiser. Music / Concert. Other location: Castello Vista Estate. City/Area: Grass Valley. Online ticket: Purchase Tickets Here:
https://bit.ly/3UCLWye. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Food Fight Benefit Event
October 3, 2025 | 5:00 PM
CASTELLO VISTA ESTATE,
GRASS VALLEY, CA 95946 100% LOCALLY-SOURCED CULINARY SHOWCASE , GOURMET BITES AND CRAFT , COCKTAILS , SILENT AUCTION , FOOD-INSPIRED ART PIECES , LIVE MUSIC AND MORE! * Adults only event - Garden Chic Gala attire - benefitting Sierra Harvest *.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
CASTELLO VISTA ESTATE,
GRASS VALLEY, CA 95946.
#socialsketch + #write_on
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Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Children / Family. Beer / Wine / Food. City/Area: Truckee. Price: $1. Online ticket: www.ateliertruckee.com. Age range: All Ages.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Atelier
10128 Donner Pass Rd.
Kids Night Out
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Type of Event: Children / Family. Health / Wellbeing. Theatre / Film. City/Area: Truckee. Price: $20 in advance, required at least one day in advance. Age range: Children.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Northwoods Clubhouse, Tahoe Donner
Truckee.
First Fridays
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Type of Event: Music / Concert. Beer / Wine / Food. City/Area: Truckee. Price: Free. Online ticket: N/A. Age range: All Ages.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Historic Downtown Truckee.
For more info visit www.historictruckee.com. Nevada County Jewish Community Center Family Shabbat
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Children / Family. Community. Health / Wellbeing. History / Heritage. Other location: Nevada County Jewish Community Center. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Please join us at the Nevada County Jewish Community Center (NCJCC) for our monthly family Shabbat dinner and service Friday October 3rd! All are welcome, bring your family and friends. Please RSVP ahead of time so we can plan for enough food by calling 530-477-0922 or emailing ncjcc@outlook.com, or visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1422046598852107/. 5:30 children’s Shabbat service 6:00 casual shared dinner 7:00 adult Shabbat service We request a $5-10 contribution per person for all Friday night dinne…
Friday, October 3, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
506 Walsh St.
Grass Valley, CA 95959.
For more info visit ncjcc.org. Doris Foley Library's 118th Birthday Celebration
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Enjoy special presentations during the day: 10:30am - Introduction by County Librarian Nick Wilczek and Branch Manager Laura Pappani; 11am - Local History Highlights with Gage McKinney; 1:30pm - The Nevada County Historical Archive with Dom Lindars; and 3pm - Live Music with Highwater & The Kin.
Throughout the day, explore the collection, try your hand at a scavenger hunt, and don't forget that the monthly Book Sale by the Friends of the Nevada County Libraries is happening in the lower floor from 9am-3pm!
Type of Event: History / Heritage. Other location: Doris Foley Library for Historical Research. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: 0. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Join us for Nevada County's first Carnegie Library's 118th birthday celebration! In honor of the Doris Foley Library's role in the community, the day will be filled with presentations, music, and, of course, local history.
Saturday, October 4, 2025.
Doris Foley Library for Historical Research
211 N Pine Street
Nevada City, CA 95959.
For more info visit nevadacountyca.libcal.com. Yuba Gold Trail Runs
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Yuba Gold gets it's namesake from the beautiful South Yuba River as well as Nevada County's rich gold rush history. With 6,000+ ft of gain, from the deceptive rollers of South Yuba Trail to the dreaded Alpha Road climb, this is not your mama's 50k! And neither is the newly added 32k!
Just outside of Nevada City, CA, in the heart of gold country, the first half of the 50k course follows the beautiful South Fork Yuba River on the forested single-track of South Yuba Trail. It briefly passes thru the historic gold rush town of Washington, CA, originally founded as a mining camp in 1849. The remainder of the course is primarily on forest service roads, with a bit of single-track and off-trail. It tops out at 5,800 ft with nothing less than epic views of the breath-taking Bear Valley.
While the 32k excludes the South Yuba Trail portion, it acheives the same max elevation and views of Bear Valley and Signal Peak, and includes an incredible rival view of forested ridge-lines and the Yuba River canyon below.
Type of Event: Outdoors / Recreation. Sports. Other location: Bear Valley Group Campground. City/Area: Washington. Price: $69 - $109. Online ticket: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?dtid=51958. Age range: Adult. Event details: Welcome to the 4th running of Yuba Gold since 2019!
When: Saturday, October 7th, 2023. 50k: 8 am to 6 pm (10 hrs). 32K: 9 am to 5 pm (8 hrs). Swag: Beautiful, full-cover medals, as well as finisher shirts.
Saturday, October 4, 2025.
Nevada City, CA.
For more info visit www.runyubagold.com. Volunteer Training
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Volunteer in the beautiful California State Parks of the Sierra foothills!
Type of Event: Community. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Health / Wellbeing. History / Heritage. Outdoors / Recreation. Other location: Empire Mine State Historic Park. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: Free. Age range: Teens. Adult. Seniors. Event details: Volunteer in the beautiful California State Parks of the Sierra foothills! A wide variety of activities are available to match any interest.Volunteer training for Empire Mine State Historic Park, South Yuba River State Park and Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park begins with a required 2-day Orientation held at Empire Mine SHP on Saturdays October 4th and 11th (both days required), from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Applicants can then attend on-site Activity Training days for any of the three parks that they are inter…
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Empire Mine State Historic Park, 10791 E. Empire St, Grass Valley
South Yuba River State Park, 17660 Pleasant Valley Rd, Penn Valley (Bridgeport)
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, 23579 N Bloomfield Rd, Nevada City.
For more info visit www.parks.ca.gov. Free compost giveaway
Nevada City Chamber
Nevada County offers free compost for your fall garden.
Type of Event: Outdoors / Recreation. Community. Children / Family. Event location: Rood Center. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Nevada County will give away compost on Saturday, Oct. 4 between 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis at the Nevada County Government Center 950 Maidu Ave. Nevada City. Benefits for adding compost to your fall garden include helping plants grow stronger, increasing how deep roots grow, and conserving water by retaining moisture in the soil. Eventgoers should plan to bring their own shovels and buckets or bags to haul away the compost. The compost will be given away in small quantities, limi…
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Nevada County Government Center, 950 Maidu Ave. Nevada City.
For more info visit www.nevadacountyca.gov. STEAM Exploration Saturdays
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Type of Event: Children / Family. City/Area: Truckee. Price: Starting at $35 per day per child ages 4-7. Online ticket: kidzonemuseum.org. Age range: All Ages.
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Kidzone Museum
11711 Donner Pass Rd
Truckee, CA 96161.
Saturday Get Behind the Wheel Ceramics
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This workshop is for all levels (beginners welcome) who wish to develop and sharpen their pottery-throwing skills on the Potter’s Wheel.
Price: $271. Phone: 530-446-2777. Email: Spark@thecuriousforge.org. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Visual Arts. Workshop. Venue: The Curious Forge. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://thecuriousforge.org/product/get-behind-a-wheel-ceramics/. Age range: Adult. Teens. Seniors. Event description: Get Behind A Wheel – Pottery Wheel Class for beginners and advanced students with Pam Montalbano
6 class series – Saturday Mornings, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
This workshop is for all levels (beginners welcome) who wish to develop and sharpen their pottery-throwing skills on the Potter’s Wheel. We will go over the basics of wedging, centering, pulling, and trimming but also cover how to throw bowls and plates. Everyone is guaranteed to leap a pot. Make that special pot that shows the sudden uptick in your skil…
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
The Curious Forge
13024 Bitney Springs Rd Bldg 9
Nevada City, CA 95959.
For more info visit thecuriousforge.org. Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
The paintings in Richard Swayze’s exhibit “paintings and drawings” speak mountain language fluently and his drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur. This is Swayze’s third solo show at the Nevada City Winery Gallery and runs through November 17.
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. GRASS VALLEY BREW FEST • Sip, Stroll & Celebrate!
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Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Event location: Mill Street. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: $40.00 2025 Brew Fest- Early Bird Tickets. Online ticket: https://downtowngrassvalley.com/2025-brew-fest-early-bird-tickets/. Age range: Adult. Event details: 🍻 Grass Valley Brew Fest – Sip, Stroll & Celebrate!
Join us in historic downtown Grass Valley for an unforgettable afternoon of craft beer, cider, food, music, and community cheer. Dozens of breweries and food vendors, live entertainment, and a lively street festival vibe—this is the party you don’t want to miss!
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Mill Street Plaza, downtown Grass Valley.
For more info visit downtowngrassvalley.com. Courtyard Suites Gallery Halloween Art Reception
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For this one event only, original paintings, illustrations and paper mache, limited edition poster prints and gifts by Licensing Artist Mary Kober will be available for sale. The show runs October 1 - 31.
Price: Free! Phone: 530-272-7696. Email: mkober@koberdesigns.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Visual Arts. Venue: The Gallery at Courtyard Suites. Event location: Grass Valley Courtyard Suites. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Halloween Lovers!!!
The month of October features Halloween art by artist Mary Kober. Opening Reception, October 4 from 5:30 - 7 :00 pm at Courtyard Suites Lobby and Gallery.
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
Courtyard Suites
210 North Auburn
Grass Valley, CA 95945.
For more info visit www.koberdesigns.com. Forejour-Tribute to Foreigner & Journey
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Price: Floor Seating: $65, Members $55* Tiered Seating: $55, Members $45* Standing Room: $40, Members $30*. Phone: 530-274-8384. Email: boxoffice@thecenterforthearts.org. Type of event: Music. Venue: The Center for the Arts. Event location: Center for the Arts. City/Area: Grass Valley. Online ticket: https://thecenterforthearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SUZ000003Cur72AC. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Presented by The Center for the Arts
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
The Center for the Arts | 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, CA
Tickets: Reserved Seating & Standing Room
Genre: Rock Tribute
FOREJOUR pays tribute to the music of ‘80s mega bands (and Rock & Roll Hall of Famers!) FOREIGNER & JOURNEY, recreating the soundtrack of a generation with stunning accuracy.
Forejour’s multi-media show transports audiences back to the heyday of MTV as th…
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Center for the Arts | 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, CA.
For more info visit forejour.com. Monsters & Martinis Burlesque at Nevada Theatre
Nevada City Chamber
Ghouls, glam, and glitter collide for a third spine-tingling year as Truth or Dare Productions presents its annual Halloween extravaganza, Monsters & Martinis: A Live Burlesque Show
Expect devilish dancers, terrifying tassels, and spooky surprises all night long. Whether you come dressed as a creature of the night or your most glamorous self, this show promises to leave you howling for more.
Type of Event: Theatre / Film. Comedy / Improv. Holiday. Event location: Nevada Theatre. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: $20-35. Online ticket: https://truthordare.ticketspice.com/monsters-martinis-2025. Age range: Adult. Seniors. Event details: Truth or Dare Productions returns with their 4th annual Halloween burlesque bash! Join us for a spine-tingling night of sultry performances, variety acts, and spooky surprises. Come dressed to impress and kick off your October with a glitter-drenched bang!👠💀🍸Expect the unexpected: Ghoulish glamour. Devilish delights. Undead divas and blood-pumping bump 'n' grind. This show is bursting with live burlesque, variety acts, spine-tingling surprises, and a COSTUME CONTEST with killer prize…
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
401 Broad St, Nevada City.
For more info visit truthordareproductions.com. Right Native Plant, Right Place - Redbud Fall Plant Sale on October 4
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Find the California native plants that are right for your landscape at the biggest local native plant sale of the year!
Type of Event: Outdoors / Recreation. Event location: Other. Other location: Online, with pickup in Grass Valley. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: free. Age range: Adult. Seniors. Event details: The local Redbud Chapter of the California Native Plant Society holds its Fall Native Plant Sale on Saturday, October 4, with plant pickup in Grass Valley on Sunday, October 12. The online store will open when sale begins: at https://cnps-redbud.square.site/. Members get early access to shop 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and store will open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the general public (no code needed). Full details on Redbud's plant-sale page: https://chapters.cnps.org/redbud/calendar/plant-sale/.
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 10:00 PM – Sunday, October 5, 2025, 4:00 AM.
https://cnps-redbud.square.site/.
For more info visit chapters.cnps.org. Seniors Pancake Breakfast
Truckee Chamber
Type of Event: Health / Wellbeing. Beer / Wine / Food. City/Area: Truckee. Price: Adults $7, Children $3. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Join us in the community room at the Truckee Donner Senior Apartments for pancakes, eggs and bacon or sausage. Breakfast is prepared each month by one of the Community Non-Profit service organizations.
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Senior Services
10040 Estates Dr
Truckee, CA.
Penn Valley Farmers Market
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Penn Valley Farmers' Market
Sundays, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
May 4th to October 26th
At the Solar Array.
Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Children / Family. Community. Event location: Western Gateway Park. City/Area: Penn Valley. Price: 0. Age range: All Ages. Event details: The 2025 Penn Valley Farmers' Market begins on Sunday, May 4th! We're so excited! This year the Farmers' Market will be on Sundays, from May 4th to October 26th. Great selection of foods, crafts, body products, etc. We will have our wonderful certified producers as well as Wyld Tiger Sourdough, Calolea Olive Oil, High Mountain Grill, Zena Hummus, Naan Tikka, Reflections for You Jewelry, Sweet & Savory, Habibi Bites and more! Come for breakfast or lunch and stock up on your favorite fruits and vegetables!
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
18560 Penn Valley Drive
Penn Valley 95946.
For more info visit bit.ly. Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Each drawing has a kind of layered haziness, there are refined details as well as natural earthiness. Old postal stamps, chalk, and ink markings broaden the scene or place, inviting speculation.The paintings in this current exhibit speak mountain language fluently. It is a silent language coming from study, personal experience, love and respect.The exhibit runs through November 17.
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Ananda Meditation Course
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Community. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Health / Wellbeing. Event location: Ananda Village. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event details: 🧘 Ananda Meditation Course📍Expanding Light, at Ananda Village📅 Sundays, September 7th – October 14th | ⏰ 2:00 – 3:30 pmA 6-week course in meditation, with childcare available for parents who wish to participate.
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Ananda Village
14618 Tyler Foote Road
Nevada City, CA.
For more info visit www.ananda.org. Maximum Overdrive
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MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE - 10/5 - The first of our Schlocktoberfest double features at the Nevada Theatre.
Price: 10.00. Phone: 530-265 8262. Email: info@theonyxtheatre.com. Type of event: Film. Venue: Nevada Theatre. Event location: Nevada Theatre. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://booking.theonyxtheatre.com/tickets/756038/005740000003. Age range: Teens. Adult. Seniors. Event description: MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE - 10/5 - The first of our Schlocktoberfest double features at the Nevada Theatre, MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE and THE MANGLER both serve as zany adaptions of Stephen King short stories about inanimate objects coming to life – with a bloodlust! The only film directed by King himself, MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE stars Emilio Estevez as a low level employee of the Dixie Boy Truck Stop in North Carolina. When a rogue comet passes over Earth, fellow employees and customers alike must band together as machines ever…
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Nevada Theatre
401 Broad St
Nevada City, CA.
For more info visit booking.theonyxtheatre.com. The Mangler
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THE MANGLER - 10/5 - The first of our Schlocktoberfest double features at the Nevada Theatre, MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE and THE MANGLER both serve as zany adaptations of Stephen King short stories about inanimate objects coming to life – with a bloodlust!
Price: 8.25. Phone: 530-265 8262. Email: info@theonyxtheatre.com. Type of event: Film. Venue: Nevada Theatre. Event location: Nevada Theatre. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://booking.theonyxtheatre.com/tickets/756038/005741000003. Age range: Teens. Adult. Seniors. Event description: Directed by horror icon Tobe Hooper, THE MANGLER is a darkly humorous adaptation of one of King’s lesser known works. When a series of horrific accidents befall the staff of a laundry company in Maine run by crotchety miser Bill Gartley (Robert Englund), police detective John Hunton (Ted Levine) is called in to investigate. When he realizes that the culprit is a demon-possessed laundry machine that Gartley refuses to replace, all hell breaks loose!
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Nevada Theatre
401 Broad St
Nevada City, CA.
For more info visit booking.theonyxtheatre.com. Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
The paintings in this exhibit speak mountain language fluently. It is a silent language coming from study, personal experience, love and respect. His drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur.This is Swayze’s third solo show at the Nevada City Winery Gallery and runs through November 17.
Monday, October 6, 2025, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Watercolor classes
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Price: $140.00 for a series of 4 $45.00 drop ins. Phone: 530-305-5566. Email: cheri@artspioritstudios.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Venue: Asif Studios. Event location: ASiF Artists Studio. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Learn basic watercolor techniques while completing a 9X12 painting.
Monday, October 6, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Asif Studios.
Monday Night Ceramics – Pottery Wheel & Hand building
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Engage your mind and come play with clay in this Class! In this comprehensive Ceramics and Pottery Class, we will explore both hand-building techniques and pottery wheel skills to create functional and non-functional ceramics and pottery projects.
Price: $271. Phone: 530-446-2777. Email: Spark@thecuriousforge.org. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Visual Arts. Workshop. Venue: The Curious Forge. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://thecuriousforge.org/product/monday-night-ceramics-handbuilding-wheel-exploration/. Age range: Adult. Teens. Seniors. Event description: Discover Your Creativity with this Monday Night Ceramics and Pottery Class with Pamela Montalbano
Engage your mind and come play with clay in this Class! In this comprehensive Ceramics and Pottery Class, we will explore both hand-building techniques and pottery wheel skills to create functional and non-functional ceramics and pottery projects. Join us at The Curious Forge and let your creativity flourish in our supportive and inspiring environment!
Class Overview:
Hand-Building Techniques: Use slabs, coi…
Monday, October 6, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
The Curious Forge
13024 Bitney Springs Rd Bldg 9
Nevada City, CA 95959.
For more info visit thecuriousforge.org. Open Mic
Nevada City Chamber
For singers, musicians, song-writers, poets, story-tellers and everyone else
Share your talent, or just come and enjoy some of the best entertainment value in Nevada City.
SEE YOU THERE!
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Type of Event: Community. Literary Arts. Music / Concert. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Voluntary: Suggested Donation $5 - No One Turned Away-. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Sponsored by Nevada City Odd Fellows
When: EVERY Monday, 6:30-9:00pm.
Monday, October 6, 2025, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
The Rise & Speak Experience
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Are you ready to turn your life story into a message that moves hearts and minds?
Type of Event: Community. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Other location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: $260 (payment plans available), $60 deposit required to hold your spot. Age range: Adult. Event details: The Sierra Center for Spiritual Living is proud to host the Rise & Speak Experience, a transformative 7-week public speaking workshop designed to help participants uncover their life’s defining moments and craft messages that uplift, inspire, and educate.Created and facilitated by Mitch Austin, a certified Master Storyteller with over 15 years of public speaking experience, this immersive journey guides participants through a process of personal reflection, storytelling mastery, and stage presence. The prog…
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
119 Florence Ave.
Grass Valley, CA 95945.
For more info visit sierracenter.org. Watercolor classes
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Price: $140.00 for a series of 4 $45.00 drop ins. Phone: 530-305-5566. Email: cheri@artspioritstudios.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Venue: Asif Studios. Event location: ASiF Artists Studio. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Learn basic watercolor techniques while completing a 9X12 painting.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Asif Studios, 940 Idaho Maryland Road, Grass Valley.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
The paintings in Richard Swayze’s exhibit “paintings and drawings” speak mountain language fluently and his drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Richard Swayze has hiked, climbed and traversed many of the mountains, or in some cases longs to, in his paintings. Each drawing has a kind of layered haziness, there are refined details as well as natural earthiness. This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Playwriting Group
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All playwrights welcome! Whether playwriting is new to you or you're already an accomplished playwright, come join this on-going bi-weekly writers' group. We'll spend our time focusing on our writing, but with that magical element of doing so within the presence of others. Come discover the amazing experience of writing within the context of a group. Bring your computer, notebook, iPad, or whatever you like to use for writing. We share resources, discuss our goals and challenges, even provide feedback, but the primary focus of the group is to work on your own play! We'll do a check-in/discussion at the beginning of the meeting, then write in silence, and check-out at the end of our session. Contact Kimberly for the location and to answer any questions you may have.
Price: Free. Phone: 7072929498. Email: marionsfirebykimberly@gmail.com. Type of event: Literary Arts. Theatre. Venue: Members homes. Event location: Grass Valley. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: Teens. Adult. Seniors. All Ages.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
Sent upon request. (We meet in each other's homes.).
Wheel Throwing for Beginners
Nevada City Chamber
Enjoy tea, soft music and a calming space where you can start your creative journey
on the potters wheel. Zane and René will gently guide you through the learning process and ignite your enthusiasm for this ancient craft and art.
Type of Event: Makerspace Events. Event location: Downtown Nevada City. Other location: Studio 540. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: $315, includes all materials and firings. Age range: Teens. Adult. Seniors. Event details: This 7 week course will teach you the basics of throwing on the potters wheel. Enjoy learning in a relaxed, atmosphere in Rene's spacious and bright private studio, with seasoned potters guiding you. Zane Sawyer is an accomplished local potter specializing in Asian inspired teapots and teacups. René Sprattling has over 50 years experience as a ceramic artist, teacher, and past gallery owner. Open studio hours are available to current and past students.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
540 W Broad St. , Nevada City.
Laughter Shock Improv at the Nevada Theatre
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Comedy / Improv. Event location: Nevada Theatre. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/paul-emery-music/68a6408a9f23ba1000bf7a32/tickets#/productions-view. Age range: Adult. Seniors.
Thursday, October 9, 2025, 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM.
Nevada Theatre
401 Broad Street
Nevada City, California.
For more info visit www.onthestage.tickets. Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Thursday, October 9, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Explore History and Heritage at the North Star House – Twice Monthly Tours Now Offered
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Discover the rich history and natural beauty of the North Star House during our public tours, now held every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. This Julia Morgan-designed masterpiece invites visitors to explore its storied architecture, remarkable grounds, and vibrant role in Nevada County’s past and present.
Once the home of author and illustrator Mary Hallock Foote and North Star Mine Superintendent Arthur De Wint Foote, the North Star House was built as a gathering space for engineers, writers, and visionaries of the time. Over a century later, it's being lovingly brought back to life by a team of volunteers, craftsmen, and historians who believe in preserving its legacy for generations to come.
On the tour, you’ll walk through spaces that have been beautifully restored and others still mid-transformation, offering a rare behind-the-scenes look at historic preservation in action. From intricate stonework to original fireplaces, each corner of the house tells a story.
The tour also includes…
Price: 0. Phone: 530-477-7126. Email: media@thenorthstarhouse.org. Type of event: Organizations and Facilities. Venue: North Star House. Event location: North Star House. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Discover the rich history and natural beauty of the North Star House during our public tours, now held every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.
Thursday, October 9, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
12075 Auburn Rd. Grass Valley, CA 95949.
For more info visit www.northstarhouse.org. Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
Richard Swayze has hiked and climbed many of the mountains in his paintings. Reminding him of places he's been and places he wishes to experience. His drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur.This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Thursday, October 9, 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Karaoke - Grass Valley Brewing Co.
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It’s Karaoke Night at GVBC with DJ Kenn! You know what that means; bring your song choices, your voice and your friends. We’ve got the DJ, the tunes and the beer. It’s going to be a great time, come on down and sing your heart out! All ages welcome.
Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Music / Concert. Event location: Downtown Grass Valley. Other location: Grass Valley Brewing Co. City/Area: Grass Valley. Event details: It’s Karaoke Night at GVBC with DJ Kenn!
Thursday, October 9, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
141 E Main St, Grass Valley, CA.
For more info visit www.gvbrew.com. Creative Capital | Cultivating Community with ASiF - Artists’ Studio in the Foothills Exhibition
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Through this multi-media exhibition, Creative Capital highlights the importance of creative hubs as catalysts for commerce and social well-being. It takes a close look at how creative spaces serve as essential vehicles for developing and sustaining professional artists.
Type of event: Art & Gallery. Visual Arts. Venue: Eric Rood Administrative Center. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event description: By partnering with ASiF, this exhibition takes a behind-the-scenes look at just one of the many makers’ spaces that make Nevada County a thriving arts ecosystem—by providing access to a network of resources and relationships within the community. Celebrate ASiF’s community and learn more about the powerful impact these creative hubs have within our Cultural Districts, east and west.
Art in Public Spaces is a program of Nevada County Arts Council, presented in partnership with the County of Nevada.
Exh…
Friday, October 10, 2025, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Rood Center
950 Maidu Ave, Nevada City 95959.
For more info visit www.nevadacountyarts.org. Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Friday, October 10, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
In both his paintings and drawings Richard Swayze speaks of observation and stillness.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Each drawing has a kind of layered haziness, there are refined details as well as natural earthiness. Old postal stamps, chalk, and ink markings broaden the scene or place, inviting speculation.The paintings in this current exhibit speak mountain language fluently. It is a silent language coming from study, personal experience, love and respect. This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Friday, October 10, 2025, 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Yoga Getaway: Ananda Yoga® to Awaken the Chakras
Type of Event: Health / Wellbeing. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Other location: Expanding Light Retreat, at Ananda Village. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Explore pricing: https://www.ananda.org/expanding-light-retreat/programs-rg/1391/. Age range: Adult. Seniors. Event details: Did you know your chakras are the key transfer points between your soul and body, serving as the distribution system for your life-force energy? Are you aware that your past experiences and karma are stored in your chakras? What if unlocking your chakras could transform your life by releasing old patterns and experiences? Balance and energize your chakras through Ananda Yoga postures and meditation. Experience a deep, guided journey of inner awakening.
Friday, October 10, 2025, 3:00 PM – Sunday, October 12, 2025, 1:30 PM.
Expanding Light Retreat, Ananda Village, 13930 Expanding Light Drive, Nevada City, CA.
For more info visit www.ananda.org. Thriving Amidst Chaos
Type of Event: Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Health / Wellbeing. Other location: The Expanding Light Retreat, at Ananda Village, 13930 Expanding Light Drive, Nevada City, CA, tel (530) 478-7518. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Contact us for day guest pricing. Online ticket: https://www.ananda.org/expanding-light-retreat/programs-rg/1656/. Age range: Teens. Adult. Seniors. Event details: Are the headlines stealing your peace of mind? Is the future starting to feel… unpredictable? Join this powerful weekend retreat to help you stay calm, clear, and strong in uncertain times. Learn to navigate life with purpose, connect with inner guidance, and become a radiant force for change within and beyond. You were born for these times. Let your light lead the way!
Friday, October 10, 2025, 4:45 PM – Sunday, October 12, 2025, 1:30 PM.
The Expanding Light Retreat, at Ananda Village
13930 Expanding Light Drive, Nevada City, CA
Tel (530) 478-7518.
Poetry Open Mic
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Poetry Open Mic Night w/Rev. Lani Howard
In-Person or via Zoom.
Price: $10 Love Offering-no one turned away. Phone: 530-274-1018. Email: office@sierracenter.org. Type of event: Comedy/Improv. Venue: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Bring your favorite poem to share. Maybe you wrote it, maybe someone else did, but it resonated with you. Maybe you found it at just the right time ~ so feel free to share that story in a safe and welcoming place.
Suggested donation $10 each meeting. No one turned away ~ Wheelchair access available.
***Please park in the rear of the Veteran's Memorial parking lot, 255 S. Auburn St, and use the path to the center.
Friday, October 10, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
119 Florence Ave
Grass Valley, CA.
Six Ft. Swells Press 20th Anniversary Poetry Party and Performance
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Infamous poetry press, Six Ft. Swells returns to Grass Valley for one night to celebrate their 20th anniversary as publishers with a party and poetry performance for the launch of their two new books: From the Top Shelf: a Six Ft. Swells Anthology, 2005-2025, and Three Poets Walk Into a Bar... by Todd Cirillo, Julie Valin and Matt Amott.
The event features performances by Todd Cirillo, Julie Valin, Matt Amott, plus special guests. They invite you to join the party!
Price: sliding scale donation by venue. Phone: (530) 446-6668. Email: julthepoet@gmail.com. Type of event: Literary Arts. Venue: Wild Eye Pub. City/Area: Grass Valley. Online ticket: Wild Eye Pub
Tickets. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Six Ft. Swells Press Returns to Grass Valley to Celebrate 20 Years
Infamous poetry press, Six Ft. Swells returns to Grass Valley for one night to celebrate their 20th anniversary as publishers with a party and poetry performance for the launch of their two new books: From the Top Shelf: a Six Ft. Swells Anthology, 2005-2025, and Three Poets Walk Into a Bar... by Todd Cirillo, Julie Valin and Matt Amott.
Three Poets Walk Into a Bar… is the first collection of all three poets and co-founders of the…
Friday, October 10, 2025, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
The Wild Eye Pub
535 Mill St.
Grass Valley, CA 95945.
For more info visit www.sixftswellspress.com. Volunteer Training
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Volunteer in the beautiful California State Parks of the Sierra foothills!
Type of Event: Community. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Health / Wellbeing. History / Heritage. Outdoors / Recreation. Other location: Empire Mine State Historic Park. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: Free. Age range: Teens. Adult. Seniors. Event details: Volunteer in the beautiful California State Parks of the Sierra foothills! A wide variety of activities are available to match any interest.Volunteer training for Empire Mine State Historic Park, South Yuba River State Park and Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park begins with a required 2-day Orientation held at Empire Mine SHP on Saturdays October 4th and 11th (both days required), from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Applicants can then attend on-site Activity Training days for any of the three parks that they are inter…
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Empire Mine State Historic Park, 10791 E. Empire St, Grass Valley
South Yuba River State Park, 17660 Pleasant Valley Rd, Penn Valley (Bridgeport)
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, 23579 N Bloomfield Rd, Nevada City.
For more info visit www.parks.ca.gov. STEAM Exploration Saturdays
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Type of Event: Children / Family. City/Area: Truckee. Price: Starting at $35 per day per child ages 4-7. Online ticket: kidzonemuseum.org. Age range: All Ages.
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Kidzone Museum
11711 Donner Pass Rd
Truckee, CA 96161.
Fall Family Yoga Festival
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Community. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Health / Wellbeing. Fair / Festival / Gala. Children / Family. Event location: Ananda Village. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event details: A joyful and festive day of family friendly activities, yoga & meditation, crafts, music, vendors, storytelling, hay bales, and yummy food.
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Ananda Village
14618 Tyler Foote Road
Nevada City, CA.
For more info visit anandavillage.org. Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques Fall Warehouse Sale Oct. 11-19, 2025
Nevada City Chamber
Come on over to the Kodo Arts Warehouse Oct. 11-19, 2025 for one of the events of the year. You will be blown away to another world!!!!!!!
Type of Event: Fair / Festival / Gala. Event location: Other. Other location: Kodo Arts Warehouse. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA. These 9 day only sales at wholesale prices and restocked daily are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Kodo Arts Warehouse
571 searls ave
Nevada City, CA 95959.
Sierra College Art & Harvest Festival
Nevada City Chamber
Free parking, free admission, free family fun!
Join us for at the Sierra College Art & Harvest Festival On Saturday, October 11th from 10 am - 2pm.
Art demonstrations, class preview booths, pumpkin painting, free popcorn, cotton candy, and sno cones, campus tours, speak with programs such as student government, Ghidotti high school, and the Art Club. Visit the koi pond and say hi to the fish!
Type of Event: Children / Family. Community. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Fair / Festival / Gala. Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Sierra College – Nevada County Campus. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: Free. Online ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sierra-college-art-harvest-festival-tickets-1592505549969?aff=oddtdtcreator. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Join us for the 3rd annual Sierra College Art & Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 11th from 10 am - 2 pm at the Nevada County Campus! Participate in hands-on art activities such as printmaking and ceramics to learn more about Sierra College's art classes. Speak with instructors and engage with activities at our Class Preview Booths to learn more about Sierra College's programs in science, humanities, languages, and more. Learn about the campus through campus tours, visiting our iconic koi pond, and spea…
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
250 Sierra College Dr Grass Valley CA 95945.
For more info visit www.eventbrite.com. Ananda Fall Family Yoga Festival
Type of Event: Children / Family. Community. Fair / Festival / Gala. Health / Wellbeing. Outdoors / Recreation. Event location: Ananda Village. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://anandavillage.org/family-yoga-fest/. Age range: All Ages. Event details: A family friendly day of uplifting fun! Yoga and meditation, sharing nature games, artisan vendors, vegetarian food, pumpkins and hay bales, arts and games, and a visit from our goat dairy.
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Ananda Village.
For more info visit anandavillage.org. Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques Fall Warehouse Sale
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Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA.
These 9 day only sales, at wholesale prices and restocked daily, are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Price: free. Phone: 530-478-0812. Email: kodoarts@gmail.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Fair / Festival / Gala. Visual Arts. Venue: Kodo Arts Warehouse. Event location: Other. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA.
These 9 day only sales, at wholesale prices and restocked daily, are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Kodo Arts Warehouse
571 Searls Ave,
Nevada City, CA 95959.
Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
The paintings in Richard Swayze’s exhibit “paintings and drawings” speak mountain language fluently and his drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur. This is Swayze’s third solo show at the Nevada City Winery Gallery and runs through November 17.
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Foothill Fibers Guild 2nd Saturday Social
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Makerspace Events. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Join Foothill Fibers Guild at Second Saturday social at the Nevada County Library community room, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Madelyn Helling Library, 980 Helling Way, Nevada City, CA 95959.
For more info visit foothillfibersguild.wildapricot.org. Third Annual Downtown Grass Valley Brew Fest
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The wildly successful Downtown Grass Valley Brew Fest returns to Mill Street on October 8th! The Second Annual, highly anticipated October Brew Fest tasting event takes place in historic downtown Grass Valley, CA utilizing the charming streetscape to host a variety of breweries, food vendors, a main stage for musical entertainment, and a showcase of our unique shops and restaurants.
Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Event location: Downtown Grass Valley. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: $45.00 each Advance • $60.00 each Day of Event. Online ticket: https://downtowngrassvalley.com/brew-fest-tickets/. Age range: Adult. Seniors. Event details: The wildly successful Downtown Grass Valley Brew Fest returns to Mill Street on October 14th! The Third Annual, highly anticipated October Brew Fest tasting event takes place in historic downtown Grass Valley, CA, utilizing the charming streetscape to host a variety of breweries, food vendors, a main stage for musical entertainment, and a showcase of our unique shops and restaurants.
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Mill Street, Grass Valley.
For more info visit downtowngrassvalley.com. Keller Williams
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Price: $35-$50. Phone: 530-274-8384. Email: boxoffice@thecenterforthearts.org. Type of event: Music. Venue: The Center for the Arts. Event location: Center for the Arts. City/Area: Grass Valley. Online ticket: https://thecenterforthearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SUZ000003Q7gr2AC. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Presented by The Center for the Arts
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
The Center for the Arts | 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, CA
Tickets: Reserved Seating
Genre: bluegrass, rock, reggae, singer-songwriter
Keller Williams, the genre-blurring multi-instrumentalist from Virginia, has built a loyal following with his signature solo looping shows and ever-evolving musical projects.
Since his 1994 debut FREEK, Keller has released a steady strea…
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
The Center for the Arts | 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, CA.
For more info visit thecenterforthearts.my.salesforce-sites.com. Penn Valley Farmers Market
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Penn Valley Farmers' Market
Sundays, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
May 4th to October 26th
At the Solar Array.
Type of Event: Beer / Wine / Food. Children / Family. Community. Event location: Western Gateway Park. City/Area: Penn Valley. Price: 0. Age range: All Ages. Event details: The 2025 Penn Valley Farmers' Market begins on Sunday, May 4th! We're so excited! This year the Farmers' Market will be on Sundays, from May 4th to October 26th. Great selection of foods, crafts, body products, etc. We will have our wonderful certified producers as well as Wyld Tiger Sourdough, Calolea Olive Oil, High Mountain Grill, Zena Hummus, Naan Tikka, Reflections for You Jewelry, Sweet & Savory, Habibi Bites and more! Come for breakfast or lunch and stock up on your favorite fruits and vegetables!
Sunday, October 12, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
18560 Penn Valley Drive
Penn Valley 95946.
For more info visit bit.ly. Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques Fall Warehouse Sale Oct. 11-19, 2025
Nevada City Chamber
Come on over to the Kodo Arts Warehouse Oct. 11-19, 2025 for one of the events of the year. You will be blown away to another world!!!!!!!
Type of Event: Fair / Festival / Gala. Event location: Other. Other location: Kodo Arts Warehouse. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA. These 9 day only sales at wholesale prices and restocked daily are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Sunday, October 12, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Kodo Arts Warehouse
571 searls ave
Nevada City, CA 95959.
Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques Fall Warehouse Sale
Tourism
Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA.
These 9 day only sales, at wholesale prices and restocked daily, are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Price: free. Phone: 530-478-0812. Email: kodoarts@gmail.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Fair / Festival / Gala. Visual Arts. Venue: Kodo Arts Warehouse. Event location: Other. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA.
These 9 day only sales, at wholesale prices and restocked daily, are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Sunday, October 12, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Kodo Arts Warehouse
571 Searls Ave,
Nevada City, CA 95959.
Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Sunday, October 12, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Each drawing has a kind of layered haziness, there are refined details as well as natural earthiness. Old postal stamps, chalk, and ink markings broaden the scene or place, inviting speculation.The paintings in this current exhibit speak mountain language fluently. It is a silent language coming from study, personal experience, love and respect.The exhibit runs through November 17.
Sunday, October 12, 2025, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Ananda Meditation Course
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Community. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Health / Wellbeing. Event location: Ananda Village. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event details: 🧘 Ananda Meditation Course📍Expanding Light, at Ananda Village📅 Sundays, September 7th – October 14th | ⏰ 2:00 – 3:30 pmA 6-week course in meditation, with childcare available for parents who wish to participate.
Sunday, October 12, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Ananda Village
14618 Tyler Foote Road
Nevada City, CA.
For more info visit www.ananda.org. Jazz Jame @ Wildeye Pum
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Wild Eye Pub is a family-friendly event venue, with a restaurant and bar: freshly crafted food from local & organic sources, full bar with regional brews, wines & spirits, and nightly events in a comfy 'supper club' style with an easy vibe.
This event is on our large dining room stage. Seating and service begins 1 hour ahead. We serve "supper club" style: Table service of food/drinks is (quietly) offered before & during the show.
Reservations are always recommended.
Price: Optional Cover Charge. Phone: (530) 446-6668. Email: rich.celio@icloud.com. Type of event: Music. City/Area: Grass Valley. Online ticket: This is not a ticketed event. You can leave a message for reservations by phone or email, 24/7. Our limited seating often fills before the day of the show. Wildeye charges a $5-10 sliding scale cover fee. Age range: All Ages. Event description: The house trio will be Al Feeney, keyboards; John Lace, bass, Karl Chelette, drums, MC and your host for the evening. Drinks and great food available.
If you would like to sit in, bring charts if not readily available in fake books, vocalists need to have music, or know it, in their key and bring their own microphone. Guitarists could bring a small amp. You may play solo with the trio or add others to your combo. Bring a friend, tell a friend and help this great local jazz jam session grow!!! Ho…
Sunday, October 12, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Wildeye Pub
535 Mill St
Grass Valley, CA 95945.
Word Jam
Truckee Chamber
For more information call 530-386-3901.
Type of Event: Conference / Lecture / Workshop. City/Area: Truckee. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Join the Word Jam that takes place at 7pm on the second and fourth Sundays. Participants get 5 minutes to read a piece they have written.
Sunday, October 12, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Dark Hose Coffee
10009 W River St
Truckee, CA 96161.
From Beyond
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FROM BEYOND - 10/12 - In our second set of Schlocktoberfest double features at the Nevada Theatre, we highlight the talents of Director Stuart Gordon, as well as actors Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton.
Price: 10.00. Phone: 530-265 8262. Email: info@theonyxtheatre.com. Type of event: Film. Venue: Nevada Theatre. Event location: Nevada Theatre. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://booking.theonyxtheatre.com/tickets/756038/005742000003. Age range: Teens. Adult. Seniors. Event description: Two gloopy body horror adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft's short stories. Dr. Edward Pretorius, an acclaimed physicist, has perfected his newest invention: the Resonator, a machine that allows those near to it to glimpse life not visible to the naked eye. Imagining the discoveries he could make, Pretorius begins to go mad, much to the concern of his young assistant, Crawford Tillinghast (Combs). However, after the machine malfunctions during a highly sensitive experiment and Pretorius is found brutally murdered…
Sunday, October 12, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Nevada Theatre
401 Broad St
Nevada City, CA.
For more info visit booking.theonyxtheatre.com. Re-Animator
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RE-ANIMATOR - 10/12 - In our second set of Schlocktoberfest double features at the Nevada Theatre, we highlight the talents of Director Stuart Gordon, + actors Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton.
Price: 8.25. Phone: 530-265 8262. Email: info@theonyxtheatre.com. Type of event: Film. Venue: The Onyx Downtown at the Nevada Theatre. Event location: Nevada Theatre. City/Area: Nevada City. Online ticket: https://booking.theonyxtheatre.com/tickets/756038/005743000003. Age range: Teens. Adult. Seniors. Event description: Two gloopy body horror adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft’s short stories. Celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest body horror comedies of all time, with Stuart Gordon’s RE-ANIMATOR! Combs stars as Herbert West, a medical student obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. When he invents a reagent capable of reanimating deceased bodies, West and classmate Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) begin testing the glowing green substance on fresh cadavers. As it turns out, the dead are unpredictable and hard to c…
Sunday, October 12, 2025, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Nevada Theatre
401 Broad St
Nevada City, CA.
For more info visit booking.theonyxtheatre.com. Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques Fall Warehouse Sale Oct. 11-19, 2025
Nevada City Chamber
Come on over to the Kodo Arts Warehouse Oct. 11-19, 2025 for one of the events of the year. You will be blown away to another world!!!!!!!
Type of Event: Fair / Festival / Gala. Event location: Other. Other location: Kodo Arts Warehouse. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA. These 9 day only sales at wholesale prices and restocked daily are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Monday, October 13, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Kodo Arts Warehouse
571 searls ave
Nevada City, CA 95959.
Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques Fall Warehouse Sale
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Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA.
These 9 day only sales, at wholesale prices and restocked daily, are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Price: free. Phone: 530-478-0812. Email: kodoarts@gmail.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Fair / Festival / Gala. Visual Arts. Venue: Kodo Arts Warehouse. Event location: Other. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA.
These 9 day only sales, at wholesale prices and restocked daily, are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Monday, October 13, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Kodo Arts Warehouse
571 Searls Ave,
Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
The paintings in this exhibit speak mountain language fluently. It is a silent language coming from study, personal experience, love and respect. His drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur.This is Swayze’s third solo show at the Nevada City Winery Gallery and runs through November 17.
Monday, October 13, 2025, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Watercolor classes
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Price: $140.00 for a series of 4 $45.00 drop ins. Phone: 530-305-5566. Email: cheri@artspioritstudios.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Venue: Asif Studios. Event location: ASiF Artists Studio. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Learn basic watercolor techniques while completing a 9X12 painting.
Monday, October 13, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Asif Studios.
Open Mic
Nevada City Chamber
For singers, musicians, song-writers, poets, story-tellers and everyone else
Share your talent, or just come and enjoy some of the best entertainment value in Nevada City.
SEE YOU THERE!
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Type of Event: Community. Literary Arts. Music / Concert. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Voluntary: Suggested Donation $5 - No One Turned Away-. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Sponsored by Nevada City Odd Fellows
When: EVERY Monday, 6:30-9:00pm.
Monday, October 13, 2025, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street.
Good Morning Truckee
Truckee Chamber
Type of Event: Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Fundraiser. Health / Wellbeing. History / Heritage. City/Area: Truckee. Price: $10 Chamber members, $12 General public includes continental breakfast and raffle. Online ticket: TruckeeChamber.com. Age range: Adult. Seniors. Event description: NEW!! ONLINE PRE-REGISTRATION at TruckeeChamber.com. Bring your receipt with you and breeze through the Express Check-In Line to get your breakfast and seat faster!
Hear from Jameson Stafford of Elevate Blue, Andy Scott of 1Bios and Johannes Ziegler of Tahoe Silicon Mountain on Truckee's Start-Up Scene and Tech Community.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM.
Tahoe Truckee Airport.
Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques Fall Warehouse Sale Oct. 11-19, 2025
Nevada City Chamber
Come on over to the Kodo Arts Warehouse Oct. 11-19, 2025 for one of the events of the year. You will be blown away to another world!!!!!!!
Type of Event: Fair / Festival / Gala. Event location: Other. Other location: Kodo Arts Warehouse. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA. These 9 day only sales at wholesale prices and restocked daily are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Kodo Arts Warehouse
571 searls ave
Nevada City, CA 95959.
Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques Fall Warehouse Sale
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Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA.
These 9 day only sales, at wholesale prices and restocked daily, are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Price: free. Phone: 530-478-0812. Email: kodoarts@gmail.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Fair / Festival / Gala. Visual Arts. Venue: Kodo Arts Warehouse. Event location: Other. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA.
These 9 day only sales, at wholesale prices and restocked daily, are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Kodo Arts Warehouse
571 Searls Ave,
Nevada City, CA 95959.
The Rise & Speak Experience
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Are you ready to turn your life story into a message that moves hearts and minds?
Type of Event: Community. Conference / Lecture / Workshop. Other location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living. City/Area: Grass Valley. Price: $260 (payment plans available), $60 deposit required to hold your spot. Age range: Adult. Event details: The Sierra Center for Spiritual Living is proud to host the Rise & Speak Experience, a transformative 7-week public speaking workshop designed to help participants uncover their life’s defining moments and craft messages that uplift, inspire, and educate.Created and facilitated by Mitch Austin, a certified Master Storyteller with over 15 years of public speaking experience, this immersive journey guides participants through a process of personal reflection, storytelling mastery, and stage presence. The prog…
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
119 Florence Ave.
Grass Valley, CA 95945.
For more info visit sierracenter.org. Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques Fall Warehouse Sale Oct. 11-19, 2025
Nevada City Chamber
Come on over to the Kodo Arts Warehouse Oct. 11-19, 2025 for one of the events of the year. You will be blown away to another world!!!!!!!
Type of Event: Fair / Festival / Gala. Event location: Other. Other location: Kodo Arts Warehouse. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA. These 9 day only sales at wholesale prices and restocked daily are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Kodo Arts Warehouse
571 searls ave
Nevada City, CA 95959.
Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques Fall Warehouse Sale
Tourism
Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA.
These 9 day only sales, at wholesale prices and restocked daily, are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Price: free. Phone: 530-478-0812. Email: kodoarts@gmail.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Fair / Festival / Gala. Visual Arts. Venue: Kodo Arts Warehouse. Event location: Other. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA.
These 9 day only sales, at wholesale prices and restocked daily, are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Kodo Arts Warehouse
571 Searls Ave,
Nevada City, CA 95959.
Watercolor classes
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Price: $140.00 for a series of 4 $45.00 drop ins. Phone: 530-305-5566. Email: cheri@artspioritstudios.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Venue: Asif Studios. Event location: ASiF Artists Studio. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Learn basic watercolor techniques while completing a 9X12 painting.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Asif Studios, 940 Idaho Maryland Road, Grass Valley.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
The paintings in Richard Swayze’s exhibit “paintings and drawings” speak mountain language fluently and his drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Richard Swayze has hiked, climbed and traversed many of the mountains, or in some cases longs to, in his paintings. Each drawing has a kind of layered haziness, there are refined details as well as natural earthiness. This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Playwrights Group
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Meet with fellow playwrights twice a month to discuss tools of the trade, playwriting tips, provide and receive feedback, and share in the process of creating plays or musicals for the stage.
Price: 0. Phone: 7072929498. Email: marionsfirebykimberly@gmail.com. Type of event: Literary Arts. Theatre. Venue: Private Residence. Event location: Grass Valley. City/Area: Grass Valley. Age range: All Ages. Event description: All playwrights welcome! Whether playwriting is new to you or you're already an accomplished playwright, come join this on-going writers' group. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Weds of every month. On the 1st Weds one member of the group provides a brief presentation or leads a discussion on some aspect of playwriting. After the presentation/discussion, we'll do a brief check-in, and then spend the rest of our time writing in silence. and check-out at the end of our session. On the 3rd Weds, we read a play of on…
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 4:30 PM.
Private residence in Grass Valley. Email Kimberly at marionsfirebykimberly@gmail.com.
For more info visit www.facebook.com. Wheel Throwing for Beginners
Nevada City Chamber
Enjoy tea, soft music and a calming space where you can start your creative journey
on the potters wheel. Zane and René will gently guide you through the learning process and ignite your enthusiasm for this ancient craft and art.
Type of Event: Makerspace Events. Event location: Downtown Nevada City. Other location: Studio 540. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: $315, includes all materials and firings. Age range: Teens. Adult. Seniors. Event details: This 7 week course will teach you the basics of throwing on the potters wheel. Enjoy learning in a relaxed, atmosphere in Rene's spacious and bright private studio, with seasoned potters guiding you. Zane Sawyer is an accomplished local potter specializing in Asian inspired teapots and teacups. René Sprattling has over 50 years experience as a ceramic artist, teacher, and past gallery owner. Open studio hours are available to current and past students.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
540 W Broad St. , Nevada City.
Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques Fall Warehouse Sale Oct. 11-19, 2025
Nevada City Chamber
Come on over to the Kodo Arts Warehouse Oct. 11-19, 2025 for one of the events of the year. You will be blown away to another world!!!!!!!
Type of Event: Fair / Festival / Gala. Event location: Other. Other location: Kodo Arts Warehouse. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA. These 9 day only sales at wholesale prices and restocked daily are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Kodo Arts Warehouse
571 searls ave
Nevada City, CA 95959.
Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques Fall Warehouse Sale
Tourism
Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA.
These 9 day only sales, at wholesale prices and restocked daily, are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Price: free. Phone: 530-478-0812. Email: kodoarts@gmail.com. Type of event: Art & Gallery. Fair / Festival / Gala. Visual Arts. Venue: Kodo Arts Warehouse. Event location: Other. City/Area: Nevada City. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques opens its spacious warehouse to the public twice a year for 9 day only sales of Japanese antique furniture, garden, home decor, architectural, kimonos, and the unusual. All sourced from the Kyoto, Japan area and shipped to the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada city, CA.
These 9 day only sales, at wholesale prices and restocked daily, are big, fun events and like temple antique markets in Japan. Something for every budget and taste.
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Kodo Arts Warehouse
571 Searls Ave,
Nevada City, CA 95959.
Large Form Ceramic and Underwater Photography Gallery Pop-Up
Nevada City Chamber
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: Free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: After receiving a bachelor's degree in Communication in 2017 at the University of Cincinnati, Leila signed up for pottery classes at a local studio and quickly transitioned from student to member, and eventually Artist in Residence. In 2019 she founded Tierra Madera, meaning earth and wood, with the hopes of paying homage to the foundational elements of ceramics that inspire her throughout this craft. Her desire to create functional tableware and everyday vessels for the home is much in part influenced by h…
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The Parsonage Annex - 425 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Nevada City Winery Gallery - Richard Swayze "paintings and drawings"
Nevada City Chamber
Richard Swayze has hiked and climbed many of the mountains in his paintings. Reminding him of places he's been and places he wishes to experience. His drawings are a study in precision.
Type of Event: Visual Art / Gallery. Event location: Nevada City Winery. City/Area: Nevada City. Price: free. Age range: All Ages. Event details: In both his paintings and drawings Swayze speaks of observation and stillness, while celebrating exhilaration, oddities and artifacts offering us the opportunity to ponder our and imprints smallness against the earth’s grandeur.This is Swayze's third solo show at the winery. It will run through November 17.
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Nevada City Winery.
For more info visit www.ncwinery.com. Open Mic Night at the Center for the Arts
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Price: $5. Phone: (530) 274-8384. Email: boxoffice@thecenterforthearts.org. Type of event: Comedy/Improv. Music. Venue: The Center for the Arts. Event location: Center for the Arts. City/Area: Grass Valley. Online ticket: https://thecenterforthearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SUZ000003Lurt2AC. Age range: All Ages. Event description: Open Mic Night at the Center for the Arts – now on third Thursdays!
Calling all comics, musicians, poets, storytellers, and performers — Open Mic Night is back with a new groove. Starting Thursday, May 15th – we’re officially moving to the third Thursday of the month from 7:00 to 9:30 pm at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley, in the Center’s Off Center Stage at 315 Richardson Street.
To help keep this community event going strong, we’re asking for a small donation at the door. Thanks for su…
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley, in the Center’s Off Center Stage at 315 Richardson Street.
For more info visit thecenterforthearts.my.salesforce-sites.com.