Music in the Mountains kicked off their spring concert series last night at the Nevada Theatre with Musical Art Quintet, a classical music group based in San Francisco. Local band Beaucoup Chapeaux opened the show and gave the Musical Art Quintet a warm Nevada City welcome.  For more upcoming Music in the Mountains events click here.  What a treat for our small community to have such high quality live music, thank you everyone for coming out and making it a really special evening.  And the winner from the Smith Vineyard’s upcoming concert and picnic is Janis.

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Sierra Stages presents A Midsummer’s Nights Dream, opening this Thursday, February 28th and running through March 23rd at the Nevada Theatre.  For an entertaining night out, come enjoy one Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, where the world of fairies, actors and nobility collide. Thursday night performances are at 7pm, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm and Sunday matinees at 2pm.  To purchase tickets online click here.  Thanks to the fabulous folks at Sierra Stages I’ve got 2 tickets to giveaway for this weekend’s opening show.  Please post a comment on this blog post about your favorite Shakespeare’s play and I’ll draw the winner on Thursday*.  If you’re thinking of visiting Nevada City to enjoy a night out at the theatre, we’ve got a special “Getaway Theatre” package available, please call us at the Outside Inn, 530 265 2233, for more details.

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The Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival is coming to Nevada City on Friday, February 1st at the Nevada Theatre.  Put on by Snowlands Network, a Nevada City based non-profit, that is dedicated to backcountry skiers, snowshoers and snowboarders.  ”The festival was created eight years ago to highlight Winter Wildlands Alliance’s efforts to preserve and promote winter landscapes for human-powered users,” says Laurel Harkness, Executive Director of Snowlands Network.  The festival will show seven different films ranging from “ Skiing the Void” by Sweetgrass Productions, “Further” from Teton Gravity Research to “Unicorn Sashimi” by Felt Soul Media.

Last spring I got the opportunity to go on my first backcountry hut trip at Lost Trail Lodge to celebrate two special people in my life, my sister, Megan Michelson and her husband, Dan Abrams.  Seasoned backcountry skiers the two … Read More »

The SYRCL Wild and Scenic Film Festival is probably one of my favorite events in Nevada City.  Our small town is transformed into hub of activity, with amazing films, music, art and workshops.  The energy around town is contagious, people are excited to be here and are passionate about environmental causes and having their stories heard.  Each and every one of us is important and we can make a difference, for inspiration just look at the children!   These photos barely scratch the surface on weekend’s fun, but if you haven’t had a chance to experience the Wild and Scenic Film Festival I would start planning for next year’s festival, an event not to be missed.  Today’s photos include the Mowen Solinsky Gallery opening party, the Salmon Parade, the Del Oro School Program, the Nevada … Read More »

Happy New Year’s Eve…  Before we get to the winner of our Ultimate Nevada City giveaway I thought it would be fun to list my top ten reasons why I love Nevada City.   The comments on the giveaway were fabulous.  I was in awe of the variety of reasons why people loved Nevada City– popular trends were the people, the Outside Inn, the Yuba, Victorian Christmas, the beauty.

Erin’s 10 Ten Reasons Why She Loves Nevada City

Community.  There are so many examples on how our community is great, whether it’s people helping each other (Outside Inn Flooding), or the small town vibe at the Nevada City Farmers Market or if it’s the fact that you can’t go far in Nevada City without bumping into someone you know.

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Sarah Coleman and Tahiti Pehrson‘s art show “I Heart NC” opens tonight at Kitkitdizzi.  The artists are sharing a few additional images from their iconic Nevada City gallery on the Outside Inn’s blog, thanks guys.  The Outside Inn hearts NC too, for our “Ultimate Nevada City” giveaway click here.    And don’t forget Victorian Christmas, Wednesday 12/19 from 5-9pm and Sunday, 12/23 from 1:30-6pm.

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Synthetic Unlimited presents Anthony and Cleopatra at the historic Nevada Theatre in downtown Nevada City.  The action packed adaptation of Shakespeare play promises love, lust, sword fighting and more.  The 20 plus cast features powerful performances by Jimmy McCammon as Marc Antony, and Grace Fae as Cleopatra.   The play opens on Thursday, August 23rd and runs through September 15th.  To purchase tickets visit the Nevada City Box Office.  To view more photos please click here.  The Outside Inn’s blog InnSide Nevada City is excited to say that we’ve got 2 tickets to the opening performace, Thursday August 23rd at 7pm.  Please post a comment on this blog post on why you’d like to see the play and I’ll draw the winners on Monday, August 20th.  And the winner of the two tickets to the Nevada City … Read More »

The Nevada City Film Festival is coming to town August 16th-19th.  The event is showcasing over 100 films from 14 different countries.  Join the kick off party Thursday night with the documentary “Neil Youngs Journeys” by Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme.  We interviewed a few of the locals filmmakers on why they’re excited about this year’s show.   Zoe Toffaleti, a current film student at UC Santa Cruz decided to pass on the bright lights of NY and SF to intern with the Nevada City Film Festival.  ”NCFF is kind of the best of both worlds; I’m learning a lot about every step of film production and programming, and I get to stay in Nevada City. I really love this town, and I feel so lucky that I can live in my parents’ house, walk to the office, … Read More »

Ewing Ventures has brought the rock musical play Next to Normal from Broadway to Nevada City.  The show opened last night and runs this weekend through June 24th with performances Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.  An all star cast of Jed Dixon, Bevin Bell-Hall and Kendra Scott provide emotionally raw performances while musical director Jerry Grant kept an upbeat tune.  Tickets can be purchased online or at the Nevada City Box Office.  The Outside Inn blog has a special giveaway for 2 lucky readers, we’ve got 2 free tickets to Thursady, May 31st’s 7pm show.  Post a comment on this blog post about your favorite play or musical and we’ll draw a winner on Monday, May 28th.  And since getting a night out on the town is always fun we’ve decided if you’d like to come stay at the Outside Inn after … Read More »

Looking for some laughs this weekend?  Ewing Ventures brings you a live production Hal Ashby’s cult favorite Harold and Maude.  Tickets available here, Briar Patch or Nevada City Box Office.  Shows are Thursday at 7pm, Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm through March 25th at the Nevada Theatre in downtown Nevada City.

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