Prospector Entertainment for Nevada County

21/03/2020

Why were a trio of teachers, and four staff members, still showing up at Chicago Park School this week, considering the school is closed and the kids in the

11/12/2018

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20/10/2018

13/10/2018

Halloween Scream: The show with acts that have more bite than a werewolf with rabies.

A chill is in the air, and not just because fall has almost arrived. Truth or Dare Productions is getting ready for Halloween and it’s time to sink your

13/10/2018

Music in the Mountains presents the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Doors open at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18.

On Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Don Baggett Theatre in Nevada City, Music in the Mountains will launch their 2018-19 Classics Series season with one of the greatest violin

13/10/2018

As darkness falls and shadows lengthen, Nevada City, illuminated by flickering gas lamps becomes the perfect setting for a ghost story.

As darkness falls and shadows lengthen, Nevada City, illuminated by flickering gas lamps, and Grass Valley, its storefronts concealing dark secrets behind their attractively painted exteriors, become the perfect

12/10/2018

The first half of the KVMR's fall on-air membership drive begins today, they are asking listeners to ‘Make Your Voice Heard’

12/10/2018

Mark Vance will be playing in between performances with his work "Encantar" during the Command Performance Concert at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Besemer Concert Hall.

Music lovers know that one of the most dynamic and surprising elements of Nevada County’s celebrated music scene is the opportunity to hear brand new contemporary music — normally

12/10/2018

Haute Trash Returns to Nevada Theatre this weekend. * pm. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday

12/10/2018

Heroes, villains, aliens and action stars are the focus in these now-classic Academy Award-winning, comics-based films. "Batman" and "Men In Black" will play Saturday at the Auburn State Theatre.

12/10/2018

Nevada Union Graduate Timothy Ward hosts a weekend of comedy improv classes. Classes start on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Timothy Ward will be hosting a weekend of instruction in the art of comedic improvisation this Saturday and Sunday, according to a release. Ward has spent the last 20

12/10/2018

"Coco" was co-written and co-directed by Bear River High School graduate Adrian Molina, who won the Oscar at the 90th annual Academy Awards."Coco" will play at the Auburn State Theatre on Sunday

Cinema at the State Theatre in Auburn presents “Coco” at 3 p.m. Sunday, according to a release.Disney/Pixar’s Oscar-winning “Coco” presents a modern and refreshing take on the Mexican holiday

12/10/2018

Sierra Stages and Miners Foundry Cultural Center present Theater By the Book: “Marjorie Prime." Doors open 7 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17.

On Wednesday, Oct. 17, Sierra Stages and the Miners Foundry will present “Marjorie Prime” as part of Theater By the Book, a series of informal play readings for the

28/09/2018

Educational and fun!

We are pleased to have these fine experts in their fields presenting at 100% Design! For more details and to purchase tickets in advance, visit www.theunion.com/design.

20/09/2018

28/04/2018

The pasty luncheons served outside Empire Mine's stately 1905 Clubhouse offer a taste of Nevada County's Cornish history.

28/04/2018

A lushly visualized travelogue, Andy Goldsworthy's work and Thomas Riedelsheimer's exquisite cinematography in "Leaning Into the Wind" redefine landscape and inextricably tie human life to the natural world.

On Sunday, the Nevada Theatre Film Series will present “Leaning into the Wind”, a documentary about the British sculptor, photographer, and environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy. The film will be

27/04/2018

Master pianist and international performer Frederick Hodges comes from San Francisco to perform "A Fred Astaire Ragtime R***e" at 4 p.m. Sunday at Peace Lutheran Church, 828 W. Main St., near downtown Grass Valley.

27/04/2018

"Floating Horses," a new documentary film about rodeo's greatest cowboy, Casey Tibbs, will be showing at the State Theatre in Auburn at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Cinema at the State Theatre in Auburn presents “Floating Horses” at 7 p.m. Thursday.“Floating Horses” is a new documentary film about rodeo’s greatest cowboy, Casey Tibbs, who transcended the

27/04/2018

Events for the first annual Know Your Watershed Week will take place in Auburn, Colfax, Coloma, Grass Valley, Nevada City, North San Juan, Placerville and the beautiful parts in between.

27/04/2018

Reader's Theatre returns to the Miners Foundry Cultural Center to celebrate the lives of founder Tim O'Connor and long time reader Dave Iorns.

Last month, the Reader’s Theatre community was devastated by the passing of two of its greatest champions, founder Tim O’Connor and long time reader Dave Iorns. On Sunday, the

27/04/2018

As part of the national Big Day Of Giving, KVMR will be doing "pop-up" broadcasts in businesses around Nevada County on Thursday, May 3rd.

A couple years ago, some KVMR 89.5 FM staff and volunteers were brainstorming for a way to better integrate the national Big Day Of Giving (Big DOG for short)

27/04/2018

"I believe that the Holbrooke may well be the most haunted hotel in the entire world," said ghost tour guide Mark Lyon and narrator of docudrama, "Phantoms of the Holbrooke." "I have been collecting and investigating haunted sites throughout the world for almost my entire life and I have never encountered a hotel with anything close to the number of distinctly independent ghosts as have been reported at the Holbrooke. To be able to present their stories within a film has been the culmination of a long-anticipated dream.

While Grass Valley’s historic Holbrooke Hotel has long had a local reputation for being haunted, its ghostly inhabitants may likely become celebrities of a sort with the premier of

27/04/2018

Music legend Jesse Colin Young has toured with rock bands such as Led Zeppelin, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, The Doors, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, The Beach Boys, The Allman Brothers, Steve Miller Band, Van Morrison and many others.

For 50 years Jesse Colin Young has been singing songs about peace, relationships and the environment. From his folk days in Boston and his first record, “Soul Of a

27/04/2018

Jules Massenet's fabulous 1899 fairy tale opera "Cendrillon" will be showing at the Del Oro Theater at 9:55 a.m. on Saturday.

The Met presents for the first time on its stage Jules Massenet’s fabulous 1899 fairy tale opera “Cendrillon.” Of course, we all know the story from Charles Perrault’s 1698

26/04/2018

Robby James & the Streets of Bakersfield are performing Saturday at the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Building.

Robby James & the Streets of Bakersfield are performing a dance party/Country Hoedown, in partnership with Frank Gallino Post 130, at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Grass Valley Veterans

26/04/2018

"Our aim was to create an annual event for the whole community," said Eliza Tudor, Executive Director of the Nevada County Arts Council, about the Sierra Poetry Festival. "We have a fabulously literary community [in Nevada County] but they don't necessarily connect in an anchored way. We wanted to bring everyone together once a year in a way that could be aspirational and inspirational."

26/04/2018

Mother and daughter duo Staajabu and VS Chochezi, known as Straight Out Scribes, have published seven books of activist poetry. They were also asked by the Crocker Art Museum to write poems that corresponded to the Walter O. Evans collection of African American art.

Poets Staajabu and Dr. VS Chochezi are coming back to perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the Open Book, 671 Maltman Drive in Grass Valley. Mother and daughter duo

26/04/2018

"I see myself centered in communities where the gaps are bridged by artwork," said Ruth Chase, the artist behind the art project "Belonging". "It's all about community."

17/04/2018

There are some great music options at this year's Home, Garden & Lifestyle Show this weekend! Add to this Jannsen Kuhn, strolling fiddler each day from 11 to 1!

07/04/2018

"It's brews, bites and South Lake vibes — the beautiful mountain scenery and beautiful people embodying the whole entire vibe of South Lake Tahoe," said event coordinator of the Tahoe Brewfest Nicole Marsel, who also serves as development manager for Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe.

06/04/2018

In 2018, reggae singer Don Carlos celebrates 50 years in the music business with a new album and world tour.

06/04/2018

"Art In The Garden Art Show And Auction" is a fundraiser, party, auction and competition all in one from 3-5 p.m. Sunday at the Miner's Foundry in downtown Nevada City.

Nearly 50 years ago, legendary music artist Joni Mitchell sang, “We are stardust, we are golden and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.” Okay, maybe she

06/04/2018

"Our reading with Gary and Will highlights the importance of poetry in our community. Gary Snyder has brought the world to our foothills, making intimate our mountains and flora through his eloquence," said Roo Cantada, a founder of the San Juan Ridge Community Library.

San Juan Ridge Community Library and Nevada County Arts Council will co-present a special reading with Gary Snyder and Will Staple at 7 p.m. Friday. Designed as a benefit

06/04/2018

Tour seven unique homes around Nevada County with the annual Music in the Mountains Home Tour, Saturday and Sunday, April 21-22.

Looking for inspiration on a home project? Ever wonder what it would be like to live in a tiny house? What are some decorating and restoration tips for renovating