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Wednesday night is comedy night at the Carson Nugget

Event Date: 
August 8, 2012 (All day)

Get ready to laugh! Wednesday Night is comedy night at the Carson Nugget at 7 PM in the Show Lounge. Seating is limited. There is no cover; however, there is a two drink minimum.

Morgan Preston is the featured comedian on August 8th. Preston has spent more than 22 years in the business. His, “I dare you not to laugh” style and on-stage swagger is guaranteed to make you smile.

Wednesday night is comedy night at the Carson Nugget

Event Date: 
August 1, 2012 (All day)

Carson City, NV—Get ready to laugh! Wednesday night is Comedy Night at the Carson Nugget. The weekly shows begin each at 7 PM in the Show Lounge. Seating is limited. There is no cover; however, there is a two drink minimum.

The next featured comic is Kelly Monteith. He has performed in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe and Reno as well as theaters throughout the United States and Canada. He has shared the bill with a “Who’s Who” of performers including Bill Cosby, Loretta Lynn, Aretha Franklin and Tony Bennett to name just a few.

Wednesday Comedy Night Schedule

Hump Day means laughs at the Carson Nugget

Event Date: 
July 25, 2012 - 7:00pm

Get ready to laugh! Wednesday Night Comedy begins at the Carson Nugget in Carson City starting July 25, 2012 at 7 PM in the Show Lounge.
Chris Strait kicks off the Wednesday night events. He is an expert on people and reminds us how funny life can be. You may have seen him on E! or Tru-TV’s, “The Smoking Gun.”
Seating is limited. There is no cover; however, there is a two drink minimum.

Wednesday Comedy Night Schedule
7/25 - Chris Strait / Alyssa Cowan
8/1 - Kelly Monteith / Drake Nelson
8/8 - Morgan Preston / James Hennigan
8/15 - Tyler Boeh / John Ager

South Lake Tahoe cancer survivor Connie Phillips inspires with fitness and friendship at Sierra Athletic Club

Remission. It’s a place filled with hope as much as it brings anxiety. But that’s where Connie Phillips is and she won’t mince words when she says every day she lives fully aware that she may die.
“And that’s why I see everyone around me as an inspiration,” the 48-year-old South Lake Tahoe breast cancer survivor says. “They may not think they are, but they are.”
If you’ve visited Sierra Athletic Club, located in the South Shore’s Tahoe Keys lately, you’ve probably been the recipient of a contagious smile from Phillips, the gym manager. A Stage 3 breast cancer survivor, Phillips has been a cheerleader and true inspiration to hundreds of women in South Lake Tahoe.

Ride the Wild Sierra bicycle event

South Lake Tahoe’s road bicycling club, Alta Alpina, has put together four different epic bike rides on 1 day so cyclists can challenge themselves at their own pace. The event is called Ride the Wild Sierra, with the start and finish at Turtle Rock Park in Markleeville, Calif.
Build Your Own Challenge, Kid Carson Challenge, Wild Sierra Century and the 8 Pass Challenge “The World’s Toughest Double Century” all take place June 30, 2012.
Lake Tahoe and Truckee are full of avid cyclists who love a good challenge so Alta Alpina created this new cycling event just for you. Ouch!

Ruling could slow pace of Indian casino development

Lake Tahoe hosts 3,300 plus for America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride

Imagine the scenic beauty of Lake Tahoe with its crystal clear blue waters surrounded by towering majestic snow capped peaks. Imagine being able to ride a bicycle around its 72-mile shoreline or a 100-mile century ride. On Sunday more than, 3,300-plus bicycling enthusiasts from all over the country will participate in the 21st annual America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride around Lake Tahoe.

Lake Tahoe Community College
 ramps up summer with Connect programs

In one of the most innovate private-public education partnerships developed in recent years, Lake Tahoe Community College prepares to launch the summer follow-up of its successful CONNECT program.

Designed as a way for community members to extend their education pursuits, CONNECT offers noncredit classes at Lake Tahoe Community College with a series of life enhancement workshops for people with passions for arts, theater, health and fitness and business marketing.


UC Davis Tahoe City Field Station Open House June 2

Join UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) researchers for an Open House at the Tahoe City Field Station (Historic Hatchery) at 2400 Lake Forest Road from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 2, 2012. Tour the historic building, talk to scientists about their work, and learn something new about Lake Tahoe.

Funny fact: Pace and Chappell together for the first time

The road warrior from the Midwest is back. This week's headliner at Harveys Improv comedy club, Mike Pace, is a time capsule of sorts who has been doing standup since gasoline was under $2 a ga...

Nevada population remains about even, according to demographer

The Nevada State Demographer’s Office, located at the University of Nevada, Reno College of Business, has released its 2011 population estimates. The state gained an estimated 17,152 people from July 2010 to July 2011, an estimated increase of 0.6 percent, about equivalent to the increase of 0.7 percent the prior year. Two years ago, the state lost 27,677 people, a decrease of about 1.0 percent.

DUI patrol stepped up on Sunday

The Avoid the 6 El Dorado County DUI Campaign is reminding football fans watching this year’s Super Bowl game with friends and family to make the right decision before kickoff and game plan in a designated sober driver. Law Enforcement joins with the national “Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk” message from the National Football League (NFL), the California office of Traffic Safety (OTS), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and Techniques for Effective Alcohol Management (TEAM) Coalition.

Movie Review: 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' a youth's journey searching for his lost father

The new film "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" by director Stephen Daldry ("The Hours") and playing at the Horizon Stadium Cinemas in Stateline is the story about a 9-year old boy Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn) who loses his father in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. He suffers perhaps from Asperger's and a clear case of overwhelming anxiety.

Squaw, Alpine Meadows offer value-added weekend ski and ride lessons

This weekend, beginner skiers and riders can take their first turns on the snow at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows for just $30 including a beginner lift ticket, rental equipment and lessons during the 12th Annual Learn to Ski and Board Weekend.

Officials have handle on Zephyr Cove fuel leak

While unleaded gasoline is moving via the groundwater toward Lake Tahoe and in other directions at a trickle of a pace, the lake has never tested positive for ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../officials-ha...

UNR scientists explore climate change in the Sierra using art

By Mike Wolterbeek
Scientists from the University of Nevada, Reno helped renowned environmental artists Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison create an exhibition on display at the Nevada Museum of Art in downtown Reno that predicts the potential effects of climate change on the Sierra Nevada mountains.

“The exhibition by the Harrisons helps people see how climate change may alter natural areas that many of us enjoy,” Thomas Albright, professor of geography in the University’s College of Science, said.

Regional Transportation Plan Update

Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization will hold a meeting for input on Thursday, November 3 from 5:30pm-8:00pm at Inn by the Lake
We want to hear from you! At the workshop: Share your transportation and fiscal investment priorities Learn about current projects like transit shelters and the Nevada Stateline to Stateline Bikeway Visit activity-based stations at your own pace Refreshments and childcare provided Innovative interactive computer technology opportunities Spanish language materials and speaker available YOUR VOICE MATTERS.

Study says advance lodging reservations in mountain resorts keep ticking up

DENVER - Skiers and snowboarders are continuing to book ski and snowboard holidays for the coming season at a steady pace, despite disappointing economic news in August and September that was expec...

2 South Shore bike projects gain significant

While implementation of new bike trails at Lake Tahoe seems to move at a glacial pace, on the same day boards on both sides of the South Shore unanimously ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../2-south-shore-bi...

Fishing report through Sept. 14

Here is this week's fishing report for Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra and southern Oregon. This report runs this weekend through Sept. 14.

Caltrans spending $11 billion on California highways

Highways from the Bay Area to Lake Tahoe to the Central Coast are being repaved this summer at a pace not seen in years, even though the state and nation are coming out of a deep recession with major ...

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