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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Rockefeller Center in New York City has a Christmas tree as a backdrop for all holiday activities in the Big City since 1933, and now South Lake Tahoe is starting what hopes to be an annual tradition. Standing at 60-feet, the local version isn't quite as big as their neighbor on the East Coast (which runs 60-100 feet and can weigh close to 30,000 pounds), but it serve as a place to warm hearts and be a center of holiday photos and fun.

There is always something to do in South Lake Tahoe and all around the South Shore and this weekend is no different. Here is a list of things to do for families and adults:

For families -

Annual Christmas Bird Count - The 2016-2017 South Lake Tahoe Christmas Bird Count has been scheduled for Saturday, December 17. Barring a significant winter storm, we will hold the count on that date. December 17 @ 8:00 a - (775) 298-0066 - Meet at Alpina Coffee Cafe, 822 Emerald Bay Rd

Dr. Annie Davidson filed Thursday to run for school board member of the Lake Tahoe Unified School District serving Trustee Area 1.

Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus kicks off its 10th Summer MusicFest with “Going For Baroque-Summer Solstice Series” June 17 thru 23. The program opens with Vivaldi’s Concerto for Violin and Cello, RV 547, with Natalie and Nick Haines as soloists, and continues with flutist Josue Casillas performing Vivaldi’s Concerto for Flute #428 “Goldfinch”. Other soloists include Yuri Liberzon, guitarist, performing Vivaldi Concerto RV 82, and harpist Marina Roznitovsky performing Vivaldi Concerto #540. The concert concludes with J.S.

The Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation’s second annual Taste of Gold fundraiser will be Saturday, July 13 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the College’s Ledbetter Terrace and Demonstration Garden.

It’s the biggest fundraiser of the year for the LTCC Foundation, with proceeds going directly to support academic programs and student scholarships and achievement.

TOCCATA - Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus kicks off its 8th Winter MusicFest with a concert series that features violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn performing Prokofiev’s Concerto in D major on the legendary Red Stradivarius Violin. The program also includes the Tahoe Symphony Chorus in selections from Bach’s masterpiece, the B minor Mass, with soloists Joy Strotz and Anna Helwing, sopranos; Maryanne Ashley, mezzo soprano; and Stuart Duke, baritone.
The performance; Sunday, January 20, 3:00 pm, at St. Theresa Catholic Church in South Lake Tahoe (1041 Lyons Ave.).

TOCCATA Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will present its annual Holiday production which includes selections from the Messiah and favorite carols that the audience is invited to sing along. Vocal soloists include Maria Arrigotti, Katharine DeBoer, Joy Strotz, and Anna Helwing, sopranos; Stephanie Dixon, mezzo soprano; and Stuart Duke and Gary Schwartz, baritones.
The South Lake Tahoe performance will be Dec. 16, 3 p.m. at St. Theresa Catholic Church, 1041 Lyons Ave.

Building on its Fourth of July weekend concert series, Toccata, the Tahoe Symphony Orchestra, will continue its 21-concert 2012 Tahoe Summer MusicFest with a series that celebrates the seventh anni...

The Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus continues its seventh anniversary Winter MusicFest with the "Brrroque Masters" concert series March 8-16.The program features guest cellist Jeffrey Lastra...

A fundraiser for the new Toccata Performing Arts Theater, "Hearts, Tarts & Olde Farts IV," will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. The Incline Village venue is the former Mark Twain Culture Center...

Toccata-Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus recently announced the initial concert series of its seventh season with Mendelssohn in the Mountains.Famed violinist, Elizabeth Pitcairn, will perfor...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Christmas is coming and the music of "Messiah" is on the mountain, thanks to Toccata.For more than half a decade the Orchestra and Community Choral Artists of the Taho...