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This is one day that offers at least oneelement of enjoyment for even the mosthumbug of person who dreads the
thought of shopping. Saturday, March5th the Grass Valley Downtown
Association and Sierra Vinters team upfor the Annual Foothills Celebration. It istruly a unique days that combines wine,food, ambiance, music, art and shop-ping. This is the tenth year for the eventthat not only grows in popularity withthose in attendance but also continuesto grown in participants. Last year theevent was a sell out with 1,200 tickets sold and over65 wineries, restaurantsand business involved.This year’s event is oncourse to have evenmore participants.
The FoothillsCelebration runs from1:00pm to 4:00pm. Theevent begins at theHoliday Inn Express onBank Street and willlead you to participat-
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in downtown Grass Valley. You will be able to notonly taste wine and beer from over 40 area wineries
and breweries but also sample chef spcialties from some of the areas finestrestaurants. There will also be fine ar
display as well as music. And did wemention the shopping as many downretail businesses will set aside floor spto transform into temporary tasting rooms. This is a rain or shine event acan act as great therapy for a late winfoothills weekend.
According to www.nswinecountry.Nevada County has 18 wineries that pduce over 40,000 cases of wine each y
There are 48 different varietals planted in the coty. Not all varietiare made into invidual wines, sominto blends. Witharea’s four distinseasons, the vinethrive. In the summer a combinaticool nights and wdays produces hdesirable wine ming fruit. Brochu
and wine touringmaps are availabarea Chambers oCommerce or anlocal tasting room
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Gene and Betty Ernst ventured outinto the world of owning their ownbusiness selling gift items at Denio’s
Farmers Market and Swap Meet inRoseville, California. As the businessgrew the married couple decided they
wanted to have a location closer totheir Chicago Park home so in 1983they opened Foothill Trading Company in Grass Valley’s K-Mart Shopping Center. The store not only featuredpopular gift itemsfrom their days of selling at Denio’s butalso a small amountof headboards andfootboards. After afew years the couplenoticed the populari-ty of their bedding line. In 1993 they decided it was time tofind a larger store
location which would allow for expansion of theirbedding merchandise. This led them to their cur-rent location on Freeman Lane in the Raley’sShopping Center. Eventually the business becamefocused on selling bedding items and less on giftitems. The change in business focus also caused thebusiness to take on a new name...Foothill Mattress
Center.Today the gift items are gone. They have bee
replaced by the largest in store selection of mattes in Northern California. Sixty-two floor modeall. The store floor space is filled with top sellinbrand names such as Tempur-pedic, Simmon’sBeautyrest, Sealy Posturepedic and Englander L
Walls of Foothill Mattress Center display a largevaried selection of head and footboards. One ostore’s more unique and popular items is the spsaving Wall Bed that transforms from a beautifu
piece of furniture into a queen size bed in just sonds. In addition to bedding items, shoppers calso find bedroom furnishings as well as sofas,loveseats and recliners.
Gene Ernst passed away four years ago, but Band son David continue to run the business in afamily way. “Our business is not what we do, it’part of who we are” according to Betty. “Customservice and great prices has always been the corstones of our business”. Foothill Mattress Centebacks up custom satisfaction with a 30 day “Com
Exchange” on mattresses sold along with free deery. “We’ve free delivered as far away as San Josand Tahoe” said Betty.
Foothill Mattress Company is open seven day week, Monday through Saturday 10:00am to 5:3and Sunday noon to 4:00pm. You can also learnmore about their business and merchandise by ing their web site at www.foothill-mattress.com
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Feb 24: Pasta Banquet for Sierra Services for the Blind, presented by the StonehouseHospitality Academy, 6:00pm to 8:00pm, 107 Sacramento Street, Nevada City. Y
will be offered a choice of three pastas and three sauces along with choice of twosalads. Bread will be baked on site, and wine and beer will be available. A cheese a
wine tasting will begin before dinner is served. There will also be a silent auction.
The cost is a donation of $35.00 or $50.00 for two. For more information call 265-2 Mar 5: Mt. St. Mary’s Fundraiser, the event begins at 5:30pm, Veterans Hall, 255South Auburn Street, Grass Valley. An enjoyable evening of friends, food andoutstanding silent and live auction items . Auction items include Kings tickets, gicertificates to local restaurants, a summer home in Maine, and a beautiful Tanzanpendant. Admission cost is $55.00 per person. For ticket information, call 228-92or visit www.mtstmarys.org. Mar 5 & 6: Two Day Book Sale, 9:00am to 3:00pm Saturday and 10:00am to 2:00pSunday, Doris Foley Historical Library, 211 Pine Street, Nevada City. The sale wfeature thousands of paperback and hardback books. Most books cost between 25and $3.00. This months sale features gardening and nature books. On Sunday, ne
books will be added to the sale and everything is half price. For additionalinformation, phone 265-1407 or email [email protected] 8: Gather the Women, International Women’s Day, 5:30pm-9:30pm, Holiday IExpress, 121 Bank Street, Grass Valley. This is the 9th Annual Gather the Womeevent and celebration of the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s day. Ththeme is “What’s Next?” The event is a celebration of women and theiraccomplishments. Admission is $10.00. Doors open at 5:30pm for networking &light supper, not included in admission price. Program begins at 6:45pm.Mar 12: St. Patrick’s Day Bingo Party, Soroptimist International of Nevada City from10:00am to 3:00pm at the Seaman’s Lodge, 425 A Nimrod Street, Nevada City.
Tickets are $17.00 and can be purchased from any member, at the door, or by calling Dana Jamison at 530-265-4085. Each ticket includes 3 bingo cards along
with a salad and dessert luncheon. Additional cards can be purchased at the door.Proceeds will benefit Soroptimist local Scholarship Programs which assist womenand girls in our community. Prizes will be awarded. For more information callCarol York at 477-5901. The Soroptimist International of Nevada City has beenserving the community through service projects and awards/scholarships since it wchartered in 1946.
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The traditional planting sea-son will soon be upon us. OnSunday, February 20th the
Annual Seed Swap and LocalFoods Discussion will takeplace at the North ColumbiaSchoolhouse Cultural Center located at 17894 TylerFoote Road, 10 miles from Nevada City on Highway 49. The event will feature local farmers discussing arange of topics about local food production and anopen forum with attendees. The popular Seed Swap
will follow. The Food Forum and Seed Swap will takeplace from 3:00 to 6:00pm. There will also be a bene-fit concert and dinner beginning at 6:00pm featuring live music and an organic dinner. A benefit raffle
will also take place. Suggested donation for the din-ner and music is $25.00 per person with all proceedsgoing directly towards the building of a local seedbank. For more information, visit
Sergio’s Caffe is the charming expression of ownersSergio and Lena Martignago and their dedicated staff.They recently celebrated 8 years of successfully serving upsumptuous lunch and dinner fare at the Mill Street loca-tion in downtown Grass Valley.
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to apprentice at an Italian resort where he worked hithrough the kitchen as a dishwasher, busser, server amanagement, collectively. In 1978 Sergio packed hisfor California with ambition and determination to ophis own restaurant. His dream became a Grass Vallereality.
Sergio has been endeared to the Nevada County dscene since the restaurant opened their doors. He isdescribed as everyone’s best friend. He and his staff themselves on a consistent level of service and food
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ty. It’s no wonder that Sergio’s enjoys a devoted folloof fans from both the local scene and visitors who coback whenever they come to town.
Favorite dishes include grilled tri-tip and salmon, wide variety of salads including his namesake; Sergiosalad, caprese, bay shrimp and avocado, smoked saland roasted vegetable salads. His dressings are hommade including a vinaigrette, Bleu cheese and Caesaare available for purchase on site or in the local healfood stores. His lasagnas; salmon or Bolognese, are monce a week while supplies last. There are several othpasta dishes, including Alfredo Sauce over raviolis. Ifhave room leftover, there are some desserts catered fa local dessert artist. Sergio offers a nice selection foetarians and features organically grown and gluten fr
dishes, as well as sandwiches, and a nice selection of wines and beer. .
Sergio’s Caffe is located on Mill Street across the sfrom Ashley Furniture and Del Oro Theatre. Theambiance is simple, the atmosphere cozy and friendReservations are accepted and recommended for paof 4 or more as space is limited. For evening serviceSergio breaks out the linens and lights the candles, athe Caffe is transformed into a charming and romanexperience. You will always be greeted with genuinesmiles and an impeccably dressed staff; including Se
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making fresh food from scratch.” In 1989 she took hercooking fresh food from scratch training and started theSanta Cruz Pasta Factory. The company slogan became“Everything is homemade, right down to the noodle.” Thebusiness produced fresh pasta, sauces, ravioli and otherItalian delights daily. The wholesale side of the businesstook off with over 100 Santa Cruz area restaurants andvendors using their products.
In 2008 Theresa met Carl and soon they were married. At the time Carl was working for the National Parks
Service but helping Theresa with her business.Late last year the coupledecided they needed tomove to the Foothills tohelp care for Theresa’smother and father wholive in Grass Valley.
According to Carl, their cur-rent 109 Bank Street location
was the first property they looked at, but while they viewed other locations, including Auburn, “something
just kept calling us back here.” “Something kept telling usthis was the right place.” So after some interior remodel-ing The Bear River Pasta Company was born.
When visiting Bear River Pasta Company you have twochoices; you can eat in or you can take out. They have a
wide selection of ready-to-heat and serve gourmet mealssuch as Cheese Ravioli, Fettucini Alfredo, Linguine andClams, Spaghetti with meatballs, marinara or meat sauce,or Stuffed Eggplant. You can purchase a variety of stuffedpasta such as chicken, meat or crab ravioli. Try some freshpasta (egg, garlic, spinach, tomato garlic and more) orpasta salads (Italian bean, tortellini, antipasto and more).
All are priced by the pound. The menu features a selec-tion of homemade sauces from Alfredo and Pesto toTomato Basil, White Clam, Garden Marinara and more.Bear River Pasta Company also features a selection of deliitems, sandwiches and soups. Again, you can eat it therein a deli atmosphere or take it with you. And for the
dessert lovers, there’s Cannoli, Gelato and Tiramisu.Pasta Trays are a great idea for gatherings of any size.
According to Theresa “they are made to order for a single
person or for up to 25.” Carl adds, “We use only the ingredients. Our pastas are made from 100% semoliflour. We do not use any artificial flavorings or presetives. Even our herb pastas are made with selected dherbs.”
Bear River Pasta Company is located at 109 Bank Son the west end of the Holiday Inn Express in Grass VThey are open Monday through Saturday 10:00am to8:00pm and Sundays 10:00am to 6:00pm. For caterinproduct information, call 274-1760.
An event that is usually associat-ed with the month of February
will have an early March date in
2011. Nevada City’s Mardi Grascelebration will take place onSaturday, March 5th and 6th. Why the later date? It’s all based on
when “Fat Tuesday” is celebrated.Here’s were the math begins!
Fat Tuesday is always the day before Ash Wednesday. Ash
Wednesday is 46 days prior toEaster. So how do we know whento celebrate Easter? Stay with
me...The exact date of Eastercoincides with the first fullmoon after the spring equi-nox, and that can be on any Sunday between March 23rdand April 25th. This yearthose events makes Easterfall on April 24th meaning
Ash Wednesday is March 9thand “Fat Tuesday”, the kickoff date of Mardi Gras, is March8th. Phew. So, technically the Nevada City Mardi Grascelebration is a few days early inrelationship to the celebrationthat takes place in New Orleans
which starts onMarch 8th.
Nevada City’sMardi Gras will onceagain feature a vari-ety of popular activ-ities. On Saturday night the festivitiesopen with a MardiGras Masquerade
Ball at the MinersFoundry, 325 Spring Street. Cajunfood will be available for purchasealong with live music from the
Advance ticketsare recommend-ed as this eventis known to sellout. Tickets canbe purchased atthe Nevada City Chamber Office
at 132 Main Street or by callin(530) 265-2692.
On Sunday, the Mardi GrasStreet Faire will be held on NPine Street from 11:00am to4:00pm. This is a free event fturing vendor merchandise acrafts along with food and drconcessions. The Mardi GrasParade begins at 2:00pm with
parade route moving down BStreet as masked societies pathrough the historic district hing out beads, toys, trinkets, bgles and more. This is a rain oshine event. If you have an orization or group that would libe part of this year’s parade, ctact the Nevada City ChambeCommerce. There is a $25.00entry fee. Entries are welcom
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Monday February 21st isPresidents’ Day, a day off for many as it is a federal holiday. But why
do we celebrate our leaders inFebruary? Is it because our firstPresident, George Washington wasborn on February 22nd? Add tothat, one of the countries favoriteformer presidents, AbrahamLincoln, was born on February 12th. Of the 44 men who have heldthe office of the Presidency only two others were born in February,
William Henry Harrison (Feb. 9th)and California’s own Ronald Reagan
(Feb 6th). Maybe we should cele-brate Presidents’ Day in October,the month with the most presiden-tial birthdays with six. June andSeptember would be out of the run-ning as they each feature only one.
Presidents’ Day kind of started in
1880 when Washington’s Birthday was declared a federal holiday only in Washington, DC. It was the firstfederal holiday to honor an
American citizen. In 1885 it wasexpanded by Congress to include
all federal offices in the countr1968 Congress voted down a mure that would rename the day
Presidents’ Day. On January 11971, the federal holiday was sed to the third Monday in Febrby the Uniform Monday Holid
Act with the purpose of not tohonor any particular Presidentto honor the office of thePresidency. The name PresideDay, while still not an act of Congress, became popular in tmid-1980’s when advertisers stusing the term. It was especia
popular with furniture stores aauto dealerships. And the namstuck. Today the name PresideDay has been accepted by mosizens, states and makers of caldars.
Which President was related by blood or marriage to 11 otherPresidents? Our 32nd President,
Franklin D Roosevelt.
Who was the only bachelor presi-dent? James Buchanan our 15thPresident was a life-long bachelor.
Who was the heaviest President? William Taft our 27th President hadthe nickname “Big Bill” for a rea-son. He tipped the scales at over300 pounds. He is also the lastPresident to sport facial hair.
Who was the first President toappear on television? Franklin DRoosevelt in 1939 at the opening of the World’s Fair in New York City.The first President to appear oncolor television was DwightEisenhower in 1955.
Who was the oldest elected
President? Ronal Reagan was 69 when elected as our 40th President.
Who was our youngest electedPresident? John F Kennedy waselected our 35th President at age43. Teddy Roosevelt was the
youngest to become President atage 42 after the assassination of President William McKinley.
Name the two Presidents that diedon the same day? John Adams andThomas Jefferson both died, very patriotically, on July 4, 1826
Which President was related by blood or marriage to 11 otherPresidents? Franklin D Roosevelt.
Who was the only President notelected? Gerald Ford. Ford wasappointed Vice President by Richard Nixon after the resignationof Vice President Spiro Agnew. Ford
then became the 38th Presiden when Richard Nixon resigned.
Which President served thelongest in office? Franklin DRoosevelt severed 12 years bef
dying in office. The two term lto the Presidency was waived dto our involvement in World W
What President served the shest term in office? William Harserved only 32 days in office bedying due to complications of cold.
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On the Foothill Stage Feb17: Meri St. Mary & GenelleChaconas, 7:30pm, Center for the ArtsGranucci Room, Grass Valley. TheNevada County Poetry Series bringsNevada County’s own Meri St. Mary and Sacramento’s rising star GenelleChaconas to the stage. Nevada County Poetry Series
board member, Bill Gainer says, “St. Mary and Chaconasbring fresh voices of excitement to the stage. Their work travels though a world of avant-garde image and unre-strained experimentation. From the fringes of chaos they rearrange the puzzle of the everyday! Their words teasethe page to tell the truth.” St. Mary is a musician, writer,artist, radio personality and a punk poet chanteuse. Herpoetry is published in the literary magazines ChironReview and Out of Our. Since the early 80’s, she has per-formed music & spoken word across the country.Chaconas has been published in Medusa’s Kitchen, Heavy Bear, Rattlesnake Review, Calaveras Station, Six FootSwells and Brevities.” Chaconas is most proud to havecontributed to a collection of poetry written by B.L.
Kennedy and to have written the preface to his book,Neurosonnets. Tickets are $5.00 at the door for all ages.For more information, visit www.centerforthearts.org orcall 274-8384, ext 14.
Feb 17 - Mar 13: Marry Me A Little, A dramatic revue fea-turing songs by Stephen Sondheim, Off Center Stage, 315Richardson Street, Grass Valley. What do you do if you area Broadway composer and lyricist who has written a song for your new musical, and it turns out that the show isrunning too long? Or the song interrupts the action at the
wrong time? Or the director decides the song is not quiteright and needs to be replaced? You fileaway your unperformed song, move on,and occasionally perform the song for
your friends at parties. Or, if you happento be Stephen Sondheim, you mentionthat you have a trunk full of unper-formed songs to a chorus member dur-ing rehearsals for your musical “Sweeney
Todd”, and the next thing you know, you are choosing 17of the songs and putting them together into a one act,two-character dramatic revue, entitled Marry Me A Little .Sierra Stages presents the Nevada County premiere of Marry Me A Little as part of its Off Season at the Off Center series. Perfomance witll take place on Thursday,Friday and Saturday nights with Sunday matinees. Not
just a stand-and-sing revue, Marry Me A Little tells thestory of two single strangers in New York City who find
themselves alone in their studio apartments on aSaturday night, passing their time with sweetly secret,unshared fantasies. A handful of songs and the musicalsfrom which they were cut may be familiar to Sondheimfans and to audience members who attended SierraStages’ production of Side by Side by Sondheim in 2009.Tickets are $15.00 for all performances and availableonline at www.SierraStages.org. or by calling 346-3210.
Feb 18: Kevin Burke and Cal Scott, 8:00pm, Center f Arts, Grass Valley. Kevin Burke is one of the commanpresences in Irish music today. Early in his career heestablished himself as one of Ireland’s premier fiddleHe is inextricably linked in the annals of traditional
with his role in the near-legendary Bothy Band in the 1970s and its
ground-breaking arrangements thatpaved the way for bands whichhave since followed it. Cal Scott is aremarkable multi-instrumentalist
whose professional credentials span a wide range ofmusic, from traditional music to bluegrass to jazz aneverything in between. He plays guitar, but also bassbrass. He plays and sings in the 8-piece folk ensembTrail Band. Burke and Scott met each other while Sco
was working on a documentary about Northern Ireland Burke was brought in as a consultant. This musicollaboration led to their working on their CD AcrosBlack River and deciding on a tour. Tickets are $20.0members and $23.00 for non members. For more inf
mation, visit www.centerforthearts.org or call 274-83ext 14.
Feb 19: Lavay Smith and Her Hot Skillet Lickers, 8:0Center for the Arts, Grass Valley. Bay Area swing divaLavay Smith incorporates blues, New Orleans R&B, s
jump blues and bebop with her band, the Red Hot SLickers. Smith began singing in 1988 with an L.A. trio
called Bogrumpus, which featuredpianist/arranger Chris Siebert. The foing year Siebert and Smith moved to SFrancisco and began building the SkilLickers’ lineup. The group toured the Uand Europe consistently before recordOne Hour Mama in 1996. The album athe group’s performances were criticaacclaimed in publications like The SanFrancisco Chronicle, Downbeat, and L
Angeles Magazine. After more touring and appearanblues and jazz festivals, Lavay Smith & In 2000 The RHot Skillet Lickers released their second albumEverybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing! on San FrancisFat Note Records. Tickets are $22.00 for members an$25.00 for non members. For more information, visit
www.centerforthearts.org or call 274-8384, ext 14.
Feb 20: Petite Panache, Ken Hardin and Friends, 2:0Seventh-day Adventist Church, 12889 Osborne Hill RGrass Valley. Artistic Director and pianist
Ken Hardin and pianist Aileen James are joined by violinist Richard Altenbach andcellist Wolf Sebastian for a program withmany wonderful surprises. PetitePanache has become one of the InConcert Sierra Third Sunday series mostpopular concerts featuring local accomplished musiperforming a varied program to please music loverseverywhere. Aileen James will conduct a pre-concer
Featuring the live Sourthern Rock Band,“The Holcomb Brothers” from 8pm-midnight
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February 26: Rupa & the April Fishes, 8:00pm Center forthe Arts, Grass Valley. Rupa & the April Fishes hold up a
carnival mirror to life and present a warped, humorous and occasion-ally disquieting reflection.Sequestered beneath Rupa’s infec-tious and captivating melodies are
thought-provoking themes thataddress life, love, art, death and thereal and artificial divisions that keep us apart. AlthoughRupa and the April Fishes are based in San Francisco,California, their music is a specifically locale-free style of pan-culturalism, with lead singer and songwriter Maryasinging not only in English, but also French, Spanish,Hindi and the Roma language of the Gypsies. The band’sdebut album, Extraordinary Rendition, was released in2007. Their latest release is entitled Este Mundo. Ticketsare $15.00 for members and $18.00 for non members. Formore information, visit www.centerforthearts.org or call274-8384, ext 14.
Mar 4: Burnal Equinox featuring Albino!, 7:00pm, MinersFoundry, Nevada City. This first ever Burnal Equinox willfeature the funky music of ALBINO!, a 10 piece afro-funk band from San Francisco. The event will feature vendors,food, costumes, art cars & more. Everyone who’s interest-ed in a certain huge outdoor music/art/set-stuff-on-fire
festival which happens each Labor Day will enjoy this event. Fire Spinning Performance by BeOnFire, inclusiveexplosive fun, Poi dancers and a costumecontest with emphasis on playa finery
with all be part of this event. A percent-age of proceeds will benefit The MinersFoundry and Black Rock Arts Foundation.Tickets are $20.00 and can be purchasedat www.brownpapertickets.com or by call 265-5040.
Mar 5: Sista Monica Parker and Her All-Star Band DConcert, 8:00pm, Center for the Arts, Grass Valley. Pacites Al Green, Aretha Franklin, the Staple Singers, Ja
Wilson, and Sam Cooke as early influences. Inspiredher neighbor MC Hammer, Parker decided to turn hlongtime love of singing into more than just an avocShe began sharing stages in Northern California cluband festivals with Gladys Knight, Mavis Staples, TajMahal, Luther Allison, Etta James, and other blues anclassic R&B legends. By 1995, she had recorded andreleased her debut, Get Outta My Way! In 2001, shereleased her first gospel album, Gimme That Old TimReligion, In 2004, she re-emerged on the scene andrecorded an album of soul and jazz standards populby Ray Charles and Dinah Washington, Love, Soul &Spirit, Vol. 1. Her latest release, Can’t Keep a Good WDown!, showcases her abilities as a blues and classicvocalist. Tickets are $20.00. For more information, v
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