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Grass Valley-Nevada City Cultural District's newsletter, featuring the events, stories, and people of our community
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Thu, Sep 3 / 5-7pm North Star House 12075 Auburn Road, Grass Valley We'll be enjoying the last bits of Summer at the beautiful North Star House. Attendees will get a tour of the iconic Julia Morgan building— including the unfinished upstairs—along with updates on upcoming events and ways to get involved with our creative community! RSVP
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MUSE Artist DirectoryFill out your FREE artist profile to be featured in the 2027 issue of MUSE, in print and online. Submissions are due by Thu, Sep 3 — space is limited! Submit Your Profile Today!
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Accepting submissions until Nov 30 Early Bird Deadline: Sep 30
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Latino Family FestivalThu, Sep 17 / 6-8pm Condon Park 660 D Minnie St, Grass Valley
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Summer Sidewalk SaleSat, Sept 12 / 9am-5pm Downtown Grass Valley Learn More
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City-Wide Sidewalk SaleSat, Sep 12 / 10am-5pm Downtown Nevada City Learn More
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Orixa Dance ClassWed, Sep 2 / 5-7pm Miners Foundry 325 Spring Street, Nevada City Learn More
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SeeStars of SongWed, Sep 2 / 7pm Elixart 203 York Street, Nevada City Learn More
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Whalespeak Book Launch!Fri, Sep 4 / 4-5:30 The Bookseller 107 Mill Street, Grass Valley Learn More
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August: Osage CountyOpening Night Thu, Sep 3 / 7pm Nevada Theatre 401 Broad Street, Nevada City Get Tickets
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Omari Tau & FriendsSun, Sep 6 / 2pm The Center for the Arts 314 W Main Street, Grass Valley Get Tickets
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Ask E. JeanTue, Sep 8 / 7pm Onyx Downtown at the Nevada Theatre 401 Broad Street, Nevada City Learn More
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Arts on Fire Speaker SeriesThu, Sep 10 / 6:30pm Nevada County Media 355 Crown Point Circle, Grass Valley Learn More
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Poetry on PreservesSat, Sep 12 / 10am Mountain Bounty Farm 14579 Blind Shady Road, Nevada City Learn More
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Zero Waste SummitSat, Sep 12 / 8am-8:30pm The Alpha Building 210 Broad Street, Nevada City Learn More
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The Infamous StringdustersTue, Sep 15 / 6pm The Center for the Arts 314 W Main Street, Grass Valley Learn More
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AeternumSun, Sep 13 / 2pm pre-concert forum / 1:15pm Seventh-day Adventist Church 12889 Osborne Hill Road, Grass Valley Learn More
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Theater by the Book The American DreamWed, Sep 16 / 6:30pm Nevada Theatre 401 Broad Street, Nevada City Learn More
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Readings and Conversations Wed, Sep 23 / 6:30pm
North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center 17894 Tyler Foote Road, Nevada City Thur, Sep 24 / 7:00pm
Madelyn Helling Library 980 Helling Way, Nevada City In conversation with Josh Weil, author of What Came West Learn More
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Being & BecomingSat, Sep 26 / 5pm NCJCC 506 Walsh Street, Grass Valley Learn More
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Raphael HerriseOpening Reception Thu, Sep 3 / 5-7pm Nevada City Picture Framing 571 Searls Ave Suite B, Nevada City Learn More
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Through LinesOpening Reception Fri, Sep 4 / 5:30-8pm The Parsonage Annex 425 Broad Street, Nevada City RSVP
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Driven to AbstractionOpening Reception Fri, Sep 11 / 6pm Seven Stars Gallery 210 Spring Street, Nevada City Learn More
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Lavender Glow | Queer Art & Our Shared HistoryExhibition extended to Fri, Sep 11 Rood Center 950 Maidu Ave, Nevada City Learn More
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INTER:reactionsOn display through Sun, Sep 27 The Granucci Gallery 314 W Main Street, Grass valley Learn More
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Rooted in ColorOn Display through Oct 5 Nevada City Winery 321 Spring Street, Nevada City Learn More
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Submissions Due: Fri, Sep 11
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Applications Due: Tue, Sep 15
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Applications Due: Wed, Sept 30 / 5pm
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Submissions Due: Fri, Nov 6
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A tingle of Fall in the air announces open enrollment for creative writing workshops with Nevada County Poet Laureate Kat Terrey, opportunities for High School students to participate in Poetry Out Loud, and the annual Truckee Block Party Sept 17th! The Tangled Roots Open Mic & Reading Series is Sept 10 at 6 pm at Alibi Ale House in Truckee. Our featured reader this month is Author Liz Collins from Nevada City who has just published her debut novel Whalespeak. Join us for some food, a mesmerizing reading, and a community open mic. Share your voice! Sept 11th at The Truckee Library Kat will be leading a creative writing workshop for all ages and experience levels. Join our supportive community for this free event. 10:30-Noon. On Saturday, Sept 12th, poets Ingrid Keriotis, Rooja Mohassessey, and Kat Terrey will gather for a reading and workshop at the Mountain Bounty Farm in Nevada City for Poetry on Preserves, supported by the BYLT. Join us! Sunday, Sept 13th is the Glenshire Porchfest, a neighborhood festival featuring local music, bands, and poets on front yards and back porches throughout the neighborhood of Glenshire, Truckee. 1-5 pm, free. The Truckee Block Party is the street fair for locals with art, food, and organizational booths downtown Truckee. Kat will read a poem on stage to speak towards the community and environmental connections in our town. 5-7 pm.
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GVNC: What is your medium? Collins: I am a mixed media artist (my art is on the cover of the new novel Whalespeak), a poet and author of literary fiction.
GVNC: At what point in your life did you realize your calling? Collins: For my art, my calling was when I was in fourth grade and when I asked my friend how she could draw a horse so well, her answer was so perfectly Zen, it struck me: “I draw what I see.” For writing, that came later and has been realized in the last 15 years but for much of my art career, it was my secret desire.
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GVNC: Tell us about your creative process. Collins: Writing a beautiful line is not that different than painting a beautiful picture. Both give me so much pleasure. Writing a novel takes on a life of its own. First and foremost, the line-level writing is what draws me in, both as a reader and writer, then plot: how can I turn this story into something that keeps people turning the pages? I really love a challenge like that.
GVNC: What inspires you? Collins: Reading a really good book inspires me more than anything. I will always ask the question, “how did they draw me in, and how did they keep me there?” but on top of that, finding a way to express what sometimes feels like the unexpressable, or catching someone’s subtle movement, or your own thoughts, the ones that could so easily have passed you by. Catching those and writing them down is an art form I will always be working on.
GVNC: What are you most proud of? Collins: The publishing of this upcoming novel Whalespeak!
GVNC: What do you love best about our creative community? Collins: I always tell people who come to visit, how much goes on in this county, art-wise. If only they could read Sands Hall’s regular Facebook post with a many-page list of happenings from music to plays, to fine art, to talks, and dance. This is not a county you can get bored in.
GVNC: Name two Nevada county artists you admire and why. Collins: Molly Fisk, our ex-poet laureate. I’ve admired her poems for so many years. She writes with an emotional acuity that astounds me with every poem. And now she’s stretched herself to write a novel in verse which is just as gorgeous as her poems. And Julia Park Tracy’s fairly recent book Silence had me on the edge of my seat, not only for each line of exquisite writing but for the historical content and plot.
GVNC: What’s coming up for you? Collins: This Friday is my second book launch for Whalespeak at the Book Seller in Grass Valley (Sept. 4 at 4:00). My first one (this past Sunday, August 30) was a great success and filled up to capacity so quickly we had to do another. I will be doing two Truckee events, one for Tangled Roots Reading Series, and the other for Porchfest poetry. For the next two years, I will be promoting my novel, Whalespeak on both coasts, as well as writing a new novel about a young adult who suffered PTSD from a cult, and ten years after she gets out, she lays eyes on the cult leader she’s been running from.
GVNC: Please share how our readers canlearn more about you! Visit my websites lizcollinswriting.com and lizcollinsart.com, email me at lizstudio123@gmail.com or follow me on Instagram: @lizcollinsart Facebook: liz collins
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Liz Collins speaks with Sands Hall at the Aug 30 Book Launch, Nevada City Winery
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