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< Saturday, February 19, 2022 >


All Day Winter Explosion & Torchlight Parade This Weekend at Bear Valley!
Bear Valley, CA...The Torchlight Parade is coming back this Presidents' Weekend on February 19th! Once the lifts stop turning, we keep the party going. Join us for an evening of fun with dinner, a movie for the kids, fire pits, and live music by Nate Nathan and Friends. Then we will end the night with a bang with our Torchlight Parade and fireworks!







The event itself is free, but we will charge a small fee for dinner. Please register and pre-pay for dinner at the Sun Room Kiosk on the day of the event. Dinner is cash only. Price is $20 for adult and $15 for children.

The schedule for the event is as follows:

1:00-2:00pm Register/ Pay for dinner
4:00-7:00pm Nate Nathan and Friends Band
4:00-5:30pm Kid's movie
5:30pm Dinner time
6:30pm Load chair
7:00pm Torchlight Parade starts
7:20pm Fireworks
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM Possible Traffic Delays in Calaveras County During Annual Striping Operation
San Andreas, CA...Beginning February 15, 2020 and continuing through early-March there will be traffic delays throughout Calaveras County to accommodate roadway striping activities on select county maintained roads. Striping work will be completed via mobile operations with moving lane closures during the daylight hours of 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. Motorists and pedestrians are urged to use caution in the areas.


The Annual Striping Program is being constructed by Central Striping Service, Inc. Central Striping and Calaveras County appreciate your cooperation and will do everything we can to complete the project on schedule.

For questions or concerns please contact Calaveras County Public Works at (209) 754-6401.

10:00 AM Heritage Apple Pruning Celebration Today in West Point!
West Point, CA...We are gathering again at our community orchard in West Point to prune the lower half of the orchard, collect Scions, and celebrate the completed task of caring for these trees another year!



Please bring your own pruners, loppers, ladders, hats, gloves, and plastic bags for branches.

Bring some drums or instruments if you feel like joining the music scene around the bonfire of last year’s cuttings.
The ashes can be spread around each tree later this month!

Make a potluck dish to share and bring some water.

All are welcome! Families, children, elders, etc!

See you there!

#3ndless3arth3covillage #ecovillage #heritageorchard #historicalapples #appleorchard #pruning #fruittreepruning #scion #grafting #community #bonfire

Heritage Apple Pruning Celebration!
22021 CA-26, West Point, CA 95255-9717, United States
01:00 PM The 2019 Barbera Release Party Gianelli Vineyards
Jamestown, CA...This Saturday at the Tasting room we will be celebrating the Release of the 2019 Barbera along with wishing our Vineyard Manager, Cristian Good Luck in his next venture! Open 1p-8p. Music starts at 5:30p.


The Gianelli Story
It has been said that in some of the oldest wine-growing regions of Europe, a person can actually taste the story of a vineyard with each sip they take. At Gianelli Vineyards & Winery, their wines capture that same essence of place and tradition. The history of the Gianelli family, the land, and even their winemaking practices are part of a legacy that stretches back through countless generations.

The story truly begins with Giovani Rocca, who married into the Gianelli family in the late 1800’s. After his marriage, Giovani purchased a large amount of acreage just outside Jamestown – land which today is used in part for the Gianelli vineyards. In Giovani’s day his property was the site for a working cattle ranch, gold mining camp, and was a major stagecoach stop for supplies coming into Jamestown. Giovani was quite a character, and was even reported to give food and aid to the infamous Joaquin Murrieta when he’d pass through town.

With each new generation, the land was worked and cherished, becoming an extension of the family and a testament to the commitment and love for the area. In 1980 Ron Gianelli purchased the property from his grand-aunt Edna Collard. Having grown up in an agricultural family, Ron always knew that he would one day return to farming and to his family’s roots in Jamestown. He had realized half of the dream, and planted the foundation for the future 93 acre vineyard.

With strong ties to their family’s homeland of Liguira, Italy, the Gianelli’s were regularly traveling back and forth in order to find inspiration and advisement on how they should farm their property. It was during one of these many trips when Ron and Lorie decided they wanted to carry on the winemaking techniques and vineyard stewardship that the Italians had practiced for thousands of years. Everything about the Foothill appellation seemed to mimic that of Italy. There was a sample of their Jamestown soil sent off to a laboratory in Italy which was returned with the simple note: “mirrors that of Tuscany.” With each successive trip to Italy, the Gianelli’s learned more and more about the varietals that would suit their area, methods, equipment, winemaking practices and the history of Italian wine. Early on in the planning it was known that the winery’s theme would feature old world wines that were true to the Italian style and experience.

Having decided to do something wholly unique in not only the community, but the Californian winemaking industry as a whole, the Gianelli’s created a piece of Italy in their own back yard. Nothing was done half-heartedly. Every piece of equipment, from the fermentation tanks to the smallest filtration units were purchased in Italy. All of the obscure rootstock varietals that Ron had fallen in love with in Tuscany were sourced from a company who had special ties to a vineyard in Verona, Italy. Down to the smallest detail the small Italian operation in the heart of Jamestown California began to take root.

Mr. Steve Cullum, a well known vineyard consultant and manager in the Sierra Foothills was employed to assist in planting. Steve’s knowledge of the region was encyclopedic, and his reputation for using uncommon old world varietals in many of his vineyards was exactly what the Gianelli’s were looking for. With his help the terroir was mapped, deciding exactly which varietals would suit their property and how Italian methods and design would be utilized. In 2003 the first vineyards were planted, and today Gianelli Vineyards boasts a total of 18 different estate grown varietals. From Vermentino to Fiano, Primitivo to Agliancio, the vineyard has varietals that are not only uncommon in the United States, but some have never been produced before outside of Italy.

Gianelli Vineyards & Winery not only stands as a testament to the past, but also as a wonderful example of the successful balance that can be achieved between old world traditions and modern day innovation. As the winery and vineyards continue to thrive, the hope is to educate fellow vintners and the public about the wonderful, expressive character of Italian varietals grown here in the Sierra Foothills.
02:00 PM Paint n Sip Fundraiser @ Mountain Ranch Community Club
Mountain Ranch, CA...Paint n Sip Fundraiser @ Mountain Ranch Community Club - Fundraiser, 02/19 $25.00. You can choose to paint one of 3 ways, no dancers, dancers, or dancing T-Rex (for kids and me, lol) 8049 Washington Street, Mountain, Ranch, CA 95246. Starts at 2pm. This event is open to all ages. We bring; Easel, canvas, brushes, paint pallet, Acrylic paints, and we provide aprons, but if the paint does get on your clothes, it won't come out.



If you cannot make this paint party, or your host reschedules and you no longer can attend (private events only), and you've already paid, please either send a friend or we can credit you to another paint event. I have them frequently that I open to the public.
07:00 PM - 10:00 PM 2nd Annual Debaucherous Birthday Bash (Cole Hinkle & the Debauchery - Dutch Carson - Shaylin Nichole
Columbia, CA...You’re really not going to want to miss this Saturday! It’s going to be a party! The Jack Douglass Saloon is a historic family friendly Saloon in Columbia, State park. established in 1857, it continues today to be a favorite local watering hole. Burgers, brews and Giant pretzels the Douglass is the place to be!


TODAY AT 7 PM – 10 PM
2nd Annual Debaucherous Birthday Bash (Cole Hinkle & the Debauchery - Dutch Carson - Shaylin Nichole)
22718 Main St, Columbia, CA 95310-9401, United States
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM Two Tone Steiny & Danny Sandoval – Blow By Blow Jump Blues Show - At The Sutter Creek Theatre
Sutter Creek, CA...Doors at 6 pm, show at 7pm. Open seating, beer and wine available. Two Tone Steiny on vocals and harmonica with Danny Sandoval on saxophone is a high energy West Coast Jump Blues Band, bringing their own brand of jumping, swinging, harmonica driven Chicago style blues. This award winning band has carved a name for themselves by recording and performing their own original music, while staying true to the blues roots that shaped their individual style.


Mark “Steiny” Steinmetz is a blues singer, songwriter, and harmonica player. A California native, he has spent considerable time traveling the country developing his own style of performing his own original blues music. Steiny has surrounded himself with a host of seasoned blues veterans that provide a perfect mix of blues classics and original tunes.

The award winning historic Sutter Creek Theatre is an intimate 215 seat former silent film theatre with superb sound. Voted Best Indie Theatre multiple times (KCRA A-List).

PLEASE SEE OUR HOMEPAGE FOR OUR COVID POLICY. PROOF OF VACCINATION OR NEGATIVE TEST, AND MASKING ARE REQUIRED.

Date: Feb 19, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location(s):
44 Main Street Sutter Creek, CA 95685 - (916) 425-0077
08:00 PM The Essentials Rock the Eproson House Tonight
Twain Harte, CA...The Essentials Rock the Eproson House 8pm-11pm, Saturday February 19, 2022. The Essentials cover an eclectic and electric mix of classic party rock. With a combined experience playing live shows of over 100 years, we are a band that plays for the love of the music and we play the music that we feel. “I always wanted to play that song in a band” is how we choose our selections, spawning a high-energy repertoire with a focus on “lost” songs.


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