by Mammoth Local Staff

Visitors will hardly recognize the new layout and exhibits at the Ski Museum. If you haven't been there this season, now would be a good time to check it out.
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"Play On!", the oft-produced Rick Abbot farce about a theater company whose production has gone awry, opens at the Mammoth High School multipurpose room on Wednesday, Nov. 28 and continues its run through Saturday, Dec. 1.

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by George Shirk

It's hard to imagine that the Millpond Music Festival, opening Friday, Sept. 14 in Bishop, could get any more rangy than it has been in the past. Yet Julie Bear and the organizers of what she calls the "little big festival" appear to have pulled it off again.

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Mono and Inyo County locals who have never attended the Millpond Music Festival on Friday, Sept. 7, can purchase a weekend pass for the discounted price of $40, festival organizers said.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

The director of the fledgling Mammoth Lakes Theatre Company asked the Town Council for immediate financial help at the council's regular meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Shira Dubrovner, who founded the company in the space formerly occupied by the Plaza Theatre (cinema), ssuggested the town divert development impact fees her way, the faster the better.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Chamber Music Unbound, featuring the Felici Trio, announced its 10th season, characterized by the trio as "spiritual, sensual, mindful, impulsive, caring, ponderous, exhilarating and care free."

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Sierra Classic Theatre's production of Shakespeare's timeless comedy continues its run at the new Mammoth Lakes Arts Center. Director Shira Dubrovner, who's also head of the new arts center, moves the Forest of Arden to the roaring '20s prohibition era in this production.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Troutstock isn't just for grown-up anglers, organizers say. There are plenty of fun activities that will lure kids into fishing this Labor Day weekend.

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by Brandon Russell

One of the highlights of the Tri-County Fair every Labor Day weekend is the Destruction Derby. The derby always provides smash-em-up entertainment. But for one Lone Pine man, it also brought redemption.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

This year, the festival will feature bands such as the Waybacks, as well as Incendio, John Reischman and the Jaybirds, Jamilie Laval and Ashley Broder, Joe Craven and the band Idle Hands.

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by Stacy Corless

As usual, leading the show this year are the tirelessly optimistic festival directors, Ken and Flossie Coulter, who lead their legion of local volunteers in managing the enthusiastic, young-at-heart audiences.

Full schedule is here, printable in PDF.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Bands are tuning up for a week full of music at the Tioga Gas Mart.

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There's plenty to do and lots to celebrate as Mammoth gears up for a week of Independence Day festivities. Check out the complete event lineup.

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Kendra Knight has been selected as a contract curator for the Mammoth Ski Museum, according to Ruth Harrell, the development director of the Mammoth Lakes Foundation.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

The new non-profit Mammoth Lakes Arts Center opened its doors to the public for the first time on June 16. The "Night of Art" fundraiser brought the new non-profit performing arts space at least $10,000, according to Artistic Director Shira Dubrovner.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Chamber Music Unbound has pulled out all the stops for its Mammoth Music Festival, which begins July 18.

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There's a reason why this week's Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua is not called a "birding festival," or "birdfest" or some such other tag. "We've always wanted this to be really a true Chautauqua," said Bartshe Miller, a staff member of the Mono Lake Committee.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Mammoth Mountain Ski Area cancelled its 2007 "Life and Wellness" conference on Friday, Aug. 10, a spokesperson announced.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Sherwin's is heating up the summer music scene June 8 and 9 with Jamaican reggae artists Winston Jarrett and Jus Goodie. "Winston Jarrett is the real reggae deal, and the energy and inspiration that he brings with him is both deeply spritual and incredibly energetic," said Sherwin's Jill Orozco.

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All the world's a stage, so hop on board Sierra Classic Theatre's latest show. Auditions are set for early June.

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Spotted Dog Press announced the summer release of the memoirs of pioneering Sierra mountaineer Ruth Dyar Mendenhall.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

The Fiddlin' Foresters, the official "old-time string band of the US Forest Service" will make a visit to the Eastern Sierra in honor of the Centennial of the Inyo National Forest. Singing songs of conservation and stewardship of our public lands, as well as some old-time traditional music and songs of the American West, the band will present free concerts in Bishop and in Mammoth.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Newbery-winning author Susan Patron is coming to the Owens Valley next week to talk about her book "The Higher Power of Lucky . In January Susan Patron won the 2007 Newbery for "Lucky," the story of a 10-year-old girl struggling...

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by Mammoth Local Staff

The Sierra Summer Festival brings Vienna to Mammoth in a thirtieth anniversary celebration with a tribute to the Austrian capital and its musical traditions. In four evenings of vocal and instrumental performances, this year's Sierra Summer Festival highlights great Viennese composers: Brahms, Mozart, Strauss, and Schubert.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

In addition to the nighttime Rail Jam and the halfpipe competition at Mammoth Mountain, the party this year has extreme snowmobile demos and live hip-hop concerts.

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There's one more weekend to see The Gin Game--the play finishes a successful run in Bishop on Sunday.

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It's only open to the public a handlful of days a year, so take advantage of next week's full schedule of hikes and lectures at the Valentine Reserve in Old Mammoth. Once a private mountain retreat, the reserve is now...

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Dates for three of Mammoth's biggest summer festivals were announced this past week, including the second Mammoth Life & Wellness weekend. The other two festivals are the Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza, along with the Mammoth Festival of Wine, Music and Food.

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Carr Clifton, one of California's large format landscape photographers and award-winning filmmaker, will be the guest artist at Bishop's Mountain Light Gallery May 1 through July 31, the gallery announced in a press release.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

There's a word in German that best describes the Saturday afternoon atmosphere at Bluesapalooza: Bierseligkeit. It's a certain ale-induced camaraderie, literally translated as 'beer soulfulness', that reaches new heights at an outdoor festival boasting no fewer than 50 micro-breweries pouring samples of their hand-crafted wares.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

The newest issue of Mammoth Monthly magazine is on the racks. It features stories about two of Mammoth's more well-known ski aficionados, Bernard Rosow and "Powder Dan" Molnar. Molnar wouldn't call himself an aficionado, however. "I'm a ski bum, through and through." Or, you can download the magazine here. It's a 5.2 megabyte file, in PDF format.

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by Brandon Russell

On one of the biggest party nights of the holiday season, Mammothists wearing Hawaiian clothing jammed into Eagle Lodge, where Kathy Copeland and her volunteers were throwing their annual "Island Extravaganza" bash on behalf of disabled athletes. Suddenly, a happy, throaty "Yahhhwwaa!" pierced the air, and everybody knew that Copeland had just made another greeting.
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by Mammoth Local Staff

Celebrate spring in renaissance fashion, with singing and a dance around the May pole this Friday. The Music Society of the Eastern Sierra presents a Renaissance Wedding Feast at Cerro Coso's Bishop campus.

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An exhibit of photographs by Michael Ambrose has opened in the gallery at the Mono Lake Committee Information Center and Bookstore in Lee Vining. The show is called "Aspens and Alkali," and include photographs are from the Mono Lake area, the Sierra and wotuthwestern deserts

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The newly-formed Mammoth Lakes Theatre Company on Thursday, Jan. 25 announced its first fund-raiser event — a $100-a-plate Valentine's Day dinner at Eagle Lodge featuring entertainer Wayland Pickard.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Join Danny, Sandy, Rizzo and the gang in the Mammoth High School Drama Club's presentation of the musical "Grease."

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The February issue of Mammoth Monthly magazine has begun distribution throughout Mammoth, Southern California, Reno and Las Vegas. Can't wait? Download the entire magazine here. (5.9 Megabyte PDF).

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A summit meeting involving all arts organizations in Mono County and Mammoth has been set for Jan. 16, meeting organizers announced.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Events in the West Coast Invitational have been reset because of snow, wind and cold temperatures, according to Mammoth Mountain Ski Area.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

The arts scene in Mammoth took a dramatic leap on Wednesday when veteran arts promoter Gaye Mueller and new theater producer Shira Dubrovner teamed up and announced a series of new initiatives. Among the efforts is a sculpture project called "Trail of the Trout."

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Country music artist Darryl Worley, best known for his hit songs "I Miss My Friend," "Have You Forgotten" and "I Just Came Back From A War," will headline the 2007 Bishop Mule Days concert.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

New Year's Eve bashes will happen both on Mammoth Mountain and in town this holiday season. Two of them, the first at the Yodler and the second at Sherwin's Folly, are shaping up to be the go-to parties.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

The new issue of Mammoth Monthly, featuring a close-up of a sled dog on the cover, began distribution on Thursday, Dec. 14. This month, Brandon Russell gets up close to Dave McCoy; Monica Prelle covers Mammoth's surf/ski scene and Andy Selters recaps the Life and Wellness Conference. Plus, fiction from Buck Meadows. Pick up the magazine in Eastern Sierra, Reno, Las Vegas or other locations in Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Or, download the entire magazine (8.9 MB) in PDF format here.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

In spite of its rich history of community theater, Mammoth has suffered over the years because of an absence of an actual theater. Actors up here walk the boards in small venues that include restaurants, outdoor stages and, this past autumn, the main dining room at rustic Tom's Place. That's about to change.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

There's a little bit of something for everyone in this weekend's live music offerings. For jam and dance music, "Frame of Mind" once again comes to Sherwin's Folly at Sierra Meadows Ranch. Meanwhile, chamber music highlighted by the Eastern Sierra Chamber Orchestra and the Felici Trio will be in both Bishop and Mammoth over the weeknd.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Restaurant Skadi is hosting a fundraiser to benefit Mammoth Nordic, on Monday, December 11. The fundraiser will cost $25 per person and includes a salad, vegetarian pasta and glass of wine or beer.

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by Bump Diamond

The temperatures were in the mid-30s, a three-quarter moon was on the rise and the holiday season in Mammoth began on Friday, Dec. 1. As usual, the town had its thoroughly and delightfully cornball party in the Footloose parking lot. A Santa-hatted Cleland Hoff (pictured) was the master of ceremonies.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

MammothLocal.com has added two important new features to its suite of interactive tools. The first tool is an "E-mail To A Friend" feature that accompanies each story on the Web site. The second feature is a signup so that readers can get a tip-off to local news and skiing articles through e-mail.

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by George Shirk

The Mammoth Ski Museum is showing a series of oil-on-photograph works by Los Angeles artist Matt Elson. "Creating art is a process of making, or at least attempting to make, sense of the world we inhabit," he says. "That is where the SkiPaintings become a meditation on the world we inhabit."

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by Bump Diamond

The December issue of Mammoth Monthly magazine began appearing on news racks this week, giving readers a peek at what changes are in store for skiers and snowboarders on Lincoln Mountain, and what's up with Owens Valley wine. In addition, the magazine features a special report on the effects of global warming in the Eastern Sierra, as well as a report on a "Green Snowmobile Challenge." Also, the magazine has a holiday gift guide focusing on accessory ski and snowboard gear, as well as a guide to the local Wi-Fi hotspots. The magazines are free at many Mammoth, Bishop and Eastern Sierra outlets, as well as the usual spots throughout Southern California, Las Vegas and Reno.

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by Brandon Russell

A small, blustery storm rolled in to the Eastern Sierra Saturday, just in time to push the annual season opening champagne toast into Tusks Bar at Main Lodge.

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by Bump Diamond

The unusually high winds that just about blew everything and everyone into Nevada abated on Saturday, giving music fans and performers a gorgeous autumn setting in Sam's Woods for the Mammoth Wine and Jazz Festival.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Fans in both Mammoth and Bishop get a terrific weekend of live music. The Millpond Music Festival, appealing to Americana and folk music fans, gets underway in Bishop while in Mammoth, the first Wine and Jazz Festival opens.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

A benefit climb, featuring renowned mountain-adventurers David Breashears and Jimmy Chin, recently raised $40,000 for the Rowell Fund for Tibet.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

John Pugh, creator of the controversial Bishop mural, "The Drain," on Sunday, Sept. 10 will present a slide show and talk on his work at the Inyo Mono Title Co.'s Park Place Conference Room.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Eric Blehm, athor of "The Last Season," will be stopping by the Spellbinder book shop in Bishop on Thursday, Sept. 7 between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. for a short booksigning session.

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Genny Smith, the historian and author of definitive guide books to Mammoth, hosts a book signing on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 2 at the new Mammoth Welcome Center.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

A special exhibition of definitive photographs by the late Galen Rowell will open Nov. 1 at Mountain Light Gallery in Bishop, coinciding with the release of a new volume, Galen Rowell: A Restrospective."
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by Monica Prelle

A group of women pro skateboarders say they want to have an event at Mammoth's Volcom Brothers Skate Park, but park regulations are going to have to be tweaked for it to happen.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Two famous country rock bands whose heyday was in the 70s will play a free concert at Troutstock on Sunday, September 3 at Sierra Meadows Ranch, Troutstock organizers announced.
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by Mammoth Local Staff

Blue Turtle Seduction, one of the Eastern Sierra's favorite bands, plays the Tioga Gas Mart in Lee Vining on Thursday, Aug. 17, as part of the popular venue's ongoing summer series.

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by Mammoth Local Staff

Mammoth Monthly began distribution of its autumn edition on Wednesday, August 15, at locations throughout the Eastern Sierra, Southern California, Las Vegas and Reno. It also is available in a 3.7 MB PDF file that is available here. This month, the magazine features a fall color portfolio by Joel St. Marie, along with two fly fishing stories, one by Bill Becher, winner of this year's "Outdoors Writer of the Year" award from the Outdoor Writers Association of California. It also features hiking and road cycling stories, along with a history of the strange death of LeRoy "Lee" Vining.

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by George Shirk

The Mammoth Ski Museum, which houses the Beekley Collection of ski art, has opened an exhibit called "Skies and Skis -- Cloudscapes of Eric Sloane."
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by George Shirk

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, a venerable voice of New Orleans that has been making music for over 30 years, comes to Sherwin's Folly on Wednesday night, August 16.
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by Mammoth Local Staff

Mountain Light Gallery is hosting a special exhibit of William Neill's photography through Oct. 31. The exhibit features a selection of Neill's finest landscape images, along with recent work dealing with abstraction and motion.
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by Mammoth Local Staff

It's kind of hard to explain to outsiders that Lee Vining's Tioga Gas Mart, aka the Mo-Mart, aka Tigoa Toomey's, really is a great summer scene. But that's not all that's hot this weekend, not by a long shot.
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