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InConcert Sierra is pleased to welcome Alison Skinner as the new music director of the Sierra Master Chorale and Orchestra. The appointment follows a year-long search that included more than 20 candidates from around the world.
Skinner will take the baton from founding Sierra Master Chorale Music Director Ken Hardin, who announced more than a year ago that he will step down from the podium after the holiday concerts in December. Hardin will continue as Artistic Director for...

“I’m dreaming of a White Christmas” – Bing Crosby
Imagine receiving free jewelry if it snows one inch during any 24-hour period in December. The crooner himself surely would have applauded that.
For the 10th straight year, Stucki Jewelers of downtown Grass Valley, the region’s oldest continually operating jewelry store, is offering a “free if it snows” promotion for Christmas—this time with the most generous terms ever....

Cohiba Spectre is a limited-edition Cohiba with a suggested retail price of $90 per cigar, the most expensive Cohiba General has ever made. The smoke is made with eight types of tobacco from five countries, and many of the leaves are aged in barrels...

MANDARINS HAVE BEEN GROWN IN THE FOOTHILLS surrounding Newcastle since the late 1800s. The first commercial Mandarin endeavors were started in the 1950s by Frank Aguilar, Ed Pilz and Harold Struble, and there are now over 80 growers in Placer County...