Save the Date! Harvest of Hope

You won't want to miss the upcoming fundraising event held at the Dalla Terra Estate, Harvest of Hope-A Starry Night. Hosted by Hanson McClain, it will be a night of gourmet cuisine, libations, auctions, activities and entertainment. Not to mention held on such a gorgeous estate!

The Harvest of Hope is a fundraising night for the American Cancer Society in the Folsom Lake Region and each year has more than 350 guests attending the gala. This year's theme, A Starry Night, will include a special "red carpet" entrance for all of our extraordinary survivor stars, sponsor stars, guests and even some "real" stars (or at least some very good look-a-likes!). To date, past Harvest of Hope events have raised over $324,000.00 for the American Cancer Society.

Definitely get your tickets and support this great cause!

Where: Dalla Terra Estate, 5862 Eureka Road, Granite Bay
When: September 10 (Saturday)
Time: 6 – 10 p.m.

Tickets: $200.00 per person; Sponsorship opportunities are also available.
For more information call 916.446.7933 or visit gala.acsevents.org/harvestofhopegala

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Summer Concerts at Paul Martin's

We love that summer means great outdoor concerts, but what we dig even more is when you can enjoy tunes and amazing dining. You won't want to miss the Paul Martin's concert series that begins tonight!

Here's the lineup so you can mark your calendars and make sure you work up an appetite for some of their amazing entrees.

August 4 & 6 - Breez (tropical jazz)
11 & 13 - Joey V Jazz Trio (jazz standards)
18 & 20 - Rhythm Vandals Trio

Go early and try their small plates and specialty beverages (from 4-7)

Concerts begin at 7 p.m.

1455 Eureka Road, Roseville
For more info about Paul Martin's visit paulmartinsamericanbistro.com

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Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival...Twelfth Night

A visit to Lake Tahoe in the summertime typically entails barbecues aplenty, soaking up the sunshine, hiking, biking and other recreational endeavors. But this year, my boyfriend and I were yearning for something different…something cultural…something we could reminisce about long after summer’s end. Enter the 39th Annual Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. Held at Sand Harbor State Beach, “the most scenic venue in the world,” this event was just the ticket to a memorable weekend in Tahoe.

Our enchanted evening of theatre under the stars began with dinner in “Shakespeare’s Kitchen.” With the main gate open at 5 p.m., we had plenty of time to enjoy a mouthwatering feast of gourmet burgers and salads as well as a pre-show cocktail. Before heading into the amphitheater, we relished the lovely lake views and basked in the late afternoon sun.

The Lower Gallery Reserved seats provided a perfect view of not only the stage but the lake and surrounding snowcapped mountains, too. Sitting in a high-backed beach chair, toes in the sand and glass of wine in hand (small coolers with food and drink are allowed in) was an ambiance that no other theatrical experience can compare to.



At 7:30 p.m. sharp, the performance of Twelfth Night went off without a hitch. The play is a comedy of mistaken identity and passionate romance, teeming with stunning sets and costumes, music, swordplay and revelry – a story that will have the entire family laughing and sitting on the edge of their “beach chairs” with excitement!

For a truly unique summertime experience and one you’ll definitely want an encore of, check out the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival!

- Megan Wiskus, Style managing editor

The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s 2011 season runs until August 21. ‘Twelfth Night’ tickets are $20-$85. For more information, visit laketahoeshakespeare.com/tickets.

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Wine Tasting, Ant Bee & Dane Drewis

Save the date for this Friday and Saturday and head to David Girard Vineyards because there will be some fantastic wine tasting and a concert with Ant Bee and Dane Drewis. Enjoy nights of live music, wine tasting, and a picnic dinner including artisan cheese & salami with crackers and rustic breads, fresh fruit, hummus and vegetable roll up, house mix olives and cherry chocolate chip brownies for dessert.

We are definitely loving the sound of that!

6 - 7 PM Wine Tasting & Picnic Down at the DGV tasting room patio
7 - 9 PM Concert at the Hilltop Amphitheater

Purchase tickets to Friday Night with Ant Bee by clicking here
Purchase tickets to Saturday Night with Dane Drewis Band by clicking here

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Roseville Arts Receives Grant!

We couldn't be more thrilled hearing that the Roseville Arts has received a $46,000 grant from The James Irvine Foundation! And it's going to fund creative arts for youth in our community!

Roseville Arts has been delivering and supporting the arts in our community for 45 years and so the news that The James Irvine Foundation is supporting our youth art is fantastic!
The program is designed to take art programming to the community in a variety of locations throughout the city in order to engage children and families spontaneously at their familiar locations.

Children ages 5-18 can expect to access active creation in arts with local artists while gaining creative experiences that are becoming less available in schools and the community.

The Blue Line Gallery has a variety of youth based programs including the annual Children’s and High School Show, after school and weekend art workshops, spring art camps, 8 weeks of summer camps and in the fall of 2011 the gallery will administer a public art project in Sculpture Park in Roseville, available to every 5th grader in the community.

The gallery was vote the Best of the Best by the Press Tribune this year and we couldn't agree more!

For more information about the gallery visit www.rosevillearts.org or call (916) 783-4117.

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Eppie's Great Race This Weekend!

This year marks the 38th Annual "Eppie's Great Race" and more than 2,000 athletes are expected. It's a fantastic fundraising event benefiting the Sacramento County Therapeutic Recreation Services (TRS) that supports mentally and physically challenged individuals. To date, the race has raised nearly $1 million for TRS. It's quite incredible and we can't wait to see that number keep growing.

Both teams and individuals can compete in divisions from “Junior” to “Iron Person” in a number of age ranges. Participants run 5.82 miles, cycle 12.5 miles and paddle boats 6.35 miles on a racecourse located on and along the American River Parkway in Sacramento and Rancho Cordova.

Also continuing this year is the US Bank Kids Duathlon, a 2-mile run and 5.75-mile bike ride that provides kids with their own event.

Start Times:
Eppie’s Great Race- 8 a.m. (Begins at William Pond Recreation Area)
US Bank Kids Duathlon- 10 a.m. (Begins near the Guy West bridge at CSUS)
Post-Race Party held at River Bend Park, Rancho Cordova (formerly Goethe Park)

Where: Begins at William Pond Recreation Area- 8 a.m.: From Hwy. 50 exit Watt Avenue North, turn right on Fair Oaks Blvd., right on Arden Way to the park. From Capital City Freeway, exit Arden Way East and stay on Arden Way to William Pond Recreation Area.

Run-to-Bike Transition- around 8:30 a.m.: East end of the Guy West Bridge off University Ave., across from CSUS

Bike-to-Boat Transition-around 8:55 a.m.: Located at Lower Sunrise Parking Lot and Footbridge- Hwy. 50 East, exit Sunrise, turn left over the freeway, right on S. Bridge Dr. (toward American River Raft Rentals), turn left at the kiosk and drive about ½ mile to the parking lot.

Finish- around 9:30 a.m. River Bend Park, Rancho Cordova (formerly Goethe Park) From Hwy. 50 heading east, take the Bradshaw exit. Turn right on Folsom Blvd., then left onto Rod Beaudry Drive. Cross bike trail and pass overflow lot. Take first left into main parking lot)

For more information, visit www.thegreatrace.org or call (916) 381-0255.

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MatchingDonors hosts video contest to raise awareness!

MatchingDonors.com is hosting a great contest to help raise public awareness about being a living organ donor.

The "Everybody Can Save A Life" video contest will also place the videos before Hollywood’s Top decision makers, producers, and studio executives. Winners will receive cash prizes as well as the opportunity to work with these top people in Hollywood as Assistant Producers on a television show or movie, or assistant produce an iPhone social game with the creator of Xbox Live.

How cool is that?

The first place winner will also receive two tickets and an invite to attend the Hollywood Awards® Gala where they can socialize with Hollywood’s biggest stars.

The reason for the contest? Nineteen people die every day in the United States waiting for a kidney transplant. And we love that the team at MatchingDonors.com is working hard to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Contest Rules: Entries are accepted through Tuesday, September, September 13, 2011 and voting on video submissions until Saturday, October 1, 2011

Participants should make a 30-second video that promotes, celebrates, or teaches about being a living organ donor on MatchingDonors.com. The creative approach you take on this assignment is at your discretion. A serious approach could be taken to highlight the noble heroism and compassion of persons who donate a piece of themselves to save lives. But a funny approach could also be taken to highlight the lighter side of living organ donation. How does missing an organ change a person’s attitude in a humorous way? Just keep in mind that MatchingDonors.com wants these videos to serve effectively as Public Service Announcements (PSAs), so they should represent the process of organ donation in a positive manner.

(See extensive information at http://www.matchingdonors.com/life/pdfdocs/Contest.pdf).

Interested in signing up? Get more info at zoopa.com

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