Samantha Hinrichs

The North Columbia Schoolhouse is in dire need of a new amphitheater stage.The original stage was built 37 years ago by volunteer labor and donated materials, to accommodate the Sierra Storytelling Festival. The Festival continues, but the stage is no longer solid. The annual Sierra Storytelling Festival brings artists and audiences from all over the […]

June 30, 2019 – Don’t wait till the last minute, get your tickets for the local (but relatively unknown) national Storytelling Festival happening in our back yard, at the North Columbia Schoolhouse. One can get tickets at Briarpatch Co-op or www.sierrastorytellingfestival.org. The Sierra Storytelling Festival goes beyond role-bending, with a Japanese female comic, a Brazillian […]

April 26, 2019 – Steve Sanfield loved the craft of storytelling, and delighted in the art. 34 years ago he dreamed of bringing the best tellers from the nation to a schoolhouse crowning a ridge, and now 34 years later the Sierra Storytelling Festival is joyously continuing Steve’s vision. Once again, the humble 142 year […]

NORTH SAN JUAN, Calif. January 30, 2019 – Sweetland Garden Mercantile and Mud and Pearls have partnered up, and will be hosting homesteading skill classes throughout 2019. The line up includes classic Mud and Pearls events such as their Women’s Chainsaw workshop and Sweetland’s ever popular Compost Tea class. Most of the events will be […]

NORTH SAN JUAN, Calif. April 9, 2018 – Sweetland Garden Mercantile has dramatically expanded! Twelve years ago, Darlene Markey, a local school teacher and avid gardener walked into a small, barely opened garden store called Sweetland Garden Supply. She requested the current owner, Mike Schrieber, hire her for the summer, as the San Juan Ridge […]

Nevada City, Calif. November 1, 2016 – Ludi Hinrichs will perform a solo concert on piano, trombone and other instruments on Wednesday, November 30th at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center at 7:30 pm. The concert will be recorded for a future album and will be a exploration of the recent loss of his wife and his […]