• Tahoe-Douglas Rotary Club’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration is March 14 from 6-10pm at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. Call 800.576.8372 or email spdc@tdrotary.com to buy a $65 ticket.

• South Tahoe High grad Thomas Smith will be playing trumpet when the UCLA marching band opens the 24th season of “The Amazing Race” on Feb. 23.

• The Lake Tahoe Marathon will be two weeks earlier this year. The dates are Sept 12-14.

• Spanish artist Rafael Lopez’s Rite of Passage is being shown in three art galleries at Western Nevada College in Carson City through March 21.

• Beginning the first week of March and continuing into April, staff from the Nevada Division of Water Resources will be measuring groundwater levels in wells throughout various hydrographic basins in the state. Contact Mark Beutner at (775) 684.2821 for more information.