Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• On July 8 from 10am-noon, the South Tahoe Garden Club will give free 30-minute walks through the gardens at the Pope Estate on the Tallac Historic Site. Park at the USFS Historic Site lot and gather at the Baldwin Museum.

• The 34th annual Death Ride – cycling over five Sierra passes – is July 12.

• Author Lin Wilder will sign copies of her book “The Fragrance Shed by a Violet” on July 11 from 6-7pm at 88 Cups Coffee & Tea, 1663 Lucerne St., Minden.

• Sierra Nevada Ballet presents “Swan Lake” as a part of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival on July 28 at 7:30pm. Buy tickets online.

• James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash scheduled for July 5 at the Boathouse Theater on the South Shore has been canceled because of illness.