ALWAYS FREE Lighthouse Peddler Issue #183 March 2017 (707) 684-1894 www.thelighthousepeddler.com Blues Great Janiva Magness Returns To Arena Theater An Evening To Take Your Blues Away T e 2017 Blues On T e Coast series presents Koko Taylor. And today she has arrived on her Janiva Magness, Saturday March 18. T ose of own. Her peers consider her one of the most us who’ve seen her can at est beloved f gures in the Ameri- that this woman is not just an- cana, blues and roots other pret y face. She’s one of world. Magness has reached a the most accomplished Blues larger and more diverse audi- and Soul singers in a genera- ence with each succeeding al- tion and her credentials now bum and developed a reputa- include a Grammy nomina- tion as a live entertainer that’s tion#Best Contemporary made her a staple of the inter- Blues Album#for Love Wins national festival circuit. Again. But don’t just take Starting out as a background my word for it. Mojo called singer she formed a popular Magness “One of the most local band before relocating f ery and original vocalists to Los Angeles in 1986. Even- in contemporary blues and tually, Magness signed with soul. . . T oughtful, inventive NorthernBlues Music and and almost unerringly on the Bury Him at the Crossroads was money.” issued by the label in 2004, A Detroit native she grew with the followup Do I Move up on the city’s classic Motown sound and You? following two years later. Magness began her inf uences include Et a James, Billie Holi- to draw a lot of critical and fan at ention, par- day, Elmore James, Robert Johnson, Aretha ticularly in the blues . . . Franklin, Jackie Wilson, Memphis Minnie and JANIVA cont’d on page 5

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While search- Handmade Gifts SundstromSundstrom Mall, Mall, Gualala Gualala Dolphin Gallery transmissions, I was witnessing the genius ing for Choi, Shin also was kidnapped, and Opening Reception Paula Strother, Acrylics following f ve years of imprisonment, the Rebeca Trevino, "Obtainian Art" couple was reunited in North Korea by the GSFF /FXIPVSTBNQN movie-obsessed Kim, who declared them his 8FEOFTEBZ.POEBZ personal f lmmakers. Choi and Shin planned Friday, March 10, 5-7pm their escape, but not before producing 17 Opening Reception GSFF feature f lms for the dictator and gaining his Art in the Schools Young Creative Minds: Living! Color! trust in the process. Saturday, March 4 7 pm For perspective (or a reality-check) the Making it to Broadway: directors of ered this: “We can’t remember songs, stories, and monologues exactly when we f rst heard this story. For a Broadway actor/singer Geoffrey Blaisdell long time it seemed to reside in our imagina- $25 in advance, Youth $10 of the Marx Brothers. T eir f lms are one of tions as a possibly apocryphal tale concocted California Trio Sunday, March 12 4 pm the great bodies of work in American cinema by a career fabulist. It seemed far too out- $25 Chamber Series Presents: history. And A Night At T e Opera is as good as Chamber Music concert in advance California Trio, piano landish to be true$a director and an actress it gets. Granted, by the time they made this, kidnapped by a brutal dictator to improve his Sunday, March 12 Saturday, March 25 Tapas at 5:30 pm plus $15 in advance their sixth f lm, they were on a roll. Yet, they Concert at 7 pm f lms. Many directors and actors have led fas- Global Harmony Presents didn’t ‘phone it in’. While we all have our fa- T ree Bay Area artists come together 'JSF3PNBODF $25 in cinating lives and had passionate love af airs, advance vorites, many consider the musical comedy, to make up the California Trio, with Miles "OFWFOJOHPG$MBTTJDBM(VJUBS but none have experienced such a thrilling A Night at the Opera to be the Marx Brothers' Graber on piano, Robert Howard playing Saturday, April 1 7 pm melodrama as Choi and Shin. As a f lm about best and most popular f lm. Beyond the fun f lmmakers caught up in a narrative beyond cello and Jeremy Preston playing violin in Les Filles Rouges in Faerietale Land this Gualala Arts Chamber Series concert. Polaris Dance Troupe and the box of ce numbers, their own making, it had 6th Annual Burlesque Extravaganza this f lm received critical ac- particular appeal for us$as Tickets for the 4:00pm, Sunday, March VIP front-row cabaret seating $150 12, performance are $25 in advance, $5 includes champagne claim when it was released storytellers$in the pos- 4 persons per table 80 years ago. sibilities of its telling.” T e more the day of the event, and youth 7-17 Must be 21 and over T e less anarchic plot f lm screens Monday March are free when accompanied by a paying Purchase advance tickets at and slapstick comedy of 13 at 7:00pm. Directed by adult. T e concert is in Coleman Hall. BrownPaperTickets.com, this Marx Brothers f lm$ Robert Cannan and Ross Miles Graber received his musical train- 1.800.838.3006 or at Gualala Arts the f rst one without the ing at the Juilliard School, where he stud- Center or Dolphin Gallery Adam, it is not rated and has 7*4*5(6"-"-""35403('03%&5"*-4 straight-man of the , a running time of 94 min- ied with Anne Hull, Phyllis Kreuter, Hugh Zeppo$was derived from utes. T e f lm is in Korean, Aitken and Louise Behrend. He has lived 0pen 10 am – 4 pm weekdays a well-developed screenplay in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1971, Noon – 4 pm weekends Japanese, and English with writ en specif cally for them by playwrights English subtitles. where he has developed a wide reputa- George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. Finally, what can you say other than what tion as an accompanist and collaborative Whatever the brothers learned from the splendid timing for the screening of the clas- pianist for instrumentalists and singers. He f ve earlier f lms, they did not let go of their sic 1954 animated adaptation of Animal Farm. has performed with numerous solo artists. strengths as their most famous comedy rou- Adapted from George Orwell's classic satire A frequent guest on many Bay Area tines are included here. T ere’s the crowded on Stalinism, this full-length animated f lm chamber music series, Robert Howard shipboard stateroom scene, the contract- employs farmyard animals to depict the has also made concerto appearances with tearing scene between Groucho and Chico, foibles that are inherent in political systems. BARS Orchestra and Stanford Symphony. the rearranged furniture and bed-switching T e pigs of Manor Farm stage a coup against He has coached at San Francisco Conser- sequence to elude a private detective, the their cruel master (they're rebelling against vatory, Stanford University, San Jose State operatic f nale (a lavish production number) substandard conditions in their sty) and at- University, and Sonoma State University. with Harpo swinging Tarzan-like on stage, by tempt to establish a prosperous new regime, Howard has studied and performed at fes- ropes in tune to Verdi's music; and sprinkled only to learn that tivals such as Tanglewood, Spoleto, Verbi- Backhoe Work throughout are Groucho's zippy one-line in- absolute power er, the Academia Chigiana, and the Sandor Tree Removal sults and f irtations with his perennial nem- always corrupts$ Vegh Academy in Prague. esis, the legendary Margaret Dumont. Get absolutely. Food for Jeremy Preston joined the San Francisco Landscaping some popcorn and a Coke and just take it thought in 2017. Opera Orchestra as Principal Second Vio- all in. It’s too much fun. A Night at the Opera Animal Farm lin in 2014. Previous to this appointment Milling (1936). Directed by Sam Wood. Not Rated. screens on Monday, he was the Associate Concertmaster of Running time is 93 minutes. March 27, 7:00pm. the Oakland East Bay Symphony. Before T e second Film Club of ering for March is T e f lm is not rated moving to San Francisco in 2012, he was T e Lovers and the Despot. T is 2016 release tells and has a runtime a tenured member of the North Carolina Jasper Brady 882-1822 the story of young, ambitious South Korean of 82 minutes. Symphony for seven seasons.

Pg 6 Lighthouse Peddler, March 2017 Words On Wellness Apply Yourself! by Karin Uphof The Arena Theater Asociation is -215 MAIN IN POINT ARENA- While we ponder the political discourse ing itchy and inf amed outbreaks. You can Seeking a few Board Members on immigrants, we might look to one of our use the crushed leaf as in-the-f eld f rst aid T e Arena T eater Association is seeking more prevalent new-comers of the plant because it helps stop bleeding and prevent board members for three seats that are up OLD world, plantain. Not the banana-like fruit, infections of cuts and scrapes – just chew for election in April. Each seat is a three-year but the f st of elongated green leaves with the leaf a bit to release the juices and place term obligation, and the deadline to apply is 215 BLIND seed stalk that we get psyllium from, Plan- directly on the skin. Natives and set lers Wednesday, March 15. tago spp. Whether this immigrant was alike recognized plantain’s ability to draw Anyone interested in becoming a board n purposely granted pas- splinters, dirt and pus DOGS member for the Arena T eater is encouraged i Scottish Roots Revival sage on a ship, or more out of wounds. It can a to submit a let er of interest brief y describ- -IN POINT ARENA- likely, stuck as a seed at also draw the venom ing background and area of interest (e.g. live m the bot om of a shoe, it out of bee stings, spi- shows, cinema, special talents such as fund- landed in the Ameri- der bites and snake- raising, or simply general). Candidates must BEER•WINE•FOOD cas and set up house. bites. Several herbs be a member in good standing; non-mem- We know that plants have this at ribute, but bers may join prior to the March 15 submis- LIVE ENTERTAINMENT from other places can plantain is most pow- sion deadline. Candidate statements will ap- be a threat to endemic erful in preventing and pear on the ballot, brevity is encouraged at limited seating, call species, but Native treating blood poison- 50-100 words. 707-882-3215 882-3215 for tickets Americans welcomed ing when mashed with Candidate statements can be submit ed via this green stranger and clay or charcoal in a email to [email protected], by mail to tuned into its deep fresh poultice. In this Arena T eater, PO Box 611, Point Arena, CA healing potential. Now same regard, plantain 95468, or dropped of at the Arena T eater we see these ‘white-man’s footsteps’ all over can be used wadded up and crushed enough business of ce. the headlands, wet f elds and edges of roads to release its juices, for dealing with emer- T e Arena T eater Association will hold and are so used to tromping on it, we pay gency tooth and gum infections. its annual Membership Meeting on Monday, lit le heed. As we speed through our busy lives, it is April 17, at 7 p.m., at the theater. T e meeting T e Anglo Saxons had already been us- easy to overlook the inherent gif each plant will include an open house and members will ing it as a mucilage and mild laxative and or person of ers. Stopping long enough to elect the new board. For more information, Romans used plantain seeds for boils and marvel at the mundane is what ‘weeds’ like people can contact the Arena T eater of ce severe, blistering shingles. In Russia it’s still plantain teach us. Next time you traverse the at (707) 882-3272. Redwood Coast favored as a cough syrup for post pneumo- headlands or walk by a weedy lot, see if you Although it goes without saying, I feel Chamber of Commerce nia care and in China the seeds are used for notice this enduring plant and with compelled to say it anyway. Since essentially The Sonoma- Mendocino urinary weakness and excess phlegm. In it. Pick a lit le to add to your salad and invite rebuilt more than 25 years ago the theater has Coastal Connection Central America you might be handed this someone over to share. been able to stay healthy, adapt to changing plant for skin eruptions of all kinds, Marchsooth- 2017 technologies, and f nd new ways to entertain Visitor Center Hours us. And they still have the best theater pop- Thursday & Friday 12p - 5p Karin Uphof is the author of Botanical Body Care. Saturday 11a - 5p • Sunday 12p - 5p More information about Karin is at ht p://rainbowconnection.net. corn for 100 miles. If you f nd you some time to devote to a worthy cause, Arena T eater 39150 S. Hwy 1 in the Forte Gualala Bldg. might be a good f t for you. Help keep the tel: (800)778-5252 or 884-1080 f lms on the screen, the live entertainment www.redwoodcoastchamber.com on the stage, a unique building, and the com- munity spirit alive on the Mendonoma Coast. SUDOKU Edited by Margie E. Burke Oh, we need the but ered popcorn too. Difficulty: Easy

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Fire and Romance: An Evening of Classical Guitar Making It to Broadway • Local Eyes Presents: With Renowned Duo Petar & Daniel Guitar • March 25 An Evening of Songs, Monologues and Stories With Geofrey Blaisdell • Saturday, March 4 Gualala Arts Global Harmony Series pres- and guitar skills to create a repertoire that Broadway actor/singer Geofrey Blais- “Les Misérables” in February 1990. Over the ents an evening of eclectic guitar with a rep- aims to reach not only traditional audiences, dell will be accompanied on piano by Gua- next three years he played six diferent roles ertoire ranging from contemporary jazz and but also to bring guitar music to the general lala Arts’ own Don Krieger as they explore in “Les Mis,” including Javert and Ténardier. world music to traditional classical guitar public who may be unfamiliar with the in- what motivates someone to want to become In 1993, Blaisdell created the role of Cap- with the Petar & Daniel Guitar Duo. strument’s repertoire and techniques. a Broadway actor in this Gualala Arts Local tain de Castel-Jaloux in the Broadway musi- Te concert is Saturday, March 25, 7:00pm Te selection for “Fire and Romance” in- Eyes presentation: cal “Cyrano-Te Musical,” one of the most in Coleman cludes “Jongo” expensive productions ever mounted on Hall. Tickets by Paulo Belli- “Making it to Broadway: An Evening of Broadway at the time. In 1995 he joined the are $20 in ad- nati, “Asutrias” Songs, Monologues and Stories.” Broadway national touring company of An- vance, plus $5 by Issac Albé- drew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Op- the day of the niz, “Falta En- Tickets to the show, Saturday, March 4 at era”. In 1997 he created the role of General performance. vido” by Max- 7:30pm, are $20 for adults, $10 for youth 17 Lord Glossop in the Broadway production Youth 7-17 are imo Pujol and and under, plus $5 the day of the event and and sang on the original cast album of Frank free with a pay- many others. can be purchased at BrownPaperTickets.com Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse’s “Jekyll and ing adult. Te Daniel Du- or 1-800-838-3006 or in person at Gualala Hyde.” performance arte is adjunct Arts Center or the Dolphin Gallery. Blaisdell was an original company member will be preced- lecturer in gui- “Tis collection of songs, theater mono- of the “Jekyll and Hyde” Broadway national ed by tapas and tar at the Indi- logues and touring com- sangria for an ana University quotes from pany playing additional $15. Jacobs School B r o a d w a y the roles of Tickets are required for the tapas and will be of Music. He is an active performer, arranger, stars (and Spider and $20 if purchased afer March 17. conductor, and lecturer who has won sev- the not-so- Lord Sav- Petar Jankovic and Daniel Duarte combine eral guitar and chamber music competitions famous who age in 1999. their Serbian and Brazilian cultural heritages in his native Brazil as well as in Europe and actually did In late 1999 the United States. At Indiana University, he make it to he few to directs the Guitar Ensemble, and at the Ja- Broadway) London to cobs School of Music, he has collaborated as p o n d e r i n g r e h e a r s e director of ensembles of the Latin American their own with Sir Pe- Music Center. motivations ter Hall and Petar Jankovic began his guitar studies at to dance and Peter Shafer age 8 in Serbia where he later earned a degree sing on the for the 20th in classical guitar from the renowned Music boards of anniversary Academy in Belgrade. He went on to earn a B r o a d w a y revival of masters degree from the Indiana University promises to “Amadeus”, School of Music, and in the mid-90s, the I.U. be not only which pre- Jacobs School of Music invited Jankovic to entertaining miered in pursue the esteemed Artist Diploma Degree but possibly Los Ange- under the guidance of Maestro Ernesto Bitet- inspiring and les at the ti. Still dedicated to sharing his talent through maybe even Ahamanson both performing and teaching, Jankovic de- surprising,” Teater and veloped a guitar program at Franklin College Krieger said. then moved of Indiana in 1997 and taught at University of Te show to the Music Indianapolis Music Department. features hits from “Les Misérables,” “On the Box Teater on Broadway for its 1999-2000 20th Century,” and “America’s Sweetheart’,” run. red songs by Cole Porter, “Yip” Harburg, George Blaisdell performed the role of one of ROOTS and Ira Gershwin, and Randy Newman; and the blues singers in three productions of stella monologues from Shakespeare, Tracy Lets, “MASS” by Leonard Bernstein$Te Vati- Sam Shepard and Peter Schafer. can in Rome, Carniege Hall in New York, www . thelighthousepeddler com/currentissue always free & in color Blaisdell, the nephew of Sea Ranch resident and with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in H Carol Emory, now lives in San Rafael, Calif., Dallas, Texas. and has enjoyed a varied and serendipitous In 2005 he joined the company of players O Broadway career. He got his frst union act- at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for two ing job in 1989 playing Horace Greely in “Su- seasons, performing in “Te Winters Tale” by M san B!” which made a four-month tour of the William Shakespeare, “Te Philanderer” by E East Coast and the Midwest. He then spent George Bernard Shaw and “Te Importance Herbal Apothecary two years in New York City acting in various of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde. While at Specializing In Healthcare musicals before returning to San Francisco to OSF, he was hired by Blackstone Audio to For The Whole Family resume his career as a rock singer. record audio books, which he did until 2012. Cypress Village HRS: Mon. - Sat. 10:00am to 5:00 pm But the rock world would have to wait, Information about the show is at or 1-800- 884-1072 Gualala 250 Main Street, Point Arena as Blaisdell then landed a job two months 838-3006 or in person at Gualala Arts Center 882-2699 later in the Broadway touring company of or the Dolphin Gallery.

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I like art of all kinds. Music, flms, graphic from RCA Records, the big label which hap- regardless of tempo. Nevertheless, Townes art, paintings (oils, watercolors, acrylics, etc), pened to distribute the independent Poppy was able to reach people with his music. Oth- and I like to visit art museums. It’s not like I Records label, whose creative owner Kevin er musicians knew the value of his writing, as spend enormous amounts of time or money Eggers signed a relatively unknown guy when Emmylou Harris included “If I Needed these days driving from one museum to the named Townes to a recording contract and You” on her Duets album (in this case singing next. Rather it’s my long-held interest in ex- began releasing new albums. Did you follow along with Don Williams.) Te frst verse is ploring as I’ve traveled. Over the years I’ve that? quintessential Townes: been lucky enough to visit Te Louvre and It’s best to hear the melody that accom- “If I needed you would you come to me Jeu de Paume, MOMA, Chicago’s Art In- panies the lyrics he wrote, but even without Lodging for Paws Would you come to me for to ease my pain stitute, and many others. Sometimes the at- the music, the lyrics alone will provide a litle Boarding Grooming If you needed me I would come to you traction to the art and artist is by chance, and insight into what I’m talking about. Townes’ I would swim the seas for to ease your pain.” 882-2429 sometimes by design. songs would ofen quietly break through PO Box 174 Point Arena 95468 I recall standing in front of Rembrandt’s almost any objective listener’s wall of suspi- Clearly his best known song is the story www.bednbone.com 1642 masterpiece Te Night Watch (De cion and become embedded in their psyche. of “Pancho & Lefy”. Perhaps Townes was Nachtwacht) at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum “Kathleen”, from Our Mother Te Mountain, re- knowingly or subliminally channeling the and feeling drawn into that scene from three fects the epitome of a song you could get in story of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Or and a half centuries ago, like I am standing your head and have difculty removing: maybe this was just a wistful dream from his among the burghers. But Amsterdam is also childhood in Texas. I loved Townes’ record- “It’s plain to see, the sun won’t shine today home to the Van Gogh Museum, and there ing, but to be honest, I loved the version by But I ain’t in the mood for sunshine anyway are few things to leave as lasting an impres- Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard even more. Maybe I’ll go insane sion on a visitor as being immersed into the Te song is wonderful, colorful, daring and Point Arena I got to stop the pain works of Van Gogh. Te artist was born 164 sad. And that, unfortunately, could also de- Lighthouse “Climb Or maybe I’ll go down to see Kathleen.” years ago this month (March 30, 1853). scribe his too short life. Townes died at age to the Amsterdam’s original Van Gogh Museum Regardless of whom she represented for 52, January 1, 1997. A year afer his death, Top!” building had a mezzanine, where you could the singer (girlfriend, ex-girlfriend, lover, writer Michael Hall wrote in the March 1998 ❖Tower Tours walk the long, prostitute) Kathleen was therapy of one kind issue of Texas Monthly: ❖Museum somewhat narrow or another. Recorded in a slightly more ener- Townes never released an album on a major label. ❖Gift Store pathway, with the getic delivery is “Come Tomorrow” from Del- ❖ He was never a music business professional and was Lodging art hanging on the ta Momma Blues. Some fans and critics dislike never much concerned with his career. He was never wall, and a railing the recorder and the small string accompani- Open Daily concerned with much of anything, in fact, but writing, behind you over- ment to “Come Tomorrow”. Tose same crit- 10:00am-3:30pm touring, and hanging out with fiends and family. He 45500 Lighthouse Rd. looking the main ics probably don’t like the accompaniment to Point Arena loved paradox&living it and spreading it. Born into gallery. Te exhibit “Kathleen” either. Tese are superfcial cri- (707) 882-2809 comfort, he preferred the company of the poor and space enabled one tiques. As always the underlying song is the desperate and sometimes gambled away what money pointarenalighthouse.com to see an abbrevi- central element. ated progression of he had. He was a lighthearted prankster who wrote the artist’s works. Regardless of the brilliance “Well, it’s strange some of the saddest songs of the century. how many tortured mornings, of his art, hanging and viewing an original I never met van Gogh, but I did meet van Fell upon us with no warning, or reprint of any number of Van Gogh’s im- Zandt. Tese two March babies and creative Lookin’ for a smile to beg and borrow, ages may be a bit disconcerting. Tere were minds from diferent times, and diferent It’s over now, there is no returning, many self portraits, and a few years before he worlds$artistic supernovae$died a cen- A thousand bridges sadly burning, died he painted Self-Portrait with Straw Hat tury apart. Yet art can transcend borders, Uplift and And light the way I have to walk alone, (1887). Te intensity of the eyes speaks vol- languages, cultures, and time. We should not Harmonize Your Come tomorrow.” umes of the intensity of the artist. In spite of, dwell on how they lived or how they died. In- Healing or because of his artistic intensity, Van Gogh Many of Townes’ other songs were also in the stead, focus on the fact that long afer their Since 1981 died July 27, 1890, three days afer shooting tortured soul subset. passing, both continue to touch so many himself with a 7mm Lefaucheux revolver. He Each songwriter works within the confnes people with their passion, their art. was 37. Obviously his brilliant art has sur- of their own inherent or self-imposed com- vived and thrived for more than a century fort zone. Perhaps all of his boundaries were ********* since his passing. defned within the confnes of soulful lament, Music, as regular readers of my column Note: In March 1970 Townes was passing know, has been a passion for most of my through on a performance and promotion tour, arriving near his birthday life. I sometimes write about musicians (March 7). To help promote his new album I’ve seen, or heard, or met, or all three. and celebrate his 26th birthday I organized One of those musicians was a somewhat a dinner. Looking back on that evening I sof-spoken troubadour named Townes recognize that celebrating with Townes was van Zandt. Before I even met Townes, more serendipitous than a mater of brilliant I knew he was something special. His planning. Te dinner party, seen in this pho- songwriting was soulful, introspective tograph included (l-r) Townes’ road manag- and speculative. I just happened to ‘dis- er Vin Scelsa, local radio host Bob Reitman, cover’ his music while working frst, at me, radio host John Houghton, Townes, a college radio station, then a commer- radio programmer Steve Stevens, and RCA Records promotion manager John Hager. cial station, and later promoting releases

Pg 10 Lighthouse Peddler, March 2017 Mendocino Poet Laura Pope Featured March 16 Arts in the Schools: Young Creative Minds At T ird T ursday Poetry in Point Arena Mendonoma area schools • At Gualala Arts • March 10 by Blake More that art and creativity help children succeed On Friday, March 10, 5:00pm to 7:00pm in in core curriculum subjects. Continuing to the Elaine Jacob Foyer and Burnet Gallery, On T ursday, March 16, at 7:30pm T e relationship - always a rich and ready area have art programs in our local schools is a Gualala Arts will T ird T ursday Poetry & Jazz Reading Series to glean from. Our current culture lacks in huge accomplishment especially hold an opening at 215 Main in Point Arena will feature Men- honoring and appreciating beauty. Beauty considering budget cuts to such reception for its docino poet Laura Pope. T e reading will is holy. Beauty is necessary food for our programming, Susalla said. annual Young begin with live improv jazz and an open mic souls. Not honoring what is of value leaves “Gualala Arts is proud to honor Creative Minds with jazz improv; the reading will conclude us parched and constrained like a and encourage young artists in art exhibit with more live improv jazz. not fully emerged . If we aren’t aware of the the community with this exhibi- featuring art- In 2010 Laura Pope began reading poems beauty around us and inherent in our own life tion, as part of its mission to sup- work produced in women’s circles, ceremonies, and events at we are living as ghosts. T rough her writing port and promote public interest throughout the Spirit House Center for At itudinal Healing. Laura wants to call us to claim our place as a and participation in the arts,” Sus- year in local She was the featured poet for the Fort Bragg necessary integrated part of the planet, to see alla said. “T e community’s at en- schools. Poetry Reading in December 2015. Soon af- our connection to everything. She is inspired dance and support are appreciated.” ter she was interviewed on KMEC where her as women’s voice, power, and consciousness T is year’s coordinators, Sigrid Hillscan, poems were read and discussed. move fully into the world. T e darkness be- Director of Pacif c Community Charter El- Art called to Laura through a side door. fore us of ers an opportunity to step up and ementary School and Keri VanDeventer, art Laura’s unplanned, deeply appreciated evolv- transform in ways we were not imagining. teacher for the elementary and charter high ing career has included woodworking, jew- What a perfect time to be “growing legs” for schools, chose the theme “Living! Color!” Full Moon elry making, painting and sculpture. Coming writing. “A remarkable variety of talent and artis- to the North coast, grace and good fortune Laura exhibited jewelry and paintings at tic expression is always on introduced her to the world of “circles”. In the Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts and display in this pre-school the Mendocino coast, as in most areas of the the Laguna Sawdust Festival for 15 years. She through high school art world, people gather for healing, celebration, taught wax work in jewelry making work- show,” said Gualala Arts spiritual teaching and sharing. T rough these shops with Swest Co. For 25 years Laura’s Executive Director David circles Laura heard the work of world-class painting, sculpture, and jewelry have been ex- “Sus” Susalla. “T e col- and world-renowned poets. T e power and hibited in galleries and museums in Southern lection, as always, will be depth of our local poets planted seeds. T ese California, Texas, and Japan. In Mendocino thought provoking, inspirational, and will March 12 are emerging in an increasingly engaging and she has exhibited at Northcoast Artists’ Gal- certainly bring a smile to your face.” demanding body of work. Language has be- lery, Oddfellow’s Hall, the Mendocino Art T e Mendocino/Sonoma “Arts in the come another delicious and irresistible way Center, Highlight Gallery, Mendocino Jewel- Schools” program represents over 600 stu- to surf the creative tide. ry Studio, Mendo Bistro, and the Miasa - Sis- dents from Fort Ross Elementary School, New Moon In making art we call on memory, vision, ter City Show. Laura was the featured artist Kashia Elementary School, Horicon Ele- intuition, fear. We bring our entire experi- for the 2010 Art in the Gardens and the 2014 mentary School, Arena Elementary School, ence as humans to what lies before us. All Winesong! event. Point Arena High School, Pacif c Commu- the ways she works with two dimensional nity Charter elementary and high schools, T ird T ursday Poetry & Jazz is supported by Manchester Elementary, and coast home and three dimensional artwork overlap and T e T ird T ursday Poetry Group, many anonymous donors, support each other. A poem comes to her and Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received f om school students. with a visual image and a kinesthetic sense T e James Irvine Foundation. Our coastal schools are fortunate to be able to provide art programs that en- of movement and mass. Early writings speak A sample of Laura Pope’s work can be found on of the questions and pain that come up in rich students with time each week Page 4 of this issue of the Lighthouse Peddler. to create art. Research shows March 28

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Bill Churchill

Yo conocí el sol.

I have known the sun.

hasta que no podía ver.

y no te los aparté

tu hermosura resplandeciente

Sentí al rojo blanco

mirando frente a frente.

Me clavé los ojos

se apretó junto al mío.

y cómo tu pulso

que desvanece al amanecer

de besos inocentes

Conocí el calor permanecente

until I could not see.

Not turned away

felt their white-hot beauty.

into your eyes,

Stared face to face

pressed into my own.

Felt your pulse quicken

until they have grown cold.

the lingering warmth of fi rst kisses

I have known

hasta que no podía ver.

llorando frente a frente

y me clavé los ojos

rojizo y ardiente

con párpados cerrados

Sentí el sol

until I could not see.

face to face

and stared wide-eyed and weeping

eyelids gently closed,

red and glowing,

I have felt the sun

además de lás de mi mamá

de otras manos

y el pulso

a través del vientre

resplandeciente

Conocí el sol,

and my own.

other than my mother’s

and the pulse of hands

even from inside the womb,

radiant

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Les Filles Rouges in Faerietale Land! 6th Annual Burlesque Extravaganza Hope is necessary in every Does it really matter what these Polaris Dance Troupe condition. affectionate people do-- so long In its return to the Gualala Arts Center Using sensuality and comedy as tools of as they don’t do it in the streets Coleman Hall stage, Polaris Dance Troupe empowerment – for both the performers and Samuel Johnson and frighten the horses! presents an evening of burlesque with Les the audience – progressive burlesque aims to Filles Rouges in Faerietale Land, a unique enrich as well as titillate. Mrs. Patrick Campbell blend of dance, comedy, and empower- As ever, Les Filles Rouges believes in ment$much more than a series of strip supporting women on and of stage, and in teases. that spirit, Miller-Klopfer says a portion of FREE JUNKER T is new show (on April 1st) is a send-up the troupe’s proceeds will benef t Planned of the fairytale genre and the Dis- Parenthood. Miller-Klopfer’s bur- HAUL AWAY neyf cation of classic stories. T e lesque philosophy was most re- cast is full of well-known charac- cently featured on Yahoo! news: ters such as Sleeping Beauty and ht p://bit.do/burlesque. Cinderella, but without the theme VIP seating is an additional Want to get rid of an old car, truck, boat, RV or of “damsels in distress.” $150 and includes a bot le of motorcycle taking up space on your property? Polaris Dance Troupe’s founder, champagne and front-row cabaret Donate it to KGUA! Making a donation is as easy Melinda Miller-Klopfer, gained table seating (4 persons per table). as clicking on the vehicle donation button at www.kgua.org or by calling and speaking to a live inspiration for Les Filles Rouges T is unique event is Saturday, representative. If you have any questions, you from her time spent living in Ber- April 1, 7:00pm at Coleman Hall may call one of our friendly service reps toll-free at lin and her frequent travels to Paris, at Gualala Arts. Tickets are $25 in 844-KGUA-CAR or 844-548-2227 seven days a week. We accept all kinds of vehicles and will even both cities where the burlesque tradition has advance, plus $5 day of event. Additional in- tow them away for free! Plus, your donation is a long and politically charged history. Mill- formation can be found by emailing Melinda 100% tax deductible. It’s a win-win for everyone. er-Klopfer coined the term “Progressive Bur- Miller-Klopfer, [email protected], YOU ARE THE YOU IN lesque” to describe her Mendocino troupe’s (707) 684-6511. PLEASE NOTE: Being style, having experienced the profound ef- young at heart is one thing. However, for this fect of burlesque on her own life and the lives event you must be age 21 to at end. KGY UA of many of the troupe’s dancers. 88.3FM•MENDONOMA PUBLIC RADIO

Pg 12 Lighthouse Peddler, March 2017 Scuttlebutt Alysia Calkins & Dorothy Barrett’s by Mitch McFarland Rollerville Cafe Tere has been so much antagonism be- funny things, but don't we all? He wasn't par- support whatever he thinks or wants. Tis tween Trump supporters and his opponents ticularly mean-spirited with his embarrass- is likely to came back and bite him where it that it is going to be very difcult for either ments. Tough I voted for Gore, I am one of hurts. 882-2077 side to loosen their grip on their entrenched those who thought I would rather have a beer What I actually expect is that Trump is so Outdoor Deck positions. Trump supporters have been with W than with Gore. thin-skinned and he is in for such a tidal wave called everything from stupid to racist to I am surprising myself now for being em- of public abuse, that he will eventually con- Delicious Caring Homestyle Fare Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. the devil incarnate. His opponents are called barrassed for my country. Trump is making clude that being President isn't worth it. He Friday & Saturday 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. retarded, elitist, out-of-touch, and a whole a mockery of the very institution of govern- will either resign or not run again in 4 years, Sunday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. batch of other names that generally have *'s ment. We don't just have a president who is particularly if he loses the House or Senate in and #'s in their spelling. representing the powerful$most have done 2018. No wait, this clown circus can't go on 2 minutes north of Point Arena on Hwy. One at Lighthouse Road Tere actually were some positions for 4 years, can it? where Bernie and Trump appeared to ******* agree during the campaign. Skepti- “They thought they would “throw the I haven't been following the whole cism about NATO, the infuence of CALTRNS Garcia fats video camera Wall Street banks, and super-PACs, bums out” by voting for Trump, but in- saga, but I do see that the camera they and infrastructure spending are some. put online is on the slough where they Trump's promise to “drain the swamp” stead the swamp is being flled with the have also installed a marker to show might have heartened progressives. traditional snakes and alligators.” the depth of water at that point. It ap- So is there any hope that something pears some are clamoring for a camera positive could come out of this elec- on the fats themselves. As for myself I Z tion? Something that both Trumpsters and that. We have a President who is clearly un- don't get why they don't just have a camera ® his opponents can call a good thing? We may qualifed. His only qualifcation is his su- on the gate. If you could see that the gate is F A R M have to wait on that. preme confdence that he knows more than open then it is extremely likely that you can I am actually starting to feel sorry for anyone else. He seems quite proud when he go through, or at least try if you have the right some Trump supporters. Not the truly rac- tells us that he is smarter that “just about any- vehicle. If the gate is closed then you can't đŏŏđŏ! %*#/ŏđŏ!0.!0/ŏđ ist ones, which there surely are, but just the one”. How ofen do you hear really intelligent get through no mater what the height of the ozfarm.com frustrated, struggling ones that Bernie tried people telling everyone how smart they are? water. to appeal to, but lost as an audience because Of course, a lot of people voted for Trump 707.882.3046 he refused to play to their fear and anger. He as a protest vote. Tey know the system is [email protected] got the righteous indignation part right, but corrupt and they just wanted to shake things fell short with the folks who just wanted to up in a big way. Besides, Hillary may have punish the government for how they felt. made a good President, but she was the worst Te reason I feel some pity (well, that's candidate the Democrats could have chosen. what it is) for some of the Trumpsters is that Bernie was 17 points up on Trump the day they are not going to get what they wanted. Bernie suspended his campaign. Biden could Tey thought they would “throw the bums have beaten Trump in my opinion. Hell, so out” by voting for Trump, but instead the could have Denzel Washington. swamp is being flled with the traditional So, the bomb was thrown, it exploded, and snakes and alligators. Washington is in chaos. Our allies are wor- Hoping he would stand up for them ried. Our worst enemies are celebrating. Te against Wall Street, they see him turning to only possible positive I can come up with is the same Wall Street types that he slammed that Trump is so unbound by ideology that Hillary for being close to. Goldman Sachs is he might one day wake up and do something still in charge and it is likely to get worse for that I could call positive; but that is probably the average Joe. just me being my Pollyanna self. Worst of all for me is his demeanor. Frank- As a basketball fan I know that occasionally ly I have never thought of myself as a par- a team has a player whose role it is to upset ticularly patriotic guy. Of course, I'm glad the opponent's players; that is to throw them I live in the U.S. and even more glad I'm in of their rhythm and take them “out of their California and gladder yet I'm in Mendocino game”. Tese are the players that are said to County, but I have traveled too much to be be loved by their fans, but hated by their op- enthusiastic about nationalism, which is pa- ponents. I see Trump as one of these kind of triotism's half brother. It leads to unpleasant “players”. He lives to needle his opponents in behavior too ofen by lots of people. order that they should “take their eye of the Traveling through South America when ball”. Tis may work at times in sports as each “W” was present was embarrassing for me, team always has an equal number of players. but only because of his policies, not be- It is diferent in politics. People ofen switch cause I thought he was personally insulting sides in real life. Trump seems like he is on a the Presidency. Sure, Bush did some stupid marathon of insults of anyone who does not

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Out Of The Blue: Coastal Seniors Joins Meals On Three Decades Of Blue Whale Research (Part 1) Wheels Programs From Acrtoss T e

by Mary Jane Schramm Country in 15th Annual March For Meals Celebration With an explosive exhalation, its breath soaps. “Whalebone,” the plastic-like keratin Coastal Seniors will be participating in the shimmering with droplets and plates that hang from the whale’s upper jaw, 15th annual “March for Meals” $ a month- reeking of rot ing seafood, the blue became buggy whips, carriage springs, corset long, nationwide celebration of Meal on whale surfaced, its f at head lunging up- stays, f shing rods, pet icoat hoops, and um- Wheels and the homebound and vulner- ward into the dense patch of tiny shrimp- brella ribs. At the turn of the 20th Century able seniors who rely on its vital safety net. like krill. Its broad, gunmetal blue-gray whalers hunted blue whales with such ruth- arenatheater.org Coastal Senior’s March for Meals celebra- back sliced through the water, stretching less ef ciency and increasing intensity, it was tion will include a spaghet i dinner hosted March 2017 seemingly forever. T roat pleats bulged thought the worldwide extinction of the spe- by Arena Union Elementary School teach- Blues on the Coast with a huge quantity of water and food, cies was inevitable. ers, staf and District Board of Trustees, the while clouds of tiny seabirds f ut ered Whaling continued of California as re- Janiva Magness sale of donation tags at local businesses, overhead to catch the krill that spilled cently as 1966, until the International Whal- Saturday March 18 8:30 PM and recruitment of Community Champi- over from the whale’s brimming mouth. ing Commission’s ban, and resulting closure ons (elected of cials who volunteer their Coming: Zepparella of San Francisco Bay and outer coastal whal- T e driver of the small boat slowed to time and join Coastal Seniors’ Meals on Friday April 28 9 PM ing stations. Wheels route, giving them an opportunity approach the whale, grabbing a long- In the early 1980s lit le was known of the Arena Theater Live to learn the importance of the program and lens camera. T e motor drive whirred remnant blue whale populations scat ered Monday March 20 8 PM show their support). T e high point of the as photo af er across the globe. 3rd Monday Music month’s activities will be a 5K walk and fun- photo captured However, sighting ▪▪▪ draiser at the Gualala Point Regional Park the mot led pat- reports coming out Met Opera Live in HD on March 25, 2017. tern next to of the Gulf of the Saturday March 11 9:55 AM ”T e services that we provide the seniors the whale’s tiny Farallones of the La Traviata along the Northern California Coast are dorsal f n. Af er coast of San Fran- critical and the need is rapidly increasing,” Saturday March 25 9:55 AM the whale sub- cisco were tantaliz- merged again, said Micheline Kirby, Executive Director Idomeneo ing. Calambokidis ▪▪▪ of Coastal Seniors. “Together, we can keep the researcher sought support for Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema seniors living independently, healthier at retrieved f oating a project to docu- home and feeling more connected to their Saturday March 19 2 PM bits of sloughed ment the abun- skin: DNA test- community as they age.” A Contemporary Evening dance and distribu- ▪▪▪ T is March, hundreds of local Meals on ing will reveal the tion - how many, Arena Theater Film Club Wheels programs, like Coastal Seniors, will whale’s gender and where - blue reach out to their communities to build the Mondays 7 PM and dietary infor- whales lived and support that will enable them to deliver March 6 A Night at the Opera mation, which, fed in the waters nutritious meals, friendly visits and safety when coupled of north-central March 13 and the checks to America's seniors all year long. with the photos, California. In 1986, Despot For more information on how you can will provide valu- Greater Farallones March 27 Animal Farm volunteer, contribute or speak out for the able informa- National Marine 214 Main Street Point Arena seniors in our community and across the tion about the Sanctuary funded country, visit www.marchformeals.com. biology and distribution of this specif c the f rst three years of what would become Coastal Seniors provides over 13,000 meals delivered meals, backup drivers, meal pack- whale. a decades-long study of blue whales, and of per year to seniors in the communities be- aging, and other miscellaneous tasks – please the humpback whales with which they of en Meet John Calambokidis, renowned ma- tween Stewart’s Point in Sonoma County call Vivian De Armas at (707) 882-2137 for feed. In 1988 while conducting aerial surveys rine mammal biologist and acknowledged and Irish Beach in Mendocino County, and details. over the Gulf of the Farallones – the waters expert on blue whales in the Eastern North inland areas like Annapolis. Volunteer op- just beyond the Golden Pacif c. Co-founder of portunities for Coastal Seniors’ Meals on Gate, and adjacent to the Cascadia Research, John Wheels program include drivers for home- has worked for over edge of the Continental three decades in close Shelf – John found an as- partnership with agen- tounding concentration NEW CONVENIENT cies, academia, non-prof- of over 100 blue whales. its and research groups, He knew he was onto OFFICE LOCATION including NOAA’s Na- something big. KEEP tional Marine Sanctuary Mary Jane Schramm, 35512 S. Hwy 1, Anchor Bay Program. Since 1986, he has spearheaded NOAA Greater Farallones CALM Across the street from the scientif c investigations into the status of National Marine Sanctuary AND CALL Anchor Bay Store endangered blue and humpback whales of California, the Pacif c Northwest, and Cen- Please read part 2 of article in the April INSURANCE PLANS HEALTH VANESSA tral America.

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Pg 15 Lighthouse Peddler, March 2017 Santa Rosa Artists Paula Strother and Rebeca Trevino Divining Triptychs: Printmaking, Dance, & Poetry Across Millennia At The Dolphin Gallery • Reception March 4

PACES is the collaborative performance Woods,” from their newly released recording, Santa Rosa artists Paula Strother and Re- information on her shows and has a virtual company of Dancer/Choreographer Lucin- “Pool of Mirrors.” CDs will be available for beca Trevino will share the Dolphin Gallery gallery of her work. da Weaver and Poet/Storyteller Alan Bern. purchase. space through March with Strother showcas- Rebeca Trevino’s chosen media is a varia- Bern and Artist/Printmaker Robert Woods PACES collaborations begin from an idea ing her prolif c landscape and still life acrylic tion on colleges or dioramas using found have worked together under the imprint of of either Weaver’s dance or Bern’s words paintings contrasting with Trevino’s three- objects arranged in diverse pat erns.Trevino Lines & Faces for over forty years. All three which then precipitate a creative dialogue. dimensional “Obtainian Art” sculptures. calls her work “Obtainian Art” and it begins come together in this one-of-a-kind perfor- Recently they have begun working along par- T e opening reception for the two artists is with any number of materials stored in her mance “Divining Triptychs: Printmaking, allel lines and then weaving these strands to- Saturday, March 4, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm studio collected during her many scavenger Dance, and Poetry across Millennia.” gether to complete the arc of the piece. T eir at the Dolphin, and it is free to the public. trips. T is LocalEyes performance take place pieces are created together to f t the space T e exhibit remains through March 26. Anyone looking at Trevino’s work is im- Friday, March 10, at 7:00pm and Satur- they inhabit for their performance, be it a In her f rst two-person show at T e Dol- mediately aware that a backstory exists to the day, March 11, at 4:00pm in Coleman Hall bookstore, library, park, stage, or $ in the phin gallery, Strother will present a cross items $ sometimes they suggest a playful in- at Gualala Arts Center. T e Lines & Faces case of this performance at Gualala Arts Cen- section of her very prolif c works. nocence, other times a sense of mystery. “My Broadsides exhibit by Woods will remain at ter $ the f oor of Coleman Hall which they Regardless of hope is that the objects I use Gualala Arts through Saturday, April 1. will share with their audience. For 15 years subject mat er, will make the viewer look and PACES has performed all over Califor- Strother says look again. I absolutely love nia and in Italy and Switzerland. her preferred working with art materials that Just as Bern’s work evolves and inter- medium is have a story to tell, a past, a his- sects with Weaver’s dance through PAC- acrylic paints tory,” she says. ES, so it transforms with artist Robert because of the Trevino said she f nds her Woods. T e poet and artist have worked qualities it pro- treasures at garage sales, f ea together under the imprint Lines & vides, allowing markets, second-hand stores, Faces for more than forty years. T ey are for texture or through donations or even f ne printers and artists who grew up in watery, sof er in dumpsters. T e important the 1960s together in Berkeley, and they tones. Acrylics thing is that they appeal to her collaborate to create works of art that al- also allow her and are rescuing discarded, low the combining of word and image to to work spon- forgot en, or rejected objects T e performance includes the poem “Dia- express more than either artist can without taneously, mak- and placing them in a new logue,” a dramatic imagined exchange be- the other. Sometimes the work of one leads ing quick adjustments to achieve the desired context, providing them new life. Trevino’s tween Hildegard of Bingen and St. Francis of the other to create other works that coalesce ef ect. She mostly works from photos, paing instinctive juxtaposition of objects in a new Assisi, from Bern’s latest to make a more power- particular at ention to the ef ect of light on pat ern makes her work distinctive and each book, “Greater Distance: ful combination; other her subject mat er. Many of her pieces sug- construction has its own personality. and Other Poems,” pub- times they work simul- gest the sof tones of late af ernoon, f ltered Trevino’s life-long passion for found items lished by Lines & Faces taneously in parallel to light shining through an unseen window, or began as a lit le girl, when she decorated mud in December 2015, and create works together. distinct clarity of a landscape. blocks with marbles, coins, broken pot ery illustrated by Woods. Fol- T ey create broadsides Af er graduating from college Strother did and other bits found on farm in lowing the performance, which they plan, design, commercial art projects in advertising, but south Texas. Her work has been shown in during the reception, and print together on a later became interested in art therapy, es- galleries across the United States from Cali- Bern will read other selec- Vandercook, an 80-year- pecially geriatric art as a way for the elderly tions from his book. old let erpress printing to express past experiences. She Also featured is origi- press used originally as obtained a teaching credential and nal music composed and a proving machine for spent twenty years in the classroom recorded by local artists, the newspaper industry. and the Santa Rosa Chamber of saxophonist, Harrison Goldberg, and elec- T ey have also begun to use digital printing Commerce recognized her as Edu- tric bassist, Dave Jordan, aka the duo “Pacif c to produce their broadsides. cator of the Year in 1998. Gabriel Grif n, Poet and Director of Po- Eleven years ago Strother retired, etry on the Lake in Northern Italy, described and now free from overseeing stu- 100.5 FM a PACES performance: “At dusk…as the last dents, hardly a day passes when light faded from the lake, Alan Bern and Lu- she is not painting, she says. Her cinda Weaver gave a performance of dance works include landscapes, still life, and poetry in Piazza Mot a: Alan read his portraits, abstracts, black and white KTDE -The Tide poetry in both English and Italian. In the images – whatever appeals to her in fornia to New York. Rebeca’s work can be Tune in sof lamplight and the shadows cast by the the moment. found in private collections across the coun- old arches and columns, Lucinda appeared Strother has appeared in numerous juried try and abroad. to Local Radio ethereal in her white f owing garments. and non-juried shows in the Sonoma Coun- Visit rebecatrevino.blogspot.com to view 38598 Cypress Way, Gualala Verses echoed in the quiet square. Passers-by ty area. She is a member of the Petaluma and more of her work and the responses from stopped to watch and listen, enchanted.” Sonoma County Arts Councils and the Se- those who see it. Studio visits may be ar- Of ce 884-1000 Information is available from Gualala Arts. bastopol Center for the Arts. ranged by appointment 707-735-8807. She Tickets are $15 for adults; youth 17 and un- She shares a studio with this Trevino also has facebook and Instagram accounts Studio 884-3000 der $10 in advance; both plus $5 day of event. above the Fulton Crossing Gallery at River at facebook.com/ObtainiumArt and insta- Road and Fulton Avenue. Her web page gram.com/obtainiumart/. www.ktde.com paulastrother.weebly.com provides more

Pg 16 Lighthouse Peddler, March 2017 Get Out! . . . And Enjoy Live Music on the Coast Dan and Myra, T e Casuals, return to the Garcia River Casino on T ursday, March 2. It’s another popular “Music & Memories Trivia Night”, starting at 6:00pm. T e Garcia River Casino is on Windy Hollow Road in Point Arena. (707) 467-5300. T e next Mendocino English Country Dance is scheduled for Saturday, March 4 at the Caspar Community Center, 15051 Caspar Road, Caspar (95420). Newcomer instruction is at 7:30 pm. Admission is $10.00 (High School Students - Free). Try something new for an evening out, and support your local dance events by coming out and dancing! Calling & instruction by dance leader Alan Winston. Lovely dancers and band members who kindly bring potluck food, please also bring your own utensils and a bag to put everything in when dance is over so the volunteer cleanup people can more easily do their work. More information is at the Lark Camp website (ht p://www.larkcamp.com/mendoengdance.htm). Fast Company brings their hard hit ing blues to the Garcia River Casino on Friday, March 10. Music starts at 8:30pm. T e Garcia River Casino is on Windy Hollow Road in Point Arena. (707) 467-5300. T e sounds of Ireland come to the coast on March 14th. Skipper’s Alley, a traditional 7-piece Irish Band from Dublin, will perform at 215 Main in Point Arena. Showtime is 7:00pm. Seating is limited so advance reservations are encouraged. Information is at (707) 882-3215. On Saturday, March 18th, the Mad Cow Jazz Quintet are featured at 215 Main in Point Arena. Mad Cow Jazz is Charlie Vally, vocals, Dorian May, piano, Harrison Goldberg, saxophones, Dorothea May, upright bass, and Gabe Yanez, drums. Music from 7:30pm to 10:30pm. $8.00 cover charge. Information at (707) 882-3215. Wednesday, March 22nd, the Fireside Room at the Sea Ranch Lodge features Standard Times with Harrison Goldberg, saxophones, Steve della Maggiora, guitar/vocals, Tom Shader, guitar/ vocals. Music from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Information at (707) 785-2371. Standard Times will be performing jazz classics. Admission free. Highway One plays ‘road worthy rock ’ at the Garcia River Casino on Friday, March 31. Music starts at 8:30pm. T e Garcia River Casino is on Windy Hollow Road in Point Arena. (707) 467- 5300. NOTE: Look inside for music at Gualala Arts, Arena T eater and the Garcia River Casino. You’ll f nd chamber music, blues, jazz, classical guitar, rock, oldies, Broadway, and more.

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