ALWAYS FREE Lighthouse June 2019 Peddler The Guide To Music, Events, Theater, Film, Art, Poetry, and Life on the Mendocino Coast A Transcendent Experience! Vanessa Collier at Arena Teater June 29. Regular readers of the Lighthouse Peddler For those of you who know of Collier and know my deep afection for live music. And her multifaceted chops, tell your friends. She we’re fortunate that the venues on the coast" is exactly what “Blues on the Coast” is about. large and small"give us the opportunity to see Consider this appraisal: “Tere’s a young lady so many great players. Te thoughtful people [Vanessa Collier] came on stage with me, I who created the “Blues On Te Coast” series forget where I was, but she’s playing an alto at Arena Teater have contributed mightily to saxophone, and man, she was amazing.” Tose the live music scene. Welcome to June at Are- are the words of Buddy Guy in a recent issue na Teater. Vanessa Collier will take the stage of American Blues Scene, describing an im- on Saturday, June 29, 7:30pm. Doors open at promptu performance with Vanessa Collier on 7:00pm. Tickets are $20 online, at local outlets, the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise. and at the door. VANESSA COLLIER cont’d on page 13 Boonville Poet Bernadete Restuccia In Point Arena June 20 Ernest Bloch Bell Ringers Featured Poet At Tird Tursday Poetry & and Friends A Fundraising Concert On Tursday, June 20, at 7:30pm Te a regular performer, blessed with a lot of kindergarten, energy for creative projects Tird Tursday Poetry & Jazz Reading Se- support from friends and classmates. Te seeped back into her life. She started pro- June 9 at Gualala Arts ries will feature Boonville poet Bernadete college was primarily focused at the time in ducing poetry again and reciting at local Te Ernest Bloch Bell Ringers & Friends Restuccia. Te reading will take place at the the visual and performing arts programs that open mics, Te Anderson Valley Grange Va- return for a late spring concert at Gualala Arena Market cafe and will begin with live ofered both a creative and kinetic commu- riety Show, the Not So Simple Living Fair in Arts. Te Bell Ringers will be joined by improv jazz and an open mic with jazz im- nity of inspiration for her writing. She took Boonville for the past two years at their cab- local singers and musicians for a fun-flled prov; the reading will conclude with more classes in poetry and performance, and also aret evening, and other county celebrations. concert for all ages on Sunday, June 9, live improv jazz. participated in a study abroad program in It- She is also an actress with the Anderson Val- 4:00pm, at Coleman Hall. Tickets are $15 Ever since she was aly where she got to take a ley Teater Guild and just recently fnished in advance, plus $5 day of event. Youth 7-17 a litle girl in suburban workshop class on poetry. her fourth production with the Guild. She free with adult. Te concert is a beneft for New Jersey, Bernadete Among the pastoral set- also performed in a “Women’s Authentic the Coastal Seniors’ Meals on Wheels. wrote poetry. Fre- tings, and keen awareness Monologues Performance” directed by El- Four and a half octaves of English hand- quently feeling out of of her Italian heritage, in- len Weed. bells, with chimes, will ring on several en- place, her journal was spiration continued to be One of Bernadete’s major focuses in her semble pieces including “A Song of Love,” her sanctuary and her alive and well. poetry is unity. In her words, “Trough his- “Alleluia! Rejoice and Sing,” “My Heart best friend. In sixth Afer graduating col- tory there has always been tactics to keep grade in a Catholic el- lege, she made a bold de- humans separate from each other. In an age ementary school, her cision to travel the coun- of social media and overwhelmingly trigger- frst taste of public try. Tis decision proved ing propaganda, we all need to embrace the speaking was read- to be a profound rite of humanness that connects us; the heart that ing from the Bible at passage that lasted for is in all of us. Tere is so much power avail- church. At the podium, fve years. She travelled able to us if we decide to stand up together as nervous as she was, and spent time in twenty to achieve it. Tese strategies of separation she knew there was eight states, camped and are carefully organized to keep us from this something important hiked in forests, beaches, power. We can only change the world to- beginning. “It just felt and canyons. She lived gether.” Nature is also a powerful moti- right to be up there. and worked on Organic vation in her writing, because, as she says, Will Go On,” and “Andante in F Minor.” It was an immediate vegetable and fruit farms “When we are in tune with the powerful Singing is always part of this group. Vocal- gut reaction. I enjoyed speaking in front of and intentional communities for a season at truths and miracles of nature we realize the ist Sita Milchev will join the bell ringers as a group of people, and that fact was more a time. She also did her share of frolicking at reality of being earth citizens.” Tese power- will Remi Alexander, Linda Bostwick and powerful than the fear of it.” In high school festivals and concerts; music and dance be- ful themes are integral to life, and Bernadete Cinnamon Rippey. she was involved in a public speaking club ing two of her other great loves. During these believes they are the key to a beter future: Local musicians will also join the bell that travelled the county and competed in fve years, Bernadete sent out group emails “To just do what we can, in our families, our ringers. Dan Laux on hammered dulcimer,” tournaments. She mostly read poetry and regularly (before Facebook) to family and friends, our social circles, our communities, Karl Young on shakuhachi, Japanese fute, once had the honor to read her own po- friends, sharing stories and discoveries of to connect through our hearts, this will help. Mary Visher and Cyndy Solomon will play etry that had just recently been published. her travels. Spanning from in poetic refec- We need to all do our parts to reach out and the fute duet on recorders on. Te irre- “Tat’s when I realized the power and the tions on nature, to eccentric characters she connect. In a time of adversity and isolation, pressible Eric Kritz will join the bell ringers vulnerability of speaking in front of a group met, and synchronistic moments, Bernadete we can nurture connection every day, we can on clarinet. of people,” she remembers. “I was on the shared a world with her ninety four recipients make a diference.” Tere is something for everyone in this. edge of my seat, I couldn’t get enough.” that some of them wouldn’t have ever known Children are invited and encouraged to While studying Literature and Philosophy otherwise. Tird Tursday Poetry & Jazz is supported by Te atend at no cost if they have an accompa- at S.U.N.Y Purchase College, Bernadete be- Afer fve years of a nomadic lifestyle, she Tird Tursday Poetry Group, many anonymous nying adult. More information is available came a regular at the Open Mic series taking found Anderson Valley and eventually had donors, and Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it from Jeanne Jackson at (707) 884-1761. place at the college. Eventually she became a son named Jaden. Once Jaden entered has received fom Te James Irvine Foundation.

Mendonoma Health Alliance Presents "Healthy Habits" Chinese Acupuncture Q&A • June 5 Acupuncture is a medical practice that is Whether you have a specifc question or used worldwide and gaining popularity in are just interested in learning more, this is a the United States. Mendonoma Health Alli- good time to get answers to your questions ance (MHA) invites you to a speical event with Special Guest Demetra Markis, L.Ac. Wednesday, June 5, 2019 from 5:30pm to Healthy Habits is a FREE community 6:30pm at the Elaine Jacob Center, Suite E, program of RCMS led by Dr. Afsoon Foo- 38550 South Highway One, Gualala, 95445. rohar with assistance from the Mendonoma Tis is an open presentation and Q&A. Health Alliance (MHA). • What is acupuncture? For more information, call (707) 884- • How might it work? 9434 or call MHA at (707) 412-3176. No • Is it safe? reservations needed . . . just drop in! Enjoy • What conditions can be treated? a healthy snack and a chance to win a door • What should be expected during prize! MHA's website is: an acupuncture treatment? www.mendonomahealth.org.

Pg 2 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Advertisers Index From The Editor's Desk • Feel like transcending? Catch Vanessa Collier at Arena Teater, June 29. (Cover). • Action Network 14 • KTDE 18 • Meet Poet Bernadete Restuccia at 3rd Tursday Poetry in Pt. Arena, June 20. (Page 2). • Anchor Bay Store 4 • KZYX 11 • Need Needling? Mendonoma Health Alliance's Acupuncture Q&A June 5. (Page 2). • Arena Frame 8 • Litle Green Bean 4 • Hearing Bells? It's nothing bad. Your hearing the Bloch Bell Ringers. June 9. (Page 2.) • Arena Pharmacy 13 • Lof, Te 16 • Heard of Johnny Steel? Get a lif from his comedy at Arena Teater, June 15. (Page 4).• • Arena Tech Center 18 • Mar Vista 8 • Hear about the casting call? Really. No. Really. (Page 4). • Arena Teater 5 • McCann, Peter P.T. 9 • "Caravaggio: Te Soul and Te Blood." Enough said? Arena Teater. June 30. (Page 5). • Arf Feed and Pet 5 • Mendo. Coast Botanical Gardens Cover • Te Coast Community Library has a Universe of Stories this summer. (Page 5). • B Bryan Preserve 12 • MTA 17 • Feel like geting phased? Te Moon's plans are here. (Page 6). • Banana Belt Properties 20 • Ofce Source 4 • Bored already? Gualala Arts has lots of workshops for you. yes you. (Page 6) • Bed and Bone 13 • Oz Farm 3 • Annual meeting. Calling all supporters to Coast Community Library. June 17. (Page 6). • City of Pt. Arena July 4th back cover • Phillips Insurance 8 • Lighthouse Lecture Series is looking at whales. June 15. (Page 7). • Cove Cofee 18 • Pier Chowder House 11 • Te meeting, leaving and joining society, and the road to discovery. ATFC. (Page 8). • Denise Green 12 • Point Arena Light Station 12 • Yarrow, Yellow, or both? Check out Karin Uphof's column. (Page 9). • Discovery Gallery 19 • Red Stella 17 • Headed to the beach with your best friend? Read Cathy's column. (Page 9). • Dream Catcher Interiors 17 • Redwood Coast Chamber of Com. 18 • Wading in a very slender style. (Page 9). • Four-Eyed Frog Bookstore 10 • Redwood Coast Democrats 2 • Town & Country: Two artists give us their view at Gualala Arts, June 7. (Page 10). • Garcia River Casino 10 • Rollerville Cafe 16 • Exhibition on Screen brings Van Gogh to Japan. June 9. (Page 10). • Green Room, Te 19 • Sea Trader, Te 8 • Photographs and frogs. Or is it Fotographs and Phrogs? Mmmmm. June 1. (Page 11). • Gualala Arts 7 • Spirit Veterinary Services 19 • David Stefen's thinking about Scales, Alligators, Chess, and Muddy. (Page 12). • Gualala Building Supply 3 • Pt. Arena Pizza 10 • Longing for a day in the sun? Gualala Arts has a solstice idea for you, June 23. (Page 13). • Gualala Supermarket 6 • Village Bootery 11 • Got dancing shoes. Mendocino Dance Project is coming to town. June 8. (Page 13). • Healing Arts and Massage 9 • Wellness On Te Coast 4 • Stratford on Avon Ontario. Shakespeare wanted it this way. June 1. (Page 13). • Ignacio Health Insurance 7 • Zen House Motorcycles 13 • We ofer you two Jennifer's. Read this month's book review. (Page 14). • KGUA 15 • Now that you're thinking about books, check out this month's best sellers. (Page 14). • Father's Day is coming up. We have a few ideas for you. Our thanks to June contributors Janet Chanceller, Warren Galleti, Rozann Grunig, • Power is on Mitch's mind this month. He's pondering what to do. (Page 15). Mitch McFarland, Blake More, Cathy Sue Riehm, Mary Jane Schramm, • Feeling your inner ham? Open mic night is at Arena Teater. June 17. (Page 15). David Stefen, Karin Uphof, and Jennifer Bort Yacovissi. • Ready for this month's numbers? Te June Sudoku Puzzle awaits. (Page 15). • Warren Galleti is about numbers too. His 5th column brings us 4 students. (Page 16). • Janet Chancellor has a story to tell. You will want to read it. (Page 17). Read the Peddler Online- • Voter Registration is available in Gualala June 15. Do it! (Page 17). • Te June Crossword Puzzle is here to challenge you. (Page 18). Its Free & In Full Color! • Check out the "fnd the story" puzzle on page 18. • MJ has Whales on the brain. Read the latest dispatch from the Farallones. (Page 19). www.thelighthousepeddler.com • Check the Peddler's new classifed ads, "Hey Peddler". (Page 19). • Te Coast Highway Art Collective ofers Photography & jewelry, June 1. (Page 20). • Richard Weiss brings interactive art to Gualala Arts June 7. (Page 20). Issue #212 June 2019 • Te Get Out! section awaits your perusal. (Back cover). Lighthouse Peddler

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Pg 3 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Comedian, Humorist Johnny Steele • Saturday June 15 Casting Call for August 2019 Evening Comedy Show • Afernoon Workshop Performance on the Mendonoma Coast. How's this for an introduction: "Johnny was a directory. Well, he kept almost every- Steele, comedian, humorist, roustabout, and body laughing. Read on . . . muckraker." Johnny is currently performing comedy Tere are a lot of talented people liv- Performing stand-up across the US, Can- as well as working on a number of web, ra- ing here on the coast. Singers, writers, ada, and overseas for more than 30 years, dio, and TV projects, one of which is bound actors,. I've seen jugglers juggling while Johnny Steele has to take of due to, walking down Main street in Point Arena. garnered critical if nothing else, I've watched what seems to be a quiet indi- praise and numer- pure dumb luck. vidual walk from the back of the room to ous awards for his He is also work- step on stage and perform during an 'open free-form comedy ing on a humor- mic' night. style and irrever- ous solo show How many times have you been to a the- ent point of view. about his journey ater performance and thought to yourself, Winner of the San to fnd peace in a "hey, I can do that". Well, here's an oppor- Francisco Inter- WalMart America tunity tailor made for you. Tere has been national Comedy gone mad with announced a casting call for actors and Competition, First mindless con- musicians for "Peace and Love 1969". In- Place at the pres- sumption, endless trigued? Read on. tigious San Francisco Comedy Competi- sprawl, and bone jarring stupidity. And re- Te year 1969 was marked by two mile- tion, Host of SF-based daily radio (KITS ally, aren’t we all? stones in music and science: Woodstock, Live105) and TV (KRON 4/Bay TV) talk the famous three day festival of peace, shows featuring guests from David Bowie to Introduction to music, love, and fun that defned an entire Annie Leibovitz to Gavin Newsome.” generation, and the Apollo 11 spacefight With all of that as an introduction, Sat- Standup Comedy that landed the frst humans on the moon. urday, June 15 appears to be a perfect eve- with Johnny Steele Celebrating the 50th anniversary of both ning to get out and hear some stand-up. Arena Teater presents Johnny Steel for an evening of comedy. Te show begins at At Arena Teater 8:00pm, doors open at 7:30pm. Tickets are Saturday, June 15, ENHANCE $15. (Tere's also a $40 ticket for a comedy 1:00pm to 3:00pm HEALTH & VITALITY workshop and the show. (See separate ar- in the Yellow Room ticle following..) WellnessOnTheCoast.com $40 incl. workshop and evening 20+ Healing Practitioners Johnny began performing comedy in 1984 MASSAGE • CRANIOSACRAL • YOGA afer quiting graduate school in a move his show JIN SHIN JYUTSU • FACIALS • PILATES parents named: Operation $40K Down CHIROPRACTIC • REFLEXOLOGY • To sign up and get a ticket call the AYURVEDIC MEDICINE • ACUPUNCTURE Te Drain. But Johnny quickly got the hang theater ofce at 882-3272. • HOMEOPATHY • QIGONG of the craf and was soon performing – and • PERSONAL TRAINER & MORE. drinking for free! – at the nation’s top clubs. WellnessOnTheCoast.com During the next decade Johnny went on to Standup comedians aren’t born with spe- perform at comedy festivals, win comedy cial talents. Like anybody trying to master competitions, log over 20 national TV ap- a new skill they studied and practiced and pearances, and did we mention drink for learned a few tricks. Tere is no prerequisite free? to learning how to perform comedy other In 1997 Johnny lef the comedy scene than wanting to learn how to perform com- to host San Francisco’s Live 105 Morn- edy. Accountants and carpenters and alumi- moments in history, "Peace and Love," a ing Radio Show. Guests ranged from Carol num siding salesmen have all become stand Readers Teater variety show is scheduled 39150 Ocean Drive, Suite 2 O’Conner to David Bowie to city supervi- ups. You can, too. at Arena Teater for August 17, and pro- in Gualala sors, and both the S.F. Weekly’s annual read- We’ll learn: ducer Elizabeth Herbert is looking for two ers’ poll and the S.F. Publicity Club picked • What jokes are, how to write them, male and two female actors ages 17-22 plus PRINT • SCAN • FAX • EMAIL it the city’s best show. Te Chronicle called and how to assemble them into a set three older adults. Business Cards • Building Plans it the ‘best morning chater show’ and also • What tags and act outs are Rehearsals are scheduled for July 2, 9, 23, Postcards • Flyers • Posters dubbed it ‘clean and smart.’ Terefore, it • How to properly handle a microphone 30 and August 6, 13, with a dress rehearsal Signage • Secretarial Services was cancelled in the summer of ’98 to make and a mic stand scheduled for August 16. Ofce Supplies • Tech Accesories room for the Howard Stern Poop and Wie- • What two elements are most important Tose interested should be able to sing ner Hour. for successful stand up and be prepared to cold read short pieces. ph 707.884.9640 In 1999 Johnny’s career took another turn • How to use any skills, impressions, "Please have a song ready from that era, Karaoke is fne," said Herbert. "And we're fax 707.885.0191 when he became co-host of KRON/Bay talents you already possess to expedite TV’s THE SHOW. For three years Johnny’s your success also looking for a rock and roll band that offi[email protected] informal interview style and outrageous ad- • How many laughs you’ll need per minute can perform songs from the Woodstock BUSINESS HOURS lib comments kept everyone laughing. Te and all the diferent ways you can create era." Monday • Tuesday • Friday irrepressible Johnny once told feminist pho- them For more information people should 10am - 5pm tographer Annie Lebovitz that he bought • How the greats got great contact Herbert at penncoveproduc- CLOSED: Wednesday, Thursday, Weekends her book "Women" because he thought it • So much more. . . . [email protected].

Pg 4 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Arena Teater Presents "A Universe Of Stories" Great Art On Screen Te Coast Community Library in Point Arena Presents "Caravaggio: Te Summer Reading Program • 2019 Te Soul and Te Blood" Tis year’s theme for the library's Summer Reading Program is “A Universe of Stories”. Sunday, June 30 Tey'll have weekly programs (most taking place on Wednesdays at 1:00 pm), crafs, and snacks at Coast Community Library, 225 Main Street, Point Arena. For more information, Great Art on Screen is an exciting ad- call 882-3114; also online at: www.mendolibrary.org. dition to the alternative content oferings FAMILY PROGRM arenatheater.org at Arena Teater. Te event flms will take • June 20, 5:00 pm (Tursday) – Children’s music show with Marjo Wilson. June 2019 audiences on a journey all over the world Johnny Steele with the most expert scholars viewing ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE PROGRMS: Standup Comedy the dramatic portraits of the master of light (most programs, 1:00 pm, Wednesdays) and shadow, Caravaggio, whose internal Saturday June 15 8 PM • June 26, 1:00 pm - A Universe of Stories! Kickof and registration. struggles are expressed in his emotional Coming: Blues on the Coast • July 3, 1:00 pm - Stardust Gardens - OZ Farm gardening with Dean Fernandez. masterpieces. • July 10, 1:00 pm - Stamp Art with Martin: discover the fun of stamp collecting . Coco Montoya "Caravaggio: Te Soul and Te Blood" • July 12, 12:00 pm (Friday) - Fratello Marionete’s “Vaudeville Follies”. Saturday August 20, 7:30 PM will screen at Arena Teater on Sunday, • July 19, 3:30 pm (Friday) - Magical Universe: Xtreme Science Magic! Stratford Festival on Film June 30 at 1:00pm. Doors open at 12:30pm. • July 24, 1:00 pm - Sand Rockets! with Lena Bullamore. Saturday June 1 1 PM Tickets are $15 online and at the door. • July 31, 1:00 pm - Origami in Space with Kathy Silva and friends. Coriolanus Take an immersive journey through ▪▪▪ •August 7, 1:00 - Universe Undercover…make a miniature book of your world. the life, works and struggles of the Italian Mendocino Dance Project • August 14: - Big Bang Pizza Party! Out of this world! master Michelangelo Merisi di Caravaggio. Saturday June 8 8 PM Roberto Longhi, a Caravaggio expert, ex- Spectator TEEN/ADULT PROGRMS plores in the artist’s masterpieces the echo ▪▪▪ • June 27, 3:00-5:00 pm (Tursday) - Te Universe is Our Palete - exploring inner Exhibition on Screen and outer space through writing and art with poet artist Blake More. Sunday June 9 1 PM • July 21, 2:00 pm (Sunday) -Te Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pilgrimage Van Gogh & Japan by Chet Raymo, selections performed by Linda Pack, of Public Radio’s Mendocino ▪▪▪ County Remembered on KGUA & KMUDD & KZYX. 3rd Monday Music • August 11, 2:00 pm (Sunday) - Explaining Stars with Brendan Mobert. Monday June 17 8 PM Open Mic Night Birth, life, and death of stars…the building blocks of galaxies. ▪▪▪ Blues on the Coast SATURDAY MOVIES @ 1:00 pm Saturday June 29 7:30 PM • June 29: A Dog's Way Home (2019) Vanessa Collier • July 13: A Wrinkle in Time (2018) ▪▪▪ • July 20: Flight of the Navigator Great Art on Screen • July 27: Te Last Starfghter Sunday June 30 1 PM • August 3: Sherlock Gnomes (2018) Caravaggio: The Soul & • August 10: Explorers The Blood ▪▪▪ Arena Theater Film Club Mondays 7 PM Schedules available at Coast Community Library, 225 Main St., Point Arena and www. mendolibrary.org & www.facebook.com/coastcommunitylibrary. Te Summer Reading June 3 Meeting Gorbachev Program is sponsored by Mendocino County Library and the Friends of Coast Community June 10 Leave No Trace Library. Snacks are provided by local businesses. June 24 A Very Long Engagement 214 Main Street Point Arena of personal experiences and the expression of the human state, both physical and emo- tional. Tese evocative moments ) thanks to the use of light and cinematic techniques ) allow viewers to go deep inside the mind and soul of Caravaggio, empathizing with his impulses and fears. Arena Tetaer is at 214 Main Street, Point Arena. (707) 882-3272 and on the web at www.arenatheater.org.

NOTE: Mark your calendar. Turn of the century Vienna provides the backdrop for works of extraordinary visual power by two friends, a mentor Gustav Klimt and his pro- tégé Egon Schiele. Tis flm will screen i\ August 11.

Pg 5 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Workshops At Gualala Arts Tis Summer • Many Ideas to Please Your Creative Side New Moon Drawing, Cooking, Painting, Quilting and More. As we move into summer, maybe now is ferment that you have made. Jill will teach tiful environs. the perfect time for you to consider taking you how to continue the process at home Doodling & Tangling: Artist Trading a workshop at Gualala Arts. Here’s a list of for beter health, favor and longevity. Cards. With instructor Donnalynn Chase. what’s ofered in June and Abstract Painting and the Spirit of Nature A Workshop. Saturday, June 22, 12-2:30pm. July. Note: unless other- with instructors Diane Williams & Chuck $25 for Gualala Arts Members; $30 for Non wise indicated, all classes Poter. An Abstract Painting Workshop. Members; $7. Sign up by June 15. are at Gualala Arts Center. Saturday & Sunday , June 15 & 16, 9:00am- We’ve all made marks on paper, walls You must contact the Art 4:00pm. $155 for Gualala Arts Members & and other surfaces since we could hold a June 3 Center at (707) 884-1138 $170 for Non Members. Sign up by June 8. fat crayon. We’ve doodled during phone to register for classes. Venture with us into the realm of self- conversations, lectures, and staf meetings – expression by learning to harness nature’s and making dashes, curves and lines are not Full Moon Back to Basics of Drawing with instruc- energy and direct it onto the canvas. We something newly invented. Whether or not tor Mike Henderson. A Drawing Work- will begin by identifying our spiritual and our doodling or tangling is mindful or not, shop. Saturday & Sunday, June 8 & 9 from emotional connection to the four elements this mark making is relaxing, fun, medita- 9:00am - 3:30pm. Cost: $80 for Gualala earth, air, fre and water. We will be identi- tive, and can be very addictive. Arts Members; & $95 for Non Members. fying how each of these elements is sensed In this workshop we will be using rub- Call 707.884.1138 to sign up by June 2. and perceived and then translated into ab- ber stamps on artist trading cards (ATC) as Tis two-day workshop is designed for stract painting. Instruction will include a way to explore the creative process with both intermediate-level artists to revisit and demonstrations in basic and advanced doodling and tangling. Te focus will be on frm up their drawing foundations and for acrylic painting techniques including paint- fun and learning how to enhance your per- June 17 raw beginners to get of on the right foot to- ing with rust to create the patina of age, sonal mark-making; not on learning a trade- ward sketching and drawing independence. sumi ink and Stabillo pencils to create ex- marked doodle. Trough demonstrations, hands-on practi- pressive mark making, handmade stenciling Still Life, Oil & Acrylic. With instructor Friends of the Library cals, and PowerPoint examples, participants and printing to create paterns. Elio Camacho. A Still Life Workshop. Satur- with a few basic drawing tools will (re) Landscape Quilts with instructor Mar- day & Sunday, June 29 & 30, from 9:00am- Annual Meeting June 17 discover the drawing process, value, line, greth Barret. A PPQG workshop. Wednes- 4:00pm. $275 for Gualala Arts Members; Te Friends of the Library Annual Meeting shapes, light and shadow, negative space, day & Tursday, June 19 & 20, from 9:30am $300 for Non Members. Sign up by June 18. is set for Monday, June 17 at 6:00pm with and proportion. - 4:00pm. $30 for Gualala Arts Members; Elio’s colorful approach to painting and guest speaker, Carolyn Fermentation Basics- Learning the Al- $40 for Non Members. Sign up by June 5. his sunny disposition are guaranteed to in- Cooke, author and Pro- most “Lost Art” with instructor Jill Nussi- Most of us on the Mendonoma coast have spire. In his words: “Each time I paint my fessor in the Masters of now. A Cooking Workshop. Sunday, June chosen to live here for the stunning natural goal is to capture the particular mood of the Fine Arts program at 9, 1:00pm to 4:00pm. $55 for Gualala Arts beauty that surrounds us–magnifcent red- moment and to express myself in a bold and California Institute of Members; $70 for non members, $15 ma- woods, the spectacular ocean and beaches, colorful way and while capturing the beauty Integral Studies (CIIS) terials fee to be paid to instructor. Sign up lovely wildfowers and rustic farms. Tis and spontaneity of nature.” Puting passion in San Francisco. Caro- by June 2. two-day workshop will assist participants and emotion into a painting is far more lyn's ideas for her talk include: • What’s In this class, Jill will review the important to express these glorious surroundings in important than just making a copy of your culture? • Our age of books and television • aspects of fermenting and why it’s health- fabric. Participants will use one of three subject. If you have similar goals and want Autocosmology (a “new" mode of writing) ful. You will learn to make your own sau- photographs as a guide for their quilts (see to learn to fll your canvases with color and • Writing as Consciousness. Te library is at erkraut- favored to your taste, kimchi and the materials list for the photos), and com- boldness then this class may be for you. De- 225 Main Street, Pt. Arena, 95468. (707) fermented nut and/or seed cheese. Tis is bine piecing, raw-edge applique, Sharp- pending on your level and goals we will try 882-3114. a hands-on class and materials will be pro- ies and free-motion quilting techniques to to develop a program for improving your vided. You will be taking home a jar of each make their own interpretation of our beau- ability as a painter.”

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Pg 6 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Te June Full Strawberry Moon Night Tour Hey Peddler Reader! Gualala June 15 & 17 at Pt. Arena Lighthouse Pay Atention. Arts We Have A New Feature. SINCE 1961 Te Point Arena Lighthouse continues In the event the tour is cancelled, guests 707.884.1138 its popular Full Moon Night Tours with two will receive a full refund. Te Lighthouse is As you look through this issue of the GualalaArts.org Lighthouse Peddler, you’ll probably dis- 46501 Old State Hwy tours in June. Tey will ofer an (almost) located at 45500 Lighthouse Road in Point Gualala, CA 95445 cover a new feature. (OK, we started it last Full Strawberry Moon Night Tour on Sat- Arena. Dolphin Gallery Opening urday, June 15 and a Full Strawberry Moon According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac month but wanted to remind you again....) Saturday, 6/1 Free 5-7 pm Night Tour on Monday, June 17. Gates this Full Moon got its name from the Algon- For a couple of years now we’ve been Steve Chell & Alexis Moyer asked about having a ‘classifed ad” section Photography and Ceramics open at 8:30pm, Tour starts quin tribes in eastern North Exhibit Continues through June 30 in the Peddler. A number of you have been around 9:00pm both nights. America who knew it as a Gualala Arts Openings Te evenings will feature a signal to gather the ripening persistent so we’ve decided to adopt your Friday, 6/7 • 5-7 pm special presentation about fruit of wild strawberries. It idea. On page 19 you’ll fnd the new section. “Interactive Art” Richard Weiss the Light Station’s history has also been known as the We decided to give the classifed ad some- Gualala Arts Elaine Jacob Foyer Free and technology, sweet and Honey Moon, Mead Moon, thing other than the name “Classifed Ads”. Friday, 6/7 • 5-7 pm savory snacks accompanied and the Full Rose Moon in So we thought and we thought and decided “Town & Country” Roland Stoughton & Doric Jemison-Ball II by champagne or sparkling Europe. to call it "“Hey Peddler Reader. Look what Gualala Arts Burnett Gallery juice, capped of by a guided “Our Full Moon Night we found”. Both Exhibits Continue through June 30 “Climb to the Top” tour of the tallest light- Tours have frequently sold out well in ad- Te reality is that’s prety much how Sunday, 6/9 4 pm house on the West Coast under the rising full vance, and guests always marvel at the moon and why we created the section. We’re not Ernest Bloch Bell Ringers & Friends A Fun-filled Concert for All Ages moon – if the weather cooperates, of course! rising over the hills east of Manchester or certain what people will be selling, and it’s with Musicians and Vocalists and An etched Point Arena Lighthouse souve- Point Arena just as we arrive at the top of a good bet that we’ll have to come up with Fundraiser for Seniors Meals On Wheels nir champagne fute is included in the price the Lighthouse Tower,” says Mark Hancock, some rules and guidelines. Sunday, 6/23 11 am “A Summer Solstice Celebration of admission for each participant, which is Point Arena Lighthouse Executive Director. Some of our readers may recall (or recall An All-Ages Event: music, artisanal $30 per person or $50 per person for two or “Come enjoy this unique coastal experi- hearing about) the 1964 comment from Su- products, pizza from the wood-fired oven, preme Court Justice Poter Stewart. He was silent auction, raffle, bargain clothing, more guests. Reservations must be made at ence!” drumming, singing and a Spiral Dance. asked to defne pornography but, alas, said least three days in advance of the tour. Te Lighthouse ofers Full Moon and (al- Still Time to Register For . . . While the tours are scheduled to coordi- most) Full Moon Night Tours throughout he could not. He simply replied, “I know it • Global Harmony Summer Camp nate with the full moon, weather conditions the year, see their website PointArenaLight- when I see it,” Tat’s about how we’ll set the “Around The World In 8 Days!” may preclude lunar visibility. Te tours are house.com for details. For more informa- rules for the classifed ads. — July 9 - July 19 conducted regardless of weather conditions, tion or to make a reservation, call the Light- So don’t be surprised if we say “no” to unless the Lighthouse Staf deems them to house at 707-882-2809, ext. 1 at least three some requests, and go ahead and be sur- • Gualala Arts Auto Show potentially cause safety issues for the guests. days prior to date of your desired tour. prised if we say yes to something you — Saturday, July 20 thought we’d avoid. Let’s try a variation of Register by July 1 for Free T Shirt. the Justice Stewart answer: If it makes us • Art In The Redwoods Scot Mercer Next Pt. Arena Lighthouse Lecture cringe we’ll decline. Cringeworthy. Yeh. — August 15- 18 Whales and More set for June 15 Tere it is. Tat's where we'll draw the line. Registration ends: July 8

As we start, that’s the primary rule. Purchase Advance Tickets at cAdmission is $5 and the lecture will be pre- Whale Watch Inc., operating the busi- How about a special ofer? For the frst 10 BrownPaperTickets 1-800-838-3006 sented in the Fog Signal Building at 45500 ness until 1990, afording him as many as people to advertise their stuf, I'll help refll or in person at Lighthouse Road, Point Arena. 165 days at Gualala Arts Center or Dolphin Gallery your garage by giving you an old CD or vinyl 10 am - 4 pm • Noon - 4 pm weekends Tis lecture will be a close look at the sea each year. record from my collection. (My choice). common large baleen whales of the local During the of- In any case, we wanted to tell you about coast: humpback, fnback, and blue whales, season, Scot this new feature and encourage you to go Harmony: (här-men-ē)• with a special emphasis on the ecology of co-founded a through all that ‘stuf’ in your garage, stor- the gray whale and the 2019 census. For research sta- age unit, or wherever. the quality of forming a each species Scot will look at their overall tion in Nova Hey Peddler Reader. Take a look. Page 19. pleasing and consistent dimensions, populations geographic range, Scotia, Can- Maybe we’ll consider ourselves “the eBay of whole. food preferences, and feeding strategies. He ada, studied monthly newspapers”. Or…. h u m p b a c k whales in Newfoundland, Canada, served on a re- search vessel from Woods Hole Oceano- graphic Institute, and led ecotourism ex- peditions in the Caribbean. Scot taught a marine mammal class for 14 years at the University of New Hampshire, as well as will give extra emphasis to the ecology of marine related classes and shipboard cours- the gray whale and report the results of our es. He has published three books, includ- sixth annual gray whale census and mother/ ing Te Great Whale Book and Whalehead calf pairs. Nation. Mercer (pictured at right) began study- For more information or to make reserva- ing marine mammals in 1974 with a lengthy tions please contact the Lighthouse staf at feeding study of the sea oter in Monterey (707) 882-2809, ext. 1. Bay. In 1978, he founded New England

Pg 7 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Peaceful Feelings, Of Te Grid, and War Tree Films From Arena Teater Film Club In June

Te Arena Teater Film Club presents of Soviet control of Eastern Europe and permanently outside it.” “Leave No Trace” three unique flms this month. Tey’ll take the reunifcation of Germany; and the dis- will be shown Monday, June 10 at 7:00pm, us from the politics of the 1980s, to the solution of the Soviet Union and Eastern is rated PG and has runtime of 109 min- more contemporary idea of atempting Bloc. One German diplomat sums up Gor- utes. to live of the grid, and bachev's approach: "Te At 7:00pm on Monday, June 24, the jumps back to consider process went so quickly club brings us “A Very Long Engagement” the afermath of war, circa that . . . opponents were (France, 2004). Directed by Jean-Pierre 1918. overcome by the reality Jeunet, the flm tells the story of a young Tere are quite a few of the situation." Herzog woman's relentless search for her fancé, of us around today, Baby and Singer remind us of who has disappeared from the trenches of Boomers, who remember the drastic and unforesee- the Somme during World War One. the world firting with able way the world chang- Mathilde (Tautou) is told that her fancé the possibility of nuclear es. Meeting Gorbachev (Ulliel) has been killed in World War I. She warfare. Generation X screens at Arena Teater refuses to believe this, however, and begins babies were reaching on Monday, June 3 at trying to fnd out what actually happened adulthood as the philoso- 7:00pm. Te flm is not on the batlefeld the night he was suppos- phy of MAD)Mutually rated and has a runtime edly killed, enlisting the help of a private in- Assured Destruction) of 92 minutes. vestigator. During her search, she stumbles seemed to be reaching A week later the club across evidence of the inhumane and mor- a renewed level of pos- presents “Leave No ally bankrupt system used by the French to sibility. And yet, we did Trace” where we're al- deal with deserters, and hears from other not mutually destruct. What seemed to be lowed to watch a veteran face his trauma men who were sentenced to extreme pun- the most signifcant moment in the long, when he and his daughter rejoin society af- ishment. cold, Cold War, was a determination by the ter living of the grid. Christopher Orr, in his review in Te Reagan Administration and the U.S.S.R.’s Te flm’s director Debra Granik is a Atlantic wrote “‘A Very Long Engagement’ General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to New York City-based independent is all that its invest in dialogue. Following all of the hard- flm and documentary flmmaker and title promises. line one-dimensional Soviet leaders)from screenwriter. She is probably best At two and a Stalin to Chernenko)came Gorbachev. known for 2004's “Down to the Bone”, quarter hours, Clearly he arrived on time, or perhaps just which starred Vera Farmiga, and 2010's it is the lon- in the nick of time. With Millenials (and “Winter's Bone”, which starred Jen- gest flm yet by those who follow) having no personal liv- nifer Lawrence in her breakout per- French direc- ing memory of those times we welcome the formance. Granik was nominated for tor Jean-Pierre arrival of a flm like "Meeting Gorbachev". Academy Award for Best Picture and Jeunet; happily, Mikhail Gorbachev sits down with flm- Best Adapted Screenplay for “Winter’s it is also the maker Werner Herzog to discuss his many Bone”. She now brings us “Leave No most engag- achievements. Topics include the talks Trace”, a flm based on the book “My ing, a stylish to reduce nuclear weapons, the reunifca- Abandonment” by Peter Rock. and satisfying tion of Germany and the dissolution of his Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage epic of love and daughter, Tom (Toma- war, hope and sin Harcourt McKen- memory.” Te zie), live a perfect but mys- flm has an ofcial runtime of 134 minutes, terious existence in Forest is rated R, and is in French with English Park, a beautiful nature re- subtitles. serve near Portland, Oregon, rarely contacting the world beyond. But when a small mistake tips them of to au- thorities, they are sent on an increasingly erratic journey country. in search of a place to call their own. Herzog and Andre Singer's riveting In a review of the flm, the New York 2018 documentary, flled with memorable Times’ Mahonia Dargis wrote “Te title archive materials and based on three long evokes the ethos embraced by experienced interviews, provides access to the now 87- campers and others who know the true way year old Gorbachev, former General Sec- to love nature is to do no harm. (Pack it in, retary of the U.S.S.R. Herzog, as on-screen pack it out.) In 'Leave No Trace,' the words interviewer, does not disguise his afec- also come to mean something more dis- tion, celebrating Gorbachev's remarkable turbing and difcult, namely the desire and accomplishments: negotiations with the sometimes the need to be so far apart from U.S. to reduce nuclear weapons; cessation civilization that you’re profoundly, perhaps

Pg 8 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Words on Wellness • June Blooms: Yarrow Animal Care & Welfare • "Summer Water Issues" by Karin Uphoff June blooms are a joyful extension of Yarrow stands knee high on its strong stalk By Cathy Sue Riehm color on the headlands as spring’s fush of which was traditionally used (forty-nine of Rex loves to swim. We were at one of his Is it harmless seaweed or toxic blue-green wildfowers succumb to summer’s tawny them) to consult the ancient I Ching Chi- favorite spots, Navarro River Campground, algae? When conditions come together and dry days. Yarrow is one such fower grow- nese oracle, instead of a set of three coins when I noticed the large amount of green create a toxic bloom, it can have a bright ing out of a basal rosete of feathery leaves, commonly used today. Te plant’s sturdi- ‘mats’ along the shoreline (exposed due to green ‘pea soup’ (above) or a ‘brown jelly’ hidden in the ever-taller grasses. Achil- ness is a signature for the strengthening ef- the low water level). It was blue, and it was appearance. Brown ‘scum’ or foam (below) lea millefolium, is in the sunfower family fect yarrow tea or tincture has on blood ves- green)is this the blue- on the surface of the wa- and found wild throughout the temperate sels and moving circulation to places that green algae that can be ter and along the shore- regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Te aren’t geting it. Indeed, it is used to treat toxic to animals? line can be formed by the name millefolium describes its “thousand Raynaud’s syndrome, blood clots, varicose Reports of dog deaths blue-green algae bacteria. leaves”, while yarrow’s head is comprised of veins, bleeding hemorrhoids, colitis and afer swimming in water Tere also tends to be an tiny white to pink fow- high blood pressure. with a cyanobacteria al- ‘earthy’ or ‘loamy’ smell ers that clump umbrella- Yarrow is a famous fever gal bloom have increased that comes with a cya- like on its sturdy stalk. herb, specifc for when over the last few years, nobacteria algal bloom. Te auspicious name skin feels hot and dry, and have been reported Typically in fresh water Achillea refers to the because it will promote as nearby as the Russian ponds and lakes, blooms legendary warrior Achil- perspiration that moves River, the Eel River and can also occur in rivers les who used yarrow as heat out of the body. Clear Lake. Higher tem- with very slow moving a feld dressing for his Our coastal yarrow peratures (over 77 de- water. soldiers’ wounds in the is especially aromatic in Photo Courtesy: shawnacoronado.com grees), low water levels, Te best preventive Trojan War. Also called volatile oils that stimu- long sunny days and high measure is simply not al- milfoil, this plant has long been a favorite late secretions of the respiratory and diges- nutrient levels (of phos- lowing animals to drink backyard medicine for nosebleeds by roll- tive tract. To that end, the fower-tops an be phorus and nitrogen) or swim in water that is ing the fresh leaves and packing then up used in steams and nasal washes for clearing can contribute to cyanobacteria, creating of concern. Not all algae blooms produce one’s nose. If you use power tools, garden sinus passages and opening the lungs. Tese a toxic ‘bloom’. Dogs tend to ingest water the harmful toxins (microcystins and ana- tools and kitchen knives, yarrow is ready same oils help move congestion from the while they swim, or they may lick the water toxins). Water needs to be tested to deter- frst-aid to help quell bleeding and begin to liver so yarrow is ofen included in teas and of their coats afer swimming. Symptoms mine if it is, in fact, toxic. Suspicious bodies reduce swelling until you get further treat- cordials to calm indigestion. Finally, yarrow can occur within minutes)from vomiting of water can be reported to the Mendocino ment. Te fresh fower heads and upper fower essence has been used for decades as and skin irritation to foaming at the mouth, County Health and Human Services Agen- leaves can be cleaned and crushed to make a powerful remedy for emotional and ener- seizure . . . and even death. cy)Environmental Health at (707) 234- a paste and wrapped tight on a washed gash getic protection – something you might feel So what do we look for? How can we tell? 6625. for accelerated healing. as you walk past its bright glow. Karin C. Uphof, is a Master Herbalist, Iridologist, Bodyworker and author of Botanical Body Care: Herbs and Natural Healing for Your Whole Body. Learn more about Karin at: www.karinuphof.com The things to do are: the things that need doing: that you see need to be done, and that no one else seems to see need to Black-necked Stilt: "Slender Wader" be done. Then you will conceive your own way of doing that Te Black-Necked Stilt is a slender wad- parents, are shallow depressions on low which needs to be done—that no one else has told you to do ing bird with long red legs. It forages along mounds near water. Tey are lined with or how to do it. This will bring out the real you that often gets edges of fresh and saltwater shell bits, pebbles, twigs and marshes, ponds and tidal fsh bones. When it is hot, par- buried inside a character that has acquired a superfcial array mudfats. Te bird is 14 tall ents will take turns shading of behaviors induced or imposed by others on the individual. with a long black bill. Its legs eggs. Tey even soak their bel- are proportionately the lon- lies to cool the eggs and have R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) gest of any North American been known to do that more bird. Feathers are black on top than a hundred times a day. and white underneath. Te Adults distract predators eyes are crimson. from the nest by perform- Black-Necked Stilts wade ing aerial displays or hiting in shallow water, foraging on the water with their breasts to aquatic bugs and crustaceans. make a sharp sound. Tey also Teir nickname, yelper or will lead predators away from lawyer, is a description of their persistent the nest by feigning injury or pretending to mating sounds. incubate eggs in a location nowhere near During courtship, the male pecks at the actual nest. the surface of water and preens his breast. Te young hatch in 25 days. Like many Te female stretches (elongates ), then shorebirds, chicks can run and forage im- the male circles the female and ficks wa- mediately but are not able to fy for a month. ter. Nests, built in small colonies by both

Our thanks to the Mendocino Coast Audubon Society for contributing this article. Each month, the Lighthouse Peddler features another bird regularly seen at or near the Mendonoma Coast. More information is at www.mendocinocoastaudubon.org. • Photo credit: Audubon

Pg 9 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Town & Country: A New Exhibit At Gualala Arts Opening June 7 Roland Stoughton's Pastels and Dorc Jemison Ball II's Ceramics We all know that northern California has ceramics will, in this show, explore urban Doric Jemison-Ball, long-time Presi- been like a magnet drawing people from forms, making their own 3-D urban land- dent of the North Coast Artists Guild, is other parts of the state and other parts of scape within the surrounding installation of a former healthcare executive and Internet the country. And the art ofen refects the Stoughton’s paintings. Te work of the two service provider, now retired and enjoy- color, texture, and emotion of northern artists connects through their sensitivity to ing life as a full-time artist. Jemison-Ball is color and texture, a shared dedication to in- known primarily for his highly conceptual stinctive visual enjoyment, and infuences of mid-century abstract expressionism. Roland Stoughton, a former Gualala Arts Center President, is a retired physicist and entrepreneur, devoting most of his time now to art and music. Stoughton has long admired the mid-century painters Rothko, Avery and Diebenkorn, and was fortunate to be able to learn pastel techniques from the landscape painter Wolf Kahn, a student

California and this exhibit is no exception. Gualala Arts is pleased to announce the opening of the June exhibit, “Town and Country”, by two area artists. Te exhibit in the Burnet Gallery features Roland Stoughton’s sof pastels and Doric Jemison- work in ceramics, sculpture and painting. Ball’s textured ceramics. Te Gallery will Te work in this show, however, will mark host an opening reception for both artists a return to his origins in ceramics in the Friday, June 7, 5:00pm to 7:00pm. mid 1960’s. Focusing on the raw nature of Town and Country is a collaboration clay, the work will explore form, texture and between Roland Stoughton, who works in of Hans Hofman. Te pastels in Town and color in a style reminiscent of the abstract

sof pastel, and ceramicist Doric Jemison- Country are the product of several years of expressionist work of Peter Voulkos from com • always free & in color . Ball. Stoughton’s rural landscapes explore efort toward learning to work in this me- the same period. the boundary between realism and abstrac- dium and to synthesize infuences of these Te exhibit continues in the Burnet Gal- tion. Jemison-Ball’s complexly textured artists into representational landscapes. lery through June 30, 2019.

June at the Garcia River Casino Exhibition on Screen Presents: "Van Gogh & Japan" At Arena Teater • June 9 “I envy the Japanese” Van Gogh wrote age of Japan)through in-depth research, to his brother Teo. In the exhibition on print collecting and detailed discussions which the flm is based)"Van Gogh & Ja- with other artists)Van Gogh’s encounter pan" at the Van Gogh Museum in Amster- with Japanese artworks gave his work a new dam)one can see why. Exhi- and exciting direction. Afer thelighthousepeddler bition on Screen presents the leaving Paris for the south of . flm Sunday, June 9, 1:00pm. France)to what he thought Doors open at 12:30pm, the of as near to a kind of Japan as

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Pg 10 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Dolphin Gallery Presents Works By Steve Chell’s and Alexis Moyer Opening Reception June 1 Te Dolphin Gallery is pleased to pres- ways wanted to create something not being table.” Beyond the obvious functional nature ent the works of two northern California done by others," he says. "So my frst efort of her work, Moyer appreciates conveying a artists. Te exhibit features Steve Chell’s in that direction was to build something out deeper connection. “While frogs have many photographs (and a few mirrors) and Alexis of wood and mirror. Tat led to my mixed symbolic meanings my favorite is that frogs Moyer’s ceramics. Te opening reception is media mirrors that utilized diferent colors represent transformation and change. Teir scheduled for Saturday, June 1, 5:00pm to of mirror and varieties of textured glass." journey from egg to polliwog to frog re- 7:00pm. Te works of these two artists com- Eventually, he combined his two art forms minds me to keep growing and changing, to pliment each other well. by incorporating strips of his abstract photos continuously dive into fresh creative waters.” Steve Chell successfully transitioned from into his mirrors. Afer beginning college majoring in archi- the high-tech environs of Silicon Valley to His focus now is entirely on the photo- tecture Moyer became interested in potery life on the Mendonoma Coast. And he has graphs that feature fascinating shapes, tex- and subsequently transferred to California contin- tures, colors, and the play of light and dark. College of the ued his Tese beautiful elements are everywhere we Arts in Oakland transi- look . . . but, perhaps more accurately, they studying under tioning are where we seldom look. Steve points his Viola Frey and w ithin camera at these special places to capture their Art Nelson. She the art hidden beauty. He calls it "painting a picture then had the w o r l d in pixels.” opportunity to as well. Locals and visitors who have traveled study Minoan "I'm not a diva. I'm His suc- Highway 128 between the coast and Philo and Mycenaean cessful have probably seen or stopped at a unique potery and ar- a tadpole trying to 2 0 1 6 storefront, Te Pot Shop. Alexis Moyer’s stu- chitecture in Crete, Greece. It was an experi- be a frog." ex- dio, in a re-purposed gas station has been a ence that strongly infuenced her forms and hibit of fxture in Philo since 1988. also developed her love of intense colors. Toni Braxton (1967 - ) M i x e d Tis June the Dolphin Gallery will feature Moyer’s studio in Philo is open daily by M e d i a Moyer’s Mediterranean blue potery with coincidence or by appointment. “I thor- Mirrors oughly enjoy meeting the people who col- ( a n d lect and enjoy my work. As a ceramic artist, pho- being able to share a mutual enthusiasm for com • always free & in color . tographs reproduced on aluminum) at Te potery with people from all over the world Dolphin Gallery signaled his continued has been a very special and rewarding expe- growth as an artist. His June pieces will include a few mirrors "for old time’s sake," says Steve. But the bulk of his show will feature abstract photographs in several diferent presentation styles. His most popular in recent years has been his 3" X 18" dye-infused photographic prints her signature frog and gingko-leaf motif. on metal that are adhered to a strip of gray “Frogs?” you may ask. As Moyer says, “I like mirror, then to a wood base that extends the people to smile when they look at my work. piece 2 1/2" from the wall. He will also have When I see that smile I feel like something rience for me.” a variety of abstract prints framed and mat- special has been shared. I like to make pieces Te works of both artists will continue at ted. that stand-alone, a favorite mug or serving Dolphin Gallery through June 30. Informa- thelighthousepeddler

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Pg 11 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Muddy. by David Stefen Milwaukee is not the center of Blues mu- some hidden part of my brain. Te song Muddy to my house that night and intro- sic today. Well it’s never been the center. But was 'You Never Can Tell', a classic Chuck duced him to [my wife] Toddy.” Berry’s when I grew up there I could hear Blues on Berry hit from the 1950s.” LeGrow’s al- wife was such a fan she had a picture taken the college radio station and on a weekend bum, 'Playing Chess' is all about the Chess with while the bluesman show on local R&B station WAWA. Some Brothers)Leonard and Phil held Berry’s guitar. As I said, local artists were solid R&B performers who Chess)and their eponymous the paths of these musicians achieved enough success to travel regionally record label. For her crossed regularly, in the stu- and occasionally nationally. My all time fa- album Legrow chose a list of dio and out. vorite was the group Harvey Scales and Te songs from the Chess catalog Muddy Waters toured Eng- Seven Sounds. Not a pure Blues singer, but including 'Over Te Moun- land and performed at the 1960 a talented singer, songwriter and performer. tain', 'Rescue Me', 'Who Do Newport Jazz Festival. Clearly Scales died this year at the age of 78. He was You Love', and 'You Never he was reaching a wider audi- born in Arkansas but happily for me grew up Can Tell'." ence, and the 1960s was a de- in Milwaukee. In his early years he worked a cade of crossover music. By the Te list of people who sang, blue-collar day job and played the clubs (and time he released “” in 1968, Wa- played, wrote songs, produced records, or some larger gigs) in the evening. I remember ters was known to tried-and-true Blues fans, otherwise contributed to the success of seeing him on a multi-act show at the old R&B disc jockeys, and a burgeoning largely includes, of course, Chuck Milwaukee Auditorium. Scales knew how white audience listening to “underground Berry. But there was also Howlin’ Wolf, Bo to atract black and white audiences with his FM” radio. "Electric Mud" was embraced by Diddley, Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie live shows, and his 1967 hit record “Loveitis” the new audiences and more reluctantly ac- Dixon, Litle Walter, Te Moonglows, Te cepted by his core. Produced and recorded Flamingos, Eta James, , Litle with some of the amazing musicians of Rota- Milton, and Muddy Waters. Tat group gave ry Connection (who, in theory, helped bring us R&B, Jazz, and Blues. Some (or perhaps along a perceived ‘psychedelic” favor,) the many) of those names you know. And if the album included Willie Dixon’s “I Just Want to names don’t immediately ring a bell, when Make Love To You” and “I’m Your Hoochie you hear the music you’ll recognize much Coochie Man”, Mick of the musical history of Chess. And Muddy Jagger/Keith Rich- Waters was part of that history. only helped bring in more fans. (“Loveitis” is ards’ “Let’s Spend Waters was born McKinley Morganfeld on my list of ‘desert island discs’.) Te Night Together”, in Mississippi in the years just before World When I moved to Chicago I had multiple Water's own “She’s War I. (Tere is a diference of opinion as to opportunities to see and hear , and All Right” and more. whether he was born in 1913 or 1915. No that’s when I met Bruce Iglauer who was al- Te packaging was si- mater.) As many people before and since ready a man on a mission. Bruce was perhaps multaneously under- can atest, growing up in Mississippi in the the most passionate music guy I met in those stated and over the top. Te basic white cov- frst half of the twentieth century shapes days. He decided to roll the dice and with er bore only the title “Electric Mud”. When one’s life, and some of those infuences were his own money started Alligator Records. I opened up, the inside of the gatefold jacket transformed into music. Muddy Waters was lucky enough to be working for the lo- contained a single long shot of Waters hold- wouldn't be the frst young man from Missis- cal indie distributor in Chicago in 1971 when ing his guitar, wearing sandals, standing in a sippi to grind his way through a ‘professional Alligator’s frst album by Hound Dog Taylor white robe, with a look topped life’ as a musician, delivering and the Houserockers was released. Bruce of (literally) with a freshly- that history in his music. His came into the ofces and handed each of us processed ‘do’. voice had equal parts gravel a copy. One could easily tell that a lot more Te sessions included and pure emotion. And he was than Bruce’s money was invested in Taylor. Muddy Waters: vocals, Gene ofen surrounded by some of His heart and soul were there too. It was one Barge: tenor saxophone, pro- those same musicians when more reminder about Chicago’s place in the ducer, Phil Upchurch: gui- he recorded or toured. People history of the Blues. At one time or another tars, Roland Faulkner: guitars, like Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Alligator released albums by Big Walter Hor- Pete Cosey: guitars, Charles Litle Walter, Elga Edmonds, ton, Son Seals, Fenton Robinson, Koko Tay- Stepney: organ, arranger, pro- and others. Infuence was a lor, Albert Collins, Lonnie Brooks and oth- ducer, Louis Saterfeld: Bass two-way street. In his 1987 ers. guitar, and Morris Jennings: autobiography Chuck Berry NOTICE: Last October I wrote about a couple of ris- drums. recalled Muddy Waters touring ing artists, both of whom I happened to fnd Muddy Waters recorded Te following information through St. Louis in 1955., through an ancient and yet dynamic media about a dozen studio albums is classifed! source: FM. Elise LeGrow was one of those “Enthralled to be so near one between 1960 and his death rising artists. As I wrote in 2018, of my idols, I delegated my- in 1983. His gravestone says Did you read the new feature on page self to chaperone him around "McKinley Morganfeld, 1915- “. . . KZYX radio’s Audible Feast host 19? Check out "Hey Peddler Reader?". spots of entertainment in 1983. Te Mojo Is Gone. Te Fred Wooley played a track that lef me It's the unclassifed classifed. Another East St. Louis. Ike Turner Master has Won". Long afer confused. I knew those lyrics. At least I way for you to sell something you've was playing at the Manhatan the era of Chess Records, we thought I did. But something was “wrong”. been trying to get rid of. Or buy some- Club and since he was my local rival for can look back on the evolution of artists like Te tempo? Te singer? Te instruments? prestige I took Muddy there to show Ike McKinley Morganfeld and be thankful they thing you didn't know you need! And suddenly it all came exploding out of how big I was and who I knew. . . . I took came our way. And lef us their music. Take a look. Pg 12 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 VANESSA COLLIER from cover Arena Teater Presents For this performance, no cruise is re- Te Mendocino Dance Project, Saturday June 8 quired. Come to Arena Teater and wit- "Spectator: A Contemporary Dance Show" ness one of her head-turning, fery, and Te Mendocino Dance Project brings Mendocino Coast making dances inside passionate performances. As a master mu- an all-new, original show to audiences this theaters and in outside spaces, on and sician and multi-instrumentalist, Vanessa spring. Spectator explores how the body of the ground. Te company’s thought Collier weaves funk, soul, rock, and blues reacts to outside pressures, perceptions, and provoking work addresses what it is like infuences, and how those things are refected to be human from many diferent angles. in our physicality. All of our experiences, In addition to performing and creating thoughts and feelings are carried in our bodies. We react to situations and to each other in a variety of ways, always triggering a physical response, sometimes loud, sometimes subtle. Spectator’ looks at the many ways we Photo by Jim Hartzell witness each other and what changes occur with ongoing "Life may not be the into every powerful performance and she is shifs in our environment. downright impressive. With soulful vocals, Immediately captivating, party we hoped for, but searing saxophone, and wity songwriting, Mendocino Dance Project while we're here we Vanessa is blazing a trail, racking up an im- is set for Saturday, June 8 at Arena Teater. original shows, Mendocino Dance Project pressive arsenal of honors, and has already Doors open at 7:30pm. Performance at teaches creative movement in schools, ofers should dance." singled herself out as an artist of distinction 8:00pm. Tickets are $15. workshops and classes, collaborates with and one we would all do well to watch. Spectator: A contemporary dance show other arts organizations, and brings quality Anonymous A reviewer recently wrote, “She stands Mendocino Dance Project is a dynamic entertainment to Mendocino County out as a vocalist, sax player, and with a and athletic dance company from the communities and beyond. sneak atack guitar ability that brings the “old blues” right into the modern day. Belt- Arena Teater Presents • Te Stratford Festival Production of ing out the blues her voice truly transcends "Coriolanus" by William Shakespeare • June 1 the moment and takes you with her on a Beginning with Shakespeare's ride through the emotion and story of each "Coriolanus," on Saturday, June 1, at of Occupy Wall Street and the Arab song. Tere is no moment where you are 1:00pm, Arena Teater will screen two Spring. Located in Stratford, Ontario, lef just listening, you are truly traveling.” new live stage events, captured for the Canada, the company has been de- A fve-time Blues Music Award nomi- big screen, direct from the Stratford scribed as North America’s largest nee, in early 2019 Vanessa was nominated Festival, Ontario, Canada. Doors will classical repertory theater company, for two 2018 BMAs, the frst one for Best open at 12:30pm. producing classics, contemporary Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Staged at the Stratford Festival and dramas and musicals, with special Year which puts her in elite company of art- named on many 2018 year-end critics emphasis on the plays of Shakespeare. ists such as Beth Hart, Samantha Fish, and “best of” lists, the Stratford Festival’s Tickets for the show are $18, $5 Shemekia Copeland. She won her second Te production is directed by genre-defying “riveting” and “exhilarating” (Te New York youth (18 and under), available online at nomination for Instrumental)Horn Play- theatre artist Robert Lepage and stars André Times) production of Shakespeare’s "Co- www.arenatheater.org and at the door. Arena er of the Year)and has drawn comparisons Sills, “a magnetic and imposing actor” (Te riolanus," has been called “the show of the Teater is at 214 Main Street, Point Arena, to veteran artists like Trombone Shorty, Al New York Times), with a stellar cast deliver- decade . . . a landmark production for the CA. (707) 882-3272. Information is at www. Basile, and Jimmy Carpenter. ing “performances that send shivers down the Stratford Festival. Maybe for William Shake- arenatheater.org. Prepare to enjoy. Her peers love her. And spine” (Te Globe and Mail). Lepage takes speare, too” (Te Globe and Mail), and “the you will too. Get there a litle early and stop the story of the rise and fall of a legendary greatest contemporary staging of this play by the Arena Teater bar and snack stand. general who must face of against the angry that I have ever seen” (Chicago Tribune). Tey’ll be open. Ten sit back and enjoy. Roman mob and infuses it with the energy Gualala Arts and the Global Harmony Series present “A Summer Solstice Celebration” Sunday, June 23, 2019 in the Redwood Grove at Gualala Arts Gualala Arts and the Global Harmony of local women commited to enabling concept of the Divine Feminine. Series present “A Summer Solstice Cel- women’s spiritual growth by reviving the Solstice festivities will include music, ebration” on Sunday, June 23, 2019, from sales of artisanal products, pizza from the 11:00am to 3:00pm, in the Redwood wood-fred oven, silent auction, rafe, bar- Grove at Gualala Arts Center, 46501 Old gain sale of clothing and accessories drum- State Hwy, Gualala, CA 95445. ming, singing and a Spiral Dance. Admis- Te event, held on the longest day of the sion to the event is free and is appropriate year, is designed to recognize the ancient for all ages and is family friendly. Goddess traditions that honor the femi- More information is available by email- nine infuence in nature and society. Te ing Karen Tracy at anchorbaytracy@gmail. celebration is presented by the Priestesses com, or calling (707) 884-1338. of the Iseum of Mary Isis, an organization Pg 13 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice Tat Shapes What We See, Tink, and Do Te Top-15 Books (plus 1). A Book by Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Ph.D. • Reviewed by Jennifer Bort Yacovissi Pick Up One You Missed No need to fear being scolded in this self a marker of racism, sexism, or any other When complaints about gender bias in or- understanding, revealing look into the in- -ism. Te extent to which that bias remains chestras became loud enough in the 1970s “When I am attacked by gloomy sidiousness of partiality. Author Jennifer L. somewhat benign, or instead metastasizes ) the prevailing arguments were that thoughts, nothing helps me so Eberhardt opens the frst chapter of Biased, into an active bias against another cohort, women simply weren’t as good as men ) much as running to my books. “Seeing Each Other,” with a personal story is more ofen a product of the prevailing some orchestras started doing blind audi- They quickly absorb me and ban- that sets the tone for what follows: norms and cultures in which we are raised. tions, in which the musicians were screened ish the clouds from my mind. Te long history of political, pseudo- of from the evaluators. Writes Eberhardt: “I spent the frst twelve years of my life Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592) scientifc, and religious justifcations for the “Te researchers found that blind audition- in Cleveland, Ohio, in an all-black world. ing increased the probability that a woman 1. City Mouse My family, my neighbors, my teachers, my by Maggie Rudy would make it past the preliminary round classmates, my friends ) every person 2. Mendonoma Sightings by 50 percent.” I had any meaningful contact with until by Jeanne Jackson & Craig Tooley Beyond the many experiments, though, that point was black.” 3. qh awala.li Water Running Down Place it’s the human stories the author tells to un- by Annete White-Parks When her parents decided to move their derline the science that are inevitably more 4. Sea Ranch Architecture, Environment family several miles away into a virtually all- immediate, gripping, and heart-wrenching. and Idealism white neighborhood, she worried that she In the chapter “Male Black,” that focuses on by Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher wouldn’t ft in and her classmates wouldn’t the entrenched black-crime bias, she tells a 5. Te Storied Life of A.J. Fikry be friendly. As it turned out, that was not story of siting with her family in a park in by Gabrielle Zevin the issue at all: Te girls in her class were subjugation of blacks (and, for that mater, Monterey, California, and watching a police 6. Overstory welcoming and inclusive. of women) remains baked into the Ameri- ofcer approach a young black couple at a by Richard Powers can psyche, stubbornly resistant to eradica- picnic table next to them. 7. Where Te Crawdads Sing Te problem? Eberhardt could not tell tion. Very resistant, it sometimes seems: Te cop asked for their IDs, called for by Delia Owens them apart. back-up, had the young man stand, and be- 8. Te Reluctant Buddhist “As recently as 2015, one of the nation’s by William Woollard “I’d had no practice recognizing white gan to photograph him. Why? A crime had 9. Go, Went, Gone largest textbook companies was still pub- been commited nearby and the descrip- faces. Tey all looked alike to me.” Tis phe- by Jenny Erpenbeck lishing a high school geography text in tion given over the radio was, “male black.” nomenon, known as the “other-race efect,” 10. Washington Black Texas that portrayed slaves as ‘workers’ As she watches her young sons chasing each appears to be one way our experience helps by Esi Edugyan who’d cruised here on ships from their na- other through the grass nearby, oblivious to to wire our brains to work more efciently, 11. Indian Horse tive Africa to toil in southern agricultural the drama playing out next to them, Eber- much like the speed with which we lose the by Richard Wagamese felds.” hardt can only wonder how old her boys ability to form certain sounds that our na- 12. Field Guide to Birds of California will be the frst time someone confronts tive language doesn’t use. Te author draws from wide-ranging by Alvaro Jaramillo studies and experiments, a number con- them with suspicion solely because they are Tat experience in school is, in part, what 13. You're Doing What? drew Eberhardt into the feld of social psy- ducted by herself and her colleagues, to il- black. by Ed. by Marjorie Penn Lasky Eberhardt does signifcant work with chology, but her use of the story to open the lustrate the many forms that bias takes, as 14. Drawdown book helps to reassure readers that this is a well as the relative efcacy of atempts to police forces around the country to help by Paul Hawken non-judgmental exploration of issues that overcome it. give them tools to batle ingrained bias, es- 15. Save Me Te Plums are troublesome for all of us; we needn’t From the ways in which race infuenc- pecially as it relates to the black-crime con- by Ruth Reichl worry about being hectored for our failures es the severity of discipline in schools, to nection. Given the many recent high-profle or blind spots. the unintended consequences of teaching cases of cops shooting unarmed black men, Te Lighthouse Peddler is pleased to bring our the need for beter training seems urgent. Te entire point here is to explore the color-blindness as a way to eliminate bias, readers a list of the Top-15 books being picked Fortunately, her work shows that the train- insidious nature of unconscious bias so that to the demonstrably improved call-back up and read by locals and visitors alike. we are all more able to recognize instances results minorities achieve when they white- ing pays of. Our thanks to Four-Eyed Frog Books., a of it in our thoughts, impulses, and reac- wash their résumés, the study results are un- What about for the rest of us? It would tions. fortunately consistent. have been naïve to imagine that the election Community-owned Bookstore. 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Pg 14 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Arena Teater Presents Scuttlebutt 3rd Monday Music by Mitch McFarland June 17 • Open Mic Night I never like to go too long before remind- nuclear power plants in Ohio are request- provider TransAlta unveiled plans for us- Summer solstice is almost upon us and ing my readers what an economic and envi- ing a $300 million a year subsidy. FirstEn- ing their closed 1000 acre coal mine to cre- with it comes a quarterly edition of Arena ronmental disaster nuclear power is. Any- ergy Solutions has been operating with junk ate the 180 megawat Tono Solar project. Teater's popular 3rd Monday Music show one paying atention understands that we bond ratings for some time. William Seitz, TransAlta bought the mine in 2000 to sup- on Monday, June 17, at 8:00pm; sign up taxpayers and consumers will be spending a Cincinnati Republican who chairs the ply its 2 coal-fred power plants, but stopped begins at 7:30 p.m. Musicians and other literally trillions of dollars over many com- Ohio House Public Utilities Commitee, mining in 2006 to begin a transition away talents are invited to sign up for Open Mic ing decades (centuries?) to account for our states, "I am not sensing a keen desire on the from coal. Tey have already closed one Night. If you want to be the featured band, folly of unleashing nuclear fssion energy part of the House members to vote on this plant and will shuter the other in 2025. please call 882-3272 for details. on our planet. and doubt that we will have more hearings New England Public Radio reported Arena Teater’s 3rd Monday Music grew Te argument thus far has been about the in the near future...” that the site of the old Mount Tom coal- from the desire to have a venue for local mu- future costs of clean-up and storage of burning power plant in Holyoke, Mas- sicians to hone their stage skills and meet nuclear waste. As we know, these costs " It is great to see coal and nuclear sachusets, is now home to bateries to other musicians. Te shows are organized are enormous and permanent fxtures store solar energy. Replacing the plant power plants closing down, but there is and run by volunteers including lights and in our national budget, yet are never is a 17,000-panel solar farm with batery sound, seting up and managing the stage fgured into the costs/kilowat of gen- a downside to this as well. People lose back-up to feed the grid at night. and tending the theater bar. All proceeds erated electricity. For a time nuclear Te Brayton Point power plant in good jobs that can't be outsourced, beneft Arena Teater and it’s also a fun power was the cheapest form of elec- Massachusets was closed in 2017, but is local governments lose tax revenue, dance night for the community. Requested tricity if one discounted these eventual geting a new life as a manufacturing site donation is $5 at the door. expenses. Tat is no longer the case. and another industrial facility lies dor- for ofshore wind turbines. It is ideally Not only is nuclear power more costly mant. So what to do?" located for ocean access with its 750 f. over time, but also in current time. wharf and 34 foot depth of water. Tis Tis is evident in many cases. Con- It is great to see coal and nuclear power makes shipping the large structures out to necticut, , New Jersey and New York plants closing down, but there is a down- sea a simple mater. Te facility also has 2 have all created subsidies for nuclear power side to this as well. People lose good jobs very large cranes that will be used to move in their states to keep struggling plants op- that can't be outsourced, local governments the enormous blades. Te 307-acre site erating, while Ohio has recently decided lose tax revenue, and another industrial fa- is probably the largest industrially-zoned against such a move. cility lies dormant. So what to do? Some location on the east coast that's currently Te nuclear industry generally has people are on it. available for this type of activity. Also, pow- struggled to compete with less expensive Of the nearly 300 coal-fred power plants er lines connected to the old plant can allow electricity generated from natural gas and that have closed since 2010, 14 are in Penn- the site to be a transmission point for the renewable energy. Around the country, fve sylvania. Tired of being thought of a part of electricity produced ofshore. nuclear plants have retired in the past fve a rust belt, the Department of Community Defenders of the status quo like to char- years, and another fve are scheduled to and Economic Development has created a acterize the end of 20th century fuels as close within a decade. In Pennsylvania, the plan for redeveloping some of them. Tey having apocalyptic potential. Our Denier- Tree Mile Island plant ) which still has develop what they call “playbooks” (they in-Chief loves the laugh lines he gets when one functioning reactor ) is having trou- really love football in Pennsylvania) that doing his comedy act for adoring fans while ble selling its power because it's more ex- describe the sites and list their advantages ridiculing the future. Fortunately, there a pensive than other sources like natural gas. and drawbacks. Access to a waterway, rail legions of those who not only accept the Exelon Energy, owner of Tree Mile Island connections, high tension power lines, and undeniable need for energy transition, but Generating Station Unit 1, announced it an educated workforce may be ofered to welcome the opportunities that it provides. will shut down by September 30. Te com- potential developers, while ground con- pany says the plant has been losing money tamination or marginal access to major for years. Tey have campaigned to save highways might also be admited. the plant, which was licensed to operate Several developers have already come for- for 15 more year, by seeking a subsidy from ward to take advantage of such a welcoming Pennsylvania's legislatures. Despite the fact invitation. Not surprisingly, one of the frst that it will no longer produce power, it will was the plan by a Massachusets company, still bleed money as work to decommission Insa, to build a medical marijuana cultivat- and cleanup the site will continue for many ing facility with plans to sell to dispensaries years to come. in Pennsylvania. Ohio is not so eager to subsidize nuclear Tough the contaminated soil and likely power, particularly given the opposition of groundwater would make home building the powerful natural gas industry in Ohio. unadvisable, it is ideal for the construction Many coal fred plants have been shut down of a solar array with transmission lines al- in Ohio recently and nearly a dozen gas ready a part of the site. turbine power plants are planned for or are Tere are plans for a wood recycling facil- already under construction in Ohio. Tey ity as well as a gas-fred power plant, which will burn shale gas from Ohio and Penn- will take up much less space as the coal- sylvania. Plant developers say the com- fred one, but produce 3 times the electric- bined cycle turbines are twice as efcient ity. A warehouse and a data center are other as coal or nuclear power plants. Neverthe- options considered. less, FirstEnergy Solutions, owner of the Meanwhile, in Washington state energy

Pg 15 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Graduating Seniors Look Forward (and Back) by Warren Galleti [Editor’s Note: Tis is the ffh of a fve-part series on Warren: did most of it by myself. I plan on becoming the Point Arena schools writen by District Super- Mat, was there a teacher who made a difer- an immigration atorney. It’s my background. intendent Warren Galleti. Tis column consists of ence for you? I’ve always been interested in immigration. excerpts fom Warren’s interviews with four PAHS Mat: Warren: graduating seniors about some of the changes they’ve Mr. Coles’ class, computer science. Makes me proud A long road, stay the course. made since feshman year, their observations about the school, and recommendations they’d give to incom- Warren: Eliz: ing feshmen.] You’re heading to UC Santa Cruz, the Banana I came into the counselor’s ofce to get help, Slugs? Nice, Will you play a sport? but there was a diferent counselor every year. Warren: Mat: Tis year, I wouldn’t be where I am without Ms. Miller (the counselor). She helped me Of the last four years, what was the toughest I might participate in the triathlon. with my college leters and scholarship ap- for you? Warren: plications. Isela: What about you, Isela? Warren: Te year the protest happened, the end of my How many scholarship applications? freshman year. We were wondering if we’d even have fnals. Eliz: Eliz: Nine or ten. Sophomore year, and the last week of fresh- Warren: man year when a lot of the teachers were let Mat, do you have any advice for Ms. Miller, go. We were used to them. Afer the walkout, the counselor, Mr. Wilkes, the principal, or it was unstable. Elizabeth Vazquez Jackson King for myself as superintendent? Matthew Eldenber Isala Gaona Mat: Mat: Sophomore year. I didn’t have to put as much Tings are going prety good. Mr. Wilkes was work in, and I kind of fell behind academical- a hard guy, at frst. Now it’s going prety good. ly. It was a litle rough with the admin mov- Eliz: ing around, and teachers in their frst year not Tell the teachers to make their students be used to teaching. on time, not slack as much, hold students Warren: accountable. And start to advertise college a Have you changed much since then? litle more. My dad always threw me out in Here's a bit more about front; he wanted me to talk for myself. Some Mat, Isela, Jackson, and Elizabeth. Mat: Isela: students need more help than I did. Get their Defnitely, a signifcant change. I’m now re- Probably, Lillian McFarland. She had been parents more involved. ally thinking about my life, taking responsi- here since I was a freshman. She’s really posi- Mathew Eldenberger: Ran and/or played bility. Before it was chaotic. I felt like I had tive. I can go to her when I have questions. I Warren; cross-country, track, baseball, wrestling, bas- plenty of time. had her all four years. Advice for incoming freshmen? Help them ketball, golf, triathlon, (never did tennis, but wanted to), built his own computer and elec- Isela: out, Jack. Warren: tric scooter. A builder, inventor, surfer, fsher- Wiser? I believe so. Yeah, I have more conf- Jackson: Eliz, any thoughts about how the school has man, mountain biker, diver, heading to UC dence in my abilities, mainly in English. Mr. changed? Do your homework. You don’t want to pro- crastinate. Do it as soon as possible. Santa Cruz to study computer science. Kramer really knew how to help with our Eliz: AP scores. He taught us what we needed to Kids used to wander around before class. Mat: Isela Gaona: Cheerleader, Associated Stu- know, what was really on the AP exam. Teachers couldn’t keep them in class. It’s a Start thinking about your future. It may seem dent Body member, received a Scholar Ath- Eliz: litle bit more focused, I think. like it’s a mile away, but it comes really fast. letic Jacket for high GPA and excellent at- Make decisions. In my freshman year, I was super involved in Mat: tendance record, plans to be an immigration sports: cheerleading, volleyball, basketball. Everything’s a lot more stabilized. People Eliz: atorney. Was UC/CSU eligible, chose Santa Since then, I’ve been geting ready for col- aren’t all over the place. Keep priorities straight. Sports are a big Rosa Junior College, transferring to Sonoma lege, wanting to focus, prioritize. thing. Tey take a lot of time. My classmates State within a year, majoring in criminal jus- Isela: would say they don’t have time for home- tice. Jackson: Last year our principal, we rarely saw him Yes, everything about me, what I wanted to work. (I’d ask them) what are you puting in on campus. Mr. Wilkes is always on campus, Jackson King: In concurrent enrollment do. Now, I know I want to do ) something front: sports or school work? checking on people. Ms. Miller, our counsel- with UC Scout, taking AP classes online (fa- connected with biology. I like studying biol- or, knows what she's doing. I like the teachers Isela: vorite, so far, environmental science). Played ogy. Te subject ignites me. this year. Take classes seriously. Don’t get behind varsity basketball, received a Scholar Athletic or you end up giving up and feeling over- Warren: Jackson: Jacket for high GPA and excellent atendance whelmed. Stay with it every day. Don’t get the Did a teacher at PAHS spark this interest? Te school is more organized. Tere were record, heading to Sonoma State to study bi- overwhelmed feeling! Jackson: challenges last year: new teachers, instability ology. Roger (Mr. Litle), something about his class here, a diferent counselor, lots of subs. And, to the community: I would like to thank our community for generously helping our graduating Elizabeth Vazquez: A cheerleader, played drew me in. He was project-based, tons of Warren: seniors by providing them with well-earned scholar- volleyball, basketball, has over 700 hours of diferent ones. We took bacteria and made it You’ve had a new principal and new counsel- ships! volunteer service. Organized her own fun- glow in the dark, used gummy bears to model or every year you’ve been here. How did you Sincerely, draiser to atend a Boston-based medical proteins. He’d have a conversation (at the prepare for your future? beginning of class) talking about everything, Warren Galleti workshop. Wants to be a nurse, maybe physi- and draw you in that way. Isela: Superintendent, Point Arena Schools cian, heading to Chico State, majoring in pre- I couldn’t connect with the counselors, so I nursing.

Pg 16 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Te Kind of Kid She Is Voter Registration Returns by Janet Chancellor To Pay & Take June 15. Emma, our youngest, loves ani- dirt in our other-wise green grass. Geting registered to vote is as easy as mals. We’ve got one pet and that’s a stopping by the Voter Registration table skinny runt of a rescue dog named Saturday, June 15 at Pay &Take at the Gua- I didn’t want Emma to see what- Scrapy. Emma’s always trying to lala Community Center. Registration will ever it was. keep that dog out of trouble. She be available from 8:30am to 12 noon. made this sign once and taped it to “Where are my slippers?” California residents (any county) who will be 18 years old on or before the next the inside of Scrapy’s crate. It said, For lack of better, I pulled on my electionand are U.S. Citizens are eligible to “Thank you for not whining.” rain boots, which was left on the rug register to vote. Te forms are in English inside the front door. I approached and in Spanish. That’s the kind of kid she is. what-ever it was, carefully. I don’t Please note: You must re-register if you know about you, but I would rather have changed your address, changed your Grandma Larkin gave Emma a come upon something dead, than name, or wish to change your political party. bird feeder for her birthday and dying. Emma’s done a right fine job keep- Te new, improved Voter Registration ing it full. Grandma learned Emma I squinted, having not-yet put forms are easier and more user-friendly. If how to make nectar. on my glasses, and moved forward, you are a youth carrying a twig from the firewood 16 or 17 years “4 to 1,” that’s what her Grandma box just in case I would need to do old, you may says. Every Saturday, Emma climbs some poking. now preregister up on the stool in the kitchen so in advance of your 18th birthday. I moved forward, slowly, and she’s taller than the stove. She Please bring your Drivers License, or saw, sadly, it was a bird—a beauti- stirs one scoop of sugar into four California ID card, and your Social Security ful, brown bird with an amazing yel- scoops of water; brings it to a boil number. low tip on its tail feathers. Dead. and lets it cool. Frank, her Dad, Voter Registration will continue at all Pay Deader than a door nail. Must a hit helps her take the feeder out of N' Takes, every frst and third Saturday of the front window, I figured. the tree in the backyard and hang the month, throughout the Summer, Fall, it back up. Emma’s good with pets. We divide up tasks in our fam- and Winter, weather permiting. Voting She’s the one that does the remind- ily. Emma does all the “I love ani- rights are civil rights. Tank you for pro- ing. mal things.” Henry has -- empty the tecting and exercising your precious right But the hummingbirds kept fly- garbage, take the cans to the road, to vote. ing into the windows so we had a kill the spiders and “dead animal Information at: www.sos.ca.gov and 707- little talk about how they couldn’t duty.” I told Henry that a bird must 884-4703. see the glass and thought they was a hit the window and he went out, just flying into the living room and straight away, to “take care of it.” instead they was breaking their He didn’t want Emma to see it necks. And that it was quick be- either. cause they had little necks but it was sad none the less. When Henry came in, tracking dirt on the floor, I whispered, “What I told Emma she could put did you do with it?” some stickers on the windows so the birds would know there was “Went to the morgue, got a cute glass there. Emma cut some mail- little casket and buried him,” He ing labels into strips and pieced the sheepishly grinned and I raised my strips together to make letters. She eyes up and to the right, sucking on wrote cheerful words – like HAPPY my bottom lip. and LOVE and SMILE. Her broth- I was glad there was no funeral ers teased her, saying birds can’t this time. Our last ceremony-- over smile. But that didn’t bother Emma a goldfish -- left Emma confused as like it bothered her that when she to where heaven was. went outside all the words was Frank told Emma to get out her backwards. mailing labels and make another I was pulling up my window shade sign. this morning, welcoming the rising He helped her put the numbers sun, when I saw a lump of some- and letters on the front window. thing; I wasn’t sure what, lying still on the wet pavement on our front They wrote: 90TZ walk. At first I thought it was a ro- dent, or if I was lucky, the gopher That’s the kind of man he is. who’s been leaving mounds of dark

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Pg 18 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Farallones Dispatches: "Crisis on our Coast, Echo of the Past" by Mary Jane Schramm It was mid-January when the gray whale the ice. Near the edges of ice sheets, gray in whales out of approximately 21,000 total. neared her familiar breeding grounds, San Ig- the Bering Sea. Air and water temperatures Te same lack of Arctic ice and amphipods nacio Lagoon in Baja California. Heavy with were higher than normal, preventing ice for- were deemed causal factors. But in 2007 they calf, she had swum nearly six thousand miles mation. No ice: no algae. No algae: no amphi- began to increase, and now number around from her feeding grounds in Alaska’s Bering pods, and scarcity of amphipods meant the 27,000. Clearly, this species has demonstrat- Sea, hardly pausing to rest, so urgent was her grays went hungry. Some need to reach the lagoon’s sheltered waters. tried switching prey and She rounded Punta Abreojos – named Point new locations, with limited “Open Your Eyes!” because of its hazards to success. mariners. Line afer line of waves pushed in Nonetheless, last fall they from the dark blue Pacifc, launching them- began their annual journey, selves over the bar at the lagoon entrance. but without adequate en- Hey Peddler Reader: Practically surfng in, the whale cleared the ergy reserves. Half the single Look what we found. narrow gap. Her time was very near, so she whales reaching the lagoons swam past the mating groups of whales, di- were notably skinnier than LL BEAN DOUBLE CAMP BAG rectly into the quiet Upper Lagoon nursery, usual - four times the av- Navy Blue. Lightly Used. where she gave birth. Her calf nursed nor- erage. Many gray whales 66” x 74”. With nylon tote. mally at frst, but then languished. 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Get your Classfied message ished.” Whales that would We have hope and our future before us. And Te whale had spent the past summer for- ordinarily have transited Greater Farallones a “hella” lot of work ahead. in the Peddler. aging in the Arctic for benthic amphipods, National Marine Sanctuary as part of a ma- $15 per month, the gray whale’s staple food: tiny crustaceans rine superhighway northbound were killed 3 Month Minimum. that live in the seafoor. Near the edges of ice by vessels as they sought safe harbor along Mary Jane Schramm Email: NOAA Greater Farallones sheets that usually cover the shallow Bering the busy shipping lanes converging on the [email protected] National Marine Sanctuary and Chukchi seas, as many as 14,000 “mud Golden Gate and bay beyond. [email protected] Phone: bugs” may occupy a square meter of sedi- In 1999-2000 NOAA declared an Unusual (707) 684-1894 Photo: Lef: NOAA; Above: TMMC Under NMFS Permit.. ment. Amphipods feed on dead algae that Mortality Event when 30% of the world’s gray rain down onto the sea foor from beneath whale population died: an estimated 6,138 whales gouge out swaths of mud teeming with these fat- flled, living energy packets. Filtering the silt while trapping "The whales do not the food behind sieve-like ba- sing because they leen plates, the whale should have acquired a several-inch have an answer, they thick blubber layer over the sing because they summer. Blubber is Beautiful, when you’re a whale. And these have a song." whales need that accumulated fat to survive their long, fast- ing migration to Baja and back Gregory Colbert (1960 - ) again. But in 2017 and 2018, there had been virtually no ice in the Pg 19 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 June Brings A New Exhibit at Coast Highway Art Collective Gualala Arts Presents Photography And Jewelry Highlight Opening Reception June 1 Te Interactive Art of Richard Weiss Works by guest artists, photographer ing Guess (sportswear). His work has ap- can’t infuence what is created from pouring Opening Reception Ron Bolander and jeweler Walt Rush, will peared on the covers of numerous specialty or dripping the molten metal into the water be featured during the month of June at the magazines or sea grass. I create from the design that Friday, June 7 At Gualala Arts Coast Highway Art Collective. On Satur- including Cu- takes shape when the metal hardens. I work Richard Weiss is a French-born Northern day, June 1, the Collective hosts an open- linary Trends, with all types of stones, be it natural speci- Californian artist expressing himself through ing reception for “And Te Winners Are Surface De- men, faceted or a variety of cabochons." diferent art forms. His art will be on display . . . ,” featuring works by both artists. Te sign, Western His works have appeared in the Men- during June at Gualala Arts. Te opening reception is from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Te Treasures docino Arts Magazine and was featured in reception is Friday, June 7, from 5:00pm to community is invited to meet the artist, en- and Ceramics one of the magazine’s artist spotlights. He 7:00pm. His work will be on display through joy live music and view the artwork while Monthly. is a member of the Gualala Arts Center, the Sunday, June 30, 2019. enjoying food and drinks. He also taught Mendocino Art Center and the Arts Coun- Weiss recently won both Best of Show and Anchor Bay artist Ron Bolander has fashion pho- cil of Mendocino County. Rush’s works are Most Popular awards which was a frst in the been photographing professionally for t o g r a p h y on display at the Discovery Gallery in Gua- 57 year history of the Art In Te Redwood most of his working life. Born into an artis- at Orange lala, Artists’ Collective Gallery in Elk, Dol- juried show, the largest of its kind in North- tic family who lived in New York, Bolander Coast College phin Gallery in Gualala, and the Prentice ern California with his 3-D reverse perspec- spent his teen years in some of the best gal- as well as a Gallery in Mendocino. More of his work tive painting “Tintin & Te Case Of Te leries and museums in the world, such as monthly workshop for studio lighting and can be viewed at rushstudio.etsy.com. Purple Orb”. He also won 13 movie awards the Guggenheim, the Whitney, New York's fashion photography at the Irvine Fine Arts Te Coast Highway Art Collective is lo- for his sci-f feature flm “Te Book: Tey Center. cated at 284 Main Street, Point Arena, the Came From Inner Space.” “Afer 35 years as a professional photog- litle red building with the big yellow sun, He reunited with known solo musicians rapher in L.A. and Northern California, I located next to the Redwood Coast Credit from 4 continents to create his conceptual hope that my experience, including a cre- Union. Regular hours are Tursday through album “Dedicace”, a precursor to world mu- ative and technical profciency gives the sic, and also wrote the soundtrack to director viewer a chance to see something diferent, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s movie “Tusk”. original and maybe, thought provoking,” Richard Weiss shares his time between says Bolander. Paris and the Mendocino coast, infuenced Internationally known, award-winning by both cultures in his paintings. His work jeweler Walt Rush is a self-taught Gold/Sil- expresses humor toward the idiosyncrasies versmith with over 47-years of experience of our society. It comments on social and in creating jewelry. Rush excelled in school cultural issues by staging icons, symbols, and in art, drafing, metal and wood shop as elements of popular culture into unexpected MOMA and the Metropolitan. Afer mov- well as welding. He moved to the California surroundings and situations. It is as if the ing to California in 1961 and fnishing his Coast in 2002 in order to create and design characters had stepped into another reality. education in business, he suddenly decided works of art in jewelry and precious metal Te work is whimsical, full of joy and won- he wanted to create images with a camera. sculptures. der. He began taking workshops, but realized Rush says he ofen designs the major- Te overall experience in Richard Weiss’ he wanted to go back to school for a formal ity of his jewelry with a general creation in exhibitions remains one of surprise and play- education. mind. However, as he is creating a particular fulness. In this upcoming solo exhibition in Afer graduation, Bolander went into com- piece, he fnds the surroundings, metals and the Elaine Jacob Foyer, Richard Weiss will mercial photography, specializing in photo- stones that he is working with will infuence present both his 2-D and 3-D work in acryl- graphing people, large and small products, the end result. “In my wax designs I see Sunday, 11:00am to 5:00pm. Visit the web- ic-on-wood. food, art and architecture. He then fo- something in my mind and cut everything site at www.coast-highway-artists.com for Tese interactive optical-illusion paintings cused on fashion photography, working for else away. What I enjoy doing most is my information about the collective’s artists, engage a playful participation from viewers a number of the larger companies includ- water cast and sea grass designs because I upcoming events and how to join. of all ages. Each and every gallery visitor has invariably spent time “playing” with them. Te atraction comes from the fact that view- Below Image: ers become creators, designing their own "Mon' & Nef'". and unique experience of transforming an Mixed Media by Richard Weiss image into another.

Pg 20 Lighthouse Peddler, June 2019 Get Out! June’s Music, Poetry, Theater, Films, Art and Events • Saturday 01: 1:00pm, Stratford Festival on Film: “Coriolanus” at Arena Teater • Saturday 01: 5:00pm, Opening Reception, R. Bolander & W. Rush. Coast Hwy Art Collective • Saturday 01: 5:00pm, Dolphin Gallery Opening with Steve Chell, Alexis Moyer (free) • Saturday 01: 7:30pm, English Country Dance at Caspar Community Center • Monday 03: 7:00pm, Arena Teater Film Club: “Meeting Gorbachev” • Wednesday 05: 5:30pm, Mend. Health Alliance: Acupuncture Q&A at Elaine Jacob Ctr, Gualala • Tursday 06: 7:00pm, Music, Memories, and Trivia Night at Garcia River Casino • Friday 07: 5:00pm, Gualala Arts Opening with R. Weiss, R. Stoughton, D. Jemison-Ball • Saturday 08: 3:00pm, City of Pt. Arena Meeting: Parks, Trails, Open Space • Saturday 08: 8:00pm, Mendocino Dance Project at Arena Teater • Sunday 09: 1:00pm, Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh & Japan, at Arena Teater. • Sunday 09: 4:00pm, Ernest Bloch Bell Ringers & Friends, at Gualala Arts • Monday 10: 7:00pm, Arena Teater Film Club: “Leave No Trace” • Friday 14: 8:30pm, Rolling Blues Tunder Band at Garcia River Casino • Saturday 15: 8:30am, Voter Registration at Gualala Community Center • Saturday 15: 1:00pm, Johnny Steel, Comedy Workshop at Arena Teater • Saturday 15: 5:00pm, Whale Lecture with Scot Mercer at Pt. Arena Lighthouse. • Saturday 15: 8:00pm, Johnny Steel, Standup Comedy at Arena Teater • Saturday 15: 8:30pm, (almost) Full Strawberry Moon Tour at Pt. Arena Lighthouse. • Monday 17: 6:00pm, Annual Meeting of Friends of Coast Library • Monday 17: 8:00pm, 3rd Monday Music. Open Mic Night. At Arena Teater. • Monday 17: 8:30pm, Full Strawberry Moon Tour at Pt. Arena Lighthouse. • Tursday 20: 7:30pm, 3rd Tursday Poetry with Bernadete Restuccia at Arena Market & Cafe • Sunday 23: 11:00am, Summer Solstice Celebration at Gualala Arts • Monday 24: 7:00pm, Arena Teater Film Club: “A Very Long Engagement” •Wednesday 26: 5:30pm, Democratic Candidate Debates at Mendovine • Saturday 29: 1:00pm, “A Dog’s Way Home” at Coast Community Library • Saturday 29: 7:30pm, Vanessa Collier Band, Blues, at Arena Teater • Sunday 30: 1:00pm, Great Art on Screen. Arena Teater. Caravaggio: Te Soul & Te Blood

Looking Ahead to July: • Tursday 04: All Day. Independence Day • Saturday 06: Street Fair and Fireworks in Point Arena • Sunday 07: Parade on Main Street, Pt. Arena • Saturday 20: Auto Show at Gualala Arts