ALWAYS FREE Lighthouse Peddler Issue #196 February 2018 (707) 684-1894 www.thelighthousepeddler.net Daimh Returns To 215 Main February 27 Gaelic Band’s Only Area Performance

When a musical performance gets our aten- takes its name from the Gaelic word for “kin- tion"that is, they are terrifc"we can all brag ship”. (FYI, there are no leters j, k, v, x, y or z about the evening. When that artist returns, it’s in the Gaelic Alphabet, hence “Daimh” is pro- time to tell our friends. nounced “Dive”.) While we don’t use the word “supergroup” Daimh has performed their contemporary casually, Daimh is a Gaelic supergroup return- take of Highland and Gaelic music to over 20 ing to the coast to play at 215 Main in Point countries, seting audiences alight from Mos- Arena Tuesday, February 27. Te group, based cow to San Francisco. With a reputation as around West Lochaber and the Isle of Skye, giants of the . . . Cont’d on page 16 Live Music and CD Release Party with Bluesman James Armstrong "Even Whales Do It: Sex, Mating, and Menopause Among Killer Whales" At Arena Teater, Saturday February 3 Jodi C. Smith Tells All At Pt. Arena Lighthouse • February 17 As cooler days and colder nights remind est in the business. Promoters have stated On Saturday, February 17 at 4:00pm ce- Northwest. Her research on vessel efects on us that winter has arrived on the coast, it’s that "few blues artists know how to play the tacean researcher and Executive Director of killer whale behavior and habitat use helped time to recall how we warm up in February. A crowd as Armstrong can, shifing dynam- Naked Whale Research Jodi C. Smith will to aid policy makers with the 2005 Federal sweater, comforter, or a fre in the freplace are ics from a whisper to a growl. . . .Wherever present “Even Whales Do It: Sex, Mating, endangered listing status of this population options. But to really get warmed up, get out he travels around the world, his magnetism and Menopause among Fish-Eating Killer under the U. S. Endangered Species Act. of the house and head to Point Arena. Feb- continues to hush a noisy rabble or entice Whales” as part of the Lighthouse Lecture In 2010, she founded the scientifc non- ruary marks the opening of the 2018 Blues a crowd to follow him out into the street or Series at the Point Arena Lighthouse. Tis proft Naked Whale Research. Tis local On Te Coast series. Veteran down the length of a beach." fascinating lecture will discuss how sex-play nonproft is dedicated to understanding bluesman James Armstrong Armstrong's status as and mating contribute to long-term social killer whale habits between Vancouver Is- will be cranking up the heat one of the premier players bonds among Southern Resident killer land, Canada and Monterey Bay, CA focus- from the stage. Touring in are more impressive when whales; strengthening both individual pod ing on winter travels by the K and L pods support of his latest release, people learn the backstory. membership and family stability. She also from Washington State as well as studying Blues Been Good To Me, Events surrounding a mid- illustrates the lessor known the California-based blues 1990s home invasion lef potential ben- populations of guitarist, songwriter and Armstrong without the use efts of, and the transient and singer, along with his 3-piece of his lef hand and arm, in- important role ofshore type band, will perform at Arena cluding permanent nerve that, post-repro- killer whales Teater on Saturday, Febru- damage. Although a clear ductive “grand- of Mendocino ary 3. Showtime is 8:30pm; threat to forever end his ca- mothers” play County. doors open at 8:00pm. reer, with thanks and the in a matrilineal Naked Whale Born into a musical family support of friends, fans and fsh-eating killer Research ofers in 1957 Los Angeles, Arm- the blues community, Arm- whale culture. Te lecture will be presented the public as well as conservation and fed- strong was exposed to music strong came back two years in the Fog Signal Building at the Point Arena eral agencies hands-on access to regional from the very start. His mother was a blues later with a second album, "Dark Night." Lighthouse, 45500 Lighthouse Rd. in Point data collected on killer whales in their mis- singer, and his father played jazz guitar. Arm- What Armstrong lost in the tragedy he Arena. Admission is $5 and reservations are sion to educate and encourage “back-yard” strong formed his frst band in 7th grade, and gained in "a whole new respect for the music recommended. stewardship and increase overall scientifc by his 20s he started making waves on the itself, the power in slow blues, how the si- Smith is a cetologist who specializes in discovery on west coast killer whales. local California blues circuit, becoming the lences between the notes are as important as the behavioral biology of killer whales. She To make reservations or for more infor- youngest member of Smokey Wilson's band. the notes." Armstrong also turned his eforts has spent the past 20 years studying the J, mation, contact the Point Arena Lighthouse Armstrong has cited Jimi Hendrix, Robert to perfecting his songwriting, vocal and slide K and L killer whale pods that make up the at (707) 882-2809, ext. 1. Cray, Albert Collins, Albert King, and Eric guitar skills, all the while developing his gif Southern Resident population of the Pacifc Clapton as inspirational in his development. for turning hardship into song. Te results Highlights from his years in the Los Angeles were a third album, "Got It Goin' On." Te area before moving north to the San Francis- CD garnered two Blues Music Award nomi- co Bay Area include shows backing Collins, nations for "best blues guitarist" and for "best BAKU, A Musical Performance, Wilson, and another blues legend, Big Joe song of the year" with "Pennies and Picks." A Beneft Concert for Turner. Te blues series is underwriten by Te Global Harmony Using both slide and pick, critics rave that Pier Chowder House and Tap Room. Tickets Armstrong's guitar playing and ability to read are $20, available at Te Sea Trader and Four- Summer Adventure Camp 2018 the audience makes him one of the smooth- Eyed Frog Books in Gualala; Arena Market Sunday, February 25, 4:00pm and Te Pier Chowder House and Tap Room at Gualala Arts in Point Arena; Twist in Mendocino, and on- Complete Story on Page 12 line at www.arenatheater.org. Te Arena Te- ater bar and snack stand will be open. Photo: James Armstrong, courtesy of Armstrong promotion.

Pg 2 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 Advertisers Index From The Editor's Desk

• 215 Main 4, 10 • KZYX 18 Daimh Brings Gaelic Music to Point Arena''s 215 Main, . (Cover, Page 16). • Action Network 10 • Litle Green Bean 8 Bluesman James Armstrong Live at Arena Teater February 3. (Page 2). • Alison Trujillo Translations 9 • Lof, Te 19 Jodi Smith tells us that Even Whales Do It, February 17. (Page 2). • Anchor Bay Store 13 • Mar Vista 6 BAKU preview at Gualala Arts. (Page 2). • Arena Frame 15 • Mateel Community Center 19 Gualala Arts Teater Presents Guys & Dolls. (Page 4). • Arena Pharmacy 8 • McCann, Peter P.T 5 Full Blue Moon tour at Pt. Arena Lighthouse, March 1. (Page 4). • Arena Tech Center 17 • Mendo Viné 19 Gualala Arts Workshops Previewed. (Page 4). • Arena Teater 5 • MTA 17 Zephyros Winds Ensemble at Gualala Arts Ferbuary 11. (Page 5). • Arf Feed and Pet 7 • Ofce Source 16 Wayne Garner brings Texas Country to Garcia River Casino February 23. (Page 5). • B Bryan Preserve 19 • Oz Farm 3 MET Opera L'Elisir D'Amore at Arena Teater, February 10. (Page 6). • Banana Belt Properties 2 • Pacifc Coast Herb Company 10 Te Crossword Puzzle Key. (Page 5). • Bed and Bone 14 • Phillips Insurance 16 Te Moon phases revealed. (Page 6). • BirdSong Clinic & Tea Shop 12 • Pier Chowder House&Tap Room cover Black History Month at the Coast Community Library. (Page 6). • Cove Cofee 18 • Point Arena Light Station 4 Te Traveling Spectacular on stage at Arena Teater Febuary 24. (Page 7). • Denise Green 11 • RCMS 10 Te Four-Eyed Frog Survey. Have an opinion? (Page 7). • Dream Catcher Interiors 15 • Red Stella 2 Mendovine brings live music to the Sunset spot. (Page 7). • Four-Eyed Frog Bookstore 14 • Redwood Coast Chamber of Com. 8 Berkeley Poet Carol Denney, February 15 at 215 Main. (Page 8). • Garcia River Casino 11 • Rollerville Cafe 16 Four-Eyed Frog's writer support consultation returns, February 13. (Page 8). • Gualala Arts 7, back cover • Roots 9 Karin Uphof talks about frosty food (Page 9). • Gualala Building Supply 8 • Sea Trader, Te 13 Living everywhere. Brewer's Blackbird is Audubon's bird of the month. (Page 9). • Gualala Supermarket 6 • Sonoma Clean Power 20 Cathy Riehm to the rescue. (Page 9). • Healing Arts and Massage 5 • Transformational Bodywork 2 Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? Te answer is here on Februay 17. (Page 10). • Ignacio Health Insurance 13 • Uneda Eat 12 Arena Teater Film Club has Marty, Gene, and Doctor S. (Page 10). • KGUA 17 • Wellness On Te Coast 6 Te Sudoku Key is here. (Page 10). • KTDE 16 • Zen House Motorcycles 3 A busy month for art at Gualala Arts.. (Page 11). David Stefen covers cars. (Page 12). BAKU performs at a fundraiser at Gualala Arts. (Page 12). Our thanks to February contributors Rozann Grunig, Mitch McFarland, Blake More, La Boheme: Te second MET Opera at Arena Teater in February. (Page 13). Paula Ray Power, Cathy Riehm, Mary Jane Schramm, David Stefen, Karin Uphof, Te Dolphin Gallery 's February Reception: Pfeifer and Rush February 3. (Page 13). Jennifer Bort Yacovissi. "Her Body and Other Parties.". A book review by Jennifer Bort Yacovissi. (Page 14). Te Top-15 book list is here. Reading improves your mind. Really. (Page 14). Read the Peddler Online- Te February Sudolu Puzzle is here. (Page 15). Mitch McFarland's Scutlebut tackles governence. (Page 15). Its Free & In Full Color! Coast Community Library hosts naturalist Obi Kaufmann February 25. (Page 16). "Diving For Abalone". GAC's Myster Dinner coming Feb 2 & 3. (Page 16). www.thelighthousepeddler.net Lots of music at 215 Main. (Page 17). Te Be Our Guest fundriaser for RCMS is March 3. (Page 17). Te February Crossword Puzzle is here. (Page 18). Issue #196 February 2018 Mary Jane Schramm Talks Bull Kelp. (Page 19). Lighthouse Peddler

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Pg 3 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 Arts Center Teater Presents A Full Blue Moon Night Tour March 1 Guys and Dolls March 23-31. Point Arena Lighthouse Suggests Booking Early It may seem a litle early to be talking It's been an usual month for the monthly of admission for each participant, which is about the March production of Guys & evening tours at Point arena Lighthouse. $30 per person or $50 for two. Reservations Dolls. Well, not really. Demand for ickets for Technically there are no Full Moon Tours must be made at least three days in advance these Gualala Arts Center Teater produc- in February 2018. Technically. However, of the tour. While the tour is scheduled tions is generally strong (and we know you the moon didn't disappear from the sky. to coordinate with the full moon, weather don't want to be lef out. . . .) Blame the missing tours conditions may preclude Te Arts Center Teater presents the on the calendar since lunar visibility. Te tours Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning musical of there were actually two are conducted regardless Damon Runyon short stories. Directed by Blue Moons right on the of weather conditions, Bryn Harris it is a PG13 production. edges of the month. Te unless the Lighthouse Evening performances at 7:00pm, Fri- January 31 tour sold out Staf deems them to po- day March 23, Saturday, March 24 and which suggests that book- tentially cause safety is- Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31. ing space for the March 1 sues for the guests. In Matinees: Sunday, March 25 and Saturday, (Tursday night) tour is a the event the tour is can- March 31, at 2:00pm. $20 in advance, plus really good idea. On tour celled, guests will receive $5 day of event; PG13 performance, Youth evenings the Lighthouse gates will open at a full refund. Te Lighthouse is located at 7-17 must atend with an adult. Opening 6:00pm and the tours will begin around 45500 Lighthouse Road in Point Arena. and closing nights only, Friday, March 23 6:30 p.m. “Tese Night Tours have been extremely and Saturday, March 31, Cuban Tapas small Te evening will feature a special presen- popular, selling out well in advance many plates bufet with specialty drink, $30 in ad- tation about the Light Station, its history times in the last several months,” says Mark vance. Purchase food tickets separately one and technology, sweet and savory snacks Hancock, Point Arena Lighthouse Execu- week in advance. Plus $10 aferward. accompanied by champagne or sparkling tive Director. “We do limit the number of Tickets are now on sale for the March juice, capped of by a guided “Climb to guests to 20 so make your reservations production of “Guys and Dolls” at Gualala the Top” tour of the tallest lighthouse on early!” For more information or to make Arts Center and can be purchased online the West Coast under the rising full moon a reservation, call the Lighthouse at (707) at BrownPaperTickets.com or by calling – if the weather cooperates, of course!. An 882-2809, ext. 1 at least three days prior to 1-800-838-3006 or in person at Gualala Arts etched Point Arena Lighthouse souvenir date of the tour. Center and the Dolphin Gallery. Tickets are champagne fute is included in the price $20 in advance, plus $5 the day of the show. Youth 7-17 must be accompanied by an Gualala Arts Kicks Of A New Year Of Workshops adult for this PG-13 performance. Te show is set in the 1950s and follows Classes Begin In February And Continue Into Spring the adventures of a group of gamblers and Who says there’s nothing to do on a Friday is applied. By repeating this process with dif- hot box dancers with Sergeant Sarah Brown night on the coast? Gualala Arts is kicking ferent colors of dye, a multi-colored patern is and the “Save-A-Soul Mission” working to of a new year of workshops with a Friday built up. Finally, the wax is removed to reveal save the souls of these shify characters. night 2-hour class that is perfect for a crafy the colors that were added at each stage. Eggs Music and Lyrics are by Frank Loesser night out with friends. can be put in baskets, hung on trees, or saved and the book is writen by Jo Swerling and Ukrainian Egg Painting, or Psansky, is as keepsakes. All supplies are provided by the Abe Burrows. Don Krieger will provide the frst in an upcoming series of Entertain- instructor, so all you need bring is your lovely music and accompaniment. With memo- ment Art Classes to be held most months self and a friend! rable songs such as “Fugue for Tinhorns”, at the Arts Center. Each class will feature a Whitney Badget Hasan has an M.F.A. in “Luck Be a Lady”, “Miss Adelaide’s Lament”, diferent project, and everyone leaves feeling Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College, Announcing Te Seed Exchange “Bushel and a Peck”, “Sit Down, You’re Rock- successful and with a personal piece of art a M.Ed. in Cross-Cultural Education from A Project Of Te ing the Boat” and the Title song “Guys and to display or gif to a friend. Artist Whitney National University, and a B.A. in Visual Arts Coast Community Library Dolls”, this show is sure to be a colorful romp Badget Hasan, a practicing Point Arena art- and History from University of Montana through the New York underworld and back. and You! ist and teacher at Pacifc Community Char- Western. She is also a practicing artist and Afer much success in New York City and at ter High School, will teach the classes. the author and illustrator of a children’s book the Pacifc Conservatory Teatre in Santa Ukrainian Egg Painting, on Friday, Febru- “Toy is from Tailand”. Whitney currently re- Join friends and neighbors on Saturday, Maria, Calif., Harris returned to Gualala in ary 23, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, features the sides in Point Arena and is a teacher at Pacifc February 17 for a Local Seed Forum and 2010 and has been part of several local pro- ancient craf of Psansky that involves dying Community Charter High School. Seed Swap from 1:00pm to 3:00pm in the ductions as choreographer, performer and/ and writing, or etching, on wax. Cost for this March kicks of with a six-week series of community room at the li- or director. Recent productions include “Of one-time class is $25 or Gualala Arts mem- spatial awareness and creative expression in brary, 225 Main Street, Point the I Sing”, “Jekyll and Hyde the Musical”, bers, $30 for non-members, and there is a “Movement Improv” with instructor Ruby Arena. “Honk!” and her one-woman Valentine’s $10 materials fee due to the instructor the Claire. Tis class, for ages 18 and up, is on Tere will be time to go show in 2014. Bryn says she is thrilled to day of the class. Tis class is recommended Tursday evenings from 6 to 7:30 p.m., start- over the basics of seed saving, have the opportunity to give Musical Te- for ages 14 and up. Te class will be upstairs ing March 1. (Class dates: March 1, 8, 15, 29, including challenges, best ater back to the community. Tis will be her in the Memorial Mezzanine classroom. Sign April 5 and 12). No class March 22. Sign up practices, recommendations, and questions. directing debut at Gualala Arts Center. She up by February 22. by February 28. Bring seeds to share if you have some. Seeds received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Direct- Using a wax-resist method, Hasan says this Cost of this workshop series is $80 for that are already part of the exchange will be ing from the UNC School of Te Arts where traditional art is similar to batik ' paterns Gualala Arts members, $90 for non-mem- available to borrow. All are welcome. More she worked with Gerald Freedman on the are drawn on the egg with wax, which then bers. Drop ins are welcome at $15 for mem- information is at (707) 882-3114. 50th anniversary of “West Side Story” and protects the covered areas from the dye that bers and $17 for non-members. “Sunday in the Park with George”.

Pg 4 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 Zéphyros Winds Ensemble, Wayne Garner Chamber Music Concert, Gualala Arts, February 11 at Garcia River Casino Te February Chamber Concert Series throughout the United States. Friday, February 23 8:30pm at Gualala Arts Center brings the Zéphyros Zéphyros Winds made its New York con- Texas Country In Pt. Arena Winds Ensemble to Coleman Hall on Sun- certo debut opening the 2004 Mostly Mo- day February 11 at 4:00pm. Tickets are $25 zart Festival and has appeared at the nation’s Who is Wayne Garner and why is he com- in advance, plus $5 the day of the concert, most prestigious concert venues, includ- ing to the coast? It's simple. Tis is one solid and can be purchased at BrownPaperTick- ing Te Library of Congress, Wolf Trap, traveling music man. He’ll perform at the ets.com or by Carnegie’s Weill Garcia River Casino Friday, February 23. calling 1-800- Hall, Dumbar- Show begins at 8:30pm. 838-3006. Tey ton Oaks, Duke Garner is a CMA and Grammy member can also be Performances at singer/songwriter from Austin, Texas who’s bought in per- Duke Universi- currently touring in support of his latest al- son at Gualala ty, “Te Movado bum "Love Drunk Fool". Te young road- Arts Center and Hour” at Te worn troubadour and his band have already Dolphin Gal- Baryshnikov Art logged thousands of miles playing 150-plus lery. Center in New dates a year in front of loyal crowds at late- Now in its York City, Da night clubs and halls all over Texas, Oklaho- 21st season, Camera Society ma, Kansas, and Arkansas. Z é p h y r o s of Los Angeles, New listeners will fnd enjoyment with Winds is one Skaneateles Fes- "Love Drunk Fool" as well as identify with of America’s tival, and Lin- Garner as someone who knows frst-hand distinguished coln Center’s the challenges of balancing one's dreams, chamber ensembles. Bringing together fve “Great Performers Series.” of the fnest wind virtuosos of their genera- In 2010, Zéphyros performed in Beijing, tion'Fatma Daglar (oboe), Jennifer Grim China at the National Centre for the Per- (fute), Marianne Gythfeldt (clarinet), Sax- forming Arts’ May Festival. Te Philadel- ton Rose (bassoon), and Zohar Schondorf phia Museum of Art engaged Zéphyros to (horn). All fve members enjoy accom- create a program complimenting their ex- plished chamber and orchestral careers, as hibition, “Manet and the Sea,” and at the well as teaching positions as some of the invitation of the French Embassy in Wash- country’s best music schools. ington, DC, Zéphyros performed a gala Zéphyros performances encompass concert celebrating the centenary of Fran- the repertoire for wind quintet, works for cis Poulenc’s birth. Numerous Radio broad- winds and piano, winds and strings, and casts include “Performance Today” for Na- integrity, responsibilities and reality. Tat works from solos through wind ensemble. tional Public Radio (most recently in early dream is within reach now, because Wayne Taking its name from the Greek god 2016), Public Radio International’s “Music Garner's story is your story too. of the West Wind, Zéphyros Winds frst from Chautauqua,” and WNYC’s “Around Born and raised in eastern Oklahoma, gained national atention in 1995, when, New York.” Teir live-recording of Irving primarily growing up in Native American one year afer its formation, it won both the Fine’s “Partita for Woodwind Quintet,” was communities Wayne Garner was deeply First and Grand Prizes at the Fischof Na- released on Bridge Records. Zéphyros has infuenced by the people, the land and the tional Chamber Music Competition, be- given master classes at Te Yale University struggle around him. He started playing coming the frst wind quintet in the compe- School of Music, Te Juilliard School, Te guitar and creating music early on to fnd a tition’s 22-year history to do so. Tey made Eastman School of Music, and the Idyllwild voice for the story that was growing within. their New York debut in 1997 at Merkin Arts Academy. Finding moments of joy and refection in Concert Hall and began extensive touring the sounds of Radney Foster, Steve Earle, George Ducas, Buddy Holly, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, as well as other great storytellers and wordsmiths.

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Pg 5 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 L'Elisir d'Amore: Te MET Opera Live In HD Coast Community Library New Moon February 10 at Arena Teater Celebrates Black History Month Tere's always something special going Donizeti's comic gem L'Elisir d'Amore, as much a foregone conclusion as it would on at the Coast Community Library, and staged by Bartlet Sher and conducted by be in a romantic comedy flm today'the February is no exception. Tis month the Domingo Hindoyan, stars Prety Yende as joy is in the journey, and Donizeti created library will commemorate Black History the spirited Adina, with Mathew Polenzani one of his most instantly appealing scores Month with a as Nemorino, the simple peasant who falls for this ride. display of no- in love with her. Davide Luciano makes his Te opera is set in a small village in rural table blues musi- Met debut as the role of Adina's arrogant f- Italy. Some early editions indicate a location cians by Siochain ancé, Belcore and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo in Basque country. Te important fact is that Deva (fa Kathy February 15 sings the role of the magic potion-peddling it’s a place where everyone knows everyone Stone). A recep- Doctor Dulcamara. Domingo Hindoyan and where traveling salesmen provide a ma- tion and screen- makes his company debut conducting. jor form of public entertainment. Te Met’s ing of the flm L’Elisir d’Amore screens at Arena Teater production sets the action in 1836, when Full Moon Can't Be Satis- on Saturday, February 10 at 9:00am. the Risorgimento, the movement for Ital- fed: Te Life One of the most popular comic operas in ian independence, was beginning to gather And Times Of the repertoire, L’Elisir d’Amore combines momentum. Muddy Waters, Saturday, February 10, a lighthearted story with beautiful melodies What separates L’Elisir d’Amore from 1:00pm. Artists and four great leading roles. Among the star dozens of charming comedies composed included in the tenors to appear as Nemorino, and to per- around the same time is not only the superi- flm are Chuck form that most rewarding of arias, “Una ority of its hit numbers, but the overall con- D, Keith Rich- furtiva lagrima,” are Enrico Caruso, Benia- sistency of its music. It represents the best of ards, Bonnie mino Gigli, the bel can- March 2 Rait, BB King, Ferruccio to tradi- and Muddy Wa- Taglia- tion that ters. At Coast vini, Carlo reigned in Community Li- "One of my chief regrets during my Bergonzi, Italian op- brary, 225 Main and, more era in the recent years in the theater is that Street, Pt. Arena. I couldn't sit in the audience and r e c e n t l y, early 19th Luciano Pa- century' watch me." varoti (pic- from fun- John Barrymore (1882 - 1942) tured) and ny pater M a t t h e w songs to Polenzani. rich en- World sembles to premiere: wrenching Teatro Can- melody in nobiana, Milan, 1832. Met premiere: Janu- the solos, most notably the tenor’s show ary 23, 1904. L’Elisir d’Amore has been stopping aria “Una furtiva lagrima” in Act among the most consistently popular op- II. Its variations between major and minor eratic comedies for almost two centuries. keys in the climaxes are one of opera’s savvi- Te story defly combines comic archetypes est depictions of a character’s dawning con- with a degree of genuine character develop- sciousness. ment rare in works of this type. Its ending is

Pg 6 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 Te Traveling Spectacular At Arena Teater Four-Eyed Frog Wants To Hear From You. Really! Gualala A Surrealist Vaudeville Experience February 24 Take Their Survey Now Te Traveling Spectacular takes stage at and was a longtime member of internation- Arts SINCE 1961 Arena Teater Saturday February 24, helped ally touring rock and roll vaudeville troupe, Through February 10 along with music by Te Yard Dogs Our wonderful litle bookstore is reach- 707.884.1138 the Oddjob Ensem- Road Show. For the ing out to its customers and friends to hear GualalaArts.org their opinions with a simple survey. Some 46501 Old State Hwy ble. But just who or past few years To- Gualala, CA what is the Travel- bias has combined of you may have already taken the survey Exhibits ing Spectacular? his love of magic, and for that they are grateful. But they're Fri 2/2 5-7 pm Well, welcome to circus and surreal- beting that not everyone took them up on Gualala Arts Opening Reception their ofer so they're reminding you that you One Universe of Light, 4 Worlds of Color Te Traveling Spec- ism to build his own Steve Oliff with light demos & discussion tacular! A surrealist show, Te Traveling can still participate. What the World Needs Now is Love vaudeville experi- Spectacular. Te survey is based on the simple and Violet Arana, reception 2/9 GSFF ence inspired by the Live music for happy idea that Four Eyed Frog Books is go- Mindless Brush Michael Connor, reception 2/16 dreams and dust of a bygone age. Fun for the the show is provided by Oddjob Ensemble, ing to be expanding their inventory over the & next few months. As a community-owned Dolphin Gallery whole family! Allow your sense of wonder a Californian consortium of multi-instru- Opening Reception to ignite as we take you on a journey into the mentalists that play a lively, exotic accompa- bookstore, they want to hear from YOU! Sat 2/3 Inspired by the Sea 5-7 pm imagination. We ofer live entertainment niment to the fantastic acts on stage. You're part of the community, and your Judy Pfeifer & Walt Rush complete Te Traveling Spectacular Show is live on opinions will help shape your local book- Dolphin Winter Hours: Wed-Mon 10 am-4 pm with live stage at Arena Teater, Saturday, February store. Sat 2/ 3 Mystery Theater Matinee 2 pm music by 24, 7:30pm; doors open at 7:00pm. Tickets If you could please take a moment to re- the Odd- are $15, $5 youth (18 and under). spond to the six questions below. Wonder- "Abalone Diving" job En- ing how to reply? We've made it simple and a Steven Oakwood Mystery painless for you. Simply go to their web- $50 in advance, make reservations by January 26. Plus $10 after 1/26 s e m b l e , Matinee $20 in advance, plus $5 day of grand il- site'www.foureyedfrog.com'and fnd lusions, a the secure link to the survey and provide Sun 2/11 Zéphyros Winds Ensemble 4 pm your responses. Not sure you can fnd the Chamber Music Series Concert sword swallowing prestidigitator extraordi- $25 in advance, plus $5 day of, Youth 7-17 free naire, vaudevillian comedy, a bevy of danc- link? Hint: It looks something like the big Coleman Hall ing beauties, and the fre-breathing Devil blue buton you see here: Sun 2/25 4-6 pm himself! BAKU Benefit Concert $20 in for Global Harmony Tobias Weinberger has been performing advance Summer Adventure Camp magic and circus arts since the age of eleven Sun 2/28 Hearts for the Arts 2:15pm MendoViné in Gualala: Gualala Arts Annual Members Meeting Music and More During February Vote in New Board of Directors! If you would rather email your responses Purchase advance tickets at From it's original mission to provide a hachi. Music starts at 7:00pm. you can send them to foureyedfrogbooks@ BrownPaperTickets.com, great place to enjoy a Mendonoma sunset Duo'Xplore is front and center on Friday, 1.800.838.3006 or at Gualala Arts gmail.com. Center or Dolphin Gallery 7*4*5
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Pg 7 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 Berkeley Poet Carol Denney February 15 Geting Published: Tird Tursday Poetry at 215 Main in Pt. Arena Writers Workshop At by Blake More Four-Eyed Frog Books • Feb 13 On Tursday, February 15, at 7:30pm Te performed as a featured poet and musician Express' readers' poll "Best Solo Performer" Te Mendonoma Coast has no shortage Tird Tursday Poetry & Jazz Reading Series throughout the Bay Area at venues such as for 2002, and selected as one of the San of creative people. For writers, geting their at 215 Main in Point Arena will feature Berke- the Beat Museum, the Emerald Tablet, the Francisco Bay Guardian's 2001 "Best of the book published can sometimes seem daunt- ley poet Carol Denney. Te reading will begin Freight and Salvage and festivals nationwide. Bay" honorees for writing "Te PG&E Song; ing. If you're curious about how to turn with live improv jazz and an open mic with She's the Human Rights Editor and a regular Write the Check and Shut Up." your manuscript (or the vision of it) into a jazz improv; the reading will conclude with columnist for Street Spirit newspaper, a col- But her favorite thing to do is support the fnished book? Four Eyed Frog Books and more live improv jazz. umnist and reporter for the Berkeley Daily arts, whether as a volunteer fddler for the graphic designer & marketer, Connie King, Carol Denney was one of the Bay Area's Planet, Editor and founder of the 26-year- Augusta Music Heritage Festival in West will once again join together to ofer their most respected songwriters for many years old Pepper Spray Times, a cartoonist for the Virginia, or as part of Old Mill Days for the monthly free publishing consultations and before the year 1991. Afer 1991 her alma ma- Berkeley Times, and is a featured artist at the Bothe-Napa State Park, where she missed the basics of self- ter, the University of California, announced Passages Gallery and the Expressions Gallery geting caught in the recent fre by one day. publishing your book. that she was "the key leader of a violent con- in Berkeley, California. Her Failure to Disperse Acoustic Revolt Open to all, it's at spiracy" according to their civil suit against Denney is best known for her political and Road Show ensemble is a favorite at lo- the Frog on Tues- her and four other activists, including re- cal street performances and as music for San day, Febru- ary 13 from spected Ashkenaz founder David Nadel. Francisco's Maritime Labor History tour 3:00pm to 5 : 0 0 p m . "None of us were sure how that happened," every year as well as for decades of other Drop in to discuss she says, refecting on the mater, which lef Laborfest events. She's proud of having been your spe- cifc work her legally declared a public fgure. She had the spiritual advisor and doing graphic pro- with Connie, and questions are welcomed! spoken, along with thousands of others, on duction for the Best of Blasphemy project Topics include keys to understanding behalf of the community-wide efort to save in Canyon, California with Ann Callicrate print-on-demand publishing, fle prep for landmarked People's Park from the indignity and Neil J. Young, and is routinely heard on production, the importance of good editing of being turned into a sports facility. She had KQED's Perspectives doing comedic pieces and design, how to acquire ISBNs/copy- also writen a ripping song called "See You in on civil rights and other dangerous subjects. rights/LCCNs, choosing a printer, e-books Santa Rita" which, she says, "may have turned She's been quoted by Alexander Cockburn as or print, distribution, seller commissions, the crank." well as the Wall Street Journal, and is a proud and marketing ' the basic 101 of self-pub- Te university fnally had to drop its comedy, which is featured on KPFA's Twit- part of the Folk Tis! extended family. She lishing. SLAPP-suit against her, but the song is still Wit Radio, but her performance art garnered was awarded the 2009 Oldtime Spirit award Connie King career has included graphic considered part of the People's Park canon, front page San Francisco Examiner coverage from the Augusta Music Heritage Festival, design for exhibitions and marketing at the and joins many other respected songs by the when she threw a bake sale for PG&E at its voted best female artist at PirateCat Radio in Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, con- poet/musician as having particular resonance Market Street headquarters afer it declared SF in 2010, and was nominated to the Revo- sulting with other Bay Area museums, and to those who pay atention to local politics, bankruptcy in 2001, raising $1.27 for the be- lutionary Poets' Brigade by former poet laure- design, writing, and publishing for North such as "Set Your Radio Free", which tells the leaguered utility. "Tey deserved every pen- ate of San Francisco Jack Hirschman in 2010, Bay businesses and writers. Her book de- story of Free Radio Berkeley, a micro-power ny," she says. where she fnally met others as enchanted sign and publishing services for local au- station of which she is proud to have been Denney is an Northern California Song- with the intersection of words and politics as thors include Rim of the World by Robert among the original pioneer crew. writers Association award-winning lyricist, she. And she is perhaps proudest of being the Scarola, Mapping the Sea Ranch by Phil "We started newspapers and radio stations," an innovative guitarist, an old-time fddler, a inventor of the chairapillar, a protest parade Graf, Wild Solitude by Lorraine Lipani, she says of her work with Free Radio Berkeley concertina player, Fiddlers for Peace" found- of moving chairs. More information about and Te Happy Book by the 2nd and 3rd founder Stephen Dunifer. "We worked with er, curator of the Deep Poetry Project", was Carol can be found at www.caroldenney.com grade class at Horicon Elementary school. all media as best we could, but it made sense a 2004 honoree by the City of Berkeley for Come to Four-Eyed Frog Books, a Com- to start our own. Our story was a good one, homeless advocacy, a 2003 honoree for civil Tird Tursday Poetry & Jazz is supported by Te munity Owned Bookstore, 39138 Ocean and we needed to make sure it was told." liberties activism through music, humor, Tird Tursday Poetry Group, many anonymous Drive (Cypress Village), PO Box 1122, Carol Denney's poetry is included in Revo- and art by the Berkeley Commission on the donors, and Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it Gualala, CA 95445. (707) 884-1333, www. lutionary Poets Brigade anthologies and she's Status of Women, the winner of the East Bay has received fom Te James Irvine Foundation. foureyedfrog.com.

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Pg 8 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 Words on Wellness Animal Care & Welfare by Karin Uphoff By Cathy Riehm Te weather along this stretch of Cali- rose family (rose hips, petals, hawthorn ber- Rex and I both use a common homeopath- Fishelson spent many years treating animals fornia is moist, mild and bright enough for ries) and fruits like blueberries, huckleber- ic treatment called Rescue Remedy when allopathically, including owning her own planting tender greens and Southeast Asian ries, apples, cranberries, grapeseed extract, we get stressed out. It helps Rex when his animal hospital in San Francisco. Searching ornamentals subject to frost-damage. Gar- grapes, cherries, persimmon, strawberries, McNab friend harasses and jumps on him, for a diferent system of medicine, she took deners my shudder when frost occurs along citrus peel and chili peppers, are all rich in and it helps me when I need to fy on a plane. her frst course (of many to follow) with Dr. the coast, but the frst cold biofavonoids. Flavonoids pro- Essentially a fower essence, Rescue Remedy Richard Pitcairn, the “guru” of veterinary ho- snap is a boon for birds who mote elasticity and integrity of keeps Rex from going to that manic place of meopathy. Dr. Fishelson says “he was my frst have been waiting for tough- capillaries and all blood ves- spinning in circles when teacher (and friend) fbered edible berries to fnally sels, plus atack cell-destroying he can’t get away from who taught me how to succumb into sofness. Now free radicals. Herbs containing his doggie friend, and ‘take of the blinders and robins and thrushes are hap- large concentrations of favo- keeps me from crying think’. I learned about pily focking to Cotoneaster, noids that work well as tea in- when the plane goes animal nutrition and be- toyon and rose bushes to chow down on the clude chamomile, calendula, ginkgo, gotu through a litle turbu- havior in ways that I did more succulent and slightly sweet fruits – kola, hawthorn leaf, green tea, olive leaf and lence. not learn in my conven- what joy! eucalyptus. Is homeopathy an op- tional medical training”. In herbal circles we wait for the frst frost Topical applications of witch hazel and tion you consider when You can reach Dr. Fish- before harvesting rosehips, Oregon grape horse chestnut extracts easily penetrate it comes to treating your elson at 707-937-1358 berries or sloes, especially if you just want skin to heal blood vessels just underneath. pets? or at veterinaryhome- to squeeze out the inner mush and eat it on Rosehip oil is used to help skin infamma- Te philosophy of homeopathy revolves [email protected] and [email protected]. the spot (spit the seeds out though!). Co- tions and rashes from over-exposure to cold, around not just suppressing symptoms, but If you are looking for over-the-counter ho- toneaster is too concentrated in cyanide heat and sun. Since all plants that mend and gently triggering the body’s natural ability to meopathic (or natural and herbal) products, for humans but if you still have some juni- strengthen blood vessels also strengthen heal. Te treatment principle is based upon check out Roots Apothecary in Point Arena. per berries clinging to your bushes, they’ve the heart, treat your heart to favonoid-rich ‘like curing like’- nudging the animal (or per- sweeten up as well. Healing herbs like cleav- meals this month. A nice valentine meal can son) in the direction of the disease so their ers and chickweed that are growing with the include favone-packed foods like red onion, body will rebound into a state of health. In rains are also slightly ‘cooked’ by the cold garlic, purple potatoes, sweet potatoes, gar- "Cats are intended to teach us that not other words, a substance that can make you and much more digestible. banzo beans, red quinoa, celery, tomatoes everything in nature has a function." ill in large doses can cure you if taken in small All these plants are aids to circulation and and all leafy greens. Oh and of course, dark doses. First developed over 250 years ago, Unknown the efects of winter on our skin. Sharp cold chocolate covered cherries for dessert! homeopathic medicines today are regulated winds or moving in and out of heated build- Karin Uphof is a Master Herbalist and Iridologist, by the FDA. Homeopaths prescribe rem- ings to wind-whipped cool air, can burst Massage Terapist, energy healer, Reiki practitioner and Yoga Instructor, and co-founder of Mind Body Medicine for Health, edies- these are created from animal, plant capillaries in the nose, toes or the skin on Education & Wellness in Mendocino, California. and mineral substances which are then dilut- top of your cheekbones. Members of the Karin's website is htp://rainbowconnection.net. ed many times so that a very small amount of the original chemical substance remains. Living Everywhere, Happily. When prescribing a remedy, the homeopath Brewer's Blackbirds considers every aspect of the patient, from their physical symptoms to their mental and Everyone has seen Brewer’s Blackbirds. pastures and marshes. Tey nest from sea emotional state, thus treating the whole ani- Tey are in parks, felds, and parking lots. level to 900 f. mal, and not just their symptoms. Tey are the birds that peck bugs from your Tey peck, glean, and chase food, Dr. Barbara Fishelson is a local licensed car bumper. In Birds of Northern which includes a variety of spiders, veterinarian and certifed veterinary homeo- California, David Fix writes, “Our crustaceans, and snails. Tey may path. She has her own practice, Veterinary immense network of highways has also eat grass and seeds. Homeopathy, and also makes house and ofered the Brewer’s Blackbird a During courtship displays and farm calls through her business, On Te bounty of vehicle-stuck insects. when they are threatened, Brewer’s Road Veterinary Care. She is also the veteri- 240 Main Street, Point Arena Tis species exploits the ‘road kill Blackbirds call and lif their beaks, narian at the Gualala Humane Society (along resource’ niche beter than any oth- fuf their feathers, and spread their with me, as her veterinary technician). Dr. er songbird.” wings and tails. A pair may remain Brewer’s Blackbirds are 8-10 together for fve years, but some inches long with a slender, straight bill. Te males are polygamous. Tey nest in loose male has a glossy greenish back, iridescent colonies of three to 100 pairs. Te nest is purple head, and bright yellow eyes. Te fe- constructed of twigs, cow dung (or mud), male has brown eyes and a medium-brown grass (or fur), and lined with fne material. body with slightly lighter brown under- Females incubate 4-6 greenish eggs with parts. brown and gray spots. In non-breeding sea- Brewer’s Blackbirds live almost every- son, Brewer’s Blackbirds join other birds where: wet meadows, grasslands, shores, like Red-winged Blackbirds, Brown-headed roadsides, landflls, golf courses, urban and Cowbirds, and European Starlings. Tey suburban parks and gardens, farmyards, may form huge, cacophonous focks.

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: Robert David Siegel, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University

Pg 9 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf " A Musical, A Drama, And One Crazy Doctor National Teatre Live at Arena Teater February 17 Arena Teater Film Club in February Whether this is your frst dip into the brief pause between Acts 2 and 3. Tickets Like many fashions, the movie musical succumb to family pressure. Tis slice-of-life Edward Albee pool, or you’re revisiting his are $18, $5 youth (18 and under), and are as a flm genre has endured an ebb and fow Bronx tale about won Best Picture. Te cast classic work, this National Teatre Live available online at www.arenatheater.org with audiences, and the 1950s was a time of includes Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Jerry Paris, production of Who’s Afaid Of Virginia and on the day of show. enthusiasm. Singin’ In Te Rain (1952) Jerry Orbach, and Paddy Chayefsky. In glori- Woolf will not disappoint. Te performers in this Sonia Friedman stars Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Don- ous Black and White, Showtime is 7:00pm. It’s no accident that the lead characters in Production include Imelda Staunton (Gyp- ald O'Connor in a Running time is 90 minutes. Albee’s play are named George and Martha. sy, Vera Drake, the Harry Poter flms), masterpiece of the Not since the 1960s have the newspapers We shouldn’t bristle at the author’s framing Conleth Hill (Game Of Trones, Te classical Hollywood been flled with casual conversations about of these two people as contemporary ex- Producers), Luke Treadaway (Te Hollow musical' f i l l e d the use of nuclear weapons. Te timing of the amples of their early American namesakes Crown) and Imogen Poots (A Long Way with memorable Film Club’s screening of Dr. Strangelove, given the power of Albee’s imagery. George Down). songs, lavish rou- Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and is a history professor, and Martha is the In the early hours of the morning on the tines, and Kelly's Love the Bomb (1964) is a scary and hilari- daughter of the college's long-term, popular campus of an American college, Martha, fabulous song-and- ous reminder of nuclear war. A fanatical U.S. president. Te New York Times suggested much to her husband George's displeasure, dance number per- general launches a nuclear atack on Russia that “Mr. Albee wastes no compassion on has invited the new professor and his wife formed in the rain. during the Cold War, but the President and to their home for some A spoof of the turmoil that aficted the his advisors are shocked to learn that the afer-party drinks. As movie industry in the late 1920s when mov- Russians have a ‘doomsday weapon’ to de- the alcohol fows and ies went from silent to sound. When two si- stroy the world in the event of an atack on dawn approaches, the lent movie stars', Don Lockwood and Lina them. young couple are drawn Lamont, latest movie is made into a musical a Dr. Strangelove is producer/director Ku- into George and Mar- chorus girl is brought in to dub Lina's speak- brick's brilliant, satirical, provocative black tha's toxic games until ing and singing. Don is on top of the world comedy/fantasy. Again, this is a half-century the evening reaches its until Lina fnds out. No need to worry about old flm thay is flled with great comic perfor- climax in a moment of where the flm is going. Just sit back and enjoy mances, some from unexpected places. Tis devastating truth-telling. the ride. By the way, in addition to the three is not a gadget-flled production with spe- Critics agree that this top-billed stars, the cast includes Jean Ha- cial efects to overwhelm us with light and is a production to see: “Imelda Staunton is gen, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse, and Rita flmmaking magic. his characters and their problems. He cer- at her magnifcent best. A frst-rate revival of Moreno. Te flm screens Monday, February Te wity screen- tainly displays no sympathy for their dreams an astonishing play” (Te Guardian); “Con- 5, 7:00pm. Te flm is not rated and has a play, co-authored and fantasies. He goes afer the pretensions leth Hill is superb. Exquisite” (Evening Stan- runtime of 103 minutes. was based on Peter of American intellectuals, families, marriag- dard); “Luke Treadaway and Imogen Poots Switching gears a bit, Marty (1955) sched- George's novel Red es and traditions.” are terrifc” (Metro); “Flawless. A superla- uled for February 12, is a romantic drama Alert (originally Who’s Afaid Of Virginia Woolf ap- tive production” (Daily Telegraph). with unlikely leading characters. Before be- Two Hours To pears on screen at Arena Teater in Point James Macdonald's critically acclaimed, 5 ing displaced by the rise of the supermar- Doom). Dr. Stran- Arena Saturday, February 17. Doors open star production will be broadcast live to cin- ket, the butcher was a familiar ingredient in gelove is worth at 12:30pm, and the performance begins at emas from the Harold Pinter Teatre, Lon- city living. Having shopped along Arthur seeing. And see- 1:00pm. Running time is approximately 180 don. Arena Teater is at 214 Main Street, Avenue in the Bronx I can see where writer ing again. Besides, net/currentissue always free & in color minutes, including a 15-min interval and a Point Arena. Paddy Chayefsky got his inspiration, and humor is ofen just . Marty Pileti (Ernest what we need. Screening Monday, February Borgnine) gives us a 26 at 7:00pm, the flm stars Peter Sellers (in glimpse of that time. three roles), plus Sterling Hayden; George And Pileti is a char- C. Scot, Kennan Wynn, Slim Pickens, and a acter worth knowing. 35-year old James Earl Jones. Run time: 103. Marty is simple guy Arena Teater is at 214 Main Street in Pt. from the Bronx who Arena. knows that "what- ever it is that women like, I don't got it.” His future is living alone, with his mother, and whatever he fnds hanging out with oth-

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by her date. Tough Marty and Clara hit it www of, his relatives discourage him from pursu- ing the relationship. Understandibly he must decide between his family's approval or a shot at fnding romance. Te lonely butcher has a chance to change his life, but only if he can stand up for the woman he loves and not

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BAKU, A Musical Performance by David Stefen To Beneft Global Harmony Summer Adventure Camp For virtually all Americans, from Baby a city bus, and believe it or not walking was ably more likely that driverless vehicles will Te improvisational ensemble BAKU will Boomers to Millenials to Gen-X to Gen- an option. Tere were also gypsy cabs. Tese do for transportation what the 8-track tape perform a beneft concert at Gualala Arts whatever, driving is a right of passage. Grow- were drivers, usually without a hack license, did for vinyl. (If you know what an 8-track Center in late February that will help raise ing up we transitioned from the back seat, to using a borrowed Lincoln or Cadillac, cruis- tape is, you get it. If you don’t, ask someone funds for this year’s Global Harmony Sum- the front seat, to the drivers seat. Most of us ing the streets looking for a fare. (Tat sort of ten years older for an explanation. In short, mer Adventure Camp. learned to drive in our parents’ car (taught entrepreneurship was illegal then and prob- 8-tracks were awful.) BAKU is an improvisational ensemble by them), and at some magic moment began ably is still illegal.) If I was wearing a suit and Google is experimenting and acknowl- comprised of musicians dedicated to the to “borrow” that car for our own use. Even- a topcoat while walking, it wasn’t unusual for edges at least one accident. Tesla, too, ac- art of spontaneous composition. Te band’s tually we got jobs and began buying our own some enthusiastic driver in a Lincoln to make knowledges at least one serious accident: a music combines contemplative ambient car, van, or motorcycle. a u-turn in the fatal encounter. In 2016 the driver of a Tesla structures and melodies with a strong yet Tose frst 3-4 years of driving had their middle of 57th Model S car was killed in a road accident afer relaxing rhythmic pulse. BAKU will be play- great moments'“hey babe, wanna go out Street during its Autopilot failed to recognize an oncom- ing unique and totally improvised Jambient tonight? I’ll pick you up in my (mother’s) rush hour, pull ing truck, as reported in the online edition Soundscapes: a synthesis of jazz, Afro beat, car." Obviously the word “mother’s” was up along side of DeZeen in July 2016. “According to the Middle Eastern, and other World infuences lost in a cough or was lef unspoken so that me and ask, Florida Highway Patrol report, the Tesla's and rhythms. we could perpetuate the illusion that it was “hey, you need windscreen hit the botom of the trailer as Te concert will be held in the Elaine Jacob our car. Spoiler alert: our dates knew whose a ride?” it passed underneath, and the car kept go- Foyer on Sunday, February 25, from 4:00pm car we were driving. If not right away, once Needless to ing, leaving the road. It continued, striking to 6:00pm. Tickets are $20 in advance, plus they sat down on those plastic seat covers, say, I’m far less adventurous now, than I was a fence, crossing a feld and passing through $5 more the day of the event. Youth age 7 to they knew. But it was usually an unspoken in those days. Even when we drive to San another fence before fnally hiting a pole 17 are free with an adult. Seating is limited. truth. Afer all, if we were going to use our Francisco, we usually leave the car wherever about 30 metres south of the road. In a state- BAKU was selected as the name of the parents' car for all the purposes that God we’re staying and get a Lyf car to carry us ensemble to honor the capital of Azerbaijan, intended, i.e. necking (etc) and lugging my from “A” to “B”. (I avoid Uber.*) I’ve grown which marks the crossroads of Western Asia band equipment around town, no one was to like Lyf’s service and fnd that it’s actu- and Eastern Europe and its diverse cultural really fooled (or really cared) about whose ally comparable or preferable to the hassle and musical infuences. BAKU is made up of name was on the pink slip. of driving, parking, and driving back. But we musicians Harrison Goldberg, saxophones By the time I moved to New York in 1990, are, once again, moving into uncharted terri- and percussion; Chris Doering, 7-string I had already gone through 10 pink slips of tory. guitar and guitar synthesizer; Tim Mueller, my own. And I was grateful that I learned to So now we’re being told that driverless ve- 6-string guitar and guitar synthesizer; David drive in some of the most formidable train- hicles are going to be the rage. Really. Apple, French, upright bass and percussion; and ing grounds on the planet: Chicago, New Google, Tesla, Amazon and others are well Nancy Feehan, cajon and percussion. York, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Detroit, Dal- into development of driverless technology. ment on Tesla's website, the company ex- BAKU takes you on a surprising and un- las, and San Francisco. And while traveling plained that the vehicle's sensors, which help predictable creative journey. Te proceeds on business I even tempted fate and rented to steer the car by identifying obstructions, from this Global Harmony Series concert cars in Dublin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, had failed to recognize ‘the white side of the will beneft Gualala Arts’ ongoing mission and Frankfurt. I’ve always believed it was my tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky’.” Oops. to promote public interest in the Arts by ability to navigate the Hollywood Freeway, Sorry about that. encouraging and mentoring young people Te Cross-Bronx, and the Kennedy Express- Having thoroughly explored a number during the 2018 Global Harmony Summer ways that prepared me for driving anywhere. of scientifcally-based ideas about future Adventure Camp. Honestly, I never had an accident driving transportation'Te Jetsons, Lost In Space, in Europe. Tat being said, I’m certain there Sleeper'I think I'm going to handle the Acupuncture and Massage remains a wheel cover from a 1988 Hertz car I’m not quite certain I’m going there yet. Per- driving for the foreseeable future. Chi Kung Classes Call to schedule an appointment lying in the middle of a trafc circle some- haps there may soon be an application in the *If you're interested in why I don't use Uber where in Scotland. Traveling as much as I city, but siting in the backseat of a driverless you can search for a blogpost of mine at did I became more and more comfortable vehicle moving along Van Ness during rush Jazzdavid.wordpress.com. leting someone else do the driving. In New hour is not really appealing. York City, that included becoming a near ex- Driving around Mendocino County should pert on the quickest way to go from Point A give all of us pause about the reality of driv- to Point B. erless vehicles. Tink about driving'strike In the mid-1990s my ofce was on 57th that'riding in a driverless vehicle from and West End in Manhatan (near the Hud- Jenner to Gualala; or Gualala to Elk. Hell, son River). 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Near term, in rural America it’s prob- Pg 12 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 La Boheme • Te Second Of Two MET Operas Tis Month Te Dolphin Gallery presents “Inspired by the Sea" February 24 at Arena Teater Featuring Judy Pfeifer and WaltRush • Opening Reception February 3 Te Dolphin Gallery presents “Inspired by er focuses frst on the line, which brings out Arena Teater's second MET Opera ofering Te libreto sets the action in Paris, cir- the Sea”, acrylic and pastel paintings by Judy the forms and shapes. In her view, she says it this month ofers an exciting young cast star- ca 1830. Tis is not a random seting, but Pfeifer and fne art jewelry by Walt Rush, is the lost line ' the one not drawn ' that ring in Franco Zefrelli's classic production rather refects the issues and concerns of opening reception Saturday, February 3, ofen makes the strongest statement of all. of La Bohème, the most-performed opera a particular time when, following the up- 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Retirement has allowed her the freedom to in Met history. It will be on screen at Arena heavals of revolution and war, French art- Tis is Pfeifer’s second exhibit at the Dol- explore her artistic interests, she says, coming Teater Saturday, February 24 at 9:30am. ists had lost their traditional support base phin, but she is an active artist on the coast, full circle back to her beginnings. Sonya Yoncheva stars as Mimì opposite of aristocracy and church. Te story centers participating in many shows and serving as Walt Rush returns this month for his sev- Michael Fabiano as the passionate writer on self-conscious youth at odds with main- secretary of the North Coast Artists Guild enth two-person show at the Dolphin in the Rodolfo. Susanna Phillips reprises the role of stream society'a Bohemian ambience that for the past three years. She has been the last 15 years. Rush is a perennial winner at the the firtatious Museta and Lucas Meachem is clearly recognizable in any modern urban Discovery Gallery Artists Collective Direc- Gualala Arts Art in the Redwoods Festival. sings the role of her lover, the painter Mar- center. La Bohème captures this ethos in its tor for three seasons. In 2017, his creation “Look to the Future” Both featured artists take much of their captured First Place in the festival’s Jewelry inspiration from what they see along the and Ornamentation Awards category. beaches and trails of the Mendocino-So- Mother Nature, wave motions, abalone noma coast. It is the people and landscape shells or drifwood shapes ofen inspire his that Pfeifer is drawn to, while Rush fnds distinctive designs. He starts with an overall what he needs in the undulating waves, concept but fnds each original piece evolves ocean creatures and beach debris. depending on the Pfeifer says she is an eclectic artist who metals and stones. likes to explore diferent media and styles. He may carve wax However, her love of the human fgure is designs using the apparent and is almost always a key factor lost wax process but within her art. She likes exploring the shapes ofen employs straw cello. Te cast also features Alexey Lavrov earliest days. and shadows that form from the light playing cast or water cast and Mathew Rose as Rodolfo and Marcel- With more than 1200 performances, La of fgures within beach landscapes. A coast techniques as well, which he says is particu- lo's friends Schaunard and Colline and Paul Bohème is the most frequently staged opera native, she ofen observes her subject mater larly interesting because of the spontaneity Plishka as Benoit and Alcindoro in this per- at the Met. Te very frst performances, on along the clifs of the local Northern Califor- and freedom from control that results for formance, led by Marco Armiliato. tour in Los Angeles in 1900, were among nia coast while hiking with her dog. these methods. Walt calls his jewelry “wear- World premiere: Teatro Regio, Turin, the most remarkable the work has had: Starting with ink or charcoal studies she able works of art”. 1896. Met company premiere: Los Angeles at the conclusion of Act IV, soprano Nelli Although self-taught, Rush says he inher- (on tour), November 9, 1900. La Bohème, Melba'following her onstage death as ited his talent from artistic parents. For over the passionate, timeless, and indelible story Mimì'reappeared in front of the curtain to 30 years he honed his skills in his retail store of love among young artists in Paris, can sing the mad scene from Donizeti’s Lucia di in Ohio. In 2002, he returned to his North- stake its claim as the world’s most popular Lammermoor. Te role of Lucia was one of ern California roots where he took up resi- opera. It has a marvelous ability to make a Melba’s specialties, and her portrayal helped dence in Manchester. powerful frst impression and to reveal un- secure that opera’s popularity. In addition to creating custom jewelry Walt suspected treasures afer dozens of hearings. Runtime is 175 minutes, with 2 intermis- restores family heirlooms and antique silver- At frst glance, La Bohème is the defnitive sions. Tickets are $24 general, $22 senior, later develops her works into drawings or ware. He also repairs jewelry and can ofen depiction of the joys and sorrows of love and $18 youth (18 and under) available in ad- paintings, mostly with the use of acrylics and fx broken eyeglass frames. Whether he is loss; on closer inspection, it reveals the deep vance online and at the box ofce the day pastels. Digital paintings have also become a making an original commission or restoring a emotional signifcance hidden in the trivial of the opera. Arena Teater is at 214 Main media of choice over the last few years, and family treasure he takes pride in ofering what things'a bonnet, an old overcoat, a chance Street in Point Arena. More information is she will ofen mix her original paintings with he calls “old-fashioned customer service.” meeting with a neighbor'that make up our at www.arenatheater.org. her photos to make unique digital collage art. Every Tursday, Walt can be found at the everyday lives. Whatever her subject mater or media Pfeif- Discovery Gallery from 10:30am to 4:30pm.

Pg 13 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 Te Local Top-15 Books Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Winter 2018 A book by Carmen Maria Machado, Reviewed by Jennifer Bort Yacovissi “I would be most content if my children It’s a scenario aspiring authors can only is much to unpack. unsolved, but Machado actually gives us a grew up to be the kind of people who dream about: Your frst book is fnally due Te narrator’s own ribbon is around her lovely story arc with a gratifying resolution. think interior decorating consists mostly for publication, the buzz is building, people throat, and it is a source of enduring fascina- (I doubt even she could have done anything of building enough bookshelves." in the know discuss it a bit breathlessly and tion for the boy who eventually becomes her redeeming with “Criminal Minds.”) Anna Quindlen (1953 - ) say things like “hotly anticipated,” and then, husband. She only has two rules for him, and Tough Machado’s stories have been fea- 1. Tidelog 2018: Northern California the unimaginable happens. Te book, your afer they get married, there is only one rule: tured in “Best Women’s Erotica,” the sugges- Tidelog book, is longlisted for the National Book He cannot touch her ribbon. Eventually, their tive elements are mater-of-fact and organic 2. Mendonoma Sightings Troughout/Year Award ' before it’s even released. Welcome beloved son is drawn to the ribbon also, and to the stories, never an end in themselves. by Jeanne Jackson & Craig Tooley to the world of Carmen Maria Machado. she has to scare him to keep him from trying Te narrator in “Te Husband Stitch” is not 3. Qh awala.li:“Water running down place” Machado’s short stories have appeared shamed by her desires, whether or not soci- by Annete White-Parks in a host of big-name venues and garnered "There is something fantastic in ety considers them unseemly. 4. All Tat Te Rain Promises and More: A numerous awards, including a Pushcart In relating a story in which a girl asks her Hip Pocket Guide To Western Mushrooms each of these stories, less magical Prize Special Mention, which is why folks lover for an act so perverse, he and her family by David Arora realism than the physical embodi- have been awaiting this frst collection. Her have her commited, she says, “I don’t know 5. Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast ment of an otherworldly dread." by Tomas Cochrane work is brazenly unapologetic, or perhaps what deviant pleasure she asked for, though 6. Guide Dog For Te Coastally Curious” unapologetically brazen. Her fearlessness, I desperately wish I did. What magical thing by Steve Olif combined with some spellbinding writing, to pull at it. In this happy family, the ribbon is could you want so badly they take you away 7. Leonardo Da Vinci delivers stories that are at once discomfting the one consistent source of tension. from the known world for wanting it?” by Walter Isaacson and revelatory. Her husband cannot leave it alone, fgu- Except for “Heinous,” all the stories are in 8. Hall of Femmes: Barbara Staufacher Included with the advance reading copy ratively or literally, and though we under- frst-person, and Machado never puts names Solomon; I Broke All the Rules of Her Body and Other Parties was a book- stand her position when she asks, “Am I not to her narrators. Te closest she comes is in by Barbara Staufacher Solomon mark ' a short length of green satin ribbon, allowed this one thing?” by now we cannot “Te Resident,” which feels the most autobi- 9. Devotions: Te Selected Poems of Mary which matched the ribbon featured on the Oliver leave it alone, either. ographical of the sto- by Mary Oliver book’s cover, which, in turn, matches the Our fngers itch; we ries. Tat’s not only 10. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 ribbon that features prominently in the frst want to know, too, because the narrator’s by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo story of Machado’s collection, “Te Husband and we are as heed- initials are C.M., but 11. Te Nest Stitch.” And what a story it is. A grad student less as he when she because it features by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney could write her entire thesis on it, unpacking says, “You think you a favorite trope of 12. H Is for Hawk layer afer layer and holding each up to the want to know, but you young authors: writ- by Helen MacDonald light to understand its composition. don’t.” ing residencies. 13. 2018 Old Farmer’s Almanac She could start with the “husband stitch” Tere is something Machado appears by Old Farmer’s Almanac Publishers itself, a reference to men wanting doctors to fantastic in each of to pick the subject 14. Ready Player One sew an extra stitch or two in closing up their precisely for the cli- by Ernest Cline these stories, less 15. Manhatan Beach wives’ mid-childbirth episiotomy to make magical realism than ché, though, and the by Jennifer Egan things “nice and tight” once again. the physical embodi- dread here is much From the narrator’s recurring suggestions ment of an other- more grounded in Bubbling Just Under the Top-15 for what to do “if you are reading this story worldly dread. “Eight the stuf of everyday. aloud,” including, “force a listener to reveal Bites,” for example, Tat includes being • Tractors, Trains & Shipwrecks: Yesteryear a devastating secret, then open the nearest very literally answers the question, “When thrown in with dreadful people, such as Lyd- Recollections of Sonoma County window to the street and scream it as loudly you lose weight, where does it go?” It’s im- ia, whose “feet were bare and flthy, as if she by Donald R. Richardson * as you are able”; to her description of her possible to tell whether the baby in “Moth- were trying to prove to everyone she was an Te Lighthouse Peddler is pleased to bring our voice as “high-pitched, forgetable” and all ers” is real or an extended fantasy about the incorrigible bohemian.” When the inevitable readers a list of the most popular books being picked other women’s voices in the story “inter- children the narrator wishes she and her lov- smackdown arrives, our heroine delivers the up and read by locals and visitors alike. Our thanks to Four-Eyed Frog Books. changeable with my own”; to the mentions er had brought into the world. coup de grâce by bellowing, “I have never had of the ribbons ' in diferent colors and Te narrator of “Difcult at Parties” is less of an obligation to anyone in my life, you placement ' worn by other women: Tere suddenly able to hear the thoughts of all the aggressively ordinary woman.” people in the porn DVDs she buys for herself C.M. permanently disposes of the notes for and her boyfriend, though that’s not the dis- her residency novel (along with her laptop, turbing element at the heart of the story. to ensure there is no going back), perhaps And while a mysterious virus is steadily signaling that Machado herself is commit- wiping out all of humankind in “Inventory,” ted to the short story as her literary vehicle the wasting afiction in “Real Women Have of choice. Good. It’s the perfect one for her Bodies” only targets women ' and inciden- tightly wrapped fction. Plus, it ofers her tally ofers a fne metaphor for any woman readers time to come up for air before plung- who has ever pondered, “I know I’m here; ing into the next intense tale. why do I feel as though I’m invisible?” What to make of “Especially Heinous: 272 Jennifer Bort Yacovissi’s debut novel, Up the Hill to Views of Law & Order: SVU,” in which the Home, tells the story of four generations of a family in author rewrites 12 seasons of episodes and Washington, DC, between the Civil War and the Great provides them here with titles and synopses? Depression. • Jennifer's website is: In this retelling, Detective Benson is haunt- htp://www.jbyacovissi.com ed by all the women whose murders remain Tis review originally appeared in the Washington Independent Review of Books.

Pg 14 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 Scuttlebutt by Mitch McFarland Every month I get a comment or two from lengthy, complex, and mind-numbing report We have already heard that Trump wants Te diference is that Obama wanted a new someone who has read my previous column. and hearing perpetrated on the folks doing to know why we have so many nuclear weap- low-fying cruise missile that would be unde- Last month when I wrote about problems the Wildfower Motel (one of many), the ons if we don't plan to use them. Tis is a guy tectable by radar. Tis, he and some in the geting a building permit I really touched a only comment I could think to make to the who seems to lack a basic understanding of Pentagon believed, would allow the U.S. to nerve. People now come up to me with their council was, “boy, Point Arena is all grown physics. Apparently he thinks that nuclear retire it's vulnerable land-based missiles and stories of woe such that I feel like I acciden- up now”. weapons are just a bigger version of standard lead to a overall reduction in nuclear arms. tally began a sort of "Me-Too" moment for I believe that if Point Arena is serious about bombs. Nuclear winter and the poisoning Trump doesn't want to eliminate anything, frustrated permit seekers. I am still waiting solving their housing problem, they need to of the planet with radioactivity are concepts but rather put these new cruise missiles on for someone to tell me that things aren't so divorce themselves from county building and that are apparently out of his reach. submarines as well. bad'that they got through the system with planning and take control of their own afairs. Unfortunately he is not alone. the New Te U.S. is not alone in its drive toward minimal difculty. Te biggest problem I see is with the county York Times reports that “A newly drafed global destruction. We know of Iran's and Te main problem I see is that Point Arena plan checkers. Tese folks are the guardians United States nuclear strategy that has been North Korea's eforts to join the nuclear has never had a real interest in local govern- of the castle. It is not in their job descrip- sent to President Trump for approval would “club”, as it is called. I can't say that I blame ment. Tings have goten done around there tion to make housing easier or cheaper to permit the use of nuclear weapons to respond them much (besides being totally insane), by groups of people just geting together. build. Teir main job is to keep the county to a wide range of devastating but non-nuclear given the tremendous saber-ratling by the Tere has never, in my experience, been from being sued. Tat means everything has (emphasis mine) atacks on American infra- U.S. and Russia. Putin is in a macho match much expected from city government and to be engineered or structure . . . .” It also with Trump and is said to be developing a for good reason. Because of its tiny size and otherwise approved "Because of its tiny size calls for the develop- long-range torpedo with a monster warhead tax base and part-time council members, by outside experts. and tax base and part-time ment of a new genera- that is apparently meant to shower coastal Point Arena has a tough time being taken se- Te county will not tion of small, low-yield regions with deadly radioactivity, leaving cit- riously as a city. Tey farm out services like take any responsibility council members, Point nuclear weapons, ies uninhabitable. Nice. And you can be sure law enforcement and building inspection to for OK'ing anything Arena has a tough time being blurring the distinc- that that radioactivity will stay exactly where the county. Te volunteer fre department without someone else' taken seriously as a city. tion between nuclear it is released. has been relieved by a separate fre district. signature. Anything and conventional What is the mater with these maniacs? Most studies and project planning is hired remotely diferent or weapons, which, of Do they think that they can just blow of one out to consultants. Over the years some unusual is viewed with great suspicion. Inno- course, makes them more tempting to use' or two and that will be it? Once one side has have even suggested that Point Arena should vations are discouraged or outright banned. especially with a mercurial temperament like murdered a few million people, who is going disincorporate, but fear of Ukiah vastly out- When allowed they generally come with re- Trump's. Te price tag for the new policy is to call for restraint? Tere would likely be a weighs any dysfunction in Point Arena. strictions that alter or even nullify their ben- set at $1.2 trillion over 30 years, though that full nuclear exchange. Where do they think Where am I going with this? It relates to eft. does not include infation or cost over-runs they are going to live when they have poi- the problem of permiting and code enforce- If the city wants to take control of their (that happens sometimes in the military-in- soned the planet? Have they not heard that ment. Point Arena has always had a laissez- destiny it will mean a good deal more work dustrial complex). Te $1.2 trillion new ex- more Japanese died from radiation than the faire atitude toward what happens in town by the city council. It will also mean take penditures are about equal to all the spending bomb concussions? as there has long been a reliance on the idea chances and even bucking the system. on Medicare and Medicaid combined over a I would like to think that all this is just that generally people will act in a responsible Don't hold your breath. three decade time period. macho posturing and the real purpose is to way. Tis has largely borne out to be true. ******************** To be fair, I shouldn't put all this on throw more trillions at the defense industry, Maybe all the rules don't get followed just While Donald Trump amuses and horri- Trump. Much of the report details plans pre- but with an emotional infant like Trump and right, but no harm , no foul. When you are fes the nation with his wild antics and erratic viously made under the Obama Administra- his “Big Buton”, you can't take anything for the smallest dog in the pack, you sometimes behavior, there is something far more sinister tion- Trump just added more to the request. granted. have to cut some corners to survive. and threatening happening and it is not flling As the size of the state has grown, so has the judiciary with unqualifed political hacks. its regulatory power, for good and evil. Same by Margie E. Burke It is even more threatening than that: global THE FEBRUARY SUDOKU goes for the county and fnally the City of annihilation. Point Arena. Afer once siting through a

Pg 15 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 DAIMH fom cover page. Naturalist Obi Kaufmann • Lecture & Discussion In Pt. Arena "Diving for Abalone, Artist, Naturalist, Adventurer at Sunday@Te Library February 25 A Steven Oakwood Mystery" of the Bagpipes and Fiddle, Angus February 2 and 3 at Gualala Arts For many of us, Sundays can be a day of its myriad ecologies, topographies, and histo- Mackenzie and Gabe McVarish lead the It’s another mystery on the coast for refection, relaxation, and family. (Some feel ries with hundreds of exquisite hand-painted melodic powerhouse with fellow founder retired Los Angeles detective Steven Oak- that the Superbowl embodies all of that. For maps and trail paintings. Kaufmann blends member Ross Martin underpinning the wood to solve with the help of his Arts me, only if the Packers are playing.) Anyway, science and art to illuminate the multifaceted groove on the Guitar. Te Band are joined Center audience in the Arts Center Teater the Coast Community Library’s “Sunday at array of living, forming a uniquely elemen- by “new guy” Murdo “Yogi” Cameron on mystery dinner production Diving for Ab- the Library” regularly brings us interesting tal narrative based on the shaping forces of Mandola and Accordion to complete the alone, A Steven Oakwood Mystery. Te and fascinating people, and Sunday, Febru- earth, air, fre, and water, connecting systems instrumental line up. mystery will be presented Friday, February ary 25 is no exception. like no other book has Daimh have always had the renown and 2 at 7:00pm, and during a matinee on Sat- Tis is an afernoon done before. notoriety of working with some of the fnest urday, February 3 at 2:00pm at Coleman with naturalist Obi Kaufmann depicts layer Gaelic singers in Scotland and the current Hall & Elaine Jacob Foyer. Tickets are $50 Kaufmann. More than afer layer of the natural line up only serves to cement that distinc- in advance, plus $10 afer Friday, January a naturalist (which is no world, delighting in the tion with the addition of the Gaelic frma- 26. Reservations required by January 26. small thing, ) Kaufmann, grand scale and details ment’s most rapidly rising star, Ellen Mac- Matinee $20 in advance, plus $5 day of is a naturalist, artist, ad- alike. Te efect is stagger- Donald on vocals. Recent accolades include event. venturer, and more, and ingly beautiful: presented last year’s award for the “Best Folk Band in In its third year at Gualala Arts Center, he’ll be stopping in Point alongside California div- Europe” at the prestigious Folkherbst com- this popular evening of interactive live the- Arena to discuss his recently published vied into its ffy-eight counties, for example, petition in Germany and most recently win- ater sees the return of some of our favorite ner of “Folk Band of the Year” at the Scot- Heyday book, Te California Field Atlas. we consider California made up of dancing tish Traditional Music Awards. Tis atlas is a masterpiece of Kaufmann’s tectonic plates, of watersheds, of wildfower As you all know (or will learn on February detailed examination of local topography gardens. Maps are enhanced by spirited illus- 27) there is nothing beter than seeing a tal- and his beautiful hand painted maps, draw- trations of wildlife, keys that explain natural ented musical group in a comfortable, inti- ings and paintings. Beyond his presentation, phenomena, and a clear-sighted but reveren- mate seting like the one at 215 Main. Make Kaufmann will take time to sign books and tial text. Full of character and color, the Cali- plans now. It’s not easy to consistently plan have copies available to purchase. He'll also fornia Field Atlas has quickly become a new have a selection of his recently-made, origi- classic. a memorable evening. Here’s your chance. Steven Oakwood characters as well as lots nal, watercolor trail-paintings In the few months since the Come see Daimh Tuesday, February 27. of new people, says writer and creator, lo- Te afernoon presentation California Field Atlas has hit You’ll enjoy the evening and you’ll be sur- cal playwright Dennis Carter, of Te Sea begins at 2:00pm at the Coast stores across California and rounded by friends. 215 Main is at, well, Ranch. Sea Ranch thespian Karen Serra- Community Library, 225 beyond it has enjoyed four 215 Main Street (Highway One) in Point toni is back to direct. Main Street, Point Arena. weeks at the number one spot Arena, across from Arena Teater. Tell ‘em Te play happens in four acts. Te dinner Kaufmann wants us to for non-fction paperbacks in the Lighthouse Peddler sent ya. is in four courses. In between scenes, din- know how best to read and Northern California and is ner courses are served and while enjoying enjoy this ground-breaking beginning to rank in Southern a wonderful meal prepared by Gualala Arts’ work; and he’ll speak on California’s top ten. Te Cali- Culinary Guild, each table of diners dis- the necessity for geographic fornia Field Atlas is the win- cusses motives and perpetrators and tries literacy and its importance in ner of the 2016 Phelan Award to solve the mystery and win the prize! the fght to defend California's natural world. for California literature by the San Francisco Join the fun, the food, and the mystery at For poet, painter and naturalist Obi Foundation, insuring the Atlas will be in- Gualala Arts. Kaufmann, California is a magic network of clude in the California Historical Society’s living systems that connect in a grand, quilt- Bancrof Library archives at the University of ed array of ecology and beauty. Te lavishly California at Berkeley. illustrated, 550-page California Field Atlas An avid conservationist, Obi Kaufmann takes readers of the beaten path and outside regularly travels around the state, speaking normal conceptions of California, revealing on issues of ecological restoration and pres- ervation to such groups as the Klamath-Sis- kiyou Wildland center, the 39150 Ocean Drive, Suite 2 Mojave Desert Land Trust, in Gualala Te Anza Borrego Founda- tion, Te Mono Lake Com- PRINT • SCAN • FAX • EMAIL mitee, the Peninsula Open Business Cards • Building Plans Space Trust and Friends Postcards • Flyers • Posters of the River in Coloma. Signage • Secretarial Services He is an illustrator for Office Supplies • Tech Accessories Bay Nature Magazine, the Berkeley Times and Premium Arts, as well as ph 707.884.9640 a long-term collaborator with the men’s ap- fax 707.885.0191 parel brand INDIGOFER. A life-long resi- offi[email protected] dent of California, Obi Kaufmann makes his BUSINESS HOURS home base in Oakland and is currently work- Monday • Tuesday • Thursday • Friday ing on Field Atlases to come. 10am-5pm You can follow Obi @coyotethunder on CLOSED Wednesdays & Weekends instagram and @obikaufmann on twiter.

Pg 16 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 Another Busy Month LOTS OF FIRSTS TO CELEBRTE At 215 Main In Pt. Arena With Plenty of Entertainment AT RCMS’ 40TH BIRTHDAY Point Arena's 215 Main has another list of Gualala Arts Center will be the site for mastery of Don Krieger. diverse quality performers scheduled. this year’s Be Our Guest, celebrating Red- Co-chairs Colete Coad and Ginny Ru- Friday February 9 is Karaoke night. wood Coast Medical Services’ 40 bin have planned a festive evening Get your voice ready to join locals and visi- years of service to the health needs Saturday, March 3, for the RCMS tors alike as they step into the spotlight and of the communities ranging from community, including live and si- pereforma their favorite songs fawlessly' Manchester to Timber Cove. Te lent auctions, and several special or at least highly entertaining. 7:00pm. event will be held March 3, start- announcements and birthday sur- Tird Tursday poetry takes center stage ing at 5:00pm. prises. on the 15th. (See full story on page 8.) It was 1978 when RCMS of- Proceeds will support the work On the 16th, 215 will host Ryan McKas- fcially opened its doors to pa- of the RCMS healthcare and den- son and Eric McDonald. Te duo are mas- tients. Te frst building was lo- tal clinics in Gualala and Point ters of tradition who purposefully explore cated across the highway from Stewarts Arena. “RCMS turns no one away and pro- the dark corners foating on its edges. Te Point General Store, now vides more than 25,000 music this duo creates is to share, and live Twofsh Baking Compa- visits a year. A full 35% performance is the forte. Teir live perfor- ny. Dr. Duane Olson was of our patients are below its frst resident doctor in the federal poverty level, this clinic location. so we want to encourage Tis year’s Be Our generous tax-deductible Guest gala, the frst in donations of auction “A friend is someone who knows all nearly 3 years, has gained items and cash contribu- about you and still loves you.” its frst Underwriter with tions to make this 40th Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) a generous gif from Tim- a cause for celebration,” ber Cove Resort. said Diane Agee, CEO. Jens Von Gierke, co-owner of Timber Cove Resort said, “We are pleased to make Don't forget: Tickets are on sale now (see our frst gif ever to the medical clinic that box below). Your glass is your ticket; please means so much to all of us in its service area. remember to bring it to the event! mances are full of organic banter and good And glad to be the frst underwriter in the humor to go along with the music. Music 30-year history of this signature event.” Tickets at $60 and Tables for 4 at $400 starts at 8:00pm. Be Our Guest got its current name when subject to availability. On sale now at www. Sharkmouth arrives for a performance early supporters frst decided to host eth- rcms-healthcare.org/be-our-guest.html, on the 17th. Sharkmouth is a jazz punk nically-themed dinners in their homes for and Four-Eyed Frog Bookstore, Gualala. trio from Santa Rosa. Joshua James Jack- parties of 8. As it grew in popularity over son plays bass while telling tales through the years it was moved from the Commu- song, Taylor "Libby" Cufe creates deep nity Center to the Gualala Arts Center. grooves on the drums, sings and brings the Sea Rancher Rae Radtkey remembers smiles, and Nate Ditle plays organ, Rhodes that the original fundraiser was “called and sings too. 8:00pm. something like Coastal Chefs.” Wineries On the 23rd, Dust In My Cofee takes were contacted and a wine tasting took center stage. Tis band is based in Auburn, place in Sundstrom Mall during the draw- California and all the players have been or ing of rafe tickets for the winners of the 8-12 dinners in private homes, each with a particular ethnic feast. “Four tickets were pulled for each dinner and each of those 4 winners brought a guest,” she continued. Tis year’s event will have many frsts among its auction items. Included are SFJazz membership and concert tickets, equine acupressure sessions (well behaved horses only), premium scotch, bourbon and gin, salmon-fshing excursion, and oth- are currently cowboys. Tere is a Celtic fa- er auction items and services to suit every vor with two bagpipers in the band as well taste. as musicians who have played together for Lynne and Phil Atkins (photo above) will ten years. years as a heavy metal band which take the podium as Emcees and Live Auc- gives the songs energy as well as an edgy tioneers. While they have ofen atended voice. over the years as “guests,” this is the frst Daimh brings their Gaelic music to the time they are acting in an "ofcial" capac- coast on the 27th. (See cover story). ity. Phil will do double duty, providing mu- 215 Main is on Main Street (highway sical entertainment, along with the wonder- One) in Pt. Arena. (707) 882-3215. ful vocals of Bryn Harris and the keyboard

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Pg 18 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 Surviving in a Kingdom in Crisis by Mary Jane Schramm Te cove was a mass of shining fronds of thriving. And we land creatures benefted storing several components of this compro- bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) foating from sports and commercial fsheries, and mised ecosystem, through closures, and ex- languidly atop the swell. Each plant’s long, income from recreational use of this spec- tensive feld and laboratory studies to tease brown stalk stretched down to a sea foor tacularly scenic area. teeming with myriad creatures. Amid the But, despite its majesty and mag- dim light fltering down from the surface, a nifcence, kelp is also vulnerable: as leopard shark’s dappled form glided slowly, an “annual” plant that lives just one in search of prey. Small fsh sheltered be- or two years, its propagation can be neath the kelp canopy. Abalone grazed on suppressed, perhaps indefnitely, by succulent algae that clothed the rocky bot- abrupt and persistent disruptions tom. A black seabird dove beneath the sur- within the ecosystem. And it was. face, darting here and there, propelled by Along the Sonoma and Mendoci- strong wings and feet, picking of fsh, one no county coasts, the once-luxuriant by one. Life in the forest – this Kingdom of kelp kingdom came under siege, Kelp - was good, was balanced. in a virtual ecosystem collapse. In Bull kelp, known scientifcally'but 2011, disaster struck when a toxic algae out the intricacies of food web dynamics somewhat irreverently'as Nereocys- “red tide” occurred, killing a variety of sea that might suggest solutions. In January life. Sea stars, which had kept the urchin 2018, NOAA’s Greater Farallones National population in check, died en masse from Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council voted a wasting disease. Urchin numbers sky- to form a Working Group to address the rocketed, devouring everything avail- kelp forest crisis in Mendonoma. We will able. And from 2014 through 2015, an engage in strategic collaborations, but it oceanographic triple-whammy hit: in will be a formidable task. 2014 a warm water cell called “Te Blob” hunkered down of Northern Califor- ******** nia, suppressing productive, cold-water For more information: upwelling. It combined with a strong • htps://farallones.noaa.gov/eco/ El Niño warm water phenomenon, and gradual ocean warming. Te result was a •https://cdfwmarine.wordpress. com/2016/03/30/perfect-storm-decimates- tis leutkeana, or “mermaid’s bladder,” is a deadly cascade of efects. Starvation ensued kelp/ world-class marine plant: it grows nearly in parts of the food web, the exception be- a foot each day, up to 70 feet high, and is ing – at frst -- the purple sea urchin. A ver- "anchored" to the seafoor by a root-like satile opportunist, this species denuded its holdfast. Its long hollow tube, or stipe, on surroundings. Grazing fercely on the kelp, reaching the surface, branches into a bou- especially the tender new plants, mowing Mary Jane Schramm quet of blades made buoyant by gas-flled down both forest and undergrowth, creat- NOAA Greater Farallones "Conservation is humanity caring bulbs. From these, the fronds fan out to ing “urchin barrens” where virtually noth- National Marine Sanctuary [email protected] for the future." absorb nutrients ing else lived. And Nancy Newhall from the cool, rich when kelp den- Photos Credits: water, and photo- sity is low, their Top lef: Bull Kelp Head/Steve Lonhart/NOAA synthesize might- spores may not Lef: Bull Kelp and Fish / NPS/National Park Service Above: Urchin Eating Kelp/Steve Lonhart/NOAA 2017 / ily: marine algae setle properly USFWS generates nearly and mature; new 70% of our planet’s kelp plants simply Greater Farallones sanctuary protects seabirds and their habi- tats through oil drilling prohibition, NOAA’s Marine Debris oxygen. fail to materialize. program, at-sea research, and the Seabird Protection Network: Bull kelp forms By devouring the htp://seabirdprotectionnetwork.org. For information on a tower of life, kelp, the urchins studies in our sanctuaries, and teaching materials, visit htp:// from seafoor to have literally eaten oikonos.org/exploring-albatross-movements/ surface: seals, sea lions, seabirds and other themselves out of house and home. marine life fnd the kelp’s “larder” generous, What can slow or stop this urchin yielding up a feast rockfsh, crabs, urchins, devastation? Disease, storms, an in- prawns, abalone, and sea stars. It provides crease in predators. Eliminating fsh- habitat for tiny plankton and great whales. ing pressure can help the abalone Gray whale mothers with newborn calves recover. Sea star numbers seem to may hide in kelp to confuse prowling killer be rebounding. What about kelp re- whales, whose echolocation is confounded covery? Cool water, at 63 Deg. F. or by the acoustic “curtain” of hollow kelp lower, is essential; successive La Niña stipes bouncing their signals back. Grays coldwater phenomena could help. may even slurp a snack of crustaceans or But that’s beyond resource agencies’ fsh eggs from the fronds. In these ideal abilities to arrange. conditions, marine invertebrates like abalo- Te California Department of Fish ne, sea stars, limpets, and sea urchins, were and Wildlife has taken the lead on re-

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Pg 20 Lighthouse Peddler, February 2018 Get Out! February’s Music, Poetry, Theater, Films, Art & Events • Friday 02: 5:00pm, Opening Reception “One Universe of Light” at Gualala Arts • Friday 02: 7:00pm, Chris Doering, Guitar and Karl Young, Shakuhachi at MendoViné • Friday 02: 7:00pm, Mystery Dinner Teater at Gualala Arts • Saturday 03: 8:30am, Voter Registration At Pay N’ Take, At Gualala Community Center • Saturday 03: 2:00pm, Mystery Dinner Teater at Gualala Arts Center • Saturday 03: 5:00pm, Opening Reception “Inspired By Te Sea” at Dolphin Gallery • Saturday 03: 8:30pm, Blues On Te Coast Presents Janes Armstrong Band at Arena Teater • Monday 05: 7:00pm, ATFC “Singin’ In Te Rain”, Arena Teater • Friday 09: 5:00pm, Opening Reception “What Te World Needs Now Is Love” Gualala Arts • Friday 09: 7:00pm, Karaoke at 215 Main in Point Arena • Saturday 10: 9:00am, MET Opera Live, L ‘Elisir d’ Amore” at Arena Teater • Saturday 10: 1:00pm, Blues Film “Life & Times of Muddy Waters”, Coast Community Library • Saturday 10: 6:30pm, International Dinner at MendoViné • Sunday 11: 4:00pm, Zéphyros Winds Ensemble, Chamber Music at Gualala Arts • Monday 12: 7:00pm, ATFC “Marty”, Arena Teater • Tuesday 13: 3:00pm, Publishing Workshop at Four-Eyed Frog Books • Tursday, 15 7:30pm, Tird Tursday Poetry at 215 Main in Pt. Arena. • Friday 16: 5:00pm, Opening Reception “Mindless Brush”, at Gualala Arts • Friday 16: 7:00pm, Harrison Goldberg, Sax,Tim Mueller, guitar, Duo’xplore MendoViné • Saturday 17: 8:30am, Voter Registration At Pay N’ Take, At Gualala Community Center • Saturday 17: 1:00pm, National Teater Live from London, “Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf • Saturday 17: 5:00pm, Whale Lecture with Jodi C. Smith at Point Arena Lighthouse • Saturday 17: 8:00pm, SharkMouth performing at 215 Main in Point Arena • Friday 23: 8:00pm, Dust In My Cofee performing at 215 Main in Point Arena • Friday 23: 7:00pm, Harrison Goldberg, Saxophone at MendoViné • Friday 23: 8:30pm, Wayne Garner, Texas Country, at Garcia River Casino • Saturday 24: 9:30am, MET Opera Live, “La Boheme”, at Arena Teater • Saturday 24: 7:00pm, Pocket Swing w/S. Foster, guitar, D. Markis, Jazz vocals, MendoViné • Saturday 24: 7:30pm, Te Traveling Spectacular With Oddjob Ensemble, at Arena Teater • Sunday 25: 2:00pm, Author and Naturalist Obi Kaufmann at Coast Community Library • Sunday 25: 4:00pm, BAKU Beneft Concert for Global Harmony Camp at Gualala Arts • Monday 26: 7:00pm, ATFC “Dr. Strangelove”, at Arena Teater • Tuesday 27: 7:00pm, Gaelic group Daimh at 215 Main in Point Arena • Wednesday 28: 2:15pm, Hearts For Te Arts, GAC Annual Members Meeting at Gualala Arts • Tursday 01: 6:00pm, Full Moon Tour at Point Arena Lighthouse. Gualala Arts Theater presents . . . Mar 23-25, and Mar 30 & 31 at 7 pm TWO Matinees: Mar. 24 and 31 at 2 pm WEEKENDS!

Tickets $20 in advance, plus $5 day of Tapas Opening & Closing Nights, $30 in advance Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com or 1.800.838.3006 & in person at Gualala Arts Center