ALWAYS FREE Lighthouse November 2018 Peddler The Guide To Music, Events, Theater, Film, Art, Poetry, and Life on the Mendocino Coast It’s Time For Some Spirit! Gualala Arts’ Festival Of Trees Arrives Tanksgiving Weekend. For locals, seasonal visitors, and travelers alike, Te annual tree lighting ceremony with car- the holidays help defne this time of year. Tanks- oling is Friday evening at 5:00pm. Santa Claus giving is the centerpiece of November, obviously will visit both days$Friday, noon, 3:00pm and the Christmas holidays follow a few weeks later, 5:00pm and Saturday at noon and 3:00pm. Mul- and we all tend to get caught up in the spirit. tiple events insure that there will be something Helping provide some of that holiday feel- for everyone, beginning at 10:00am each day. ing is Gualala Arts as they present the 15th an- Artists and food artisans fll the Arts Center nual Festival of Trees. Tose of use who live here with handcrafed goods, homemade jams, mus- know it’s a lot more than trees, but trees are the tards, olive oils, and the like . wonderful gif centerpiece of the festival Friday and Saturday of items to choose from just before the holidays! Tanksgiving weekend, November 23 and 24. Children love shopping at the Kid’s Depot, Besides kicking of the Holiday Season on the open upstairs from . Mendonoma Coast, admission is free. cont’d on page 13 Gualala Arts Teater presents Coast Highway Art Collective • Opening Reception November 3 Gualala Improv Group Artisan Wood Worker Joins Pine Needle Artist At Opening Reception A stand-up comedy improv show Te Coast Highway Art Collective in for an industrial arts/vocational teacher to Te couple returned to Phoenix, Arizona, -- Saturday November 10 Point Arena welcomes artisan wood worker work at Trung Ky Tuat Technical School where Ross took a woodworking/special Given the current political times, humor Charles Ross as he joins Carolyn Zeitler, in Vinh Long, South Viet Nam, where Ross education job in a private school for “some is something we can all embrace. If you whose pine needle show is being held over spent two years. very spoiled kids from very wealthy and agree, your wish is about to be fulflled. from October. An opening reception for He then moved to Portland Oregon well-placed families. For some of the stu- What's even beter is that this comedy the show is on Saturday, November 3, from where he taught wood- dents, the choice was comes from a group of locals who have got- 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the gallery, located at working and construc- this school or jail. It ten together&under some professional di- 284 Main Street, Point Arena. Te public is tion in an alternative high was quite a learning rection&to bring a night of Improv to Gua- invited to meet the artists and enjoy a glass school. It was there that he experience for me,” lala Arts. Te Gualala Improv Group comes of wine and small bites. started to develop teach- says Ross. to the Art Center Saturday, November 10 at November is a busy month at the gallery. ing tools–eighteen difer- Ross retired afer 7:00pm. Tickets are $15 in advance, plus $5 In addition to Ross and Zeitler’s exhibit, the ent woodworking machine this job and began day of event. Adult content appropriate for gallery celebrates the annual Mendonoma operation manuals, sev- building the couple’s ages 18 and over. Coast Mushroom Festival with an array eral design booklets and a home in Irish Beach, Improv, if you're not sure, is improvisa- of ceramic mushrooms by artist Gretchen very successful HAPTIC which took him eight Burton, carved mushrooms by Barry Se- (learn through the sense of years to fnish. Tey f- megran, and the exquisite realism of Chris touch) program. nally moved in perma- Grassano’s mushroom-themed paintings. Ross says “My wife was nently four years ago. Tis is also a great opportunity to begin hol- accepted by Columbia Ross is known for his wooden music University in New York for stands, which are just a part of the work their nurse midwifery pro- he has produced. He says he began making gram. Te teaching tools I de- the stands when his daughters were in high veloped helped secured me a school and learning to play instruments. job with the New Jersey De- He has tweaked the design over the past 35 tional. And that makes it unpredictable. In partment of Education. Tey years until he was satisfed with the fnal re- comedy, that can be a very good thing. wanted me to replicate many sult. Join Jim Cole and the Gualala Arts Te- of the ideas I had for their Job Te November exhibit will be on open ater Improv Group for a fun evening of Corps Educational Program. from November 2 until November 25. impromptu entertainment! Tey've been Doing extensive research on Regular gallery hours are Tursday through collaborating and making each other laugh how people learned led to a Sunday from 11:00am to 5:00pm. Te gal- for the past few months and it’s now time to Learning Disability Teacher lery is located at 284 Main Street, Point share the fun with you! iday shopping for those special locally made Consultant Certifcation.” Arena, the litle red building with the big Unlike plays where the actors follow a set gifs. Te gallery ofers locally made items Te couple moved to New Mexico, where yellow sun next door to the Redwood Cred- script, this group takes its inspiration from in wood, glass, photography, mixed media, Ross taught on the Zuni Indian Reserva- it Union. the audience as to persons, places, things painting, jewelry and textiles. Guest artist tion, where he learned stone carving, and More information is available at www. and runs with them & ofen to wild and Peri Ness Defay is ofering a wide selection at a Navajo school. When his wife took a coast-highway-artists.com. crazy places! of astral gems and chakra malas, the perfect job with Te International Refugee Camp Lef: Charles Ross' "Dragon"; Participating actors include: Jon Handel, gif to aid in meditation and healing. at Site II South, Tailand, Ross taught Eng- Above: Carolyn Zeitler's "Pine Needle Basket" Ling-Yen Jones, Harm Wilkinson, Don Charles Ross has taught woodworking lish as a second language at Phanat Nikom Krieger, Paddy Batchelder, Christina Chap- and worked as a special education specialist refugee camp. man, Deborah Parsons, Sam Parsons, and since 1963 at locations all over the world, Jann Litleton. All are experienced actors beginning in the Wats area of Los Ange- but this will be their debut performances les. An opportunity arose when the Inter- for live Imrov Comedy! "What could pos- national Voluntary Services was looking sibly go wrong?!" Oct 15 - Jan 15 Pg 2 Lighthouse Peddler, November 2018 Advertisers Index From The Editor's Desk • 215 Main 11 • KTDE 18 • Te Festival of Trees comes to Gualala Arts. Get in the spirit. November 23.. (Cover). • Action Network 10 • KZYX 19 • In need of some laughs? Me too. Gualala Arts Improv is set for November 10. (Page 2). • Anchor Bay Store 16 • Litle Green Bean 14 • Coast Highway Art Collective has a new show. Opening November 3. (Page 2). • Arena Frame 18 • Lof, Te 16 • Jazz great Larry Vuckovich brings the ballad to Gualala Arts, November 3. (Page 4). • Arena Pharmacy 6 • Mar Vista 18 • Miss Mckenna Faith? She's live at Garcia River Casino November 10. (Page 4). • Arena Tech Center 17 • McCann, Peter P.T 4 • Point Arena Lighthouse has Full Moon Tour November 24. (Page 4). • Arena Teater 7 • Mend. Coast Botanical Garden cover • Mushrooms are the topic at Coast Community Library, November 18. (Page 4). • Arf Feed and Pet 3 • MTA 17 • 215 Main has music, art, food, and more this month. (Page 5). • B Bryan Preserve 2 • Ofce Source 16 • Keep an eye on your pets during the holidays. (Page 5). • Banana Belt Properties 20 • Oz Farm 13 • Some gifing ideas from Uncle Sus. (Page 5). • Bed and Bone 13 • Phillips Insurance 13 • Te Crossword answers are here. (Page 5). • Birdsong Clinic and Tea Shop 9 • Pier Chowder House&Tap Room 5 • Phasing the moon is updated. (Page 6). • Coast Hwy Art Collective back cover • Point Arena Light Station 7 • Arena Teater Film Club screens Harold and Maude, Mask, and Wings.(Page 6). • Cove Cofee 18 • Red Stella 9 • "Feast Mendocino" arrives in Pt. Arena, November 2-11. (Page 7). • Denise Green 4 • Redwood Coast Chamber of Com. 17 • Holidays are front and center at Gualala Arts. (Page 8). • Dream Catcher Interiors 15 • Rollerville Cafe 16 • Te Sudoku puzzle key is here. (Don't look!). (Page 8). • Four-Eyed Frog Bookstore 20 • Roots 12 • Karin Uphof's Words on Wellness focuses on Sharing. Tank you. (Page 9). • Garcia River Casino 10 • Sea Trader, Te 8 • Going for a walk? Take a Mountain Quail with you. (Page 9). • Green Room, Te 11 • Spirit Veterinary Services 9 • Another look at the pain and healing of our pets from Cathy Sue Riehm. (Page 9). • Gualala Arts 5 • Transformational Bodywork 2 • Direct from the heavens, Trio Celeste has a fresh chamber gif November 11. (Page 10). • Gualala Building Supply 15 • Uneda Pizza 12 • Gualala Salon & Salon des Refusés: for artists and art lovers, November 30. (Page 10). • Gualala Supermarket 6 • Village Bootery 20 • Degas Returns! OK, it's the flm Passion for Perfection. November 18. (Page 11). • Healing Arts and Massage 4 • Wellness On Te Coast 13 • A special gif.