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: Connel Murray; Posted On Thursday, 30 November 2017 01:09; 30 November 2017

Symphony opens 40th season with blockbuster performance

**Elizabeth MacDougall with the Lake County Symphony on Sunday, November 19, 2017, in Lakeport, Calif. Photo by David Nelson.**

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Symphony celebrated the opening of its 40th year on Sunday, Nov. 19, with a concert at the Soper Reese Theatre featuring the works of two of the 19th century’s most celebrated composers.

: Editor; Posted On Monday, 27 November 2017 22:00; 26 November 2017

‘Decades’ to perform at Soper Reese Dec. 10

**“Decades” from Chico, Calif., will perform at the Soper Reese Theater in Lakeport, Calif., on Sunday, December 10, 2017. Courtesy photo.**

LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Sunday, Dec. 10, the Soper Reese Theatre presents “Decades,” a red-hot group from Chico that plays a vibrant and diverse range of dance rhythms from Chuck Berry to Katy Perry.

: Ted Kooser; Posted On Sunday, 26 November 2017 22:05; 26 November 2017

American Life in Poetry: Bees Were Better

**Ted Kooser. Photo credit: UNL Publications and Photography.**

The University of Minnesota Press has published a fine collection of bee poems, “If Bees are Few.”

Here's one by one of my favorite poets, Naomi Shihab Nye, who lives in San Antonio. Her most recent book is “Famous” from Wings Press.

Bees Were Better

In college, people were always breaking up.
We broke up in parking lots,
beside fountains.
Two people broke up
across a table from me
at the library.
I could not sit at that table again
though I did not know them.
I studied bees, who were able
to convey messages through dancing
and could find their ways
home to their hives
even if someone put up a blockade of sheets
and boards and wire.
Bees had radar in their wings and brains
that humans could barely understand.
I wrote a paper proclaiming
their brilliance and superiority
and revised it at a small café
featuring wooden hive-shaped honey-dippers
in silver honeypots
at every table.

American Life in Poetry does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. It is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2008 by Naomi Shihab Nye, “Bees Were Better,” from If Bees Are Few: A Hive of Bee Poems, Ed., James P. Lenfestey, (University of Minnesota Press, 2016). Poem reprinted by permission of Naomi Shihab Nye and the publisher. Introduction copyright ©2017 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006.

: Editor; Posted On Wednesday, 29 November 2017 01:38; 29 November 2017

Palette to Palate features ‘WATER!’ with Boatique Winery Dec. 2

**A previous “Palette to Palate” event at the Middletown Art Center in Middletown, Calif. Photo courtesy of MAC staff.**

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Middletown Art Center and Boatique Winery join forces for the final 2017 Palette to Palate series on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

: Editor; Posted On Monday, 27 November 2017 22:00; 27 November 2017

Ely Stage Stop to host Dec. 3 Fiddlers Jam

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Ely Stage Stop and Country Museum will host its monthly Fiddlers Jam on Sunday, Dec. 3.

: Tim Riley; Posted On Sunday, 26 November 2017 00:18; 26 November 2017

Superhero ‘Justice League’ excites fans; ‘S.W.A.T.’ on TV

JUSTICE LEAGUE (Rated PG-13)

The best news about the new DC Comics superhero film “Justice League” is that it’s a contrast to the disappointing “Superman v Batman: Dawn of Justice,” which failed in large measure to excite the fanbase.