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CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – Brassfield Estate Winery will hold its third annual Art & Wine Show on Nov. 22.
The winery is seeking submissions for the show from a variety of local artists.
There is no cost to participate in the show.
All proceeds go directly to the artists from their individual sales.
Prospective artists should contact Nahani Fox at 707-560-2910 or
Brassfield Estate Winery is located at 10915 High Valley Road in Clearlake Oaks.
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LUCERNE, Calif. – The Lucerne Alpine Senior Center is hosting a monthly gathering of local poets and song writers on Wednesday, Sept. 10.
This monthly event takes place on the second Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
All poets and songwriters from Lake County are welcome.
Coffee, tea and refreshments are provided and feel free to bring other snacks to share.
This free event is an opportunity to read poetry, lyrics and/or sing. If you want to accompany your shared writing, feel free to bring your instrument.
This month they will be discussing suggestions for format and activities for future monthly events.
If you are a poet or songwriter, join this evening activity. All ages and styles are invited to the gathering. Bring a few of your works to share.
For more information about the North Shore Poetry & Song Writer Gathering, call Lucerne Alpine Senior Center at 707-274-8779.
Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, 3985 Country Club Drive, is a not-for-profit that serves Northshore senior populations with on-site lunches, Meals on Wheels, and advocacy for all.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Soper Reese Theatre will feature “Arsenic and Old Lace” during its Classic Movie Series on Tuesday, Sept. 9.
The 1944 comedy classic was directed by Frank Capra and starred Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane and Raymond Massey.
Grant plays drama critic Mortimer Brewster who, after marrying Elaine Harper (Priscilla Lane), discovers that his family has a murderous secret.
For the matinée showings, doors open at 12:30 p.m., with the shows starting at 1 p.m.
For the evening showings, doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the films starting at 6 p.m.
Donations are gratefully accepted.
Popcorn, candy, soda, water and coffee will be available for purchase.
The Soper Reese Theatre, located at 275 St. Main St. in Lakeport, is a restored, historic, performing arts venue established in 1949 and seating 300 patrons.
Check the theater's Web site, www.soperreesetheatre.com , its Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Soper-Reese-Theatre/117392951610902 or call 707-263-0577 to find out about other upcoming events.
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Stories read to us as children can stay with us all our lives. Robert McCloskey’s Lentil was especially influential for me, and other books have helped to shape you.
Here’s Matt Mason, who lives in Omaha, with a book that many of you will remember.
The Story of Ferdinand the Bull
Dad would come home after too long at work
and I’d sit on his lap to hear
the story of Ferdinand the Bull; every night,
me handing him the red book until I knew
every word, couldn’t read,
just recite along with drawings
of a gentle bull, frustrated matadors,
the all-important bee, and flowers—
flowers in meadows and flowers
thrown by the Spanish ladies.
Its lesson, really,
about not being what you’re born into
but what you’re born to be,
even if that means
not caring about the capes they wave in your face
or the spears they cut into your shoulders.
And Dad, wonderful Dad, came home
after too long at work
and read to me
the same story every night
until I knew every word, couldn’t read,
just recite.
American Life in Poetry 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 2013 by Matt Mason from his most recent book of poems, The Baby That Ate Cincinnati, Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2013. Poem reprinted by permission of Matt Mason and the publisher. Introduction copyright 2014 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. They do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.