LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Lake Community Pride Foundation is presenting another in a series of concerts featuring local performers.

On Saturday, Feb. 9, the foundation will present “An Evening with … Blue Collar” from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $10 with all proceeds going to promote youth performing arts.

Shows are at the Lower Lake High School Little Theater on the campus at 9430 Lake St. in Lower Lake.

For tickets and information call 707-701-3838 or go to www.aneveningwith.org .

Another winter is upon us, and Barton Sutter, a poet who lives in Duluth, knows all about cold and snow.

Here’s a preview to get us thinking about what’s in store for us.

A Little Shiver

After the news, the forecaster crowed
With excitement about his bad tidings:
Eighteen inches of snow! Take cover!
A little shiver ran through the community.
Children abandoned their homework.
Who cared about the hypotenuse now?
The snowplow driver laid out his long johns.
The old couple, who’d barked at each other
At supper, smiled shyly, turned off the TV,
And climbed the stairs to their queen-size bed
Heaped high with blankets and quilts.
And the aging husky they failed to hear
Scratch the back door, turned around twice
In the yard, settled herself in the snow,
And covered her nose with her tail.

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 ©2012 by Barton Sutter, from his most recent book of poems, The Reindeer Camps, BOA Editions, Ltd., 2012. Poem reprinted by permission of Barton Sutter and the publisher. Introduction copyright © 2013 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.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Clear Lake Performing Arts, in conjunction with a generous grant from the Lake County Wine Alliance, is offering free after school violin lessons to elementary through high school students.

Classes begin on Feb. 8, and will meet each Friday at Lower Lake Elementary School Room 22 from 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. or 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Sue Condit is the instructor for the class and is a classroom teacher, member of the Clear Lake Performing Arts Lake County Symphony and the conductor for the Clear Lake Performing Arts Youth Orchestra.

Violins are not included with the class, but are available for rental through the instructor, Skelton’s Music and Bandbox Music.

The deadline for registration is Friday, Jan. 18.

Please contact Sue Condit at 707-994-5787, Extension 2619, to register or for more information.

MENDOCINO, Calif. – The Fort Bragg Center for the Arts Music Series presents international prize winner pianist Tanya Gabrielian on Sunday, Jan. 27.

The concert begins at 3 p.m. in Preston Hall, 44831 Main St., Mendocino.

Gabrielian will perform works by Liszt, Ravel and Rachmaninoff.

Tickets cost $20, and are available in advance at Fiddles and Cameras and Harvest Market in Fort Bragg, and at Moore's Main St. Books, Mendocino. The price at the door is $25.

For further information about the concert or the Fort Bragg Center for the Arts contact Sue Goodman,  707-937-1018, or go to www.fbcamusicseries.com .

LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Renowned textile artist Sheila O’Hara is offering classes to all levels of students at her south Lake County studio.

Did you ever wonder how cloth was woven or how a loom works? Now you can learn the centuries-old art of weaving right here in Lake County.

O’Hara will instruct you in basic weaving techniques from yarn identification to handwoven cloth or artworks.

If you already know how to weave, O’Hara will help you explore new avenues and provide you with creative inspiration.

Classes are held every Thursday from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at O’Hara’s home studio, 14383 Spruce Grove Road, located between Lower Lake and Middletown.

Table looms are available to rent and floor looms at the studio available.

For more information call O’Hara at 707-994-0790.

To see her tapestries visit www.sheilaohara.com .

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Arts Council will host its next First Friday Fling on Jan. 4.

The fling will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St., Lakeport.

Featured this month are the works of Steve Bellah, Carmon Brittain, Max Butler, Judy Cardinale, Terry Durnil, Ray Farrow, Lois Feron, Ruth Morgan, Leonora McKenzie, Shelby Posada, Linda Richmond, Bonnie Sears, Richard Seisser, Xian Yeagan, Ron Snider, Carol Yanagitsubo, Gary Simpson, Xian Yeagan, Beth Gilmore, Sherry Harris, Diego Harris and Carmon Brittain.

This month the Linda Carpenter Gallery will feature an exhibition of the work of artists from People Services.

There also will be wine, food and music.

For more information contact the Lake County Arts Council, 707-263-6658.