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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.
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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.
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MENDOCINO, Calif. – The Mendocino Coast Brass Quintet, featuring five members of the Symphony of the Redwoods brass section, will hold an opus concert on Sunday, Jan. 13.
The concert will take place beginning at 3 p.m. in the Mendocino Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, 44831 Main St., Mendocino.
The traditional brass quintet will present music in a variety of styles – classical, folk, jazz, swing and ragtime.
Tickets cost $21 per person and are available at www.symphonyoftheredwoods.org and at the door.
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When we began this column in 2005, I determined not to include any of my own poems because I wanted to introduce our readers to the work of as many of the other American poets as I could. But from time to time someone has requested that I publish one of my own.
So here’s a seasonal poem, for those who’ve asked.
Christmas Mail
Cards in each mailbox,
angel, manger, star and lamb,
as the rural carrier,
driving the snowy roads,
hears from her bundles
the plaintive bleating of sheep,
the shuffle of sandals,
the clopping of camels.
At stop after stop,
she opens the little tin door
and places deep in the shadows
the shepherds and wise men,
the donkeys lank and weary,
the cow who chews and muses.
And from her Styrofoam cup,
white as a star and perched
on the dashboard, leading her
ever into the distance,
there is a hint of hazelnut,
and then a touch of myrrh.
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 Ted Kooser, whose most recent book of poems is Together, Brooding Heron Press, 2012. Poem reprinted by permission of Ted Kooser. Introduction copyright © 2012 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.