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- Written by: Alex Johns
UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Blues fans are in for a treat when Mike Wilhelm & Hired Guns welcome their special guest Mighty Mike Schermer to reprise his last performance with the band at the Blue Wing on Monday, Nov. 14.
It seemed that Wilhelm and Schermer had an instant rapport and easy interplay the first time they were paired enabling these seasoned guitar pros to give a memorable performance which left the dancing audience exhausted but happy.
When Blue Wing proprietor Bernie Butcher learned that Schermer would be touring in Northern California in November, he contacted Schermer to find out if he would be available on Nov. 14, which indeed he was. Wilhelm was agreeable as well.
Filling out the band will be Randy Hare, guitar/backup vocal; Slammin' Scott Slagle, drums/backup vocal; Jamie Webber, bass and James “Jimmy the Lion” Leonardis, tenor saxophone.
Show time is 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The Blue Wing Saloon & Café is part of the historic Tallman Hotel complex. Reservations are recommended for parties of six or more; call 707-275-2244.
For further information go to www.bluewingsaloon.com.
Mike Wilhelm's site is www.mike-wilhelm.com; Mike Schermer's is www.mighty-mike.com.
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- Written by: Editor
See the famous love scene in the surf on the big screen on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at the Soper Reese Community Theatre, 275 S. Main St., Lakeport.
The suggested donation is $5.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Film begins at 6 p.m.
This special Lake County showing is part of a new Classic Movie Series recently debuted at the theater.
The showings take place on the second Tuesday of every month through June of 2012.
Check the theater's Web site, www.soperreesetheatre.com, to see what other classics are coming up.
The Soper-Reese Community Theatre is a restored, historic, performing arts venue established in 1949 and seating 300 patrons.
Run by an all-volunteer organization, the theater operates under the guidance of the nonprofit Lake County Arts Council.
The Soper-Reese brings dance, music, plays and poetry to all members of the Lake County community and to visiting tourists.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Nesta Rae, a Kelseyville High School graduate who has made a name for herself on the national country music scene, is returning to Lake County in November for a concert and celebration of the release of her debut album entitled “Fly Free.”
The show, with full band, starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, with all seats selling at $15.
Andy Rossoff, local singer and pianist, opens.
“Fly Free” was released in July 2011 after a week long writing session in Nashville, Tennessee, with fellow song writers Scott Krippayne, Kent Hooper and Ron Robinson.
It chronicles Nesta's journey of letting go of the past in order to make room for the future. The songs have a beachy, acoustic pop vibe, highlighted with a little reggae, and underscored with a few darker melodic ballads.
“The ocean has always been an inspirational element in my life. I wanted this album to feel like a warm campfire after a day of surfing. You have a sense of calm as you just let the stories wash over you,” Rae said.
The Soper Reese Community Theatre, located at 275 S. Main St. in Lakeport, is a restored, historic, performing arts venue established in 1949 and seating 300 patrons.
Run by an all-volunteer organization, the theater operates under the guidance of the non-profit Lake County Arts Council.
The Soper-Reese brings dance, music, plays and poetry to all members of the Lake County community and to visiting tourists.
The box office can be contacted at 707-263-0577. Tickets can be ordered online at https://www.ticketturtle.com/index.php?actions=10&p=1.
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- Written by: Ted Kooser
Most of us have received the delayed news of the death of a family member or friend, and perhaps have reflected on lost opportunities.
Here’s a fine poem by J. T. Ledbetter, who lives in California but grew up on the Great Plains.
Crossing Shoal Creek
The letter said you died on your tractor
crossing Shoal Creek.
There were no pictures to help the memories fading
like mists off the bottoms that last day on the farm
when I watched you milk the cows,
their sweet breath filling the dark barn as the rain
that wasn’t expected sluiced through the rain gutters.
I waited for you to speak the loud familiar words
about the weather, the failed crops —
I would have talked then, too loud, stroking the Holstein
moving against her stanchion —
but there was only the rain on the tin roof,
and the steady swish-swish of milk into the bright bucket
as I walked past you, so close we could have touched.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2010 by J.T. Ledbetter, and reprinted from his most recent book of poetry, Underlying Premises, Lewis Clark Press, 2010, by permission of J.T. Ledbetter and the publisher. Introduction copyright ©2011 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.