How to resolve AdBlock issue? 
Arts & Life
- Details
- Written by: Editor
UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Between a tour of the East Coast and an upcoming European swing, Rick Estrin and the Nightcats will make a stop at the Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake on the Monday evening of Labor Day.
This popular group will headline the third annual Blue Wing Labor Day Blues Extravaganza in the garden between the Hotel and the Blue Wing Saloon Restaurant from 5:45 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 5.
When the Lake County Fair comes to an end and things start to wind down, this musical special promises to be a relaxing and upbeat way to top off the traditional end-of-summer weekend holiday.
Rick Estrin ranks among the very best harmonica players, singers and songwriters in the blues world today.
For more than 30 years and nine albums, Rick fronted the swinging Little Charlie and the Nightcats, featuring guitarist Little Charlie Baty.
With Baty's retirement from touring, Estrin takes the lead on his own along with the Nightcats’ longtime rhythm section of J. Hansen and Lorenzo Farrell and a new member, fiery guitarist Kid Andersen.
Besides his songwriting and musical skills, Estrin is among the most entertaining and colorful showmen around.
His quick wit and signature look – coifed hair, pencil-thin mustache and sharp attire – add even more color to his performances. More information can be found on his web site, www.rickestrin.com.
Gerald Mathis and Starlight will again open for the Blue Wing Labor Day event as they have done to enthusiastic receptions the past two years.
Besides Mathis on keyboards, this Sacramento based group features the talented Anthony Dillard on sax, Tim Hankins on guitar, Greg Anderson on bass and Frank Lemmon on drums.
Also for the third year in a row, Gregory Graham Wines of Lower Lake will co-sponsor the Labor Day event along with Allora DaCar Productions of Nice and KXBX FM 98.3.
Additional sponsors of the event are Glamazon Wines of Upper Lake, Chic le Chef of Middletown, and the October 1 Konocti Challenge Bike Ride sponsored by the Lakeport Rotary.
Beside the music, the ticket price of $50 in advance ($55 at the gate) plus tax includes a gourmet barbeque dinner served in the garden.
Tickets are available by calling the Tallman Hotel at 707-275-2244.
More information including barbecue menu is available at www.tallmanhotel.com/concert.
- Details
- Written by: Editor
- Details
- Written by: Editor
Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh and the infamous shower scene can be viewed on the big screen on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at the Soper Reese Community Theatre, 275 S. Main St. in Lakeport.
Suggested donation is $5. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the film begins at 6 p.m.
This special Lake County showing is part of a new Classic Movie Series recently debuted at the theater that runs on the second Tuesday of every month through June 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.
- Details
- Written by: Ted Kooser
I’ve always been fascinated by miniatures of all kinds, the little glass animals I played with as a boy, electric trains, dollhouses, and I think it’s because I can feel that I’m in complete control. Everything is right in its place, and I’m the one who put it there.
Here’s a poem by Kay Mullen, who lives in Washington, about the art of bonsai.
Bonsai at the Potter's Stall
Under fluorescent light,
aligned on a bench
and table top, oranges
the size of marbles dangle
from trees with glossy
leaves. White trumpets
bloom in tiny clay pots.
Under a firethorn’s twisted
limbs, a three inch monk
holds a cup from which
he appears to drink
the interior life. The potter
prizes his bonsai children
who will never grow up,
never leave home.
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 ©2006 by Kay Mullen, and reprinted from her most recent book of poetry, A Long Remembering: Return to Vietnam, FootHills Publishing, 2006, by permission of Kay Mullen 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.