The Blue Wing is located at 9520 Main St., Upper Lake.

Reservations are recommended for parties of six or more.

The telephone number is 707-275-2233.

For more information about the Blue Wing or performance schedule go to www.BlueWingSaloon.com.

It will be held starting at 3 p.m. at the Marge Alakzsay Center located on the campus of Lakeport Unified School District in Lakeport.

The concert is presented by Clear Lake Performing Arts.

Orchestra director John Parkinson has entitled the concert "Curtain Up" with selections from a wide variety of movie themes sure to please those moms in the audience who grew up watching their favorites on the silver screen.

They include excerpts from "No Business like Show Business," "Phantom of the Opera," "Don't Rain on my Parade," "Everything's Coming up Roses" and "If he Walked into my Life." followed by two pieces from "The Wizard of Oz" – "Over the Rainbow" and "We're Off to see the Wizard."

A medley Parkinson calls "Go West" features music from such movie westerns as the "Magnificent Seven," "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," and "Hang 'em High."

Next on the program is a concert suite from the movie "Dances with Wolves" after which Parkinson and the orchestra move into the pirate mode with selections from the feature film "Hook" and several themes from Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean."

At intermission the ladies of the CLPA Auxiliary will serve complimentary Mother's Day cookies and juice to attendees, after which the CLPA Youth Orchestra, temporarily under the direction of skilled musician and former CLPA scholarship student Eleanor Cook, will play two movie music themes.

Cook will be filling in for regular conductor Wes Follett who will be traveling to a family event. Her choices for the program will be the "Love Theme from Titanic" and "Colors of the Wind" from "Pocahontas."

The ever-popular auction of the Conductor's Baton follows, with individual audience members pledging money to not only help fund the symphony, but also to win the chance to take the podium and lead the full orchestra in a rousing rendition of John Phillips Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever."

Conductor Parkinson assures prospective bidders that no prior conducting experience is necessary.

"We have over half a hundred highly skilled musicians ready to follow that baton no matter who waves it" he says.

In the past, enthusiastic bidders have helped to generate many hundreds of dollars for the orchestra.

The symphony's second half will open with a medley of themes from 007 – the James Bond epics – and concert selections from "Superman Returns" as well as complex and difficult passages from "Spider Man," which the orchestra has been practicing diligently.

As a finale – and as a salute to Lake County "Trekkies" – Parkinson has chosen a medley called "Star Trek Through the Years." It includes themes from "Star Trek – the Motion Picture," "Deep Space Nine," "The Inner Light," "Generations," and "Voyager."

The last selection on the program will be a suite from "The Star Wars Epic," which features "Princess Leia's Theme" from Episode IV, "A New Hope," "Darth Vader's Theme," and "The Forest Battle," from Episode V: "The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI: "Return of the Jedi."and the main title theme from "Star Wars" Episodes I through VI.

Admission to the CLPA concerts is $15 for CLPA members and $20 for the general public.

CLPA memberships may also be purchased at the door. Youths under 18 are admitted free.

For information contact Connel Murray, 707-277-7076.

COBB – The Cobb Mountain Artists and Moore Family Winery are hosting a singer/songwriters benefit with all proceeds to be donated to the art programs of local area schools.

The event will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 22, at Moore Family Winery, 11990 Bottle Rock Road, Cobb.

Ticket prices are $10 adult, $8 teens, $5 for 12 and under.

Locally featured singers are John Jennings, Greg Rogers, Scott Ferguson, Robert Stark, The Swelas – Mary, Liz, Clare, and Johnny – with an opening set by Dennis Purcell.

Come for an afternoon of pleasurable listening to Cobb Mountain musicians perform their brilliant, original acoustic music.

Tickets are available for purchase at Mountain High Coffee in Cobb, Middletown Florist and Gifts, Perlz in Kelseyville,The Loch Lomond Market, The Moore Family Winery (weekends only) and at the event.

The event will be outside on the grass, so bring a blanket and/or low-backed chairs and food and drink.

Student art as well as art by Cobb Mountain Artists will also be on display.

For more information contact the Moore Family Winery, telephone 707-279-9279 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

LAKEPORT – On the occasion of his newly published book, “Write Starts: Prompts, Quotes and Exercises to Jumpstart Your Creativity,” Upper Lake author Hal Zina Bennett will lead a mini-workshop for writers on Friday, May 7.

The workshop will take place from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Watershed Books in Lakeport.

Bennett is the author of more than 30 successful books, including two national bestsellers.

He also is a writing coach who has helped develop more than 200 successful books, including blockbusters by Dr. Phil McGraw of Oprah fame, Judith Orloff and Michael Samuels,MD.

Discover how to get and keep the creative juices flowing for whatever you dream of writing.

As a special treat, attendees will get a chance to pick a number and win a three-book package of Bennett's books, including “Write Starts,” “Write From Heart”and “Backland Graces,” each personally autographed, of course.

Refreshments will be served.

Watershed Books is located at 305 N. Main St., Lakeport, Calif.

For more information, call 707-263-5787.

The festival will take place at the Soper-Reese Community Theatre, located at 275 S. Main St. in Lakeport.

Performances, showcasing more than 130 dancers, will be held at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday May 1, and again during a 2 p.m. matinée on Sunday, May 2.

Look for an exciting, energetic and varied array of dancing talent from clogging, tap, hip-hop, African, Hula and modern jazz to the softer rhythms of ballroom and ballet.

The talent scene of this marvelous production grows every year thanks to the creativity of the wonderful choreographers from Antoinette's School of Dance, Lakeport Dance Center, Expressive Motion Dance Team, the Jazz Factory, Lake County Dance Coop, Konocti Dance Academy, Clear Lake Clikkers, Betty Lou Surber, Rod Rehe and Laura Fichtel, and Larry and Zoe Richardson.

There's a little of something for everyone of every genre all because of the efforts of these talented dancers, choreographers, technical crew and volunteers.

Tickets are available at the Soper-Reese Box Office, Wild About Books, Catfish Books and the Main Street Gallery.

Reserved seating is $20 and available only through the box office, general seating is $15, and students and those age 12 and under are $10.

For more information, please call the Lake County Arts Council at 707-263-6658.