Here is a chance to catch them with a full band at the Blue Wing Saloon & Cafe on Monday, June 29, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 pm.

Wilhelm's Bottle Rock Blues & Rhythm Band now has a traditional rhythm section of piano, bass and drums. This will be the new lineup's debut performance.

Live videos of Wilhelm and Knepalm can be viewed at www.youtube.com/TheMonkeybeat .

The event begins at 2 p.m.

“Journey to Rhyolite” is Bartholomew's fourth book.

The book focuses on Nathaniel, who makes a journey to Rhyolite, “the greatest boom town in the west.”

Nathaniel hopes to make his fortune, be reunited with his love, Annabelle, and find the man he murdered back in Baltimore.

Bartholomew lived in big cities such as New York and San Francisco before settling down in Lake County, where he's putting his interesting life experiences to work as an author.

“He has discovered that the most fantastic tales are the ones that really happened,” a biographical note at www.smashwords.com/profile/view/Bart explains.

Ancient artifacts are one of his interests, and he has published several articles on the subject, according to his biography. In addition to writing fiction he studies petroglyphs and local history.

Wild About Books is located at 14290 Olympic Drive, Clearlake, telephone 707-994-9453.

Visit Bartholomew's Web site at http://chargedbarticle.org/ . “Journey to Rhyolite” also can be purchased at http://norlightspress.com/our-books.html#Journey-To-Rhyolite .

Bill Noteman & The Rockets always draw a crowd when they perform around Lake County. Photo by Harold LaBonte.

LAKEPORT – Perennial favorites Bill Noteman & The Rockets rocked Library Park as part of the summer concert park series Friday night.

The group performed on the warm, clear evening before an appreciative audience of several hundred people, many of whom took the opportunity to dance.

The five-piece band includes members Bill Noteman, vocals, harmonica and guitar; David Neft, piano; Larry Platz, guitar; Dave Falco, bass; and drummer Steve DuBois.

Many of those in attendance were looking forward to Saturday's VW Show and Shine, the annual vintage Volkswagen car show with lots to do that will take place in Library Park from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

More than a dozen of the German-built vehicles were parked nearby through the evening.

Harold LaBonte contributed to this report.

Front man Bill Noteman during one of the band's numbers on Friday, June 26, 2009. Photo by Harold LaBonte.

Hundreds of people packed into the park on Friday, June 26, 2009, to enjoy Bill Noteman & The Rockets. Photo by Harold LaBonte.

Pictured from left to right, Soper Reese Fundraising Committee member Amy Casey, Tallman owner Bernie Butcher, Committee Chair Nina Marino and Committee member Wally Fuller. Courtesy photo.

UPPER LAKE – On June 18 Lynne and Bernie Butcher, owners of the Tallman Hotel on Main Street in Upper Lake, presented Soper Reese Fundraising Chairman Nina Marino with a generous donation representing 10 percent of the proceeds earned from their successful 2009 “Concerts with Conversation” series.

The concerts run on the last Friday of the month from January to May.

Following a wine and small plate reception in the Hotel dining room, local and regional musicians entertain guests in Riffe’s Meeting House next door.

This year’s performers included pianists Spencer Brewer and Wendy DeWitt, guitarist Alex DeGrassi, stick player Bob Culbertson and the Lake Wind Ensemble.

These concerts present the audience with the opportunity to engage in informal conversation with the artists about their music.

This is the third year that the Butchers have generously supported the theater with proceeds from their concert series.

It will be a great opportunity to check out Middletown Days at Central Park nearby and then catch either the 1:30 p.m. matinée or a 7:30 p.m. evening screening. They'll have cordoned parking for the festival.

The lineup includes two sumptuously animated poems written and read by the incomparable Billy Collins; the documentary short, “Poetry Lives” by Mark Freeman; 2007 Oscar-winning animation, “The Danish Poet,” narrated by Liv Ullmann; plus short film, “The Ice Cream Man” by Dylan Rush and also the tale of “The Best Book Ever” by Lev Yilmaz as well as other surprises!

The cost is $10 at the door, $5 for kids 16 and under. Concessions and Coyote Popcorn are available for sale.

The Calpine Geothermal Visitors Center is located at 15500 Central Park Road, Middletown.

Coyote Film Festival is the fundraising arm of EcoArts of Lake County, a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to bringing arts opportunities and ecologic stewardship to the residents and visitors of Lake County, California.

For more information visit www.EcoArtsofLakeCounty.org or www.CoyoteFilmFestival.org .