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Bring your poems to read, songs to sing or jokes to tell. Acoustic instruments are welcome. Original material will be videotaped by Channel 8 TV for later showing.
If you have always wanted to be on TV here is your chance so don't miss out. All ages are welcome.
Call DJ Phil for details, 263-3391, or email
Cafe Victoria is located at 301 Main St.
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Artist and natural builder Massey Burke will hold an informational session about methods and techniques of low-cost, low impact natural building and specifically discuss the Lucerne Creek Park community art project – which begins in early May – at 4 p.m.
Refreshments will be served.
The Lucerne Alpine Senior Center is located at 10th and Country Club in Lucerne.
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UPPER LAKE – The Lake Wind Ensemble, consisting of Beth Aiken on oboe, Ann Hubbard on bassoon and Nick Biondo on clarinet, totally enthralled an appreciative soldout audience Friday, March 27, in the third of the 2009 Concerts with Conversation Series at the Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake.
All members of both the Lake and Mendocino County Symphonies, these are three of the most accomplished wind instrument players in Northern California. They presented a diverse program with verve and lively audience interaction.
After a wine and small plates reception in the Tallman parlor, the trio began the program with five short pieces by Jacques Ibert. This was followed by a "Pastoral" by Darius Milhaud, whose long compositional career included a stint at Mills College in Oakland, where he was fondly remembered by a member of the audience.
Aiken then performed a lovely solo piece by Benjamin Brittan and explained such technical details as how to clean an oboe and how the reeds of the various wind instruments are constructed.
A highlight of the evening was the “world premier” of a piece called “When Time Expands” by Ukiah composer David Smith, who spoke briefly about his composition. For this piece, Aiken switched to the English horn and Biondo to the bass clarinet, demonstrating the rich tones of these instruments in the lower octaves.
The evening concluded with a long, difficult, but beautifully performed “Trio” by French Composer George Auric – no relation to the vacuum cleaner Orrick, explained Aiken.
The perfect encore was a lively rendition of Scott Joplin’s “Solace” to a tango beat laid down by Hubbard on her bassoon.
The Tallman “Concerts with Conversation” series continues on April 24 when the globe-trotting “Queen of Boogie Woogie,” pianist and vocalist Wendy DeWitt, comes to Lake County. The series concludes on May 29 with the virtuoso finger-style guitarist Alex De Grassi.
Details can be found at www.tallmanhotel.com or by calling the hotel at 707-275-2244.
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Winter will be at The Gourd Gallery, which is part of the Harbor Village Artists complex at 6197 E. Highway 20, Lucerne.
Winter has taught the art of Kumihimo, the Japanese name for the art of cord-making via braiding as well as a variety of painting techniques, at Shari's Secret Garden in Lakeport. She's also shown how the techniques can be applied to gourds at the Bachelor Valley Gourd Club.
Bring your gourd questions for the April 5 demonstration.