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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Fargo Brothers have been burning up stages since 1979, racking up more than 4,000 performances from California to the Canadian border.
Let’s see if they can do it again at the Soper Reese Theatre’s Third Friday Live concert on Friday, April 19, at 7 p.m.
The band is made up of four seasoned professionals who deliver a brand of Blues, roots Rock and Roll, and Americana with a fire and intensity that only three decades together can bring. Known for their vocal harmonies and tight ensemble playing, the Fargo Brothers always put on a show that gets the crowd up and dancing.
Michael Lester Adams is the group’s songwriter, singer, and guitarist. Russ Whitehead sings and plays bass; Joost Vonk sings and plays drums; and Mojo Larry Platz sings and plays guitar. Major sponsor for the Third Friday Live Series is Strong Financial Network. Also sponsored by KXBX 98.3 and KNTI 99.5.
All seats for Third Friday Live are $15. Dance floor open. Tickets are available online at www.soperreesetheatre.com or at The Travel Center, 1265 S. Main, Lakeport, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets also also available at the theater box office up to two hours before show time.
For more information call 707-263-0577. The theater is located at 275 S. Main St., Lakeport.
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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The regular monthly Ely Stage Stop Fiddlers' Jam, with lively music, will be held on Sunday, April 7, from noon to 2 p.m. in the barn at the Ely.
Food and beverages will be available for sale.
This month's raffle basket theme is “April showers bring may flowers.” Included with the basket is a beautiful bouquet from Flowers by Traci of Kelseyville and a gift certificate from Kelseyville Lumber, also of Kelseyville.
Hundreds of daffodils are blooming. Come early and enjoy the bright yellow blooms that are scattered over the Museum property, from the house to the barn.
The Ely Stage Stop & Country Museum is located at 9921 Soda Bay Road, between Kit's Corner on Highway 29 and the Riviera. The gates are open every weekend from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Look for the museum flag.
Visit http://www.elystagestop.org and Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/elystagestop, or call 707-533-9990 for more information.
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- Written by: Lake County Rural Arts Initiative
Photos must be taken in Lake County.
Cash prizes will be awarded in three categories: kindergarten through fifth, sixth through eighth and ninth through 12th.
Prizes are $100 for first place, $75 for second place and $50 for third place.
Contest winners will earn their classroom free art supplies in the amount of their prize.
Get out those cameras, cell phones and tablets and head outside. Submit photographs at www.LCRAI.org/contest.
Submissions must be received by April 26.
All photos will be printed by LCRAI and displayed at the Land Trust’s Art and Nature Day Celebration on Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rodman Preserve and Nature Center, 3560 Westlake Road, Lakeport. Winners will be announced at 1 p.m.
This free event will include fun art and nature activities for children and grownups of all ages.
The Lake County Rural Arts Initiative is working with Lake County schools and community partners to bring arts to our children and help fund the expanded arts program the schools want and need; utilizing art teachers, local artists and combining the arts with more traditional subjects.
Art education increases test scores across every subject area, lowers dropout rates and closes the achievement gap regardless of socioeconomic status.
Most importantly, is it the basis for developing the No. 1 attribute sought by today’s and future employers, innovation and creativity.
Visit www.LCRAI.org for more information on Lake County Rural Arts Initiative, its programs, projects, contests and opportunities to get involved.
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- Written by: Ted Kooser
Is it worse to live in a city where you can't see a big storm coming until it's right on top of you, or to be out on the plains where you can see it coming for almost too long?
I like this long look at an approaching and then passing storm by Max Garland, who lives in Wisconsin. It's from his fine book, The Word We Used For It, from the University of Wisconsin Press.
Happiness
The storm was headed in our direction—
big loom of gray like the absolute West
leaned over us. Reports of damage
in the neighboring counties—a silo unfurled
and took wing, a house trailer
twisted loose. On the Doppler screen
the storm looked alive, yellow and green
at the fringes, with a fierce red heart
trending to violet. Sirens swept over
to scare it away, like songbirds
grow strident, circle and bluff
at the sight of an owl.
When the rain came in sheets,
I regretted my sins. When lightning
cracked the red pine's half-rotted heart,
I wished the world more joy
in general. When the worst was over
and the grass lay flat, but alive,
and the sky was a waning bruise,
I thought of that silo, how it wasn't mine,
and all that grain cast back into the world's
wind, maybe some of it still flying.
American Life in Poetry does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. It 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 ©2017 by Max Garland, "Happiness," from The Word We Used For It, (University of Wisconsin Press, 2017). Poem reprinted by permission of Max Garland and the publisher. Introduction copyright ©2019 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.