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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The 1950 animated musical, “Cinderella,” screens at the Soper Reese Theatre on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 1 and 6 p.m.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Lower Lake High Drama Club presents ”Elf, the Musical” to celebrate the holiday season.
Performances will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, and Saturday, Dec. 8, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in the Lower Lake High multipurpose room.
“Elf, the Musical” is based on the New Line Cinema film written by David Berenbaum and starring Will Ferrell.
Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole.
The would-be elf is raised, unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth.
With Santa's permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity.
The cast of Elf is 28 members strong including students ranging from third to 11th grades.
“There are a lot of first timers in the cast,” said Director Tracy Lahr, “but you would never know it. The kids have worked so hard to make this play truly spectacular and completely entertaining.”
The cast includes Steven Beckstead, Veronica Campbell, Natalee Clifford, Stacy Lopez, Mackenzie Thrasher, Liberty Fuchs, Aleesa Beckstead, Brooke Benson, Teresa Burrows, Aubrey Weese, Abby Tucker, Maria Nevills, Madison Martin, Edward Pacheco, Raelynn Guerra, Kaycie Meckfessel, Reagan Bailey, Johnathan Lopez-Workman, Evelyn Campbell, Josh Fortanel, Cole Doud, Joseph Bickham, Kea-Lani Caberos, Madalyn Chernoh, Samantha Reed, Austin Camberg, Jessi Teal-Buck and Irianna Milano.
Ticket prices are: adults, $7; senior citizens, $6; students, $5.
Lower Lake High School is located at 9430 Lake St.
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I love accounts of people meeting up with wild creatures, as in Elizabeth Bishop's great poem, "The Moose," and here's another such encounter from Sonja Johanson, who is from Maine.
Johanson's most recent chapbook is “Trees in Our Dooryards” from Redbird Chapbooks.
Three Deer in Oquossoc
East will take me back. I drive
west. I wend between snowbanks,
until the road delivers me
to a sleeping boat launch.
They stand on the frozen ramp;
watch me with coats that are
better than mine. Ice houses
and snowmobiles edge the distance.
I have to turn around, I say
to them, I went the wrong
way. They stamp and chuff.
No, they tell me, this is the way.
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 ©2015 by Sonja Johanson, "Three Deer in Oquossoc," from Plum Tree Tavern, (2015). Poem reprinted by permission of Sonja Johanson and the publisher. Introduction copyright ©2018 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.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Blues Hall of Fame inductee Joe Louis Walker is a legendary, boundary-pushing icon of modern blues – a leading light who has played his electric guitar with the likes of B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters.
He makes a special appearance in Lake County on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. at the Soper Reese Theatre in Lakeport.
Walker is one of the greatest bluesmen of his generation. He is a four-time Blues Music Award winner, Blues Foundation Contemporary Male Artist of the year, and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Blues Album of the Year for his latest release, “Everybody Wants a Piece.” The New York Times calls him “… a singer with a Cadillac of a voice. He delivers no-nonsense, gutsy blues. His guitar solos are fast, wiry and incisive, moaning with bluesy despair.” Rolling Stone simply calls him “ferocious.”
For more information on Joe Louis Walker, including videos and photos, go to www.joelouiswalker.com.
Tickets are on sale now for $25, $20 and $15. All seats are reserved. The theater’s dance floor will be open. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
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. For more information call 707-263-0577.
The Soper Reese Theatre is located at 275 S. Main St., Lakeport.
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