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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Lake County Wine Studio (LCWS) is hosting a series of silk scarf painting parties in August with local artist Diana Liebe.
The parties will be held on Aug. 1, 16, 22 and 23 from 1:30 to 4 p.m.
RSVP is required for participation.
Liebe will demonstrate the process and each participant will paint and take home a hand-painted silk scarf.
Liebe is a former art teacher at both the high school and college levels, and actively teaches art workshops around the county.
Cost of class is a $35 materials fee and space is limited to 12 persons.
For reservations and additional information, contact Susan Feiler at 707-293-8752 or e-mail
Lake County Wine Studio is located at 9505 Main St. in Upper Lake.
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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The free movies in Middletown Square Park will continue on Saturday, Aug. 8, with a showing of “Strange magic.”
The film will begin at dark in the park, located in front of the Middletown Library and Senior Center at 21256 Washington St.
A free concert will take place before the show, starting at 6:30 p.m.
The Middletown Merchants Association, Hardester's Market, Star Gardens, Twin Pine Casino, Mount St. Helena Brewery and Bennett Solutions are presenting the event.
A concession stand will be offered by the Boy Scouts, Mount St. Helena Brewery, Munchies & Music and the Lake County International Charter School.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The second event of the Summer Poetry Series is this Wednesday, July 29, at 6 p.m. at the Saw Shop Gallery Bistro, 3825 Main St., Kelseyville.
Hosted by Lake County Poet Laureate Casey Carney, the July 29 reading features poets Julie Adams and Lorna Sue Sides, and guest musician Sarah Ryan.
Open mic signups are at 6 p.m. Five poets will be invited to share up to five minutes of poetry each.
The $10 admission includes a glass of wine, an appetizer and $20 in Saw Shop bucks, to be redeemed at the patron’s convenience.
This is the second of three poetry readings, occurring on the last Wednesday of the month through August.
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Patrick Phillips lives in Brooklyn, but in every city, town and village, and at every crossroads, there’s an old guitar. Here’s one from Elegy for a Broken Machine, a fine book from Alfred A. Knopf.
The Guitar
It came with those scratches
from all their belt buckles,
palm-dark with their sweat
like the stock of a gun:
an arc of pickmarks cut
clear through the lacquer
where all the players before me
once strummed—once
thumbed these same latches
where it sleeps in green velvet.
Once sang, as I sing, the old songs.
There’s no end, there’s no end
to this world, everlasting.
We crumble to dust in its arms.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation ( www.poetryfoundation.org ), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They do not accept unsolicited submissions. Poem copyright 2015 by Patrick Phillips, “The Guitar,” from Elegy for a Broken Machine, (Alfred A. Knopf, 2015). Poem reprinted by permission of Patrick Phillips and the publisher. Introduction copyright 2015 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.