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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – The office of Congressman John Garamendi is now accepting submissions for the annual Congressional Art Competition.
The deadline to submit artwork is 5 p.m. April 24.
All high school students residing in California’s Third Congressional District, which includes all or portions of Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties, are invited to submit their original artwork.
To find out if you are a resident of the Third District, go to http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ .
To view a map of the district, go to http://garamendi.house.gov/our-district .
Since 1982, the Congressional Art Competition has provided an opportunity for members of Congress to encourage and recognize the artistic talents of young constituents.
The winning piece from California’s Third Congressional District will be displayed for one year at the U.S. Capitol Building.
The artist and one guest will also be invited to Washington, DC to attend an awards ceremony.
Artwork receiving special merit recognition will be displayed in a district office.
Artwork entered may be up to 28 inches by 28 inches and up to 4 inches in depth. All entries must be original in concept, design and execution.
Rules and instructions for the competition can be found at http://garamendi.house.gov/how-can-i-help/art-competition .
Students interested in submitting artwork or have questions concerning the competition may contact Congressman Garamendi’s Davis Office at 530-753-5301.
Artwork may be submitted to any district office location no later than 5 p.m. April 24 at:
– Davis District Office: 412 G St.
– Yuba City District Office: 795 Plumas St. (Note: The Yuba City District Office will begin accepting art submissions on Monday, Feb. 16.)
– Fairfield District Office: 1261 Travis Blvd., Suite 130.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – La Voce del Vento Chamber Players present the second in a series of Chamber Music concerts on Sunday, Feb. 15.
The concert will take place at 3 p.m. at the Soper Reese Theatre, 275 S. Main St. in Lakeport.
The highlight of the program is a world premiere performance of a bassoon concerto with strings composed by Jeff Ives.
Two septets for winds and strings, one by Bervald, the other by Beethoven, and a bassoon quartet rendition of “Send In The Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim round out the program.
Performers include Larry Ames, bass; Nick Biondo, clarinet; Joel Cohen, cell; Tammy Dyer, violin; Holly Fagan, violin; David Hall, viola; Ann Hubbard, bassoon; Patricia Jekel, flute; Eva Kidwell, bassoon; John Konigsmark, violin; Clovis Lewis, cello; Linda Marks, violin; Randy Masselink, horn; Julianna Matteucci, bassoon; Beverley McChesney, bassoon; Paula Mulligan, viola.
Reserved seat tickets are $20 and $15, and are available online at www.soperreesetheatre.com ; at the theater box office, 275 S. Main St., Lakeport from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; or at The Travel Center, 1265 S. Main St., Lakeport, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
For more information call 707-263-0577.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Second Sunday Cinema's February film will be “For the Bible Tells Me So” on Sunday, Feb. 8.
The showing will take place at 3 p.m. at the Kelseyville United Methodist Church, 3810 Main St.
Admission is free.
The United States is in the midst of a massive discourse on the lives and rights of the LGBT community, nowhere felt quite so intensely as in the Christian community.
Parents with gay children ask themselves, “Is it morally OK for me to stay close with my child who has come out?”
Surprisingly upbeat and happy-making, this documentary introduces us to families who have answered that question with a resounding and loving, “Yes!”
Viewers also meet a mother who answered “No,” and learn what happened.
Come see this film for the infectious happiness – and learn that while the Bible calls the gay lifestyle an “abomination,” it also condemns eating shrimp with the very same word.
The group will have a local speaker for this film, and will enjoy a discussion afterwards.
Come meet neighbors and make new friends in the warm and welcoming atmosphere.
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We describe people we admire by throwing around words like “indomitable spirit,” but here’s an example and a proof by Don Welch, a Nebraska poet.
Shuffling Out Toward Morning
After an hour in the infusion lab,
Taxol dripping into her,
fighting her cancer;
after sitting nauseous
next to a man
vomiting into a Pepsi cup,
she rose, palming the wall,
stooping only to pick up
a pen a doctor had dropped,
giving it back to the doctor
who had slipped it poorly
into his coat.
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. Poem copyright 2013 by Don Welch, whose most recent book of poems is Gnomes, (Stephen F. Austin Univ. Press, 2013). Poem reprinted by permission of Don Welch. 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. They do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
