LAKEPORT, Calif. – Clive Matson will visit the Lake County Arts Council Gallery on Saturday, Oct. 25, and Sunday, Oct. 26, to present a writing workshop.

This will be the 10th year that Matson has been coming to our area.

People in his workshops succeed in bringing out the stories and poems inside them, the passions that blossom in our everyday lives. Some writers are astonished at the ease and value of the writing that pours out.

His favorite quote of the day is Van Gogh’s “I dreamed my painting and I painted my dream.”

Matson will show how that simple transfer, bringing a dream into concrete reality, works well in writing.

This workshop is for beginners, for developing writers and for professionals who want to expand their horizons.

Saturday will be for getting acquainted and starting to write. On Sunday there will be time for more writing, reading, compassionate criticism and summary.

Clive Matson writes poetry, short stories, essays and plays.  He has led writing workshops for 35 years, holds an MFA in poetry from Columbia University and teaches at the University of California Extension in Berkeley.

The workshop will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main Street, Lakeport.

The workshop fee is $55 per person.

To register, call the Main Street Gallery at 707-263-6658.

For more information about the workshop, call Clive Matson at 510-654-6495 or go to his Web site, www.matsonpoet.com .

This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Kelseyville resident Linda Guebert announces the release of her second book, a mystery novel titled “The First Lie.”

According to Guebert, it is the story of a young woman who has been told all her life she is adopted, only to find out when she begins to look for her birth family that she was never adopted at all.

“As she gets closer to the truth of why her mother lied to her, she uncovers even more family secrets,” says Guebert, “secrets that someone is determined to keep hidden at all costs – even murder.”

Guebert’s earlier book, “The Hardest Thing I’ll Ever Do: A Journey of Sorrow, Healing & Hope,” was published in 2013.

In it she shares her personal grief journey following the sudden death of her husband, Ken Kysely.

Both books are available at Watershed Books in Lakeport and through the Lake County Library system.

An e-book version of The First Lie can be ordered from www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com .

For more information, contact the author at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 707-279-4272.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Rotary is sponsoring the Brazilian group “Getting the Show on the Road” on Sunday, Oct. 19.

The group of talented young people will perform at the Marge Alakszay Center at the Lakeport Unified School District campus, 250 Lange St.

The show starts at 5:30 p.m.

The performance is free, although donations are welcome.

Getting the Show on the Road is a cross-continental music, dance and acting performance tour.

Traveling across the United States, young artists from the favellas of Rio de Janeiro will perform classic Brazilian songs, original musical compositions and dance routines plus unique interpretations of Brazilian and American songs.

For more information visit www.gettingtheshowontheroad.com or www.facebook.com/showontheroad .

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is conducting an art contest to select the design for the state’s 2014-2015 upland game bird stamp.         

The California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest is open to all U.S. residents ages 18 and over.

Entries will be accepted through Dec. 12, 2014.

This year’s stamp will feature the Gambel’s quail, and art contest entries must include at least one Gambel’s quail.

Entries will be judged on originality, artistic composition, anatomical accuracy and suitability for reproduction as a stamp and a print.

The contest will be judged by a panel of experts in the fields of ornithology, conservation, art and printing.

The winning artist will be selected during a public judging event, with the date and location to be announced later.

An upland game bird validation is required for hunting migratory and resident upland game birds in California.

The money generated from stamp sales must be spent on upland game bird-related conservation projects, education, hunting opportunities and outreach.

CDFW sells about 200,000 upland game bird validations annually.

Any individual who purchases an upland game bird validation may request their free collectable stamp by visiting www.dfg.ca.gov/licensing/collectorstamps/ .

For collectors who do not purchase a hunting license or upland game bird validation or for hunters who wish to purchase additional collectible stamps, an order form is also available on the website.

For contest information and entry forms, please visit www.wildlife.ca.gov/Upland-Game-Bird-Stamp .

MENDOCINO, Calif. – Fort Bragg Center for the Arts presents the The Farallon Quintet, on Sunday Oct. 19.

The concert will begin at 3 p.m. in Preston Hall, 44831 Main St. in Mendocino.
 
This dynamic Bay Area ensemble is the only professional chamber music group focused exclusively on the clarinet quintet – string quartet plus clarinet – repertoire. 

The ensemble is made up of Bay Area musicians who are principal players in such orchestras as the San Francisco Ballet, Santa Rosa Symphony, Marin Symphony and the Sacramento Philharmonic.

The group takes its name from the Farallon Islands, located off the coast of San Francisco. They represent the group’s inspiration, which is founded in the simplicity and beauty of nature.

They will be joined by pianist Tanya Gabrielian, who gave a stunning recital in the FBCA series two years ago. 

Their varied program includes a work for viola by Benjamin Britten, The Ravel String Quartet, the Sextet by Aaron Copeland and Overture on Hebrew Themes by Prokofiev. Tickets are at Fiddles and Cameras, and Harvest Market in Fort Bragg, and Out of This World, Mendocino.

For more information call 707-937-1018.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A one-time date change is on tap for November’s Fiddlers Jam at Ely Stage Stop and Country Museum.

While jams are typically held the first Sunday of each month, a fundraiser activity in the barn the night before November’s first Sunday has resulted in a change to Nov. 9 for the next jam.

The museum will be open as usual, but the Jam will push out to the second Sunday, with the fiddlers playing in the barn from noon through 2 p.m.

Note: This is only for the month of November. In December and going forward, the schedule will revert to the first Sunday.

You can still come and enjoy the museum with all of its latest acquisitions and displays any Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The stage stop, operated by the Lake County Historical Society, is located at 9921 Soda Bay Road (Highway 281) in Kelseyville. 

Learn more about the Saturday, Nov. 1, fundraiser to benefit the museum’s new blacksmith shop at www.elystagestop.com or www.lakecountyhistory.org , check out the stage stop on Facebook at www.facebook.com/elystagestop or call the museum at 707-533-9990.