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SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. – The Sonoma County Philharmonic presents its initial concert of the 2014-15 season on Saturday, Sept. 27, and Sunday, Sept. 28.
The concert – “Petersburg Passion” – will feature conductor Norman Gamboa and violinist Michael d’Arcy.
Performances will be held at Santa Rosa High School’s Performing Arts Auditorium, 1235 Mendocino Ave.
Performances are at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28.
The orchestra will perform Dmitir Kabalevsky’s, Colas Breugnon Overturei and Piotr Tchaikovsky’s, Symphony No. 6 in B minor (Pathetique).
Michael d’Arcy will be featured performing Sergei Prokofiev’s, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor.
D’Arcy, a native of Ireland, has soloed with major orchestras throughout the world. He is currently professor of violin at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
The orchestra has recently changed its name from the American Philharmonic-Sonoma County to the Sonoma County Philharmonic to better reflect its connection and commitment to its home in Sonoma County.
General seats are available at the door for $10. Student admission (18 and under) is free.
Premium seating can be reserved for $15 online at www.socophil.org or by calling 1-800-838-3006.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – For the sixth year, the Writers Circle, a free public writing workshop in Lakeport, has been funded by the national organization, Poets and Writers.
The workshop is sponsored by the Lake County Arts Council, which hosts workshop at the Main Street Art Gallery, 325 N. Main St., at 6:30 pm., on the first Thursday of each month.
Residents from all over Lake County attend the Writers Circle and join other writers who share memoirs, fiction, essays or poems they have written – or just listen and get inspired.
Writers who are more seasoned join with beginning writers to offer feedback, build skills and find new ideas.
Aged 19 to 90, some people come only one or two times, and others show up every month.
The workshop is facilitated by former Poet Laureate Mary McMillan.
Poets and Writers supports the workshop through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
For more information contact Mary McMillan at
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Auditions for the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” are scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 4, and Friday, Nov. 7, from 7 to 9 p.m.
Singers are needed in all voice categories. All roles are open including the chorus, and all roles are open to men and women.
The musical will be staged at the Soper Reese Theatre in Lakeport.
Performance dates are March 20 to 22, March 27 to 29 and April 2 to 4.
Rehearsals will occur on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with some weekend dates. The full cast is not needed at all rehearsals.
Those wishing to audition should prepare a two minute musical selection from one of the following:
– One of these five songs from Jesus Christ Superstar: “Pilate’s Dream,” “Heaven on Their Minds,” “Gethsemane,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” or “Herod’s Song.” Piano accompaniment will be provided.
– A song of choice with auditioner’s own CD or other accompaniment.
For more information on the auditions, contact Linda Guebert, artistic director, 707-279-4272 or
Those wishing to audition are strongly encouraged to attend the “How to Audition” workshop at the Soper Reese Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m.
For more information on the workshop, contact Nick Reid, 707-349-2045,
The theater is located at 275 S. Main St. in downtown Lakeport.
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One of Grant Wood’s earliest paintings is of a pair of old shoes, and it hangs in the art museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where Wood grew up.
Here’s a different kind of still life, in words, from Jim Daniels, who lives in Pittsburgh.
The shoes we put on our feet gradually become like the person wearing them.
Work Boots: Still Life
Next to the screen door
work boots dry in the sun.
Salt lines map the leather
and laces droop
like the arms of a new-hire
waiting to punch out.
The shoe hangs open like the sigh
of someone too tired to speak
a mouth that can almost breathe.
A tear in the leather reveals
a shiny steel toe
a glimpse of the promise of safety
the promise of steel and the years to come.
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 reprinted from Show and Tell, Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 2003, courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Press. Copyright 2003 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Jim Daniels’ most recent book of poems is Birth Marks, BOA Editions, Ltd., 2013. Introduction copyright 2014 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.