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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Arts Council hosts its First Friday Fling, a fun event to introduce the community to local artists.
The event will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St., Lakeport.
Join the arts council for an evening of art, wine and music.
Meet the artists and listen to the music by J. Williams.
Wine by Wildhurst Vineyards will be served along with finger food, and there will still be time to attend the Friday concert in Library Park.
For more information contact the Lake County Arts Council, 707-263-6658, or visit the arts council online at www.lakecountyartscouncil.com .
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – “The Hysterical History of the Trojan War” by D.M. Larson is The Lake County Theatre Co.’s summer offering and it promises to be a production full of surprises and promise.
The promise will be provided by a large cast of young people who are putting in long hours and a very professional work ethic to assure quality performances.
The surprise comes from the talent of the young people whose past theater experience is extensive considering their age.
The “Trojan War” is scheduled for Aug. 16 and 17 at 7 p.m. and Aug. 18 at 2 p.m. at Lakeport Senior Activity Center. There will be a dinner show at 6 p.m. Aug. 17.
The “oldest” of the young women featured here is Natalya Fortino, age 16. She has performed numerous times since sixth grade when she made her theater performance in “Little Women,” another LCTC production.
Playing the part of Cassandra, she “enjoys the challenge of being someone who is not always sweet. Cassandra is much more interesting than that,” she said. She also hopes for a future in the performing arts.
Grace Ott is another veteran at age 14. “I have been in on play after another since second grade. I just love it! Of course being an evil character is the most fun, but being a strong female like Helen of Troy is also cool.”
In answer to questions about her professional future, Grace confesses a desire to be a forensic anthropologist. Knowing how to be a strong woman is probably going to help her with that role in the future.
The third young actress, Riley Ramirez, is only 8 years old but this is her third LCTC role. That makes her “a pro” in this production.
“The thing I like the best about acting is hanging out with all the fun people that are in the cast with me. I have met a lot of really nice people that way,” she explains with a very mature look. “I don’t have any trouble learning my lines because there is a part of my brain that is very good at that.”
And this play is special for another reason, according to Riley. “Being a girl, this is the first time I get to play a boy. That makes it a challenge. I just watch my brothers and do what they do,” said Riley, a true veteran at her young age.
Tickets will be available at the Senior Center, 707-263-4218, and at the door.
For additional information, feel free to call 707-279-2595.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Kelseyville resident Linda Guebert has released her memoir, “The Hardest Thing I’ll Ever Do: A Journey of Sorrow, Healing & Hope.”
Through this book Guebert shares her personal grief journey following the sudden death of her husband Ken Kysely in 2000, only nine months after they were married.
At times heartrending, occasionally funny, “The Hardest Thing I’ll Ever Do” is a powerful story of healing and personal growth, moving through sorrow, anger and despair to renewed hope and commitment to life.
“I believe this book can be a valuable resource for anyone who has suffered the loss of someone they love,” says Guebert. “And I hope it will also help those who want to understand the grief process and offer support to others.”
Guebert, who has lived in Lake County for more than 20 years, teaches ESL classes at Mendocino College, is active in community theater and hosts a weekly program of American roots music on KPFZ radio.
Her latest book, a mystery titled “The First Lie,” is scheduled for publication this fall.
“The Hardest Thing I’ll Ever Do” is available at Watershed Books in Lakeport and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com .
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“Poor Richard’s Almanac” said, “He that lieth down with dogs shall rise up with fleas,” but that hasn’t kept some of us from sleeping with our dogs.
Here’s a poem about the pleasure of that, by Joyce Sidman, who lives and sleeps in Montana.
Her book, “Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night,” won a 2011 Newbery Honor Award.
Dog in Bed
Nose tucked under tail,
you are a warm, furred planet
centered in my bed.
All night I orbit, tangle-limbed,
in the slim space
allotted to me.
If I accidentally
bump you from sleep,
you shift, groan,
drape your chin on my hip.
O, that languid, movie-star drape!
I can never resist it.
Digging my fingers into your fur,
kneading,
I wonder:
How do you dream?
What do you adore?
Why should your black silk ears
feel like happiness?
This is how it is with love.
Once invited,
it steps in gently,
circles twice,
and takes up as much space
as you will give it.
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 2003 by Joyce Sidman, whose most recent book of poems is Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011. Poem reprinted from The World According to Dog, Houghton Mifflin, 2003, by permission of Joyce Sidman and the publisher. Introduction copyright 2013 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.