UKIAH – Rock out, bang your head and have an awesome time with metal-punk bands Bohrium, Abhor and Antarctica, on Saturday, Feb. 27.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and tickets are $10 at the door.

The performance will be held at Ukiah's newest entertainment venue, theMIX, located at 75 Kunzler Ranch Road, Suite H.

For more information call 707-463-1614 or visit www.theMIXukiah.com .

LAKEPORT – The community is invited to the inaugural Four Minute Film Festival premiere and reception on Friday, March 12, 2010, at the Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St., Lakeport.

There will be wine, punch and refreshments, as well as music and socializing from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The film premieres and presentations will take place from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Please RSVP to Watershed Books at 707-263-5787 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

LOWER LAKE – You don’t have to be Italian to try out for Commedia Dell Arte, performances of which are coming soon to Lower Lake.

Auditions will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 – which is International Commedia Dell Arte Day – and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at the AnnDrewArt in the Tuscan Village, 16175 Main St. in Lower Lake.

The performances require improvisation skills and are very movement oriented. Training will be provided. Inexperienced performers of all ages are welcome.

You will be trying out to portray one of several stock characters. There are no scripts to follow, but rather each show is based on scenarios.

They will debut at the Tuscan Village during the Lake Renaissance Festival held on Memorial Day Weekend.

For more info on Commedia go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell%27arte , http://www1.american.edu/IRVINE/jenn/home.html#history or www.theatrehistory.com/italian/commedia_dell_arte_001.html .

In addition, preparations for the Lake Renaissance Festival are in full swing.

For more information about Commedia Dell Arte or the Lake Renaissance Festival contact AnnDrewArts at 707-995-5079 or 707-278-0310 or visit www.AnnDrewArt.com/LRF .

Mike Wilhelm solos during a Flamin' Groovies performance in Toronto in 1982. Courtesy photo.

UPPER LAKE – Dubbing the band “Hired Guns,” Mike Wilhelm has assembled one of the heaviest lineups of veteran musicians ever heard at the Blue Wing Saloon & Café’s Blue Monday series of dinner dance/concerts.

The personnel are Mike “the Charlatan” Wilhelm, guitar/vocal; Barry “the Fish” Melton, guitar/vocal; John “Electric Flag” Beckwith, bass/vocal; Mark “Street Dog” Phillips, drums/vocal; James “Jimmy the Lion” Leonardis, tenor sax; plus special guests.

A virtuoso delta slide guitarist and fingerstyle blues player, Cold War-era Navy veteran Wilhelm is known as a founding member of the Charlatans, the first San Francisco 1960s psychedelic rock group.

The Charlatans were invited to play at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1997.

During the late 1970s/early 1980s he was lead guitarist with the cult heroes, Flamin’ Groovies who are considered by rock historians to be the fathers of Power Pop.

Barry Melton was the fiery lead guitarist in the 1960s group Country Joe and the Fish who jumped into national prominence with their appearance in the film Woodstock.

Since then he has toured under his own name in the U.S. and internationally. Somehow he also found the time to study law by correspondence course, pass the bar and practice law.

Melton quips, “I’m an alumnus of Matchbook U.”

He recently retired as Yolo County Public Defender.

John Beckwith has played with Nick Gravenites and Electric Flag for the last 12 years and is considered by both musicians and critics to be one of the finest blues bassists on the scene today.

A native of London and a Gulf War U. S. Navy veteran, Mark Phillips was drummer with the Grateful Dead cover band Street Dogs as well as being an in-demand Bay Area recording session drummer.

He is known as a “one take” player and is more than comfortable in the blues genre. He has played with Wilhelm’s Bottle Rock band for more than a year.

Local organic farmer James Leonardis is also a talented jazz tenor saxophonist with a gorgeous tone whose solos always draw appreciative applause.

Though he hasn’t had a lot of experience playing Rhythm & Blues he seemed to fit right in with Wilhelm’s Bottle Rock Blues & Rhythm Band when they last played the Blue Wing.

The band plays the Blue Wing from 6:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. Monday.

The Blue Wing is located at 9520 Main St., Upper Lake. Reservations are recommended for parties of six or more. The telephone number is 707-275-2233. For further information visit www.bluewingsaloon.com .

For further information about Mike Wilhelm visit www.flyingsnail.com/Scrapbook/Mike_Wilhelm.html . For bookings call 707-77-7912.

H. C. Anderson is a music critic from Berlin, Germany who currently resides in San Francisco.

KELSEYVILLE – Piano man David Neft will be featured this month at Zino's Ristorante & Inn in Kelseyville.

The restaurant will present Neft from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, and Saturday, Feb. 27.

Neft will offer hit tunes on the piano from 1930 to 1970, while the restaurant will serve the best in Italian and French menu choices.

Zino's is located at 6330 Soda Bay Road in Kelseyville. Reservations are suggested; call 707-279-1620.