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The free event will include a visit from Goomba Claus on Friday night, with musician Don Coffin providing the tunes. There will be a European market with craft vendors, hot mulled wine and cocoa.
Chef Tony will do a cooking demonstration at noon. Then at 2 p.m. you can learn to make a gift worthy of giving, even if you do not consider yourself to be “crafty.” Children’s workshops will be ongoing starting at noon.
Join them mid-afternoon to hear authentic Persian music from Hamed on the piano, have your photo taken with La Befana or Babbo Natale, take part in a cooking contest and the Italian version of “La Posada” to end this perfect day at 6 p.m.
Be sure and stop by Terrill Cellars and try out the new labels along with your old favorites.
AnnDrew Art at the Tuscan Village is located at 16175-B Main St., Lower Lake, telephone 995-5079 or 278-0312.
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The film will be shown Sunday, Dec. 14.
This year has been a challenging one, to say the least, capped by an election season that seemed like it would never end. We all deserve a break, even if only for one evening. And for the diehards, there's plenty of information in this film, along with the heart-opening entertainment.
Walter Vale is an aging professor of economics in Connecticut without a perceptible heartbeat. His one class is recycled from year to year, his wife is dead, and he no longer can feel his own pain or that of others. Until – he meets a young couple under surprising circumstances. Tarek is a drummer from Syria; his girlfriend Zainab from Senegal makes and sells earrings. They are both illegal immigrants.
The spark these two strike in Walter's life falls on damp but – oh miracle! – still flammable tinder. The story line can be seen as very familiar.
But the other miracle in this film is that the marvelously fine acting, directing, music and editing create a transcendent film that will stay with you for a long time. And you will be glad. There is one musical scene (a drumming group in Central Park) that is so joyous you will have to get up and move. So do it!
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement – ICE – abruptly and very realistically intrudes. What follows forces us to see “illegal immigrants” from an intimate and compassionate perspective. And ICE suddenly seems to be a chillingly accurate acronym. Yet “The Visitor” left SSC Coordinator Shannon Tolson feeling an engaged and reality-based joi de vivre that is still with her.
“The Visitor” will be screened, for free as always, at the Clearlake United Methodist Church at 14521 Pearl Ave. in Clearlake on Dec. 14.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for socializing and snack and seat-grabbing. The film starts at 6 p.m. They hope to see you there.
For more information, call 279-2957.
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LAKEPORT – Well, the ugly stepsisters are assembled, the wicked stepmother is putting the final touches on her wickedness and our sweet heroine is all aglow. Cinderella' is ready to hit the Soper-Reese this Friday night with gusto!
Mendocino College and the Soper-Reese Community Theater have joined forces (with a little help from their friends and Lake County Theatre Co.) to make a big splash for this holiday season!
This is a play that the kids will love but the adults will think it was written just for them. It has action, prat falls, handsome princes, beautiful girls ... and some characters you absolutely would not bring home to mother.
This production is what the Brits call a "British panto." I call it a musical comedy that will leave you laughing until New Year's.
It runs at the Soper-Reese at 7 p.m. Dec. 5, 6, 12 and 13, and at 2 p.m. Dec. 7 and 14.
Tickets are $20 for reserved and $15 for general seating. They can be purchased in advance by calling the Soper-Reese at 263-0577 or visiting the box office at the Soper-Reese, 275 S. Main St. in Lakeport, on Thursdays.
General seating tickets are available at Catfish Books and Main Street Gallery in Lakeport, Wild About Books in Clearlake and Shannon Ridge Tasting Room in Clearlake Oaks.
Don't miss this show – it's a community gift of laughs and happy memories. Your pumpkin coach awaits!
For more information call 279-2595.
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Below is a schedule of his planned gigs.
– Dec. 3: Bill Noteman and the Rockets are the “host band” at Sonoma County Blues Society’s Monthly Jam Session, 7:30 p.m. (call Neft for details, 987-3630).
– Dec. 6: Hidden Valley Lake Annual Christmas Tree Lighting with special musical surprises; Greenview Room area, 5 p.m. Call Connie at 987-3138 for information.
– Dec. 13: Tulip Hill Winery Holiday Open House, Highway 20 in Nice, noon to 6 p.m. Call 274-9373.
– Dec. 13: District 1 Supervisor Ed Robey's retirement party, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 pm, Weaver Auditorium, Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum, Main Street, Lower Lake.
– Dec. 14: Tulip Hill Winery Holiday Open House, Highway 20 in Nice, noon to 6 p.m. Call 274-9373.
– Dec. 31: Bill Noteman and the Rockets perform at Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa's annual New Year’s Eve Gala. For information call (800) 660-LAKE.
Call Neft at 987-3630 for info and late changes or additions to his busy gig schedule.
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