How to resolve AdBlock issue? Arts & Life
NORTH COAST, Calif. – Organizers of the event are thrilled to announce that after a week of relishing in the dozens of musical submissions, they have decided to rename their festival “MendoLake MusicFest” in the spirit of inclusion and recognition of the community shared between residents of Mendocino and Lake counties.
“Ultimately, our community is made better through song, and organizers are excited to showcase the musicians of Lake County and share in the experience with its citizens,” organizers said in a Sunday announcement.
The MendoLake MusicFest is hosting a free, “live-streamed” concert event, featuring and celebrating local musicians and performers on Sunday, May 24.
They are currently seeking video submissions of some of your best work – recorded from a previous live performance or something recorded virtually – to share with the community.
Organizers will select exemplary performance footage submissions and stitch them into a cohesive performance video.
The goal is to produce an hour to an hour and a half event, showcasing musicians from all age groups and genres of music.
Please include the following when you email your submission:
– Performer/group/band name;
– Song selection;
– Video of a previously recorded performance or a virtually compiled performance created while maintaining social distancing practices;
– Name(s) of the performer(s);
– A short biography on your band / what you want the audience to know (about the band or the song);
– Contact information.
Email your submission information toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than Friday, May 15.
Due to the number of submissions, do not expect a receipt response for your submission. You will be notified if you are selected or if they need more information from you.
If you or someone you know has a song to sing, share your melody with Mendocino County for this year’s Mendo Musicfest.
If you have any questions or concerns, contact the event organizers atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
“Ultimately, our community is made better through song, and organizers are excited to showcase the musicians of Lake County and share in the experience with its citizens,” organizers said in a Sunday announcement.
The MendoLake MusicFest is hosting a free, “live-streamed” concert event, featuring and celebrating local musicians and performers on Sunday, May 24.
They are currently seeking video submissions of some of your best work – recorded from a previous live performance or something recorded virtually – to share with the community.
Organizers will select exemplary performance footage submissions and stitch them into a cohesive performance video.
The goal is to produce an hour to an hour and a half event, showcasing musicians from all age groups and genres of music.
Please include the following when you email your submission:
– Performer/group/band name;
– Song selection;
– Video of a previously recorded performance or a virtually compiled performance created while maintaining social distancing practices;
– Name(s) of the performer(s);
– A short biography on your band / what you want the audience to know (about the band or the song);
– Contact information.
Email your submission information to
Due to the number of submissions, do not expect a receipt response for your submission. You will be notified if you are selected or if they need more information from you.
If you or someone you know has a song to sing, share your melody with Mendocino County for this year’s Mendo Musicfest.
If you have any questions or concerns, contact the event organizers at
- Details
- Written by: Lake County News Reports
Most of the school-age athletes I know or have known would have been embarrassed to show any vulnerability, and this fine poem by Al Ortolani, from his chapbook Hansel and Gretel Get the Word on the Street, published by Rattle, really catches what I felt like, trying to do my best at what I was never any good at, even on my best day.
Game Prayer
Maybe it’s the way boys
look at each other before the last game,
their eyes wet and glimmering with rain.
Maybe it’s that I catch them
in these shy moments of waiting,
turning the world like a pigskin,
flipping it nonchalantly, low spiral
drilling the air. Maybe it’s this
moment before the splash of lights
before the game prayer
before you run from the door.
If so, forgive me
for seeing you so vulnerable,
in that quiet moment
before the helmets.
American Life in Poetry does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. It is made possible by The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2019 by Al Ortolani, "Game Prayer," from Hansel and Gretel Get the Word on the Street, (Rattle, 2019). Poem reprinted by permission of Al Ortolani and the publisher. Introduction copyright @2020 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.
- Details
- Written by: Ted Kooser
