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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – This weekend is the last chance to see Lake County Theatre Co.’s production of the satirical comedy "Red, White, and Tuna."
The entire cast of 20 characters is played by only two talented actors: Lakeport's very own mayor, Tim Barnes, and Rod Rehe.
Performances are held at the Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum on Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Tickets are available at www.lctc.us or at the door.
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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Middletown Art Center invites the public to join their current art and community project, Locus.
The project’s focus in May is revitalizing the EcoArts Sculpture Walk at Trailside Park in Middletown which will open June 1.
To this end, MAC artists are leading workshops to complete and install work at the park and Lake County Public Services Department has redefined and chipped trails.
Marcus Maria Jung has been working with a team of community members this past week in the park on his sculpture “Resurrection” made of giant oak trees that burned and fell in the park.
On Sunday May 12, Layna Joy will lead a mixed media workshop for “Eclipsopy,” a collaboratively made canopy shade structure to assist regrowth, and provide critters and humans respite from the sun.
Participants are invited to bring fibers, fabrics, loose weaves, cordage, trinkets and beads to create a personalized hoop module to contribute to the canopy.
The workshop will take place at MAC from 1 to 5 p.m.
On Sunday, May 19, Sherry Harris will lead the completion and installation of “New Growth,” a sculpture from woven from mulberry branches. This workshop will take place in the park and participants will learn Harris’ giant basketry technique.
To learn more or to participate in the Locus project visit www.MiddletownArtCenter.org/Locus. The cost for each workshop is $5.
The community is invited and encouraged to join one or many Locus activities in the coming months as makers and collaborators.
“Together, we can further renew our sense of place, and create a legacy of high quality artwork and local pride,” said Lisa Kaplan, program director. “We encourage folks who like to work outdoors, who have an interest in revitalizing our shared outdoor spaces and/or want to assist in creating work, in site preparation, installation, or maintenance of outdoor exhibits to contact the MAC via email at
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and local organizations, agencies and individuals. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov .
Middletown Art Center is located at 21456 State Highway 175 at the junction of Highway 29 in the heart of Middletown.
For more information and to stay up to date on all classes, calls for work, and events, or to become a member and support this valuable Lake County arts and culture resource visit www.middletownartcenter.org .
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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Middletown Art Center’s Restore project features a writers’ workshop with Georgina Marie and Casey Carney this Saturday, May 11, from 1 to 5 p.m.
Adults and children age 12 and up of all levels of experience are welcome to attend the concluding Restore Writers Workshop.
“We invite the community to join us for this final Writers’ Workshop of the Restore project in a safe, positive space to write and share new work,” explained Georgina Marie. “We’ll explore object writing, and invite participants to bring an object of significance for a planned writing prompt.”
Participants have an opportunity to contribute to MAC’s second chapbook of written work and prints. With the deadline for submissions extended to Saturday, May 11, this workshop will be a chance to refine and edit work for submission in a group setting with guidance provided by both co-leaders.
The first chapbook, “Resilience – a community reframes disaster through art,” is available for purchase at MAC or on the MAC Web site. They also invite all Restore workshop participants to join them after the workshop for a celebratory restorative potluck.
Georgina Marie is a Lakeport poet. She has been writing poetry for 16 years, is a regular contributor to the Record-Bee’s Creative Expression segment, and is involved in her literary community as a writer, supporter of writers, and organizer and participant of poetry readings and events.
She was one of three finalists for the 2018-2020 Lake County Poet Laureate term, and is a current member of the MAC board of directors. She participates in readings in Lake, Napa and Mendocino counties.
In 2018, she led her first writing workshop, facilitated a monthly writing circle and created her first poetry chapbook, “Finding the Roots of Water,” an exploration of living in a county devastated by fire, accepting vulnerability, and expressing the emotion of grief and loss.
A regular participant in MAC’s Resilience writing and painting workshops, she co-curated the 2017-18 Resilience chapbook with Carney and others.
A writer, teacher, performance artist and photographer, Casey Carney served as the Lake County Poet Laureate from 2014 to 2016. In this role, Carney curated, co-produced and hosted more than 15 readings featuring local poets and highlighting the lineage of poetry in Lake County.
During her 2014 Poet Laureate Reading Series, Carney featured each of the seven Lake County Poets Laureate that preceded her.
At the 2016 transition event of her term, more than 200 community members gathered at the Soper-Reese Theatre in Lakeport to celebrate the vibrancy of poetry in Lake County.
Originally from Southern California, Carney holds a master’s degree in dance education and has choreographed, performed in, and produced numerous dance concerts.
Please register in advance at www.middletownartcenter.org/restore , email
The Restore project, now drawing to a close, included classes in creative writing, printmaking, sculpture and mixed media. The project, includes the collaborative artwork Vertical Pathways for Rabbit Hill, which will open on May 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Rabbit Hill.
The opening reception for “Community Works,” which includes works created in the Restore project including mixed media and prints, will open May 18, also from 5 to 7 p.m., and will be on view at MAC until June 9 .
The Restore project was made possible with support from the California Arts Council, a state agency with additional support from local organizations, businesses, and individuals. Visit www.ca.arts.gov to learn more about the California Arts Council’s important work in communities and schools throughout California.
Middletown Art Center is located at 21456 State Hwy 175 at the junction of Highway 29.
Be a part of the growing arts scene in South Lake County by becoming a MAC member, by joining MAC this Saturday and participating in Restore, or by attending one of the many arts and cultural events or classes at MAC.
Be sure to catch “Living Color,” an exuberant exhibit of work in paint, print and mixed media on view through May 12.
The gallery is open Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Visit www.middletownartcenter.org or “Like” Middletown Art Center on Facebook to stay up-to-date with what’s happening at MAC.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Bob Culbertson brings the fresh, organic and diverse sound of the 10-string acoustic stick to the Soper Reese Theatre at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 18.
He is joined by long time collaborator, Rick Alegria (on drums), to play from their latest CD release, “Cause and Effect.”
Tickets are $20, open seating.
With more than 250,000 CDs sold and more than 15 million Internet video views, Bob Culbertson is one of the one of the most popular and highly regarded stick players in the world.
His musical style ranges from world sounds of Celtic, Spanish, Eastern and Classical to Blues and Beatles.
After time spent in Thailand and India earlier this year, the “Segovia of the Chapman Stick” is expected to bring new expression to his performance at the Soper Reese Theatre.
Alegria has performed and recorded with Bo Diddley, Asleep At The Wheel, Commander Cody, Queen Ida, Joan Osborn, Rosanne Cash, Elvis Costello and the American Idols.
Recently inducted into the Western Swing Hall of Fame, he was also a featured drummer at the San Jose Jazz Festival’s Tribute to Louie Bellson.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.soperreesetheatre.com; at The Travel Center, 825 S. Main St., Lakeport, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; or at the theater box office up to two hours ahead of show time.
The Soper Reese Theatre is located at 275 S. Main St., Lakeport, 707-263-0577.
