NORTH COAST, Calif. – Janie Rezner's guest on KZYX's “Women's Voices” on Monday, April 16, will be artist, scholar and author Lydia Ruyle.

The show will begin at 7 p.m. and it can be heard live at www.kxyz.org .

Ruyle's research into sacred images of women have taken her around the globe. She taught on the visual arts faculty of the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo. for 25 years.   

She creates and exhibits her art and does workshops throughout the United States and internationally.

Her Goddess Icon Spirit Banners have flown in Australia, Canada, Britain, New Zealand, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Ghana, Kenya, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Japan, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, China and the U.S., spreading their divine feminine energies.

A book about her work, “Goddess Icons Spirit Banners of the Divine Feminine,” was published in 2002.

“Turkey Goddess Icons Spirit Banners of the Divine Feminine” was published in Istanbul in 2005. Her banners will be on display at the upcoming Matriarchal Studies Conference In Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, May 10.

Goddess Icons/Spirit Banners are sacred images of the divine feminine from the many cultures of the world.

Each image was created and revered at some time in human history.

Visit her Web site at http://www.lydiaruyle.com/blackmadonnaspage1.html .

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Courthouse Museum will present the last reading in this series of historic readings on Saturday, April 21.

The readings take place in the historic courtroom on the second floor and will begin at 2 p.m.

This month Joan Cox will read a story entitled “Two School-Marms in California’s Switzerland,” written by Katherine M. Douglas.

It is a detailed account of the adventures encountered by two ladies who walked from their home in Cloverdale to Lakeport and back in 1910.

There is no admission charge and refreshments will be served.  

For more information, please call the museum at 707-263-4555.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The annual Spring Dinner to benefit the Lake County Land Trust will be held on Monday, May 14, starting at 6 p.m. at the Saw Shop Gallery Bistro, 3825 Main St. in Kelseyville.

Land Trust supporters are urged to attend and enjoy a delicious four-course meal generously donated by Marie Beery and her staff at the Saw Shop Gallery Bistro.

Thanks is extended to Dennis Darling of Foods Etc. of Clearlake, for helping to sponsor the event.

“Tickets are going fast, so be sure to call right away,” a land trust spokesperson noted.

The Lake County Land Trust is a private, nonprofit local organization dedicated to preserving valuable natural habitats and open space in Lake County.

The Land Trust owns and operates the Rodman Preserve near Upper Lake, presenting weekly Saturday walks there as well as a children’s nature education program on the third Saturday starting on May 19 and continuing through September.

To make your reservations, call the Saw Shop Gallery Bistro at 707-278-0129. Payment of $70 is taken at the door.

All proceeds go to support projects of the Lake County Land Trust and the public is cordially invited to this event.

If you have any questions, call Roberta Lyons at 707-994-2024.

For information about the Lake County Land Trust go to www.lakecountylandtrust.org .

NICE, Calif. – The Sons of Italy club will host a dinner dance on Saturday, April 14.  

The meal will include chicken Parmesan, polenta, salad, veggies, French bread, dessert, coffee or tea.  

The bar is open for socializing at 5 pm, dinner starts at 6 pm then dancing to Jim Williams starts after the meal.

The cost will be $15 for everything.

Everyone is welcome, no need to be a member.  

Please call to reserve a table so you can sit with your friends or if you plan on bringing a lot of people.

The club is located at 2817 E. Highway 20 in Nice.

For information about this event or renting the hall for your own, call 707-274-9952. 

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – For her senior project, Caitlin Flynn of the Middletown High School Interact Club raised $125 and donated the proceeds to Rotary International’s 15-year campaign to completely eradicate polio throughout the world.  

Flynn’s Pennies for Polio check was received by Pete McGee, president of the Rotary Club of Middletown, and will be matched by the club.

HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – Free docent-led tours of Stone House Museum will take place Saturday, April 14, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Located at 18174 Hidden Valley Road in Hidden Valley Lake, the house is a California State Historical Monument.

Docents are Stone House Historical Society members Marilyn and Andy Anderson, Nina Bouska, Jean Bundy, Hilde DeFemines, Georgeann Tintorri and Babe Vecellio,

For entrance to HVL’s gated community, visitors should enter at the Hartmann Road gate and say they’re touring Stone House.

For more information see www.lakecountystonehouse.com .