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Ar ts Council of Placer County
Ar ts Newsmagazine & Calendar of Events
Poet Vadis Elmo Daley
Placer Land Trust Art Show
Granite Bay’s Otow Orchard
North Tahoe/Truckee 2006 ARTour
J u ly / A u g u s t 2 0 0 6
Volume 12, Number 4
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Let’s Not Let Landscapes Disappear!
Placer Land Trust presents
“Disappering Landscapes” art show and sale
by Janis Dice
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North Tahoe ARTour 2006 — Fresh and Contemporary
Truckee and North Tahoe artists open their studios July 7 – 9
by Eve Werner
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Honoring a Family Farming Tradition
Otow Orchard Farm’s history goes back a hundred years
by Karen Killebrew
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A Poet Emerges
Teacher Vadis Elmo Daley, 95, has published his first book of poetry
by Persia Woolley
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Arts News
From around Placer County
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Arts Leap
Jamming at Truckee High
by Arlene Evans
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The Score
Classical music reviews – concerts and CDs
by Ronald D. Greenwood, M.D.
“Codfish Falls,” oil on linen by Victoria Brooks, a
work done especially for the Placer Land Trust Art
Show, August 10 – October 4.
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Poets Speak
“Bull Pen”
by Taz Michael G
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Arts Calendar
Galleries, Music, Dance, Museums, Events, Festivals, Film,
Theatre, Classes, Arts for Children, Calls to Artists
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End Paper
The Learning Curve or Why Would Anyone Move to Alaska?
by Libbie Martin
“Listen & Tell,” blown glass and copper pieces by Carola Nan Roach
About the Cover
These two pieces were created in relation to one another. I
thought of work as a conversation, a relationship between them.
In this work, as with most of my glass sculptures, I was trying to
capture the beauty and movement in the molten glass itself. I
think of the glass works as frozen moments in time. I titled these
pieces after they were finished — one seemed to be listening,
the other telling.
—Carola Nan Roach
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About the Artist
For Carola, it is the process of creating art that brings
inspiration. Whether working in bronze or glass, or painting,
she conveys her strong connection to nature. She strives
to achieve a visceral sense, to capture the essence of an
object, place, or person. Before moving to Tahoe four years
ago, Carola taught art for eight years at Art Center College
of Design, in Pasadena. Roach is one of three dozen artists
participating in the 13th annual North Tahoe Arts’ open
studio ARTour, July 7–9.
Putting Your Money Where Your Values Are
L
ast August, I was strolling around Ashland,
Oregon on our family’s annual trek to the
Shakespeare Festival. We had enjoyed several
plays, played tennis in the park, browsed in
the second-hand bookstores, and had lively
conversations with the old friends we meet up
with there every year. Going to the Festival is
one of our annual rituals; we plan for it; look
forward to it; and depend on it to keep connected. A few years ago we became donors to
the festival, in large part because the development director asked us to.
A few days after returning from Ashland,
I was sitting around a table at aboard meeting of the Arts Council. The treasurer was
making his report, and, after listening to the
analysis of income and expenses and hearing
the plea for more intense fundraising efforts, I
had a moment of silent embarrassed recognition. Apart from our annual membership, I’d
made almost no financial contribution to the
Arts Council. Yet I’d believed in its mission
and applauded its effect on our community.
I’d enjoyed the Farm and Barn Festival, gone
to many Jazz at 808 concerts with friends, and
seen how the arts programs had improved our
schools. My artist friends have told me how
much they depend on the studio tours and
Auburn Art Walks to promote their work. I’ve
spread a picnic blanket and listened to the
free concerts at the Auburn Library every summer for almost 20 years! Inwardly, I scolded
myself for donating to an arts program so far
away, while ignoring the needs of a cherished
organization so close to home.
Well, I came home, discussed the situation
with my husband, and, after all these years,
we became supporters of the Arts Council. In
my own defense, all I can say is that, unlike
at the Shakespeare Festival, no one at the Arts
Council has ever asked me directly for funds
or made a personal pitch on behalf of the
organization. Still, I feel more integrity now
that my finances are more in line with my values, and I’m helping support an organization
that makes a difference in my daily life and
the life of my community.
The point of this message, as you’ve already
guessed, is to ask you to take a look at your
relationship to the Arts Council of Placer
County and see if your commitment is in line
with the benefits you think you and the community receive from the organization. If you’re
not a member, consider joining. If you are a
member, consider taking your membership to
a higher level or making a donation. Or consider offering time to one of the many committees — including resource development!
Jazz portrait by
Rudy Browne, from
Faces of Jazz 2,
showing at the Arts
Council of Placer
County through
August 4.
— Joan Stockbridge
Member, Arts Council of Placer
County Board of Trustees
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Contributing Writers
Perspectives is a bi-monthly publication of the Arts Council of
Placer County and the City of Roseville. Its purpose is to create
a forum for communication for artists and arts organizations
in Placer County and to increase awareness of activities and
programs related to arts and culture in the area.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Arts Council of Placer County is the
catalyst for the arts in Placer County.
ARTS COUNCIL
OF
Eve Werner (“North Tahoe ARTour 2006 — Fresh and
Contemporary,” pg. 8) is an acrylic painter who this year is participating in her second North Tahoe ARTour. Werner favors natural subjects with underlying personal symbolism done in a loose,
expressive style. When not painting, she relishes life in the Sierra
Nevada with her family and practices landscape architecture. Her
work is found in private collections throughout the United States.
PLACER COUNTY
Karen Killebrew (“Honoring a Family Farming Tradition,” pg. 10)
Executive Committee
Susan Dupre, Chair
Gloria Coutts, Vice-chair
Bob Hagmann, Secretary
Anu Vuorikoski, Treasurer
Board of Trustees
Vacant, District 5
Susan Giles, Trustee At Large, Loomis
David Imgrund, Trustee At Large, Auburn
Rachel L. Kimbrough, District 2, Lincoln
Claudette Mitchel-Weismantel, District 4, Elverta
Priscilla N. Richter, District 3, Loomis
Joan Stockbridge, Trustee At Large, Auburn
Jan White, Trustee at Large, Newcastle
Jennifer Rexroad, District 1, Granite Bay
Barbara Wauters, Trustee At Large, Auburn
Advisory Team
Dave Breninger, Chair Emeritus
Dick Cushman, Resource Development
April Maynard, Chair Emeritus
Program Team
Angela Tahti, Executive Director
Rosie Stilwell, Special Projects
Valerie Anderson, Finance Consultant
Norma Brink, Accountant
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Editor: Sandra Reeves
Design/Production: Blue Cat Studio
Printer: Auburn Printers, Inc.
is the owner of Nature Media Network, in Applegate. Killebrew’s
marketing services help individuals, organizations, and communities
to tell their stories effectively.
Ronald D. Greenwood, M.D. (The Score, pg. 16) is a pediatrician in
private practice in Roseville. A classical music lover with an extensive music collection, Greenwood is the president of the Auburn
Symphony Board of Directors.
Arlene Evans (Arts Leap, pg. 14) has written two non-fiction books
on the subject of colorblindness. Her latest book, a novel, is called
Dinner for Two.
Author Persia Woolley (“A Poet Emerges,” pg. 18) writes non-fic-
tion books and historical novels. As a journalist, she writes for several regional publications, including the Auburn Sentinel. She is at
work on a novel about Shakespeare’s Ophelia.
Janis Dice (“Let’s Not Let Landscapes Disappear,” pg. 5), an
Auburn-based photo-journalist, writes for Gold Country Media
newspapers, Prosper magazine, and Comstock’s Business magazine.
Publication and distribution of Perspectives is made possible
with support from the County of Placer, the California Arts
Council State-Local Partnership and Local Arts Education
Partnership Programs, and by the Placer County Visitors
Council, and the cities of Auburn, Lincoln, Rocklin, and
Roseville.
Perspectives, published four to six times a year, is sent
to members and distributed via the public library system
countywide and regionally. Copies are available at the Arts
Council of Placer County office as well as at the California
Welcome Center Auburn. Opinions, findings, and conclusions
expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the arts council or cultural arts commission, board of trustees, staff, advertisers, or funders.
Letters, suggestions, and story ideas are welcomed.
Calendar items, along with photographs, may be sent to
[email protected] or delivered to the office.
Deadline for the September/October 2006 issue: July 20,
2006.
“Newborn,” photograph by Bre Wait,
a student showing in Viewpoint
Photographic Art
Center’s student
exhibit through
July 28.
Arts Council of Placer County
808 Lincoln Way
Auburn, CA 95603-4807
Phone (530) 885-5670
Fax (530) 885-0348
[email protected]
www.PlacerArts.org
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“Let’s Not Let Landscapes Disappear!”
by Janis Dice
W
hat do you get when you cross a themed
art show with a fundraising event to preserve
valuable natural resources? Priceless inspiration.
To celebrate its 15th anniversary, while
helping raise money to preserve natural areas
and agricultural lands, Placer Land Trust is
sponsoring the “Disappearing Landscapes”
art exhibit and sale. The event will open during the Auburn Art Walk on Thursday, August
10, at The Arts Building, 808 Lincoln Way,
in Downtown Auburn. The show will run
through October 4. Admission to the art show
is free to the public. Proceeds from the sales
benefit Placer Land Trust (PLT), the artists, and
the gallery.
More than 20 of Placer County’s finest artists will display their works for sale during the
exhibit. The artists are enthusiastic about creating artwork depicting the vanishing landscapes
of Placer County.
“The Land Trust has a lot of friends in agriculture, but not as many in the arts,” explains
Jessica Pierce, PLT program associate. “So
that’s why we wanted to branch out into the
art community.”
Participants were encouraged to provide
two to three pieces, with at least one having
something to do with open space or protected
lands, Pierce says. Some chose wildlife as their
framework for the project.
Besides paintings in a variety of media,
there will also be blown glass pieces, metal
sculptures, photographs, “and pretty much
every medium you can think of,” Pierce says.
Not only does the exhibition generate financial support for local arts and land conservation efforts, it also accentuates the artistic and
natural resources that distinguish and enhance
the community. The event is modeled after a
yearly benefit exhibit sponsored by the Marin
Land Trust in the Bay Area. Pierce hopes
Placer County’s premier art show-fundraiser
will be so successful that it, too, will become
an annual tradition.
“It’s a way for artists to get in touch with
what we’re doing,” Pierce says, “and it’s a
good way for us to promote the open lands
mission during the Art Walk. It’s really an outreach tool.”
The Placer Land Trust (PLT) was founded in
1991 as a private community-based nonprofit
organization devoted to preserving lands in
Placer County that hold precious natural, historic, agricultural, and recreational resources.
Its mission is to work with willing landowners
who are interested in having their properties
preserved in perpetuity.
To date, PLT has preserved over 2,000 acres
in Placer County for future generations. It currently is working on several large and small
projects, including the 5,000-acre West Placer
Habitat Protection Program in western Placer
County; the 2,000-acre Bear River Watershed
Project, which ranges from Sheridan to Colfax;
and the American River Watershed Project,
which protects 1,000-plus acres, from Granite
Bay to Cisco Grove.
To inspire the participating artists for the
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“Cisco Grove,” oil
on linen, by Victoria
Brooks
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“Lone Orange Tree,” photograph by Jim Hirschinger a work in
the Placer Land Trust show.
“Disappearing Landscapes”
— the Artists
More than 20 local artisans will be producing special works of art
for the Placer Land Trust’s “Disappearing Landscapes” art exhibit
and sale. The fundraising event opens during the Auburn Art Walk
on Aug. 10, and continues at The Arts Building, 808 Lincoln Way, in
Downtown Auburn, through October. 4.
Participating artists include:
Diane Ruhkala Bell
Bob Gilliom, watercolor
Victoria Brooks, oil
Kim Brown
Francisco Castro
Kara Castro
Brenda Dominguez
Fred Ekman
Reif Erickson, plein air
Sonja Hamilton
Hazel Haase
James Hirschinger, photography
Imi Hirschinger, paintings: mixed
oil, pastels & water colors
Nancy Holtz, pen & ink
Jennifer Johnson,
metal sculpture
Mya Louw, oil and pastels
Michael Kent Murphy,
photography
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Janet and Rick Nicholson,
blown glass
L. Luis Ortiz
Stan Padilla
Barbara Paitich
Juan Pena, watercolor
Helen W. Phillips
Patty Pieropan Dong
Ann Ranlett, pen and ink
Gayle Rappaport
J.T. Ravize
J. Randall Smith, ceramic sculpture
Sandy Wythawai Starbird
Joe Strickland
Keith Sutter, photography
Maria Sylvester
Leslie Warren
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“Disappearing Landscapes” show and encourage them to create their pieces in the “plein
air” tradition, painting on site, rather than
from a sketch or photograph. PLT suggested
they visit some of We’re using PLT properties
to highlight art in the community, and Placer
County’s most scenic natural backdrops, as
well as working farms and ranches.
“Art is such a wonderful way to express our
love of the outdoors and open space in our
communities,” Pierce suggests. “And through
this exhibition, we can show how beautiful
Placer County is and how we need to take
steps to preserve it.”
Some of the suggested sites include Codfish
Falls, on the North Fork of the American River,
south of Weimar; the 30-acre Labadie Farm in
Newcastle, which features a picturesque barn,
pond, glacial boulders and stately cottonwoods
Artist Patty Pieropan Dong painting at Codfish Falls
for Placer Land Trust’s “Dissappearing Landscapes” art
show and sale.
along a creek; and the 400-acre Hofman Ranch
in Lincoln. It comprises grasslands, vernal
pools, woodlands of valley and blue oaks, old
barns and riparian areas along Doty Ravine.
Accompanied by her son, Patty Pieropan
Dong, an award-winning artist and art instructor, took the long drive — and 35-minute hike
— to reach Codfish Falls. Unexpectedly, she
found fellow artist Victoria Brooks packing up
her plein air gear after a day of painting the
view.
“It was such a beautiful spot,” says Dong,
an Auburn resident. “It will be interesting to
see how two artists captured the same scene,
from the same point of view, in different
media.’
Brooks is working in oil while Dong’s composition of the lush glen is in watercolors. If
her busy schedule permits, Dong will produce
at least one other work for the Disappearing
Landscapes exhibition, possibly in oils, pastels
or woodblock printing — her other favored
materials.
Like many participants, Dong supports the
PLT mission to preserve Placer’s unique natural resources and its agrarian legacy, and sees
the project as a complementary extension of
her artistic efforts. Her subjects often include
still life tableaus and California landscapes,
and disappearing relics are a recurring theme
throughout much of her work.
A prolific artist who teaches private lessons
to children and adults, instructs art classes at
several local school campuses each week, and
occasionally leads nature-art sessions at the
Placer Nature Center, Dong didn’t need to add
another project to her full plate.
“But it’s an interesting topic that has a lot of
appeal, and it’s for a worthy cause,” she says.
For the participating artists, that combination is too inspiring to resist.
“Store Buildings of Cisco Grove,” pen and ink/
watercolor by Nancy S. Holtz-McMahan, picturing one
of the places preserved as open space forever through
the efforts of Placer Land Trust.
“Codfish Falls,” pastel by Reif Erickson, a work done
especially for the Placer Land Trust Art Show, August
10 – October 4.
For more information on the “Disappearing
Landscapes” art exhibit and sale, contact the Placer
Land Trust at (530) 887-9222; [email protected]
g; or visit http://www.placerlandtrust.org
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North Tahoe ARTour 2006
— Fresh and Contemporary
by Eve Werner
“Spring In Martis
Valley,” acrylic on
canvas by Sara
Zimmerman, one
of three dozen artists opening their
studios for North
ARTour July 7 – 9.
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T
he natural beauty of the North Lake Tahoe
area inspires many talented artists to depict
the opulent vistas and wildlife that bring the
region world-wide fame. Yet some artists react
in a less literal manner to these surroundings.
The 13th annual North Tahoe ARTour, July 7 –
9, features several artists whose work is more
contemporary or conceptual, challenging viewers to look beyond simple physical beauty.
“This event is a wonderful way to see not
only traditional Tahoe art but also exciting
contemporary works without having to drive
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to Reno or San Francisco,” says Sandy Pyer,
North Tahoe Arts’ executive director. “ARTour
is a free event that is a perfect opportunity
to see the evolution of what is perceived as
Tahoe art.”
This year, 36 artists present work in a range
of media including fiber arts, gourds, paintings, glasswork, woodwork, sculpture, and
photography. Open studios will feature artists’
original works, their studio spaces, worksin-progress, technique demonstrations, and
reproductions.
In the past, Tahoe art collectors have been
drawn to traditional “cabin” styles, such as
photos or paintings of classic Tahoe scenes.
But an influx of second home owners from
urban areas with sophisticated art cultures is
increasing the demand for contemporary art.
“Cabin décor is no longer the strict rule of
thumb for decorating in Lake Tahoe,” says
Kerry Brehler of Online Design and Gallery,
in Incline Village. “We are now moving
towards a lot of texture with contemporary
accent pieces.”
Other resort destinations such as Jackson
Hole, Aspen, and Sun Valley had a similar
relationship to art. As more and more art
buyers from metropolitan areas visited these
towns, contemporary art influences burgeoned.
Now galleries boasting art of wild colors and
shapes speckle the streets of these resorts, and
home decoration has evolved from “cabin” to
“elegant.” The Lake Tahoe area is joining this
group of elite vacation destinations with its
growing recognition of regional contemporary
art. And with this expanding market come artists dedicated to stretching the definition of
Tahoe art.
Sara Zimmerman’s acrylic paintings juxtapose modernism with detail honed from a
background in science illustration. Her sensuous, vibrantly colored paintings often feature
large flowers, leaves, or fish soaring above
vast western landscapes. Though her works
depict only natural components, they do so
with a vivid, contemporary flavor that reflects
her deep love of the outdoors, appreciation
Truckee and North Tahoe artists open their studios July 7–9
of modernism masters, and lifelong contact
with art.
“For content, I draw on my outdoor experiences here in Tahoe and from my travels,
though my growth in art has come from visiting other artists’ studios, galleries, museums,
and now staring at magazines and books,”
says Zimmerman.
Greg Van Loon combines assemblage and
mixed media collage in his rustic studio. Van
Loon began his art career in San Francisco
before moving to Truckee six years ago.
“I was looking to get away from the urban
emphasis in my art, and tried to create art that
‘fit in’ with the natural environment of the
Sierra,” he says. “I tried lots of different things,
but the end result was common and boring.
Ultimately, the boredom was empowering
because it lead me back to working in my old
style of mixed media collage. It felt right, the
quality of my work improved, and I realized
that this type of art did fit in here in Truckee.
And most importantly, the boredom went
away. Now I concentrate more on a global
view with political and strangely humorous
undertones at times.”
Carole Sesko’s art is an exploration of form
and color. “I start out with a specific concept
to express, and as I work the piece takes on
a direction of its own.” Sesko collects objects
which she collages into her work, and colors
them using acrylic paint layered with a metallic background.
“The art that emerges has a particular meaning to me, but I find each viewer sees something different. The resulting art is open to
interpretation and inspires the imagination,
which is a quality about my work I find satisfying,” continues Sesko.
Annika Hemminge paints as a way of
reaching out to people on a personal level.
“Painting… tells others how I experience my
surroundings; I don’t literally paint that dog,
but the emotion it produces in me. An artist is
not a reporter, she does not render the world
the way it is, but rather the way she sees it,
the way she thinks it ought to be.”
Bold color and humorous compositions
nearly sing out the high spirits of their creator. “I thrive on colors. Color in a picture is
like excitement in life. Who wants to live in
grey? Colors enthuse, stimulate, and make you
feel alive. One artist said: ‘art is not what you
see, but what you make others see.’ I want to
make others see the joy, passion, happiness,
humor and pleasure in life and the things
around us.”
These and 31 more ARTour 2006 artists, both contemporary and traditional, will
exhibit a sample of their work at North Tahoe
Arts throughout July. Opening reception is
Thursday, July 6, 5 – 7 p.m. at North Tahoe
Arts, 380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City (just
past the Tahoe City “Y,” next to the fire station). Plenty of free parking is available. The
reception is a great place to preview the artists’ work and plan a studio tour route.
“Cuisine Unique,”
acrylic by Annika
Hemminge, an
ARTour participant.
Free ARTour maps are available at North Tahoe Arts,
Incline Village Visitors Center, Truckee Visitors Center,
and most art galleries in the region. Or just follow the
gold ARTour signs dotting the landscape. Studios will be
open from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily through the event. For
more information, contact North Tahoe Arts at (530)
581-2787 or visit www.northtahoearts.com.
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Honoring a Family Farming Tradition
Otow Orchard
packing shed.
(photo by Karen
Killebrew.)
A long with other immigrants from Japan
and Asia, Kichitaro Kawano came to the
United States in the late 1800s. He eventually found his way to Loomis, where he
worked on various farms. In 1911,he and his
wife Momi purchased 20 acres of land in the
Rosedale Colony Tract of Loomis and named
it Rosedale Farm. This land later became
Roseville and is now part of Granite Bay.
Kichitaro cleared the land of rocks, boulders, and scrub oak and began propagating
trees for his future orchard. Most of Kichitaro’s
orchard was planted in grapes and persimmons, along with some pears and a few
peaches. When grape prices plummeted in
the 1920s, the grapes were replaced with
plums. After Kichitaro’s death in 1939, his
widow and youngest daughter, Helen, ran
the farm. During WW II, Helen and her new
husband, Seiichi Otow, were interned at Tule
Lake Relocation Center and later worked in
Chicago. After the war they returned to the
farm to find that it was not in condition to
provide them an income, so Seiichi opened a
radio repair shop in Sacramento while working to revive the orchard.
Eventually, Seiichi and Helen returned
to farming fulltime. Rosedale Farm shipped
plums to Eastern markets via the fruit sheds
in Loomis, and fresh persimmons were sold to
markets in Oakland, Los Angeles, and Seattle.
Dried persimmons were sold locally as well as
in Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and eventually
Hawaii. Peaches were sold at the Sacramento
Market. The Otow family, including Seiichi,
Helen, June, Christine, nd Wesley not only
Granite Bay Farmers Market
Another place to buy farm-fresh produce in Granite Bay is the
Foothill Farmers Market. The market operates 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Thursdays from May 18 to December 21 at Granite Bay Village. The
market features 15–20 vendors each week, with products changing
throughout the season. Eden Ranch and Blossom Hill Farm are just
two of the Placer County farms who offer their delectable fruits and
vegetables alongside growers from other parts of California, such as
Rodriguez Ranch from Watsonville and Fiddyment Farms. Other local
products include Ophir Wines, Good Stuff Biscotti, plants from Ron’s
Nursery, and many other treats. In July & August vendors are selling
peaches, melons, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, and many other
great-tasting items to help cooks make quick summer meals. Come
meet the farmers who lovingly tend their fields in order to bring residents great locally-grown produce. For locations of other area farmers markets visit www.foothillfarmersmarket.com.
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Helen Otow surveys a wall of hoshigaki, Japanese-style
dried persimmons, one of the Otow family’s specialties.
Otow Orchard Farm’s history goes back a hundred years
by Karen Killebrew
cared for and harvested the orchard, but
also packed all the fruit on the farm until
the 1970s.
During the 1980s and 1990s, the operations
at the local fruit sheds began to decrease,
and the children had grown up and moved
to the city. These factors and Seiichi’s health
concerns contributed to the downsizing of
production. The creation of PlacerGROWN
and new agricultural marketing efforts in
Placer County encouraged the family to open
a direct marketing fruit stand. Today Helen
Otow, Chris Otow Kuratomi, and her husband
Tosh Kuratomi respond to their customers’
preferences with a diverse variety of fruits
and vegetables. They continue to specialize
in the ancient art of dried persimmons known
as hoshigaki. Surrounded by development,
they strive to honor their family’s farming
tradition. Today Otow Orchard’s biggest challenge is water. The family is no longer able
to buy the ditch water they depended on for
irrigation. Because the San Juan Water District
recently changed from flat rate water bills
to meters, their water costs have increased
fourfold. In other areas of the county and
state, farms receive favorable rates, and the
Kuratomis hope that
public opinion will
help to change San
Juan’s policies. Farms
provide open space,
habitat for wildlife, a
green belt, and most
importantly, highquality fresh food for
area residents. Helen,
Tosh, and Chris invite
you to stop in, shop,
and enjoy the different personalities of
the orchard though
the seasons.
What they are picking in July & August:
Asian pears, blackberries, chilies, peaches,
plums, pears, nectarines, tomatoes, squash,
cucumbers and peppers.
Throughout the year: Apples, apricots, Asian
pears, blackberries, cantaloupes, cherries, chiles, cucumber, daikon, dried fruits, eggplant,
figs, fresh herbs, gourds, grapefruits, grapes,
hot peppers, kiwis, lemons, mandarins, melons, nectarines, olives, onions, oranges, peaches, pears, persimmons, plums, pomegranate,
pumpkins, radish, raspberries, strawberries,
summer squash, sweet corn, tomatillos, tomatoes, walnuts, watermelons, winter squash,
and zucchini.
The whole OtowKuratomi family
strives to honor
the family’s farming tradition. The
family’s biggest
challenge today is
the suddenly higher
cost of water.
Otow Orchard, 6232 Eureka Road, Granite Bay,
CA 95746 (916) 791-1656
Open Tuesday - Sunday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Tosh Kuratomi takes a break during the 2005 Placer
Farm & Barn Tour.
How to get there:
From I-80 in Roseville take the Eureka Road exit. Turn
east onto Eureka and drive four miles to the first stop
sign where Eureka makes a hard left. Drive two more
miles to Barton Road. Otow Orchard is at the second
mailbox on the right past Barton. Look for the sign
out front. From Auburn-Folsom Road, travel half a mile
south of Douglas Boulevard. Turn west onto Eureka.
Otows’ is approximately a mile in on the left.
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Book Review
A Sherlock Holmes of Nutrition
Nutritionist
Jim McAfee has
published an
accessible guide
to how the body
signals what
nutrition it needs.
Jim McAfee has
been referred to
as the Sherlock
Holmes of nutrition. His dedicated
34-year search for
understanding of
the nutritional significance of seemingly insignificant
physical or behavioral abnormalities resulted in the
recent publication
of a book entitled
Your Body’s Sign
Language. This
volume takes
numerous threads
of medically
researched information and weaves them into a tapestry illustrating the incredible workings of the human
body. To McAfee, a board certified Clinical
Nutritionist and member of the Scientific
Council of the International and American
Associations of Clinical Nutritionists (IAACN),
“body signs” can be flashing warnings of the
increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, or
serious nutritional deficiencies.
Your Body’s Sign Language covers a wide
spectrum of information and teaches the reader to identify nutritional messages conveyed
by the body through the skin, eyes, teeth, and
other body parts. It is a reliable reference for
the professional, having extensive references
to the medical literature in every chapter, and
yet is accessible to the layperson.
McAfee is currently working on the sequel
to Your Body’s Sign Language. He is also
working on a series of children’s books
with Heather Foster, owner and operator of
Eloquence Web and Graphic Design, who will
design and illustrate the books.
The book is available to order at www.yourbodys
signlanguage.com or by calling (800) 359-6091.
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McAfee also does a “body signs” talk, illustrated by a
PowerPoint presentation, video clips, and nutritional
anecdotes. For details and a calendar of his speaking
schedule, visit www.imageawareness.com.
Maestro Goodwin earns cultural
award
Michael Goodwin, music director of the
Auburn Symphony, was selected to receive
an award for Excellence in the Arts at the
Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual
State of the Community Dinner, held in April.
Goodwin was honored with other outstanding
individuals in the fields of education, health
care, agriculture, local government, and the
arts.
Based on his extensive background in
music, Goodwin was appointed artistic director and conductor of the Auburn Symphony
in 1995. During his now 11 seasons, he has
helped the orchestra develop form a local
community orchestra into an ensemble of
professional-level musicians. For the last two
years Auburn Symphony has performed to
enthusiastic audiences of over a thousand at
the Mondavi Center at UC Davis. Next season
the symphony celebrates its 20th Anniversary,
starting with a Gala Opening September 23.
For more information, call the Auburn Symphony office
at (530) 823-6683 or visit www.auburnsymphony.com.
Art Docents keep art education alive
in Placer County schools
by Nancy Cruz
The Art Docent Program is the vehicle Placer
County uses to keep art appreciation alive in
our schools. Over 1000 enthusiastic parents
volunteer each year to present famous artwork
prints to classrooms, opening the eyes of children to the wonderful world of art.
Every month, an Art Docent, “a volunteer parent” visits their child’s classroom to make a
presentation, showing students’ artwork by
such famous artists. After the presentations,
the children do a hands-on art projects relating
to the artist. The Art Docents receive training
at the Placer County Office of Education.
Art Docents are honored at the end of
each year with an Art Docent Appreciation
Luncheon in their honor. This year’s luncheon
was held May 18 in Roseville.
For more information about the Art Docent Program,
contact Cruz at (530) 886-5897.
State Theatre purchased by APPAC
It was one giant step for Auburn Placer
Performing Arts Center and one giant leap for
the future of performing arts in the Auburn
area when the organization officially took
ownership of the Old State Theatre March
14. APPAC made its escrow payment of
$805,000 to owners KDR Partners, and now
officially own the building. A group of 20
investors, along with a $100,000 grant from
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development provided the committee with the
funds necessary for the purchase.
The move is the first step toward having a new, permanent home for the Auburn
Symphony and a place for local and touring
theater companies and musicians to perform.
The next step for APPAC is to meet with the
building’s current leasees to assure them continued operation while the committee moves
forward on the planned $6 million reconstruction.
Work on the project will probably take five
years as the group designs an 825-seat stateof-the-art theater modeled after the original
1930s décor of the Old State Theatre.
For more information about APPAC, to contribute or
volunteer, call (530) 823-2364.
Placer Community Theater
welcomes new director for
A Musical Voyage Through Time
by Brenda Lindley
Placer Community Theater’s next production
will be a variety show featuring entertainment through the decades. A comedic story
line pulls together “A Musical Voyage Through
Time,” with Broadway show tunes and classic
television skits. PCT is extremely pleased to
introduce a new director for this show, Leslie
Holland, who comes to the group with nearly
20 years experience in theater arts.
Having recently moved to Auburn,
she is very excited about the opportunity to work with the non-profit theater group.
Leslie grew up in Southern
California working at the La Habra
Community Theatre and began performing at age 10 in choruses and in
starring roles such as Wendy in “Peter
Pan.” She received her Bachelor of Arts
in Theater Education from Cal State
Fullerton. She taught high school theater arts for four years in Riverside and then
for two years in Reno, during which time she
received her Master’s in Theatre Directing.
Her directing experience began in 1996
directing “Joseph and the Technicolor
Dreamcoat” at Camp Canadensis, PA, and
continued up to 2004 with “Rumors” and
“Working” in Reno.
A portion of the proceeds from the performance of “A Musical Voyage Through
Time” will be donated to the Auburn Area
Performing Arts Center to help restore the Old
State Theater as a performing arts center.
Leslie Holland,
Placer Community
Theater’s new
director.
“A Musical Voyage Through Time” will be presented
August 11, 12, 18 & 19, at 8 p.m., at Theatre Pamelot,
540 Wall St. For tickets and details, call (530) 8522708 or visit www.placercommunitytheater.org.
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Watching the arts work in Placer County Schools
by Arlene Evans
The Truckee High
Marching Band
performing music
from the “Pirates of
the Caribbean” at
a football game.
D
ave Green is the only band teacher at
Truckee High School. He’s been teaching there
for 17 years. His work morning begins at 6:15
a.m. when he teaches Jazz Band, which is on
a volunteer basis for the students. At 7:30 a.m.
he teaches a technical theater course designed
to give students a grounding in the basic elements of theater, such as lighting and sound
production. At 10:50 a.m., there’s 9th grade
concert band practice. At 1 p.m., he teaches
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10th through 12th grade symphonic band.
For the first nine weeks in the fall, Green
says, the concert and the symphonic bands
practice marching. “They practice their separate parts during certain blocks of the day.
On the weekend before a game, we have a
Thursday rehearsal, so instead of eating lunch,
the students rehearse together. We show
them how they fit together, because it’s like a
puzzle, and Saturday morning we work from
8 – 9:30 on the field before the junior varsity
game.” The band also performs at half time
and at the pre-game show. “This is where
we play the fight song and the ‘Star Spangled
Banner,’” he says. “We also entertain while
people are leaving the stand.”
The bands present a concert every year in
the third week of October. “We have a parent
booster program with a chairman who does
publicity, usually with our local paper, The
Sierra Sun,” Green explains. “We also have a
local TV station that runs our publicity, and
the students put up flyers around town.”
“All of our curriculum is based on the
California Visual and Performing Arts
Framework,” Green notes. “We also meet the
national standards.”
The Honor Band season starts in November
and runs through April, so the band does a
lot of traveling on weekends. Green says that
in the second quarter of the year, Truckee
High has an Honor Band that meets at Sierra
College as well as Humboldt or Chico State
College.
“We have our holiday program two weeks
before the holiday. When we go on the holiday break, we crank it up and get ready for
two things at one time: a tour and another
concert, which is prior to our competition
festival, where we play serious band music.
We compete in the CMEA (California Music
Educators Association) band competition and
have received straight ‘superiors’ for a number of years, which qualifies us to go to the
Jamming at Truckee High
One teacher conducts the multi-faceted music program at Truckee High School
Superior Festival in April,” he says.
Then the band works on its tour music,
which is Big Band Swing and concert music.
“We tour to Sacramento, to convalescent
hospitals. We go to the Shriners Hospital for
Children and the children’s ward at UC Davis.
We also play at several elementary schools that
don’t have music in their programs. We go to
Napa and play at a retirement community and
at nursing homes, as well as for our veterans
in Yountville.
“The spring musical fires up,” he continues.
“The kids audition in January and begin practicing in February. We begin our rehearsals
after we finish our festival competitions. As
soon as we can, we have the cast members
come in to sing with us, either group members or solo. We have a pit that’s about six
feet deep.”
Green emphasizes that this production isn’t
“a watered down high school version. It’s a
professional Broadway play. This year we’re
doing Cinderella.” The spring musical, directed
by parent volunteers, allows students to sing
and dance. Under Green’s direction, the band
students learn to follow along with the singers. “If a student forgets lines, for instance, the
band will catch up with them.”
Truckee High’s final concert, held on June
14, was combined with an Art Show and banquet. It was a fitting, celebratory ending to the
students’ — and Green’s! — year of hard work
in music.
Dave Green leading the Truckee
High School
Symphonic Concert
Band in a formal
concert at the
school.
Left to right: Kellie Conway, senior, saxophone section
leader; Dave Green, Band Director; Chelsea Hess,
senior, flute section leader: Ryan Vincent, senior, low
bass section leader; Alex Taylor, senior, clarinet section
leader — at Truckee High school.
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Classical Charmers
by Ronald D. Greenwood, M.D.
Anna Maria
Mendieta,
Sacramento
Philharmonic’s
principal harpist.
“Ancora,” a CD by
the four-man group
Il Divo, is The Score
reviewer’s pick for
the 2006 CD
of the year.
“…played to perfection.”
Sacramento Philharmonic at the Mondavi
Michael Morgan and the
Sacramento Philharmonic
presented a program at the
Mondavi on the UC Davis
campus on March 18 that
began with a modern piece,
“Orchestral Reflections on
a Love Song,” by Gerhard
Samuel. Morgan cleverly
gave us an overview that
prepared the audience for
this unusual musical appetizer. Without that, we
could not have understood
the music.
Then we enjoyed
Rodrigo’s Concerto
Serenata with Sacramento
Philharmonic’s principal harpist, Anna Maria
Mendieta, as soloist. She played with freshness
supported by balanced orchestral accompaniment; especially notable were the woodwinds.
The real meat of the program was Brahms’
Symphony No. 3. From the crisp brass opening chords to the quiet conclusion when we
could take a breath again, we realized we
had just heard a Brahms Third played to perfection. All its charm and lyricism were presented in flowing precision. Especially elegant
were the two inner movements, the song-like
Andante and the melancholy dance-like Poco
Allegretto. A wonderful performance.
“…ten of the most beautiful pieces of
music known to humanity…”
Il Divo: Ancora
The Score 2006 CD of the year was
released in the U.S. January 24th. It is
Il Divo: Ancora. This is 10 of the most
beautiful pieces of music known to
humanity performed by four incredibly beautiful voices. Included (only
one in English) are “All by Myself,” “I
Believe in You,” and “You Raise Me
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Up.” This group, now on a world tour including Sacramento, has brought opera to the
mainstream. Find it, buy it, enjoy it. Celebrate
the diverse world we live in.
“…superbly performed…”
The St. Petersburg Quartet in Auburn
The St. Petersburg Quartet was featured at the
March 26 concert in the Auburn Community
Concert Association’s 60th season. The quartet consists of Alla Aranovskaya (first violin),
Alla Krolewich (second violin), Boris Vayner
(viola), and Leonid Shakayev (cello). This
quartet, previously known as the Lenningrad
Quartet, has won numerous competitions
and has performed internationally.The program included the Schubert String Quartet in
D Minor D810, “Death and the Maiden,” the
Nocturne from Borodin Quartet No. 2, and the
Dvorak Quartet in F Major Op. 96, “American.”
In the Allegro of the Schubert, the cello was
played with an incredibly beautiful tone, as
was both first violin and cello in the Andante
con motto. The entire piece was superbly
performed by all four players. The Nocturne
of Borodin was gorgeous, especially with the
violin and cello sensuously singing back and
forth to each other. The Dvorak was quite
lively and spirited and simply fantastic. A
Glanuzov encore, Novelette No. 2, “Oriental,”
played in the Georgian style followed the
standing ovation.
It is clear this is a world-class ensemble.
Simply put, as the saying goes,” it just doesn’t
get any better than this.”
“A sensational concert.”
Chamber Music Alive (CMA!) in Rocklin
CMA! performed on April 23 at the Dietrich
Theatre. Players were Vadim Serebryany
(piano), Eric Sung (cello), David Thorp (viola),
Jason Uyeyama (violin) and Ben Dominitz
(violin). Dominitz and Uyeyama gave us a
charming Spohr: Duo for two violins, Op. 67,
No. 2. The interactive first movement, the slow
second movement, and the wild third were all
exceptional. The ensemble is bringing back
Spohr’s repertoire with bravura.
Schubert Quartet in A minor, “Rosamunde,”
was performed by all strings. It was a subtle
combination of sadness and happiness. The
third movement was so very beautifully
played, I heard several around me whisper,
“Wow.” I might have even been one of them.
If Robert Schumann wrote his Quintet for
Piano and Strings in E flat Major, Op. 44, to
demonstrate his love for his pianist wife, Clara,
he succeeded magnificently. And all of the
beauty and passion in the piece was brought
out by the five players, clearly and with such
excitement. I think I have never heard such
an exhilarating performance of this quintet.
A sensational concert. For the leader Ben
Dominitz to have to raise his hand to try and
silence the audience on its third long series of
bravos and standing ovation is something rare
for a chamber concert event.
“…splendidly done…”
The Sacramento Choral Society and
Orchestra (SCSO)
On May 6th, the SCSO presented at the
Community Center Theatre in Sacramento
a primarily Dvorak program, conducted by
SCSO’s music director Donald Kendrick. It
opened with the Mass in D Major, Op. 8,
which was splendidly done, especially the
Gloria. The orchestra followed with a delightful performance of Legends, Op. 59.
Then, a diversion from Dvorak to a China
tour (planned this summer) preview. Three
charming little pieces — Turot Eszick A
Cigany (Kodaly), How Can I Keep from
Singing (Stroope) and Portones Abiertos
(Basler) — demonstrated the stunningly
beautiful voices of the chorus.
Dvorak’s Te Deum, Op. 103 concluded
the program with Maureen Mette (Soprano)
and Stephen Janzen (Bass). The SCSO literally soared with the dignity and beauty of the
piece and gave us an exciting performance.
Soloists Stephen Janzen, bass, and soprano Maureen Mette perform
Dvorak’s Te Deum, Op. 103 with the Sacramento Choral Society and
Orchestra.
The SCSO will indeed be 230 cultural ambassadors to China. The Te Deum is available
as part of the two CD set recorded live in
Hungary during the SCSO European tour at
www.sacramentochoral.com.
Dr. Donald Kendrick conducts the Sacramento Choral Society and
Orchestra in a performance in Sacramento May 8.
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A Poet Emerges
by Persia Woolley
Vadis Elmo Daley,
95, has just published a book of
poems he has
written throughout
his lifetime.
M
ost all of us live on at least two different levels, and sometimes three. There’s the
public/social interaction, the personal/family
world, and the private/inner realm. All kinds
of art emerges from the
private world — painting, dancing, and music
I SHAKE AGAINST THE COLD
generally reflect at least
the moods of the inner
Observe this antic, dancing leaf,
life. But wordsmiths, and
An entertaining clown,
particularly poets, not
Yet unaware past painted mask
only attempt to express
The sad, the rueful frown.
the ineffable, they provide us glimpses of the
Soon sift of wind and rain shall rinse
poet’s most personal
Away deceitful mirth,
world.
And rigid, brown-curled leaf shall know
For upwards of 30
Swift mockery of Earth.
years, Vadis Elmo Daley
taught English literature
An October frost has freckled
and poetry at Sierra
Maple red and gold,
College, much to the
And like the leaf I’m autumned,
delight of his students,
I shake against the cold.
many of whom went
on to become personal
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friends. Daley could weave whole poems
into conversations and lectures with such
freshness that they seemed to be his words
rather than others’ committed to memory. And
while he gave Pope, Blake, T.S. Eliot, Wallace
Stevens, and many other acknowledged
wordsmiths their due, it was the Welsh poet
Gerard Manley Hopkins who most attracted
the professor.
Over the years, the natural question came
up: “Elmo, aren’t you writing poetry yourself?”
The response was always vague, a kind of
diffident shrug implying that whatever words
he had put to paper were not of much consequence. Whether this response stemmed from
modesty, shyness, or the perfectionist’s conviction that his poems were unimportant, it was
hard to say.
Following his retirement in 1976, Elmo
and his wife Helen spent a good bit of time
traveling. They lived in Mexico, at San Miguel
d’Allende and Puerto Vallarta, where, in both
places, Elmo pursued his life-long hobby
of butterfly collecting in the nearby jungles.
Europe was a frequent stop on the Daleys’
itineraries because their son Sean lives in
Paris, where he is a translator for various
international agencies. (Their eldest son Kevin
recently retired from the faculty of E.V. Cain
middle school.) And at one point the couple
lived for a year in Spain.
As the years wore on, Elmo’s sight began to
fade until now, at 95, he is totally blind. And
although that limits his physical activities, it
has not affected his ability to draw forth and
recite with precision and feeling the precious
poems he taught for so long.
A sea-change in Elmo’s attitude toward his
own poetry took place in 2004 when, with
her father’s permission, the Daleys’ daughter
Katie Wlasiuk, who lives in Rocklin, gathered
up a lifetime collection of her father’s poems.
Scribbled on scraps and tucked into drawers, the work ranged in style from sonnets to
haiku. Elmo went over them with Katie’s help,
polishing and pruning until he felt them sufficiently finished to be shown to close friends
Teacher Vadis Elmo Daley, 95, has published his first book of poetry
Poems from The Islands of My Inland Seas
THURSDAY’S RAIN
For my wife, Helen
Vadis Elmo Daley, c. 1933,
was already writing poetry.
XIV: HAIKU
Not only shorebirds
Frequent these beaches — windblown
Waves feather the sea.
The year commits sits usual crime:
Our summer was sub-let to Time.
Then let us sit beside this fire
Teaching Time Love’s not for hire,
Nor wondering where the swift years go,
But watching November’s fall of snow,
With memories of our Thursdays’ rain
Raveling yesterday’s windowpane.
And should our season turn a page,
Love shall read on. It knows not age.
and family.
It was then that Bill Hotchkiss and Ray
Oliva, longtime friends and fellow teachers,
put forth the idea of getting the poems published. And now, early in 2006, the collection
has been made available by Pelican Pond
press under the title The Islands of my Inland
Seas.
Here at last are the shadow maps of a life
ensnared with words. Paeans, anthems, slight
whistled tunes — all reflect the focus and
desires of one man’s life. Many are dedicated
to his wife, and some are salutes to other
poets. The influence of Gerard Manly Hopkins
is often heard in sublime alliteration, with
thoughts that are equally fractured and redefined.
Butterflies and flowers abound, which is
not surprising from a man who spent so much
time lovingly creating gardens or stalking
miniature winged creatures. And there is the
VII: HAIKU
Aster and garden
Reverse heaven and earth
— blue Star in a green sky
XXVI: HAIKU
Pale rain unravels
Down path of the wind: Poem
On a windowpane.
spiritual — a questing, yearning toward God
and at the same time celebrating life in pagan
terms. The awareness of mortality, of aging
and darkness, and the unrelenting aspects of
time also run through the poems.
The book concludes with several of Daley’s
prose “Mythic Tales,” as well as a wonderful
selection of haiku. It is here one finds a key to
this poet’s process:
To be clad in proper raiment,
Words demand precision:
they have souls.
The Islands of My Inland Seas is available from
Pelican Pond for $14.95 at www.bluedolphinpublishing
.com. With his grandson Gregory Wlasiuk, Elmo Daley
has been working for several years on a book dealing with the prosody of the poems of Gerard Manley
Hopkins. The book, Gerard Manley Hopkins:
A Genius of Alliteration, will be published soon.
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Bull Pen
by Taz Michael G
Loney Meadow, pine tinted with bovine fertilizer boquet,
Montane Chaparral, visited by mountain mint and huckleberry oak,
American pipits flit along sticky bush monkeyflower, overcast day,
Marmot grazing wooly butterweed, chilled stream, hooves to soak.
Needle phlox and spur lupine to guide the trek, east,
Capped in golden moss, jagged outcroppings of slates and schist,
On the rise, trail blanketed in shed needle, mule deer feast,
Rod rises then dips, nymph fly soars into Bull Pen, flick of the wrist.
About the Poet
Possessing a dedicated interest in written art, Taz
Michael G (the poet’s chosen name) experiments
in several forms of poetry — ballad, monody, ode,
quatrain, free verse, and song — working always
to improve his ability to set down his feelings in
words. Born in 1966 and raised near Sacramento,
the poet has traveled the western states includ“Casting Off,” painting by Ron Jenkins.
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ing Alaska. To read more of his poetry, visit
www.thestarlitecafe.com
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Galleries
Roseville
Through July 8: Ray Kruger & Bob Tonges: Impressionist Works.
Also Early California impressionists’ works contributed by Mark
Vespoli. Artful Blend Gallery, 22 S.Grant St. For details, call (916) 7722787.
Ongoing: The Total of One Gallery showcases art, sculpture,
and mixed media that represent the finest in casual living. 2029
Opportunity Dr., Ste. 4. For details, call (916) 797-8707.
Ongoing: Placer Valley 3rd Saturday Art Tour. Free art viewing
and Open House every third Saturday of the month, 6:30 - 9 p.m., in
participating Roseville galleries: Artful I Gallery, address; Artists of
Timber Creek, SunCity, Del Webb Blvd., (916) 204-5020; Beyond
Point B, 151 N. Sunrise Ave, Ste 1303, (916) 787-9909 x 3; Borders
Books, Galleria, 1173 Galleria Blvd. (916) 788-1580; Borders Books,
2030 Douglas Blvd., (916) 784-1088; C R Gallery, 625 Vernon Street,
Historic Downtown, (916) 769-6879; Cascades Cuisine, 1420 E.
Roseville Parkway, (916) 788-9707; Comfort Zone, 426 Folsom Rd.,
(916) 773-2444; Cordia, 5161 Foothills Blvd., (916) 778-3330; La
Provence, 110 Diamond Creek Pl., (916) 789-2002; Mike Martin
Photography, 508 Vernon St., Historic Downtown, (916) 223-8361;
Noel Flynn Gallery, 1725 Santa Clara Dr., (916) 786-0702; Roseville
Arts!, (916) 783-4117. Call galleries to confirm times or
visit www.jointhearts.com
Rocklin
Ongoing: Exhibits at Ridley Gallery, Sierra College. For details, call
(916) 781-0411.
“Daisies,” watercolor by David Lobenberg.
Lincoln
Through July 29: Bring Summertime to Your Art: Garden Art
Show. At Lincoln Arts, 580 Sixth St. For details, call (916) 645-9713.
August 1 – September 2: Keep Art Hot, works by Lincoln Hills Art
Association. Reception Aug. 11, 6 – 8 p.m. At Lincoln Arts,
580 Sixth St. For details, call (916) 645-9713.
Auburn
Through August 2: Summer Invitational Show. Featured artists
include Bettie Smith, Paula Lloyd, Varian Mace, Nancy Langhorn,
Darlene Engellenner, Lee Kavaljian, Ken Starbird, Rick and Janet
Nicholson, Jenny Long, and Mya Louw showing works in oil, watercolor, collage, acrylic, stoneware, glass, pencil, and pastel. The Arts
Building Gallery, 808 Lincoln Way. Open Tues. – Sat., 10 a.m. –
5 p.m. For details, call (530) 885-2787.
OOH LA LA DESIGNS
Through August 4: Faces of Jazz 2, Paintings by Rudy Browne. In
The Arts Building Conference Room, 808 Lincoln Way. For details,
call (530) 885-5670.
August 10 – October 4: Disappearing Landscapes, a Placer Land
Trust Art Exhibit and Sale. The exhibit reflects the appreciation and
joy that comes from honoring and preserving our natural heritage.
Placer Land Trust works with landowners and conservation partners
to permanently preserve Placer County natural open spaces and
agricultural lands for future generations. Reception during Art Walk,
Aug. 10, 6 – 9 p.m. The Arts Building Gallery, 808 Lincoln Way. Open
Tues. – Sat., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. For details, call (530) 885-2787.
August 1 – 31: From Earth to Art, featuring works by 16 local
ceramic artists – wheel- thrown and hand-built clay forms; raku-fired,
pit-fired, and saggar-fired sculpture; wall pieces, masks and vases;
unique functional pottery. Meet the artists at a reception during
Auburn Art Walk Aug. 10, 6 – 9 p.m. At Auburn Old Town Gallery,
218 Washington St., Old Town. (530) 887-9150.
ROSE GOLD NECKLACE
July - August: Works by Reif Erickson and other artists. Showing
at Sunset Oaks Framing and Gallery at Fiddler Green Plaza, 1273
Grass Valley Hwy. For details, (530) 885-4858.
studio & galler y
107 sacramento st., old town auburn • (530) 823-1965
July - August: New Works: Sculptor J. Randall Smith, metal sculptor Jennifer Johnson, blownglass by Nicholson Glass, and
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“JB” Budny, specializing in classic black & white images and Tahoe
winter scenes. Downtown Tahoe City, at the “Y.” For details, call
(530) 546-8450.
Ongoing: Lakeside Gallery & Gifts. Original art, prints, watercolors,
jewelry, art supplies, framing and art classes. 8636 North Lake Blvd.,
Kings Beach. (530) 546-3135.
Ongoing: Potter’s Wheel. Fine-quality crafts by regional artists.
Specializing in pottery, woodworking, and watercolors.
8331 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach. (530) 546-8400.
Ongoing: Keoki Flagg Gallery of Fine Arts. Features limited edition fine art photography from acclaimed photographer Keoki Flagg.
Original glass and hand-painted ceramics exclusive to the gallery. The
Village at Squaw Valley and at 419-3 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City.
(530) 583-1419.
Molten Crater Flow Bowl, 2004, porcelain with reduced-iron crater
glaze, by James Lovera, a piece from the Craters from Fire exhibit
at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, July 22 - October 8.
Ongoing: Pogan Gallery. Original paintings of Lake Tahoe and the
Sierra by the nation’s top landscape painters. 6921 North Lake Blvd.,
Tahoe Vista. (530) 546-7846.
sculptor Claire M. At Smith & Boggs Studio & Galleries, 1130 High
St. For details, call (916) 289-7133 or visit www.jrandallsmith.com
Ongoing: Lake of the Sky Gallery. Landscape and fine art photography by Richard Francis Topper; designer jewelry by Michou.
521 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City. (530) 583-2722.
Ongoing: Latitudes Galleries. Well-known local and regional artists
showing work in rotating exhibits in an historic Auburn Victorian,
Latitudes Restaurant, 130 Maple St. For details, call (530) 885-1121.
PlacerArts presents
Ongoing: Art Can Heal. Art in a variety of media chosen for its healing qualities. Work by area artists and students from local schools.
Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital Hallway Galleries,11815 Education Dr.
(530) 389-8504.
The Arts Spectrum
Series
Ongoing: Works by Joan Charson & Joyce Williams showing in
the Backroom Gallery in the Chocolate Shoppe and Gift Emporium.
823 Lincoln Way. For details, call (530) 885-4822.
A series of multi-faceted, enlightening and entertaining
North Tahoe/Truckee
cultural events and happening demonstrations in
Through July 2: Don Hatfield: Plein Air Paintings. Impressionistic
works by a Napa artist. Main Gallery, North Tahoe Arts, 380 North
Lake Blvd., Tahoe City. For details, call (530) 581-2787.
July 6 – 9: ARTour Artists Exhibit. Works by the 36 artists participating in ARTour 2006, a North Tahoe open studio tour July 7 – 9. Media
on display include oils, acrylics, watercolors, glass, metal furnishings,
sculpture, gourds, photography, ceramic and fiber. Gala Opening
Reception with art, wine, and food, July 6, 5 – 8 p.m. at North Tahoe
Art Center, 380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City. For details, call (530)
581-2787 or visit www.northtahoearts.com.
July - August: Vista Gallery’s New Artists: Photographer Mark S.
Mitchell, wire sculpter Sten Hoiland, painter Naomi Nickerson,
and painter Janne Matter. Also, new are hand-made paper and
printmaking by Ingrid Evans, whimsical welded metal sculpture by
Ron Hagerty, new landscape watercolors by Madeline Bohanon, small
black and white etchings by printmaker Elizabeth Paganeli; and new
monoprints by Douglas E. Taylor displaying innovative combinations
of several printmaking processes. Vista Gallery represents more than
30 artists and offers the area’s largest collection of nostalgic and vintage photographs. Open 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Tues. – Saturday. 7081
North Lake Blvd., Tahoe Vista. (530) 546-7794. www.vistagallery.com.
celebration of The Arts Building’s Tenth Anniversary.
Art like you have never experienced it!
July 15: Rudy Cuellar “Ancient and New Dimensions on
Serigraphy” Hot Silkscreen Demonstration
August 26: Stan Padilla “Crossing Cultures” With traditional
Ongoing: Watercolors by Jan Foss. Watercolor gallery and studio featuring soft landscapes and colorful florals. Studio visitors can
sign up for a watercolor class. 120 Country Club Drive, #21, Incline
Village. For details, call (775) 833-1144
Ongoing: JB Photographic Gallery. Fine art photographs by Jim
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drumming by Children’s Taiko Dan and Loping Wolf
Performances at 7 p.m. at The Arts Building,
808 Lincoln Way, Downtown Auburn.
For details, call (530) 885-5670.
Outside Placer County
July 1 – 31: Reno Co-Op Gallery Show, showcasing the works
of artists who have incorporated ancient rock art motifs into their
work. About 30 local and regional artists are represented in the
show, which coincides with Reno’s popular Artown, a month-long
celebration of the arts. The co-op show includes hundreds of works
– sculptures, paintings, photography, pottery, baskets, weavings, rugs,
engraved glass, and jewelry. Opening reception July 2, noon to 4
p.m. Reno Artists Co-Op Gallery, 627 Mill St., Reno. For details, call
(530) 273-6528.
Through July 2: New Chroma Artists Marianne Post & David
Cocker. Post paints regional landscapes in soft pastel; Cocker is a
professional faux finisher and decorative painter who does landscapes
in oil and plein air. Chroma Gallery, 10030 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks
Village. For details, call (916) 966-6020 or visit
www.thechromagallery.com.
July 5 -28: What’s Cookin’ Open Show. An all-media show of
artists’ interpretations of the theme. Included are works by Placer
County artist Gayle Rappaport-Weiland. At 20th Street Gallery,
911 20th St., Sacramento. For details, call (916) 930-0500.
July 5 – August 6: Benefit Show: Oils by Britta Parker. Reception
2nd Saturday, July 8, 5 – 9 p.m. At The New Artworks Gallery, 10239
Fair Oaks Blvd. For details call (916) 962- 7362.
July 8 – August 9: Vessels of Clay, Pots of Purpose. Works that
show special consideration of the tie between form and function.
Reception July 8, 6 – 9 p.m. At the Artists’ Collaborative Gallery,
910 15th St., Sacramento. For details, call (916) 444-3764 or visit
wwwl.artcollab.com.
July 8 – August 20: Sacramento Valley Landscape Exhibition
and Conference, John Natsoulsas Gallery. Placer County artist Imi
Hirschinger has been invited to participate in this prestigious exhibit
along with such noted landscape artists as Wayne Thiebaud and Greg
Kondos. The collection of landscape paintings ranges from works
done in the 1930s by artists such as Maynard Dixon and Otis Oldfield
to those done by contemporary artists including Patrick Dullanty,
Michael Tompkins, Pat Mahony, Matt Bult, D.A. Bishop, Boyd Gavin,
Gary Ernest Smith, and Chella. Opening Reception Saturday, July 8, 7
– 9 p.m. A one-day seminar July 8 will feature plein air painting demonstrations by seven eminent Sacramento Valley landscape painters
followed by lunch with the artists and a discussion panel led by Don
Hagerty. Events and exhibition at the John Natsoulas Gallery,
521 First St., Davis. For details, call (530) 756-3938.
Through July 9: Floods & Flows: 50 Years at Folsom Dam. The
exhibit explores the history of water issues in Folsom and the influence of early dams and today’s on residents’ lives. At Folsom History
Museum, 823 Sutter, St., Folsom. For details, call (916) 985-7288.
Through July 28: Student Art Exhibit. Sixty-three images from students attending nine Sacramento area colleges and universities. At
Viewpoint Gallery, 551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd., Sacramento. For details,
call (916) 441-2341 or visit www.viepointgallery.org/
August 9 – September 3: Works by Joan Harvey Gunter & Kathy
Young Ross. Reception 2nd Saturday, Aug. 12, 5 – 9 p.m. At The New
Artworks Gallery, 10239 Fair Oaks Blvd. For details call
(916) 962-7362.
Ongoing: Julie Baker Fine Art, 307 Spring St., Nevada City. For
details, call (530) 265-9ART or visit www.juliebakerfineart.com.
Michael Kollwitz plays the Chapman Stick, a stringed instrument
that combines the essence of guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums
on July 9, the first concert in the Auburn Summer Music Series at
the Auburn Library Amphitheatre.
life woodcarvings, paintings, sculptures, and photography. Featuring
national and local artists.10115 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee.
(530) 587-8104.
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
July 22 – October 8: Craters from Fire: Ceramics by James Lovera.
From his earliest decorative wares, dating from the late 1094s,
to his masterfully thrown bowls and bottles, Lovera has been
central to California’s development of a vibrant and innovative
ceramics tradition.
Through September 3: M. C. Escher: Rhythm of Illusion. Works by
the Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher, one of the best-known printmakers of the 20th century.
Ongoing: European Painting from the Collection, European
Galleries. Introduces museum visitors to the subjects and styles represented by our European collection; includes a small selection of
decorative arts rarely seen on display.
Ongoing: Early California Painting Collection. Demonstrates the
artistic vitality of Northern California through the 1870s.
The Crocker’s collection includes works from Europe, North America,
and Asia, dating from the 15th century to the present. The museum
also offers special exhibitions, lectures, educational programs, workshops, concerts, and events. For a complete list of activities for all ages
call (916) 264-5157 or visit www.crockerartmuseum.org. 216 O St.,
Sacramento.
Ongoing: MacKenzie’s Gallery of American Style. Broadstone
Marketplace, 2766 East Bidwell St. Ste. 600, Folsom. (916) 984-5511.
www.mmackenziegallery.com/
Ongoing: Vrooman Woodcarving & Wildlife Gallery. Original wild-
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Kollwitz & the Chapman Stick, a radical stringed instrument that
combines the essence of guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums; jazz,
blues, pop, and rock. July 16: Cool Heat, smooth jazz, R&B, and
light rock featuring guitarist Michael Gregory, percussionist John Basa,
saxophonist Bob Chapman, vocalist Aimee Wild, and bass player Jim
Irion. July 23: Ivan Najera, Latin jazz encompassing a multitude of
Spanish, Latin, and jazz-flavored rhythms. July 30: Dead Stetson,
country rock by one of the newest “Vegas style” show bands to
appear in Northern California. Free concerts on July Sundays,
7 – 8:30 p.m., at Auburn Library Amphitheatre, 350 Nevada St.
Attendees welcome to bring picnics, blankets, and low lawn chairs.
July 13: Jazz at 808, featuring drummer Jimmy Robinson & Friends.
Robinson chooses a different set of musicians, sometimes including
vocalists, for this tasty series. Sponsored by PlacerArts. Tickets $20;
$15 for PlacerArts members. At 7 p.m., The Arts Building,
808 Lincoln Way. For details, call (530) 885-5670, ext. 111.
Ongoing: Auburn Contra Dance, every third Saturday. Friendly,
smoke-free environment. No experience necessary. 7:30 – 11 p.m. at
Masonic Hall, 956 1⁄2 Lincoln Way. For details, call (530) 888-9052.
Dutch Flat
Ongoing: Old Time Mountain Music, jam session in the Dutch Flat
Hotel every second Sunday, 1 – 4 p.m. For details,
call (800) 836-3500.
Truckee/North Tahoe
July 20 – August 12: Lake Tahoe Music Festival. A variety of music
– classical orchestral, jazz, bluegrass, country, pop and Broadway hits
– at a variety of beautiful North Tahoe settings. July 20: Gala Opening
Night. July 22: Anna Maria Alberghetti; July 27, Sha Na Na,; July 29,
Juice Newton; Aug. 3, Family Night with the Festival Orchestra; Aug.
5, The Greencards; Aug. 10, Serenade for Strings with guitarist Chris
Kachian; Aug. 12, Season Fanale with the Festival Orchestra. For a
complete schedule and tickets, call (530) 583-3101 or
visit www.tahoemusic.org.
“Minna,” ceramic sculpture by Heidi Murray.
Roseville
July 4: Capitol Pops, a patriotic concert following the 4th of July
parade. Presented by Music in the Park, Perfornimg Arts of Roseville.
Free at Royer Park. For details, call (916) 786-7380.
July 16: 80zAll Stars, New Wave & 80s Rock, back by popular
demand. Presented by Music in the Park, Perfornimg Arts of Roseville.
Free concerts every third Sunday through Sept., 6:30 p.m. at Royer
Park. For details, call (916) 786-7380.
August 20: Jay Rolerz Band, Classic Rock. Presented by Music
in the Park, Perfornimg Arts of Roseville. Free concerts every third
Sunday through Sept., 6:30 p.m. at Royer Park. For details,
call (916) 786-7380.
September 17: Mumbo Gumbo, World Beat music. Presented by
Music in the Park, Perfornimg Arts of Roseville. Free concerts every
third Sunday through Sept., 6:30 p.m. at Royer Park. For details, call
(916) 786-7380.
Lincoln
Through July 3: Summer Fest 2006, Music in the Mountains. July
1, The Glory of the Wunderkind – Mozart; July 3, Happy Birthday,
USA, Americana music, jazz, and an Andrew Lloyd Webber medley
performed by the Festival Chorus and Orchestra under Maestro Paul
Perry. For details and tickets, call (530) 265-6173 or visit www.musici
nthemountains.org.
Ongoing: Mondavi Center Presents. World-class performances of
music, dance, and drama; also, well-known speakers’ presentations
and concerts for children. On the UC Davis campus. For a complete
schedule of events, call (530) 752-1915 or visit www.MondaviArts.org.
Museums
For more information visit
July 15: Mick Martin & the Blues Rockers, one of the region’s most
popular blues bands. Free Summer Concert Series 7 – 10 p.m. at
Beermann’s Plaza. Presented by Lincoln Arts. For details,
call (916) 645-9713.
Auburn
the California Arts Council
at www.cac.ca.gov
July 9, 16, 23 & 30: Auburn Summer Music Series. July 9: Michael
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Roseville
Roseville Telephone Co. Museum
Exhibits detail the history of telephone communications and of
Roseville Telephone Company. Displays include old-style switchboards and telephones; models range to present day.106 Vernon St.
(916) 786-1621.
Maidu Interpretive Center
Offers frequent tours of ancient Southern Maidu village site featuring
over 300 bedrock mortars, petroglyphs and evidence of thousands of
years of Maidu occupation. Exhibits, nature trail tours, family weekend programs, campfires, “old ways” classes, camps, and more.
Open Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 1960 Johnson Ranch Dr.
(916) 774-5934.
Carnegie Museum
A central exhibit area houses changing shows. One wing features
a scale model of the local Southern Pacific Railroad yards and
the Pacific Fruit Express icing facilities; another features changing
Roseville history. A small but quite complete Roseville reference and
research library is open by appointment. Open Monday - Friday,
noon - 4 p.m. or by appointment. 557 Lincoln St. (916) 773-3003.
Rocklin
Sierra Nevada Virtual Museum
A multimedia, interactive online museum presenting the rich history,
culture, and natural history of the Sierra Nevada. A project of Sierra
College students, faculty and staff. Visit www.sierranevadavirtualmus
eum.com
Rocklin History Museum
Houses a history timeline, Whitney family items, Indian artifacts,
quarry tools and display, Ruben Ruhkala paintings, a Rocklin Jubilee
display, and Rocklin’s Centennial quilt. The small Victorian home that
houses the museum is typical of many early 1900’s Rocklin homes.
3895 Rocklin Rd. (916) 624-2355.
Penryn
Griffith Quarry Museum
Founded in 1864, the quarry was major supplier of granite for many
California buildings, including the State Capitol. Exhibits reflect the
history of the region’s granite industry. Three miles of nature trails
offer views of old quarry sites. Taylor and Rock Spring Rds. (916)
663-1837. Tours (530) 889-6500.
“River Levee,” painting by Wayne Thiebaud.
Auburn
Placer County Museum
Exhibits represent the chronological history of Placer County, from
the Pleistocene era to contemporary times. Also houses the Pate
Native American Collection of over 400 items. Docents offer free
walking tours of Old Town Auburn Saturdays, 10 a.m. Placer County
Courthouse, 101 Maple Street. (530) 889-6500.
Bernhard Museum Complex
Built in 1851 as an inn called Travelers Rest. The house, one of the
oldest wooden structures in Placer County, was added in 1868. Now
restored, it is furnished with late Victorian pieces. The complex also
includes an 1874 winery, one of the state’s first, a vineyard, and a
reconstructed carriage barn. Docent tours, permanent and seasonal
exhibitions. 291 Auburn-Folsom Road. (530) 889-6500.
Gold Country Museum
Chronicles the rich history of gold mining in the region. Exhibits
include gold panning demonstrations, a walk through a mine shaft,
an operational stamp mill model, and displays depicting the lifestyle
of Gold Rush residents. Gold Country Fairgrounds, 1273 High Street.
(530) 889-6500.
Foresthill
Foresthill Divide Museum
Displays portraying the history of the Foresthill and Iowa Hill Divides
include a model of the Foresthill Logging Company, firefighting
equipment, depictions of life during the Gold Rush and of early
modes of transportation. 24601 Harrison Street. (530) 889-6500.
Dutch Flat
Golden Drift Museum
The colorful history of the “Golden Triangle” -- Dutch Flat, Gold Run,
Alta/Towle -- is shown in exhibits depicting boom days of hydraulic
mining, the rise of the county’s timber industry, the coming of the
transcontinental railroad, and the growth of communities. Tour the
town and all its historic buildings. 32820 Main Street. (530) 889-6500.
Truckee/North Lake Tahoe
Gatekeepers Cabin Museum
Houses artifacts of Lake Tahoe history, including paneled history
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displays, illustrated pioneer stories, hundreds of historical items, and
a research library. One wing contains the Marion Steinbach Indian
Basket Museum, filled with a collection of more than 800 rare baskets
from 85 tribes, collections of Indian dolls, and Southwestern pottery.
130 West Lake Blvd., Tahoe City. (530) 583-1762.
The Watson Cabin Living Museum
An outstanding, preserved, turn-of-the-century log cabin, built in 1908
by Robert Montgomery Watson, Tahoe City’s first Constable. 560 N.
Lake Blvd., Tahoe City (530) 583-1762.
Emigrant Trail Museum
Located in Donner Memorial State Park, this museum focuses on
the theme of the Donner Party. A 26-minute movie on the Donner
Party is shown on the hour. Exhibits portray the lives and arts of the
Washoe Indians, early explorers, the building of the railroad through
the Sierra Nevada, and Truckee’s the early days. 12593 Donner Pass
Rd., Truckee. (530) 582-7892.
Events & Festivals
Roseville
July - August: Events, campfires, camps, exhibits, and shows
for children and families at Maidu Interpretive Center. Old
Fashioned Campfires, July 7 & Aug. 4, 8 p.m. Live Animal Show, Aug.
5, 12, 19, & 26, 2 – 3 p.m. 1960 Johnson Ranch Dr. For details, call
(916) 774-5934.
Lincoln
August 13: Poet Lariat of the Greenhorn Creek Jim Nolt, featured
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August 19: 20th Annual Dance Under the Stars, a benefit for the
Literacy Support Council of Placer County. Spaghetti dinner prepared
by the Newcastle Golden Spike Lions, 6 – 8 p.m., and dancing to the
music of Thicker Than Water, 8 – 11 p.m. Don Chaddock, Auburn
Sentinel’s executive editor is Master of Ceremonies. Proceeds the
Placer County Library’s PALS program providing free and confidential
literacy tutoring for adults. Tickets are $8 each, available at county
libraries and at the door. For details, call (530) 878-2070
or (530) 637-4267.
Auburn
August 10: Auburn Art Walk, a stroll through three dozen
Downtown and Old Town venues featuring local and regional artists’
work in a wide variety of media. Free admission, free shuttle bus, live
music at three locations. Brochures with maps available at PlacerArts,
808 Lincoln Way. Art Walk is held on second Thursdays April, June,
August, and October. For details, call (530) 885-5670.
August 27: TalkStory with the Foothills Storytelling Guild. Event
opens at 2 p.m. with a three-hour introductory workshop on the art
of storytelling led by Joan Stockbridge, professional storyteller and
national workshop leader. Following will be a meal and discussion
about the vision and purpose of the Foothills Storytelling Guild. A
storytelling performance begins at 7 p.m., with stories told by guild
members and invited guests. Both the workshop and performance are
open to the public. At 12005 Norman Lane. For details, contact Joan
Stockbridge at (530) 823-3282 or [email protected].
October 7: Hidden Gems of the Foothills, Auburn Symphony
League’s Homes Tour, featuring custom homes designed by Auburn
architect Michael Kent Murphy. For details and tickets,
call (530) 637-4508.
October 8: Placer County’s Farm & Barn Tour. Explore working
farms & ranches, a historic country schoolhouse, wineries, produce
markets and the AGROart competition. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. For tickets &
map, call (530) 889-7372 or visit www.placerfarmandbarntour.com.
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St., Ste. 400. For details and information about monthly readings,
call Sue Clark at (916) 434-9226.
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June 29: Blazing the Trails, a fundraiser for Trails and Vistas
includes a four-course dinner prepared by award-winning chef Mark
Estes and performance by Jessica Felich of InnerRhythms Dance
Theatre, live music, and silent auction. At Moody’s Bistro and Lounge,
Truckee, 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. For details and tickets, call (530) 550-8464.
July 7 – 9: ARTour 2006, a free self-guided tour of more than 30
North Lake Tahoe artists’ studios. Media presented includes oils, acrylics, watercolors, glass, metal furnishings, sculpture, gourds, photography, ceramic and fiber. Artist studios located throughout North Lake
Tahoe and Truckee. Opening Reception with art, wine, and food, July
6, 5 – 8 p.m. at North Tahoe Art Center, 380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe
City. For details, call (530) 581-2787 or visit www.northtahoearts.com
July 7 & August 4: First Fridays Celebrations, evenings of art, wine,
shopping, dining, and music. Tahoe City shops and exhibits at North
Tahoe Arts stay open late. For details visit www.visittahoecity.com.
July 22: 5th Annual Squaw Valley Art, Wine & Music Festival. Fine
arts, crafts, performances, live music, a benefit wine tasting, and children’s activities. 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., at the Village at Squaw Valley USA.
Free; benefit wine tasting $20. For details, call (530) 581-7111.
July 30: Bad Women Being Good, a mixed-media presentation about
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the music and history of Etta James, Aretha Franklin, and Tina Turner,
by Buzzy Jackson, author of the book Bad Women Being Good.
Presented by Squaw Valley Institute, 7 p.m. at PlumpJack Conference
Center, Squaw Valley. A no-host social hour hopns at 7:30 p.m. A $10
donation requested. For details, call (530) 581-4138.
August 13: The Making of “Walk the Line,” the film biography of
Johnny Cash. Screenwriter Gil Dennis will describe the making of this
Academy Award-nominated film. Co-sponsored by the Squaw Valley
Community of Writers and Squaw Valley Institute. For details,
call (530) 581-4138.
August 27: Origins and Elements, a celebration of the environment through the arts, is an original art production integrating dance,
music, and installation art on a hike through the beautiful landscape
of the Sierra. The hike features Chief Red Hawk, who performed at
the Opening Winter Olympic Ceremony in Utah, and will include
more than 20 dancers, musicians, and artists. At Donner summit.
For details and tickets, call (530) 550-8464.
Colfax
July 15 – 16: 36th Annual Classic Wildlife Art Festival – sculpture,
fine art, contemporary carvings, antique decoys. Includes dinner and
auction.Ppresented by Pacific Flyway Decoy Association at Double
Tree Hotel, Sacramento. For details, call (925) 754-4978.
July 21 – 23: Sierra Storytelling Festival 2006, featuring award-winning, multi-talented storytellers to entertain adults and children with
imaginative tales, drama, and lively music. This year’s tellers include
Patrick Ball, Carol Birch, Rosyln Bresnick-Perry, James Bruchac,
Steven Henegar, Susan Klein, and bobby Norfolk. Festival begins
Friday, 8 p.m. with a concert performance by all tellers. Saturday,
starting at 10 a.m., hour-long sessons by each teller. Sunday, a
Children’s Show at 10 a.m, including aCeltic Harp Concert. At North
Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center, Nevada City. For details and
tickets, call (530) 265-2826 or visit www.sierrastorytellingfestival.org.
August 1 – September 30: Annual Antique & Vintage Clothing
Show. More than 40 heirloom quilts and fance diresses from the
1920s and ’30s at Folsom History Museum, 823 Sutter St., Folsom. For
details, call (916) 985-7288.
August 19: Nevada County Poetry Series. Well-known poets read
from their work. 7:30 p.m. at Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St.,
Grass Valley. General admission $5 per person; refreshments included. For details, call (530) 432-8196.
July 2: Fourth of July Festival, Parade and Fireworks on
Sunday. Downtown Colfax, Main Street. Co-sponsored by Colfax
Pride and Kiwanis Club of Greater Colfax. For more information,
www.colfaxpride.com/independenceday.html (530) 263-5969.
July 14: Blue Cat Studio Ribbon Cutting on Friday at 2 p.m.,
55 South Main Street in Colfax. Studio expands! Come and visit the
location where, in additon to sign and banner production and fabric
printing, this newsletter is designed and laid out. For more information, (530) 346-7160.
September 23 & 24: Folsom Gourd & Arts Festival, featuring more
than a hundred artists from all disciplines, and quality craftsmen.
Supply vendors will provide books, tools, beads, feathers, papers,
dyes, and thousands of gourds. Demonstrations, refreshments, and
entertainment. Sat., 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Folsom City
Park, Natoma & Stafford Streets, Folsom. For details, call
(916) 608-4545.
Trips
Deadline August 15: Photography Trip to San Miguel de Allende,
Mexico with Susan Nielsen. October 28 - November 7 & November
9 -18. Join a professional photographer/teacher and a few other
joyful souls on a journey of art, photography, play, fine dining, and
discovery to the beautiful colonial city of San Miguel de Allende.
The first trip will include celebrations of the Day of the Dead. Both
trips include visits to the grand market at Guadalajara, excursions to
Guanajuato, the birthplace of Diego Rivera, the intriguing old mining ghost town of Pozos, and an art and pottery tour of the famous
Talavera pottery factories, along with plenty of free time for enjoying
the many visual pleasures of San Miguel de Allende. For trip details
please contact Nielsen at (530) 583-4552 or E-mail
[email protected]. Deadline August 15.
July 19 – 31: Painting Trip to South of France with Sandy
Delehanty. Join the watercolor and oil artist on a trip to the
lovely medieval villages along the French Riviera. Painting sites
include Renoir’s garden, the walled villages of Tourrette, St. Paul,
Vance, and the ancient port city of Antibes. Trip includes visits to
the homes and work places of Picasso, Matisse, Dufy, Modigliani,
and Chagall. Trip planning by Art Tour Director Sunny Reeves. To
receive a detailed brochure call Sandy at (916) 652-4624 or visit
www.sandydelehanty.com
September 16 – 23: Paint in Tuscany, Italy, with Victoria Brooks.
Seven-day oil painting workshop, studio and plein air, in Cortona,
Italy, site of the book Under the Tuscan Sun. Cost: $2,499 includes
workshop fee, seven nights private room and bath in 3-star hotel,
meals, daily wine tasting, local museums, two-day trips to Florence
and Siena, English-speaking guides and admission fees, Tuscan cooking class. Airfair not included. For details and to register, contact
Brooks at (916) 768-1751 or [email protected].
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Film
Loomis
August 17 – 19, 24 – 26: The Apple Tree, three lighthearted oneact musicals about men, women, and a little thing called temptation.
Presented by Del Oro School’s Summer Theatre Academy directed
by Bryan Marshall. Performances at 7:15 p.m. each day; Saturday
matinees Aug. 19 & 26 at 2:15 p.m. Tickets $8 & $12. At Del Oro
Performing Arts Theatre, 3301 Taylor Rd. For tickets and details, call
(916) 652-7243.
Auburn
July 1: Silver Screen Classic Movie Series: “Yankee Doodle
Dandy,” a 1942 patriotic musical with James Cagney. Shown at
2 and 7 p.m. Presented by Auburn Library in library’s Beecher
Room, 350 Nevada St., Auburn. Suggested donation: $4 seniors,
$5 general admission. For details, call (530) 878-7938, or visit
auburnsilverscreen.com.
North Tahoe/Truckee
August 5: Silver Screen Classic Movie Series: “The Spiral
Staircase,” a scary movie for adults with Dorothy McGuire and Ethel
Barrymore. Shown at 2 and 7 p.m. Presented by Auburn Library in
library’s Beecher Room, 350 Nevada St., Auburn. Suggested donation:
$4 seniors, $5 general admission. For details, call (530) 878-7938, or
visit auburnsilverscreen.com.
July 13 – August 20: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival.
Performances of Othello, Twelfth Night, and The Compleat Wrks of
Wllm Shkspr (abridged) at Sand Harbor State Park. For details and
tickets, call (800) 74-SHOWS or visit www.laketahoeshakespeare.com/
September 2: Silver Screen Classic Movie Series: “Stage Door,”
the quintessential backstage story with Katharine Hepburn, Ginger
Rogers, Eve Arden, and Lucille Ball. Shown at 2 and 7 p.m. Presented
by Auburn Library in library’s Beecher Room, 350 Nevada St., Auburn.
Suggested donation: $4 seniors, $5 general admission. For details,
call (530) 878-7938, or visit auburnsilverscreen.com.
Through August 13: The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shakspr
(Abridged). In less than two hours, this high-speed clown car of a
play runs over all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays and a sonnet or two.
Presented by the Foothill Theatre Company at the Nevada Theatre,
Nevada City. For tickets, call (530) 265-8587.
July - August: Old State Theatre: Independent, Art, Limited
Release, & Foreign Films. Small tables and lots of leg room create a
comfortable, intimate film-viewing atmosphere. Serving Italian sodas,
soft drinks, desserts, and, of course, popcorn. Two screens showing;
special family nights scheduled. Open nightly. In Downtown Auburn.
For schedule and times, call (530) 888-7936.
August 25 – September 10: Shakespeare Under the Stars – Othello
and Twelfth Night. Presented by the Foothill Theatre Company,
location to be announced. For tickets, call (530) 265-8587.
Classes and Workshops
Roseville
July 9 & August 13: Watercolor Painting with David Lobenberg.
July 9: Koi Fish Workshop; August 13: Tree Workshop. Each workshop: $125. At La Provence Restaurant, 110 Diamond Creek Place. For
details and to register, call (916) 789-2002.
Theatre
Auburn
August 11, 12, 18 & 19: A Musical Voyage Through Time, a variety show featuring entertainment through the decades presented
by Placer Community Theater. A comedic story line pulls together
Broadway show tunes and classic television skits. Directed by Leslie
Holland. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Auburn Placer
Performing Arts Center effort. Performances at 8 p.m. at Theatre
Pamelot, 540 Wall St. For tickets and details, call (530) 852-2708
or visit www.placercommunitytheater.org.
Ongoing: Creative Mystique in Collage guided by Deidre
Trudeau. Intermediate. Four classes per month; $75 per four-class
session; materials included in a $20 lab fee. At Artful Blend Gallery,
22 S. Grant St. To register, call (916) 773-2242.
July & August: Music & More Arts Academy productions at De
Witt Theatre, 11596 D Ave. For details, call (530) 885-0594 or visit
www.musicandmore.net/
Ongoing: Watercolor Classes with Howard Stover. Beg/Interm.
Thursdays, 10 a.m. – noon. At Artful Blend Gallery, 22 S. Grant St.
To register, call Stover at (916) 434-0717.
Roseville
Ongoing: Drawing with Howard Stover. Beg/Interm. Wednesdays,
1 – 3 p.m.At Artful Blend Gallery, 22 S. Grant St. To register,
call Stover at (916) 434-0717.
July 7 – August 5: Piano Men, a new musical review celebrating such
great piano players as Billy Loel, Barry Manilow, Elton John, and Ray
Charles, written and structured by Robert C. Gerould. A Magic Circle
Theatre production. Playing Fri. & Sat, 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m., Tower
Theatre, 421 Vernon St. Tickets, $20 general; $18 seniors & students,
$10 children 11 and under. For tickets, (916) 782-1777.
Ongoing: Mono-Printing with Howard Stover. All levels. Threehour session one Saturday a month. For details, call Stover at
(916) 434-0717.
Ongoing: Dream Board Collage guided byDeidre Trudeau. Beg/
June 30 – July 29: The King and I, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical telling of the story of Anna and the King of Siam. Playing Fri. &
Sat, 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. at Roseville Theatre, 241 Vernon St. $20 general; $18 seniors & students, $10 children 11 and under. For tickets,
(916) 782-1777.
July 8 - 29: The Enchanted Forest, dramatized by adult members
of Magic Circle Theatre’s Children’s Repertory Theatre Company. For
details and tickets, call (916) 782-1777.
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Support for the Arts
Resources, grants, publications,
funded projects, partnerships
Interm/Adv. Every 4th Friday. $25 for two workshops. At Artful Blend
Gallery, 22 S. Grant St. To register, call (916) 773-2242.
techniques for the creation of 3-dimensional forms. At artist studio,
350 Big Ben Rd. For details, call (916) 645-3173.
Ongoing: Creative Mystique in Collage guided by Deidre
Trudeau. Interm. Thursday evenings. At Artful Blend Gallery,
22 S. Grant St. To register, call (916) 773-2242.
Ongoing: Lincoln Arts classes for children and adults. For details,
call (916) 645-9713.
Ongoing: Maidu Interpretive Center. Classes, events, and nature,
programs for children, adults, and families. For details and to register,
contact Maidu Interpretive Center, 1960 Johnson Ranch Dr.
(916) 774-5934.
Ongoing: Roseville Parks & Recreation Cultural Arts Classes. For
a full schedule, call (916) 774-5950 or visit www.roseville.ca.us, Parks
& Recreation Department, Activity Guide.
Rocklin
Ongoing: Watercolor and Drawing Classes with Barbara Roth. All
ages. Students learn skills needed to successfully paint in watercolor.
Lessons structured to meet students’ individual needs. For details,
contact Roth at (916) 624-7572.
Ongoing: Sierra College Community Education. Day, evening, and
weekend classes. Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Rd. (916) 781-0590 or
visit www.sccommed.org.
Ongoing: City of Rocklin Community Education. A variety of cultural arts classes for children and adults. (916) 632-4100.
Lincoln
Ongoing: Beginning China Painting with Andrea Simeral-Boyer.
Classes limited to six students, adults only. For details, call Lincoln
Arts at (916) 645-9713.
Ongoing: Art & Clay Classes with C. Kerley Pflueger. All levels
welcome. Continuing four-week sessions. Handbuilding and wheel
Arts Council of Placer County Presents
FACES
Paintings by Rudy Browne
June 8 – August 4, 2006
The Arts Building
Conference Room
808 Lincoln Way
Auburn, CA 95603
Purchase inquiries:
(530) 878-3972
(530) 885-5670
Tuesady – Sunday
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
OF JAZZ
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Ongoing: Poetry Class with Sue Clark. Thursdays 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Anyone can join at any time. Beginning poets are welcome. Class
fees: 10 weeks - $62. Location: Lincoln Arts. To register, call Clark at
(916) 434-9226.
Loomis
Ongoing: Two-day Plein Air Painting Workshops with Victoria
Brooks. Class size limited to seven. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., starting at
Brooks’s Loomis studio. Painting at nearby scenic areas. Fee: $175
(equipment and supplies not provided). To register,
call (916) 768-1751.
Ongoing: Private Music Lessons at McLaughlin Studios. Teaching
the art of music- making and performance. Two dozen instruments
taught in private lessons. Also, classes in chamber orchestra, clarinet
choir, flute choir, brass ensemble, music exploration, intermediate
rock, advanced rock, adult rock, and jazz. At 3415 Swetzer Rd. For
details, call (916) 652-6377 or visit www.mclaughlinstudios.com.
Newcastle
Ongoing: Beginning East Coast Swing with the Foothills Swing
Dance Society. Dance lesson 7 – 8 p.m.; DJ’d swing dance 8 – 11
p.m. All ages, alcohol-free. Every 4th Saturday at the Portuguese Hall,
920 Taylor For details, contact (530) 887-8117 or
[email protected].
Ongoing: Piano School with Music Exchange’s Keyboard
Kollege. Accepting new students ages 6 to adult. Newcastle Town
Center. For details, 916) 624-2733.
Auburn
Ongoing: Dance Flow Class with Suzanne Grace. Using the technique of modern dance ballet, the core strength of Pilates and the
ecstatic release of tribal/improvisational dance. Fridays, 9 - 10:30 a.m.,
at Foothill Community Church in DeWitt Center. For details, call
(530) 637-5088 or visit www.graceyoga.com.
Ongoing: Piano lessons at Jerelen Bartone Piano Studio. All ages.
Lessons on fine pianos. Studio near I-80/Foresthill Exit. For details,
call (530) 886-8490.
Ongoing: Swing Dance Classes with Chris & Emma of
InTheSwingOfThings. Beg. classes Fri. evenings. Classes available
for teens and adults. At the Courthouse Athletic Club, 1121 Maidu Dr.
For details, call (530) 906-2048 or visit www.intheswingofthings.
Ongoing: Pastel Classes with Reif Erickson. Classes are through
Placer Adult Education. Erickson also presents monthly Pastel
Demonstrations at his studio in The Arts Building, 808 Lincoln Way.
For details, (530) 887-9565.
Ongoing: Painting Classes with Juan Pena. Portrait classes,
Monday & Tuesday 9 a.m. - 12 noon. Eight consecutive classes $100.
Landscape classes, Friday, 9 a.m. – 12 noon. Twelve consecutive
classes, $125. (530) 887-0312.
Ongoing: Handbuilding in Clay with Gerda Francesca. Beginning
and advanced students. At the Old Library Art Studio, 175 Almond St.
(530) 887-8216 or (530) 885-9928.
Ongoing: CLAYart Classes with L. Luis Ortiz. The Arts Building, 808
Lincoln Way. For details, (530) 885-2787.
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Ongoing: Digital Photography Classes with Keith Sutter. Classes,
workshops, and trips. The Arts Building, 808 Lincoln Way. For details,
(530) 889-1451 or www.sutterphoto.com.
Ongoing: Music, voice, dance, and drama classes at Music &
More Arts Academy & Theatre. For schedule, (530) 885-0594 or
visit www.musicandmore.net.
Ongoing: Barbershop-style four-part harmony. For women of
any age or singing experience. Sierra Gold Chorus (member of Sweet
Adelines, Int.), directed by Sharon Hardie. Mondays, 7 p.m., Bill
Burback Hall (DeWitt Center), 11577 E Ave. (530) 885-4202.
North Lake Tahoe/Truckee
Through August 30: Watercolor Wednesdays with Jan Foss, a
series of one-day workshops. For a complete description of individual
workshops, visit www.watercolorsbyjanfoss.com. For details and to
register, call (775) 833-1144.
Ongoing: Watercolors by Jan Foss. Watercolor gallery and studio
featuring soft landscapes and colorful florals. Sign up for a class at
120 Country Club Drive, #21, Incline Village. For details,
call (775) 833-1144.
Arts for Children
Roseville
Ongoing: KidzArt, a unique, inspiring drawing and fine arts program for children, includes after-school programs, camps, birthday
parties. Saturday art classes 12 – 1 p.m. & 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. At Artful
Blend Gallery, 22 S. Grant St. For details, call (916) 773-5844 or visit
www.cakidzart.com.
Ongoing: Maidu Interpretive Center. Classes, events, and nature,
programs for children, adults, and families. July camps include
Incredible Insects, Nature Adventures, Indian Ways, Wild About
Animals, Fur, Feathers and Scales, and Games, Jokes and Music.
Aug. 19 – 26, Making an Indian Star Drum. For details and to
register, contact Maidu Interpretive Center, 1960 Johnson Ranch Dr.
(916) 774-5934.
Ongoing: Roseville Parks & Recreation Cultural Arts Classes for
Children. For a full schedule, call (916) 774-5242 or visit
www.rosevilleparks.ca.us.
Rocklin
Ongoing: City of Rocklin Community Education. A variety of cultural arts classes for children. (916) 632-4100.
July 5 – 26: Beginning Balboa, a 1930s California dance style, a
close embrace dance that focuses on connection, leading and following, and footwork. No prior dance experience necessary. $40 per
person. A four-week session, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Presented by In The
Swing of Things at Nevada City Vets Hall, 425 Pine St., Nevada City.
September 16 – 23: Paint in Tuscany, Italy with Victoria Brooks.
“Painting Tuscan Treasures,” a seven-day oil painting workshop-studio
and plein air in Cortona, Italy, the site of the book and film Under the
Tuscan Sun. For details and a brochure, call (916) 768-1751 or visit
www.vbrooks.com.
Loomis/Granite Bay
Ongoing: Private Music Lessons at McLaughlin Studios. Teaching
the art of music making and performance. Two dozen instruments
taught in private lessons. The studio also offers classes in chamber
orchestra, clarinet choir, flute choir, brass ensemble, music exploration (ages 3 – 5), intermediate rock, advanced rock, adult rock, and
jazz. At 3415 Swetzer Rd. For details, call (916) 652-6377 or visit
www.mclaughlinstudios.com.
Ongoing: Art and Music Programs for all Ages at Children’s
Creative Art Center, 6210 Douglas Blvd., Granite Bay. For details,
call (916) 791-6407 or visit www.childrenscreativeartcenter.org.
Ongoing: Watercolor Classes with Jerianne Van Dijk, five-week
courses in beg., interm., and challenge class; also some weekend
workshops and plein air days. For a brochure, call (530) 271-0676 or
visit www.jerianne.net. Or visit the studio at 316 W. Main St.,
Grass Valley.
Ongoing: Impressionist Oil & Introduction to Plein Air Painting
with Victoria Brooks. “Alla Prima” or “all at once” is the direct
approach Brooks teaches to create fresh spontaneous oil paintings. In
this session, Victoria will also be sharing her techniques for plein air
landscape painting. Equipment, supplies, as well as choice of subject
will be covered. All levels of painters are accepted. Ongoing weekly
classes in six-week sessions at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center on
Tuesday afternoons. Plein air workshops and classes are also available. Call or e-mail Victoria Brooks for a schedule, (916) 768-1751,
[email protected] or visit her website at www.vbooks.com.
Publicize YOUR Arts Event
Send your CALENDAR listings, along with
photos — black and white or color — to
Perspectives, 808 Lincoln Way,
Auburn, CA 95603
Fax to (530) 885-0348 or email to
[email protected]
Or post online at:
Ongoing: One Stroke Painting with certified instructor Sharleen
Snow. For project and technique class schedule and sign up information, (916) 508-1458 or [email protected].
Ongoing: Color Intensive and Landscape Workshops at the School
of Light and Color. Classes include: beginning workshops, pastel landscape, photography & digital imaging, basic drawing, pastel, watercolor, and art classes for youth.10030 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks. For
class schedule, (916) 966-7517 or [email protected].
http://www.placerarts.org/cgi-bin/calendar/display.cgi
Deadline for the September/October 2006
issue: July 20
Now accepting poetry
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Lincoln
Ongoing: Art & Clay Classes for Children with C. Kerley
Pflueger. Continuing four-week sessions. Students explore several art
projects, from watercolors to clay. Handbuilding techniques for the
creation of 3-dimensional ceramic forms. At artist’s studio, 350 Big
Ben Rd. For details, call (916) 645-3173.
Ongoing: After School Art Classes for Children/Youth. Held at
Lincoln Arts, 580 Sixth St. For details, call (916) 645-9713.
Newcastle
performance for family and friends. Limited to 12 students. Tuition:
$150. Registration deadline: July 10. InnerRhythms Dance Theatre,
12219 Business Park Dr., Ste. 3, Truckee. For details,
call (530) 550-8464.
July 31 – August 4: Five-Day Summer Dance Intensive with
InnerRhythms artistic director Elizabeth Archer along with professional dancers Anett Eichler and Christopher Childers. Intermediate
to advanced-level dancers with at least three years dance experience. Dancers explore different dance disciplines including Ballet
Technique, Pointe work, Jazz technique, turns, leaps, and repertoire.
Limited to 10 students. Tuition: $200. Registration deadline:
Ongoing: Piano lessons. Children and adults, ages 6 and up. All levels
beginners through advanced. At Music Exchange’s Keyboard Kollege,
477 Main St. For details or to register, call (916) 663-9020.
www.musicexchangeonline.com.
Auburn
July 10 - 14: Summer Workshop with Patty Pieropan Dong.
8 – 9:30 a.m., ages 6 and up; 10 a.m. – noon, ages 8 and up.
Drawing & Painting I focuses on a fun approach to the basics of art,
color, design, perspective, and composition. Forms from nature, still
life, landscape, animals, and portraiture will be explored through
colored pencil, pastel, tempera, and watercolor techniques. Crafts
will include papier mache, block printing, weaving, rock painting,
and more. Classes limited to 12 students. Cost is $40 per week; a $10
deposit reserves spot. Most materials included. Studio is at 460 Old
Airport Rd. For details or to register, call Patty at (530) 823-1963 or
visit www.jps.net/auburndongs/.
July 17 – 28: Summer Workshop with Patty Pieropan Dong.
8 – 9:30 a.m., ages 8 and up, Drawing & Painting I; 10 a.m. – noon,
ages 8 and up, Crafts. Classes limited to 12 students. Cost is $40 per
week; a $10 deposit reserves spot. Most materials included. Studio is
at 460 Old Airport Rd. For details or to register, call Patty at
(530) 823-1963 or visit www.jps.net/auburndongs/.
Ongoing: Introductory Swing Dance for Teens. 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Class starts with basic steps of Lindy Hop. The Courthouse Athletic
Club, 1121 Maidu Dr. For details, call (530) 906-2048.
Ongoing: Art for Preschoolers at Creative Endeavors. Ages 20
months - 5 yrs. Fun, age-appropriate, hands-on classes. At
638 Lincoln Way, Ste. 150A. For schedule, contact (530) 355-3465 or
creative [email protected].
Ongoing: CLAYart Classes with L. Luis Ortiz. Students explore
handbuilding techniques for the creation of three-dimensional ceramic
forms. The Arts Building, 808 Lincoln Way. For details,
(530) 885-2787.
Ongoing: Musikgarten Classes. Ages birth through 7 years. 10-week
sessions. Scholarships available. Keyboard Konnection,
1515 Grass Valley Hwy. For full schedule, (530) 745-0248.
Ongoing: Piano Lessons. Group piano classes, ages 6 - adult,
and guitar, ages 8 - adult. Keyboard Konnection, 1515 Grass Valley
Highway. For details, (530) 745-0248.
Ongoing: Music & More Arts Academy: music, voice, dance and
drama classes. Classes for all ages in most instruments taught by master teachers. For schedule, (530) 885-0594 or www.musarts.com.
North Tahoe/Truckee
July 24 – 27: I Can Do Anything Four-Day Performing Arts Camp
with actor/director Janet Lazarus. Ages 10 and up. Emphasis on
acting, theater games, musical theater performance, monologues,
ensemble group pieces, and audition training. Camp will end with a
The Romero Guitar Quartet.
Sierra Nevada Guitar Society’s
Summer Festival
August 11 – 13
Headlining — Lito and Celin Romero of the
famous Romero Guitar Quartet, often called “the Royal
Family of the Guitar,” performing classical guitar duos,
including the Vivaldi Concerto in G for guitar duo with
strings. www.romeroguitarquartet.com
Classical Guitar Competition — The winner will
receive a cash prize and will play the Vivaldi Concerto in
C with the Toccata Chamber Orchestra Saturday evening,
August 12, at St Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Incline
Village.
Workshops — Belgian guitarist and scholar Jan de
Kloe will perform and offer workshops. www.dekloe.be
Craig Einhorn, a creative and innovative classical
guitar performer, from Oregon, will offer performances
and workshops along with an evening of tango music
and dance with guitar featuring the Truckee River Tango
Society. www.unicornguitar.com
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July 17. InnerRhythms Dance Theatre, 12219 Business Park Dr.,
Ste. 3, Truckee. For details, call (530) 550-8464.
August 7 – 11: Dancin’ Thru the Decades with Padma Rothschild.
Ages 8 – 12. 1950-1990s dance styles integrated with ballet, tap, jazz,
and swing during a week of creative learning with a professional
dancer, choreographer, and competition gymnastics instructor. Class
culminates in a performance for family and friends. Limited to 15 students. Tuition: $175. Registration deadline: July 24. InnerRhythms
Dance Theatre, 12219 Business Park Dr., Ste. 3, Truckee. For details,
call (530) 550-8464.
Ongoing: InnerRhythms is accepting enrollment for 10-week sessions. Twenty classes are offered each week in a variety of dance
disciplines, including Ballet, Hip-Hop, Jazz and Modern for students
ages 7-70. By popular demand, MiniRhythms for mini-dancers ages
18 months – 6 years will be offered on Wednesdays. For details, visit
the Training Centre at 12219 Business Park Drive, Suite 3, near the
Truckee airport, call (530) 550-8464, or visit www.innerrhythms.org.
July 12 – 16: Jazz Camp 2006. All ages, all instruments, and voice.
Eleven faculty members under the direction of Bill Douglass. Most
of the faculty comes from the Bay Area for the week. The camp
includes daily faculty concerts, sectionals, theory, combos, and a public concert on the final evening. 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. daily. Cost: $350,
includes daily lunch. Limited scholarships available for qualified bassists and drummers. Also limited work/study aid available for other
instruments/voice on financial need basis. Contact asap about this
opportunity. At Nevada City School of the Arts, 13032 Bitney Springs
Rd., Bld. 8, Nevada City. For details or to register, call (530) 273-5489
or visit www.SierraJazzSociety.com.
Calls to Artists
Deadline July 15. Roseville Arts 31st National Open Show,
September 2 – 29, at 2237 Gallery in Roseville, CA. Open to all
original works of art. This year’s juror is internationally recognized
sculptor Tony Natsoulas, who will select up to 45 pieces for the
exhibit and identify winners of the $1000 Best Show, $500 Special
Judge’s Award, and $100 Merit Awards. Artists may submit up to three
Call for Nominations
for Arties Awards
entries ($15 each; 3 for $30). A complete prospectus is available at
www.rosevillearts.org or by SASE to Roseville Arts, 7501 Foothills
Blvd., Roseville, CA 95747.
Deadline August 4. SureWest is proud to support artists in our
community and invites them to participate in our annual program
Bringing Art Back to Business. We are seeking artists to submit original, two-dimensional fine art for the cover of the SureWest 2007
Roseville, Citrus Heights, and Granite Bay yellow page directory. For
more information about the program and submittal details, contact
Jerianne Van Dijk at (530) 271-0676 or visit www.surewest.com/artist
for details. Congratulations to Rick Aeschliman, our recently selected
artist for the 2006–2007 SureWest Auburn, Grass Valley, Nevada City
yellow page directory, and to David Lobenberg, selected artist for the
2006–2007 SureWest Greater Sacramento yellow pages.
Deadline August 7. Northern California Arts, Inc.’s 51st Annual
Open International Art Exhibition, Bold Expressions, Oct. 3 – 28
at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center Galleries. Open to creators of original art. All media except photography, film, and crafts. Best of Show
$750; awards totaling $3500. Juror: Joseph Bellacera. Judged by slides
or CD. Fee: $35 (NCA members $25) for up to three artworks, nonrefundable. For prospectus, send SASE to NCA, Inc. Ramona Soto,
7909 Walerga Rd # 112, PMB 1260, Antelope, CA 95843. Forms also
available online at www.4NCA.org or www.SacFineArts.org.
Deadline September 1. “Utopia,” on display Nov. 5 – Dec. 29 in A
Shenere Velt Gallery, in Los Angeles. Artists may submit slides of up
to three wall-hung works in any media (except jewelry and ceramics) that speak to the theme of Utopia. Download prospectus at
www.circlesocal.org or call (310) 552-2007.
Deadline September 15. ArtNetwork, an 80-page fine art directory,
is accepting entries for its 15th edition cover contest. Fine artists with
two- or three-dimensional artwork may apply. The directory is sent
to more than 7,000 art world professionals nationwide. For application, visit www.artmarketing.com/Ency/contest.html or send SASE to
ArtNetwork, Cover Contest, P.O. Box 1360 Nevada City, CA 95959.
Call 800-383-0677 or email [email protected]
Major Art-related Event October 1. Fine Art, wine, and beer festival.
Open call to artists for affordable booth space. For details, contact
Deidre Trudeau at (916) 773-2242 or [email protected].
Event November 18 & 19. Mountain Mandarin Festival, Nov. 18 &
19.Applications now being accepted for 150 vendor spaces. Wanted
are original art, pottery, quality hand-crafted gifts and home accessories, and gourmet food items. The free festival, held at Auburn’s Gold
Country Fairgrounds draws about 30,000 visitors. Interested artists and
crafters may send photographs and applications asap. For details or
to download a vendor application, visit www.mandarinfestival.com or
call (916) 663-1918.
The Arts Council of Placer County is accepting
nominations for the 2006 Arties Awards.
The awards are given to individuals or groups who have
made outstanding contributions in the following categories:
• Visual/Performing Arts
• Arts Education
• Arts Administration
• Arts Volunteer/Patron
• Literary Arts
• Public Service to the Arts
• Business Support/ Partnership
Call to Theater Techs. Non-profit Placer Community Theater is
looking for talented artistic people interested in volunteering to work
on live stage productions as stage manager, prop master/mistress,
stagehand, costumer, and lighting/sound technician. All interested
parties please visit the membership page at www.placercommunityth
eater.org, email [email protected] or call (530) 8868569 or (530) 852-2708.
For details and nomination forms, contact the Arts Council
office at (530) 885-5670, or [email protected],
or at 808 Lincoln Way, Auburn.
Ongoing. The Artisan Gallery, in Fair Oaks, invites artists to submit proposals for month-long displays beginning with the Second
Saturday Art Walk. The gallery is planning its summer, fall and winter
2006 gallery season. For details, call Terry Flowers at (916) 648-0260.
Ongoing. New Artworks Gallery is seeking 2-D and 3-D works.
Download application on-line www.thenewartworksgallery.com or
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Open Call. To exhibiting artists: Great exposure in a historic Auburn
Victorian, East-West Galleries at Latitudes Restaurant, 130 Maple
Street, Auburn. Artists are invited to submit inquiries for the 2006
exhibit calendar. For details, call Rosie at (530) 885-5670.
Perspectives
The Arts Council of Placer County would like to than our new,
renewed, and business members; patrons and affiliates — and
our private and public partners for their continued support.
New Members
Jim Ames
Linda L. Belanger
Patricia & Randall Bradley
Diane Butler
Michael Calero
Nancy J. Carr
Claudia E. Conner
Janet L. Davis
Harvey Gorrell
Marilyn Heyman
Paul G. Honatke
Jane L. Hunt
Linda J. Husby
Barbara Kee
Susan King
Alice H. Lee
Paul & Marie Lehman
Rick Litteral
May Mah
Judy Mayorga
Rock A. Meade
Barbara Molony
Jerry Mountroy & Lynn
Meyer-Mountroy
Claudia J. Moore
Timothy C. Murphy
Carol S. Newland
Jean Schroeder
Pamela Simning
Keith & Merridee Smith
Denise Surritt
Robert L. Van Roo
Kathleen Witt
New Business
Dancing Dog Productions
New Patrons
Kathryn & Larry Hannah
New Benefactor
Denny Macko
Renewed Memberships
William & Caroline
Alexander-Furnas
Suzanne Blaney
Carol Boyd
Beth E. Brooks
M. Kathleen Butz
Dorothy & Haden Crites
Diane Friedberg
Kathlene L. & Brian Fries
Jannelle Gooch
Julie Hirota
Denese & Brian K. Holden
Nancy D. Holt
Catherine & Steve Hunter
call (916) 962-7362 or e-mail to [email protected], or stop by
the gallery at 10239 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, CA 95628.
Ongoing. 2237 Gallery, in Roseville, is accepting portfolios for
review. All artists eligible. For information, email
[email protected].
Ongoing. Call for musicians for the Auburn Concert Band.
Rehearses September through mid-May. Meets Wednesdays, 7 p.m. at
Health for All, 4065 Grass Valley Hwy., #206, Auburn. All instruments
needed. Contact Mary Rose Preston at (530) 888-1801 or Wally at
(530) 269-2283. www.auburnband.org.
Ongoing. The Foothill Farmers’ Market Association seeks crafters
and artisans to vend their original works at any of 16 seasonal weekly
farmers’ markets around Placer County. For more information about
the producers-only markets, call (530) 823-6183.
Gerda Francesca Imgrund
John F. Johnson
Mary Therese Kobashigawa
Nancy Lang
Andrew & Shana Laursen
Jean P. Maxwell
Cherrine Murphy
Susan Nicholls
Richard & Janet Nicholson
Rochelle & David PearsDickson
Elizabeth Rawson
Arlan J. & Ruth A. Welch
Renewed Business
Delores Bothello
Cabin Fever Quilt Shoppe
Simply Striking
Renewed Patrons
Emily L. Leff M.D.
Barbara M. Newell
Elaine B. Rothwell
Affiliates
Auburn Branch American
Association of University
Women
Auburn Community Concert
Association
Auburn Symphony
Nevada-Placer County
Chapter SPEBSQSA
North Tahoe Arts
Placer Arts League
Placer Community Theater,
Brenda Lindley
Placer County Visitors
Council
Sierra County Arts Council
Windows Art Project
Public Partnerships
California Arts Council
City of Auburn
City of Lincoln
City of Rocklin
City of Roseville
County of Placer
Metropolitan Arts
Partnership
National Endowment for the
Arts
Placer County Office of
Education
Placer Union High School
District
Western Placer Unified
School District
Auburn BlueGrass Fest
October 14, 2006
12 noon – 10 p.m.
Five top Bluegrass Bands
Tickets $25/$15 teens/12 and under free with adult
Presented by Auburn Placer Performing Arts Committee (APPAC)
Perspectives
May/June 2006
33
The Learning Curve, or
P
eople are forever asking what brought me
to Fairbanks. I tell them, “A U-Haul truck.”
Of course, I know what they’re really asking: What in blue blazes got a middle-aged
California girl who hates the cold, who didn’t
even go into snow, to the frozen North?
What would induce someone to leave a strong
circle of friends for a city in which she knows
no one? Not to mention the network of writing
contacts and freelance guarantees.
Why would a former stay-at-home, devotedto-her-children’s-welfare-to-the-exclusion-ofall-else mom move 3,600 miles away, thereby
ensuring little contact and lots of tearful phone
calls (on my end, not theirs)?
What the heck am I doing here? It’s a
question I’ve asked myself more than once
since I pulled out of Roseville, California, on
May 22, 2005.
The easy answer is, “I got a job.” Of course,
I had a job in California, as a writer, paying well. I had a freelance career going, too,
which sort of thing doesn’t transfer — it takes
years of contacts and networking and begging
and pleading, to get established. The fact that
I was offered a newspaper job added a little
sweetener to the mix, but as my mother pointed out, I could have gotten a newspaper
job in California. And there was the romance
of a long-lost friend reconnected with. But all
of that is just window dressing. I didn’t have
to go to the end of nowhere to get a job or
find romance.
Why Alaska? If I wanted cold, I could have
gone to Chicago, which has long been a
dream. If I wanted to get away from my kids,
any place that involved driving to would have
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sufficed — none of them ever has any money
for gas. And my ex-husband just isn’t enough
of an irritant to entail moving so far away.
So why am I here? Like many people
— most people — who come to Alaska, I
wanted to start a new life. Historically, Alaska
has been one of those places you could go to
and reinvent yourself, be any one you wanted
to. Leave the past — and all its messy implications — behind and start over again. Don’t
ask, don’t tell. Accept people as they present
themselves.
California was once like that, but as it has
grown, it’s become less a place where dreams
come true and more like a dysfunctional family that doesn’t limit its fighting and messiness
to holidays. It’s a year-round dysfunction, that
place. Because Alaska is a difficult place to
live — cold, snowy, isolated, even in the cities
— it takes a certain kind of person to thrive
here. It takes strength, strong will, and a certain desire to overcome challenges and fight
your way to the top of the mountain, if for no
other reason than to say, “Hey, world, look at
me! I did it, I did it by myself, and no one can
ever say I didn’t!”
It takes, in short, the kind of person I’ve
always wanted to be, the person I imagined I would have been without housework,
mortgage, laundry, carpool and all the other
mundane life details that can drag a person
down into apathy, acceptance and — shudder
— being average.
I hate that word. Have always hated it,
and never accepted it for myself or my kids.
In California, people laugh when you say
you don’t want to be average. Or they think
Why Would Anyone Move to Alaska?
A writer leaves home and California hearth to start a new life
by Libbie Martin
you’re looking for your 15 minutes of fame,
wanting to be on TV or kissing up to celebrity.
Not for me.
I want to make my way on merit, not
schlock. I want to, like Old Blue Eyes, do
things my way. And Alaska is the one place
you can be you in style, without worrying
about what the neighbors will think, or whether it’s politically correct. Definitely for me.
And then there’s the writing. Having lived
in sunny California for most of my life, my
inspiration was beginning to flag. Like the
withered grass on the hills of summer, my
words were beginning to pale, to be repetitive.
I needed to find a Muse (even one cloaked in
layers of fur and down). I wanted to see colors other than brown and yellow (which are
the colors I see when I think of California).
I wanted all the shades of green — the dark
green of centuries-old forest and the bright
new green of spring buds. Purple fireweed. I
wanted a back yard in which moose and foxes
and ptarmigans and other critters move freely,
leaving only tracks in the snow to announce
their passing.
I wanted something new. Even if it means
I will be slogging through snow and 60 below
cold to do it.
Libbie Martin is a freelance writer who moved to
Fairbanks, Alaska, from Placer County last year. She
was a copy editor at the Fairbanks Daily NewsMiner, and is now freelancing on her own. She lives
in a neat old house on the Chena River with her
chow-chow, Ling, who thinks God invented snow just
for her. She can be reached at (907)347.2422 or
[email protected].
Libbie Martin, freelance writer, and her dog, Ling, as
they begin their 3,600-mile journey from Roseville,
California, to Fairbanks, Alaska, on May 29, 2005.
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July/August 2006
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