The grant supporting the Writers Circle comes from Poets and Writers Inc., through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.

The Writers Circle is a free public writing workshop held at the Lake County Arts Council's Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St. in Lakeport, at 6:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month.

The Writers Circle attracts many emerging writers as well as more seasoned authors. Some people come only a few times, and others show up every month.

Many participants have been sharing parts of books and other long works they've been writing; others share short stories, memoirs, essays or poems.

The writers are between 16 and 80 years old, and come from all over the county.

LAKEPORT – Auditions for the second annual Lake County Singer/Songwriter Festival will take place on July 11 at Rancho De La Fuente in Lakeport.

For information and audition time please call 707-277-7713 or 707-331-8319.

The festival is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 29, at the Soper-Reese Community Theatre in Lakeport.

The Southern Comfort Band will perform on Saturday, July 3, 2010, in Clearlake, Calif. Courtesy photo.

CLEARLAKE – Jerry Toler and the Southern Comfort Band will play their unique brand of classic country and old time rock and roll music for the Lions Club barbecue on Saturday, July 3.

The event will be held at Austin Park following the Independence Day weekend parade.

The music will kick off at noon.

This function is an all-day fund raising event to benefit Lions Eye Foundation and other charities.