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A previous dance at the Middletown Art Center. Photo by Middletown Art Center staff.

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Middletown Art Center invites the public to One World Dance in honor of Earth Day this Saturday, April 27, from 7 to 10 p.m.

Celebrate the Earth and Earth Day in community at MAC. Immerse in dance music from around the world including North and South African beats, East and West European bangers and Bhangra, Reggae, Cumbia, and Brazilian and Latin rhythms mixed by DJ Nic.

The cost is $10.

This is also an opportunity to celebrate MAC’s fourth birthday having opened March 28, 2015, just six months before the Valley fire, which severely impacted the Middletown area.

The MAC is a vibrant community resource where residents and visitors of all ages can experience creativity. healing and quality of life through art classes, exhibitions and a range of arts and cultural events.

Come together to honor and appreciate some of what we all love and share – the planet, our humanity and the arts.

Beer and wine for purchase onsite. All proceeds help cover the cost of MAC’s rent and utilities. Goddess of the Mountain Pizza will also be there.

MAC is located at 21456 State Highway 175 at the junction of Highway 29 in Middletown. Cover charge is $10. No host bar onsite.

Visit www.middletownartcenter.org to learn more about MAC and the burgeoning arts scene in South Lake County.

Be sure to catch this exhilarating music and dance event.
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A&E has partnered with Big Fish Entertainment, an MGM Company, the team behind the groundbreaking hit “Live PD,” to produce the new live documentary series, “Live Rescue.”

The announcement was made March 13 by Elaine Frontain Bryant, Executive Vice President and Head of Programming for A&E.

“Live Rescue” premieres Monday, April 22 at 9 p.m.

For two hours on Monday nights, “Live Rescue” will follow Cal Fire firefighters and paramedics and other first responders, from across the country, as they bravely put their lives on the line responding to a wide range of emergency and rescue calls.

Veteran journalist Ashleigh Banfield (“Crime & Justice with Ashleigh Banfield,” “CNN Newsroom”) will host “Live Rescue.” Ashleigh Banfield is one of the most acclaimed anchors in television news, and one of television’s top law and justice journalists. A&E has ordered eight two-hour episodes.

“‘Live Rescue’ is the next incarnation of A&E’s groundbreaking partnership with Big Fish Entertainment, who will be following the brave paramedics and first responders who risk their lives every day to keep us safe despite the challenges of their jobs. The team at Big Fish has assembled a best-in-class production team of broadcast news veterans and we are looking forward to adding ‘Live Rescue’ to the A&E portfolio of brave storytelling,” said Frontain Bryant.

“Live Rescue” marks the second live show from A&E and Big Fish Entertainment. Hosted by Dan Abrams with analysis from Tom Morris Jr. and Sean “Sticks” Larkin, “Live PD” is a documentary series that follows diverse law enforcement agencies across the country as they patrol their communities. “Live PD” is cable’s #1 justice series* and the #1 show on cable on Friday and Saturday nights.

“Live Rescue” is produced by Big Fish Entertainment, an MGM Company, with Dan Cesareo, Lucilla D’Agostino, John Zito, and Jordana Starr serving as Executive Producers. Elaine Frontain Bryant, Shelly Tatro, and Sean Gottlieb are Executive Producers for A&E.
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Ted Kooser. Photo credit: UNL Publications and Photography.

I like this poem for the way it portrays the manner in which we study the behavior of others and project our own experiences onto their lives.

It's the second poem we've published by Jeanie Greensfelder, who lives in California, where she's (of course she is!) a psychologist.

It's from her most recent book, “I Got What I Came For,” published by Penciled In, in Atascadero, California.

Taking Turns

I pass a woman on the beach.
We both wear graying hair,
feel sand between our toes,
hear surf, and see blue sky.
I came with a smile.
She came to get one.

No. I'm wrong.

She sits on a boulder
by a cairn of stacked rocks.
Hands over her heart,
she stares out to sea.
Today's my turn to hold the joy,
hers the sorrow.

American Life in Poetry does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. It is made possible by The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2017 by Jeanie Greensfelder, "Taking Turns ," from I Got What I Came For, (Penciled In, 2017). Poem reprinted by permission of Jeanie Greensfelder and the publisher. Introduction copyright ©2019 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006.
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Austin & Owens. Courtesy photo.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – Local guitar duo, Austin & Owens, is slated to perform at the Soper Reese Theatre at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4, the last of four performances making up the new Saturday Night Jazz Club Series at the Soper Reese Theatre.

Tickets are $20 with open seating.

Travis Austin and Robert Owens, both classically trained, have been playing together for more than 15 years, performing all around Northern California.

Blending jazz flavors with Flamenco influences, the pair create electrifying stage performances with material ranging from classical pieces such as “Ave Maria” and “La Malaguena,” to film soundtrack favorites, and even some classic rock instrumental covers.

Sponsored by Karen and Bob Ellenberg and by Sandy and Rick Orwig. Tickets are available at www.soperreesetheatre.com; at the theatre’s Box Office, 275 S. Main St., Lakeport, two hours before show time; at The Travel Center, 1265 S. Main St., Lakeport, Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The theatre telephone is 707-263-0577; Travel Center phone is 707-263-3095.
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Andre Williams. Courtesy photo.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – A benefit for Camp FAME will feature local favorite Andre Williams along with Motown recording artist, Gloria Scott, at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27 ,at the Soper Reese Theatre in Lakeport.

Tickets are $25, 20 and 15, with youth 18 and under free. All seats are reserved.

Enjoy a special evening of jazz favorites with Andre Williams who has toured with MC Hammer, and with Gloria Scott, best known for her album, "What Am I Gonna Do."

They will be joined by Camp FAME Youth Artists and The World Jazz Band with Tom Aiken, Steve Baird, Victor Hall and John Sheridan.

Silent auction and raffle items will be available. The dance floor will be open. Proceeds benefit Camp FAME, a nonprofit music and art enrichment program for area youth ages 6 to 14.

Tickets are now on sale at www.soperreesetheatre.com; at The Travel Center, 1265 S. Main St., Lakeport, Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; or at the theater box office two hours before show time.

The theater telephone is 707-263-0577; Travel Center phone is 707-263-3095.

The Soper Reese is located at 275 S. Main St., Lakeport.


Gloria Scott. Courtesy photo.
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Photographer David Goldblat. Courtesy photo.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Thursday, April 25, at 7 p.m. the Soper Reese Theatre will screen the last two shows of a four-part series chosen from the award winning “Art In the Twenty-First Century,” ort “Art21” program produced by PBS.

Viewers travel the world to meet the leading creative visual artists of our time who draw upon their relationships with the locations and people where they live and work.

The “Art21: Ecology” segment explores how our understanding of the natural world becomes deeply cultural.

Featuring artists Ursula von Rydingsvard, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Robert Adams and Mark Dion.

These four artists explore the relationship of nature and culture, including the submission of wilderness to civilization, the foundations of scientific knowledge, the impact of technology on biology, and our relationship to the earth forged by working the land.

“Art21: Johannesburg” visits South Africa, and chronicles the work of four artists.

Until his passing in 2018, David Goldblatt photographed the people, landscapes and architectural structures of South Africa, using photography as a means of social criticism.

Nicholas Hlobo uses art to explore both his identity as a gay Xhosa man and issues of masculinity, sexuality and ethnicity in South African culture.

Zanele Muholi creates work that asserts the presence of South Africa’s historically marginalized and discriminated LGBTI community.

For young artist, Robin Rhode, urban walls become his canvases, static images are put into motion, and the artist becomes a performer and street interventionist.

The series is sponsored by Michael Adams and by an anonymous donor. Donations gratefully accepted at the door. The Soper Reese Theatre is located at 275 S. Main St., Lakeport.

For more information see www.soperreesetheatre.com or call 707-263-0577.

Artist Zanele Muholi. Courtesy photo.

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