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“E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial” will be shown at the Soper Reese Theatre in Lakeport, Calif., on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Courtesy photo.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The GenX Cinema series presents the 1982 sci-fi adventure, “E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial,” at the Soper Reese Theatre on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m.

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David Velasquez, Lake County Symphony Association president, congratulates Barbara Christwitz on winning the raffle at the recent concert. All proceeds support the Lake County Symphony and Youth Orchestra.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The recent Lake County Symphony’s “Day at the Opera” featuring dramatic mezzo soprano Heather McFadden was a resounding success by all accounts.

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The cast of the Lower Lake High Drama Club’s production of Elf, the Musical.” Courtesy photo.

LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Lower Lake High Drama Club presents ”Elf, the Musical” to celebrate the holiday season.

Performances will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, and Saturday, Dec. 8, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in the Lower Lake High multipurpose room.

“Elf, the Musical” is based on the New Line Cinema film written by David Berenbaum and starring Will Ferrell.

Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole.

The would-be elf is raised, unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth.

With Santa's permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity.

The cast of Elf is 28 members strong including students ranging from third to 11th grades.

“There are a lot of first timers in the cast,” said Director Tracy Lahr, “but you would never know it. The kids have worked so hard to make this play truly spectacular and completely entertaining.”

The cast includes Steven Beckstead, Veronica Campbell, Natalee Clifford, Stacy Lopez, Mackenzie Thrasher, Liberty Fuchs, Aleesa Beckstead, Brooke Benson, Teresa Burrows, Aubrey Weese, Abby Tucker, Maria Nevills, Madison Martin, Edward Pacheco, Raelynn Guerra, Kaycie Meckfessel, Reagan Bailey, Johnathan Lopez-Workman, Evelyn Campbell, Josh Fortanel, Cole Doud, Joseph Bickham, Kea-Lani Caberos, Madalyn Chernoh, Samantha Reed, Austin Camberg, Jessi Teal-Buck and Irianna Milano.

Ticket prices are: adults, $7; senior citizens, $6; students, $5.

Lower Lake High School is located at 9430 Lake St.
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Ted Kooser. Photo credit: UNL Publications and Photography.

I love accounts of people meeting up with wild creatures, as in Elizabeth Bishop's great poem, "The Moose," and here's another such encounter from Sonja Johanson, who is from Maine.

Johanson's most recent chapbook is “Trees in Our Dooryards” from Redbird Chapbooks.

Three Deer in Oquossoc

East will take me back. I drive
west. I wend between snowbanks,
until the road delivers me
to a sleeping boat launch.

They stand on the frozen ramp;
watch me with coats that are
better than mine. Ice houses
and snowmobiles edge the distance.

I have to turn around, I say
to them, I went the wrong
way. They stamp and chuff.
No, they tell me, this is the way.

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 ©2015 by Sonja Johanson, "Three Deer in Oquossoc," from Plum Tree Tavern, (2015). Poem reprinted by permission of Sonja Johanson and the publisher. Introduction copyright ©2018 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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