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Master teacher Alhassane Camara will lead a West African drumming and dance workshop at the Middletown Art Center in Middletown, Calif., on Saturday, September 22, 2018. Courtesy photo.

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – On Saturday, Sept. 22, the Middletown Art Center is hosting a West African drumming and dance workshop with master teacher Alhassane Camara.

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UKIAH, Calif. – Friday, Sept. 21, is International Day of Peace.

In order to honor the day and celebrate the many cultures of our community and beyond, Mendocino College and Rotary Club of Ukiah have partnered to host an inaugural International Day of Peace concert and performance featuring Cascada de Flores, dancers from the local SPACE Theatre, and Ballet Folklorico of Petaluma.

The event will take place on Sept. 21 in the Mendocino College Center Theatre, Ukiah campus, and doors will open at 5:30 p.m.

Cascada de Flores is a professional ensemble that presents concerts as a duet to a sextet, bringing the nostalgic song and traditions of Mexico and its neighbors into simple and beautiful arrangements that allow space for both improvisation and pure expression.

Cascada de Flores has recorded now four albums, collaborated in numerous projects, including theater and cinema and toured several areas of the United States.

In Mexico they have been delightfully received in venues such as The Central Plaza in Mexico City with Jorge Saldaña, la Tasca in Jalapa, and lately in the beautiful Biblioteca Henestrosa in Oaxaca City and the main festival of Tezoatlán, Oaxaca.

They even traveled to study with the trovadores of Santiago de Cuba. Cascada de Flores is now a phenomenon, cherished by the Latinos that hear them, and opening the minds of its non-Latino fans. Opening minds and hearts to the real stories of Mexico and Latin America has become this group's unofficial mission.

For more information about Cascada de Flores visit http://www.cascadadeflores.com/.

A cash bar with beer, wine, and refreshments will be available and proceeds from the event will support Rotary Club of Ukiah activities and scholarships for students.

Tickets for the event are: $15 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under, and free for Mendocino College students.

To purchase tickets visit https://bpt.me/3602118 or call 707-467-1008.

The Mendocino College Ukiah campus is located at 1000 Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah.
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is conducting an art contest to select the design for the state’s 2018-2019 upland game bird stamp.

The California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest is open to all U.S. residents ages 18 and over.

Entries will be accepted from Nov. 20 through Dec.7.

This year’s stamp will feature the white-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucuraI).

This smallest of North American grouse species exhibits a dramatic change in plumage from a mottled or a barred brown-yellow during breeding in spring to a pure white during the winter months, allowing this chameleon of the bird world excellent camouflage on the ground year-round in its alpine habitat.

In California, ptarmigan occupy the highest elevations of the Sierra Nevada from Alpine County south to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park.

Entries must include at least one white-tailed ptarmigan, preferably in a habitat or setting representative of California. Entries will be judged on originality, artistic composition, anatomical accuracy and suitability for reproduction as a stamp and a print.

The contest will be judged by a panel of experts in the fields of ornithology, conservation, art and printing. The winning artist will be selected during a public judging event, with the date and location to be announced later.

An upland game bird validation is required for hunting migratory and resident upland game birds in California.

The money generated from stamp sales must be spent on upland game bird-related conservation projects, education, hunting opportunities and outreach. CDFW sells about 175,000 upland game bird validations annually.

Any individual who purchases an upland game bird validation may request their free collectable stamp by visiting www.wildlife.ca.gov/licensing/collector-stamps.

For collectors who do not purchase a hunting license or upland game bird validation, or for hunters who wish to purchase additional collectible stamps, an order form is also available on the website.

For contest information and entry forms, please visit www.wildlife.ca.gov/upland-game-bird-stamp.
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Sidney Poitier stars in the 1967 classic, “To Sir, With Love.” Courtesy photo.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The 1967 drama, “To Sir, With Love,” starring Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts and Judy Geeson, screens at the Soper Reese Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 1 and 6 p.m.

Entry to the film is by donation.

A strong cast and unforgettable title song make this an undeniable classic, with Sidney Poitier as the struggling teacher who wins over his rowdy Cockney pupils.

The film addresses issues of race and class and offers a window into London in the mid-1960s.

The production design is marvelous and, along with the fine cinematography, captures the desolate nature of the rundown East End.

The movie is sponsored by The California Retired Teachers Association CalRTA Div. 35. Not rated. Run time is 1 hour and 45 minutes.

The Soper Reese Theatre is located at 275 S. Main St., Lakeport, 707-263-0577, www.soperreesetheatre.com.
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The Back Porch Project. Courtesy photo.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Back Porch Project from Mendocino County comes to the Soper Reese Theatre at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21.

This lively group combines the diverse musical backgrounds of folk, blues, classic rock, jam band, and alt country to create their own brand of easy listening “folkgrass.”

The sweet blend of vocal harmonies and tasteful instrumentation sounds of The Back Porch Project will put everyone in just the right mood.

Rodney Grisanti (mandolin), Sid Bishop (guitar and harmonica), Steve Hahm (guitar and vocals), Roseanne Wetzel (vocals), Ken Ingels (percussion), and Steven Keith (bass) have been playing together in different groups and combinations in the Ukiah Valley for years.

When they first came together on a hot July night on Steve’s back porch to do some pickin’, they were pretty sure they had something special.

Sid Bishop has been playing guitar and harmonica for almost 40 years. His greatest musical influences are Jerry Garcia, The Beatles, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Motown.

Steven Keith is a tie-dye slingin' Texan from Las Vegas who lives in Hopland and plays a mean bass. His wife can sing too, and the two are known to perform rock and roll acoustic covers at a few local haunts under the name "Steve & Shug."

Rodney Grisanti began making noise and recording it in Memphis, Tennessee in the early 1980s. Currently, Rodney makes noise and records it on a daily basis in and around Ukiah.

Ken Ingels is the owner of the recording studio, Russian River Studio, and is also a master rhythm keeper.

Stephen Hahm plays acoustic guitar and banjo. His musical tastes range from folk to classic rock, lounge crooners to indie or anything else that has a good melody and groove.

Roseanne Wetzel has been performing since she was a young child in a variety of fields ranging from jazz bands, funk bands, choirs, symphony events, musicals and operas. Most recently, you may have seen her grace the stage as part of the Funky Dozen or with the Ukiah Symphony's concert, “Kick off Your Shoes! Tribute to the Big Band Dance.”

All seats are $15 each, open seating. Dance floor open. To purchase tickets go online at www.SoperReeseTheatre.com, or to The Travel Center, 1265 S. Main, Lakeport, Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

For more information call 707-263-0577.
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Ted Kooser. Photo credit: UNL Publications and Photography.

David Mason is the former poet laureate of Colorado and a professor of literature and writing at Colorado College. His most recent book is The Sound: New and Selected Poems, from Red Hen press. I very much like the way in which the muddy boots both open and close this poem, in which not one but two biographies are offered to us in less than a hundred words.

The Mud Room

His muddy rubber boots
stood in the farmhouse mud room
while he sat in the kitchen,
unshaven, dealing solitaire.

His wife (we called her Auntie)
rolled out dough in the kitchen
for a pie, put up preserves
and tidied, clearing her throat.

They listened to the TV
at six, he with his fingers
fumbling the hearing aids,
she watching the kitchen clock.

Old age went on like that,
a vegetable patch, a horse
some neighbor kept in the barn,
the miles of grass and fences.

After he died his boots
stood muddy in the mud room
as if he'd gone in socks,
softly out to the meadow.

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 David Mason, "The Mud Room." Poem reprinted by permission of David Mason. 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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