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AFTER FIVE
T H E N O R T H S TAT E MAGAZ I N E
MAY 2013 / 26th Year / No. 7
ON THE COVER
HOLLY WILLIAMS
The strand of country music in Holly Williams’
DNA is as thick as a Sundial Bridge support cable.
As the granddaughter of Hank Williams and the
daughter of Hank Williams Jr. and a classical
pianist mother, her upbringing was steeped in
music. Williams is slated to perform a pair of
intimate shows at Redding’s Vintage Wine Bar.
See page 2.
SYMPHONY FINALE
Ryan Kuster is among
the soloists scheduled
fo r p e r fo r m a n c e s
of Ludwig van
Beethoven’s Ninth
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north state locations
this month. The North
State Symphony will
perform its season
f inale ‘Experience
Joy!’ scheduled at 7:30
p.m. on May 11 at
Laxson Auditorium, CSU, Chico, and at 2 p.m. on
Mother’s Day, May 12, at the Cascade Theatre in
Redding. See page 13.
MUSIC & ART FEST
The Old Shasta Art Fair & Old-Time Fiddle
Jamboree, a Mother’s Day tradition for four
decades, is back after a year’s hiatus with a new
name and a new focus. See page 18.
THE NEWS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT MONTHLY
“I always want
fans to be able
to hear the lyrics
through the music.
That raw and real
sound is very
important to me.”
- Holly Williams
PHOTO / Kristine Barlowe
Holly Williams, the third generation of
country music royalty, to perform a pair of
intimate shows at Redding’s Vintage Wine Bar
By Jon Lewis
The strand of country music in
Holly Williams’ DNA is as thick as
a Sundial Bridge support cable. As
the granddaughter of Hank Williams
and the daughter of Hank Williams
Jr. and a classical pianist mother, her
upbringing was steeped in music.
However, the 32-year-old artist
has opted to make her own way in the
music world. She picked up one of
her dad’s guitars at age 17 and soon
began writing songs. A series of gigs
in Nashville clubs was followed by
bigger shows in the United States and
the United Kingdom.
She released an EP in 2003,
signed with Universal South Records
and toured with Billy Bob Thornton,
Jewel, Train, Keith Urban and Kasey
Chambers. Her debut album, “The
Ones We Never Knew,” was recorded
in 2004 and led to headline shows
throughout Europe and the United
States.
In a development that reads like
a country song come to life, Williams
and her older sister, Hilary, were
involved in a single-vehicle accident
in March 2006 outside of Tunica,
Miss., while the two were traveling to
their grandfather’s funeral. Williams
suffered a broken arm and wrist; her
sister was nearly killed and underwent
29 surgeries.
While recuperating, Williams
decided to act on a long-held interest
in fashion and opened H. Aubrey, a
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high-end women’s clothing boutique in
Nashville. Her clientele includes Faith
Hill, Sheryl Crow, Taylor Swift, Kelly
Clarkson, Jessica Simpson, Patty
Griffin and Robert Plant.
The song “Without Jesus
Here With Me,” influenced by her
experience from the wreck, was
included on her second album, 2009’s
“Here With Me.”
Williams will be playing a pair of
shows at the Vintage Wine Bar and
Restaurant May 12-13 in support
of her independently produced and
critically acclaimed third album, “The
Highway.” Tickets are $15; call (530)
229-9449 for availability. (The May
12 show is sold out.) Williams will be
performing with her guitarist-husband,
Chris Coleman, and a bassist.
Williams agreed to an interview
with After Five, but in accordance with
a doctor’s order to rest her throat, she
had to reply to a series of questions
via email.
After Five: The family tradition. I’m
sure you’ve covered this till your blue
in the face, so I thought I’d try and ask
it a little differently: a) What’s the best
thing about having a last name that’s
so famous in country music? b) What’s
the worst thing? If not worse, maybe
something unique or surprising? c)
Can you talk a bit about if/how your
father and/or your grandfather have
informed your music?
Williams: The best thing is the
joy and happiness I feel to be from
such an amazing family of musicians.
My dad and my grandfather are two
of my favorite songwriters period,
whether we were related or not. I love
what my brother Hank III is doing
also. Everyone has always forged
their own path from my family tree
and I love their fierce independence!
The worst thing is when people make
assumptions about who you are or
your music or intentions. I do this
because of my passion for songwriting
and that will always remain.
After Five: The other tradition.
Please talk a bit about your mother’s
side of the family. What role did your
mother and/or grandmother play in
your career?
Williams: I had the best mom
in the world who was an amazing
classical pianist and she has a
beautiful voice. My grandmother
played piano. They built my character
and showed me what love and family
are all about, which is always more
important than this music stuff.
After Five: I’ve really been
enjoying “The Highway.” So many of
the songs seem particularly personal
and real. I like the spare, rough-edged
economy of your writing. Is this a
new way of writing for you or more of
a natural evolution? If possible, can
you share a little about where the
inspiration comes from?
Williams: All of the songs are
usually 100 percent personal, or
completely written from someone
else’s point of view, but I know them
and I’m very close to the situation.
Daily life and struggles inspire me
on a constant basis. Families and
relationships alone are enough to
keep a songwriter very busy!!
I don’t write every day, usually the
lyric and melody come at the same
time and I just catch it as fast as I
can. “Waiting on June” is my favorite
song I have ever written, and it just
poured out in about 30 minutes. It’s
the true story, word for word, of my
grandparents on my mom’s side, and
I was really inspired by their life and
love on a simple Louisiana farm.
After Five: Can you talk a little
about touring? Are you on the road
with a band or just yourself (and your
Kerouak, who I read you’re a fan of).
Is it something you enjoy, or simply
the nature of the beast as a singersongwriter? What’s your favorite kind
of venue?
Williams: Reading “On the road”
is what pushed me to hop in an old
Suburban and drive around with me
and my guitar, and a backpack full of
CDs, playing for whomever I could
open for. It pushed me to get on trains
in Europe and discover the world
through the lens of music and touring.
I LOVE playing acoustic. I have
great musicians to back me up though
when shows require more sound.
Right now I’m playing with a 3-piece
- two guitars, an upright bass and a
piano. I always want fans to be able to
hear the lyrics through the music. That
raw and real sound is very important
to me. My favorite venue is a theater
or listening room, where I can tell all
the stories about the songs and really
connect on a personal level with the
audience.
After Five: What steered you
toward your interest in fashion and
into the business world? It sounds
like it’d be a nice creative outlet to
go along with your music, but also
challenging. Am I close?
Williams: After my near-fatal car
accident in March of 2006, I didn’t
know if I would easily play guitars
again or when. My sister died and was
revived, went to Heaven, wrote an
incredible book about it called “Sign
of Life,” then had 29 surgeries over
the next few years. Needless to say, I
wanted to be home.
I’ve always loved fashion and the
business side of things so I spent a
couple of years trying to find investors
and writing a business plan, and my
shop finally opened in 2007. That’s
why the music has been scattered, it
took a long time to get the business
together and the right team of
employees.
But finally I can focus on music
again, and that’s what I’m doing from
now on. I check in and handle the
inventory, but my everyday focus is
writing, touring and getting the music
heard! I’m already writing for the next
record.
After Five / May 2013 / Page 3
Frugal House
returns to Chico!
Thurs–Sat,
June 6–8
20 Abbot Circle
(under construction)
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Kyle Wiley Pickett,
Music Director/Conductor
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Joy
Experience
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
to donate used
home furnishings:
530-898-6692 or
[email protected]
with CSU, Chico University Chorus, Shasta College Chorale
Saturday, May 11, 7:30 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium, Chico
Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall
Tickets: University Box Office, 530.898.6333
Sunday, May 12, 2:00 p.m.
Cascade Theatre, Redding
Pre-concert talk at 1:00 p.m.
FRUGAL
HOUSE
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Tickets: Cascade Theatre Box Office, 530.243.8877
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Five time Emmy-nominee Will Durst has a new e-book: “Elect
to Laugh!” published by Hyperink. Available at redroom.com or
amazon.
After Five / May 2013 / Page 5
Pearl Django to perform at first
concert for new Trinity Jazz Club
The non-profit Trinity Jazz Club is scheduled to hold
their inaugural concert on May 23 when they present the
Seattle-based gypsy jazz group Pearl Django at 7 p.m.
at the Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center in Weaverville.
The mission statement of the newly formed club is to
help promote and preserve traditional, swing and Latin
jazz music education in Trinity County as well as provide
Trinity County residents and others in the north state the
opportunity to hear quality jazz.
Email [email protected] for tickets and
reservations or visit trinityjazzclub.org for more information.
With a performance history spanning almost two
decades, the focus of Pearl Django was – and is - to
incorporate the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane
Grappelli with American swing music.
The group’s inception was as a trio in Tacoma, Wash.,
in 1994, but they quickly expanded to a quintet, adding
a violinist and a third guitarist. Members include Ryan
Hoffman and Troy Chapman on guitar, Michael Gray on
violin, David Lange on accordion and Rick Leppanen on
bass.
The October 2000 release of Avalon put the group
on the national map with seven weeks of Gavin top-40
airplay and an interview on NPR’s All Things Considered
in 2001 brought the group to national attention. In June
2002, Pearl Django performed at the prestigious Festival
Django Reinhardt in Samois sur Seine, just outside of
Paris, France.
Though still strongly influenced by the music of
Reinhardt, Pearl Django’s repertoire now includes many
original compositions. The band’s followers include
Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli fans, guitar
enthusiasts, lovers of string music, “world music” fans
drawn to French and Gypsy accents, plus jazz buffs and
aficionados of the new swing music.
As of 2007, the group is working as both a quartet and
a quintet (with Lange) and have released 11 CDs to date.
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denly surged in popularity as
Middle Eastern men use their
increased lip bushiness to
convey power and prestige.
Surgeons extract follicles
from hairier parts of the body
in procedures that cost the
equivalent of around $7,000
and show full results in about
six months.
An anthropology professor told CNN that, by tradition in Arab countries, a man
of honor would “swear on my
mustache,” use mustaches as
collateral for loans, shave off
a vanquished foe’s mustache
as a reward, and gravely insult
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enemies with “Curse be upon
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what he believed to be his em- has become heavily comployer’s no-parking rule and mercialized, but nevertheless,
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A 20-year-old man’s life prayers answered.
ended when he was shot to
The November “Ekadashi”
death in an altercation in San (the 11th day of certain months
Bernardino, Calif., on Friday, of the Hindu calendar) this
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husbands, sons or brothers.)
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Ga., near forests of poplar and
sweet gum trees that proved
the ideal combination of softness and hardness for the
sticks.
In 2011 and early 2012, he
supplied Japanese, Chinese
and Koreans with 20 million pairs of “Made in U.S.A.”
chopsticks every week.
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closed by court order, even
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man led the father’s 2-year-old
daughter toward an exit of the
Fashion Square mall in Charlottesville, Va.
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cops took the man into “custody,” which turned out to mean
escorting him off the property
and warning him not to return
(catch and release?).
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The Demeter Fragrance Library (maker of such “classic”
scents as “Dirt,” “Crayon” and
“Laundromat”) has added to
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“In beautiful La Jolla Cove,”
wrote The New York Times,
describing the cliffside-vista
community near San Diego,
“art galleries and coffee shops
meet a stretch of unspoiled
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when seagulls took over.
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regulations, use of the cove
has been restricted, and cleaning the bird droppings from the
land is subject to a permitapplication process that might
take two years.
Some residents profess not
to mind (“Smells just like the
ocean,” said one, “but maybe
a little ‘heightened’”) while others are appalled (“As soon as
we pulled up, it was like, this
is awful”).
Even though the smell
grows “more acrid by the day,”
according to the Times, residents’ and visitors’ only shortterm hope is for cleansing by
the traditional winter rains
(which, fortunately, do not require California permits).
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more different from us than
Dennis Avner, last reported
here in 2005.
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Ear and lip surgery had
made his head more catlike,
and special contact lenses
made his eyes appear as
ovals. Mr. Avner passed away
in Las Vegas in November at
the age of 54, reportedly of
suicide.
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were taking too long to board
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money for the homeless shelter Emmanuel House.
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of complaints, the Nottingham
City Council revoked the tickets.)
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in 2011.
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guard’s cashbox, but since he
had accosted the guard on his
way into Northern Bank, and
not on his way out, the box
contained no money.
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For two months, up to Nov.
20, the water company serving Johnville, Quebec, had
left standing a utility pole even
after the Quebec highway department had rebuilt Highway
251 to a location that left the
pole squarely in the middle of
the new two-lane street (which
thus became a popular sight
for fans of incompetence).
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months, no accidents around
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The Wolong Panda Training Base in Sichuan, China,
released a series of photos to
China Daily to mark the graduation from captivity, and into
the wild, of the 2-year-old Tao
Tao.
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his mother, Cao Cao, were
shown frolicking in the woods,
accompanied by trainers each
dressed in full-length panda
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After Five / May 2013 / Page 7
Kerry Marsh
Vocal jazz director
to perform with
high school and
college choirs at
COS in Weed
Kerry Marsh, jazz composer,
director and arranger, will perform
with the College of the Siskiyous and
Mt. Shasta High School jazz choirs at
their spring concert at 7 p.m. on May 3
at the COS Kenneth W. Ford Theater
in Weed. Tickets are available from
members of the ensembles and at the
door.
Since 2003, Marsh has directed
the vocal jazz ensembles at California
State University Sacramento. His
ensembles and individual students
have earned 11 Down Beat Magazine
student music awards, distinguishing
it as one of the top programs in the
country during that time.
The Sacramento State vocal jazz
ensembles were invited twice to perform
at conferences of the International
Association for Jazz Education, and
were one of 14 winners of a national
search to have a song appear on the
Epic Records release: “Ben Folds College A Cappella.”
Marsh has since worked with Folds
as a vocal arranger and director of
background singers in numerous
performances with major symphony
orchestras, including the Boston
Pops and the Washington National
Symphony.
Marsh also serves as faculty of
the Jazz School Institute in Berkeley.
He holds a BME in Music Education
from the University of Kansas and a
Master of Music in Jazz Studies from
the University of North Texas.
The public is also invited to observe
a workshop that Marsh will conduct
with the COS Jazz Choir on April 30
and May 2 from noon to 2 p.m. The
workshop will be held in the COS
Kenneth W. Ford Theater auditorium.
Guests should be seated before the
workshop begins at noon.
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Dining Guide
Enjoy a meal at one of the north state
restaurants on the following pages,
including for Mother’s Day. Some
feature live music. Dining guide map
on page 12.
Seafood - Burgers - Steaks - Fish Tacos - BBQ
Salads - Pasta - Asian Stir Fry Specialties
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North State Symphony to perform
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
to close out 2012-2013 season
“Everything will pass, and the world
will perish, but the Ninth Symphony will
remain.”
- Michael Bakunin
in Edmund Wilson’s
“To the Finland Station” (1940)
“The entire universe trembles.”
- Leonard Bernstein,
referring to the Ninth Symphony
You can experience the full symphony
performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s
Ninth Symphony in two north state
locations this month as The North State
Symphony performs their season finale
“Experience Joy!” The concerts are
scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on May 11 at
Laxson Auditorium, CSU, Chico, and at
2 p.m. on Mother’s Day, May 12, at the
Cascade Theatre in Redding.
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Opus
125, was completed in 1824. In this
symphony, Beethoven intertwines
separate compositional ideas into one
work that juxtaposes styles from his
earlier periods against elements from
his later period.
The Ninth is Beethoven’s only vocal
symphony and features a full chorus and
four vocal soloists during the fourth and
last movement.
The two north state performances
in May feature two combined vocal
ensembles: the CSUC University
Singers and the Shasta College Chorale.
The four featured guest soloists are
accomplished vocal artists Daun Weiss
(soprano), Beth Madsen Bradford (alto),
Les Green (tenor) and Ryan Kuster
(baritone).
Weiss, a frequent soloist, is a
founding member of the Chico Early
Music Ensemble. She has performed
with the Sacramento Early Music
Consort, Sacramento Baroque Soloists,
California Bach Society, and North State
Symphony, and is a featured soloist at
Chico’s Bach Festival.
Bradford has worked with Portland
Opera, Opera Theater Oregon, Tacoma
Opera, Skagit Opera, Des Moines
Metro Opera and Aspen Opera Theater
Center, and has appeared as a soloist
with the Juneau Symphony, Oregon
Symphony and North State Symphony.
Green is in high demand as a soloist.
He has appeared with the Oregon
Repertory Singers, Portland Symphonic
Choir, Willamette Master Chorus,
Rose City Chamber Orchestra and the
Columbia Chorale.
Performing as a soloist with the San
Francisco Opera and the Wolf Trap
Opera, Kuster made his symphonic
debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
This season, he is appearing with the
Nashville Opera and the Dallas Opera,
and in 2014 will make his Colorado
Opera debut.
Conductor Kyle Wiley Pickett will give
Daun Weiss
a pre-concert talk one hour before each
performance (free to ticket holders).
Tickets can be purchased through
the venue box offices: CSU, Chico, 8986333; Cascade Theatre, 243-8877, or
online at www.northstatesymphony.org.
For more information, visit the North
State Symphony website or call the
symphony office at (530) 898-5984.
Frugal House
Frugal House, the North State
Synphony’s major fundraising event for
the year, is scheduled June 6-8, pending
completion of the house on schedule.
Frugal House 2013 is an Epick Home
currently under construction as part of
The Orchard new home development.
The North State Symphony is
seeking donations of furnishings, art,
accessories and any other household
items that can be used to decorate and
sell at Frugal House. Donated items
can be taken to Sorenson Moving and
Storage at 600 Orange St., Chico.
Limited pick-up service is also available.
Chico State interior design students
work with adult decorators and interior
designers to furnish and decorate a
Chico home, primarily using donated
items. Organizers say almost every
item in Frugal House will be for sale at
affordable prices.
The opening night part is scheduled
June 6. Guests can explore the home
and have the first opportunity to
purchase items while enjoying wine,
appetizers and live music. Frugal
House also will be open for touring and
shopping on June 7 and 8.
The public can follow Frugal House
on Twitter @frugalhouse and become
a fan on Facebook at “Frugal House”
for updates on the event and frugal
design tips. For more information on The
Orchard, visit http://www.epickhomes.
com/orchardplans.php
After Five / May 2013 / Page 13
PHOTO / Bob Small
Zachary Davis as the Phantom and Amber Spencer as Christine Daae
play the lead rolls in Shasta High School’s performance of Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera.”
Shasta High School presents
Phantom of the Opera for
6 shows at David Marr Theatre
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For their 43rd annual spring musical,
Shasta High School presents Andrew
Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera”
for six performances at the David Marr
Theatre in Redding May 2-4 and May
9-11 at 7 p.m.
Directed by Gavin Spencer, the show
includes such numbers as “Think of Me,”
“Music of the Night” and “Masquerade.”
Based on the French novel Le
Fantôme de l’Opéra by Gaston Leroux,
its central plot revolves around a beautiful
soprano (played by Amber Spencer) who
becomes the obsession of a mysterious,
disfigured musical genius (played by
Zachary Davis).
According to Shasta High School,
restricted performance rights were just
released last year and this is the first time
this musical has been performed in the
north state.
The school is going to great lengths
to present a top notch production,
including hiring an East Coast special
effects company to bring in and install the
famous “magic” chandelier in the David
Marr Theatre. Extensive professional
make-up is also being used, including a
two to three hour pre-show application
process for the Phantom. The production
also will include a live orchestra as well
as hundreds of handmade costumes.
Reserved seat tickets are $18 and are
available online at www.shastawolves.
com or through the Cascade Theatre at
www.cascadetheatre.org, by calling 2438877, or at the Cascade Theatre box
office.
Shasta Damboree recognizes city’s anniversary;
also adds garden fair to weekend of events
This year’s Shasta Damboree, the
annual event held the first weekend in
May that celebrates the people and the
workers who helped build Shasta Dam,
has another reason to celebrate – 2013
also marks the 20th anniversary of Shasta
Lake’s incorporation as a city.
To mark the occasion, city staff and
elected officials will be handing out $800
in food vouchers during the Damboree
celebration on May 4 at Clair Engle Park.
Also scheduled that day, for what’s
being called “A Dam Good Celebration,”
are the annual Shasta Lake Fire Protection
District’s pancake breakfast from 6 to 10
a.m., the Damboree parade on Shasta
Dam Boulevard / Highway 151 at 10
a.m., and a full afternoon of arts and
crafts, pie social, games, food vendors
and more following the parade at Clair
Engle Park. There also will be live music
all afternoon, featuring Uptown, Left Hook,
The Salamanders and Hallelujah Junction.
For car enthusiasts, the annual “For
Pete’s Sake” poker run, barbecue and
music kicks things off for the Damboree
on Friday, May 3, at Clair Engle Park. The
following day there will be a car show and
auto swap meet at Margaret Polf Park in
Shasta Lake.
New this year, the Damboree has
dropped the Thursday Talent Show and
instead has added the Shasta Lake
Garden Project’s Garden Faire, moving
it from its June date to Sunday, May 5, of
Damboree weekend. It also will be held at
Clair Engle Park.
From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on that day there
will be gardening demonstrations, raffles,
antiques and collectibles, plants and
seeds, yard art and other unique décor,
and more. Money raised at the event
benefits community projects in the city of
Shasta Lake. For more information, call
Christine Chambers at 275-3692.
Also new this year is a Central Valley
High School art show on both Saturday
and Sunday in Clair Engle Park.
For more information on all Damboree
events, visit www.shastadamboree.org.
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as they appeared to demonstrate
climbing trees and searching for food.
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At the recently opened Soineya
“cuddle cafe” in Tokyo, men buy hugging privileges (but no “sex” allowed!)
with young women for from 20 minutes
to 10 hours at prices (gratuity optional)
ranging from the equivalents of $40
to $645, with surcharges for special
services (e.g., foot massages, resting
heads in each other’s laps).
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The Deluxe Comfort Girlfriend Body
Pillow, which began as a boutique-only
niche product, recently became available at Amazon.com and Sears.com at
around $25.
The bolster-like, cuddling-enabled
pillow is augmented with two strategically placed mounds and a snuggle-up
arm hanging to the side. (There’s also
an Original Soft and Comfy Boyfriend
Pillow, without the mounds.)
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“You have wrinkles,” the inquiring
customer was told, “and your left cheek
is larger than your right,” explained
“Tata,” the Bangkok-born woman who
recently opened a salon in San Francisco to employ the supposedly traditional Thai art of face-slapping.
Frown lines and droopy skin are curable with a 10-minute regimen of wellplaced whacks across the cheek (and
payment of the $350 fee), Tata told the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Masochists are warned that Tata
deals in therapy, not punishment. “If
you want someone to hit you, go on
Craigslist.”
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Among the “Ig Nobel” prizes awarded to earnest academics by the Annals
of Improbable Research was the one
to Patrick Warren and colleagues who
delved into excruciatingly detailed predictions (at the behest of a cosmetics
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hair characteristics.
The team took into account the
stiffness of the strands, the effects of
gravity and the random curliness or
waviness in the hair in a set formula
to compute a “Rapunzel Number” for
each head.
Explaining his particularized work to
reporters, Dr. Warren acknowledged
(perhaps with underestimation), “I’ve
been working on this for a long time.”
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A research team at Lund University
in Sweden, led by neuroethologist Jochen Smolka, concluded that one reason dung beetles dance in circles on
top of dung is to cool off, according to a
report on LiveScience.com.
To arrive at their conclusion, the
team went to the trouble of painting
tiny silicone “boots” on some beetles
to protect them from the ambient heat
experienced by a control group of beetles, and found that the booted beetles
climbed atop the dung less frequently.
Explained Smolka, “Like an airconditioning unit, the moist (dung) is
cooled by evaporati(on).”
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While the U.S. recently nearly elected a multimillionaire as president, Uruguay’s chief executive, Jose Mujica,
declared his personal wealth in 2010
as the equivalent of about $1,800 and
gives away 90 percent of his $12,000
monthly presidential salary in order to
remain true to his political roots with
the leftist guerrilla group Tupamaros.
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with his wife at her family’s farmhouse,
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“I have to do (this),” he told a reporter, “because there are many Uruguayans who live with much less.”
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Financial advisers charge the big
bucks because of their sophisticated
understanding of money and markets
– or maybe because they know how
the stars align.
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astrologers” Karen Starich and former
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apparently, astrology is more lucrative).
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to learn what Starich knows about Neptune and Saturn, and Crawford’s 2,000
subscribers (at least a few of which
prefer receiving copies in unmarked
wrappers) learned that any new business venture goes south when Mercury is in retrograde.
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A Drug Enforcement Administration
agent told the Associated Press that
factories in Mexico have recently been
supplying American markets with especially potent and inexpensive methamphetamine.
“These are sophisticated, high-tech
(businesses) ... that are operating with
extreme precision,” said agent Jim
Shroba.
The 90 percent-pure product offers
“a faster, more intense and longerlasting high.” Many Americans, meanwhile, continue to make small batches
of inferior meth in 2-liter soda bottles.
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In 2011 only 75 worldwide shark attacks on humans were reported, with
only 12 fatal, yet researchers writing
recently in the journal Conservation Biology found that about 60 percent of all
media reporting about sharks emphasized just the serious dangers that human swimmers face.
By contrast, only about 7 percent of
the reports were focused on shark biology or ecology, though the sorry state
of shark survival would seem more important, in that an estimated 26 million
to 73 million sharks are killed annually
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First, as News of the Weird reported
more than 20 years ago, Indonesian
coffeemakers made “Kopi Luwak,” using only beans that had passed through
the digestive tracts of native civet cats.
More recently, Thailand’s upscale
Anantara Resorts began offering coffee using beans similarly excreted by
elephants.
In both cases, these digestive-tract
coffee beans, picked and processed
by laborers earning as little as $1 day,
wind up as a drink sipped by (in the
words of an NPR reviewer) “cat poop
fetishi(sts)” who may pay upwards of
$10 for a single cup.
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Attorney Thomas Corea of Palmer,
Texas, was indicted for four felonies
related to misuse of clients’ trust accounts, and a panel of the State Bar of
Texas voted to revoke his license.
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Jacory Walker, 19, pleaded guilty
to one count of bank robbery in Waxahachie, Texas, and was sentenced to
37 months in prison.
He had made the mistake of asking
a teller at the 1st Convenience Bank
to access his account (giving the teller
his Social Security number), and only
then, when realizing he had no money
left, deciding to rob the place.
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Demarco Myles, 19, was arrested
in Washington, D.C., for rape after he,
as rapists sometimes fatuously do, decided that his second victim might have
had eyes for him and left her his name
and phone number, anticipating a follow-up rendezvous.
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Donna Giustizia lobbied the city of
Vaughan, Ontario, to chop down all
the oak trees in the vicinity of Stephen
Catholic Elementary School, claiming
that her children and others like them
with nut allergies were in danger.
She mentioned especially their
“anxiety” from even glimpsing acorns
on the ground and suggested that the
allergic children could be easily bullied
by acorn-wielding classmates.
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with 70 public schools and Walgreen
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by the schools to pick up their kids’ report cards.
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After Five / May 2013 / Page 15
May 2013
1
Shasta College Jazz
Big Band, 7:30 p.m.
at the Shasta College
Theatre, 11555 Old
Oregon Trail in Redding.
Tickets are $3. Call 2427730.
Spring Musical: The
Music Man, 7:30 p.m.
in Laxson Auditorium
at CSU Chico. Tickets
are $10 to $20 and
are available at the
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Call 898-6333.
Bingo Fundraiser, 6
to 9 p.m. at the Senior
Citizens Hall, 2290
Benton Drive in Redding.
A fundraiser for Shasta
Union High School
District. Must be 18 to
play. Call 945-0318.
Student Print
Exhibition, 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. at Meriam Library
at CSU Chico. Juried art
exhibited by the Turner
Print Museum runs
through May 14. Call
898-4476.
2
Fiddler on the Roof,
7 p.m. at the Cascade
Theatre, 1733 Market
Street in Redding.
Tickets are $10 to $25
and are available at the
Cascade Theatre box
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Cinco de Mayo
Celebration, 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at the Shasta
College Student Center
Quad, 11555 Old Oregon
Trail in Redding. Shasta
College’s 22nd annual
celebration is free and
open to the public. Call
242-7626.
Phantom of the Opera,
7 p.m. at the David Marr
Theater, 2200 Eureka
Way in Redding. Shasta
High School’s music
department will perform
the Andrew Lloyd Weber
musical. Tickets are $18
and are available at the
Cascade Theatre box
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Countywide Yard
Sale, in Trinity County.
Biannual event
sponsored by the Trinity
Journal. Approximately
50 to 75 participants
are expected, as well
as many spur-of-themoment ones. Call 6232055.
Shasta Blues
Society presents
Blues Nite at Lulu’s
Eating & Drinking
Establishment, 2230
Pine St., Redding,
6:30 to 10 pm, every
Thursday. For more
information, call 2751620.
Ellis Paul and Rebecca
Loebe, 8 p.m. at the
Unitarian Fellowship, 87
4th Street in Ashland,
Ore.. Tickets are $10 to
$20. Call 541-535-3562.
Spring Musical: The
Music Man, 7:30 p.m.
See May 1.
Phantom of the Opera,
7 p.m. See May 2.
Spring Musical: The
Music Man, 7:30 p.m.
See May 1.
3 4
Fiddler on the Roof, 7
p.m. See May 2.
For Pete’s Sake Poker
Run and BBQ, 3 p.m.
at the Shasta Lake
Community Center,
1525 Median Avenue
in Shasta Lake. Part of
the Shasta Damboree
celebration. Call 9492759 or visit www.
shastadamboree.org.
Ugly Duckling, 7 p.m.
at the State Theatre,
333 Oak Street in Red
Bluff. Sign Stage on Tour
presentation. Tickets
are $5 to $8 and are
available at the State
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Children 5 and under are
free. Call 529-2787.
Metal Cowboy, 6 to
9 p.m. at the Caldwell
Park Recreation Center,
56 Quartz Hill Road in
Redding. Author, cyclist,
adventure dad, and
“Metal Cowboy” will
perform. Tickets are $5.
Call 229-8428.
Shasta College
Symphonic Band,
7:30 p.m. at the Shasta
College Theatre, 11555
Old Oregon Trail in
Redding. Tickets are $3.
Call 242-7730.
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Shasta Damboree
Pancake Breakfast,
6 to 10 a.m. at the
Shasta Lake Fire Hall,
4126 Ashby Court in
Shasta Lake. Adults
$6, children 12 and
under $3; Damboree
Parade, 10 a.m. on
Shasta Dam Boulevard
in Shasta Lake; Day
in the Park, 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. at Clair Engle
Park, 1525 Median
Avenue in Shasta
Lake. Featuring live
music by Uptown, The
Salamanders, Left Hook
and Hallelujah Junction.
Also a pie social, arts
and crafts, games,
food, a Central Valley
High School student art
show and more. Call
949-2759 or visit www.
shastadamboree.org.
Car Show and Auto
Swap Meet, 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. at Margaret Polf
Park. Part of the Shasta
Damboree celebration
featuring a car show,
vendors, music and food.
Call 227-4050 or visit
www.shastadamboree.
org.
Weaverville Art
Cruise, 5 to 8 p.m. in
Downtown Weaverville.
Many businesses stay
open late and offer
refreshments for this
cultural experience.
Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof, 7:30 p.m. at the
Riverfront Playhouse,
1620 East Cypress
Avenue in Redding.
Riverfront Playhouse
production of the
Tennessee Williams
acclaimed drama.
Tickets are $15 to $22
and are available at the
Cascade Theatre box
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Susanna Abbott Book
Signing, 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. at Lisa’s Book
Nook, 4030 Railroad
Avenue in Redding.
Local author Abbott will
be signing all 10 of her
books. Call 241-8689.
Cottonwood
Community Yard Sale,
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Cottonwood Community
Center, 20595 Gas Point
Road. Call 347-1230.
Night to the Rescue,
10 a.m. at Simpson
University, 2211
College View Drive in
Redding. A fundraiser
sponsored by the Good
News Rescue Mission
to raise awareness
about homelessness.
Participants will sleep
on a cot, cardboard, or a
sleeping bag. The event
will last until 10 a.m. on
May 5. Call 241-5754.
Skate for a Cure, 5:30
p.m. at the Tehama
District Fairgrounds,
650 Antelope Blvd.,
Red Bluff. Roller Derby
bout featuring Red
Bluff Derby Girls vs.
North Coast Roller
Derby. Tickets are $10
in advance, $12 at the
door. Call 633-7234.
Spring Musical: The
Music Man, 7:30 p.m.
See May 1.
Shasta College
Symphonic Band, 7:30
p.m. See May 3.
Phantom of the Opera,
7 p.m. See May 2.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
2 p.m. see May 4.
Phantom of the Opera,
7 p.m. See May 2.
Fiddler on the Roof, 2
and 7 p.m. See May 2.
Trinity Countywide
Yard Sale. See May 3.
Shasta Blues Society,
6:30 to 10 p.m. See
May 2.
6
10
5
Trinity Countywide
Yard Sale. See May 3.
Shasta Lake Garden
Project Garden Faire,
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
Clair Engle Park, 1525
Median Ave., Shasta
Lake. Part of the Shasta
Damboree celebration
featuring antiques and
collectables, pottery,
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continuation of the
Central Valley High
School student art show.
Call 275-3692 or visit
www.shastadamboree.
org.
Fiddle and roots music
jam, 1 to 4 pm at St.
James Lutheran Church,
2500 Shasta View Blvd.
Presented by California
State Old Time Fiddlers,
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Sunday of each month.
Visit www.csotfa.org for
details.
Free Double Feature, 1
to 5 p.m. at the Cascade
Theatre, 1733 Market
Street in Redding.
“Calendar Girls” and
“The Full Monty” will be
shown. Admission is
free. Call 243-8877.
Nor Cal Dowsers, 1
p.m. at the Wild Side
Community Room, 2139
Hilltop Dr., Redding.
Admission is $5. Visit
www.norcaldowsers.
com.
Jefferson Blues
Society Jam, 5 to 9 p.m.
at Old School restaurant,
Pine Street and Eureka
Way in downtown
Redding. Continues
every Sunday.
Spring Musical: The
Music Man, 2 p.m. See
May 1.
Nicki Bluhm and the
Gamblers, 7:30 p.m.
at the Sierra Nevada
Brewing Company, 1075
E 20th Street in Chico.
Tickets are $22.50. Call
896-2198.
7
Nicki Bluhm and the
Gamblers, 7:30 p.m.
See May 6.
Performing Arts
Society, 7:30 p.m. at Old
City Hall, 1313 Market
Street in Redding. Enjoy
an evening of on the
spot skits performed by
local actors. Call 2417320.
Red Bluff’s Got Talent
Auditions, 6 to 8 p.m.
at the Red Bluff Elks
Lodge, 355 Gilmore
Road. Auditions for a
showcase event on
June 1. Visit www.
northstateevents.info.
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Rebecca Pronsky,
7:15 p.m. at the Music
Connection, 3086
Bechelli Lane, Redding.
Presented by the
Oaksong Music Society.
Tickets are $20. Call
223-2040.
Spoken Word Night
at the Loft, 7 p.m. at
the Bohemian Art Loft,
3304B Bechelli Lane in
Redding. An evening for
serious poets, writers,
playwrights, storytellers,
comedians, and actors
of all genres. No
censorship. Audience
welcome. Repeats
second Wednesday of
each month. Call 2297818.
Phantom of the Opera,
7 p.m. See May 2.
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North State Symphony,
7:30 p.m. in Laxson
Auditorium at CSU
Chico. The North State
Symphony will perform
Beethoven’s Ninth
Symphony. Tickets $21
to $34 and are available
at the University box
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Paul Taylor Dance
Company, 7:30 p.m.
in Laxson Auditorium
at CSU Chico. Tickets
are $18 to $33 and
are available at the
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Call 898-6333.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
7:30 p.m. see May 4.
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Steak Feed BBQ and
Dance, 5 p.m. at the
Redding Rodeo Arena,
715 Sundial Bridge Dr.,
Redding. Part of the
Redding Rodeo week.
Call 241-5731
Craft Fair at The
Beadman, 2619 Park
Marina Dr., Redding.
Featuring approximately
40 handmade craft
booths in the Beadman
parking lot. For more
information, call 2438808.
Second Saturday
Art Night, 5 to 8 pm.
Featured artists at
selected galleries and
businesses presented
by the Shasta County
Arts Council. Visit www.
secondsaturday artnight.
org.
Western Round Up
Potluck Dance, 7 to 10
p.m. at the Anderson
Frontier Center,
2081 Frontier Trail in
Anderson. Singles or
couples can come and
dance to the music
provided by the Rough
Cut Band. Admission is
$25/couple or $15/single.
Call 222-0627.
Fiddle and roots music
jam, 5:30 to 7:30 pm at
Round Table Pizza in
the Mt. Shasta Mall, 900
Dana Drive in Redding.
Presented by California
State Old Time Fiddlers,
District 6. Held the
second Saturday of each
month. Visit www.csotfa.
org for details.
Midnight Sun Massive,
8 p.m. at Mama Llama
Coffeehouse, 208 Main
Street in Weaverville.
Tickets are $15 in
advance, $18 at the
door. Call 623-6363.
Writing and Wellness,
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at the Memorial Hall
of All Saints Episcopal
Church, 2150 Benton
Drive in Redding.
Monthly Writer’s Forum
Meeting. Call 515-4828.
Phantom of the Opera,
7 p.m. See May 2.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
7:30 p.m. see May 4.
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Elvis Lives! 7 p.m. at
the Civic Auditorium, 700
Auditorium Dr., Redding.
Featuring multimedia
and live performances.
Tickets are $28 to
$51.50. Call 229-0036.
Old Shasta Music
and Art Festival,
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at
the Shasta Middle
Creek Amphitheater,
Middle Creek Road
in Shasta. Tickets are
$10 in advance and are
available at the Cascade
Theatre. Admission is
$15 at the gate. Call
243-8877.
Northstate Symphony,
7:30 p.m. at the Cascade
Theatre, 1733 Market
Street in Redding. The
North State Symphony
will perform Beethoven’s
Ninth Symphony. Tickets
are $21 to $50 and are
available at the Cascade
Theatre. Call 243-8877.
Classic Film Series,
4 p.m. at the State
Theatre, 333 Oak St.,
Red Bluff. “Breakfast at
Tiffany” will be presented
as part of a series that
will show a classic movie
on the second Sunday of
every month from April
to August. Tickets are $5
and are available at the
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Call 529-2787.
Jefferson Blues
Society Jam, 5 to 9 p.m.
See May 5.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
2 p.m. see May 4.
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Coors Cananza Barrel
Race, 5:30 p.m. at the
Redding Rodeo Arena,
715 Sundial Bridge Drive
in Redding. Part of the
Redding Rodeo week.
Call 241-5731.
Holly Williams, 7 p.m.
at the Vintage Wine Bar,
1790 Market Street in
Redding. Doors open
6 p.m. Tickets are $15.
Call 229-9449.
Redding. Part of the
Redding Rodeo week.
Call 241-5731.
The Little Mermaid
Jr., 7:30 p.m. in Laxson
Auditorium at CSU
Chico. Tickets are $8 to
$15 and are available at
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Call 898-6333.
Eilen Jewell with
Special Guest Melody
Walker, 7:30 p.m. at the
Sierra Nevada Brewing
Company, 1075 E 20th
Street in Chico. Tickets
are $20. Call 896-2198.
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Silver Tour Rodeo, 5:30
p.m. See May 15.
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Leo Kottke, 7:30
p.m. at the Cascade
Theatre, 1733 Market
St., Redding. Tickets
are $25 to $35 and are
available at the Cascade
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243-8877.
Silver Tour Rodeo, 5:30
p.m. See May 15.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
7:30 p.m. see May 4.
Red Bluff’s Got Talent
Auditions, 6 to 8 p.m.
See May 10.
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Richard Thompson
Electric Trio, 7:30
p.m. at the Cascade
Theatre, 1733 Market
St., Redding. Tickets
are $25 to $37 and are
available at the Cascade
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243-8877.
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Silver Tour Rodeo,
5:30 p.m. at the Redding
Rodeo Arena, 715
Sundial Bridge Dr.,
Champions Challenge,
5:30 p.m. at the Redding
Rodeo Arena, 715
Sundial Bridge Dr.,
Redding. Part of the
Redding Rodeo week.
Call 241-5731.
Raft and Restore, 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. on the
Upper Sacramento
River. River Dancers
Rafting and Kayaking
and the U.S. Forest
Service provide the
equipment to raft class
3 whitewater rapids
to promote healthy
watersheds. Registration
is required, $50. Call
235-2012.
Keg, Cork, and Fork
Fest, 3 to 9 p.m. at 355
Gilmore Road, Red
Bluff. Beer and wine
tasting. Tickets are $15
in advance and $20
at the door. Visit www.
Northstateevents.info.
Ninth annual Bicycle
Ride, 7 a.m. at Anderson
River Park. Registration
fees vary from $35 to
$45 depending what ride
you register for. Visit
www.andersoncentury.
com.
36th annual Whitmore
Mountain Fair, 10 a.m.
in Whitmore. Featuring a
parade, car show, poker
run, barbeque lunch,
music, games, silent
auction, bake sale and
more. Call 472-1429.
Redding Improv
Players, 7:30 p.m. at
Old City Hall, 1313
Market St., Redding.
Enjoy an evening of on
the spot skits performed
by local actors. Call 2417320.
American Legion
Dance, 7 to 10 p.m. at
the American Legion
Hall, 4309 Vallecito
Street in Shasta Lake.
Admission is $5 and is
open the public 18 and
over. Call 275-8211.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
7:30 p.m. see May 4.
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Rivercity Jazz Society,
1 to 4:30 pm at the
Redding Elks Lodge.
Monthly concert series
featuring the Lou White
Band. $15. For details
visit www.rivercityjazz.
com or call 243-5340.
Floating the Lanterns,
8:30 p.m. on Park
Marina Pond behind the
River Inn in Redding. $5
donation to attend the
event or $20 to sponsor
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243-8862.
Bell Canti Singers, 4
to 6 p.m. at St. Luke’s
Anglican Church, 1750
Canby Road’ Redding.
Tickets are $17 and are
available at the Cascade
Theatre. Call 243-8877.
39th annual Red
Bluff River Park Car
Show, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Red Bluff River Park,
100 River Park Way.
People’s Choice trophies
for 1979 or earlier cars
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and drink. Call 2758655 or 515-5774 for
more information or
preregistration discount.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
2 p.m. see May 4.
SCCAR 25th
Anniversary
Celebration, 5 to 7
p.m. in the Community
Room at Shasta County
library in Redding.
Shasta County Citizens
Advocating Respect
will be celebrating 25
years of promoting civil
rights and social justice.
Open to the public and
admission is free.
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Brothers Comatose,
7:30 p.m. at the Sierra
Nevada Brewing
Company, 1075 E 20th
Street in Chico. Tickets
are $15. Call 896-2198.
22
Trinity Lake Lions Kids
Fishing Derby, 9 a.m.
to 12 p.m. at Carville
Dredger Pond in Trinity
Center. The event is free
and open to children
from 4 to 15. Visit www.
northtrinitylake.com or
call 266-3338.
Tehama County Writing
Celebration, 3:30 p.m.
at the State Theatre,
333 Oak St., Red Bluff.
Showcase of writings
from K-12 student
authors. Admission is
free. Call 529-2787.
Mt. Shasta Art Walk, 4
to 8 p.m. in downtown
Mt. Shasta. Maps are
available at the Siskiyou
Arts Council Gallery
and Cultural Center,
418 N. Mount Shasta
Boulevard.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
7:30 p.m. see May 4.
Strawberry Festival, 9
to 5 p.m. at Happy Valley
Elementary School on
the corner of Happy
Valley Road and Palm
Avenue in Happy Valley.
Includes a pancake
breakfast at 7 a.m. at
Happy Valley Elementary
School. Also, arts and
crafts, continuous
entertainment, veterans
military display,
magician, horse rides,
classic cars and Little
Miss Strawberry
pageant. Visit www.
happyvalleystrawberry
festival.com.
Dunsmuir Dogwood
Daze, 10 a.m. in
Dunsmuir. Various
events throughout the
day, including pie sales,
garden tours, and a
soapbox derby. Call 2352177.
McCloud Mushroom
Fesitval. Mushroom
vendors, wine tasting,
games and prizes, live
music, BBQ and more.
Call 859-2634 for booth
reservations.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
7:30 p.m. See May 4.
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Pearl Django Jazz
Concert, 7 p.m. at the
Trinity Alps Performing
Arts Center, Arbuckle
Court in Weaverville.
Tickets are $15.
Presented by the
Trinity Jazz Club. Visit
Trinityjazzclub.org.
Birds of Chicago
with the Black Lillies,
7:30 p.m. at the Sierra
Nevada Brewing
Company, 1075 E 20th
Street in Chico. Tickets
are $22.50. Call 8962198.
Fiddle and roots music
jam, 1 to 3 p.m. at the
Millville Grange Hall,
20237 Old Forty Four
Drive. Presented by
California State Old Time
Fiddlers, Dist. 6. Held
the fourth Sunday of
each month. Visit www.
csotfa.org for details.
McCloud Mushroom
Fesitval. See May 25.
Juice Newton returns
to Redding, 6 p.m. at
the Cascade Theatre.
Famous for the songs
“Queen of Hearts” and
“Angel of the Morning.”
Tickets are $25 each
or four for $75 and are
available by calling
246-1292. Sponsored
by Secret Witness of
Shasta County.
Memorial Ceremony,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the
Civic Auditorium, 700
Auditorium Dr., Redding.
Admission is free. Call
229-0036.
Shasta High School
Band and Orchestra
Spring Concert, 7
p.m. at the David Marr
Theatre, 2200 Eureka
Way in Redding.
Admission is free.
The Golden Ghosts, 8
p.m. at the Vintage Wine
Bar, 1790 Market Street
in Redding. Call 2299449.
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Manzanita Band, 8 p.m.
at the Vintage Wine Bar,
1790 Market Street in
Redding. Call 229-9449.
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JUNE
24th annual Lewiston
Peddlers’ Faire, 9
a.m. to 4 p.m., in
Lewiston with antiques,
collectibles, arts and
crafts, car show, wine
tasting, kids events and
more. Call 778-0239.
After Five / May 2013 / Page 17
Old Shasta fair returns on Mother’s Day
with a new name and a new musical focus
By Jon Lewis
The Old Shasta Art Fair & Old-Time
Fiddle Jamboree, a Mother’s Day
tradition for four decades, is back after
a year’s hiatus with a new name and a
new focus.
The event, a fundraiser for the
Shasta Service Guild, is now known as
the Old Shasta Music and Art Festival
and will take place from 11 a.m. to 7
p.m. Sunday, May 12, at the ShastaMiddle Creek Mining Camp off Middle
Creek Road.
Rayola Pratt, president of the Shasta
Service Guild, said the festival will
highlight homegrown talent, locally
sourced and organic foods and crafts
from select north state artisans. Attire
befitting the legendary Old West is
encouraged.
Guests can choose from two
amphitheatres and listen to the four
bands that will be performing throughout
the day. During the intermissions, Pratt
hopes folks will take some short hikes
and explore an area rich in mining
history or check out the arts and craft
exhibits and food booths.
Jim Dyar Band
Natural grass-fed beef from Hat
Creek Grown will be featured along
with dishes prepared with free-range
chickens. Vendors will offer locally
produced honey, homemade soaps,
hand-tinctured medicinal herbs, edible
plants, handmade quilts and purses,
and similar items.
The festival, which will be the 40th
Mother’s Day event put on by the guild,
is emphasizing local, Pratt said.
“What we’re growing here as far as
musicians and farmers,” she said. “It’ll
be a little bit more natural. We’re hoping
this could turn into a very nice music
festival with a few arts and crafts booths
and food.”
Bands scheduled to perform are
Manzanita (Dick Sorenson, Nadine
Williams and Bruce Webb) at 11 a.m.;
big-band standards by the Lou White
Band at 1 p.m.; high-energy acoustic
music from Wild Bill & the Mudwhompers
at 3 p.m.; and folk-rock originals from the
Jim Dyar Band at 5 p.m.
Parking is limited at the Shasta
Mining Camp and organizers are
encouraging carpooling, bicycling and
hiking. Handicapped and some pay
parking will be available on-site and
free parking will be available at Shasta
Elementary School and at the Shasta
State Historic Park.
Admission to the festival is $10 in
advance and $15 at the gate. Tickets
are available at the Cascade Theatre
box office by calling 243-8877 or visiting
www.cascadetheatre.org.
For more information, call (530)
244-5959.
Oaksong Music Society invites singer back for her own show
The Oaksong Music Society’s indoor
concert season winds up on May 10 with a
special appearance by Rebecca Pronsky.
Pronsky opened for the Oaksong
Music Society’s show with Blame Sally
at the Pilgrim Church in March 2012. She
was so good, the Oaksong Society said
they asked her to return for a full show.
Pronsky is scheduled to perform at The
Music Connection, 3086 Bechelli Lane,
Redding. Tickets are $20 each and are on
sale at The Music Connection or by phone
at 223-2040. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. The
concert starts at 8 p.m.
Born and raised a Brooklynite,
Pronsky’s twangy urban alt-country
sound is “not afraid to be sophisticated”
said Maverick UK. National Public Radio
recently featured her tune “Hard Times” on
its Song of the Day program saying “her
voice conveys the wisdom of experience
(and) she addresses the struggles of a
generation attempting to get by.”
Pronsky, who tours with her husband
and lead guitarist Rich Bennett, has
traveled to numerous venues on both
sides of the Atlantic, including the Paradiso
(Amsterdam), the Triple Door (Seattle), the
Birchmere (DC), the Cluny (Newcastle),
Celtic Connections (Glasgow), and Falcon
Ridge Folk Festival (New York).
After this show, the Oaksong Socity
will take a summer break before returning
in October to start the 2013-2014 indoor
concert season. Among the artists already
booked are John McCutcheon, John
Gorka, Marley’s Ghost and George Cole
and Eurocana (gypsy jazz).
The Oaksong Music Society also
has been conducting a raffle for a pair
PHOTO / Maria Schriber
Rebecca Pronsky
of season tickets to all of their 20132014 indoor concerts. Raffle tickets are
available at all Oaksong Music Society
concerts and at The Music Connection.
The winner of the raffle will be drawn
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at the Pronsky show. You need not be
present to win.
For more information, visit www.
oaksongs.org or the Oaksong Music
Society’s new Facebook page.
Dogwood Daze
scheduled May 25
in Dunsmuir
Dogwood Daze, in recogntion of the
dogwood tree which was designated
as the official tree of Dunsmuir in 1985,
is scheduled to be held in that Siskiyou
County city on May 25.
The highlight of the now annual
event, said organizers, remains the
Railroad Depot Society’s pie social
at the AmTrak Depot. Last year, they
said 166 pies were sold by the early
afternoon.
Other events include a garden club
flower show and garden tour, botanical
gardens tours, a doggie parade, and
the growers market and plant sale on
Sacramento Avenue.
The Dunsmuir Chamber will again
sponsor the soapbox derby with both
an adult and children’s category. In
addtion, the traditional citywide yard
sale will be held.
For more information, visit the
Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce
website or call 235-2177.
Whitmore Mountain
Fair to benefit
the community’s
volunteer fire co.
The Whitmore Volunteer Fire
Company, Inc., is hosting their annual
fundraiser, The Whitmore Mountain Fair,
on May 18.
The Mountain Fair is a fundraiser for
the Whitmore Volunteer Fire Company,
Inc., with all proceeds directly benefitting
the fire company, organizers said.
The event includes a parade, car
show, poker run, barbecue lunch, adult
and kids’ games, bake sale, silent
auction, and live music, including the
Lindsey Thomas Band.
For further information on the
Mountain Fair see them on Facebook,
or email [email protected] or call 4721429.
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