Mendocino College seeks 10-minute scripts
UKIAH — Mendocino College is currently seeking short plays by local authors to be produced on campus this spring.
English professor Jody Gehrman and acting teacher Maria Monti will use short plays written by local authors to give directing, acting and writing students a hands-on experience of the joys and challenges of working with new scripts, which will be produced in the college”s annual New Plays Festival.
This production of student-written scripts is now in its ninth year and the event has become a highlight of the college”s annual theater season.
Anybody residing in Lake, Sonoma or Mendocino counties is eligible to submit an original play. The deadline for submissions is Valentine”s Day, Feb. 14.
There are no limitations in terms of theme or content, but small casts of two to five characters and minimal technical requirements are recommended for optimal chances at production. Scripts should have a running time of no longer than 10 minutes. For more information or to submit a play, contact 468-3150 or jgehrman@mendocino.edu. Participants can also mail their plays to 1000 Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah, CA 95482, Attention: Jody Gehrman.
Free proctoring available at Lakeport Library
LAKEPORT — Free proctering is available to students who need a proctor for online college exams at the Lakeport Library, 1425 High St. Proctors are generally available on Thursday afternoons. For more information, contact the Lakeport Library at 263-8817. Donations for this service are graciously accepted by Friends of the Lake County Library.
EcoArts accepting entries for Outdoor Sculpture Walk
MIDDLETOWN — EcoArts of Lake County invites artists to apply for a spot in the ninth annual EcoArts: Lake County Sculpture Walk at the 107-acre Middletown County Trailside Park. Submission applications must be received by March 15.
Organizers will choose temporary works with strong artistic merit made from and/or relating to nature. The sculptures will be sited along both sides of a 3/8-mile central trail through meadows and woodland. Works will be installed from May 21 through 29 and be removed Oct. 8 through 16. A large public reception will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 11 at the park.
There is a $15 submission fee for each entry; however, EcoArts will waive the fees for schools and community groups. Applications and information is also available at the Lake County Arts Council”s Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main Street in Lakeport.
EcoArts of Lake County is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to promoting visual art opportunities for the residents and visitors of Lake County, California. Learn more at www.EcoArtsofLakeCounty.org or contact Karen Turcotte at 928-0323 or Karenturcotte@yahoo.com.
Basketry scholar to present lecture
UKIAH — Basketry scholar Ralph Shanks will offer an illustrated lecture that compares Southern California Indian basketry traditions with those of Central and Northern California, 2 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Grace Hudson Museum.
The lecture will be followed by a reception and signing of Shanks” newly-published book, “California Indian Baskets: San Diego to Santa Barbara and Beyond to the San Joaquin Valley, Mountains, and Deserts.”
Shanks has previously published a volume focusing on the basketry traditions of Central California and is now working on a companion volume about the basketry of Northern California Indian peoples. Shanks has conducted research in the field for more than two decades with the nation”s foremost scholars as well as with California Indian weavers and elders. He and his wife, photographer and conservationist Lisa Woo Shanks, are co-authors of “North American Indian Travel Guide,” a comprehensive guide to Native American cultural events nationwide.
For more information contact the Grace Hudson Museum at 467-2836 or go to www.gracehudsonmuseum.org. The Grace Hudson Museum is at 431 S. Main St. in Ukiah.
LLHS to host Renaissance festivities
LOWER LAKE — The Lower Lake High School music program presents a Renaissance dinner feast. The two-day event takes place March 4 and 5 in the multi-purpose room.
The menu features wassail cup, pottage, English roasted turkey, sausage, string beans and sweets.
Music, festivities, entertainment and pageantry are set to highlight the interactive event. Tickets cost $25 per person for pre-sale and $35 at the door. For information, contact Cydney Dixon at 994-6471, ext. 2779.
ukiaHaiku Festival accepting submissions
UKIAH — North Coast poets of all ages are invited to submit haiku poems to the ninth annual ukiaHaiku festival and competition.
Submissions are free-of-charge except for the Jane Reichhold International Prize category, which has a fee of $5 for up to three poems. Awards in this category will be given in the amounts of $100, $50 and $25 for first-, second- and third-place respectively.
Winning poems in all categories will also be published in a booklet that will be awarded to winners as well as sold to the general public.
The festival and awards ceremony will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. May 1 at SPACE Theater, located at 508 W. Perkins St. at Bush Street in Ukiah.
For more information, visit www.ukiahaiku.org. Submission forms are available on the website as well as at the Grace Hudson Museum, 431 S. School St. in Ukiah.
Haiku submissions must be postmarked or submitted through the web form by March 11. For more information, contact Theresa Whitehill, Poet Laureate of Ukiah, 462-4557, haiku@ukiahaiku.org.
