Aug. 25:
* Cheating Daylight performs at the Soper Reese Community Theatre, located at 275 S. Main St. in Lakeport. Doors open at 6 p.m. The show begins at 6:30 p.m. and includes guest performers K-Town, McKenna Faith and Matt Weiss. Special VIP sound check tickets are available at a cost of $22. These entitle ticket holders to early admission (4:30 p.m.), priority seat selection, sound check admission and an autograph session with band members. General admission costs $17. Tickets are available at the Travel Center in the Shoreline Shopping Center, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Theater box office is open from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Fridays and two hours before show time on the day of any event. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.soperreesetheatre.com.
* Open mic takes place at 8:30 p.m. on the last Saturday of the month in Harbin Restaurant at Harbin Hot Springs outside Middletown. Although the event is free, Harbin gate entrance and membership fees apply. For more information, visit www.harbin.org.
Aug. 25 and 26:
* The second annual Festival of the First Harvest takes place from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Tuscan Village Winery, located at 16175 Main St. in Lower Lake. Cost of admission is $5. The event includes food, drinks, music and entertainment. Scheduled presenters include neo-pagan/fantasy author Diana Paxson and actor Jon DeCles, with special guests Lair of the Witchdragon belly dancers, Divination of the Damned, Righteous Vibrations, Anthony Jones, Riki Chen and STRYK9. For more information email paganfest11@yahoo.com.
Aug. 26:
* Soper Reese Community Theatre and KPFZ 88.1 FM co-present “Lake County Live!,” a live radio variety program that takes place at 6 p.m. on the last Sunday of the month. The program is staged at the theater before a live audience. Admission costs $5. The show is modeled after “A Prairie Home Companion,” with live local music, comedy, skits and surprises. Listeners are invited to come out to the theater or tune in via the radio or online via kpfz.org.
Sept. 3:
* The Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake presents the sixth annual Blue Wing Blues Festival, featuring two bands and a gourmet barbecue dinner beginning at 5:45 p.m. Cost of admission is $55 including tax. For more information call 275-2244, ext. 0 or visit www.tallmanhotel.com/.
Sept. 6:
* Writer”s group meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month at the Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St. in Lakeport. Facilitated by Mary McMillan, Lake County poet laureate emeritus. Information: mtmcmillan@mac.com. This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.
Sept. 7:
* First Friday Fling, 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Lake County Arts Council”s Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St. in Lakeport. Meet the artists who are exhibiting in the gallery. For information, call 263-6658.
Sept. 9:
* Second Sunday Cinema meets on the second Sunday each month at the Clearlake United Methodist Church, 14521 Pearl Ave., to view interesting, thought-provoking films. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., screening at 6 p.m. There is no charge to attend. Information: 279-2957.
Sept. 12:
* Lake County Writers Group meets from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at the Lower Lake Historic Schoolhouse Museum. The group welcomes writers of all levels and genres. No dues or fees. For more information, call Vicki Werkley at 995-1228.
Sept. 21:
* The Art House Gallery, located at 15210 Lakeshore Drive in Clearlake, hosts an art reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. For more information, call 994-1716.
* Third Friday Live presents Sixty Fingers at the Soper Reese Community Theatre. Cost of admission is $10. The box office is open from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Fridays and for two hours before show time on the day of the event. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.soperreesetheatre.com.
Sept. 29:
* Open mic takes place at 8:30 p.m. on the last Saturday of the month in Harbin Restaurant at Harbin Hot Springs outside Middletown. Although the event is free, Harbin gate entrance and membership fees apply. For more information, visit www.harbin.org.
Sept. 30:
* Soper-Reese Community Theatre and KPFZ 88.1 FM co-present “Lake County Live!,” a live radio variety program that takes place at 6 p.m. on the last Sunday of the month. The program is staged at the theater before a live audience. Admission costs $5. The show is modeled after “A Prairie Home Companion,” with live local music, comedy, skits and surprises. Listeners are invited to come out to the theater or tune in via the radio or online via kpfz.org. ****
Oct. 4:
* Writer”s group meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month at the Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St. in Lakeport. Facilitated by Mary McMillan, Lake County poet laureate emeritus. Information: mtmcmillan@mac.com. This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.
Oct. 5:
* First Friday Fling, 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Lake County Arts Council”s Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St. in Lakeport. Meet the artists who are exhibiting in the gallery. For information, call 263-6658.
Oct. 10:
* Lake County Writers Group meets from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at the Lower Lake Historic Schoolhouse Museum. The group welcomes writers of all levels and genres. No dues or fees. For more information, call Vicki Werkley at 995-1228. ****
Oct. 14:
* Second Sunday Cinema meets on the second Sunday each month at the Clearlake United Methodist Church, 14521 Pearl Ave., to view interesting, thought-provoking films. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., screening at 6 p.m. There is no charge to attend. Information: 279-2957. ****
Oct. 19:
* The Art House Gallery, located at 15210 Lakeshore Drive in Clearlake, hosts an art reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. For more information, call 994-1716.
* Third Friday Live presents Will Siegel and Friends at the Soper Reese Community Theatre. Cost of admission is $10. The box office is open from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Fridays and for two hours before show time on the day of the event. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.soperreesetheatre.com.
Oct. 27:
* Open mic takes place at 8:30 p.m. on the last Saturday of the month in Harbin Restaurant at Harbin Hot Springs outside Middletown. Although the event is free, Harbin gate entrance and membership fees apply. For more information, visit www.harbin.org. ****
Nov. 1:
* Writer”s group meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month at the Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St. in Lakeport. Facilitated by Mary McMillan, Lake County poet laureate emeritus. Information: mtmcmillan@mac.com. This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.
Nov. 2:
* First Friday Fling, 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Lake County Arts Council”s Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St. in Lakeport. Meet the artists who are exhibiting in the gallery. For information, call 263-6658.
Nov. 16:
* The Art House Gallery, located at 15210 Lakeshore Drive in Clearlake, hosts an art reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. For more information, call 994-1716. ****
Dec. 6:
* Writer”s group meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month at the Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St. in Lakeport. Facilitated by Mary McMillan, Lake County poet laureate emeritus. Information: mtmcmillan@mac.com. This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.
Dec. 7:
* First Friday Fling, 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Lake County Arts Council”s Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St. in Lakeport. Meet the artists who are exhibiting in the gallery. For information, call 263-6658.
Jan. 3, 2013:
* Writer”s group meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month at the Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St. in Lakeport. Facilitated by Mary McMillan, Lake County poet laureate emeritus. Information: mtmcmillan@mac.com. This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.
Jan. 4:
* First Friday Fling, 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Lake County Arts Council”s Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St. in Lakeport. Meet the artists who are exhibiting in the gallery. For information, call 263-6658.
Feb. 2:
* Writer”s group meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month at the Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St. in Lakeport. Facilitated by Mary McMillan, Lake County poet laureate emeritus. Information: mtmcmillan@mac.com. This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation. ******
Recurring:
Sundays:
* Writer”s Wordshop, 6 p.m. Sundays at Harbin Hot Springs, facilitated by former Lake County Poet Laureate Russell Reza-?Khaliq Gonzaga. The event is free but Harbin gate entrance and membership fees apply. Information: www.harbin.org/monthly.htm.
Mondays:
* Monday Blues, 6:30 to 9 p.m. every Monday at the Blue Wing Saloon Restaurant in Upper Lake. Information: 275-2233 or www.BlueWingSaloon.com.
Tuesdays:
* Tribal bellydance classes, 6:45 to 8 p.m. at The Gym, 15875 Dam Road Extension in Clearlake. Per-class fee is $10, half-off for gym members. For more information, call Suzie at (215) 353-6251.
* Mendo-Lake Singers (part of Sweet Adelines International) invites women to its weekly rehearsals, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Four Square Church, 1125 Martin St. in Lakeport. Information: Christine at 263-5215 or Betty Lou at 263-4721.
Thursdays:
* Open mic, 7 to 10 p.m. every Thursday at Ty”s Blues and Food.
Fridays:
* Blanka Doren teaches an art class at 1 p.m. every Friday at the Lakeport Senior Center. Information: 263-4218.
Email event listings to Arts Editor Cynthia Parkhill, RBinFocus@gmail.com. All telephone numbers are within the 707 area code unless otherwise noted.
The Arts and Entertainment calendar runs as space permits each Thursday in the Lake County Record-Bee. E-mail event listings to Arts Editor Cynthia Parkhill, RBinFocus@gmail.com (no attachments, please). All telephone numbers are within the (707) area codeunless otherwise noted.
