Ukiah Daily Journal du lieu suivant : Ukiah, California • Page 10

10 THURSDAY, AUG. 12, 1993 Billboard THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL To report local MauntMi Connor-Rtee, 468-9526 WHAT'S PLAYING TONIGHT REDWOOD EMPIRE PAIR, Opens tonight at 5 p.m. and runs through Sunday. Ukiah fairgrounds. $6.

MIKE FENDER, 7 p.m., Sunset Grill. George Arthur on saxophorte. No cover. UKIAH PROMENADERS, 7 p.m., Zeek School, 1060 N. Bush St.

Frank KARAOKE, 9:00 p.m., Samoa Club and Steak House, 2147 N. State St. ROCK AND ROLL DANCE MUSIC, 9:30 p.m., Ukiah Garden Cafe, 1090-A S. State St. Music by DJ Ken Steely, Thursdays through August.

ANNWYN, Caspar Inn, Caspar. $5. CAMPFIRE PROGRAM, 8:30 p.m., Bushay Amphitheater, Lake Mendoclno. Games, stories, movie, "Roots of the Nation." FRIDAY REDWOOD EMPIRE FAIR, Through Sunday. Ukiah fairgrounds.

$6. CAMPFIRE PROGRAM, 8:30 p.m., Lake Mendocino Bushay Amphitheater, songs, movie, "Way of the Trout." CAMPRRE PROGRAM, 8:45 p.m., Lake Mendocino Kyen Amphitheater, slide show, "Makings of a Forest." CHRIS JACOBSEN CLASSICAL GUITAR, 8:30 p.m., North State Cafe, 247, N. State St. MIRROR IMAGE, 5 p.m. summer concert including three other bands at Low Gap Park.

OPEN MIKE NIGHT, 9 p.m., Hopland Brewery, Highway 101, Hopland. THE COYOTES, 9:00 p.m., Samoa Club and Steak House, 2147 N. State St. ROCK AND BOWL, 10 p.m., Yokayo Bowl, 1401 N. State St.

DJs Charlie Wright, Ken Steely and Scott Bradley. ALL REQUEST DJ, TODD ROSEN, 9 p.m., Sunset Grill. Tropical Island night and costume party. THE MOVE AND MIKE THE MUSTANGS, Caspar Inn, Caspar. $5: SATURDAY REDWOOD EMPIRE FAIR, Through Sunday.

Ukiah fairgrounds. $6. OVER 40 DANCE, 7 p.m., Ukiah Senior Center, 495 Leslie St. SHOW OF HANDS, Local crafts exhibit at the Grace Hudson Museum, through Jan. 9.

Wednesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sundays, noon to 4:30 p.m. PAINTINGS BY VIRGINIA LIEN FITCH, Exhibited at the new Community Gallery at the Mendocino County Museuam, Willits. Through Sept. 4.

Open Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BENEFIT SUMMER CARNIVAL AND CONCERT, Noon to 7 p.m., Mill Creek Park, music, food, crafts, benefits the Mendocino Environmental Center. $8. CAMPRRE PROGRAM, 8:30 p.m., Lake Mendocino Bushay Amphitheater, songs, movie, "Big Horn." THEATER AT THE LAKE, 8:30 p.m., Lake Mendocino Pomo Day Use Center, lecture, movie on Pomo basketry.

OLDIES ROCK AND ROLL, 9:30 p.m., Yokayo Bowl, 1401 N. State St. THE COYOTES, 9:00 p.m., Samoa Club and Steak House, 2147 N. State St. ALL REQUEST DJ, TODD ROSEN, 9 p.m., Sunset Grill.

THE SAM ANDREW BAND, Caspar Inn, Caspar. $7. SUNDAY REDWOOD EMPIRE FAIR, Through Sun- clay. Ukiah fairgrounds. $6.

MOOSE LODGE COUNTRY BREAKFAST, 8 a.m. to noon, Moose Lodge Hall, 1282 S. State St. PAPER, FIBER AND PAINT, 2 p.m. Exhibit opening at Made in Mendocino Gallery In the Fetzer Tasting Room, Hopland.

Daily through Sept. 30. ALL REQUEST COUNTRY, 9 p.m., Sunset Grill. With Chuck Roast. TRIBUTE TO ELVIS, 10 a.m., with Chuck Savage, KUKI Radio.

If you have an event coming up, submit a prees releaae picture, two weeks before the event If possible. Send Information to Ukifth Dally Journal, P.O. Box 749, Ukiah. 95482, attention Maureen Connor-Rice, entertainment editor. The "Mendocino All Stars," left, are among the bands heading for Mill Creek Park above Talmage for a Sunday afternoon and evening carnival and concert to benefit the Mendocino Environmental Center.

Other performers will include Will "Guitar" Slegal with his band "Willy and the Nighthawks," Marilyn DeFrange and friends, Judl Barl, Alicia Little Tree, Todd Cinnamon, Ede Morris, Darryl Cherney, the trio "Hope, Harmony and Legal Advice," and "Albion Mary" Korte. The day begins at noon and Is scheduled to run until 7 p.m. Besides the continuous entertainment will be fine food, drink, local arts and crafts, and T- shlrts. Admission Is $8, $6 for MEG members. REVIEW 'Love Letters' is real life By BERNA CLAIRE For Journal When a hard-boiled theater reviewer goes through three Kleenexes after a show, then continues to be misty-eyed for the next two hours, you can be certain she saw a tremendously powerful production.

What activated this writer's water works was Mendocino Theater Company's "Love Letters," currently in repertory with "Independence." Don't get me wrong. "Love Letters" isn't sentimental slop. It's simply the life stories of Andrew Makepeace Ladd and Melissa Gardner, as revealed through their correspondence. They begin writing each other notes when they're in second grade, and they continue sorry, you'll have to see the production to find out when the letters stop. We leave "Love Letters" with a deep sense of beauty, understanding of the human condition, and intimate knowledge of Andy and Melissa.

Their lifetime of opening to each other has broken down our own ego defenses and walls. As we watched actors Susan Maeder and Doug Warner (the first of a rotating groups of actors) grow from childhood to late middle age, we weren't aware of any acting. Parts of A.R. Gurney's script may have been autobiographical, because he included details about Connecticut and New York which would have been unknown to anyone who hadn't actually lived there. Director Ayn Ruymen is doing something bold and innovative.

She has chosen four separate casts for "Love Letters." She explained that changing casts not only gives more people an opportunity to perform, but also gives various acting partners a chance to discover how they connect and the nature of their individual powers. Lyn Honzel and Ron Atwood will be Melissa and Andy Aug. 16, 17, 18; Ruby Bell and Jim Hay Aug. Monica Landry and Lee Edmundson Aug. 30 and 31.

Performances are held at the Schoeni Theater of the Mendocino Art Center at 8 p.m. Tickets are $9. For more information call (707) 937.4477. Brewery sees in 10 with auction, dancers, fun The Mendocino Brewing Company will be celebrating 10 years of brewing in Hopland this weekend. Among the activities will be a performance by the famed Morris Dancers, whose traditional barley fertility dance and ale blessing is a thing of beauty.

The dancers will perform from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the brewery on Highway 101. An auction is scheduled for 3 p.m. to raise funds for local charities. Items to be auctioned include 12 framed posters by the painter William Wiley, each signed by the artist; several collector's items including a rare wooden beer case from the defunct New Albion Brewery; two 9-liter bottles of the Eye of the Hawk Select Ale; a "history of Red Tail Ale," professionally matted and framed; and two cases of commemorative Red Tail Ale magnums.

Proceeds from the auction will go to the Hopland Volunteer Fire Department and the Ukiah chapter of the American Red Cross. The Morris Dancers will be performing at the Mendocino Brewing Company Saturday. Elvis featured in radio show Well known airwave personality Chuck Savage will team up with KUKI Radio to bring local listeners four solid hours of rock 'n' roll music by Elvis Aaron Presley. The 7th Annual Tribute to the King will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sunday with Savage at the controls. "This time around we're going to have more music and fewer interviews," said Savage, who also promised to honor song requests submitted in time for him to find the desired recording. "If someone makes a legitimate request for a song that's out there and I don't find it, I'll eat their hat," Savage said. The Elvis tribute will feature songs from throughout his three-decade career and will include some rare and unreleased material including a never-released recording of "One Night of Sin," recorded in the early 60s. The radio broadcast can be heard on 103.3 FM in Mendocino County, 97.1 FM in Lake County, and on 1400 AM.

Requests can be made by calling 463-5868 or 463-KUKI. Elvis Presley news Dance class set to begin at college The History and Appreciation of Dance will be taught at Mendocino College in Ukiah this fall when classes begin Aug. 18. The three-unit class is a historical survey of dance from the earliest human experience to the present. Leslie Saxon West will teach the class Wendesdays 6-9 p.m.

West, who holds a master's degree in dance education, began her teaching career in dance 12 years ago. She oversees the college dance department and is fouader and director of the Mendocino College Repertory Dance Company. The course will also be offered in Lakeport on Tuesday afternoons, 2-5 p.m. The course meets a general education requirement for those interested in transfer courses. Interested individuals may call West at 468-3079 for further information about the class, or they may register Monday-Thursday, 9 p.m.

and Fridays 9 a.m.-4p.m. on the college campus in Ukiah or at the Willits or Lakeport Centers. Feast for jazz and food lovers in Boonville The first Mendocino Jazz Feast to be held Saturday at the Boonville Fairgrounds is certain to be a feast for the ears and for the palate. The late afternoon event is a benefit to save the Mendocino County Fm and Apple Show, one of the few remaining old time country fairs, now under the budget ax in Sacramento. The jazz begins at4pjn.

with pianist Alan Broadbent, sax player Gary Foster and bassist "Putter" Smith. They will be followed by Karrin Allyson and Her Trio. After a 6 p.m. dinner intermission, the Gene Harris Quartet will take the stage. The Pancho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band will round out the evening of entertainment.

In additon to a world class lineup of acoustic' mainstream and Latin jazz by well known Concord Jazz recording artists, the event will feature Anderson Valley wines, Mendocino County beers and cuisine by some of Mendocino County's most prominent chefs. For those who would like lawn tables close to the stage and a culinary feast to accompany their music feast, $100 per person Patron tickets will purchase not only the evenning of jazz, but also a dinner prepared by chefs from Cafe Beaujolais, Fetzer's Food and Wine Center at Valley Oaks, Floodgate Store and Grille, Heritage House, MacCallum House Restaurant and the Old Coast Hotel. Just jazz tickets will sell for $25 and food concessions are extra. Tickets are available through BASS outlets. For more information, call 895-3011.

New crafts exhibit opens at Grace Hudson Museum "A Show of Hands: The Crafts of Mendocino County," opening Saturday and scheduled to run through Jan. 9, 1994 at the Grace Hudson Museum, will feature a juried exhibition of Mendocino County crafts. The public is invited to the opening reception at the museum on Saturday, from 5 to 8 p.m. Developed by guest curator Holly Brackmann and Doug Browe in collaboration with the Hudson Museum staff, "A Show of Hands" celebrates 'The Year of American Craft Mendocino County's celebration features an exhibit of the work of 52 of its artists, selected from 100 entries. Jurors for the show are Leslie Ferrin, a Massachusetts gallery owner, Jan Janeiro, a textile artist and professor at the California College of Arts Crafts and George Blake, a Hupa-Yurok craftsman who recently received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and has shown his work at the Brooklyn and Oakland Museums.

jurors accepted a variety of handwork including ceramics, textiles, woodwork and mixed media. Many communities in Mendocino County are represented in the show: Elk, Laytonville, Philo, Albion, Point Arena, Mendocino, Fort Bragg, Ukiah, Willits, Redwood Valley and Calpella. Artists and the public are welcome to attend a pre- reception workshop scheduled from 1 to 3 pjn. Saturday. The West Enterprise Center is sponsoring Juror Leslie Ferrin's discussion on the subject of marketing crafts.

The workshop and reception are free to the public. The exhibit officially opens later in the day with a 5 p.m. reception for the artists and public. Kohn Properties, the new venture of the Fetzer families, is sponsoring an array of hors d'oeuvres. Wines provided by Fetzer Vineyards will supplement the food presentation.

Participating artist Vincent Carleton will give a reading entitled "The Use of Art." Artists Wayne Knight and Tom Liden will be on hand to sign the. poster they created for the exhibit. An arts grant from Fetzer Vineyards has provided substantial funding for "A Show of Hands." The Grace Hudson Museum free to the public Wednesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays, noon 4:30 p.m.

It is located at 431 S. Main Street in Ukiah, behind the Sun House. Earthenware by Jan Hoyman will be among the featured crafts in "A Show of Hands.".