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knock and it will be opened
LCAC
Founded
1981

website started
2002

This website maintained on dialup, and designed for dialup, like 90% of Lake County
site last
Serviced
July
1
2009
updated every Wednesday,
mostly.

Lake County Arts Kiosk
325 N. Main St., P.O. Box 247, Lakeport, CA 95453
Phone 707 263-6658
Fax 707 263-3933
NEW LAKE COUNTY POET LAUREATE
MARY McMILLAN
More Here....

Main Street Gallery
Memorial for Joan Holman at the Soper-Reese Community Theatre
2PM Please bring food to share

Joan Holman
JOAN HOLMAN
photo © Bert Hutt
click on photo to see more photos

Shortcuts to the
Near Future
See the Calendar for a more complete listing
Writing Workshop
July
2
With Mary McMillan, Poet Laureate of Lake Co; Main Street Gallery, Lakeport, 6:30 ~ 8:30, free.
First Friday Fling
Artists' Reception
July
3
The Main Street Gallery, Lakeport; 5pm - 7pm (An opportunity to meet the artists in the new show, music, refreshments)
'100 Views of Mt. Konocti Art Show'
July
3-29
Lower Lake Historic Schoolhouse Museum.
During regular museum hours.
First Saturday
Open Mic
July
4
Cafe Victoria, Lakeport, 4-6PM, free. Info, 263-3391
Second Friday Open Mic
July
10
Java Express, Clearlake, 7 PM, free
Second Friday Open Mic
July
10
The Bookkeeper, Cobb, 6:30 PM, free
Waltz with Bashir
July
12
Second Sunday Cinema
Clearlake United Methodist Church, 14521 Pearl Ave
Doors open at 5:30 PM, film starts at 6 PM  Free
July
19

2pm. Doors open 1:30pm.
$12 general, $10 KPFZ mems, under 10 free.
See the Calendar for more information
MISSION STATEMENT

The specific purpose of this corporation is to advocate, encourage and develop arts and cultural activities in Lake County by coordinating, developing, sponsoring and providing assistance in the area of arts and cultural endeavors.

Spring Dance Festival
Click the logo above for a few pictures from the Dance Festival
Past issues of ArtNotes as PDF files
January 2007
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April 2007
2.3 MB
April 2008
2.5 MB
October 2008
534 KB
Do you have an artistic skill
that you could teach to others?
Guidelines for holding classes at the Arts Council here...
application form download PDF file here 25 kb
application form download JPG file here

The Lake County Arts Council is a self-funded non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to:

In addition, we seek to have fun with and inform our membership. Being a member of the LCAC has its own rewards. Being a volunteer is more satisfying yet.


VISUAL ARTS NOTICES
Lakeside Art at
Harbor Village Artists
2009 Newsletter
Lakeside Art Galleries Lakeside Art Galleries
Call for Artists link
This is your chance! Click this link to read
calls for art,
local and world-wide, updated weekly.
EcoArts web site
EcoArts: Lake County Sculpture Walk
Starting JUNE 7th, 2009

.FOR MORE INFORMATION,
Some Photos from the 2008 sculpture walk

THEATER
BULLETINS
Lake County Theater Company logo link
Soper-Reese Community Theater link
Construction has resumed on the theatre. It is expected to be finished in three months. While the process goes on, we will try to keep you up-to-date on this page.
Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum link
Theatrical Notices of various kinds
performances, auditions, meetings, etc. Please send us your information for posting

 Whether you want to promote a public issue,
showcase local cultural events,
or create something truly original
for our community, public access cable TV is there for you to use.

Community Theater Green Room... - http://www.communitytheater.org/forum

This is a website and blog you will probably value if you love theater and are interested in theater arts.


North Bay Theater Group

Listings for theatrical
productions in neighboring
counties.


Community Theater News, Blogs and Website Links international
updated weekly pretty much.
In response to public requests, we have started a new news page about
News Articles and Blogs on the subject of Film
(mostly documentary and art film, so as to not dublicate lots of info in the commercial press)

Music Logo

Mendo Lake Singers meets at 7PM Tuesdays in the Four Square Church, 1125 Martin St., Lkprt. Ladies aged 16 and older are invited to learn to sing 4 part harmony, make new friends and have fun. Info: Chris, 263-5215 or Betty Lou, 263-4721.
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Choreographers, Teachers,
and Dance Schools of Lake County

Here.....
Dance class!
Saturday mornings 10 - 11:30
Lakeport Yoga Center
422 lakeport blvd
all skill levels welcome
Classes rotate weekly:
Jazz, Hip hop, Modern, and Ballet
8 week session: $64
Presented by The Lake County Dance Coop thedancecoop.bravehost.com or
thedancecoop@gmail.com
Call Shannon: 995.2942
Dance CoOp Newsletter here...
Konocti Fiddle Club icon  
     
The Konocti Fiddle Club plays for all occasions. more...

THE "GOLDEN FOLLIES" RETURNS TO Lake county

Once again, the dynamic Golden Follies returns to Lake County to kick up their heels at the Soper-Reese Community Theatre with a grand opening of a new production on Saturday, August 8th at 7:30 p.m. and a matinee on Sunday, August 9th at 2 p..m.. This highly energetic Las Vegas style dance group of very talented women from 55 to 86 will dazzle you with their routines and flamboyant costumes.

Konocti Dance Academy, Kumu Hula, Master, Paul K. Neves, of Hilo, HI & Hālau Ha‘a Kea o Kinohi

Please join us for an introduction to the art of Hawaiian Hula dancing.  You will be introduced to hula basics, dances in the hula auana style, and prayer song (oli) 

A Page of Dance Festival
and Dance School News
from Around the World
HERE....
NEEDED... MUSICIANS in Middletown:
Types: guitar, keyboard, wind instruments, etc who would be available for the "New Life" services at the Middletown Methodist Church on Sundays at 10 am and other opportunities to share music. It is our intent to use a variety of styles of music: new age, jazz, blues, rock, classical, traditional religious, country, original, etc.
The music should evoke connection with life, issues, spirit of love, relationships. Sight reading is not necessary.
Compensation to be confirmed based upon frequency and after review.
More here....

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Media Notices
Art Media or Media About the Arts

TV8 is there for all Lake County residents to use for any non-commercial legal purpose. Whether you want to promote a public issue, showcase local cultural events, or create something truly original for our community, public access cable TV is there for you to use.

More....

For a little bit of the last stages of the drama of getting KPFZ on the air, check out this page.

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In response to public requests,


we have started a new news page about

News Articles and Blogs on the subject of Film

The Country Joe McDonald Woodstock 40th Anniversary benefit concert for KPFZ is a go!

The date is October 17th at the Soper Reese Theatre in Lakeport. More info here...

This show has the potential to be a great event and to raise a bunch of money for KPFZ. It will require lots of help from all of us. Please contact Herb ASAP if you want to help. 350-1150

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Two poems from Sandra Wade
Writers' Circle

First Thursday of the month,
6:30-8:30 p.m. to share writings, give constructive feedback or just listen and enjoy.
With Poet Laureate Mary McMillan

Main Street Gallery
325 N. Main St., Lakeport

HEY, POETRY NOTICES!
POETRY NEWS!
LINKS TO PERIODICALS, LINKS TO BLOGS. NEWS ABOUT POETRY WORLDWIDE.
on youtube.com, Kay Ryan reads from her recent collection, "The Niagara River," at the Casa Romantica Reading ...
Poet Laureate, U.S.
New US Poet Laureate is a resident of Marin

Kay Ryan was born in California in 1945 and grew up in the small towns of the San Joaquin Valley and the Mojave Desert. She received both a bachelor's and master's degree from UCLA.

Ryan has published several collections of poetry, including The Niagara River (Grove Press, 2005); Say Uncle (2000); Elephant Rocks (1996); Flamingo Watching (1994), which was a finalist for both the Lamont Poetry Selection and the Lenore Marshall Prize; Strangely Marked Metal (1985); and Dragon Acts to Dragon Ends (1983).

For more information, try the very informative Poets.org website

CALL FOR POETRY


Three local writers are seeking your original poems and stories (under 700 words long) to publish in “Creative Expressions,” a publication in the Lake County Record-Bee. “Creative Expressions” is a unique opportunity for Lake County writers of all ages to publish original work.

Each issue is edited by three Lake County writers: Sandra Wade, Lourdes Thuesen and Mary McMillan, who will solicit and select the work to be published. If your work is selected, it will appear in the weekend edition of the newspaper, on page B-1.

Poems and stories of any kind or theme are welcome. Please send them to mtmcmillan@mac.com in the body of your e-mail. In the subject line, put “CE Submission.”

Also, do not forget the
Family Open Mics Around Clear Lake!

openmic

Of course, all of these events are free and open to the public.
More information Here....


Three Essays on Esthetics by Jim Lyle

Earlier this year, Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger appointed

Poet Laureate, Cal.
Carol Muske-Dukes California’s poet laureate.
More here.....

From Lorna Sue Sides:

Lake County Students
Lake County Youth Writes

\YouthWrites.org
It's Your Website

YouthWrites.org was created for the kids in the county to share their original writings, recordings, videos, rants, prose, poetry.....

more here.....


Lake County Writers meet from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. or 4 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at the Lower Lake Historic Schoolhouse Museum. The group welcomes interested writers of all levels and genres.

Upcoming Writers Read

(Monthly last Thurs. readings at Art Center Ukiah Annex, 7 PM)
Thurs., July 30: All open mic.
Thurs., August 27: Featured reader Claire Blotter, followed by open mic.
Thursday, September 24: Featured reader Armando Garcia-Davila, followed by open mic.
The readings begin 7 PM, Ukiah Art Cent. Annex, 203 S. State Street, Ukiah. (Next to the Corner Gallery, Church and State in downtown Ukiah.) An open mic session will follow the featured reading. Refreshments available. Donation
requested. For more info: (707) 463-6989, (707) 462-4557 or
www.artcenterukiah.org.
For more on these and other poetry events in Mendocino and northern California, see:
http://www.coloredhorse.com/WritingPoetry/PoetryEvents/index.html
www.artcenterukiah.org
www.poetryflash.org
Summer Reading Club
Kids: would you like to read & review brand new chapter books that are not even on sale yet? We're starting  a Summer Reading Club for grade school & middle school readers.  More here: Wild About Books

Digital Alley button
updated
12/24/2008

We have a new artist group from Lake County on our
Artists' Links Page,
Cobb Mountain Artists
Lake County Youth Writes
New website for young writers,
8 to 18.
Welcomes poetry and prose for the online magazine.
Page for Artists Links
If you are a Lake County artist
with your own website,
establish a mutual link with this site.
Click here for more info.
Local Arts Teachers (be included; contact us)
Cosmic Bridge This Way
watch out for hidden links
Arts License Plate
Support the arts
in California by purchasing the Arts License Plate for your car or truck. Order yours today by going to the CAC's Arts License Plate webpage.
Arts Council of Napa Valley
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Marin County Arts Council
Sonoma County arts council
Lodi Arts Commission
Napa Arts Council Callendar Link
Link to Napa Arts Council Arts & Culture Master Calendar

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