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AFTER FIVET H E N O R T H S T A T E M A G A Z I N EMARCH 2019 / 32nd Year / No. 5 THE NEWS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT MONTHLY

JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH JR. IN ANDERSON - PAGE 5

SIERRA HULLSierra Hull’s path to bluegrass stardom came almost by accident. A child prodigy, Hull released

perform in concert at Red Bluff’s State Theatre on

SALUTE TO THE BANDTwo free-wheeling swing bands with a predilection for improvisation will gather later this month to

anniversary of The Band, one of the pioneers of roots music. Both the Hot Club of Cowtown, pictured above, and Dustbowl Revival will be on stage March 28 for the concert at the Cascade Theatre. See page 2

ANTSY McCLAINAlthough he’s no stranger to the north state, Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours will

the Oaksong Music Society brings McClain and his group to Redding’s Pilgrim Congregational

ON THE COVER

/ March 2019 / After Five

By Jon LewisTwo free-wheeling swing bands

with a predilection for improvisation will gather later this month to pool their collective talents and mark the 50th anniversary of The Band, one of the pioneers of roots music.

Both the Hot Club of Cowtown and Dustbowl Revival have plenty to say on their own behalf—and they’ll generously dip into their own catalogs—but the opportunity to acknowledge The Band’s infl uence was too good to pass up, leaders of both bands told After Five in advance of the March 28 concert at the Cascade Theatre.

“We have always been sort of a shape-shifting musical experiment,” Zach Lupetin said of his eight-member Dustbowl Revival. “We have so much affection for the whole spectrum of American roots music, from jazz in New Orleans, Western swing in Texas, Appalachian music, blues in Chicago, the ‘60s folk scene in Laurel Canyon…

“We’ve tried to fi nd a way to merge all the music I love into one band. In many ways, The Band, in the ‘60s, was a precursor of what we’re trying to do, to marry these beautiful folk traditions into one band,” Lupetin said. It was “roots rock ‘n’ roll that had a party spirit to it, not just stoic folk songs. A real driving beat. It’s a very cool thing to honor their music and integrate our music into theirs. It’s been a fun journey learning their music and bringing it to a whole new generation.”

(The Band was together from 1967 to 1976. With songs like “The Weight”—ranked 41st on Rolling Stone’s list of Top 500 greatest songs of all time—“Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” The Band is credited with infl uencing such musical artists as the Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Costello, Elton John, Phish and Pink Floyd.)

Elena James, who plays fi ddle and sings with Hot Club of Cowtown, said her trio has been friends with the Dustbowl outfi t for years. After sharing the stage at an event, the idea was fl oated of a joint tour that celebrates the infl uence of The Band.

Hot Club, which has been together for 21 years, even recorded a seven-song EP, “Crossing the Great Divide,” as part of the tribute to The Band. Having already built up a fan base due to exuberant live shows and a musical style The Times of London called “at that crossroads where country meets jazz and chases the blues away,” James said fashioning a show as a nod to The Band was appealing.

“We’ve been touring for so long we’ve learned that when you structure something specifi c it’s fun for the fans,” James said. “It’s something new to look at historical things and infl uences.”

As a classically trained violinist growing up in Kansas City, James said she didn’t get much of a chance to listen to The Band or other roots rockers. However, her guitarist, Whit Smith, “grew up listening to all kinds of stuff” and bassist Jake Erwin was a fan as well.

After an opportunity to perform in Bob Dylan’s touring band in 2005 and having Hot Club open for him during a 2006 tour, James said she “got a taste of things.”

Hot Club of Cowtown had already taken a deep dive into the world of swing and the intricate, swirling world of Gypsy jazz as evidenced by the 2011 release “What Makes Bob Holler,” a collection of Western standards popularized by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, and 2013’s “Rendezvous in Rhythm,” a gathering of American Songbook standards and Gypsy-infl uenced jazz in the style of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli.

James said she balanced her classical upbringing with a love of all things Western, and when she got a taste of that fi ddle-happy Western swing, “it was an incredible hybrid of all the things I loved the most,” she said. “I’d always been attracted to more spontaneous music making. For any improvising player it’s a dream scenario. I was lucky enough to fi nd

Whit and Jake.”Zupetin’s musical journey began

with the violin as well but he switched to the electric bass in high school. Songwriting became his obsession, “which is a bit hard to do on an electric bass,” and he gravitated toward acoustic guitar while attending college at the University of Michigan.

A move to Los Angeles in 2008 and an ad posted on Craigslist for musicians interested in both brass band and string band traditions led to the formation of Dustbowl Revival.

With a trumpet and trombone in

the lineup, Dustbowl Revival mines the depths of Dixieland jazz and freely ventures into New Orleans-fl avored funk to fl avor its roots-infused rock and soul sound.

If you’re going: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at

the Cascade Theatre. Tickets are $35 to $39 and available by calling 243-8877 or visiting www.cascadetheatre.org.

The two groups also will be at Laxson Auditorium in Chico on March 29. Visit chicoperformances.com

Groups blend Gypsy jazz and Western swing to honor roots rocking royalty - The Band

Dustbowl Revival, above, and Hot Club of Cowtown, below, will join together to salute the music of The Band.PHOTO / Talley Media

After Five / March 2019 /


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The South Shasta County Youth Arts and the South Shasta County Children’s Chorus present Roald Dahl’s “James and the Giant Peach JR.” March 27-30 at the Anderson Union High School Performing Arts Center. Based on one of Dahl’s most poignantly quirky stories, James and the Giant Peach JR. is a brand new take on this “masterpeach” of a tale. When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that grows a tremendous peach, rolls into the ocean and launches a journey of enormous proportions. James befriends a collection of singing insects that ride the giant piece of fruit across the ocean, facing hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements along the way. Tickets for the production are available online at sscya.org. For more information visit the website or call 365-2741, ext. 20045.

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The North State Symphony celebrates the very best of the symphonic pops tradition with a “Tribute to Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra” at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 22, at Laxson Auditorium in Chico, and at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 23, at the State Theatre in Red Bluff.

NSS will perform fun and entertaining classical music popularized in movies, commercials, and patriotic gatherings and which will be instantly recognizable, even to someone who has never attended a symphonic concert before.

Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture will be featured, a piece that Tchaikovsky self- deprecatingly described as “very loud and noisy and completely without artistic merit,” and that Boston Pops once performed with both a live cannon and a fi reworks display.

Other selections run from Grieg’s 1875 composition “In the Hall of the Mountain King” (popularized in fi lms and TV shows like “The Social Network,”

“Trolls” and “Inspector Gadget”), to Anderson’s “The Typewriter” (made famous by Jerry Lewis), to Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance.”

“The Boston Pops under Arthur Fiedler set the gold standard for the orchestral pops format,” Scott Seaton, NSS music director and conductor, said. “With creative ways of performing and presenting classical music, they helped broaden its appreciation, changing its perception from something stiff, unapproachable, and cloaked in fancy concert halls and formal wear, to something totally accessible that anyone could enjoy in an informal and fun atmosphere.”

Tickets are available for the Chico show at the University Box Offi ce or at chicostatetickets.com. Tickets for the Red Bluff performance, which is part of the Tehama Concert Series, are $30 for adults, $10 for students under 25, and may only be purchased at the box offi ce the day of the concert. Call 727-8727.

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President Donald Trump loves him some wall. Not

Not that karmic wall of wasting all his political capital sucking up to superstitious xenophobes. Nor the huge self-erected wall that keeps him from learning or uttering or even caring about the truth. No, not those thick as a brick walls.

described as being “big and beautiful, see-through, transparent, steel slats, concrete, fences, barriers,

So Peaches, it is.

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to back in December, before he got chastised

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Peaches. He just gets a kick out of talking about her. To goose his base into roaring and cheering while

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By Aaron Williams

Sierra Hull’s path to bluegrass stardom came almost by accident.

A child prodigy, Hull got a fi ddle for Christmas as a child, but couldn’t properly play the full-size instrument. But her father had a mandolin and showed her some chords since the two instruments are very similar, expect the mandolin has eight strings instead of the fi ddle’s four.

“He taught me a tune and I fell in love with it,” Hull said recently from Ann Arbor, Mich., where’s she’s in the middle of a tour that makes a stop at Red Bluff’s State Theatre on March 28. Tickets are available at www.statethreatreredbluff.com.

Growing up, Hull had always been musically inclined, but she and her parents realized early on that she had a gift. She released her fi rst album “Angel Mountain” at age 10 and has been recording music ever since. Her 2016 release “Weighted Mind” was Grammy nominated and produced by Bela Fleck.

“I had wonderful support from my parents, but they were very much realistic,” she said. “They never pushed me, but encouraged me to work hard.

“I remember my dad saying ‘You play great for a 10 year old, but one day you’re going to be 16 and you don’t want to be playing like a 10 year old then.”

Hull laughs about the exchange, but adds that she realized that her folks didn’t have a lot of money

growing up in tiny Byrdstown, Tenn., and that they encouraged her to pursue her passion because they worked jobs that weren’t their passions.

“I’m grateful for all their support,” Hull said.

And she’s grateful to have been blessed to have put out four albums, played at amazing venues like Carnegie Hall, the White House and the Grand Ole Opry.

“I remember sitting in church singing, because that’s what people did on Sundays in Tennessee, we sang in church,” she said. “And while there’s moments when I think of all I’ve accomplished, I don’t ever think I’ve made it. There’s always a new goal.”

And some of those include playing and making music with folks who inspire and push her as a musician – people like Sam Reider, who is opening the Red Bluff show.

“I think making an effort to surround myself with musicians who inspire me is huge,” she said. “We

play a lot and you owe it to your audience to not play on autopilot.

“That’s why I’ve invited friends and musicians I admire to tour with me … guys like Sam, who’s a great piano accordion player.”

Hull has been in the public eye for more than half her life and drawn praise from Americana and bluegrass heavyweights like Fleck and Hull’s idol, Allison Krauss.

“I would draw pictures of me and her on stage when I was young,” Hull said about Krauss. “And now I have photos of me and her on stage at the Grand Ole Opry.”

Growing up, Hull was like most teens and preteens. “I think my fi rst CD was Britney Spears ‘Oops, I Did It Again,’” she said. But then she gravitated toward Americana music because she was exposed to that at an early age.

“My parents like ‘80s rock, but I think there’s something to be said about Americana and bluegrass,” Hull said. “There’s a pureness that’s unlike any other music.”

“I remember my dad saying ‘You play great for a

10 year old, but one day you’re going to be 16 and

you don’t want to be playing like a 10 year old then.’”

- Sierra Hull on how her parents didn’t push her but did encourage

her to work hard

Sierra Hull at the State Theatre March 28

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-From Page 8

32, his brother and 61-year-old mother argued over the salty snacks, Wyatt went outside, locked his family inside the home, poured gasoline on the front

WGCL-TV.

the mother down from a second-story window, and both escaped without in-jury.

Wyatt, who had reportedly been en-joying some adult beverages with his Cheez-Its, was taken into custody at the scene and charged with arson and criminal damage to property.

At Towson University in Maryland,

wandering around campus, showing coeds a photo of her son and asking

Awkward! The woman, thought to be in her 50s, staked out the Cook Library and the Center for the Arts in hopes of securing a love connection for her son, reported the Baltimore Sun.

Towson police are hoping to identify her, not so they can arrest her, but to ask her to stop.

Jason Mackenrodt, 37, was making his getaway after robbing the Bangor Savings Bank in Waterville, Maine.

He scrambled across four lanes of

lot – where he slipped on the ice and sprawled on the ground, right in front of Maine State Police Special Agent Glenn Lang, who was sitting in his parked car.

been robbed, but he became suspi-cious when “the money and the gun he had stashed in his jacket pocket spilled onto the parking lot,” Police Chief Jo-seph Massey told the Morning Senti-nel.

(The weapon turned out to be a BB gun.)

Lang tackled Mackenrodt and took him into custody as police were re-sponding at the bank.

Mackenrodt was charged with rob-bery and terrorizing.

Julian R. Mitchell, 20, tried to use a debit card from a wallet he had stolen at a Nashville, Tennessee, bar, accord-ing to WZTV.

But a fraud alert tipped off bar em-ployees that the card had been lost or stolen, so they asked for photo ID.

according to the Davidson County ar-

that the photo was not of him because of the difference in height.

Mitchell, who strangely resembles a Ken doll, with blond hair, a red beard and black eyebrows, was charged with

other cards belonging to the same vic-tim in the wallet.

Passengers on an 12-hour Air

a man seated in the bulkhead row boarded the plane, then removed his pants and socks, settling into his seat in just his boxers and a T-shirt.

Sitting across the aisle from him, passenger Lizzie Thompson took pho-tos and posted on Twitter throughout

-fered to move me ... but just shrugged when I suggested he ask the man to put his pants back on,” she wrote.

Thompson also wrote that six hours -

les, the scantily clad passenger got cold, “so PUT ON HIS PUFFY JACK-ET.”

The man put his pants and socks back on after landing, much to Thomp-

“Nothing bonds a group of passen-gers like a man half naked in your sec-tion,” Thompson wrote.

In Seattle, Douglas Braden Smy-ser, 21, boarded a plane on his way to Los Angeles and a drug rehab center in Malibu, but his behavior during the

Portland and have him removed from the plane.

Smyser, from Bonney Lake, Wash-ington, would not stay in his seat, tried

-pack in the aisle.

Passengers helped contain him un-til the plane could land safely. Smyser admitted later that he had eaten meth before boarding, which made him “suspicious and paranoid,” reported KIRO TV.

He also claimed to have a gun. He was charged with second-degree dis-orderly conduct and menacing, along with a federal charge of interference

In Mumbai, India, 27-year-old Ra-phael Samuel, an apparent follower of antinatalism, is suing his parents (both attorneys) for giving him life.

Samuel says he was conceived without his consent, so his parents should pay him for his life.

“I love my parents, and we have a great relationship, but they had me for their joy and their pleasure,” Samuel explained to The Print.

“My life has been amazing, but I

through the rigmarole of school and

-ple must know that it is an option not to have children, and to ask your parents for an explanation as to why they gave birth to you.”

health minister, did not take kindly to a recent reprimand from European Union Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, who admonished Polakis

for smoking in public. Andriukaitis was in Athens to mark

World Cancer Day, reported Reuters. He also complained that the health ministry smelled of cigarette smoke and that nobody wears ties.

Polakis replied in a Facebook post

... the security guard at the entrance

passed through here who bankrupted our country.”

As for the scold about smoking, Po-

smoking, on my terms.” Greece has the highest rate of smoking in the EU.

When researchers at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in New Zealand thawed out some frozen leopard seal excrement, which they use to study the

inside the scat” a USB stick containing vacation photos from Porpoise Bay.

Reuters reported the defrosted poo had been placed in the freezer in No-vember 2017, and the USB stick was left to dry for a few weeks before vol-unteers tried it out.

The only clue to its owner is the nose of a blue kayak shown in one of the photos. Should the owner want it back, NIWA has a request: more leop-ard seal poo, please.

Exterminators were called to the Rogers County (Oklahoma) court-house after an attorney appeared in

falling out of his clothing.

know ... bed bugs are crawling all over them, certainly in abundance,” re-marked Sheriff Scott Walton to KJRH TV.

-cided to close the building at noon until exterminators could eliminate the pests.

“I was told the individual that had them also shook his jacket over the

The buggy attorney, however, seemed unfazed by his parasitic com-panions, and it was not clear who would pay for the extermination.

For David Rodriguez, 28, it was his disguise of choice that tripped him up as he robbed a 7-Eleven store in Fort Myers, Florida, according to the Lee

Rodriguez donned a gray hoodie and a wig before approaching the counter at the store, showing a gun and demanding cash, reported the Mi-ami Herald.

detailed description, including the wig, and “additional witness information” led them to a nearby apartment.

Inside they found Rodriguez, and “in plain view, a gray hooded sweater, several wigs and a large amount of wadded up cash.” Bingo! Rodriguez

-arm.


Like those who long for the music of the pre-Steve Perry Journey, many longtime Scorpions fans prefer the pre-mega commercial 1980s success of the band that featured guitarist Uli Jon Roth, including the 1978 live album “Tokyo Tapes.” Roth, who released a new version of the album called “Tokyo Tapes Revisted” in 2015, is scheduled to perform his three hour Triple Anniversary Tour at The Dip in Redding at 8 p.m., March 26. In addition to highlights from “Tokyo Tapes Revisited,” Roth is slated to perform music from Electric Son, the group he formed after leaving the Scorpions. Tickets for the show are $20 each and are available online at https://thedipredding.ticketspice.com/uii-jon-roth-anniversary-tour. You must be 21 or older with a valid ID to attend the show. For more information, vist The Dip website and Facebook pages or call 241-2662.

Uli Jon Roth at The Dip on March 26

Shasta Live presents Twin Kennedy at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 15 at the Cascade Theatre in Redding. Classical to country, Twin Kennedy’s award winning siblings, Carli (guitar) and Julie (fi ddle), blend their classical training with their country roots to create a high energy show with seamless vocal harmonies and heartfelt songwriting. They’re winners of the 2015 John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the 2016 Lennon Award winner for Best Country Song. Tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for students, available at the Cascade Theatre box offi ce, online at cascadetheatre.org or by calling 243-8877. For more information go online to shastalive.com

Twin Kennedy at the Cascade Theatre


Although he’s no stranger to the north state, Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours will make their fi rst-ever appearance in Redding when the Oaksong Music Society brings McClain and his group to Redding’s Pilgrim Congregational Church on Friday, March 29, for a night of music, theater and storytelling - “All Original, Humor With Heart.”

McClain has been called “a national treasure” (Modesto Bee), and “a creative force whose roots lie in songwriters like John Prine, Kris Kristofferson and Guy Clark” (Houston Chronicle), and “a happier, funnier Bob Dylan.” (his Uncle Fred).

Although new to Redding, McClain

has made numerous appearances down the road in Red Bluff, including his annual “Woodfl ock” gathering at the Red Bluff Recreation Area every Memorial Day weekend that, for many, is the highlight of their summer.

McClain brings his unique blend of music and “humor with heart” to the stage, combining his original songs with a humorous slide show, including his own life observations, social commentary and imaginary sponsors from his hometown trailer park of Pine View Heights.

As a master storyteller with the likes of PBS, NPR and TEDTalks under his belt, McClain includes humorous and serious songs in his shows. Songs such as “One Less Trailer Here in Pine View Heights,” “My Baby Whistles When She Walks,” and “The Junk Drawer of Your Heart,” are keenly humorous observations about love and loss, while his more serious songs, including “Field Trip,” “I’m Everyone,” or “Falling in Love in America,” are more akin to personal journal entries.

McClain’s latest album (his 15th), “Under the Light of a Quarter Moon,” was started as a collaboration with his friend Pete Huttlinger, who died before the album’s completion. Dedicated to Huttlinger, and including a wonderful cast of players, the album has been called McClain’s deepest and most sincere to date.

In the last few years, McClain has been playing many solo acoustic shows, but still performs with his band, The Trailer Park Troubadours, who bring their masterful touch to his live performances.

For the Redding show, McClain (on acoustic guitar) will be joined by “Hot Rod Todd” McMasters on bass and Terry “The Train” Domingue on drums.

The show is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. The door opens at 7:15 p.m. General admission tickets are $25 each, or $10 for students 18 years and under with a valid student ID. They are available at The Music Connection, 3086 Bechelli Lane, Redding. Call 223-2040 for information and tickets. Tickets are also available online at BrownPaperTickets.com.

Additional information is available at www.oaksongs.org and on The Oaksong Society For Preservation Of Way Cool Music facebook page.

Oaksong Music Society bringsAntsy McClain to Redding

From Disneyland to Carnegie Hall, Johnny and Chris Rice (above), both accomplished on piano and cello, bring their classical, ragtime and Boogie Woogie music to Red Bluff as the Tehama Concert Series presents The Rice Brothers in concert on Friday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the State Theatre in Red Bluff. Tickets are $30 at the door, $10 for students under the age of 25. For more information, visit www.tehamaconcertseries.org or call 727-8727.

Rice Brothersin Red Bluffon March 8


Small Mouth Sounds, 7:30pm, Old City Hall, 1313 Market St., Redding. Presented by the Axiom Repertory Theatre. Tickets are $20 to $24. Call 588-7172.

Glenn Miller Orchestra, 7:30pm, State Theatre, 333 Oak St., Red Bluff. Tickets are $34 to $39. Call 529-2787.

Anderson Library Storytime, 3:30pm. Featured will be a Dr. Seuss celebration. Call 365-7685.

Redding Toastmasters, 6pm, see March 7.

Fuddy Meers, 7pm, see March 9.

Shasta College Celebrity Dinner Auction, with guest speaker Keena Turner, San Francisco 49ers linebacker for his entire 11-year career, 5:30pm, Win River Casino Events Center, Redding. Tickets are $65 or $600 for a table of 10. Call 242-7592.

Shasta Live: Twin Kennedy, 7:30pm, Cascade Theatre, Redding. Tickets are $20 to $40 and available at the Cascade Theatre Box

Madrone Hospice’s 33rd annual Art Auction, 5pm, Miners Inn Convention Center, 122 E. Miner, Yreka. Includes champagne art preview and silent auction, catered buffet dinner and live auction. Tickets $30. Call 842-3160.

Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, 8pm, Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2850 Foothill Blvd., Redding. Presented by the Oaksong Music Society. Tickets are $10 to $25. Call 223-2040.

Beauty and the Beast, 7pm, Cascade Theatre, Redding. Presented by Redding Christian Performing Arts. Tickets are $10 and available at the Cascade Theatre

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Cottonwood Community Library Sale, through 11am to 2pm, Cottonwood Community Library, 3427 Main St., Cottonwood. Call 347-4818.

Illuminated and Duologues Opening, 5pm, Siskiyou Arts Museum, 5824 Dunsmuir Ave., Dunsmuir. The two exhibits will run through March 2. Gallery ours are Wednesdays through Saturdays 11am to 4pm and Sundays from 12 to 4pm. Call 235-4711.

Dennis Leon: I Am Here, art exhibit, Museum of Northern California Art, 900 Esplanade, Chico. Adults $5, students and children free. Call 343-9778.

Sandy Obester’s one woman show “Rivers” oil paintings focusing on three different rivers on three continents. Presented by Highland Art Center. Opening

reception 5pm-8pm. Gallery located at 691 Main St., Weaverville. Call 623-5111.

Conversation with Joel Stratte-McClure, author of “The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Twenty Years Walking the Mediterranean,” and Nancy Wiegman, of “Nancy’s Bookshelf” on NPR, 3pm, Shasta Library Community Room.

Ranger-led Snowshoe Walks, Saturdays and Sundays through March 31, Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center, Lassen. A $10 park entrance fee applies and a $1 donation is requested for use of snowshoes. Call 595-4480.

Beauty and the Beast, 2pm and 7pm, see March 1.

Cottonwood Community Library Sale, through 11am to 2pm, see March 1.

Free Old Time Fiddle Jams, 1 to 4pm, St. James Lutheran Church, 2500 Shasta View Dr. Presented by California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, Dist. 6.

each month.

Polkadot Brass Trio: Trio at Two, featuring Ayako Nakamura on trumpet, Sarah Van Dusen on horn, and Casson Scowcroft on trombone, 2pm, Zingg Recital Hall, Chico State. Admission is free. Call 898-5152

Darlingside with River Whyless, 7pm, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico. Tickets are $20. Call 899-6138.

College of the Siskiyou Fine Arts Faculty and Staff Exhibition, including photography by James Gilmore, paintings by Sean Kenny and photography by Amanda Thomas. Exhibit continues through March 20 at the COS Art Gallery, located in the Learning Resource Center. Call 938-5351.

Garland of Hours, an exhibition of paintings by Gage Opdenbrouw, on display from March 4 to April 11 at the Shasta College Art Gallery.

Heritage Series: Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, 6pm, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico. Tickets are $5 to $20. Call 899-6138.

Peter Gros of Wild Kingdom, 7:30pm, Laxson Auditorium at CSU Chico. Tickets are $15 to $36 and available at the

Call 898-6333.

Financial Management Series, 9 to 11am Wednesdays through March 27, Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 2810 Main St., Red Bluff. Registration is free. Call 895-9017.

A Conversation with Sharon Randall, columnist, 7pm, Cascade Theatre, Redding. Tickets are $22 to $92 and available at the Cascade Theatre Box

Redding Toastmasters, 6pm, Redding Library, 1100 Parkview Ave., Redding. This repeats every Thursday. Call 945-9226.

Anderson Library Storytime, 3:30pm. Featured story will be “Stephanie’s Ponytail.” Call 365-7685.

Peter Gros of Wild Kingdom, 7:30pm, Cascade Theatre, Redding. Tickets are $29 to $39 and available at the Cascade Theatre Box

Tehama Concert Series: The Rice Brothers, 7:30pm, State Theatre, 333 Oak St., Red Bluff. Tickets are $10 to $30 or season memberships are available for $15 to $70. Call 529-2787.

20th annual Juried High School Art Competition, awards gala 5pm-7pm, Old City Hall, 1313 Market St., Redding. Call 241-7320.

Ben Morrison Band, 8pm, The Dip, 1730 California St., Redding. $10 advance, $12 day of show. Ages 21 and older. Call 241-2662.

Fuddy Meers, Shasta College Theatre’s spring production, 7pm,

Shasta College Theatre. Tickets available online

before performance. Call 242-7573.

Three Prodigies, 7:30pm, State Theatre, 333 Oak St., Red Bluff. Tickets are $5 to $15 and free for children 10 and under. Call 529-2787.

Fifth annual International Women’s Day Celebration, sponsored by Northstate Women’s Health Network and Women’s Health Specialists and featuring local performers, speakers and women-focused businesses, entrepreneurs and vendors. Keynote speaker is Dr. Loretta Ross. Event to be held from 5pm-8pm at The Atrium, 1670 Market St., Redding. Tickets are $20 general admission, $200 for VIP table of six available online. Students free with ID. Call 222-5570, ext. 204.

Art from the Ashes Workshop, 10am-1pm, California Street Labs, 1313 California St., Redding. Second children and youth workshop. Ideal for kids ages 4-17. Free. Call 241-7320.

Pre-Writing Exercise led by Alicia McCauley, 10:30am-12:30pm, All Saints Episcopal Church, 2150 Benton Dr., Redding. Presented by the Writers Forum. Doors open 10am. Public welcome to get acquainted with two free visits before joining. Annual membership $25.



Ken Waldman and the Wild Men, 7:30pm, Harlen Adams Theatre at CSU Chico. Tickets are $10 to $18 and available at the

Call 898-6333.

Nat Geo Live: On the Trail of Big Cats, 7:30pm, Cascade Theatre, Redding. Tickets are $29 to $35 and available at the Cascade Theatre Box

Tim Z. Hernandez: All They Will Call You, 7:30pm, Laxson Auditorium at CSU Chico. Tickets are $18 to $20 and free for youth and CSU Chico students and available at the University Box

Moon Hooch with Human Ottoman & Elena Shirin, 8pm, The Dip, 1730 California St., Redding, $10. Ages 21 and older. Call 241-2662.

Quebe Sisters, 6pm, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico. Tickets are $5 to $20. Call 899-6138.

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James and the Giant Peach JR, Anderson Union High School Performing Arts Center, Anderson. Presented by South Shasta County Youth Arts and South Shasta County Children’s Chorus. Tickets and more information at sscya.org.

Filipe DeAndrade: Untamed, 7:30pm, Laxson Auditorium at CSU Chico. Tickets are $15 to $32 and available at the

Call 898-6333.

Dustbowl Revival & Hot Club of Cowtown, 7:30pm, Cascade

Anderson Library Storytime, 3:30pm. Featured story will be “That’s What Happens When Its Spring” Call 365-7685.

Small Mouth Sounds, 7:30pm, see March 15.


Of Mice and Men, 7:30pm, Riverfront Playhouse, 1620 East Cypress Ave, Redding. Tickets are $10 to $25. Call 221-1028.

North State Symphony POPS!, tribute to Arthur Fiedler by the North State Symphony, 7:30pm, Laxson Auditorium, Chico. Tickets at the University

chicostatetickets.com, or call 898-6333.

Rumi’s Caravan Celebrates Ecstatic Poetry and Music, 7pm, Center for Spiritual Living, 1905 Hartnell, Redding. Social hour 6pm-7pm. Suggested donation of $20. Call 221-4849.


North State Symphony POPS!, tribute to Arthur Fiedler by the North State Symphony, 2pm, State Theatre, 333 Oak St., Red Bluff. Tickets are $10 to $30 and are only available at the

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Theatre, Redding. Tickets are $35 to $39 and available at the Cascade Theatre Box

Sierra Hull, 7pm, State Theatre, 333 Oak St., Red Bluff. Tickets are $24 to $29. Call 529-2787.

Anderson Library Storytime, 3:30pm. “All Aboard.” Featured will be all kinds of train stories, Lego activity and more. Call 365-7685.

James and the Giant Peach JR, see March 27.


Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours, 8pm, Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2850 Foothill Blvd., Redding. Presented by the Oaksong Music Society. Tickets are $10 to $25. Call 223-2040.

Dustbowl Revival & Hot Club of Cowtown, 7:30pm, Laxson Auditorium at CSU Chico. Tickets are $15 to $44 and available at the University Box

Diggin’ Dirt, reminiscent of James Brown, and Sly and the Family Stone playing funk to blues to reggae to psychedelic-rock, 8pm, The Dip, 1730 California St., Redding, $10. Ages 21 and older. Call 241-2662.

Friday Night Dance Club featuring Pat Karch Band, 7pm, Redding Senior Citizen Center, 2290 Benton Dr., Redding. Theme: Roaring ‘20s. Admission $8.

Of Mice and Men, 7:30pm, see March 22.

James and the Giant Peach JR, see March 27.



Minetti Quartet, 2pm, Zingg Recital Hall at CSU Chico. Tickets are $15 to $36 and available at the

Call 898-6333.

Of Mice and Men, 2pm, see March 22.

Small Mouth Sounds, 2pm, see March 15.

Uli Jon Roth: Triple Anniversary Tour, former Scorpions lead guitarist, 8pm, The Dip, 1730 California St., Redding, $20. 3 hour show featuring music from Electric Sun followed by highlights from Tokyo Tapes

Tehama Concert Series season. Call 727-8727.

Wynonna & the Big Noise, 7:30pm, Cascade Theatre, Redding. Tickets are $45 to $69 and available at the Cascade Theatre Box

Cottonwood Community Library Fundraiser, 5pm, Gaia Hotel, 4125 Riverside Place, Anderson. The event will include dinner, live auction, silent auction, and a

347-4818.

3rd Annual Community Sing-

Concert for One Future At A Time, 7pm, Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2850 Foothill Blvd., Redding.

in Africa. Donation of $20 includes admission, refreshments, songbook & chance for door prize.

Jeans, Jewels & Jazz Auction:

Turtle Bay auction, 5:30pm, Redding Civic Auditorium. Tickets are $75. Patrol tables are available for $1,000, $2000, and $5,000. Call 242-3153.

Wild & Scenic Film Festival, 7:30pm, State Theatre, 333 Oak St., Red Bluff. Call 529-2787.

“A Brief History of Deception” (A sleight-of-hand Journey Through the Time and Space Continuum), by Ron Giesecke, 7pm, Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center. Tickets $12 person, $20 couple, $30 family. Available online at the arts center’s website.

Spring Fling Bonanza, 10am to 4pm, Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., Red Bluff. Free admission.


James and the Giant Peach JR, two shows. See March 27.

Shasta State Historic Park presents “A Tribute to Women Artists,” 2pm. A docent-led tour at the Courthouse Museum showcasing the Bogg’s Art Collection and featuring female artists on exhibit. Touris by reservation only and limited to 20 guests. Call 243-8194.

Of Mice and Men, 2pm, see March 22.

Fates Warning, legendary metal band considered by some to

metal band, 8pm, The Dip, 1730 California St., Redding. Tickets $15 advance, $20 day of show. Ages 21 and older. Call 241-2662.

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Free Old Time Fiddle Jams, 1pm, Palo Cedro Community Hall, 22037 Old Forty Four Dr., Palo Cedro. Presented by California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, Dist. 6. Held the third Sunday of each month.

Swing-n-Sway Sunday, featuring Hill Street Band, Frontier Senior Center, 2081 Frontier Trail, Anderson, 1pm-4pm. $5 cover.

Small Mouth Sounds, 2pm, see March 15.


That 1 Guy, inventor and player of The Magic Pipe combining elements of classical music with electronica, 8pm, The Dip, 1730 California St., Redding, $10. Ages 21 and older. Call 241-2662.

Eileen Ivers, 6pm, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico. Tickets are $5 to $25. Call 899-6138.

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